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The numbers that mattered over the past week...
0 - The number of times Tottenham have scored first in a league game since beating Reading in April. They are the only top-flight side yet to do so this term after losing 1-0 to a Hull City side that was the only team in the Premier League this weekend not to win a single corner.
1 - The number of shots on target registered by Middlesbrough in their 1-0 win over Wigan.
2 - The number of points that Tottenham have collected from their opening seven matches. Not since 1912 have they endured such a dismal start to a season. Also, the number of times that Liverpool have scored first in a league match this season.
3 - The number of overhead kicks that Peter Crouch has scored over the past three years.
4 - The number of clubs who have conceded fewer goals than 13th-placed Wigan this season. Also, the number of goals scored by Kevin Davies so far this season - as many as the Bolton forward scored in the whole of 2007/08.
5 - The number of goals scored in the 86th minute or later in Premier League games this weekend.
6 - The number of points that Liverpool would have if matches ended at half-time, putting them just 16th in the league table.
7 - The number of years former Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick has been jailed for after killing two young boys while drink-driving.
8 - The number of Portsmouth's nine league goals so far this term that have been scored by Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe.
9 - The positive goal difference of Reading in their three victories in the Championship between September 27 and October 4.
10 - The number of points collected by Hull in their first four away matches in the Premier League.
11 - The number of minutes that Manchester United's 'Fab Four' of Carlos Tevez, Dimi Berbatov, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo spent on the pitch together during the defeat of Blackburn. It was the first time since Berbatov's arrival that all four players had been in action at the same time.
12 - The number of different scorers for Arsenal this term after Cesc Fabregas' first in the league since January.
13 - The number of touches of the ball taken by Manchester United players in an 18-second period from intercepting a Stephen Warnock pass to scoring their second goal against Blackburn.
14 - The number of matches played by Liverpool since their last defeat.
19 - The number of starting line-up changes made by Ramos in seven Premier League games. Also, the number of shots taken by Tottenham during their defeat to Hull.
27 - The number of successive league matches Dirk Kuyt had failed to score in before his 93rd-minute winner for Liverpool at Manchester City.
40 - The percentage of Sunderland's league goals since their readmission to the top flight last season that have been scored in the last ten minutes of matches.
52 - The number of swear words uttered by Joe Kinnear during his introductory press conference as interim Newcastle manager.
64.25 - The average amount of possession that the Big Four teams held during their matches this weekend.
67 - The number of corners taken by Arsenal in league matches this season before they scored from a set-piece.
76 - The number of points that Hull City will collect in their first season in the Premier League at their present rate of accumulation.
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