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The numbers that mattered this week...
0 - The total number of first-team appearances previously made by the six outfield substitutes on Everton's bench for the game with Blackburn Rovers. Also, the number of league games won by Derby County under the management of Paul Jewell from 29 attempts after the Rams followed up defeat at home to Doncaster on the opening day of the Championship's new season with a draw at Bristol City.
1-1 - The score between Manchester United and Newcastle United. Last season, ManYoo scored 11 times in their two meetings.
2 - The number of Tottenham players who started the game at Middlesbrough who also began Spurs' opening-day defeat at Sunderland last August.
3 - The number of minutes, plus 44 seconds, that had elapsed before Samir Nasri scored on his debut for Arsenal against West Brom. The 23rd player to score on his debut for Arsenal since the end of World War Two, Nasri is also believed to hold the distinction of scoring the fastest-ever goal by an Arsenal debutant.
4 - The number of goals scored in the Premier League this weekend in either the last minute or injury time. Also, the number of goals Chelsea scored without reply against Portsmouth to take the Blues to the top of the league table for the first time since their defeat of Pompey last August.
5 - The number of Premier League teams which lost this weekend despite enjoying 50 or more per cent of possession against their opponents: Everton (50% against Blackburn), Wigan (51% against West Ham), Fulham (56% against Hull City), Manchester City (58% against Aston Villa), and Tottenham (65% against Middlesbrough).
6 - The number of months Valeri Bojinov will be sidelined after tearing his Achilles tendon during the warm-up ahead of Manchester City's game at Aston Villa. After missing the rest of last season with a knee injury suffered in last August's Manchester derby, the Bulgarian's latest setback means he will have made just three league appearances during his first 18 months at the club.
7 - The number of minutes it took Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor to score a hat-trick against Manchester City. It was the second-fastest treble in Premiership history - Robbie Fowler's quick-fire hat-trick against Arsenal for Liverpool remains the quickest - and the first on the opening day of the season since Dion Dublin inspired Coventry to a 3-2 victory over Chelsea in 1997.
8 - The number of times that Sunderland have failed to score against Liverpool in their last nine meetings.
9 - The number of league clubs still boasting a 100% record after their opening two matches of the new campaign: Coventry, Preston and Birmingham from the Championship, Carlisle and Oldham from League One, and Dagenham and Redbridge, Shrewsbury, Bradford and Bury from League Two.
10 - The number of Manchester United players recognised as being part of their first-team squad for this season who were unavailable at the end of the match with Newcastle due to injury, suspension, personal bereavement and Olympics duty: Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Louis Saha, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Frazier Campbell, Ji-sung Park, Nani and Anderson. Also, the current position of Manchester United in the league table.
11 The number of teams which used a 4-4-2 formation on the opening weekend of the Premier League campaign: ManYoo, Liverpool, Wigan, West Ham, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Fulham, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Stoke and Portsmouth.
12 - The number of goals conceded by Manchester City in their last two Premier League outings.
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