With the title race hotting up, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the statistics behind the Premier League season.

Surprisingly, there have been more ownership changes than managerial changes, although this is largely compromised of five changes between West Ham United and doomed Portsmouth.

There have only been five managerial changes so far, compared to a whopping ten at the same time last year. Portsmouth are the only team to have had a managerial dismissal both this season and last.

Moving away from the hotly discussed Golden Boot award, let’s look at the less famed assist award. Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal currently tops this list, with 15 contributions to his name. He was joint-second last year, beaten by a single goal by teammate Robin Van Persie, who managed 11 assists.

Darren Bent has scored the quickest goal of the season, scoring after just 36 seconds against former club Tottenham Hotspur. This is in comparison to Steve Sidwell’s 31 seconds against Everton last season.

Chelsea’s game against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on the 20 September 2009 has so far brought about the most second half injury time, with a timely eight minutes and 55 seconds being added on by the match official.

In terms of the Manager of the Month award, Roy Hodgson has been the most successful so far this year, picking up two of the awards (in October and February). All other months so far have been awarded to different managers.

Crossing over to the dirty side, Manchester United against Arsenal on the 29 August 2009 was the dirtiest match, with nine players ending the match in the book (three for Manchester United, six for Arsenal.) In terms of red cards, the 9 February 2010 clash between Portsmouth and Sunderland ended with three red cards; one for Portsmouth and two for Sunderland.

Finally, a nice little record to end on. This season saw Sky Sports introduce 3-D viewing in football for the first time. The 3-D broadcast of Arsenal v Manchester United on 31 January 2010 was shown in pubs in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin, making it the first live sports event to be broadcast to an audience in 3-D, anywhere in the World.