On paper, the last weekend of Premier League fixtures had limited potential for excitement, bar Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to Manchester City.That title-chasing clash certainly didn’t disappoint, as City produced flowing football and Spurs came back from two goals down to unexpectedly equalise at the Etihad Stadium, but it’s safe to say the rest of the Premier League exceeded our expectations.Indeed, the action kicked off with a shock win for Swansea City at Anfield, which saw Liverpool suffer a 3-2 defeat to the then-bottom-placed outfit, and continued with a series of hard-fought 3pms, not least including Wayne Rooney’s record-breaking goal to draw level against Stoke City.Sunday, meanwhile, paved the way for Arsenal to bag a last-minute win over Burnley in the most controversial fashion possible, Southampton to humiliate Leicester City at St. Mary’s and Chelsea to maintain their position at the table’s summit with a victory over Hull.The footballing world has gone absolutely statistics mad over the last few years and we at FootballFanCast are no different. With that in mind, here’s a look at the most surprising stats from the Premier League’s weekend action…

Costa’s contributors

Diego Costa latched onto a Victor Moses cross on Sunday to put Chelsea ahead against a defiant Hull City outfit. That maintained the Spaniard’s place as the Premier League’s joint-top scorer alongside Alexis Sanchez, but also meant that he’s had more different suppliers than any player in the division this season – including the Blues’ ad hoc wing-back. Name the other six to win a completely imaginary coconut!

Aerial Arsenal

Most associate Arsenal with elegant football and fancy goals, but it’s the Gunners’ unassuming aerial prowess that has them dominating the Premier League on one front this season. Indeed, Shkodran Mustafi opened the scoring against Burnley on Sunday to push Arsenal to the top of the header charts with an impressive twelve goals. However, the game will be remembered more for a chaotic stoppage time, a controversial penalty and Arsene Wenger’s shoving match with the fourth official.

Bravo’s Blues

We all know Claudio Bravo has struggled since arriving at Manchester City from Barcelona in the summer and his Citizens career didn’t get much better on Sunday as Spurs scored twice in twenty minutes to draw level at the Etihad Stadium. Those were Spurs’ only shots on target throughout the match, meaning Bravo has conceded 16 of the last 24 he’s faced. The City defence hasn’t done him too many favours this term, but Joe Hart would surely be faring better between the sticks.

Stunning Sanchez

Alexis Sanchez has somehow found an even higher level to his game this season, becoming the Premier League’s joint top scorer with an impressive 15 goals. But that’s not the only front where the Chilean is excelling; indeed, he’s almost provided a new meaning to the phrase ‘talisman’, leading Gunners charts on virtually every metric attacking players are judged on these days. Sign him up, Wenger!

Dimitri Who?

Since Payet-gate was unleashed onto the Premier League, West Ham have surprisingly found themselves in a much richer vein of form, claiming back-to-back wins and scoring six goals in the process. In fact, the stats suggest the Hammers have been much better off in Payet’s absence this season, winning three out of four. The phrase ‘no man makes a team’ certainly comes to mind.

Rooney on the road

Wayne Rooney became Manchester United’s all-time leading goalscorer on Saturday with a superb free kick against Stoke City. But it’s perhaps lesser known that he’s also the division’s all-time leading goalscorer away from home, which is no simple feat in the Premier League – especially considering Newcastle legend Alan Shearer is still a whopping 65 ahead of him in the overall charts.

Spooky Stoke

Wayne Rooney’s record-setting strike would have been the winner, were it not for a sloppy Stoke City opener that saw Juan Mata poke the ball past David De Gea and into his own net. Curiously, three of United’s last seven own goals in the top flight (including Mata’s) have been in favour of the Potters, the last being courtesy of Michael Carrick in 2014.

Exotic Arsenal

Long gone are the days of Arsene Wenger being accused of destroying the home-grown makeup of the Premier League single-handed, but his Arsenal side still lead the way by quite some distance when it comes to foreign influence. Indeed, the Gunners’ starting line-up didn’t include any English players for the 149th time against Burnley on Sunday – a team ironically famed for their faith in English talent – which is 27 more times than the rest of the Premier League combined. A thought-provoking stat, to say the very least.

King Conte

Antonio Conte has won over countless admirers since arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer and rightly so, considering his Chelsea side have been head and shoulders above the rest of the competition in the Premier League so far this season. But this statistic really puts how talented a manager he is into perspective, losing just six of his last 71 league games – spanning back to his illustrious spell at Juventus. His win rate, meanwhile, stands at a phenomenal 84.5%.

Marvellous Maguire

Chelsea’s most recent win may have come at the expense of relegation battlers Hull City but Tigers centre-back Harry Maguire was undoubtedly one of the best performers on the pitch. As our infographic shows, he recorded eight aerial duels, eight tackles, eight interceptions and five successful dribbles – all of which were the highest returns of any player involved in the 2-0 affair at Stamford Bridge. If Hull fail to beat the drop, there could be some real interest in Maguire come the summer.