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The best Opta statistics from Tuesday's Premier League games

Andy King celebrates after putting Leicester 2-1 up against West Brom

With the help of Opta, we round up the best Premier League facts and stats from Tuesday's football...

Leicester City 2-2 West Brom

West Brom's Craig Gardner celebrates after making it 2-2 against Leicester
Image: Craig Gardner scored in back-to-back Premier League games

Leicester are the final Premier League side to concede at home in 2016 - they last conceded against Chelsea on December 14.

Two of Leicester's three goals from outside the area this season have been scored by Danny Drinkwater.

Andy King is the fourth Welshman to score on St David's Day in Premier League history (Pembridge, Saunders and Collison).

Salomon Rondon slips the ball under Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to put West Brom 1-0 up
Image: Salomon Rondon has scored in 3 of his last 5 Premier League games

Salomon Rondon has scored in 3 of his last 5 Premier League games, having failed to score in his previous nine in the competition.

Only Mesut Ozil (18) has more assists this season in the Premier League than Riyad Mahrez (11).

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Craig Gardner has scored in back-to-back PL games for the first time since last April which were also v Palace and Leicester.

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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri says his side will continue to fight after drawing with West Brom

Bournemouth 2-0 Southampton

Bournemouth's Steve Cook (left) celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Southampton with team-mate Benik Afobe
Image: Steve Cook (left) helped Bournemouth on their way to victory against Southampton

It was Bournemouth's first league win over Southampton in 58 years and took them eight points clear of the relegation zone.

After keeping six clean sheets in a row this season in the Premier League, Fraser Forster has conceded four goals in his last two games.

Bournemouth have kept consecutive PL clean sheets for the first time this season.

Benik Afobe heads the ball past Southampton's Fraser Forster to score Bournemouth's second goal
Image: Southampton's Fraser Forster has conceded four goals in his last two games

This was only Bournemouth's third win in their last 11 Premier League home games (D3 L5).

Ronald Koeman's charges have scored just three goals in their last seven away league games.

Southampton have scored just six goals in their last 10 Premier League away matches.

Southampton suffered their first defeat in seven league meetings with Bournemouth, having won the last five in a row.

Norwich 1-2 Chelsea

Kenedy (second left) of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Norwich with his team-mates
Image: Kenedy (centre) bagged the quickest Premier League goal of the season

Chelsea have won three successive Premier League games for the first time since April.

Kenedy scored after 39 seconds against Norwich, the quickest Premier League goal of the season.

Eden Hazard ended a run of 17 Premier League games without an assist by setting up Kenedy for Chelsea's opener.

Diego Costa (centre) of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team's second goal against Norwich
Image: Diego Costa has scored or assisted 12 goals in his last 10 Premier League appearances

Diego Costa has scored or assisted 12 goals in his last 10 Premier League appearances (eight goals, four assists).

Chelsea scored with both of their shots on target in the first half, while Norwich failed to have a shot on target at all.

Chelsea have won three successive Premier League matches for the first time since April 2015.

Three of the four shots on target in this match resulted in goals being scored.

Nathan Redmond scored his first Premier League goal since October.

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Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink says Norwich forced his side into a battle at Carrow Road

Aston Villa 1-3 Everton

Aaron Lennon celebrates scoring Everton's second goal against Aston Villa
Image: Aaron Lennon on target at Villa Park

No Premier League team has ever survived having achieved 16 points or fewer after 28 games.

Aston Villa have lost three successive Premier League games for the first time since November.

The Toffees are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League away games (W3 D5).

Ramiro Funes Mori has scored three Premier League goals this season; only one defender (Scott Dann, 5) has netted more.

Aaron Lennon has found the net in four of his last six Premier League games.

Romelu Lukaku celebrates
Image: Romelu Lukaku becomes Everton's highest scorer in a single Premier League season

Romelu Lukaku has now scored 17 Premier League goals this season, equalling his best ever return in 2012/13.

Lukaku beat Tony Cottee's 16 goal haul (1993-94) to become Everton's highest scorer in a single Premier League season.

Everton recorded their fifth victory in their last six games in all competitions.

Sunderland 2-2 Crystal Palace

Connor Wickham scores Crystal Palace's equaliser against Sunderland in the 61st minute
Image: Connor Wickham scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since April 2015

Three of Dame N'Doye's six Premier League goals have been scored against Crystal Palace.

Connor Wickham has scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since April 2015.

Wickham has bagged braces in his last two league games, having scored once in his last 18 PL games before that.

It's now a club-record 11 Premier League games without a win for Palace.

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Connor Wickham scored twice for the second time in four days

Crystal Palace are still the only Premier League side yet to win in 2016.

The Eagles' winless run now stands at 11 games, drawing four and losing seven.

Palace have conceded in every one of their nine Premier League games in 2016 so far (21 goals conceded).

No side has kept fewer clean sheets at home in the Premier League this season than Sunderland (2).

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Sam Allardyce said he was disappointed with his players lack of responsibility against Crystal Palace at the Stadium of Light

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