Opta stats from Sunderland’s Premier League defeat at West Bromwich Albion, as well as from around the grounds following the latest round of PL fixtures.
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Sunderland
175 – John O’Shea became Sunderland’s highest appearance maker in the Premier League.
6 – West Brom have won five of their last six home Premier League games (L1) having won just one of the nine before that.
5 - Sunderland have conceded in the first half in each of their last five Premier League matches.
4 – All four of Darren Fletcher’s Premier League goals for West Brom have come at the Hawthorns.
2 – Chris Brunt has scored twice in his last three Premier League games, as many as he’d scored in the 47 before that.
6 – Brunt has had a hand in six goals in his last five home Premier League games (three goals, three assists).
5 – David Moyes has lost five consecutive away Premier League games as manager for the first time since May 2005 when he was manager of Everton.
Elsewhere in the Premier League
250 – Wayne Rooney is now outright Manchester United’s all-time leading goal scorer (250), moving one ahead of Sir Bobby Charlton.
88 – Rooney is also now the leading all-time Premier League goal scorer for away goals (88).
23 – 23 of Andy Carroll’s 48 Premier League goals have been from headers (48%).
3 – Tom Davies has been directly involved in three goals in his last three league games for Everton (one goal, two assists).
10 – Josh King (10) is the second Bournemouth player to reach double figures for goals in the Premier League (after Callum Wilson, 11).
6 – Six of Son Heung-Min’s seven Premier League goals this season have been scored away from home.
11 – Dele Alli has scored more Premier League goals this season (11 in 21 games) than he had in the whole of last season (10 in 33).
17 – Liverpool’s unbeaten Premier League run at Anfield has ended after 17 matches (W11 D6).
1 – Swansea won an away league game at Liverpool for the first time in their history – they had previously failed to win on 15 visits.
