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The Guardian - UK

Sport

Paul Campbell

Football quiz: 20 questions on the 2019-20 Premier League season so far

How much do you remember about the first portion of the season? Composite: Getty, Shutterstock, Action

Who is the top scorer in the Premier League this season?
1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2. Danny Ings
3. Jamie Vardy
4. Sergio Agüero
What new ground did Crystal Palace break in the league this season?
1. They became the first team to win a Premier League game without having a shot
2. They became the first team to win a Premier League game on 29 February
3. They became the first team to draw seven matches in a row
4. They followed up a 5-0 defeat with a 5-0 victory, an unprecedented turnaround
Leicester City played Aston Villa in the last game before the league was suspended. What was the score in that match?
1. Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
2. Leicester City 3-2 Aston Villa
3. Leicester City 4-0 Aston Villa
4. Leicester City 2-3 Aston Villa
Which team scored 16 goals in a row that were all finished by English players?
1. Manchester United
2. Southampton
3. Chelsea
4. Burnley
Which three clubs are currently in the relegation zone: Norwich City, Aston Villa and …
1. Bournemouth
2. Watford
3. West Ham
4. Brighton
Onel Hernández scored for Norwich against Manchester United in October, making him the first player from which country to score a goal in the Premier League?
1. Tanzania
2. Cuba
3. Venezuela
4. Ecuador
Liverpool went unbeaten for their first 27 matches of the season. What happened in the 28th game?
1. They drew 1-1
2. They lost 1-0
3. The lost 2-0
4. They lost 3-0
Which team has not won a game in 2020?
1. Brighton
2. Southampton
3. Norwich City
4. Newcastle United
Which club has not lost a game in 2020?
1. Arsenal
2. Manchester United
3. Everton
4. Manchester City
Who is the only player to have scored a goal and been sent off in the same game?
1. Son Heung-min
2. Serge Aurier
3. Troy Deeney
4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Which two players scored hat-tricks in the same game?
1. Sergio Agüero and Bernardo Silva
2. Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne
3. Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic
4. Ayoze Pérez and Jamie Vardy
After how many minutes were Manchester City 5-0 up against Watford when the teams met in September?
1. 15
2. 18
3. 21
4. 24
Which goalkeeper has kept the most clean sheets (11) so far this season?
1. Nick Pope
2. Alisson
3. Kasper Schmeichel
4. Ederson
Jürgen Klopp has won five of the seven Premier League manager of the month awards available. Who won the other two?
1. José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær
2. Frank Lampard and Sean Dyche
3. Brendan Rodgers and Nigel Pearson
4. Pep Guardiola and Chris Wilder
This is Frank Lampard's first season as Chelsea manager. What happened in his first game in charge?
1. Chelsea won 4-0
2. It finished 3-3
3. Chelsea lost 2-0
4. Chelsea lost 4-0
We have gone 100 days without a game in the Premier League. How long did Quique Sánchez Flores last as Watford manager this season?
1. 70 days
2. 85 days
3. 100 days
4. 115 days
Who is the most fouled player in the league this season?
1. Jack Grealish
2. Riyad Mahrez
3. James Maddison
4. Marcus Rashford
Manchester City players have made a total of 24,172 touches. How many touches have Burnley players made?
1. 15,002
2. 18,088
3. 20,175
4. 22,154
Which team has taken the fewest shots in the league this season? (They are in the top half of the table)
1. Sheffield United
2. Burnley
3. Manchester United
4. Wolves
Manchester United beat Manchester City home and away in the league this season for the first time in a decade. Which player scored in both games?
1. Marcus Rashford
2. Sergio Agüero
3. Anthony Martial
4. Nicolás Otamendi

Solutions

1:C - Vardy has scored 19 goals so far. He scored in eight straight games before Christmas., 2:B - They beat their old friends Brighton 1-0 at the Amex. , 3:C - Harvey Barnes scored the last goal in the league before lockdown. Jamie Vardy also scored two that night., 4:B - Danny Ings scored most of them., 5:A - That could all change by the end of the weekend though., 6:B - Hernández is not the only player to have broken new ground for his country this season. Mbwana Samatta signed for Aston Villa in January and quickly became the first Tanzanian to play and score in the Premier League., 7:D - Liverpool’s first, and so far only, defeat came in February against Watford – a team that was in the relegation zone when the game kicked off., 8:A - Brighton have not won since 28 December yet they are 15th in the league. They also lost their only cup game of the year so far – a 1-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup in January., 9:A - Arsenal beat Manchester United on 1 January and have not looked back since., 10:D - The Arsenal captain was sent off against Crystal Palace in January., 11:D - They scored three goals each when Leicester beat Southampton 9-0 at St Mary's in October. , 12:B - It was 8-0 by the end, making it City's biggest ever win in the top flight., 13:A - Burnley have kept more clean sheets this season than Manchester City and Pope has been in goal for all of them., 14:B - Dyche is the reigning manager of the month and has been for some time., 15:D - He turned things around after that defeat to Manchester United on the opening day. He was awarded the Manager of the Month in October, making him one of a few people t have won the manager and player awards., 16:B - He arrived in September and was gone by the end of November., 17:A - Grealish has been fouled 127 times in 26 games. His poor shins., 18:A - Burnley have played one game more than City., 19:A - Sheffield United players have taken just 286 shots. Manchester City have taken most (541), with Chelsea second (481)., 20:C - Crucially, though, City beat United in the League Cup semi-finals – a competition they won in March.