Premier League data dive: Odegaard puts Gunners ahead with long-awaited double

Arsenal took the lead in the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Bournemouth - and for the first time since 1972 they led the way alongside Manchester United at the bottom of the pile.

Gunners captain Martin Odegaard scored his first brace in a top league game since he was 15 playing in his native Norway, while north rivals Arsenal of London remained in close contact with the leaders after Harry Kane reached the Premier League. goalscoring record in a win over Wolves.

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard watched his side slide to a 3-1 loss at Crystal Palace - a sixth loss in seven London games for Villa since the start of last season - while Fulham were winner 3-2 in his derby against Brentford. It was the Cottagers' first home win in a London Premier League derby since January 2014, ending a 12-game wait.

Elsewhere, Southampton came from behind to claim a 2-1 victory over struggling Leicester City, and Everton and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1.

Stats Perform dug into Opta's wealth of data to present numbers-based angles on the day's best Premier League action.

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves: Harry's game as Kane makes Spurs history

It was up there with the easiest finishes, but they all count and Harry Kane's close-range header was his 185th Premier League goal for Tottenham - making him the top scorer in a single club in the history of the competition.

Furthermore, it was Kane's 250th all-game goal for the club and Tottenham's 1,000th at home in the Premier League. Only Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea had already scored 1,000 home goals since the league's launch in 1992-93.

Even if the performance leaves room for improvement, Tottenham are unbeaten in their first three games. The same applied last season when they won three of three under Nuno Espirito Santo. Five defeats in the next seven have cost Nuno his job, and Spurs are hoping to avoid such a slide now.

With Antonio Conte in charge, a Spurs collapse seems unlikely. It was head coach Conte's 70th Premier League victory in 107 games, the majority of which came in his two seasons at Chelsea. Among managers or head coaches with at least 70 Premier League wins, only Manchester City's Pep Guardiola (74%) has a better winning percentage than Conte's 65%.

Bruno Lage's Wolves are winless in their last 10 league games, split across this season and last. They have had just one double-digit streak of Premier League games without a win in their history - a 17-game streak that spans a relegation campaign in 2011-12 and the start of the 2018 season - 19 on their return to the top flight.

Bournemouth 0-3 Arsenal: From teenage kicks to cherry pick, Odegaard doubles again

Odegaard was already attracting the attention of Europe's elite clubs when he scored twice for Stromsgodset against Lillestrom in October 2014. Three months later he signed for Real Madrid.

Almost eight years later, he finally scored another brace in a league game, setting an example and helping Arsenal to top spot for now.

It was August 22, 1972, when Arsenal last came out on top and arch-enemies Manchester United backed the rest of the English top flight, but that's the story again. In this third round of fixtures for the 2022-23 season, United face Liverpool on Monday.

Arsenal won their first three league games for the first time since 2004-05, the season that followed their 'Invincibles' campaign. Boss Mikel Arteta named the same starting XI for their first three games, and that last happened with Arsenal in the famous 2003-04 campaign which saw them complete a league program unbeaten. /p>

William Saliba became the 21st Frenchman to score a Premier League goal for Arsenal - only Newcastle United (also 21) have had as many different French goalscorers - while Bukayo Saka made his 100th appearance in the Premier League. At 16 days shy of his 21st birthday, it made Saka the youngest player to do so since Raheem Sterling in September 2015.

Arsenal's winning percentage against Bournemouth stands at 77% after their 10th win in 13 games. Among teams they've faced at least 10 times, they only have a better win rate against Reading (100%, won 14/14) and - you'd never guess - Glossop North End (86%, won 12 /14).

Everton 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Gray day as Toffees score a point

After the defeats against Chelsea and Aston Villa, coming back from behind to draw against promoted Forest represents a kind of progress for Frank Lampard and Everton.

Yet their only point from three games is the fewest Everton have gotten at this stage of a season since 2010-11 (also a point), and the Toffees stumbled upon an obvious problem at the start of the season against the newcomers. They have...