With just seven weeks of the Premier League season remaining, English football correspondent Greg Lea looks at some of the most eye-opening statistics from the season.
Also: Five Premier League questions still to be answered
Special start for Harry
• Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane is the first player to score 20 goals in each of his first two full Premier League campaigns since Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Still getting it done
• League leaders Leicester City are third-bottom of the possession table and have the division’s lowest pass completion rate.
Ozil most helpful
• Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil needs three more assists to beat Thierry Henry’s Premier League record in a season (20).
City at worst against best
• Only Aston Villa (four points) have a worse record against top-half teams than Manchester City (nine).
Iron men
• Leicester ’s Wes Morgan, Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld, Swansea City’s Ashley Williams and Andrew Surman of Norwich City are the only outfielders to have played every minute of every match so far this season.
Where are the strikers?
• Manchester United rank fourth for possession but 15th for shots at goal.
Setting the stage
• 50 per cent of Crystal Palace’s 32 goals have come from set-pieces.
Balanced City
• Manchester City take the most shots per game in the league and concede the fewest.
Clean Toby
• Toby Alderweireld has committed just nine fouls in his 31 appearances for Tottenham.
Complete passing
• Swansea’s Ki Sung-yeung has the highest pass completion rate of those players who have played more than 10 games (91.2 per cent).
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Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
Tips for job-seekers
- Do not submit your application through the Easy Apply button on LinkedIn. Employers receive between 600 and 800 replies for each job advert on the platform. If you are the right fit for a job, connect to a relevant person in the company on LinkedIn and send them a direct message.
- Make sure you are an exact fit for the job advertised. If you are an HR manager with five years’ experience in retail and the job requires a similar candidate with five years’ experience in consumer, you should apply. But if you have no experience in HR, do not apply for the job.
David Mackenzie, founder of recruitment agency Mackenzie Jones Middle East
Other acts on the Jazz Garden bill
Sharrie Williams
The American singer is hugely respected in blues circles due to her passionate vocals and songwriting. Born and raised in Michigan, Williams began recording and touring as a teenage gospel singer. Her career took off with the blues band The Wiseguys. Such was the acclaim of their live shows that they toured throughout Europe and in Africa. As a solo artist, Williams has also collaborated with the likes of the late Dizzy Gillespie, Van Morrison and Mavis Staples.
Lin Rountree
An accomplished smooth jazz artist who blends his chilled approach with R‘n’B. Trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, Rountree formed his own band in 2004. He has also recorded with the likes of Kem, Dwele and Conya Doss. He comes to Dubai on the back of his new single Pass The Groove, from his forthcoming 2018 album Stronger Still, which may follow his five previous solo albums in cracking the top 10 of the US jazz charts.
Anita Williams
Dubai-based singer Anita Williams will open the night with a set of covers and swing, jazz and blues standards that made her an in-demand singer across the emirate. The Irish singer has been performing in Dubai since 2008 at venues such as MusicHall and Voda Bar. Her Jazz Garden appearance is career highlight as she will use the event to perform the original song Big Blue Eyes, the single from her debut solo album, due for release soon.
