Six awesome Frank Lampard statistics.
One of the finest midfielders in English football history, Chelsea legend Frank Lampard continues to impress in a loan stint with Manchester City this season, notching up more and more goals to write his name into the record books.
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Here are some of the most incredible stats on the evergreen 36-year-old, including impressive figures on goals and appearances:
6) Highest scoring midfielder in Premier League history
Frank Lampard is fifth on the all-time Premier League scoring charts with 173 goals, making him the highest scoring midfielder in that time, and he can even overtake Arsenal legend Thierry Henry (175) this season.
5) Second in all-time appearances
With 580 games in the Premier League, only Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs (632) has more appearances at this level than Frank Lampard.
4) Lampard likes playing Sunderland
With 17 wins, Frank Lampard has been on the winning side against Sunderland more times than he has against any other Premier League team.
3) …and likes scoring against Aston Villa
Lampard has scored 13 goals against Aston Villa in total, more than against any other opponent, including this strike at Villa Park (pictured above) that saw him become Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer.
2) Lampard has beaten 44 Premier League teams
In his long career in the Premier League, the Chelsea legend has beaten every opponent he has come up against, out of 44 different teams.
1) …and scored against 39 of them
Out of those 44 teams, Lampard has also scored against 39 of them, with only Burnley, Cardiff City, Ipswich Town, Queens Park Rangers and Watford managing not to concede a goal when facing the former England international.
[Stats courtesy of Barriesview.com]