Weekend in numbers: Black Cats crush Palace

The best Opta stats from Saturday's Premier League action, including Sunderland's 4-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace 0-4 Sunderland

1999 – This was Sunderland’s biggest margin of victory in an away Premier League game since beating Bradford City 4-0 in October 1999.

4 – Sunderland have scored four first half goals in a Premier League game for the first time since December 1999 vs Chelsea.

6 – Jermain Defoe has netted six goals in his last six Premier League games versus Crystal Palace.

2 – Adnan Januzaj provided two assists in a Premier League game for the first time in his career.

1 – Crystal Palace conceded four first half goals in a Premier League match for the first time.

4 – Sunderland scored as many away goals today (4) as they did in their previous nine Premier League away games combined.

8 – Crystal Palace have lost eight of their last nine Premier League games at Selhurst Park, including the last five in a row.

39 – Jack Rodwell ended a Premier League record run of 39 consecutive starts without a victory (for Man City and Sunderland combined).

Elsewhere in the Premier League

5 – Leicester City are the first Premier League team to fail to score in the first five matches of a calendar year and the first top-flight side since Spurs in 1986.

15 – Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League games; their longest run since March 2013 (18 games unbeaten).

3 – Gabriel Jesus became just the third Brazilian to score on his first two Premier League starts, with the other two also playing for Manchester City (Geovanni and Robinho).

25 – Everton have already won more points at home this season (25) than they managed in the whole of 2015/16 (23).

300 – Romelu Lukaku scored the 300th hat-trick in Premier League history.

1 – Alfred N’Diaye netted on his Premier League debut for Hull; this after scoring just two goals in 134 appearances within the top five European Leagues beforehand (PL, La Liga and Ligue 1 combined).

5 – Jurgen Klopp has now lost five of his last eight games in all competitions; as many as he had in his previous 32 games in charge of Liverpool beforehand.

400 Manolo Gabbiadini's first Premier League goal was the 400th goal netted by an Italian player in the competition.

6 – West Brom have enjoyed six wins in their last seven home Premier League games (L1).

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