On another fascinating weekend of Premier League football, the stats tell their own story. Here is the story they've chosen to tell...
Arsenal are in freefall
The form guide tells a very dispiriting story about Arsenal's form. Four points from six games, which is 4th worst in the league on the form guide table. No wonder Arsenal fans are so edgy.
Arsenal have taken 4 points from last 6 PL games (only Burnley, West Ham & Boro picked up fewer). Man City unbeaten in 8, but drawn last 3 pic.twitter.com/4QBbqt9Kur
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) April 2, 2017
How bad is Everton's record at Anfield? This bad.
Probably the most distributed stat of the Premier League weekend. It's been 18 long years since Everton won at Anfield. A lot has changed in football in those 18 years. For Blackpool, a lot has come full circle.
Since Everton last won at Anfield, Blackpool have risen from the 4th tier to the EPL, won at Anfield, and fallen back to the 4th tier again
— CubeGoal (@CubeGoal) April 1, 2017
Shakespeare in love
Craig Shakespeare is a late but worthy contender for manager of the year. He remains unbeaten with Leicester. Promotion talk has been banished and he's still in with an (unlikely) shout of winning the Champions League. After his brilliant start as Leicester boss, which featured 2-0 win over Stoke yesterday, he now finds himself in pretty exclusive company.
Shakespeare is the first British manager to win his first 4 games in @premierleague history. Others: Ancelotti, Hiddink, Mourinho, Guardiola
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) April 1, 2017
Marco Silva is a god at home
Hull continue their bitter fight to stay in the Premier League, and secured three valuable points at home beating West Ham yesterday. Marco Silva has turned the tide for Hull and he has to his credit one incredible lucky streak: he's unbeatable at home. Silva hasn't lost a home fixture as manager since 2014, a mere 39 matches ago. Four of Hull's last 8 matches are at the KC, and with the club 13 points off the magical 40 point mark, they will need every home point they can get.
This is a remarkable stat 😮
Marco Silva hasn't lost a home league match as manager in over three years, with 32 wins and 7 draws.#MOTD pic.twitter.com/odofCuvgzK— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) April 1, 2017
Lukaku is deadliest when the game is nearly up
How good is Romelu Lukaku? The jury remains out. He was held without a goal in another massive game for Everton yesterday. Ahead of the match, Sky dug out an interesting stat on his scoring. Of the 21 league goals Lukaku has scored this season, nearly half have come after the 80 minute mark. Unfortunately this stat was no use for Lukaku or Everton yesterday, who scored 0 goals after the 80 minutes.
.@RomeluLukaku9 has scored just under half of his goals after the 80-minute mark and needs one more for a record tally of 11 in a season. pic.twitter.com/R4LJ3MZSCt
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) March 30, 2017
