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Arsenal
* Arsenal have picked up more points (9) away from home from losing positions than any other PL club.
* Mikel Arteta had an incredible 127 touches v Sunderland on Saturday and recorded a 94% pass completion rate for the second successive game.
* Bacary Sagna won a phenomenal nine aerial duels v Sunderland as Arsenal claimed 88% of balls in the air.
Aston Villa
* Villa are now in their lowest position (15th) since Alex McLeish took over the club.
* They have exactly the same points (28 from 25) as the same stage last season.
* Aston Villa's pass completion rate v Man City on Saturday was a woeful 65%.
Blackburn Rovers
* Yakubu has a chance conversion rate of 38% - higher than any other regular starter in the Premier League.
* Rovers beat QPR 3-2 with just two shots on target.
* Blackburn's form over the last eight PL games is the 11th best in the Premier League - equal to Arsenal and better than both Chelsea and Liverpool.
Bolton Wanderers
* Bolton's pass completion rate v Wigan was a woeful 56% with Kevin Davies recording a rotten figure of 38%.
* Martin Petrov attempted nine crosses in just 45 minutes but only two found a teammate. Substitute Ryo Miyaichi was successful with three of his six crosses.
* No striker has scored for Bolton in almost eight hours of PL football.
Chelsea
* Chelsea are 12th - below Blackburn - in a league table constructed from the last eight PL games.
* Chelsea had 14 shots at Everton on Saturday but nine were blocked.
* Chelsea are only a point worse off than the same stage last season under Carlo Ancelotti.
Everton
* Against Chelsea, Everton scored two goals in a PL game for the first time since November.
* Darron Gibson managed to get through a whole 89 minutes v Chelsea without taking a single shot.
* Landon Donovan has claimed six assists in his nine games for Everton in all competitions this season.
Fulham
* Fulham's home record (22 points from 13) is the best outside the top six.
* They are yet to lose a single game they have been winning at half-time this season.
* Moussa Dembélé played in central midfield v Stoke on Saturday and recorded an 84% pass completion rate - better than any of his teammates.
Liverpool
* Liverpool are 16th in a table of PL games in 2012 - only QPR, Stoke, Wigan and Wolves have been worse.
* Liverpool's five-man midfield v Manchester United mustered one shot in total.
* Glen Johnson provided two of their three shots on target in that match.
Manchester City
* Man City have conceded just two goals in the last seven PL games in which Vincent Kompany has played.
* City have scored only two goals in their last five away games - both from corners.
* David Silva created six chances v Aston Villa but the assist for their goal was given to Gareth Barry.
Manchester United
* Manchester United have scored 30 goals in their last 11 PL games.
* United have taken 14 points from six PL games they were drawing at half-time this season.
* Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes were accurate with 19 of their combined 22 long balls v Liverpool on Saturday.
* Newcastle United
* Demba Ba had five of Newcastle's eight shots v Tottenham on Saturday.
* From 15 crosses attempted v Spurs, only two reached a Newcastle player.
* Newcastle have now conceded more goals this season (36) than either West Brom or Arsenal.
Norwich City
* Norwich have scored more goals (37) than any PL team barring the top five so far this season.
* Grant Holt, Steve Morison and Anthony Pilkington are responsible for 24 of those goals.
* They had a massive 40 shots in their victories over Bolton and Swansea.
QPR
* QPR had a massive 29 shots v Blackburn on Saturday.
* Shaun Wright-Phillips and Adel Taarabt have taken a combined total of 105 shots for QPR this season without scoring a single goal.
* Taarabt created seven chances for his teammates at Ewood Park and was rewarded with his first assist of the season.
* Stoke City
* In their last nine PL games, Stoke have managed just 16 shots on target.
* Peter Crouch has managed only one shot on target in his last five PL appearances.
* Stoke actually managed a better pass completion rate than Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Sunderland
* Only four teams - QPR, Wigan, Bolton and Wolves - have picked up fewer points against top-half opposition this season.
* Stephane Sessegnon had no shots and made no chances for his teammates v Arsenal on Saturday.
* James McClean has scored three goals from just 11 shots in his last six Premier League games.
Swansea City
* Danny Graham has scored 10 goals from just 48 shots this season. Emmanuel Adebayor has taken 76 shots to score his ten goals.
* Leon Britton still has the highest pass completion rate of any PL player this season - 93.1%.
* Swansea have picked up more points in their last five away games than last five at the Liberty Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur
* Emmanuel Adebayor is now second in the PL assists chart behind David Silva after four assists v Newcastle.
* Spurs have recorded a marginally higher pass completion rate this season than Arsenal (85.06% v 84.67%).
* Scott Parker was credited with seven tackles v Newcastle on Saturday night.
West Brom
* West Brom have the best away record in the PL this season outside of the top three.
* They had 29 shots at Wolves on Sunday with Peter Odemwingie having nine attempts on goal.
* James Morrison made six chances for teammates v Wolves.
Wigan
* Victor Moses has made more dribbles (67) than any other Premier League player this season.
* Emmerson Boyce was the only outfield Wigan starter not fouled at Bolton on Saturday.
* Ali Al Habsi is the only Wigan player to have started every PL game this season.
Wolves
* At this stage last season Wolves were bottom of the table and still survived.
* Wolves have conceded 12 goals in their last four PL games.
* Nenad Milijas made more chances in 21 minutes off the bench v West Brom (3) than any other Wolves player.
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