- 19 – Jack Grealish has lost 19 Premier League games in a row – the longest run of any player in the competition’s history.
- 62 – Brighton striker Florin Andone’s goal against Watford came with his first touch of the game, just 62 seconds after coming on as a sub.
- 33-Ashley Barnes has scored 33 Premier League goals for Burnley, which is 13 more than any other player in Burnley’s history.
- 12-Watford’s opening day loss to Brighton was their first opening day league defeat in the last 12 seasons.
- 10 – Only Manchester City (13) have kept more Premier League clean sheets so far in 2019 than Everton (10).
- 8 – Raheem Sterling is the eighth player to score a hat-trick on the opening weekend of a Premier League season, and the first since Didier Drogba in 2010-11.
- 7-Sergio Aguero has scored seven goals in MD1 Premier League games – only Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard and Alan Shearer (all eight) have scored more.
- 114 – Norwich City’s Onel Hernandez is the first Cuban player to appear in the Premier League, with Cuba the 114th different nationality represented in Premier League history.
- 21 – Mohamed Salah has now scored against 21 of the 23 different opponents he’s faced in the Premier League for Liverpool – only failing to score versus Manchester United (4 games) and Swansea City (2 games).
- 12 – Liverpool have now won their last 12 Premier League games against newly-promoted sides, scoring 35 goals and conceding just four.
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