Statistics

MW11 stats: Age is just a number for Giroud

8 Dec 2020

Chelsea striker matches club legend as we look at the match round's top facts

Olivier Giroud capped a memorable week with his first Premier League goal of the season as Chelsea came from behind to beat Leeds United 3-1.

The Frenchman, who scored four times against Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League, matched a record achieved by one of the club's most famous strikers, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 19 years ago.

For more on this and all the must-know facts from the 11th round of fixtures, read below. To see the reports and key data for the matches, click on the results.

BUR

1-1

EVE

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored 11 league goals from inside the box, more than any other player in Europe's top five divisions. His six goals from inside the six-yard box are twice as many as any other PL player this term.

MCI

2-0

FUL

Raheem Sterling has won 20 Premier League penalties, more than any other player.

WHU

1-3

MUN

Manchester United are only the second side in Premier League history to score two or more goals in nine consecutive away matches, after Leeds United back in April 2001.

CHE

3-1

LEE

Giroud is the oldest player to ever score in six consecutive Premier League starts, aged 34 years and 66 days. He is the first Chelsea player to manage the feat since Hasselbaink in 2001.

WBA

1-5

CRY

Since the start of the 2012/13 season, only Giroud (31) has scored more headed Premier League goals than Christian Benteke (27).

SHU

1-2

LEI

Jamie Vardy has become only the third player to score in five consecutive Premier League away matches in Yorkshire, after Wayne Rooney (2002-2013) and Harry Kane (2014-2020).

TOT

2-0

ARS

Spurs duo Son Heung-min and Harry Kane have now combined for 31 Premier League goals, the second most after Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard (36), with 11 of these goals coming in 2020/21.

LIV

4-0

WOL

At 22 years and 13 days, Caoimhin Kelleher became the third-youngest Liverpool goalkeeper to keep a Premier League clean sheet, after Scott Carson (19y 211d) and Chris Kirkland (21y 234d). He is the youngest to do so on his first start for the Reds.

BHA