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New Year’s Eve Opta stats
- Updated: December 31, 2016
What landmark did Cesc Fabregas bring up in Chelsea’s 4-2 win over Stoke and has any Premier League defender picked up more assists than Charlie Daniels?
Why has Dusan Tadic been unlucky and what’s the latest unwanted Swansea statistic to emerge?
Here, we pick out some of the best Opta stats from the New Year’s Eve Premier League action…
Burnley 4-1 Sunderland
Andre Gray became the first Burnley player to score a Premier League hat-trick, with it coming less than three years after he scored a hat-trick in the Conference for Luton.Gray scored more goals in this game than he had in his previous 12 Premier League games put together.This was Burnley’s biggest Premier League win since April 2010 when they won 4-1 against Hull City.Burnley are the first newly promoted Premier League side to win seven of their first 11 home games since Charlton Athletic in 2000/01, who also won seven.Jermain Defoe has had a hand in five of Sunderland’s six away Premier League goals this season and has now scored in 130 different Premier League games.Only four players have scored in more different Premier League games – Wayne Rooney (147), Frank Lampard (149), Andy Cole (149) and Alan Shearer (190).
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke
Chelsea are just the second Premier League team in history to win 13 consecutive games in a single season, following Arsenal in 2001/02.Cesc Fabregas registered his 100th Premier League assist – the fourth player to achieve this feat after Ryan Giggs, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney, but the quickest to do so.Diego Costa has had a hand in 19 Premier League goals (14 goals, five assists) this season; in only three games has he failed to either score or assist a goal.Peter Crouch scored his first Premier League goal since May 2015 against Liverpool – 587 days ago.Bruno Martins Indi netted his first Premier League goal just 55 seconds into the second half, ending Chelsea’s run of 450 minutes …
