Matches Playing 1st March 2009

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• In Sam Allardyce's eight league games in charge, Rovers have either kept a clean sheet or conceded two goals.
• Rovers have the league's worst disciplinary record with 53 yellows and two red cards.
• Hull have only won one of their last 17 Premier League matches and kept just one clean sheet in that time.
• The Tigers have only taken two points from the last 27 available - fewer than any other team in Europe's leading five leagues over a nine game period.
• Hull have conceded seven goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches - more than any other side.
• Blackburn and Hull have both scored six goals via their defenders - a joint league high.
• Rovers have won none of their last nine Premier League away matches.
• Hull have scored eight goals from corners - more than any other team.
• The Tigers have also conceded the joint-most goals from corners (7).
• Blackburn have conceded 372 fouls - more than any other team in the top division bar Hull (385) - and have played one game fewer than most clubs.
• Hull need one more point to match Swindon Town's total of 30 in 1993-94.

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• Former Hammer Craig Bellamy scored only once in seven appearances at Upton Park this season.
• City have won four and lost none of their last five Premier League games against West Ham.
• The Hammers have only scored four goals in those last five matches.
• City have lost 10 and won only three of their last 15 Premier League trips to London, but two of those successes were at the Boleyn Ground.
• City have not won any of their last 11 away games in the top flight, nor have they kept any clean sheets in that time.
• West Ham have kept just three clean sheets in their last 29 home Premier League matches.
• Craig Bellamy has scored six goals in his last nine league games, excluding the deflected effort last weekend against Liverpool.
• Only Fulham have picked up fewer yellow cards than City (30), but only two teams have had more players sent off than Mark Hughes' side (4).
• City have scored only one headed goal - only Boro have as few as this.
• Mike Dean has awarded more penalties (10) and sent off more players (8) than any other referee this season.

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• Bolton have scored eight goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches - more than any other team in the division.
• Bolton have gone 14 games without a clean sheet in the Premier League.
• The Trotters have only scored in 13 games and if Matt Taylor or Kevin Davies have not found the net, Bolton have only scored in one of the last 19 matches.
• Kevin Davies has reached double figures for goals for the first time in his Premier League career (12 seasons).
• Bolton and Newcastle have never drawn in Trotter territory - with the Magpies winning three times and losing on six occasions.
• Gary Megson's side have not drawn at home since October, winning four and losing five of the matches since then.
• Bolton have won six home games against Newcastle - only Spurs can match that number of defeats away to the Trotters in the Premier League era.
• Newcastle have not won back to back away games since April 2006.
• There have been 12 headed goals at the Reebok this season - more than at any other stadium.
• Newcastle have the best chance conversion rate in the Premier League, scoring with 16% of their shots.
• The Magpies have conceded nine penalties - more than any other team in the division. Last season no team reached double figures in this category.

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• Villa have won only two of their last eight home league games.
• James Beattie has scored four goals in his last four Premier League matches.
• Beattie has doubled his goal tally from his last Premier League season with Everton in 2006-07 when he scored just two goals.
• Villa are the only team yet to drop any points from a winning position this season.
• 78% of Stoke's goals have been netted in the second half - the highest proportion in the top flight.
• 36% of the goals Aston Villa have conceded have been shipped in the final 15 minutes of games - the most in the division.
• 57% of the goals Stoke have scored have come from set plays - the highest percentage in the top flight.
• Villa have conceded just six goals from set plays - a joint-league low - but two of the six came against Stoke.
• Stoke City have the worst away record in the Premier League (3 points), while Villa have the best (30 points), but Stoke are one of only three teams to beat Martin O'Neill's side while they were on the road.
• Despite being at opposite ends of the table, Stoke (22) have more points on home soil than Villa (21).