Liverpool extend their Anfield run and Manchester City serve up yet another five-star display under Guardiola in the Premier League Matchweek 6’s top stats.
Jurgen Klopp’s side secured a sixth straight win at the opening of a league season for the first time in 28 years to pull clear in the Premier League title race as Chelsea stumbled for the first time this season at West Ham.
Here are some facts we have learned in Matchweek 6.
Fulham 1-1 Watford
Andre Gray's goal after just 87 seconds was Watford's second-quickest goal in the Premier League after Etienne Capoue struck against Leicester in November 2016 after just 32 seconds.
Burnley 4-0 AFC Bournemouth
Matej Vydra is the fifth player to score on his first Premier League start for Burnley, after Daniel Fox, Scott Arfield, Robbie Brady and Chris Wood
Cardiff City 0-5 Manchester City
Since Pep Guardiola took over for the 2016/17 season, Manchester City have scored at least five goals in 10 Premier League fixtures, four times more than any other side
Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle United
Crystal Palace have failed to score in three consecutive Premier League home matches for the first time since September 2017
Leicester City 3-1 Huddersfield Town
Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored in each of his last three league appearances against Huddersfield Town
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 24 PL matches at Anfield, winning 16 and drawing eight. It is their best run in the competition since a 31-match unbeaten run that ended in August 2009
Since his Premier League debut, only Mohamed Salah (16) has scored more goals in the competition than Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (12).
Manchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves ended a run of eight successive losses at Old Trafford in all competitions, avoiding defeat for the first time since November 1980
Man Utd have dropped six points from seven Premier League games at Old Trafford against newly-promoted opposition under Jose Mourinho; more than the Red Devils had dropped in 10 seasons in the top-flight between 2006-07 and 2015-16 (5 pts).
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Erik Lamela has scored four goals in his last four league appearances for Spurs, as many as he had in his previous 58 combined
Harry Kane has scored more penalties than any other player in the Premier League since the start of the 2015-16 season (13 penalties).
West Ham United 0-0 Chelsea
This was only Chelsea’s second goalless draw in their last 48 away league matches. The other was against Everton in December 2017
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho attempted 180 passes against West Ham – since 2003-04, this is the most by a player in a single Premier League match.
Marko Arnautovic has been directly involved in 80% of West Ham’s five Premier League goals this season (3 goals, 1 assist).
Arsenal 2-0 Everton
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette have both scored in three of the last five PL matches they’ve started together
Arsenal have won 97 top-flight games against Everton – at least 11 more than any side has managed against another in its history
Alexandre Lacazaette has been directly involved in nine goals in his last nine starts in the Premier League, scoring seven whilst assisting a further two.
