Matches Playing 2nd May 2009

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• Only two of Cristiano Ronaldo's 17 league goals this season have come away from home.
• Middlesbrough would be bottom of a 16 team Premier League division minus the 'Big Four'.
• United have scored exactly two goals in their last three trips to the Riverside (all comps).
• Ronaldo has scored in three of his last four visits to the Riverside stadium.
• Boro have leaked five own goals this season, more than any other team.
• Wayne Rooney has only scored three of his 12 Premier League goals this season away from home.
• After 33 games last season Manchester United had exactly the same number of wins, draws and losses but had scored an extra nine goals and had conceded five fewer.
• After 34 games last season, Boro had only won one more game (8) than they have in 2008-09.
• United have scored 26 goals from crosses, a league high.
• Boro's struggles are surely connected to their conversion rate, only 7.8% and the lowest in the Premier League.

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• Erik Nevland's three league goals this season have all come in sub appearances. Only Tottenham's Darren Bent (four) has bagged more this season.
• The Blues have bagged just four first-half goals in their last 15 league fixtures.
• Chelsea's win at West Ham last weekend saw them become the last London side to win a local derby game this season.
• Fulham have escaped Stamford Bridge with a draw in the last two seasons.
• The Whites have not won at their rivals' ground since October 1979.
• Frank Lampard has created 10 goals this season, more than any other Premier League played.
• Petr Cech has failed to claim more crosses than any other goalkeeper this season, nine.
• Chelsea are 14 points worse off than they were after 34 games in their two Premier League title winning seasons.
• Fulham are two points better off than they were in 2003-04, their previous best Premier League season when they eventually finished ninth.
• Chelsea have let in only seven first half goals this season, fewer than any other side.
• Fulham have averaged 1.87 points in May in Premier League history, the second best rate of any club currently in the top-flight.

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• City have not drawn a Premier League home game this season.
• Only Manchester United (15) have won more home games than Manchester City (11) this season.
• City have not won a home game against Blackburn this century - the last one came in the Championship almost 10 years ago in October 1999.
• Six of the last seven games between them in the PL in Manchester have ended as draws.
• Rovers have scored at least two goals in five of their last six Premier League games against City.
• Richard Dunne has conceded more corners than any other player in the league this season, 45.
• City's total of 13 wins this season is only one fewer than their best ever performance after 34 games, set last season under Sven-Goran Eriksson (14 wins).
• Only in 1998-99 have Blackburn had fewer points (32) after 34 games. They were relegated at the end of that campaign.
• City have averaged only 0.87 points per game in May compared to 1.87 in April.
• Benni McCarthy has scored the opening goal in Blackburn's last two wins.

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• Portsmouth have never defeated Arsenal in a Premier League game.
• Four of the last six league games between the clubs, however, have ended as draws, including the last three at Fratton Park.
• This fixture has ended 0-0 for the last two seasons.
• Hayden Mullins has hit eight shots for Portsmouth this season but none of them have been on target.
• Sylvain Distin is one of only two outfield players to have played every minute of every game this season.
• Bacary Sagna has hit more crosses without recording an assist than any other player in the Premier League this season, 136. Gael Clichy is second with 108.
• Robin Van Persie has been denied by the goalframe on six occasions, more than any other top-flight footballer this season.
• Peter Crouch leads the way when it comes to headed goals this season with seven.
• David James has dropped the ball this season more than any other goalkeeper, 14.
• This time last season Arsenal had six more points.
• Andrey Arshavin has scored six and assisted four goals in his nine Premier League games for the Gunners.
• Portsmouth have won only one of their 11 Premier League games in May.

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• Only the Big Four teams have lost fewer home games than Stoke (3) this season.
• West Ham have won four of their last five trips to Stoke, keeping a clean sheet in the last two games.
• After 34 games two seasons ago West Ham had only one more point (29) than bottom side WBA have now, but still managed to avoid relegation.
• The Potters have scored only eight first half goals all season, fewer than any other team.
• Stoke have scored only two goals in the 15 minutes before half time, West Ham have only conceded two goals in the same period, both league-lows.
• Stoke and West Ham have both conceded three goals from direct free-kicks, a divisional high for 2008-09.
• Three of West Ham's last five goals have come in the first half.
• Stoke have conceded only two goals in their last five Premier League games.
• The Hammers have conceded exactly one goal in their last three league games.
• Only Manchester United (9) have won more Premier League games 1-0 this season than Stoke (5).

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• Nine of Darren Bent's 12 league goals this season have come on the road.
• Tottenham have conceded only nine goals at home this season, fewer than any other Premier League team.
• WBA have managed to score in all seven of their Premier League encounters with Spurs.
• Robbie Keane has scored a brace of goals in each of his last two appearances against WBA.
• The Irishman has eight goals in eight appearances against the Baggies in the top-flight.
• Spurs have lost 19 games in May, more than any other Premier League side.
• Spurs have scored in their last nine league games, the best current run in the division.
• Tottenham's last three Premier League home games have ended as 1-0 home wins.
• WBA have conceded at least two goals in 12 of their last 14 Premier League away games.
• Two of WBA's six all-time Premier League away wins games have come in London.

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• Wigan have scored exactly one goal in their last six Premier League games against Bolton.
• Since-departed Emile Heskey scored Wigan's last two home goals against Wanderers.
• Kevin Davies has created 60 chances from open play this season, second only to Frank Lampard (74).
• Davies is also the most fouled player (96) and the player who has committed the most fouls (108)
• Wigan are having a good season but in 2005-06 (their first in the Premier League) they had seven more points after 33 games.
• Bolton have scored 10 goals from indirect free-kicks this season
• Wigan have never drawn a Premier League game in May: W2 L3.
• The Trotters have taken just five points from 10 local derby games this season - the worst record in the region.
• Wigan have scored 10 goals in 10 local derby games this season, only three fewer than heavy-hitting rivals Manchester United from the same number of games.
• Bolton striker Johan Elmander has gone 1098 minutes without a Premier League goal.