App exclusive: Spurs 4-0 Burnley - the numbers
Mon 01 March 2021, 11:35|
Tottenham Hotspur
On Sunday afternoon, we returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a commanding 4-0 victory over Burnley.
Gareth Bale started his third Premier League game of the season and made an instant impact as he opened the scoring within just 68 seconds of the first whistle before he delivered a sumptuous raking pass to release Harry Kane on 15 minutes, who fired home for our second. Lucas Moura then made it 3-0 with a sublime finish just after the half-hour mark before Gareth wrapped up the day’s scoring with a fine curling effort on 55 minutes.
Here’s a look at some of the key statistics and numbers behind the game...
Brilliant Bale
7 - Gareth Bale has been involved in seven goals in his last four games for us (four goals, three assists) – his best run since contributing to 12 goals in five games (nine goals, three assists) for Real Madrid between December, 2015, and January, 2016.
3 – Scoring two goals and assisting another in the game, it was the first time Gareth had been involved in three goals in a single game since scoring a hat-trick against Japanese side Kashima Antlers in the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Club Cup. It was the first time he had contributed to three goals in a league game since January, 2016, when he scored a hat-trick in Real Madrid’s 5-0 La Liga win over Deportivo La Coruna.
2 – It was the Welshman’s first brace in a game since he scored twice for Real Madrid in a 2-2 La Liga draw with Villareal in September, 2019.
5 – After just three Premier League starts for us this season, our number nine has now been directly involved in five goals in the competition (three goals, two assists).
5 – In his last two appearances against Burnley, the forward has been involved in five goals (three goals, two assists).
50 – Gareth’s first goal against Burnley was his 50th league goal in England while at 68 seconds, it was the quickest goal ever scored against Burnley in the Premier League.
Unstoppable Harry
36 – Harry Kane has now been involved in 36 goals in just 34 appearances this season (22 goals, 14 assists).
25 – In the Premier League, Harry has been directly involved in 25 goals this season (14 goals, 11 assists) - no other player has been involved in more in the competition so far this term.
254 – In just 320 Spurs appearances, our number 10 has been directly involved in 254 goals (210 goals, 44 assists).
8 – No player has scored more Premier League goals against Burnley than Harry (8).
11 – The striker has now been directly involved in 11 goals in just 10 appearances against the Clarets (eight goals, three assists).
Clean sheet centurion Hugo
100 – Hugo Lloris earned his 100th clean sheet in the Premier League – he is now one of just 16 goalkeepers to have reached that milestone in the competition’s history.
9 – With his century of clean sheets coming in his 285th Premier League game, he is the ninth-quickest goalkeeper in the history of the competition to reach that personal landmark.
9 – Nine of Hugo’s century of shutouts have come against Crystal Palace – his most versus a single team in the competition.
3 – Against three teams, the French international has yet to concede a single goal in the league - Cardiff (4), Huddersfield (3), Leeds (1).
15 – The most cleans sheets he has kept in a single top-flight campaign is 15 - a total he has achieved twice (2016/17 and 2017/18).
38 – Hugo has kept 38 more cleans sheets in the Premier League than any other Spurs goalkeeper – Ian Walker (62), Paul Robinson (36), Heurelho Gomes (31).
Lucas shining
9 – Lucas Moura scored his ninth goal of the season on Sunday. That’s two more than he managed in the whole of our 2019/20 season (7).
3 – Lucas has now scored three goals in his last four games for us.
2 – The Brazilian has now scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since December, 2019 – one of those goals also came in a home victory over Burnley (5-0).
Burnley toppled
7 – We remain unbeaten at home in the Premier League against Burnley after seven such meetings – we have won six of those, drawing the other, while we have scored 20 goals across those encounters, conceding just three times.
46 – We last lost a top-flight home meeting with the Clarets over 46 years ago in October, 1975.
4 – Having defeated Burnley both home and away this season, we have completed a league double over the Clarets for the first time in four seasons – we last did so in the 2016/17 campaign.
11 – Jose Mourinho remains unbeaten against Burnley in the Premier League (P11 W7 D4).
4 – Our 4-0 win over Burnley is our biggest Premier League home win of the season so far while it is also our biggest home victory in the competition since we beat the Clarets 5-0 in December, 2019.
