Opta Stats: Weekend in numbers 

Recap the stats that stood out from the latest round of Premier League football, including Sunderland’s trip to Goodison Park.

Everton 2-0 Sunderland

25 – Everton named their youngest starting XI (25y 349d) in the Premier League at Goodison Park since May 2009 against Tottenham (25y 162d).

60 – Romelu Lukaku is now Everton’s joint-highest goalscorer in the Premier League with 60 goals (level with Duncan Ferguson).

7 – Lukaku has scored seven times in the Premier League against Sunderland, against no side has he scored more.

4.7 – Jordan Pickford averages 4.7 saves per game this season in the Premier League, the highest save per game ratio in the competition.

0 – Sunderland are yet to name an unchanged starting XI in any of their 26 Premier League matches so far in 2016-17.

4 – Seamus Coleman has been directly involved in as many goals in his last six league games as he had in his previous 34 (four – one goal, three assists).

35 – Indeed, Coleman has been directly involved in 35 Premier League goals for Everton, the only defenders to be involved in more are David Unsworth (45) and Leighton Baines (76).

4 – After scoring in five consecutive league games, Sunderland have been goalless in four of their last five games.

Elsewhere in the Premier League

26 – Swansea have shipped 26 goals in their last 10 Premier League away games, an average of 2.6 per game.

5
– Crystal ended their run of five home league defeats in a row, which was the longest such run buy any team in the Premier League this season.

100
– In netting a hat-trick, Harry Kane went past 100 goals in his club career (102) – with 86 of those coming for Tottenham Hotspur.

4
– Kane’s hat-trick was his fourth in the Premier League for Spurs – no player in club history has registered more in the competition (Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe both have three).

8
– Hull City have picked up more points under Marco Silva in their last six Premier League games (8 points) than their previous 18 games under Mike Phelan (7 points).

1
– Watford have kept just one clean sheet in their last 16 Premier League matches.

40
– Tony Pulis has seen a side under his management reach the 40-point mark in February within the Premier League for the first time ever.

300
– Cesc Fabregas made his 300th Premier League appearance, the first Spanish player to do so.

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