3 - Bukayo Saka is the first Arsenal player to provide an assist in each of the first three games of a Premier League season since Thierry Henry in 2004-05. Footsteps. #ARSBHA

1 – In his 245th Premier League appearance, Declan Rice has been shown a red card in the competition for the first time. Bizarre. #ARSBHA

87 - Everton were leading by 2+ goals until the 87th minute – the latest a team has ever been 2+ goals ahead in a game they’ve gone on to lose in Premier League history. Collapse. #EVEBOU

6 - Erling Haaland's six goals so far in 2024-25 is the joint-most a player has ever scored in a team's first three Premier League matches of a season, along with fellow Man City player Edin Dzeko in 2011-12. Machine. #WHUMCI

1994 - Erling Haaland is the first player to score a hat-trick in two of a team's first three league games in a season since Paul Jewell for Bradford in 1994-95. Diamond. #WHUMCI

19 - Erling Haaland has scored 19 goals in 11 Premier League appearances in the month of August. In the competition's entire history, only Andy Cole (25), Les Ferdinand (22), and Sergio Agüero (20) have scored more August goals. Blocks.

4 - Cole Palmer has four assists in Chelsea's three Premier League games this season - only Ruel Fox (94-95), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (17-18), Harry Kane (20-21), and Paul Pogba (21-22) have provided more in a team's first three matches of a Premier League campaign (all 5). Sharp.

15 - Cole Palmer has now assisted 15 goals in the Premier League for Chelsea; the most of any player across Europe's big five leagues since his debut (September 2023). Easy.

5 - Eberechi Eze has scored five goals from outside the box in the Premier League in 2024; the joint-most of any player, along with Phil Foden. Finesse.

4 - Spurs have lost four of their last six away Premier League games (W1 D1), more than their first 15 on the road under Ange Postecoglou combined (W6 D6 L3). Fragility.

16 - Mohamed Salah has either scored (10) or assisted (6) 16 of Liverpool's last 22 Premier League goals against Manchester United. Catalyst.

2 - Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Liverpool have seen more different players score twice in the first half of a Premier League game at Old Trafford (2 - Salah, Díaz) than Manchester United have (1 - Ronaldo). Theatre.

10 - Mo Salah has scored 10 goals in nine appearances at Old Trafford for Liverpool in all competitions. He is only the second player to score 10+ goals at a single away ground for Premier League clubs since 1992-93, after Alan Shearer (10 at Elland Road). Thanos.

2007 - Liverpool's Arne Slot is the first manager to win each of his first three Premier League games without conceding a single goal since Sven-Göran Eriksson in 2007. Tribute.

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬: MD 3 📋 We've looked back at the very best Premier League facts and stats discovered by OptaJoe from this weekend's action, including: ️⚽️ Haaland Hat-Tricks 👍 Slot Closing on Record ♻️ Latest PL Turnaround Ever

100% - Manchester City have taken 49 throw-ins in the Premier League this season and all 49 have successfully found a Man City player, the only team with a 100% success rate in the division in 2024-25. Retention.

1-0 - Morecambe are just the second side in Football League history to lose their opening four league games in a season all 1-0, along with Rochdale in 2006-07. Unwise.

900 - Cristiano Ronaldo has now netted 900 goals in his senior career for club and country: Real Madrid - 450 Manchester United - 145 Portugal - 131 Juventus - 101 Al-Nassr - 68 Sporting CP – 5 Preposterous.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 August Review 📈 We’re four games in to the 2024-25 Championship season, but what has the data told us so far? David Segar takes a quick look at some of the underlying metrics in the second tier.

With four wins from as many games, Sunderland have made their best start to a league season in 99 years under Régis Le Bris. Can the Black Cats continue that form and win promotion back to the Premier League? Matt Furniss takes a look at their season so far. #SAFC ⚪️🔴