Football

Stats: Yamal emulates Xavi with 7; Man Utd worst in 60 yrs; Kane tops Europe with 8; Gross ties Ozil

Sunaadh Sagar · 9 November 2026

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A thrilling weekend of football before the international break saw plenty of goals, upsets and more across Europe's Top 5 Leagues.

Arsenal opened up a six-point lead atop the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Hull City at home, with Manchester City suffering a shock 1-3 loss away to struggling Nottingham Forest. Brighton & Hove Albion leapfrogged City into second place with a win over Brentford, while Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur both suffered losses. Manchester United were left in the relegation zone after a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at home.

Over in Spain, Barcelona underlined their LALIGA title credentials with a win over Atletico Madrid, while Real Madrid saw off Valencia by a 3-0 scoreline to climb into second place. The Serie A title race saw more twists and turns as leaders Lazio dropped points away to Napoli, while Internazionale and AS Roma made up ground with wins over Como and Sassuolo respectively. AC Milan climbed to fourth place with a 2-1 win away to Genoa as the top three remained separated by two points.

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund remained tied on top of Bundesliga as both sides grabbed 2-1 wins, over Mainz and Elversberg, respectively. Over in France, Paris Saint-Germain remained on top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win over Troyes, as Lille and Paris FC kept pace in second and third place with impressive away wins.

By The Numbers brings you the best of stats from the weekend's football matches:

PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United became the first team ever to trail by two goals and level twice in the same Premier League game.

3:42

At three minutes and 42 seconds, this was the earliest Manchester United had ever been 2-0 down in a Premier League game.

This was only the sixth instance in Premier League history of a team avoiding defeat after trailing by two goals in the 90th minute (first since Newcastle in Jan. 2020 vs Everton, 2-2)

Manchester United are now winless in their last eight Premier League games (0-5-3 W-D-L), tying the club's longest winless streak in the competition (also eight in April-May 2025).

Manchester United are now guaranteed to spend at least 15 consecutive days in the Premier League relegation zone before they face Liverpool in a fortnight. It'll be their longest run of days in the top-flight drop zone since September/October 1986 (28 days).

United have seven points from 10 games. In Premier League history, 23 of the 36 teams to get exactly seven points from their first 10 games avoided relegation.

Manchester United became the first team in Europe's Top 5 Leagues to concede 30 goals this season in all competitions

This was the first time Manchester United ended the matchweek in the relegation zone (at least 10 games played) since November 1986 - when Sir Alex Ferguson took charge of the club - 40 years ago.

50+

Manchester United have one win from 10 Premier League games this season, that is the club's fewest league wins at this stage in over 50 years since 1972-73 (also one).

Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their first 10 league games in a season for the first time since 1986-87, while they are the first side to finish in the top-three of the top-flight and then keep no clean sheets in their first 10 games of the next season since Liverpool in 1966-67, 60 years ago.

120.8

Manchester United covered 120.8km in their game against Aston Villa, their most in a Premier League match under Michael Carrick in 2026.

0 in 5

After scoring five goals in his first four league games against Nottingham Forest, Erling Haaland has failed to score in his last five games against them.

422

Nottingham Forest ended a 422 minute (7 hours, 2 mins) spell of not scoring at home in the Premier League. They previously scored in 1-1 draw against Bournemouth in May last season.

This was the first time since December 2023 that Man City conceded first in three consecutive Premier League games. It was also the first time since at least 2008-09 that City made an error leading to a goal in three straight PL games.

Only Sunderland (6) and Hull City (5) have committed more errors leading to goals in the Premier League this season than Manchester City (4).

Liam Delap became just the second player to score twice in a Premier League match against Man City having previously played for them in the competition, after Nicolas Anelka with Bolton in December 2006.

Delap scored his second brace in the Premier League, his first since September 2024 for Ipswich against Aston Villa.

With 27 points from 10 games, Arsenal have tied their best-ever 10-game Premier League start to a season (also 27 in 2022-23).

100

Noni Madueke made his 100th Premier League appearance in Arsenal's win over Hull City.

18/22

Martin Odegaard has 18 goal contributions in his last 22 Premier League games against newly promoted sides (12 goals, 6 assists).

18 and 47

Arsenal extended their home PL winning streak against promoted teams to 18 games (unbeaten in last 47 such games).

1-0 x 4

Arsenal have won four league games by a 1-0 scoreline this season - no other team has more than two.

Chelsea have lost three consecutive Premier League matches against Sunderland for the first time since December 1999 and March 2001 (also three).

5,6,7

Alexander Isak has scored in five straight away games in all competitions for Liverpool (six goals). That's Isak's longest such streak since 2024-25 for Newcastle (6). Only Erling Haaland (9) has more PL goals this season than Isak's 7.

Florian Wirtz scored his first goal for Liverpool since April 25 this year, when he scored against ... Crystal Palace.

Alexis Mac Allister has five goals in 16 games this season in all competitions, matching his tally for the club from last season in 55 games. Mac Allister also made his 100th PL start for Liverpool - the first Argentinian to do so in the club's history.

Tottenham Hotspur have failed to win any of their last 51 games (all comps) when conceding first - the worst such active streak of any Premier League team.

Noah Okafor's goal for Leeds United was scored 97 seconds after coming on - the fastest goal scored by a substitute in the Premier League this season.

Leeds extended their home Premier League unbeaten streak to nine games, the team's longest run in the top-flight since Jan.-Dec. 2001 (15)

1/17

This was also Leeds' first clean sheet in their last 17 games against Spurs.

Brighton have made their best ever 10-game start to a PL season (22 points), also having set club bests for wins (7), goals (26), goals conceded (7) and clean sheets (7) after 10 games of a PL season.

Brighton's Pascal Gross has eight goal contributions this season, only Erling Haaland and Evanilson (nine each) have more this season among Premier League players.

Brighton's Pascal Gross and Mesut Özil are now tied for the most goal contributions (87) by German players in the Premier League: Özil (33 goals, 54 assists) and Groß (35 goals, 52 assists)

45/45

This was the first time David Moyes had faced Coventry in the Premier League. Everton's 3-1 win maintained his record of having beaten 100% of the sides he has faced in the competition (45/45).

Thierno Barry has 12 goal contributions in 13 games for Everton this season (10 goals, 2 assists). Everton's top scorer last season in all competitions was Beto with 10 goals in 40 games. Only Erling Haaland (14 goals) has scored more goals among Premier League players in all club competitions this season than Thierno Barry's 10.

LALIGA

Lamine Yamal became the first Barcelona player to create seven chances in a LALIGA game against Atlético Madrid since Xavi in Oct. 2008 (also 7).

Yamal is now up to eight assists this season in LALIGA, tying Harry Kane for most in Europe's top 5 leagues.

Barcelona have won five straight away league games against Atlético; becoming the third team to do so after Athletic Club in 1955 (5) and Real Madrid in 2013 (6).

With his seventh goal in 2026-27, Fermín López has already surpassed his LALIGA scoring tally from each of his last 2 seasons (six in 2024-25 and 2025-26); his career high is eight in 2023-24.

Julián Alvarez now has seven goal contributions for Atlético Madrid against Barcelona in all competitions (4 goals, 3 assists in 10 games), his most against any opponent since joining Atlético in 2024-25.

40%

This was Atleti's lowest possession (40%) in a game all season, having had 42% of the ball against Bayern Munich in their previous game.

3/56

Atleti have lost only three of their last 56 games when scoring first - all have been against Barcelona (48-5-3 W-D-L).

Giuliano Simeone has scored 4 goals in LALIGA this season in 12 games, tying his career high set last season (in 31 games).

José Mourinho now has 97 career LALIGA wins with Real Madrid, three wins shy of becoming the fourth manager to win 100+ games in LALIGA in team history. He would join Miguel Muñoz (257), Carlo Ancelotti (162) and Zinedine Zidane (124).

Real Madrid are on an eight-game winning streak in all competitions. They have not had a longer streak within a season since a 10-game run in May-Sept. 2022. They now have 11 wins in their last 12 matches in all competitions with the lone loss on Sept. 20 against Atlético Madrid.

Real Madrid extended their winning run away from home in all competitions to five games, their longest since a six-game streak in October 2022 under Carlo Ancelotti.

Kylian Mbappé is on a seven-game scoring streak for Real Madrid in all competitions (nine goals in that span). He's only had a longer streak since joining the club when he scored in eight straight games between Sep. 13 and Oct. 19 2025 (12 goals).

Federico Valverde now has scored 16 LALIGA goals from outside the penalty area, only Lionel Messi (34) and Iago Aspas (19) have more such goals in LALIGA since Valverde debuted in 2017-18.

Arda Güler has seven goal contributions for Real Madrid in his last six games in all competitions (3 goals, 4 assists), three more than he had in his previous eight games this season (1 goal, 2 assists).

The last time Real Madrid scored multiple goals in the first half at the Mestalla was when Cristiano Ronaldo played for the club (Jan 2018, CR7 scored twice).

Valencia made 26 fouls in their loss to Real Madrid, the most by a team in a single LALIGA game since Oct. 2025 (Getafe: 27 fouls vs... Real Madrid).

0/3

Valencia have failed to score in three consecutive LALIGA matches against Real Madrid for the first time since October 1987 (3 losses).

1000

Villarreal's played their 1,000th LALIGA game this weekend, becoming the 20th team to reach the mark in competition history.

9 and 5

Yassir Zabiri scored his ninth LALIGA goal this season for Racing Santander - only Raphinha (15), Kylian Mbappé (12) and Lamine Yamal (10) have more this season. This was also his fifth result-changing goal in LALIGA this season (3 GWG, 2 GTG) - only Raphinha and Niclas Füllkrug have more among players from Europe's Top 5 Leagues (6 each).

Antonio Sivera of Deportivo Alaves is one of only two keepers to have saved 2+ penalties in Europe's top 5 leagues this season, with Sassuolo's Stefano Turati (also 2).

SERIE A

Roma have scored 31 goals from 11 Serie A games this season, which is the third-best scoring start to a season in league history (data going back 65 years). Only Juventus (33, 2017-18) and Napoli (32, 2017-18) had previously scored more.

Inter Milan's Francesco Pio Esposito is the first Italian player born in 2005 or later to reach 10 goals in Serie A; overall, only Assane Diao (12) and Kenan Yildiz (19) reached the mark earlier.

Milan's Alphadjo Cissè is one of the three players born in 2006 or later in Europe's top 5 leagues to have scored 8+ goals this season across all competitions, alongside Lamine Yamal (13) and Monaco's Paris Brunner (8).

2 in 2

Christian Pulisic scored in consecutive games for Milan for the first time this year. He's scored four goals in eight league games this season, after only managing eight goals the whole of last season.

BUNDESLIGA

Harry Kane leads the Bundesliga with eight assists this season. The only two league seasons with more assists in his career were nine in the 2021-22 Premier League season and fourteen in the 2020-21 Premier League.

There has never been a striker who ended up as the top assister in a single Bundesliga season since the data was tracked (2010-11).

10 + 10

Kane became the second player from Europe's Top 5 Leagues with 10+ goals and 10+ assists this season in all competitions, joining Lamine Yamal (13 goals, 11 assists)

Kane now has three Bundesliga games with two assists, his most in a single season in his top-flight career. The only other times Kane had multiple games with 2+ assists in a single league season was 2020-21 and 2021-22 (2 each).

40y 225d

At 40 years and 225 days, Manuel Neuer became Bayern Munich's oldest Bundesliga player. He also became the third-oldest goalkeeper in Bundesliga history behind Uli Stein (42y,170d) and Toni Schumacher (42y,73d).

LIGUE 1

PSG are now on a 11-game winning streak across all competitions, tying Luis Enrique's longest winning run with in his managerial career (also 11, between Jan.-Feb. 2015 with Barcelona).

PSG have scored 15 set-piece goals in all competitions this season, the most among teams from Europe's Top 5 Leagues.

PSG extended their unbeaten run against Troyes to 21 matches (18W-3D), with their last defeat coming in 2001.