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          Stats: Messi's 6, Mbappe's 26 and Arteta's 100

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          • Shyam Vasudevan
          Apr 29, 2024, 12:11 AM ET

          A thrilling week of football action was wrapped up by Arsenal's nervy win over Tottenham Hotspur in the North London Derby, while Paris Saint Germain sealed their 10th Ligue 1 title in 12 seasons.

          Arsenal's two big wins this week, first vs Chelsea and the second vs Spurs, keeps them atop the Premier League standings by a solitary point, but Manchester City have a game in hand. Liverpool and Manchester United dropped points over the weekend, as did Aston Villa, thereby making it a virtual two-team race for the title.

          Elsewhere in Spain, Real Madrid banked on Arda Guler's winner to continue their unbeaten streak and remain 13 points ahead of the rest in the LaLiga while Inter Milan won the Serie A title in commanding fashion and Bayer Leverkusen conjured yet another mind-blowing stoppage-time goal to stay undefeated in the Bundesliga.

          PSG won their 12th Ligue 1 title in style, while Lionel Messi scored in six consecutive league games for Inter Miami in the MLS.

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

          Premier League

          3

          Leeds' 4-0 loss to QPR means Leicester is automatically promoted back to the Premier League, after having been relegated last season. This is marks the third time the Foxes are promoted the season after going down to the Championship in the PL era.

          4

          Sheffield United has been relegated to the Championship for the fourth time. Only Norwich City (6) and West Brom (5) have been relegated more. Sheffield United have also conceded 97 goals this season and need to avoid conceding three more in their final three PL games of the season to avoid becoming the first club since 1993-94 Swindon to concede 100 goals in a PL season. Swindon did so in a 42-game schedule.

          5-0 & 188

          Chelsea hadn't lost to Arsenal by more than three goals across all competitions in 188 games: since a 5-1 loss on November 29, 1930, in the English top-flight. Chelsea have never lost to another London team by more than three goals in the Premier League.

          12

          Everton have snapped a 12-game home winless streak against Liverpool, which was their longest-ever home winless run in league play vs a single opponent.

          31

          Manchester City have extended their club-record unbeaten streak in all competitions to 31 games, the fourth longest unbeaten run by an English top division club in history, behind Nottingham Forest (40 games, 1978) and Manchester United (34 games in 1993-94, 34 games in 1998-99).

          47%

          Everton have scored 47% of their PL goals (17 of 36) from set pieces this season, the highest such percentage in the Premier League. Only Arsenal (20) have more set piece goals in the PL this season.

          100

          Mikel Arteta has 100 Premier League wins as Arsenal manager, which makes him the fifth fastest manager in PL history to reach the milestone. He also becomes the fastest manager in Arsenal's League history to reach 100 league wins.

          110 & 18

          Kevin De Bruyne: assisted both goals today (now had 110 in his PL career), he's 1 assist shy of tying Cesc Fabregas (111) for 2nd most assists in PL history; Ryan Giggs holds the record (162). 18th career multi-assist Premier League game, most all-time

          LaLiga

          1

          Xavi would be the first Barcelona manager to stay in the role in four different seasons since Pep Guardiola managed the team from 2008-09 to 2011-12. Xavi is also only one of five men to win LaLiga titles as both a Barcelona player and a Barcelona manager, along with Josep Samitier, Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.

          1

          Arda Guler's goal vs Real Sociedad marks the first time Real Madrid have a game-winning goal by a player 19 years or younger since June 2020 when Vinicius Junior scored the eventual game winner vs Mallorca.

          7

          Isco has scored seven LaLiga goals in a season for the first time since 2017-18, when he scored seven for Real Madrid. His strike against Sevilla was his first career goal against them in 16 games (11 games with Real Madrid, 3 with Málaga, 2 with Betis).

          69

          Girona have scored 69 goals this season - the last time a team not named Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico scored 70 goals in a LaLiga season was in 2014-15, when both Sevilla (71) and Valencia (70) did it. If Girona reaches 80 goals on the season, it would be the first club not named Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid to do so since 1996-97 Betis, and just the eighth different team to do it in LaLiga history.

          527

          Luka Modric has 527 appearances for Real Madrid across competitions, tying the legendary Roberto Carlos for 14th-most appearances in the club's history. Next up on the list are Guti (542) and Marcelo (546).

          Serie A

          1

          Inter Milan only lost just on Serie A match all season enroute to their 20th league title. As it stands, they are 17 points ahead of second-place AC Milan.

          Bundesliga

          24

          Lois Openda has netted 24 goals in the Bundesliga this season, which ties him on the third spot for most goals by a player in their debut season in the German top-flight. Only Harry Kane, this season, and Uwe Seeler, in the inaugural 1963-64 Bundesliga season, scored more goals than Openda for Leipzig this season.

          36

          Harry Kane scored his 36th Bundesliga goal of the season, the most goals by an Englishman in one of Europe's top 5 leagues since Jimmy Greaves scored exactly 35 for Tottenham in the English top division in 1963-64. It's worth noting that the last British player to accomplish this feat was Ron Davies, who scored 37 for Southampton in 1966-67 in the PL.

          Ligue 1

          10/12

          PSG have extended their record of Ligue 1 titles to 12 after winning their 10th in 12 seasons.

          25+

          Kylian Mbappe is the first player to score 25+ Ligue 1 goals in four straight seasons since Carlos Bianchi from 1975-76 to 1978-79. Also, Mbappe's 254th goal for PSG in all competitions saw him go past Roger Courtois for the most top-flight goals with a single club in the history of French football.

          UWCL

          Lyon and Barcelona will meet in the UEFA Women's Champions League Final for the third time. Lyon won the previous two meetings (2022, 2019) by a combined score of 7-2. Meanwhile, Barcelona looks to be the first back-to-back champions since Lyon won four straight from 2016-2019.

          Messi-Ronaldo watch

          6

          Lionel Messi has scored in six consecutive league games for Inter Miami for the first time since a run of eight in Jan-Feb 2021 with Barcelona. He now has 11 goals and eight assists in 10 appearances this season in all competitions.

          (Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)