Sunday, 6 November 2016



Man U's Zlatan scores English Premier League's 25 000th goal

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic etched his name in the record books as he scored the Premier League’s 25,000th goal on Sunday.
Ibrahimovic scored twice in United’s 3-1 victory over Swansea City, but it was his first goal that marked the competition’s milestone.
Asked about it later, the cocky Swede said that he thought that he had scored all the goals
Ibrahimovic joins an elite club of players to have scored landmark goals in the Premier League as Les Ferdinand scored the tournament’s 10,000th goal, while Marc Albrighton claimed the honours for the 20,000th.
Below are more statistics about goals in the Premier League since its inception in 1992.

•    A total of 47 teams have scored Premier League goals.
•    Manchester United are top of the chart. Ibrahimovic's strike was their 1,817th in the Premier League.
•    The lowest tally is Cardiff with 32, then Barnsley with 37. Among the teams currently in the Premier League, Bournemouth have scored the fewest goals with 58.
•    Nine teams have scored 1,000 Premier League goals while 17 have scored 500. Champions Leicester currently need another 20 goals to become the 18th club. A total of 40 teams have at least 100 goals.

The top ten most goals scored in Premier League matches looks like this.

•    1. Manchester United 1,817 goals
•    2. Arsenal 1,645
•    3. Chelsea 1,586
•    4. Liverpool 1,550
•    5. Tottenham 1,335
•    6. Everton 1,212
•    7. Newcastle 1,168
•    8. Manchester City 1,118
•    9. Aston Villa 1,117
•    10. West Ham 928

For goalscorers, one man stands head and shoulders above the rest. Wayne Rooney and Jermaine Defoe are the only currently active players in the top ten.

•    1. Alan Shearer 260
•    2. Wayne Rooney 194
•    3. Andy Cole 187
•    4. Frank Lampard 177
•    5. Thierry Henry 175
•    6. Robbie Fowler 163
•    7. Michael Owen 150
•    8. Jermain Defoe 149
•    8. Les Ferdinand 149
•    10. Teddy Sheringham 146

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