Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Goals VS Premier League sides

Frank Lampard's goal against Chelsea on Sunday means he has now scored against a record 39 Premier League teams, eclipsing Andrew Cole on 38. This led me to research how the strikers in the 37 man squad announced yesterday by Martin O'Neill fared in the top division in England?

Unsurprisingly, Robbie Keane has scored against the most teams in the Premier League from the current squad - 33 in total, including former clubs Aston Villa, Coventry City, Leeds United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, and you can see the records of his fellow strikers in the table below

Player Teams
Robbie Keane(33) Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Charlton, Chelsea, Coventry, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Ipswich, Leicester, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Newcastle Utd, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan, Wimbledon, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kevin Doyle(22) Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Charlton, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle Utd, Portsmouth, QPR, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea, Tottenham, West Ham United
Shane Long(18) Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bolton, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle Utd, Norwich, Portsmouth, QPR, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan
Jonathan Walters(14) Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool, Newcastle Utd, Norwich, QPR, Sunderland, Swansea, Wigan, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
Daryl Murphy(4) Birmingham City, Bolton, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan
Anthony Stokes(1) Derby County
Conor Sammon(1) West Ham United
Simon Cox(1) Tottenham Hotspur

Of the teams Lampard has failed to score against in the Premier League, Keane has found the net against Burnley, Ipswich and Watford
Bolton Wanderers are the team most Irish strikers have found the net against with Keane, Doyle, Long, Walters and Murphy all scoring against the Trotters in the Premier League

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