After a dramatic weekend in the Premier League and Football league, RALPH ELLIS sifted through the statistics.

Here he shares what he has learned.

1. Aaron Lennon has found a pair of scoring boots since converting his loan move to Everton into a permanent transfer in the summer. The 28-year-old former Tottenham winger notched his sixth of the season in the 2-3 defeat to West Ham – the most he has scored in a single campaign since making his debut as a Leeds player in 2003. What's more impressive is that his goals this term have come from only 13 starts plus five appearances off the bench.

Aaron Lennon celebrates after scoring Everton's second goal in their 3-2 defeat by West Ham on Saturday

The 28-year-old (centre) scored his sixth goal of the season with this right-footed finish at Goodison Park

2. Yohan Cabaye has been getting through games despite niggling ankle and heel injuries since mid-December and the effect it has had on his form is one of the reasons Crystal Palace have struggled. Against Liverpool the French international midfield man found a team-mate with just 22 of 32 passes before getting subbed just before Palace conceded the equaliser. That success rate of 68.8 per cent compares with an average of 83.5 up until December.

Yohan Cabaye found a team-mate with just 22 of 32 passes during Crystal Palace's defeat against Liverpool

3. Louis van Gaal must have been looking to protect the fitness of Morgan Schneiderlin for the Europa League showdowns with Liverpool because little else could explain why Manchester United's manager left the Frenchman on the bench until the last half hour at West Brom. Schneiderlin's return to the team at Shrewsbury had marked the first of the four wins in a row which saved Van Gaal's job – and over the course of the season United have lost only two of the 26 games he has started. When he's not been included in the opening line-up they have now lost eight out of 18.

Morgan Schneiderlin (right) came on as a second-half substitute for Manchester United at West Brom

Louis van Gaal has now seen his United side lose eight of the 18 matches that Schneiderlin hasn't started

4. Eddie Howe believes England boss Roy Hodgson should have a look at Bournemouth's midfield man Andrew Surman as an option for the holding role, and the 29-year-old's display at Newcastle backed up his view. Surman, bought from Norwich in 2014 for a bargain £500,000, kept the Cherries midfield ticking over by finding a team-mate with 50 out of 52 passes in the 3-1 win. Already the Premier League player who had run the furthest this season with more than 300km under his belt, he's now also the top English passer on 1,779 passes, overtaking Gareth Barry's 1,756. Only Cesc Fabregas (2,030) has played more.

Bournemouth midfielder Andrew Surman (right) should be considered for England, believes Eddie Howe

5. Norwich's struggling manager Alex Neil is in a run of just one point from nine games but can at least console himself that his £8.5m signing of defender Tim Klose looks like a good bit of business. The Swiss international was outstanding at Swansea, winning all but one of 12 duels and also making a dozen clearances as he fought to prevent the 1-0 defeat.

Norwich defender Tim Klose (right) impressed at the Liberty Stadium, despite their 1-0 defeat by Swansea

6. Mark Hughes had to fight Stoke's board to get a longer contract for Glenn Whelan last season, but his stubborn insistence that the Irish international should be an exception to the club's rule of only one-year deals for over 30s is proving well founded. Whelan, excellent again in the 1-1 draw at Chelsea, has started every Premier League game this season. Taken off 15 minutes from the end at Stamford Bridge, it was only the fourth time he'd not finished all 90 minutes.

Stoke midfielder Glenn Whelan (left) has started every Premier League game so far this season

7. Tottenham are proud of their record of being one of only two Premier League sides not to have had a single player sent off all season (Manchester City are the other). But Mauricio Pochettino's side aren't so fussy when it comes to picking up bookings. Cautions for Eric Dier and Erik Lamela against Arsenal took them to 58 yellow cards for the campaign – only Aston Villa (59) have been shown more.

Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham side have collected the second most yellow cards this season at 58

8. Reading must be cursing their failure to sort out a new contract with Welsh striker Hal Robson-Kanu who will be a free agent in the summer after 11 years with the club. The 26-year-old, whose two goals against Fulham took him to five in his last 13 games, will be in the shop window as part of the Wales team in the Euro 2016 finals and already has Premier League clubs including Swansea preparing to make him an offer.

Hal Robson-Kanu scored both of Reading's goal as they drew 2-2 with Fulham on Saturday afternoon

9. Sean O'Driscoll must be wondering why he walked away last summer from the comfort of a job with the FA looking after England's Under 19 side. His new job on Liverpool's coaching staff lasted only until Brendan Rodgers got the sack – and he's now out of work again after League One Walsall decided it wasn't working out after just 16 games in charge. A 3-1 home defeat by Barnsley has left the Saddlers five points off the automatic promotion places but with a game in hand. Experienced former Aston Villa assistant John Ward is likely to be asked to take charge until the end of the season.

Sean O'Driscoll was sacked as Walsall manager on Sunday after just 16 games in charge