The week in numbers
Tue 18 May to Sun 23 MayMatches20
Goals592.95 a match, 2.69 in the season
Home, draw, away11-1-8
Clean sheets10
- 5–0Biggest win: Manchester City 5–0 Everton
- 6goals in Leicester 2–4 Tottenham, the most
- 289Biggest upset: Brighton beat Manchester City, a side Vesta rated 289 points stronger
- 2goals: Gareth Bale
- 2goals: Jamie Vardy
- 2goals: Nicolas Pepe
- 2goals: Nicolas Pepe
- 2goals: Pablo Fornals
- 2goals: Sadio Mané
- +1more players with two goals or more
Streaks
2020-21, 380 matches played| Team | Running now |
|---|---|
| Wins in a row | 5 Arsenal and Liverpool |
| Unbeaten | 10 Liverpool |
| Without a win | 10 Fulham |
| Defeats in a row | 4 West Bromwich Albion |
| Clean sheets in a row | 2 Liverpool and Newcastle United |
| Scoring in every match | 15 Tottenham |
The season so far
Against the 19 seasons before, since 2001-02Goals per match2.692.67 before
Home wins38%46% before
Draws22%25% before
Half-time and full time
2020-21, 380 matchesVesta this season
2020-21, 380 matches- 54%of the matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 57%Manchester City, the most predictable team
- 34%Brighton, the least predictable
- 6%Chelsea 2–5 West Bromwich Albion
- 7%Manchester City 1–2 Leeds
- 7%Manchester City 1–1 West Bromwich Albion
- 8%Liverpool 1–1 West Bromwich Albion
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with the season hidden (how); the published ones are in the Track record.
When the goals come
2020-21, 1024 goals14%1-15
15%16-30
18%31-45+
16%46-60
16%61-75
21%76-90+
- 10%of the goals in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 69%of the teams that scored first won the match
- 8points won in the last five minutes: Liverpool, the most
- 7points thrown away in the last five minutes: Tottenham, the most
- 31points won after going behind: Manchester United, the most
- 25points dropped after going ahead: Brighton, the most
- 1'the fastest goal, with 4 others in the same minute: Son Heung-Min, Tottenham
- 90+10'the latest winning goal: Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United
Goal minutes known. Minutes as the match reports write them; a winning goal is the one past the loser's final total (the second of a 3–1).
Ages and nations
2020-21- 25.8years: Aston Villa, the youngest of the 13 teams with enough birth dates
- 29.3years: Crystal Palace, the oldest of the 13 teams with enough birth dates
- 18years and 155 days: Fabio Silva, the youngest scorer with a known birth date
- 36years: Thiago Silva, the oldest scorer with a known birth date
- 36%of the minutes played by players from England
Birth dates and citizenships of the players known with certainty: 80% of the minutes played. A player can hold more than one citizenship. Team ages only where at least 75% of the minutes are covered (13 of 20 teams).
How they play
2020-21, 380 matches- 16.0Most shots per match: Liverpool
- 40%Most accurate shooting: Manchester United
- 15%Best conversion: Tottenham
- 6.8Most corners per match: Liverpool
- 12.7Most fouls per match: Fulham
- 2.0Most cards per match: Sheffield United
- 1.1Fewest cards per match: Liverpool
Match statistics of the season, match by match.

