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          Stats: Bayer Leverkusen's historic first and unbeaten 43, fourth for Messi-Suarez, Haaland 20

          Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz celebrates after scoring against Werder Bremen. Bayer 04 Leverkusen via Getty Images
          • Anish Anand
          Apr 15, 2024, 05:52 AM

          It was a big weekend of club football with Bayer Leverkusen becoming Bundesliga champions after beating Werder Bremen 5-0. Arsenal and Liverpool suffered crucial blows in the Premier League title race after losing their respective matches. Manchester City now lead the table after their win over Luton.

          In LaLiga, Real Madrid remained on top after beating Mallorca while Barcelona also won their match against Cadiz. Girona remained in third despite suffering a loss against Atletico Madrid. In Serie A, Inter drew with Cagliari but maintained their top spot on the table. AC Milan and Juventus also drew their respective matches.

          ESPN's By The Numbers has the best stats from the weekend:

          Premier League

          20

          Erling Haaland has joined Sergio Agüero (6 times) and Carlos Tevez (2 times) as the only Man City players to score 20 goals in multiple Premier League seasons.

          1

          Erling Haaland also became the first player to score 20+ goals in his first two Premier League seasons since Ruud van Nistelrooy did it in his first three seasons (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04).

          19

          Ollie Watkins has scored 19 Premier League goals this season, the joint-most by an Aston Villa player in a campaign in the Premier League (level with Christian Benteke in 2012-13).

          2.26

          Aston Villa manager Unai Emery averages 2.26 points-per-game in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium, the highest rate of any manager with 10+ games in the competition, ahead of Arsene Wenger and Mikel Arteta.

          2.87

          Liverpool's xG against Crystal Palace was 2.87. It is their most on record in a Premier League match in which they did not score (since 2010-11). It was also the most xG without scoring by any side in the Premier League since Brighton vs. Norwich in April 2022 (2.87).

          LaLiga

          186

          Atletico's Antoine Griezmann scored his 186th career LaLiga goal on Saturday against Girona (12th of the season).

          21

          Griezmann has 21 goals in all competitions this season, the most by any LaLiga player this season.

          0

          Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham hasn't scored in five straight games for Real Madrid, equalling his longest scoring drought with the club in all competitions. He has scored just three goals in his last 14 games for Real Madrid after scoring 17 goals in his first 20 matches this season.

          Serie A

          11 and 7

          Marcus Thuram became only the second Inter Milan player since 2004/05 to have scored more than 10 goals and provided more than five assists (11 goals and seven assists) in his first Serie A season with the club after Samuel Eto'o (12+6 in 2009/10).

          Bundesliga

          1/13

          Leverkusen won the Bundesliga for the first time. They are the 13th different club to win the title.

          1

          Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz became the first German player in the last 30 years with 15 goals and 15 assists in a single season for a team in Europe's top 5 leagues.

          43

          Leverkusen are unbeaten in 43 consecutive matches in all competitions (win: 38, draw: 5), equalling the record by a team in the big-five European leagues (Juventus from May 2011 to May 2012).

          29

          Leverkusen became the first team to go undefeated in the first 29 games of a Bundesliga season (win: 25, draw: 4), breaking the record set by Bayern Munich in the 2013-14 season, who went 28 games unbeaten under Pep Guardiola.

          MESSI-RONALDO WATCH

          Lionel Messi was heavily involved in Inter Miami's 3-2 win over Sporting KC in the MLS, he provided an assist and also scored a goal.

          1

          Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez scored in the same game for Inter Miami for the fourth time this season (all comps). Both did this 13 times in their first season at FC Barcelona in 2014-15.

          Both players average 1.1 goal contributions per game in their MLS careers (Messi in 11 games, Suárez in 8). They both lead in goal contributions per game in the regular season since the start of 2023.

          1 and 1

          This was the second time in his MLS career that Lionel Messi assisted and scored in the same match (other was against Orlando City on March 2, 2024).

          No games in the Saudi Pro League.

          (Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)