Scoring • First goal of the season:
27 minutes and 12 seconds –
Stephen Hunt for Hull City against Chelsea (15 August 2009) • Fastest goal in a match:
36 seconds –
Darren Bent for Sunderland against Tottenham Hotspur (3 April 2010) • Goal scored at the latest point in a match:
90+5 minutes and 48 seconds –
Wade Elliott for Burnley against Hull City (10 April 2010) • First own goal of the season:
Stephen Jordan (Burnley) for Stoke City,
32 minutes and 28 seconds (15 August 2009) • First hat-trick of the season:
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) against Hull City (19 August 2009) • Quickest hat-trick:
6 minutes –
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) against Wigan Athletic (22 November 2009) • Widest winning margin:
8 goals • Tottenham Hotspur 9–1 Wigan Athletic (22 November 2009) • Chelsea 8–0 Wigan Athletic (9 May 2010) • Most goals in one half:
9 goals – Tottenham Hotspur 9–1 Wigan Athletic (1–0 at half time) (22 November 2009) • West Ham United 5–3 Burnley (28 November 2009) • Manchester City 4–3 Sunderland (19 December 2009) • Most goals scored in a match by one player:
5 goals –
Jermain Defoe for Tottenham Hotspur against Wigan Athletic (22 November 2009) • Most own goals scored in a match by same team:
3 – Portsmouth (
Anthony Vanden Borre,
Richard Hughes and
Marc Wilson) against Manchester United (6 February 2010) However, on 26 May 2010, the Dubious Goal Committee declared the second own goal by Richard Hughes as
Michael Carrick's goal. • Last goal of the season:
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Everton) against Portsmouth
93 minutes and 10 seconds (9 May 2010) • Fewest times failed to score:
1 game – Chelsea against
Birmingham • Most times failed to score:
17 games – Wolverhampton Wanderers • First red card of the season:
Sean Davis for Bolton Wanderers against Liverpool,
53 minutes and 57 seconds (29 August 2009) • Card given at latest point in a game:
Barry Ferguson (red) at
90+5 minutes and 27 seconds for Birmingham City against Manchester City (1 November 2009) • Most yellow cards in a single match:
9 • Manchester United 2–1 Arsenal – 3 for Manchester United (
Wes Brown,
Patrice Evra and
Wayne Rooney) and 6 for Arsenal (
Manuel Almunia,
Bacary Sagna,
William Gallas,
Emmanuel Eboué,
Alex Song, and
Robin van Persie) (29 August 2009); • Sunderland 1–1 Wigan Athletic – 4 for Sunderland (
Lorik Cana,
Lee Cattermole,
Kenwyne Jones and
George McCartney) and 5 for Wigan (
Gary Caldwell,
Maynor Figueroa,
James McCarthy,
Charles N'Zogbia and
Hugo Rodallega) (6 February 2010) • Most red cards in a single match:
3 – Portsmouth 1–1 Sunderland – 1 for Portsmouth (
Ricardo Rocha) and 2 for Sunderland (
Lee Cattermole and
David Meyler) (9 February 2010)
Miscellaneous • Longest first half injury time:
8 minutes, 26 seconds – Stoke City against Chelsea (12 September 2009) • Longest second half injury time:
10 minutes, 25 seconds – Hull City against Aston Villa (21 April 2010) • Worst start to a Premier League season:
0 points from 7 games – Portsmouth (26 September 2009). Losing streak ended on 3 October 2009, with 1–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers • Most own goals in a season for a single team:
10 – Manchester United
Records •
Chelsea broke the record for most goals scored in a season with 103 goals, becoming the first Premier League club to cross the century mark. The previous record of 97 goals was set by
Manchester United in the
1999–2000 season. The Blues also broke the record for the highest goal difference in a season with +71 goals. The previous record of +58 goals was set by Manchester United in the
2007–08 campaign. United equalled their own previous record during the 2009–10 campaign. •
Wigan Athletic were the first team to lose two matches by eight goals in a Premier League season, away to
Tottenham Hotspur and
Chelsea. •
Chelsea scored seven or more goals in four league matches, a record for both the club and the Premier League, and in consecutive home fixtures achieved an aggregate score of 15–0, in their last two home matches of the season against
Stoke City and
Wigan Athletic, having already scored seven in home matches against
Sunderland and
Aston Villa. ==Awards==