5 Interesting Stats From Premier League Matchday 1

16 €“ Both Chelsea And Sunderland Fired In 16 More Shots Than Their Opponents

Chelsea came out with all guns blazing for their Premier League opener at home to Hull City on Sunday before going 2-0 up in 25 minutes through goals from Oscar and Frank Lampard. José Mourinho's side that appeared to relax and settle on the 2-0 lead as they allowed the visitors to maintain periods of possession. The Blues recorded 23 shots on Allan McGregor's goal during the 90 minutes of which only 6 of these were on target. Hull City produced just 7 attempts all game with only Robert Koren and Curtis Davies with a single effort each on target during the second half. Whilst Chelsea turned their dominance into 3 points, Sunderland had 57% of possession against Fulham and led the shot count 21 to 5. Sunderland only found the target with 3 of those attempts, one of which after Maarten Stekelenburg went off with a shoulder injury. To rub insult into Paolo Di Canio's side's wound, Fulham scored with their only shot on target through Pajtim Kasami, winning the game 1-0.