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Check out our rundown of the vital statistics from the 2008-09 Premier League season.

942 - The final goal tally was the second lowest in Premier League history.

14 - Manchester United set a new Premier League record of 14 consecutive clean sheets between November 2008 and February 2009.

167 - There have been 167 headed goals scored this season.

22 - Liverpool have recouped the most points from losing positions this season.

23 - Sunderland dropped the most points from winning positions this season.

31 - There were just 31 goals scored at White Hart Lane - fewer than at any other stadium.

59 - The Hawthorns saw more goals than any other this season.

117 - Kevin Davies conceded the most fouls this season. He has topped this ranking in five of the last six Premier League seasons.

5 - Danny Murphy has scored five Premier League goals this season - all penalties.

37 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 37 goals in his last 33 Premier League games at Old Trafford.

100 - Kanu made his 100th appearance as a substitute in the Premier League when he came off the bench away at Blackburn on 9th May, becoming the first player to reach this landmark.

100 - Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Emile Heskey all netted their 100th Premier League goals this season. A total of 16 players have now reached this landmark.

11 - Chelsea set a new Premier league record of 11 consecutive away wins between April and December 2008.

248 - Chelsea fired in the most shots on target this season.

566 - Hull committed the most fouls in the Premier League.

73 & 5 - Stoke City picked up the most cards - 73 yellow and five red.

24 - Manchester United kept the most clean sheets.

50 - The champions also had the best home record, picking up 50 points.

44 - Chelsea had the best away record, winning 44 points.

57 - Frank Lampard had more shots on target than any other player.

10 - Frank Lampard and Robin van Persie were joint-top of the assists ranking.

167 - Lee Cattermole made 167 tackles during the season - a league high.

14 - Marouane Fellaini picked up the most yellow cards in the top flight.

7 - Seven Premier League players were sent off twice in this season's Premier League.

80% - Mark Schwarzer of Fulham was the league's best shot-stopper, saving four of every five shots on target faced.

149 - Bolton's Jussi Jaaskelainen made more saves than any other goalkeeper.

6-0 - Man City's win over Portsmouth at home was the season's biggest winning margin.

7 - Peter Crouch scored more headed goals than any other player.

18% - Headed goals scored of all strikes this season.

1 - Middlesbrough scored fewer headed goals than any other team.

7 - Bolton conceded more headed goals than any other side.

19% - Arsenal goals conceded from outside the box - the highest proportion in the top flight.

20 - Hull took 20 points from their opening nine games but just 15 from their last 29 matches.

22% - Bolton scored the highest percentage of goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches.

36% - Middlesbrough scored the highest percentage of goals in the final 15 minutes of games in the Premier League.

10 - Hull scored the most goals from corners in the Premier League.

9 - Newcastle gave away a league high of nine penalties in 2008-09.

8 - The Magpies also had eight red cards shown to their players - a division high.

34 - Manchester City have used more players than any other team in the Premier League this season.

21 - Aston Villa have called upon the least amount of players in the league this season.

7 - Blackburn won a joint-high seven penalties along with Man City.

3 - Blackburn missed three penalties - more than any other team.

10 - Bolton scored 10 goals from free-kicks - the most in the Premier League.

51% - Hull scored the highest percentage of their goals from set plays.

20% - Spurs scored the lowest percentage of goals from set pieces.

12 - Hull conceded 12 goals from corners - a league high.

38% - Everton conceded the highest proportion of goals from set plays in the top division.

21% - Fulham conceded the lowest percentage of goals from set plays in the Premier League.

11.5% - Around one in every nine goals scored was netted by a substitute.

9 - Spurs, Manchester United and Liverpool all had nine goals netted by subs - a joint-league high.

61 - Aston Villa used the fewest substitutes throughout the campaign.

109 - Hull, Stoke and Liverpool made the most substitutions.

6 - Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals from outside the box - more than any other player.

26 - Premier League champions Manchester United have used the most number of players as substitutes.

4 - Bolton have had more players featuring in every game of the season than any other side.

3 - Liverpool have the most players who have accrued 10 or more goals this season.

5 - Newcastle used the most penalty takers.

5 - Sunderland only had five players who netted more than once this season.

7 -Liverpool had more opponents sent off than any other side in the top flight.

29 - The opposition hit the woodwork more often against relegation survivors Hull City than any other team.

345 - English players scored 345 goals in 2008-09, accounting for just 37 per cent of goals.

15% - Aston Villa were the league's most clinical teams scoring with 15 per cent of their shots.

8% - Wigan had the worst conversion rate in the top flight.

81% - Chelsea were the most accurate passers in the league this term.

337 - Stoke took the most long throw-ins this season.

267 - Rory Delap took 189 more long throws than any other player this season.

9 - Stoke scored the most goals from throw-in situations this season.

33% - One third of all goals scored this season came from set plays.

8 - Eight different Liverpool players scored with shots from outside the box this season.

0 - Liverpool were the only team not to suffer a home defeat in the Premier League this season.

13 - Spurs picked up the most points in London derbies this season.

8 - West Ham picked up the fewest in all-capital clashes.

30 - Liverpool garnered 30 points against their North West rivals.

1 - Bolton won just one match against another team from the North West this season.

8 - Sunderland took the most points in North East derbies this season.

77 - Liverpool were the league's top scorers with 77 goals.

83 - Shaun Wright-Phillips made more successful dribbles than anyone else this term.

4 - Anton Ferdinand and Hermann Hreidarsson both received four yellow cards for dissent, more than any other players in the year the FA's &lsquoRespect' campaign was launched.

10 - Stoke have collected only 10 of their 45 points on the road this season.

5 - Aston Villa have benefited from five own goals this season - more than any other team in the division.

6 - Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne now hold the Premier League record for own goals with six apiece.

6 - Middlesbrough scored six own goals - more than any other team.

24 - Gareth Bale has now played 24 league games for Spurs and never been on the winning side.

86 - Liverpool's total of 86 points is their best haul in Premier League history.

2 - Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to lose only two games and not win the title.

63 - Spurs have not won away at any of the big four since August 1993 - a run of 63 games.

86 - Liverpool's tally of 86 points is the highest of any team not winning the league in a 38-game Premier League season.

10 - Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka (pictured) collected the Golden Boot award after scoring 19 Premier League goals this season. It is 10 seasons (1998-99) since the Premier League top scorer last ended the campaign with fewer than 20 goals.

82 - Stewart Downing had more shots (including blocked attempts) than any other player who did not score.

110 - Liverpool allowed their opponents fewer shots on target than any other team.

141 - Arsenal caught more opponents offside than any other team.

141 - Hull were flagged offside more than any other team this season.

61 - Djibril Cisse was caught offside more than any other player.

6 - Six players scored hat-tricks this season.

4 - Andrei Arshavin was the first player to score four goals in a Premier League match and not end on the winning side.

13 - Mike Dean awarded more penalties than any other referee.

8 - Dean also sent off more players than any other official.

63 - There were 63 red cards shown this season.

13.5 - Mark Halsey was the league's most lenient official, showing a card on average for every 13.5 fouls.

5.8 - Rob Styles was the strictest referee dishing out a card for every 5.8 fouls committed.

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