Super statto: Sears

By Brian Sears 14 September 2012 The 20 clubs in the Premier League have won 14,570 points between them in their stints in the Premier League in the past 20 years. Of those, 8,809 points have been won at home, or 60.5 per cent – but some clubs are much more reliant than others on […]

By Brian Sears 31 August 2012 West Ham, bolstered by their £1m loan man Andy Carroll, will welcome Fulham to Upton Park this weekend in the knowledge that they’ve won more Premier League points per game against Fulham than against any other current PL club. In their eight seasons (and 16 games) playing each other […]

By Brian Sears 30 August 2012 They roll from the tongues of Southampton fans like hallucinogenic recollections: three home league wins on the bounce against the mighty Manchester United, between April 1996 and January 1998. And what score lines they were: 3-1, 6-3 (that’s SIX-three) and, errm, 1-0. The point of this being what exactly? […]

By Brian Sears 23 August 2012 Of the 7,857 Premier League games played since the revamped top division began 20 years ago, 2,109 have ended as draws, or just over a quarter of all games, or 26.8 per cent. The club with most draws Premier League draws (absolute total) is Aston Villa, with 240 from […]

By Brian Sears 16 August 2012 In the 20 years of the Premier League, Arsenal have played 386 home league games and lost just 48 of them. Seven clubs in the current Premier League have never won in the PL era at Arsenal, and the first visitors of this season, Sunderland, are among them. They […]

By Brian Sears 26 April 2012 Everton meeting Fulham in the Premier League is a statistician’s delight.  It happens for the 22nd time this Saturday and although it’s a mid-table battle (Fulham trail Everton by just two points) and of little consequence at the top or bottom of the league, it has intriguing statistical interest. Ten […]

By Brian Sears 20 April 2012 Manchester United just need to execute some classic top-of-the-table – win their last two home matches and draw their last two away games – to ensure they’re the champions of England for a 20th time, and 13 times in the Premier League era. Unlucky for everyone else. In the all-time table in the Premier League’s […]

By Brian Sears 13 April 2012 Wolves are trying desperately to extend their Premier League status into a fifth campaign but with a nine-point gap between themselves and safety already, and just five games to go, that looks a forlorn task. There’s just no way to sugar that pill; it can’t be done. Will there be […]

By Brian Sears 6 April 2012 At the start of this Easter weekend, Manchester City trail Manchester United by five points in the Premier League title race. By the time they kick-off at Arsenal on Sunday afternoon that gap could be eight points. What greater motivation can Roberto Mancini’s men have, then – aside from […]

By Brian Sears 23 March 2012 Tottenham are winless in four Premier Leagues ahead of this weekend’s fixtures, so the last place they need to go is Chelsea, where they play at lunchtime on Saturday. Spurs’ record at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League era is woeful: no wins in 19 visits to date, just […]