Vital stats from the 2008-09 Premier League season, courtesy of Eurosport.
942 – The final goal tally was the second lowest in Premier League history.
14 – Manchester United set a new Premier League record of 14 consecutive clean sheets between November 2008 and February 2009.
167 – There have been 167 headed goals scored this season.
22 – Liverpool have recouped the most points from losing positions this season.
23 – Sunderland dropped the most points from winning positions this season.
31 – There were just 31 goals scored at White Hart Lane – fewer than at any other stadium.
59 – The Hawthorns saw more goals than any other this season.
117 – Kevin Davies conceded the most fouls this season. He has topped this ranking in five of the last six Premier League seasons.
5 – Danny Murphy has scored five Premier League goals this season – all penalties.
37 – Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 37 goals in his last 33 Premier League games at Old Trafford.
100 – Kanu made his 100th appearance as a substitute in the Premier League when he came off the bench away at Blackburn on 9th May, becoming the first player to reach this landmark.
100 – Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Emile Heskey all netted their 100th Premier League goals this season. A total of 16 players have now reached this landmark.
11 – Chelsea set a new Premier league record of 11 consecutive away wins between April and December 2008.
248 – Chelsea fired in the most shots on target this season.
566 – Hull committed the most fouls in the Premier League.
73 & 5 – Stoke City picked up the most cards – 73 yellow and five red.
24 – Manchester United kept the most clean sheets.
50 – The champions also had the best home record, picking up 50 points.
44 – Chelsea had the best away record, winning 44 points.
57 – Frank Lampard had more shots on target than any other player.
10 – Frank Lampard and Robin van Persie were joint-top of the assists ranking.
Another great season for Lamps
167 – Lee Cattermole made 167 tackles during the season – a league high.
14 – Marouane Fellaini picked up the most yellow cards in the top flight.
7 – Seven Premier League players were sent off twice in this season’s Premier League.
80% – Mark Schwarzer of Fulham was the league’s best shot-stopper, saving four of every five shots on target faced.
149 – Bolton’s Jussi Jaaskelainen made more saves than any other goalkeeper.
6-0 – Man City’s win over Portsmouth at home was the season’s biggest winning margin.
7 – Peter Crouch scored more headed goals than any other player.
18% – Headed goals scored of all strikes this season.
1 – Middlesbrough scored fewer headed goals than any other team.
7 – Bolton conceded more headed goals than any other side.
19% – Arsenal goals conceded from outside the box – the highest proportion in the top flight.
20 – Hull took 20 points from their opening nine games but just 15 from their last 29 matches.
22% – Bolton scored the highest percentage of goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches.
36% – Middlesbrough scored the highest percentage of goals in the final 15 minutes of games in the Premier League.
10 – Hull scored the most goals from corners in the Premier League.
9 – Newcastle gave away a league high of nine penalties in 2008-09.
8 – The Magpies also had eight red cards shown to their players – a division high.
34 – Manchester City have used more players than any other team in the Premier League this season.
21 – Aston Villa have called upon the least amount of players in the league this season.
7 – Blackburn won a joint-high seven penalties along with Man City.
3 – Blackburn missed three penalties – more than any other team.
10 – Bolton scored 10 goals from free-kicks – the most in the Premier League.
51% – Hull scored the highest percentage of their goals from set plays.
20% – Spurs scored the lowest percentage of goals from set pieces.
12 – Hull conceded 12 goals from corners – a league high.
38% – Everton conceded the highest proportion of goals from set plays in the top division.
21% – Fulham conceded the lowest percentage of goals from set plays in the Premier League.
11.5% – Around one in every nine goals scored was netted by a substitute.
9 – Spurs, Manchester United and Liverpool all had nine goals netted by subs – a joint-league high.
61 – Aston Villa used the fewest substitutes throughout the campaign.
109 – Hull, Stoke and Liverpool made the most substitutions.
6 – Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals from outside the box – more than any other player.
26 – Premier League champions Manchester United have used the most number of players as substitutes.
4 – Bolton have had more players featuring in every game of the season than any other side.
3 – Liverpool have the most players who have accrued 10 or more goals this season.
5 – Newcastle used the most penalty takers.
5 – Sunderland only had five players who netted more than once this season.
7 -Liverpool had more opponents sent off than any other side in the top flight.
29 – The opposition hit the woodwork more often against relegation survivors Hull City than any other team.
345 – English players scored 345 goals in 2008-09, accounting for just 37 per cent of goals.
15% – Aston Villa were the league’s most clinical teams scoring with 15 per cent of their shots.
8% – Wigan had the worst conversion rate in the top flight.
81% – Chelsea were the most accurate passers in the league this term.
337 – Stoke took the most long throw-ins this season.
267 – Rory Delap took 189 more long throws than any other player this season.
9 – Stoke scored the most goals from throw-in situations this season.
33% – One third of all goals scored this season came from set plays.
8 – Eight different Liverpool players scored with shots from outside the box this season.
0 – Liverpool were the only team not to suffer a home defeat in the Premier League this season.
13 – Spurs picked up the most points in London derbies this season.
8 – West Ham picked up the fewest in all-capital clashes.
30 – Liverpool garnered 30 points against their North West rivals.
1 – Bolton won just one match against another team from the North West this season.
8 – Sunderland took the most points in North East derbies this season.
77 – Liverpool were the league’s top scorers with 77 goals.
83 – Shaun Wright-Phillips made more successful dribbles than anyone else this term.
4 – Anton Ferdinand and Hermann Hreidarsson both received four yellow cards for dissent, more than any other players in the year the FA’s “Respect” campaign was launched.
10 – Stoke have collected only 10 of their 45 points on the road this season.
5 – Aston Villa have benefited from five own goals this season – more than any other team in the division.
6 – Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne now hold the Premier League record for own goals with six apiece.
6 – Middlesbrough scored six own goals – more than any other team.
24 – Gareth Bale has now played 24 league games for Spurs and never been on the winning side.
86 – Liverpool’s total of 86 points is their best haul in Premier League history.
2 – Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to lose only two games and not win the title.
63 – Spurs have not won away at any of the big four since August 1993 – a run of 63 games.
86 – Liverpool’s tally of 86 points is the highest of any team not winning the league in a 38-game Premier League season.
Top Scorer
10 – Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka collected the Golden Boot award after scoring 19 Premier League goals this season. It is 10 seasons (1998-99) since the Premier League top scorer last ended the campaign with fewer than 20 goals.
82 – Stewart Downing had more shots (including blocked attempts) than any other player who did not score.
110 – Liverpool allowed their opponents fewer shots on target than any other team.
141 – Arsenal caught more opponents offside than any other team.
141 – Hull were flagged offside more than any other team this season.
61 – Djibril Cisse was caught offside more than any other player.
6 – Six players scored hat-tricks this season.
4 – Andrei Arshavin was the first player to score four goals in a Premier League match and not end on the winning side.
13 – Mike Dean awarded more penalties than any other referee.
8 – Dean also sent off more players than any other official.
63 – There were 63 red cards shown this season.
13.5 – Mark Halsey was the league’s most lenient official, showing a card on average for every 13.5 fouls.
5.8 – Rob Styles was the strictest referee dishing out a card for every 5.8 fouls committed.
Great stats. The non-Chelsea guy on FFF (Nic Webster) said Lamps should have been the player of the year. At first, I thought he was giving Steven Cohen (Chelsea fan) a bit of jab, but the stats and Lamp’s high level of play (until the last month) actually may have supported that kind of honor. I thought Gerrard was the best player in the league, but he was unhealthy too much. Ronaldo was great, but Frank was more consistent and had less distractions to deal with.