1. Manchester City own a record of scoring the highest amount of Premier League goals in one season; 106 goals (2017/18).
2. The biggest ever Premier League win came in 1995 when Manchester United beat Ipswich Town 9-0.
3. In 2015, Sadio Mané scored a hat-trick in 2 mins 56 seconds for Southampton against Aston Villa.
4. Ryan Giggs has 13 Premier League winner’s medals.
5. In 2008-09, goalkeeper Edwin Vander Sar break a record of playing 14 consecutive matches without any goal coming in.
6. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once came in as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Man United and scored four goals before the match ended.
7. The highest Premier League single match attendance in history was Tottenham Hotspur versus Arsenal match with 83,222 attendees on 10 February 2018.
8. Former Manchester City captain, Vincent Kompany is the first Belgian coach to manage a team in the Premier League. He would lead Burnley out against Man City on Friday
9. Bournemouth is the first team in Premier League history to lose consecutive games despite leading by at least two goals in each match; losing 3-2 to Spurs from a 2-0 lead and 4-3 to Leeds after leading 3-1.
10. Leandro Trossard – when he was at Brighton – made a record of scoring a third hat-trick against Liverpool at Anfield after Andrey Arshavin in April 2009 for Arsenal.
11. Harry Kane is the first player to score 100 away Premier League goals. He also holds a record of hitting at least a goal against all the 32 teams he’s faced in the 2022/23 Premier League, making him the only player to face more than one opponent in the division and net against 100% of them.
12. Each of the last six times Arsenal have led the table at Christmas they’ve failed to win the title (1986-87, 1989-90, 2002-03 and 2007-08, 2022-23).
13. Having been relegated with Norwich and Leicester in 2022/23, Dean Smith became the first manager to suffer relegation in consecutive EPL campaigns.
14. At Southampton, Kevin De Bruyne registered his 100th PL assist (99 for Man City, one for Chelsea). He’s the fifth player to reach the milestone, doing so in fewer appearances (237) than any of the previous four.
15. Referees are now encouraged to issue at least a yellow card if they are surrounded by two or more players. Managers will also be punished if they step out of their technical area on the touchline ino the pitch to confront any match official at half-time or full-time.
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