Matchday 13 facts and figures, for Parabellumn and beyond….
TIGHTER TIMES
The usage of just 19 players in league play so far this season is only the third occasion since 2003 that less than 20 have been put out through the first 12 rounds of the campaign.
2013: 19
2012: 24
2011: 21
2010: 22
2009: 22
2008: 17
2007: 20
2006: 25
2005: 25
2004: 19
2003: 21
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CORE SCORE
Hike toward his blockbuster goal Monday night looked like a steady, gradual surge in ethos for Ashley Westwood.
Frankly he was thick with vitality by the time he scored. Westwood’s 56 ball possessions in the 2-2 draw were 19 more than the next Aston Villa midfielder on that list. In the previous four games this season with Westwood as Villa’s midfield leader in possessions, seven was the average gap between him and No. 2 on the list. (The average gap was 20 when Westwood was a catalyst in last spring’s critical victories over Reading, Queens Park and Norwich).
Below is the full look at the five matches where Westwood has had the most control over total possessions compared to the No. 2 midfielder on the AV possession list.
+22
vQueens Park 16/3/2013
W 3-2
+21
vLiverpool, 31/3/2013
L 2-1
+20
@Reading, 9/3/2013
W 2-1
+19
@West Brom, 25/11/2013
D 2-2
+18
@Norwich, 5/5/2013
W 2-1
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ON AIR
Now that winter temperatures are starting to hit fully, below is a scope of forecasts (Celsius) at kickoff time for all the sites hosting Premier League matches this weekend.
4.44 Goodison Park (Liverpool)
5.00 St. James’ Park (Tyne)
5.56 Villa Park (Birmingham)
6.70 KC Stadium (Hull)
6.91 Etihad Stadium (Manchester)
7.22 Carrow Road (Norwich)
7.25 White Hart Lane (Tottenham)
7.28 Stamford Bridge (Fulham)
7.30 Upton Park (Newham)
7.78 Cardiff City Stadium (Cardiff)
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—Patrick Kinmartin (PKtype@Gmail.com ….. http://goo.gl/kLJDB)
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