The veritable feast of football that was the weekend of 18-20th November saw a great many records broken, with Cristiano Ronaldo heavily featuring with a hat-trick in the Madrid derby. Manchester United and Arsenal also played out an entertaining draw, while Der Klassiker and the Derby della Madonnina were highly thrilling as well.
There were plenty of goals, clean sheets and red cards across Europe’s Top 5 leagues, and there were a whole host of intriguing stats to pop up.
Here are all the best stats from this weekend of football.
Serie A
2012 – The last time an AC Milan player scored twice against Inter Milan was on 6th May, 2012, when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on the scoresheet, followed 4 years later by Suso.
23 – Juventus have won 23 consecutive home games, two short of the all-time Serie-A record, also by the Bianconeri.
2 – Suso is only the 2nd ever Spanish player to score in a Milan derby. The 1st to do so was former Inter Milan great, Luis Suarez.
9 – Inter Milan have claimed 9 points from losing positions, the most of any team in Serie A this season.
25 – Atalanta’s total of 25 points from 13 games is their best ever total in their Serie A history.
10 – Andrea Bellotti is the only player in Europe’s top 5 leagues to score 3+ goals with his left foot, right foot and head.
2000 – Moise Kean becomes the first player born in this millennium to appear in Serie A.
Bundesliga
2 – RB Leipzig and Real Madrid are the only two clubs in Europe’s Top 5 leagues to have scored in every one of their single games this season.
13 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been involved in 13 goals this season, top of the European charts with Andrea Bellotti, Mauro Icardi Diego Costa.
39 – Bayern Munich’s run of being top of the Bundesliga for 39 consecutive matchdays came to an end with Leipzig going top.
11 – RB Leipzig became the first promoted team to ever go 11 games unbeaten in the Bundesliga.
60 – Kevin Kampl’s goal for Bayer Leverkusen after 60 seconds had passed in the game against Leipzig was the fastest goal in the Bundesliga this season.
7 - In 2009/10, RB Leipzig were playing in the fifth tier of German football; 7 years later, they top the Bundesliga.
Premier League
2007 – The last time an Arsenal player scored against a Jose Mourinho side was Gilberto Silva, in May 2007, followed 9 years later by Olivier Giroud.
10 – Olivier Giroud’s last-gasp goal against Manchester United was his 10th as a substitute, the highest by any Arsenal player, ever. The Frenchman went past Nwanko Kanu and Niklas Bendtner.
0 – Ever since Antonio Conte switched to a 3-4-3 formation, their defence hasn’t made a single defensive error. In that time, Chelsea have won 6 games, while scoring 17 goals and conceding none in 590 minutes. Incidentally, Marcos Alonso has started all of those games. The last time Chelsea went on such a run, was 9 years ago.
10 – The number of times Premier League clubs have gone on a run of 6+ wins without conceding, with Chelsea responsible for half of those.
7 – Thibaut Courtois is the only keeper in Europe’s Top 5 leagues to keep 7 clean sheets.
1986 – The last time Watford beat a reigning Premier League champions like they did Leicester was in 1986, against Liverpool.
0 – Jose Mourinho has never lost a Premier League game against Arsenal with 5 wins and 7 draws in his 12 games against the London club.
La Liga
4 – Carlos Kameni has kept 4 consecutive clean sheets in the Nou Camp, the only current goalkeeper in La Liga, aside from Barcelona’s own, to do so.
1 – Real Sociedad centre-back Inigo Martinez is the first defender to score from a direct free-kick in La Liga this season.
5 - Atletico Madrid have conceded goals in 5 consecutive games for the first time under Diego Simeone.
18 – Cristiano Ronaldo’s 18th goal in the Madrid derby makes him the all-time highest scorer, surpassing Alfredo di Stefano on 17.
48 – Barcelona’s staggering run of scoring a goal at the Nou Camp in all competitions came to an end after 48 games, with Malaga shutting them out.
12 – Cristiano Ronaldo extended his record of 12 away hat-tricks; the most by any La Liga player, ever.
1 – Valencia have only kept a single clean sheet in their last 40 league games.
Rest of World
39 – AS Monaco’s tally of 39 goals is the highest across Europe’s top 5 leagues, with Real Madrid in second place on 34 goals.
6 – Radamel Falcao has scored 6 goals in his last 5 games for AS Monaco, his best run of form since making his return to the Ligue 1 club.
32 – Nice’s tally of 32 points in 13 games is their all-time best in Ligue 1 history.
5 – Robin van Persie has been involved in 5 goals (4 goals, 1 assist) in his last 3 appearances.
6 – Only Cenk Tosun has scored more goals (7) than RvP’s 6 goals in the Turkish Super Lig this season.
22 – Since Feb 2015, Fenerbahce have won 22 games, drawing 6 and only losing 2 games at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium.
