All The Stats You’ll Need For Today’s Games

Newcastle v Aston Villa  Sun 5 Feb  13:30 

• Newcastle beat Blackburn 2-0 in their last Premier League game thanks to a Scott Dann own goal and a late second from Gabriel Obertan
• Obertan’s goal was his first in the league this season, although the winger has contributed three assists and completed 34 dribbles delivering 26 crosses
• Tim Krul saved a penalty to keep Newcastle ahead in the game. That was Krul’s 116^th save of the season, the 7^th highest number in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, with Krul ranked as the third best keeper
• Krul is one of five Newcastle players ranked in the top 50 in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, along with Demba Ba, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini.
• Coloccini has won an impressive 90% of tackles attempted this season, making 32 clearances and 57 interceptions, along with 20 blocks (the joint 7^th highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index)
• Danny Guthrie covered the most ground in that game with 6.16 miles
• Villa came back from 2-0 down to secure a draw against QPR in their last game
• Darren Bent scored for the third Barclays Premier League game in succession to make it nine goals this season, and Charles N’Zogbia also scored with his 1st of the season despite having previously had 29 efforts at goal
• Bent had five efforts at goals in the game against QPR, 3 on target and 2 off target, the highest number of any player in the last round of games
• Stiliyan Petrov completed 51 passes in his opponent’s half in the game against QPR, more than any other player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index
• N’Zogbia also covered the most ground for Villa with 5.93 miles
• Despite scoring an own goal, Warnock also attempted and won more tackles than any other player in the last round of games (10, attempted, 8 won)

Chelsea v Man Utd  Sun 5 Feb  16:00  

• Chelsea could only take a point away from their last Premier League game against Swansea
• Juan Mata covered the most ground for Chelsea in that game with 6.58 miles
• Jose Bosingwa’s shot was going off target before Joe Allen deflected it in for Chelsea to equalise
• Bosingwa has won 72% of tackles attempted this season and has made 44 interceptions and delivered 47 crosses making three assists
• Chelsea striker Fernando Torres may be struggling in front of goal, but his tenacious work rate is paying dividends for the team. The striker has attempted 38 tackles so far this season, the 7^th highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index
• Manchester United won and scored two penalties to beat Stoke 2-0 in their last Barclays Premier League game
• Carrick covered the most ground for United in that game with 6.65 miles
• Hernandez and Berbatov both scored their 7th goals of the season respectively form the spot after Ji Sung Park and Antonio Valencia won the penalties
• Berbatov’s goals have come from 14 attempts at goal while Hernandez’s have come from 27 attempts
• Park covered 6.36 miles in the game, behind only top runner Michael Carrick
• Park has two goals and three assists to his name this season, and has also completed a pass in his opponent’s half every three minutes 40 seconds while on the pitch