North East duo among top net spenders
Sunderland and Newcastle, the Premier League's bottom two teams, were among Europe's top 15 net summer spenders.
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League Table & Stats
 England Division One (old)
| Home | Away | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GA | Pt | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 30 | 1.81 | 42 | D1-1 | L2-5 | |
| 2 | Sunderland | 30 | 1.43 | 37 | W2-1 | L1-2 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | 30 | 1.39 | 35 | L2-3 | L2-3 | |
| 4 | Everton | 30 | 1.23 | 35 | D1-1 | D1-1 | |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 1.21 | 33 | D1-1 | L1-4 | |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 30 | 1.20 | 33 | W4-3 | L1-5 | |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 0.98 | 32 | L1-3 | D1-1 | |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 0.96 | 31 | D1-1 | L1-3 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | 30 | 1.07 | 28 | W2-1 | W1-0 | |
| 10 | Derby County | 30 | 0.93 | 28 | D1-1 | L1-3 | |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 0.68 | 26 | L1-3 | W2-1 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 30 | 0.81 | 24 | W1-0 | W4-1 | |
| 13 | Notts County | 30 | 0.78 | 24 | L0-1 | D0-0 | |
| 14 | Bury | 30 | 0.77 | 24 | D1-1 | L0-1 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 0.72 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Stoke City | 30 | 0.64 | 24 | D1-1 | L1-2 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 15th | 15th | 9th |
| Played | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Won | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Drawn | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Lost | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 14th | 16th | 6th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 1-2-3 | 0-3-3 | 1-2-3 |
| Goals (F-A) | 6-8 | 6-10 | 6-8 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 11th | 15th | 4th |
| Goals scored | 39 | 20 | 19 |
| Failed to score | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Since failing to score | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 14th | 15th | 13th |
| Goals conceded | 54 | 22 | 32 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 15th | 16th | 8th |
| Goal difference | -15 | -2 | -13 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 5th | 10th | 3rd |
| Goal total | 93 | 42 | 51 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | lost last game | ||
| Home | w/o win in last 6 | ||
| Away | lost last game | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 2-2-3 | 2-3-2 | 1-2-2 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 6-9 | 9-6 | 3-5 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
D1-1 |
D1-1 |
L1-2 L1-3 D1-1 |
| Occurence | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division One (old) | 15th | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 54 | -15 | .400 |
| English FA Cup | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | .000 |
| English Test Match | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -7 | .250 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 67 | -23 | .371 | |