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'3 And In' - 14th January
The '3 and in' series is back after it's very own winter break! After some high-scoring Premier League matches over Christmas, we've decided to take an attack-minded view on all things factual and statistical this week.
Alongside some corking quotes, we give you some net-busting facts about Premier League goalscoring, and some step-over-tastic stats, to help you pick the players most likely to contribute to the attacking success of your fantasy football team.
Quotes
1. "It was a shock, I didn't expect it." - As the 7th manager to be given the boot by Newcastle in the last 10 years, and after winning just 2 of his last 13 games, Sam Allardyce must be the only person in the country to be 'shocked' that he got the sack.
2. "He is amazing. I admire his physical body" - Cesc Fabregas likes Cristiano Ronaldo, a lot.
3. "I think that it's because we've lost a few players. That's not an excuse, but it is." - Portsmouth coach Tony Adams tries not to make excuses for losing to Sunderland, and fails.
Facts
1. Over this season's 4 game Christmas period (22nd Dec - 2nd Jan), Tottenham scored more Premier League goals than any other club - hitting the onion bag 13 times (an astonishing average of 3.25 goals per game). In the same period of last season (23rd Dec - 2nd Jan), Spurs' rivals Arsenal scored the most festive goals, netting 12 times (an average of 3 per game).
2. Champions Manchester United hold the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a season. In the 1999-00 season, they scored a magnificent 97 goals - an average of 2.55 goals per game.
3. Manchester City have already scored the same amount of Premier League goals this season (29) than they did in the entire 2006-07 season.
Fantasy Stats
1. Most Accurate Crosses (Last weekend)
Mikel Arteta (Everton) - 7
Nicky Shorey (Reading) - 6
Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 5
2. Most Successful Dribbles - (Last weekend)
Charles N'Zogbia (Newcastle United) - 6
Alexander Hleb (Arsenal) - 5
Florent Malouda (Chelsea) - 4
3. Most Shots On Target (This Season)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) - 42
Carlos Tevez (Man Utd) - 29
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 28
Premier League Results - 12-13.01.08
Arsenal 1-1 B'mingham
A. Villa 3-1 Reading
Chelsea 2-0 Spurs
Derby 0-1 Wigan
Everton 1-0 Man City
Man Utd 6-0 Newcastle
M'brough 1-1 Liverpool
West Ham 2-1 Fulham
Bolton 1-2 Blackburn
S'derland 2-0 P'tsmouth
Barclays Premier League
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Man Utd 22 16 3 3 44 11 33 51
2 Arsenal 22 15 6 1 43 17 26 51
3 Chelsea 22 14 5 3 35 16 19 47
4 Liverpool 21 10 9 2 35 14 21 39
5 Everton 22 12 3 7 38 22 16 39
6 A. Villa 22 11 6 5 40 28 12 39
7 Man City 22 11 6 5 29 23 6 39
8 Blackburn 22 10 6 6 30 29 1 36
9 P'tsmouth 22 9 7 6 31 22 9 34
10 West Ham 21 9 5 7 27 20 7 32
11 Newcastle 22 7 5 10 27 39 -12 26
12 Spurs 22 6 6 10 42 40 2 24
13 Reading 22 6 4 12 30 47 -17 22
14 M'brough 22 5 6 11 19 36 -17 21
15 Bolton 22 5 5 12 24 34 -10 20
16 B'mingham 22 5 5 12 23 33 -10 20
17 Wigan 22 5 5 12 22 37 -15 20
18 S'derland 22 5 5 12 22 40 -18 20
19 Fulham 22 2 9 11 23 39 -16 15
20 Derby 22 1 4 17 10 47 -37 7
