Last season, the major individual awards were split between Robert Pires and Ruud van Nistelrooy but this year there can be little doubt that Thierry Henry will sweep the board. At the time of writing, he leads both the goalscoring charts with 19 and the assists table with 22. Although his hold on the golden boot award is tenuous, Beattie is just one adrift, his nearest rivals in the creativity area can only boast 13 assists. No player in Premiership history has topped both charts in the same season Indeed, only Chris Sutton, who was joint-top scorer in 1997/8 and led the country in asssits in 1993/4 has ever led in both categories

What is even more amazing is that he has failed to obtain a point in just two games, to date, the home defeat to Blackburn and the game against Manchester United that ended Arsenal's 55 game scoring run. As can be seen, Pires fully deserved his award last year and Henry along with Shearer is the only player to figure twice in the top ten. His first two yearsin the Premiership produced creditable percentages of 58% and 60%

After Henry's two hiccups in 28 games, one has to go down to only eight total appearances to find players who have failed to register a point in only two games. Eight players have an assist or goal in their only league appearance of the season: most notably Mick Harford who scored in his only ever game for Coventry as a sub in 1993/4

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