With the Swans having a break from Premier League action this weekend, thanks to an 4th Round FA Cup tie at League Two Notts County, we thought we’d share some interesting stats with you.
Using Opta data, the good folk at SIS Pitches has compiled a list of the top home and away scorers at each top flight stadium, gathered since the formation of the Premier League in 1992, right up to the very last day of 2017.
Now you can probably name the Swans player who has scored the most Premier League goals at the Liberty during this time or at least have a very good guess.
But just in case you are unsure, it’s Wilfried Bony with 16 goals. The Ivorian striker was just ahead of Michu and Gylfi Sigurdsson, both of whom scored 12 goals.
But which opposing Premier League players like to score at the Liberty Stadium do you think?
You’d probably say someone like Sergio Agüero, who heads heads up the ranks at Stoke’s Bet365 Stadium and Watford’s Vicarage Road, or maybe former England striker Wayne Rooney, who is the top away scorer at the Etihad Stadium and St James’ Park.
It will probably come as no surprise to hear that with almost 400 appearances for Manchester United that Wayne Rooney has been the most prolific player at Old Trafford, with 101 goals – followed by Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo.
And if you had to guess who scored the same number of away goals at Vicarage Road as Alexis Sánchez, Harry Kane and Peter Crouch combined, who would you say? If you said Argentine international Sergio Agüero then you’d be spot on.
But as prolific as those two strikers are, the honour of being the away player whom most likes to score at the Liberty is actually shared between Papiss Demba Cissé, Jermain Defoe, Diego Costa and Christian Eriksen – all of whom have scored 4 times on their visit to SA1.
SISGrass, the latest hybrid pitch technology developed by SIS Pitches, is actually used at both St James Park and The Vitality Stadium, so the Opta data for these grounds were of particular interest to SISGrass director, Phil Blackwell – especially as they have been selected for six of the twelve 2018 World Cup venues, including the Luzhiniki Stadium in Moscow, the venue for the opening and final games of the tournament.
Of course with the 2nd half of the season now well underway these stats will certainly change, with new home scoring heroes and visiting villains to watch out for!
Here are the complete stats for all current Premier League grounds:
Arsenal – Emirates
Top home scorers: Robin van Persie (45 goals), Olivier Giroud (40 goals), Theo Walcott (37 goals)
Top away scorers: Darren Bent (3 goals), Dimitar Berbatov (3 goals), Younes Kaboul (3 goals), Wayne Rooney (3 goals), Jamie Vardy (3 goals)
AFC Bournemouth – Vitality Stadium
Top home scorers: Josh King (11 goals), Callum Wilson (10 goals), Junior Stanislas (8 goals)
Top away scorers: Eden Hazard (4 goals), Harry Kane (3 goals), Jay Rodriguez (2 goals), Raheem Sterling (2 goals), Enner Valencia (2 goals)
Brighton & Hove Albion – AMEX Stadium
Top home scorers: Pascal Groß (4 goals), Tomer Hemed (2 goals), Glen Murray (1 goal)
Top away scorers: Sergio Agüero (1 goal), James Morrison (1 goal), Wayne Rooney (1 goal)
Burnley – Turf Moor
Top home scorers: Sam Vokes (7 goals), Ashley Barnes (7 goals), David Nugent/Danny Ings/Andre Gray/George Boyd (5 goals)
Top away scorers: Emmanuel Adebayor (2 goals), Sergio Agüero (2 goals), Samuel Eto’o (2 goals), Dwight Gayle (2 goals), Steven Gerrard (2 goals), Hugo Rodallega (2 goals)
Chelsea – Stamford Bridge
Top home scorers: Frank Lampard (79 goals), Didier Drogba (69 goals), Jimmy Floyd Hasslebank (44 goals)
Top away scorers: Robin van Persie (6 goals), Sergio Agüero (5 goals), Craig Bellamy (5 goals)
Crystal Palace – Selhurst Park
Top home scorers: Chris Armstrong (14 goals), Andrew Johnson (11 goals), James McArthur (9 goals)
Top away scorers: Jermain Defoe (5 goals), Yaya Touré (4 goals), Ian Rush (3 goals), Steve McManaman (3 goals), Peter Beardsley (3 goals), Olivier Giroud (3 goals), Steven Fletcher (3 goals)
Everton – Goodison Park
Top home scorers: Romelu Lukaku (40 goals), Duncan Ferguson (38 goals), Leon Osman/Kevin Campbell (26 goals)
Top away scorers: Les Ferdinand (9 goals), Efan Ekoku (6 goals), Jermain Defoe (5 goals), Michael Owen (5 goals), Chris Sutton (5 goals), Ruud van Nistelrooy (5 goals), Dwight Yorke (5 goals)
Huddersfield Town – John Smith’s Stadium
Top home scorers: Laurent Depoitre (3 goals), Steve Mounie (2 goals), Aaron Mooy (2 goals)
Top away scorers: Ben Davies (1 goal), Marcus Rashford (1 goal), Moussa Sissoko (1 goal), Jamie Vardy (1 goal)
Leicester City – King Power Stadium
Top home scorers: Jamie Vardy (30 goals), Leonardo Ulloa (14 goals), Riyad Mahrez (13 goals)
Top away scorers: Harry Kane (6 goals), Alexis Sánchez (4 goals), Ruud van Nistelrooy (3 goals), Juan Mata (3 goals)
Liverpool – Anfield
Top home scorers: Robbie Fowler (85 goals), Steven Gerrard (69), Michael Owen (63 goals)
Top away scorers: Andrew Cole (8 goals), Andrey Arshavin (5 goals), Christian Benteke (5 goals), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (5 goals)
Manchester City – Etihad
Top home scorers: Sergio Aguero (72 goals), Carlos Tevez (38 goals), Yaya Toure (30 goals)
Top away scorers: Wayne Rooney (6 goals), Tim Cahill (4 goals), Emmanuel Adebayor (3 goals), Nicolas Anelka (3 goals), Darren Bent (3 goals), Clint Dempsey (3 goals), Richard Dunne (3 goals), Collins John (3 goals), Morten Gamst Pedersen (3 goals), Kevin Phillips (3 goals), Theo Walcott (3 goals)
Manchester United – Old Trafford
Top home scorers: Wayne Rooney (101 goals), Paul Scholes (59 goals), Cristiano Ronaldo (57 goals)
Top away scorers: Steven Gerrard (5 goals), Sergio Agüero (4 goals), Darren Bent (4 goals), Edin Dzeko (4 goals)
Newcastle United – St James’ Park
Top home scorers: Alan Shearer (95 goals), Shola Ameobi (31 goals), Peter Beardsley (30 goals)
Top away scorers: Wayne Rooney (8 goals), Frank Lampard (6 goals), Paul Scholes (6 goals)
Southampton (St Mary’s)
Top home scorers: James Beattie (28 goals), Graziano Pelle (18 goals), Rickie Lambert (15 goals)
Top away scorers: Robin van Persie (5 goals), Romelu Lukaku (4 goals), Philippe Coutinho (3 goals), Peter Crouch (3 goals), Jermain Defoe (3 goals), Dele Alli (3 goals), Frank Lampard (3 goals), Robert Pires (3 goals), Ruud van Nistelrooy (3 goals)
Stoke City (Bet365 Stadium)
Top home scorers: Jonathan Walters (30 goals), Peter Crouch (26 goals), Charlie Adam/Marko Arnautovic (13 goals)
Top away scorers: Sergio Agüero (4 goals), Robin van Persie (4 goals), Demba Ba (3 goals), Dele Alli (3 goals), Steven Gerrard (3 goals), Harry Kane (3 goals), Niko Kranjcar (3 goals), Álvaro Morata (3 goals)
Swansea City – Liberty Stadium
Top home scorers: Wilfried Bony (16 goals), Michu (12 goals), Gylfi Sigurdsson (12 goals)
Top away scorers: Papiss Demba Cissé (4 goals), Jermain Defoe (4 goals), Diego Costa (4 goals), Christian Eriksen (4 goals)
Tottenham Hotspur – Wembley
Top home scorers: Harry Kane (8 goals), Son Heung-Min (5 goals), Dele Alli (3 goals)
Top away scorers: Marcos Alonso (2 goals), Mohamed Salah (1 goal), Chris Wood (1 goal)
Watford – Vicarage Road
Top home scorers: Troy Deeney (15 goals), Odion Ighalo (8 goals), Heidar Helguson (5 goals)
Top away scorers: Sergio Agüero (6 goals), Riyad Mahrez (3 goals), Dele Alli (3 goals), Peter Crouch (2 goals), Gabriel Jesus (2 goals), Ryan Giggs (2 goals), Thierry Henry (2 goals), Harry Kane (2 goals), Romelu Lukaku (2 goals), Yohan Cabaye (2 goals), Kevin Phillips (2 goals), Nathan Redmond (2 goals), Alexis Sánchez (2 goals)
West Bromwich Albion – The Hawthorns
Top home scorers: Peter Odemwingie (18 goals), Saido Berahino (17 goals), James Morrison (15 goals)
Top away scorers: Michael Owen (6 goals), Yaya Touré (4 goals), Sergio Agüero (3 goals), Nicolas Anelka (3 goals), Milan Baros (3 goals), Damien Duff (3 goals), Harry Kane (3 goals), Romelu Lukaku (3 goals), Kevin Mirallas (3 goals), Mark Noble (3 goals), Wayne Rooney (3 goals), Paul Scholes (3 goals), Robin van Persie (3 goals), Jamie Vardy (3 goals), Jonathan Walters (3 goals)
West Ham United – London Stadium
Top home scorers: Manuel Lanzini (6 goals), Michail Antonio/Andre Ayew/Cheikhou Kouyate (3 goals)
Top away scorers: Alexis Sánchez (3 goals), Philippe Coutinho (2 goals), Harry Kane (2 goals), Glenn Murray (2 goals)
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Credit: Top Scorers By Premier League Stadium from SIS Pitches