Defending champions Man United were feeling the effects of a Cruz missile that decimated their clean sheet record.By Eugene YS Han1 - Chelsea scored their first-half league goal since Boxing Day (which was against West Brom).
2 - Stoke have scored only two first-half goals in 14 league games.
3 - Arsenal have now gone three league games without scoring for the first time since 2005.
3 - The number of successive wins Bolton have over West Ham.
4 - Wigan have drawn their last four league games. The last three being goalless (Aston Villa, Fulham and Boro).
5 - Middlesbrough have failed to score for the fifth game in a row.
6 - Nicolas Anelka has scored his sixth goal in his last six league starts against Aston Villa.
7 - Guus Hiddink is the seventh foreign manager at Chelsea in Premier League history. Chelsea hold the record for the most number of non-British managers since the league was started in 1992.
7 - Tottenham have not lost a league game this season in which they've scored first. They have won five and drawn one.
8 - Liverpool are unbeaten in their last eight meetings against Man City.
9 - Chelsea's Anelka scored his first goal in nine Premier League appearances.
10 - Arsenal have kept clean sheets in ten of their 26 league matches while Sunderland have failed to score in ten of their 26.
11 - Chelsea beat Aston Villa at Villa Park for the first time in 11 games and ten years ago (March 1999).
14 - Middlesbrough are now 14 league games without a win - it is their longest winless run in the history of the Premier League.
15 - Anelka leads the goalscorers table with 15 - the Frenchman has yet to win a Golden Boot award.
16 - Hull have lost 11 of the 16 league matches in which they've conceded the opening goal.
17 - Hull have only one win in 17 games after the defeat to Spurs.
22 - Fulham's Bobby Zamora scored his first goal in 22 league games against West Brom.
37 - Blackburn have dropped more away points to Manchester United than to any other club in the Premier League (37).
49 - Bolton midfielder Matthew Taylor is one goal short of 50 career league goals.
50 - Steve Bruce celebrated his 50th Premier League game in charge of Wigan with a 0-0 draw at Boro.
50 - Roy Hodgson marked his 50th match in charge of Fulham with a 2-0 home win over West Brom.
50 - Jonathan Woodgate celebrated his 50th appearance in Spurs colours with the winning goal at Hull.
150 - Newcastle marked their 150th league meeting with Everton with a draw.
150 - Gael Clichy made his 150th start for Arsenal.
150 - Mikel Arteta made his 150th start for Everton and he has started all the games for the Toffees. (Unfortunately, he will be out for six months with a ruptured cruciate knee ligament).
200 - Stewart Downing recorded his 200th club career start (Middlesbrough and Sunderland).
249 - Portsmouth are one goal away from scoring 250 in the Premier League.
250 - Aston Villa versus Chelsea was the 250th fixture of this Premier League season.
300 - The number of goals Pompey have conceded in BPL history.
400 - Robbie Keane made his 400th English league start (Wolves, Coventry, Leeds, Tottenham and Liverpool).
400 - Nicky Butt recorded his 400th career league appearance (Manchester United, Newcastle and Birmingham).
900 - Newcastle have now totalled 900 Premier League points with the point gained against Everton.
1,334 - Manchester United record run of clean sheets in the BPL was ended by Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz at 1,334 minutes. Tomasz Kuszczak conceded the goal in only his third league appearance this season.
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