The month in numbers
The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month...
4 Portuguese League Cups won by Sporting after they defeated Lisbon arch-rivals Benfica in the final in January to lift the trophy for the second year in a row.
94:52 Minutes on the clock when Tottenham were losing to Leicester City – the latest that a team has been behind before going on to win a Premier League match.
£20m Reported price paid by Turkish businessman Acun Ilicali for Championship club Hull City.
0.01 XG rating of Angel Correa’s phenomenal halfway-line goal for Atletico Madrid against Villarreal in January.
3 Games in a row that Fulham scored six or more goals – the first English second-tier side to do so since Everton way back in February 1954.
2 Red cards rescinded by VAR for Brazil goalkeeper Alisson during the World Cup qualifying match with Ecuador in Quito, which finished in a 1-1 draw.
28 World Cup qualifying goals scored by Uruguay’s Luis Suarez, overtaking Lionel Messi’s all-time record.
2 Fourth-tier sides in the last eight of the Coupe de France, with Bergerac and Versailles meeting each other in the quarter-finals.
94% Farhad Moshiri’s ownership in Everton after the billionaire increased his stake in the Premier League club.
$4.86bn Global transfer spending in 2021, according to an official FIFA report.
2 Transfer windows that Marseille may be unable to sign players for, in the wake of their controversial signing of midfielder Pape Gueye.
1 Number of champions from Europe’s top eight leagues to make a profit during the 2020-21 season: Germany’s Bayern Munich.
3 Juventus goals scored inside seven minutes as the Turin giants came from 3-1 down to beat Roma 4-3 at the Stadio Olimpico.
20 Minutes the Premier League game between Brentford and Wolves was suspended for after a drone was spotted flying above the Brentford Community Stadium.
32 Years since Borussia Dortmund were last defeated by St Pauli, after the second-tier outfit dumped the German Cup holders out of the competition.
12 Spanish Super Cups won by Real Madrid, one short of Barcelona’s all-time record, after they lifted the trophy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1 Nigeria striker Uchenna Kanu became the first foreign player to score a hat-trick in Liga MX Femenil after hitting a treble for Tigres against Atlas.
56 International goals scored by Sam Kerr after bagging seven in four games at the Women’s Asian Cup, taking her past Tim Cahill (50) as Australia’s leading international goalscorer.
35 International games Algeria went undefeated before their shock 1-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea at the Africa Cup of Nations – just two short of Italy’s world record.