All The Best Stats You Probably Missed From The Weekend's Action

We're now in to the business end of the season and there's still so much to play for across Europe.

Liverpool are back on top of the Premier League table with victory at Fulham, Manchester City's comeback victory over Swansea in the FA Cup means they're still on for an unprecedented quadruple and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's honeymoon period as caretaker Manchester United boss appears to be over.

That's just in England. On Sunday, Lionel Messi produced yet another fine display in Barcelona's 4-1 victory at Real Betis. In doing so, the Argentine ensured that while Cristiano Ronaldo no longer plays in Spain, the debate over who is best between the two world class stars rages on thanks to his latest record.

Everyone loves a stat and there were so many interesting ones to come out of the weekend. So here's a whole load for you to impress your mates with this weekend. The Messi stat may also have you questioning whether Ronaldo should now be considered the best out of the two...

Milner On Point

Liverpool's James Milner extended his Premier League record of never losing a game in which he's scored - it now stands at 51 games (W40 D11 L0).

Hazard Drawing Blanks on Merseyside

Chelsea's Eden Hazard has now failed to score in each of his seven Premier League games at Goodison Park - his most appearances at a single away venue without finding the net in the competition.

Kings of Norway

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (91) is the only Norwegian player to score more Premier League goals than Bournemouth's Joshua King (41).

Brilliant Brighton

Brighton have qualified for an FA Cup semi-final for the second time in their history - previously doing so in 1983 when they finished as runners-up.

Misbehaving Foxes

Leicester City have been shown more red cards than any other Premier League team this season (five).

Hammers Continue Impressive Run

West Ham are unbeaten in 17 Premier League games in which they have scored a goal since a 3-1 defeat at Arsenal in August.

Honeymoon Period Over For Ole

Manchester United have lost back-to-back games for the first time under Solskjaer, last doing so in December 2018 in Mourinho's last two matches in charge.

Pickford's Record

Everton's Jordan Pickford (25 years 10 days) became the fifth youngest English goalkeeper to make 100 Premier League appearances - after Scott Carson, Joe Hart, Ian Walker and Paul Robinson.

Not Fulham's Saviour

Scott Parker became the first Fulham manager to lose his first three Premier League games in charge since Roy Hodgson in January 2008.

Mr. West Ham

Mark Noble became only the third player to score 40 Premier League goals for West Ham after Paolo Di Canio (47) and Carlton Cole (41).

Chelsea's Away Day Blues

Only Fulham (six) have lost more Premier League games away from home in 2019 than Chelsea (P5 W1 D0 L4).

Unstoppable City

Manchester City have scored more goals than any other side in the FA Cup this season (19).

Comeback Kings Once More

West Ham have come from at least two goals behind to win on two other occasions in the Premier League, having done the same against Bradford in February 2000 (5-4) and Everton in March 2016 (3-2).

The Debate Rages On

Lionel Messi scored his 34th La Liga hat-trick on Sunday, which means he has now scored as many as Cristiano Ronaldo did in the Spanish top flight for Real Madrid.

Messi’s 34th La Liga treble came in his 444th appearance in the division. It took Ronaldo 152 matches fewer to reach that tally, with the former Real Madrid man achieving the feat after just 292 fixtures.

So, the debate rages on.

Rapid Red For Leicester

Harry Maguire's red card after 3 mins 11 seconds is the fastest in the Premier League since Gareth McAuley for West Brom vs Manchester City in March 2015 (1 min 29 secs).

Super Sub

Javier Hernande became the first West Ham player to score two headed goals in a Premier League match since Michail Antonio against Watford in September 2016.

Free-Kick Master

James Maddison is the first Leicester player to score two direct free-kick goals in a single Premier League season.

A New Man City Record For Pep

Manchester City came from two or more goals down to win for the first time in any competition under Guardiola.

Richarlison's Brilliant Debut Season

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Richarlison has scored 12 goals in the Premier League this season; only three players have netted more in the competition in their first season at Everton (15 - Kanchelskis, Yakubu and Lukaku).

Senegalese Prince

Sadio Mane scored his 17th Premier League goal of the season - the most by a Senegalese player in the history of the competition, overtaking Demba Ba's tally of 16 for Newcastle United in the 2011-12 season.

Siggy's Spot Kick Failures

Despite scoring the rebound, Gylfi Sigurdsson has now missed three of his five Premier League penalties for Everton (60%).

2018-19 is just the second Premier League season to see two different players miss at least three penalties (Paul Pogba being the other player) after 2003-04 (Alan Shearer and Ruud van Nistelrooy).

Penalty Kings

Only Manchester United (10) have won more penalties than Bournemouth in the Premier League this season (nine), while only Crystal Palace (eight) have scored more than the Cherries (seven).