Top-scoring Turks and more of Saturday's best Premier League stats

Published on: 03 March 2018

Troy Deeney - a man who loves a landmark fixture for Watford

Swansea thumped West Ham, Leicester found a late leveller and West Brom were beaten again.

After another gripping Saturday in the Premier League, here are some of the best stats for you to mull over...

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino became the 19th manager to collect 100 Premier League wins as they beat Huddersfield. Pochettino is the first non-European to reach the landmark.Pochettino reached 100 Premier League wins as a manager in 197 games - the joint-sixth quickest alongside Kenny Dalglish. Only Jose Mourinho (142), Alex Ferguson (162), Arsene Wenger (179), Rafael Benitez (181) and Claudio Ranieri (187) reached it in fewer.Troy Deeney scored in what was his 300th league appearance for Watford as they beat West Brom - he also scored on his 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th for the club.Burnley beat Everton - the first time they have won a Premier League game after going behind under Sean Dyche (61 games - W1 D12 L48).Cenk Tosun is the 10th Turkish player to score in the Premier League and the first to do so since Jem Karacan on 4th May 2013 (for Reading v Fulham), 1764 days ago. Muzzy Izzet (34) is the top-scoring Turkish player in Premier League history.Swansea City have scored 20 of their 21 Premier League penalties; with Jordan Ayew's spot-kick against West Ham their first in the competition since December 2016 v Sunderland.Of teams to have taken at least five penalties in the Premier League, Swansea City have the best success rate (95%).Andy King became just the fourth Swansea player to score on his first Premier League start for the club, after Andre Ayew, Michu and Leroy Lita.

Source: bbc.com

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