The top teams in Europe showed their dominance once again in the weekend's football action. In the Premier League, leaders Manchester City made it seven wins in seven after beating Ipswich Town. Arsenal also secured a win while third-placed Brighton hit five past Crystal Palace. Chelsea and Liverpool also recorded crucial victories on Saturday.
Barcelona also continued their winning run in the LaLiga, beating Real Betis 5-2 while Real Madrid won 4-1 against Sevilla. Atletico also secured a 1-0 victory over Espanyol.
In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich are top now after beating RB Leipzig 6-1 while Borussia Dortmund dropped to second place after a 0-0 draw against Union Berlin. Serie A saw no change in top four with Inter Milan, Lazio, Roma and AC Milan all winning their respective games.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you the best of stats from the weekend's football matches:
PREMIER LEAGUE
100
Erling Haaland scored his 100th non-penalty goal in the Premier League, taking just 139 games to do so -- the fastest of any player in the competition's history.
1
Manchester City's Enzo Maresca became the first manager in Premier League history to win his first seven games in charge of a club.
9
Liverpool's Florian Wirtz's nine chances created from open play against Brentford. It is the most by a player in a Premier League game since Sadio Mané vs. Burnley in January 2021 (9) and the most by a player in an away game since Samir Nasri vs. Tottenham in August 2011 (10).
51
Diego Gómez's goal for Brighton against Crystal Palace was from 51 metres, the furthest range Premier League goal since Wayne Rooney for Everton against West Ham in November 2017 (58m).
23
Brighton have scored 23 goals so far in the 2026-27 season. Only three sides in Premier League history have scored more goals in their first seven games of a season than them -- Arsenal in 2009-10 (24), Manchester United in 2011-12 (24), and Manchester City in 2019-20 (27).
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- ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) October 18, 2026
32
Since Mikel Arteta became Arsenal manager in December 2019, they have had the joint-most 1-0 wins in the Premier League of any side (32, level with Everton).
100
Unai Emery recorded his 100th win as a Premier League manager, doing so in his 197th game. Only eight managers have done so in fewer games than the Spaniard.
LALIGA
19 years
Yan Diomandé became the youngest Real Madrid player (19 years, 338 days) to register a goal and an assist in a single LaLiga game this century, breaking Jude Bellingham's record (20y, 51d).
9
Kylian Mbappé has scored nine goals in LaLiga this season. He ranks second in most goals scored in Europe's top five leagues, only Barcelona's Raphinha who has more with 12 goals.
10
Lamine Yamal became the first player from Europe's top five leagues to reach 10 assists this season across all competitions.
He is also the player from Europe's five major leagues who has been involved in the most goals this season across all competitions (nine goals and 10 assists).
9
Barcelona became only the second team to win their first nine matches of a season in LaLiga, after Real Madrid in 1968/69.
They have scored 39 goals -- the second highest goal-scoring record for a team in the first nine matches of a LaLiga season, after Sevilla in 1940/41 (42).
Barcelona have matched Real Madrid's record for the longest winning start to a LALIGA season ��
Barcelona can break the record next Sunday against Real Madrid in ElClásico �� �� https://t.co/T6bF4X4VIr
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 17, 2026
11
Barcelona have won all 11 games they played this season in all competitions. They have tied the record for longest winning start to a season by a Spanish club (all comps), previously done twice by Real Madrid in 1961-62 and 1968-69.
They can break the record by beating Real Madrid in their next league match on October 25.
10
Atlético Madrid have scored 10 goals in the 80th minute-or-later this season, most in Europe's top five leagues.
SERIE A
300
Roma's Gian Piero Gasperini became only the fifth manager to reach 300 wins in Serie A history, joining Giovanni Trapattoni (352), Massimiliano Allegri (325), Luciano Spalletti (306) and Nereo Rocco (302).
7
Ruben Amorim (4W, 3D) became the third coach in AC Milan history to remain unbeaten in his first seven matches in Serie A, after Hector Puricelli in 1955 (3W, 4D) and Luis Carniglia in 1963 (4W, 3D).
2
Inter's Marcus Thuram, along with Lamine Yamal, is one of the two players to have at least 10 goals scored and five assists from the beginning of April in Europe's top five leagues.
BUNDESLIGA
102 in 100
Making his 100th Bundesliga appearance, Harry Kane scored his 102nd goal in the competition, most by a player in their first 100 Bundesliga games.
3
Werder Bremen became the first team in Bundesliga history to come back from a two-goal deficit in three consecutive matches.
LIGUE 1
5
Top five teams in Ligue 1 have the same number of points after seven matches. Lyon, Paris SG, Paris FC, Lille and Monaco all have 14 points -- first such instance in the league after seven games.
Information from ESPN's Global Sports Research contributed to this report.