Statistics

MW14 stats: Vardy achieves unique feat at Spurs

21 Dec 2020

Leicester striker manages a first for Premier League away goals as we look at the weekend's top facts

When he converted his penalty at Tottenham Hotspur, Jamie Vardy not only sent Leicester City on their way to a 2-0 victory and second place in the table, he also achieved a unique feat in the Premier League.

For more on this and all the must-know facts from the 14th round of fixtures, read below. To see the reports and key data for the matches, click on the results.

CRY

0-7

LIV

Takumi Minamino is the seventh Japanese player to score in the Premier League, after Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata, Shinja Kagawa, Maya Yoshida, Shinji Okazaki and Yoshinori Muto.

SOU

0-1

MCI

Kevin De Bruyne has 15 Premier League assists in 2020, three more than anyone else, while only in 2017, when he assisted 18 goals, has he provided more in a calendar year .

EVE

2-1

ARS

Yerry Mina's last four Premier League goals have all been scored in the 45th minute.

NEW

1-1

FUL

Callum Wilson has eight goals in 12 Premier League appearances for Newcastle United this season, as many as he managed in 35 matches for AFC Bournemouth last term.

BHA

1-1

SHU

Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield United

Jayden Bogle became the fifth player to mark his Premier League debut for Sheffield United with a goal, joining Brian Deane, (1992), Willie Falconer (1993), Rob Hulse (2006) and Billy Sharp (2019).

TOT

0-2

LEI

With his 19th goal in his last 19 Premier League away matches, Vardy became the first player to score an away goal against the same opponent at three different venues in the competition (White Hart Lane, Wembley and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium).

MUN

6-2

LEE

Since his debut in February, Bruno Fernandes has both scored and assisted a goal in seven different Premier League matches. Only Matt Le Tissier, with eight in 1994, and Mohamed Salah, with nine in 2018, have done so on more occasions in a single calendar year.

WBA

0-3

AVL

Aston Villa have won five of their last six away fixtures in the Premier League, as many victories as they had picked up from their previous 49 matches on the road in the competition.

BUR

2-1

WOL

Fabio Silva is the youngest player to score a Premier League goal for Wolves (18y 155d), while he's the second-youngest player to score a penalty in the competition, after Liverpool's Michael Owen in August 1997 (17y 238d v Wimbledon).

CHE

3-0

WHU

Chelsea have scored more goals from corners than any other team in the Premier League this season (8), with three of these goals being headers from Mason Mount assists.