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The best Opta stats and facts from Saturday's Premier League games

Jesus Navas and Nathan Redmond battle for the ball at St Mary's

Who became the first defender to reach 50 assists? Which striker netted his first Premier League goal from open play? Here are Opta's best stats and facts from Saturday's Premier League games.

Tottenham 4-0 Bournemouth

Tottenham have now registered 12 consecutive home victories in the Premier League, their longest-ever winning streak on home soil in a single top-flight season.

Bournemouth posted a 31.31 per cent possession figure in this game, their lowest in a Premier League game.

Spurs have scored the most (43) and conceded the fewest (8) home goals in the Premier League this season.

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Spurs 4-0 Bournemouth

The Cherries had to wait until the 74th minute for their first shot on target, via Charlie Daniels.

Christian Eriksen now has more assists than any other player in the Premier League this season (12).

Son Heung-Min has been directly involved in six goals in his last four Premier League games (5 goals, 1 assist).

Harry Kane has provided five Premier League assists this season, his best return in a top-flight campaign.

Kane is only the fourth player to score 20+ goals in three consecutive Premier League seasons, after Shearer, Henry and van Nistelrooy.

Vincent Janssen finally netted his first Premier League goal not to come from the penalty spot in his 24th appearance in the competition.

Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games at Selhurst Park (W3 D1), their longest unbeaten streak since February 2014 (4 games unbeaten).

Leicester have picked up more points under Craig Shakespeare in his three Premier League away games (4) than in the previous 13 managed by Claudio Ranieri (3).

The Foxes scored from their first shot in the game, while Huth's goal proved to be Leicester's only shot in the first half.

Andros Townsend has been directly involved in seven Premier League goals this season (3 goals, 4 assists); his best return in a top-flight campaign.

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Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester

Christian Benteke has scored 21 Premier League headed goals since his Premier League debut in September 2012; only Olivier Giroud (24) has scored more.

Jamie Vardy has been involved in eight goals in his last seven Premier League appearances since Craig Shakespeare's appointment (6 goals, 2 assists).

Christian Fuchs has provided eight assists for Leicester in the Premier League since the start of last season; only Jamie Vardy (10), Marc Albrighton (11) and Riyad Mahrez (14) have provided more in this period.

Three of Robert Huth's last five Premier League goals for Leicester City have come away to London sides.

Everton 3-1 Burnley

Everton have won eight successive Premier League games at Goodison Park for the first time in the Premier League - their best top-flight run since winning eight in a row between Jan-Apr 1990.

The Toffees have already scored more goals at Goodison Park this season than in their previous 26 top-flight campaigns (41 goals).

Only one team in Premier League history have had fewer points away from home after 17 Premier League away games than Burnley this season (Derby - 3 points in 2007/08).

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Everton 3-1 Burnley

There were just 126 seconds between Phil Jagielka's goal and Sam Vokes winning Burnley's penalty at Goodison Park.

Romelu Lukaku has scored in all nine of Everton's competitive matches at Goodison Park in 2017; eight Premier League games and one in the FA Cup.

Leighton Baines is the first defender to reach 50 Premier League assists.

Phil Jagielka has scored in each of his last three games for Everton; as many as he had scored in his previous 71 in the Premier League.

Ashley Williams has got assists his last three Premier League games - he had only recorded three assists in his previous 209 Premier League appearances.

Stoke 3-1 Hull

Stoke now have a 60 per cent win-rate against Hull in the Premier League; their highest percentage against a team they've played at least 10 times.

Hull remain winless away from home under Marco Silva in the league (L6 D1), despite being unbeaten at home (W5 D1) - the only other two managers to do the same having managed at least five games home and away, was Rafael Benitez at Newcastle in 2015/16 and David Webb at Chelsea in 1992/93.

Marko Arnautovic has been directly involved in 10 Premier League goals this term (6 goals, 4 assists); the most of any Stoke City player.

Each of Xherdan Shaqiri's last five goals in the Premier League have been scored from outside of the box.

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Stoke 3-1 Hull

Half of Shaqiri's assists in the Premier League have been for Marko Arnautovic (4 of 8), with all four coming at the bet365 Stadium.

After keeping two clean sheets in their first four league games under Marco Silva, Hull have since conceded in nine consecutive outings.

Harry Maguire netted in back-to-back league games for the first time in his career (two goals) - he had scored twice in his previous 93 league outings prior to this run.

The Potters have scored 59 per cent of their league goals in the first half this season, the highest proportion of any Premier League side.

Sunderland 2-2 West Ham

Sunderland are without a win in their last eight top-flight games (D2 L6) and have won only one of their last 15.

West Ham have thrown away a league-high 22 points from leading positions in the Premier League this season.

Courtesy of Wahbi Khazri's strike, Sunderland scored their first Premier League goal in 701 minutes of action.

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Sunderland 2-2 West Ham

West Ham have now gone 13 games without a clean sheet away from home in the Premier League, their longest scoring drought on the road since January 2015 (17 goals in total).

Four of Andre Ayew's five Premier League goals this season have come away from home.

Khazri's goal was the first to come direct from a corner since Ben Watson for Watford against Manchester City in January 2016.

Fabio Borino's two Premier League goals this season have both come in the 90th minute.

West Ham have been shown more red cards than any other side in the Premier League this season (five).

Watford 1-0 Swansea

Watford have kept three consecutive clean sheets on home soil in the Premier League for the first time since September 2015.

After picking up five wins in his first eight Premier League games with Swansea, Paul Clement is now without a win in six games (D1 L5).

Etienne Capoue netted his first goal in 19 Premier League games, after bagging five in his previous 12 this season.

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Watford 1-0 Swansea

Eleven of Watford's Premier League goals have come from French players (Capoue, Kaboul, Niang and Doucoure), a haul only Arsenal can match this season.

The Hornets have won three of their last four top-flight games (L1) after failing to win any of the four before that (D1 L3).

The Swans have failed to score in four of their last five Premier League games (one goal scored in the other), after finding the back of the net in seven in a row.

The away side has never scored in any of the four Premier League games between these two sides.

Southampton 0-3 Manchester City

Man City have won more away games this season than they have in any other top flight campaign (11).

Southampton directed only one shot on target in the game; only once this season have they failed to register an attempt on target in the Premier League (v Liverpool in November).

Manchester City have made 100 changes to their Premier League starting line-ups this season, 15 more than any other side.

This game was the sixth Premier League fixture this season to see no shots on target in the first half.

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Southampton 0-3 Manchester City

Vincent Kompany scored in the Premier League for the first time since August 2015 (v Chelsea) after a run of 16 top-flight games without a goal.

Since his debut in August 2010, David Silva has provided 64 Premier League assists; 13 more than any other player (Wayne Rooney next on 51).

Kevin De Bruyne has registered 13 Premier League assists this season, more than any other player.

Leroy Sané has scored in three of his last four Premier League away games (three goals), failing to do so only at Stamford Bridge in this run.

Sergio Aguero has scored in each of his last 12 Premier League appearances in the month of April.

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