The Premier League is back after the international break, with plenty more thrills and spills to keep everyone entertained.
Manchester United got back to winning ways with a sweeping 3-0 win over Southampton, while Nottingham Forest stunned Liverpool at Anfield.
Manchester City continued their perfect start with a comeback win over Brentford, and on Sunday Arsenal claimed bragging rights in the North London derby.
But who were the lucky winners and the unlucky losers to emerge from this weekend s set of fixtures, according to the underlying metrics?
With the help of Opta data, let s find out.
1995 1969 Nottingham Forest have won four consecutive away Premier League matches for the first time since March/April 1995, with today’s win their first a…
Wout Faes scored two own goals as Liverpool came from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall capitalised on poor defending to give Liverpool an early lead but Jurgen Klopp s side were gifted a fourth consecutive Premier League win by Faes.
The defender inexplicably hit the target at the wrong end twice in the first half on Friday to put Liverpool in front.
Liverpool were not at their fluent best, but moved just two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with a win from their final match of 2022, with new signing Cody Gakpo watching on.
2 Wout Faes is the fourth player with two own goals in a single Premier League game, after Jamie Carragher (1999, Liverpool vs Man Utd), Michael Proctor (2003, Sunderland vs Charlton) and Jonatha…
Tickets for the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2010 will go on sale on 2 February 2009.
The announcement was made by David Will, chairman of the FIFA sub committee in charge of ticketing for WC 2010.
In an effort to beat the black market sales, more tickets will be on sale for the genuine soccer fan. Added to this FIFA will allow only four tickets per customer per seven matches.
The allocation for supporters of teams participating in World Cup games has been increased from eight to 12 percent.
The price of tickets has not yet been decided but the cheapest tickets are likely to be affordable to the South African public.
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