*Norwich were only awarded 1 penalty all season but conceded 10.
*Aleksandar Mitrovic's goal vs Totenham is the 1000th scored in this season's EPL.
*Man United played more backward passes than any other team (3,107).
*Aston Villa were in the lead for just 243 minutes this season, less than any other team in EPL history.
*Liverpool played the most forward passes (7,448).
*Jack Grealish (Villa) lost all 16 of his EPL games this season, setting a new EPL record for losing every game played in a single season.
*Liverpool won more corners than any other side (265). They also scored the most goals from outside the box (15) and made the most tackles (870).
*Georginio Wijnaldum scored 11 EPL goals this season, with all 11 coming at St. James’ Park. The Dutchman is the 1st player to score more than 10 goals in a EPL season with all of them coming at home.
*Norwich have been relegated from the EPL for the 4th time – only Crystal Palace can match that.
*Tottenham not only had more shots than any other side (658), they also had the best shooting accuracy in the division (52.7% on target).
*Only 4 teams had fewer shots than Man United (418) - Norwich (417), Newcastle (397), West Brom (388) & Aston Villa (380).
*Bournemouth became the 1st newly promoted team to win away at the reigning champions since Bolton’s win at Old Trafford in 2001/02.
*Liverpool used 34 players in the 2015-16 EPL campaign, 4 more than in any previous season in the competition.
*West Brom had the oldest starting XI this season on average (29y 197d), while Tottenham fielded the youngest (24y 328d).
*Victor Wanyama became the 7th player to be sent off 3 times in a EPL season, following Vinnie Jones (1995/96), Slaven Bilic & David Batty (1997/98), Craig Short (2001/02), Franck Queudrue (2002/03) & Wes Brown (2013/14).
*Wes Morgan became the 3rd outfield player in EPL history to play every minute of a title-winning season (after Gary Pallister in 1992/93 & John Terry in 2014/15).
*This is the 1st top-flight league season since 1985/86 that West Ham have had a positive goal difference at the end of the campaign ( 14).
*Arsenal became the 1st team since Man United in 2003/04 to NOT win the EPL despite being top at the end of January.
*Marcus Rashford was exactly the same age that Wayne Rooney was (18y 120d) when he scored his first EPL brace, by scoring twice against Arsenal in February.
*Totenham were set-piece kings. They conceded the fewest goals from set pieces (9) and scored the most (23).
*Swansea's Modou Barrow became the 1st Gambian to score a EPL goal in March, meaning 95 different nationalities have now scored in the PL.
*Leicester only made 33 changes to their line-up during the season-a massive 21 fewer than any other team (Bournemouth are 2nd on that list with 54).
*Southampton put in more crosses from open play than anyone else (696), ahead of Crystal Palace (689) & West Brom (617). Only Sunderland (404) put in fewer crosses than Chelsea (464).
*25 goals-Harry Kane is the 1st English player to finish as EPL top scorer since Kevin Phillips in 1999-2000.
*Leicester have finished 31 pts above Chelsea, the biggest pts margin between the new champions & the previous year’s champions in PL history
*Spurs' 5-1 defeat at Newcastle is the biggest loss of Pochettino’s managerial career in the PL, 130 games combined for Southampton & Spurs
*Despite final day's defeat, West Ham finish a top flight season with a positive goal difference ( 14) for the 1st time since 1985-86
*Arsenal are the oly team Tottenham have not finished above in the EPL since Wenger joined the club in 1996.
*Héctor Bellerín recorded 5 assists in the EPL this season, no defender managed more.
*Man City ended the season as the PL's top scorers for the 3rd campaign in-a-row under Manuel Pellegrini
*Chelsea's 10th place finish is the worst of any defending champion in the EPL era
*Mesut Özil has been top assist maker in Bundesliga, La Liga, EPL , UCL , Europa League, World Cup & Euro's.
*Stoke have finished 9th in each of the last 3 EPL seasons.
*Only 3 teams in PL history have lost fewer games than Leicester did in 2015-16 (AFC 0 in 03-04, CFC 1 in 04-05, LFC 2 in 08-09).
*All 5 of Mame Biram Diouf’s EPL goals this season have been headers. Bonce.
*Aleksandar Mitrovic is the 6th player in PL history to score a goal, assist a goal and get sent off in the same game.
*Newcastle are the only team to beat Tottenham home and away in the EPL this season
*Manuel Pellegrini's Man City career ends with a record of:
PL: P114 W70 D21 L23
All comps: P167 W101 D27 L39
*Stoke come from behind to lead 2-1. West Ham had been unbeaten in all 18 PL games when scoring 1st this season
*Olivier Giroud scored his first EPL hat-trick, in his 135th appearance in the competition
*Kelechi Iheanacho scores his 8th PL goal from his 12th shot on target this season
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