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It's been over two years since Liverpool were this toothless, Arsenal are exposed as flat-track bullies and Chelsea can't defend set-pieces and are over-reliant on a certain striker...

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Arsenal
* The Gunners are scoring an incredible average of 3.37 goals per Premier League game this season.
* If games ended after 45 minutes, Arsenal would be top of the table with 19 points.
* All Arsenal's points have been won against bottom-half opposition. They have lost both games - against Manchesters United and City - against top-half clubs.
* Cesc Fabregas has been credited with a massive nine assists in seven games.



Aston Villa
* Just three of their 12 goals this season have been scored from open play.
* Villa have the best defensive record in the Premier League this season.
* James Collins' last Premier League goal came in April 2006 for West Ham...against Chelsea.



Birmingham City
* Lee Bowyer's 38th-minute goal was the first Birmingham have scored before the 70th minute this season.
* Bowyer is the only player to score more than one goal for the Blues this season.
* The 3-1 defeat to Arsenal was their first of the season by more than a single goal.
* Birmingham have got the same points after nine games (7) as Stoke at the same stage last season.



Blackburn Rovers
* Blackburn have lost only one of their last eight Premier League games at Ewood Park - on the opening day of the season against Manchester City.
* With four goals, David Dunn has already scored more times this season than in any campaign since 2002/03.
* Rovers have come from behind to win twice this season - against Villa and now Burnley.



Bolton Wanderers
* Bolton have exactly the same record after eight games (W2, D2, L4) as last season.
* The Trotters have not kept a clean sheet this season.
* Didier Drogba is the only striker to be credited with more assists than Kevin Davies.
* Bolton have not beaten a team currently in the top half of the Premier League table since January.



Burnley
* Burnley and Blackburn are the only two teams in the 92-strong league without a single point away from home.
* Only Hull have conceded more goals than the Clarets this season.



Chelsea
* Chelsea have not lost two consecutive away games in the Premier League since September 2007.
* Didier Drogba has been directly involved in 13 of 19 Chelsea goals this season.
* They have not failed to score in any Premier League game since April 22 v Everton.
* Six of the eight goals they have conceded this season have come from set-pieces.



Everton
* The draw against Wolves was the first time they have failed to beat them at Goodison Park in seven attempts.
* The Toffees have conceded only six goals in their last seven games after that opening-day drubbing by Arsenal.
* Everton have three points more than at the same juncture last season.



Fulham
* Bobby Zamora's opener against Hull was their first first-half goal since his strike on the opening day of the season against Portsmouth.
* Zamora has either scored or assisted four of Fulham's eight goals.
* The Cottagers are two points better off than at the same stage last season.
* Fulham have had the same back four (Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky) for all but 20 minutes this season.



Hull City
* Hull have won three games in the whole of 2009.
* They managed no shots on target in 90 minutes against Fulham.
* The Tigers' last away win was at Craven Cottage in March.



Liverpool
* The last time Liverpool failed to score in consecutive Premier League games was September 2007.
* Jamie Carragher is the only outfield player to play every minute for Liverpool in the league this season.
* Liverpool were credited with 69% of the possession against Sunderland.



Manchester City
* For all their attacking talents, City have actually scored fewer goals in their first eight games that at this stage last season.
* City have drawn both games (v Villa and Wigan) they were losing at half-time.
* They have yet to win at Wigan in the Premier League.



Manchester United
* Despite their supposedly poor form, United have four more points from nine games (22) than they had amassed at the same stage last season
* They have not lost a single point from a winning position this season.
* They have benefited from three own goals at Old Trafford this campaign.



Portsmouth
*No striker has scored for Portsmouth in the Premier League since April 18.
* Six of Pompey's eight defeats this season have been by a single-goal margin.
* Nine of the 15 goals conceded by Pompey this season have come from set-pieces.



Stoke City
* Stoke were credited with just 38% of possession at home to West Ham and had the worst pass completion rate in the division at 63%.
* No midfielder has scored for Stoke this season.



Sunderland
* Victory over Liverpool marked Sunderland's first victory over Big Four opposition in seven years.
* Darren Bent has scored the first goal in six of Sunderland's nine games.
* Sunderland are joint bottom of the disciplinary table with Tottenham. Captain Lorik Cana has picked up four of their 18 bookings.



Tottenham Hotspur
* Ledley King became Spurs' 11th league scorer at Portsmouth.
* Four of Tottenham's nine games have ended in a 2-1 win for Spurs.
* Jermaine Jenas has been booked four times in five games since his return from injury.



West Ham
* Carlton Cole has committed more fouls than any other player in the Premier League this season.
* West Ham have not started a season this badly since they were last relegated in 2002-03.
* The Hammers enjoyed 65% of the possession against Fulham last week and then 62% against Stoke.



Wigan
* No Wigan game has featured more than one first-half goal this season.
* The Latics have garnered two more points under Roberto Martinez than at the same stage under Stsve Bruce last season.
* Wigan's record against top-half opposition is the fifth best in the Premier League.



Wolves
* No Wolves game has featured more than one first-half goal this season.
* Middlesbrough and West Brom both had more points than this Wolves side at the same stage last season.


Sarah Winterburn

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