Another international fortnight is upon us, meaning the stars of the Premier League are packing their things and heading to the airport to jet off once again.

We're a dozen games into the season and the table is beginning to settle down, so it's a good moment to pause and take stock of what's happened so far.

Our friends at Opta have supplied us with a smorgasbord of statistics and here's the best bits.

PASS MASTERS

For the first time in quite a few years, Arsenal look like genuine title challengers and a key factor in their encouraging early-season form has been the passing abilities of Santi Cazorla.

The Spanish wizard tops the league's passing leaderboard by quite some distance, with 937 balls played in his 11 matches.

Arsenal's Santi Cazorla has played the most passes of any player in the Premier League so far this season

Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas comes second in the passing leaderboard, with 809 passes attempted

Second is his compatriot Cesc Fabregas over at Chelsea who, despite his team's woeful start, has still attempted 809 passes.

And despite recent poor form, Bournemouth's Andrew Surman has played as many passes as Manchester City's Fernandinho in the early phase of the season.

MOST PASSES Premier League 2015-16 Passes Santi Cazorla 937 Cesc Fabregas 809 Andrew Surman 788 Fernandinho 788 Jonjo Shelvey 749 Bastian Schweinsteiger 717 Federico Fernandez 713 Simon Francis 709 Gareth Barry 700 Ashley Williams 699

PASSING ACCURACY

It's fine playing the most passes, but the key is to be accurate. Manchester City's Samir Nasri has been unerring in his passing, with 93 per cent of balls he has played finding their intended recipient.

The Frenchman's form has been integral to their position at the top of the Premier League and he hasn't even featured in every match.

Other accurate passers include Stoke's Ibrahim Affelay (92.11 per cent), Arsenal's Francis Coquelin (91.65 per cent) and Swansea's Ki Sung-yueng (91.46 per cent).

Samit Nasri, seen here celebrating at Everton, has been the most accurate passer in the Premier League

Arsenal's Francis Coquelin has also been unerring with his passing during the opening part of the season

PASSING ACCURACY Premier League 2015-16 Passing Accuracy (min 100 passes) Samir Nasri 93 Ibrahim Afellay 92.11 Francis Coquelin 91.65 Ki Sung-yueng 91.46 Morgan Schneiderlin 91.15 Mamadou Sakho 91.02 John Terry 90.88 Ashley Williams 90.7 Santi Cazorla 90.61 Martin Demichelis 90.32

TOP DRIBBLERS

Leicester City have been very much the surprise package this season, sitting third in the table after a dozen games, and one of their driving forces has been Riyad Mahrez.

The Algerian has been outstanding and he is the league's top dribbler with 39 completed, ahead of Chelsea's Eden Hazard (36) and Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palce (36).

There are some excellent players in the top 10, including Alexis Sanchez, Ross Barkley, Cazorla and Philippe Coutinho.

The dribbling of Riyad Mahrez has been influential in Leicester City's fine start to the campaign

Wilfried Zaha (left) takes on Roberto Firmino of Liverpool with one of his trademark dribbles at the weekend

DRIBBLING Premier League 2015-16 Dribbles Completed Riyad Mahrez 39 Eden Hazard 36 Wilfried Zaha 36 Alexis Sánchez 33 Ross Barkley 32 Jefferson Montero 30 Sadio Mane 30 Santi Cazorla 29 Dimitri Payet 28 Philippe Coutinho 27

SHOTS ON TARGET

As you might expect, there is a pretty direct correlation between the number of shots on target and league position.

Manchester City have fired in 83 that have hit the target, including 26 that have flown in. The league leaders are closely followed by Arsenal (78) and Tottenham (76).

Manchester United, despite being fourth in the standings, don't even make the top 10 on this particular measure, which just about sums up their uninspiring style of play.

Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City shoots for goal. His team have enjoyed the most shots on target

SHOTS ON TARGET Premier League 2015-16 Shots On Target Manchester City 83 Arsenal 78 Tottenham Hotspur 76 Leicester City 61 Southampton 59 Liverpool 57 Crystal Palace 53 Everton 52 Norwich City 52 West Ham United 52

SHOTS OFF TARGET

The vibrancy of Manchester City and Arsenal's forward play means they have also had plenty of shots that didn't hit the target as well (73 and 74 respectively).

But Southampton, whose form is starting to pick up following a sluggish start, are the most guilty for missing chances with 81 shots off target.

Southampton have fired in the most shots off target this season, including this one against Sunderland

SHOTS OFF TARGET Premier League 2015-16 Shots Off Target Southampton 81 Arsenal 74 Manchester City 73 Leicester City 71 Norwich City 70 West Ham United 69 Watford 67 Liverpool 67 Chelsea 67 Swansea City 60

CORNERS

Liverpool have already seen a managerial change during an inconsistent start to the season, with Jurgen Klopp replacing Brendan Rodgers.

Perhaps one of the reasons for their malaise is an inability to make set-pieces count - the Reds have forced 93 corners in their first dozen games, more than any other team.

Manchester City (87) and Arsenal (80) come next but you get the sense their corners actually count for something.

Christian Benteke heads wide from a corner during Liverpool's loss to Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon

CORNERS Premier League 2015-16 Corners Liverpool 93 Manchester City 87 Arsenal 80 Bournemouth 78 Norwich City 76 West Ham United 69 Everton 68 Tottenham Hotspur 67 Southampton 67 Chelsea 66

FOULS CONCEDED

Etienne Capoue moved from Tottenham to newly-promoted Watford over the summer and has been involved in every one of their league matches so far.

The Frenchman has also conceded the most amount of fouls in the league (29), ahead of Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva (28).

In the team ranking, however, it's Capoue's former club who are the dirtiest - Spurs have conceded 171 fouls so far this season.

Etienne Capoue (right) of Watford challenges Shinji Okazaki of Leicester during Saturday's encounter

FOULS CONCEDED - PLAYERS Premier League 2015-16 Fouls Conceded Etienne Capoue 29 Lucas Leiva 28 Erik Lamela 24 James Milner 24 Idrissa Gueye 24 Morgan Schneiderlin 23 Alexander Tettey 22 Dele Alli 22 Danny Drinkwater 21 Nemanja Matic 21

FOUL CONCEDED - TEAMS Premier League 2015-16 Fouls Conceded Tottenham Hotspur 171 Crystal Palace 159 Manchester United 157 Watford 156 Chelsea 155 Sunderland 151 Aston Villa 149 Liverpool 146 Norwich City 139 Stoke City 127

POSSESSION

It probably won't come as any surprise that Manchester United lead the possession charts, with an average of 59.68 per cent of the ball in their dozen matches.

Louis van Gaal's team certainly have keeping the ball down to a fine art, but it's what they do with it that remains the problem.

Manchester City (59.06 per cent), Arsenal (56.98) and Chelsea (56.65) are also in the top four.

Manchester United have placed the onus on possession football this season - with some decent results

POSSESSION Premier League 2015-16 Possession Manchester United 59.68 Manchester City 59.06 Arsenal 56.98 Chelsea 56.65 Swansea City 54.22 Liverpool 54.2 Bournemouth 53.24 Tottenham Hotspur 53.2 Everton 50.99 Southampton 49.66

YELLOW AND RED CARDS

There's no danger of West Ham replicating last season's qualification for the Europe through the Fair Play league.

Slaven Bilic's men have already had four players sent off in the league alone this season, plus three more in their ill-fated Europa League run.

Yet weirdly, they don't even make the top 10 for yellow cards. That is topped by their London rivals Tottenham on 27.

Tottenham's Erik Lamela receives a yellow card during Sunday's north London derby draw with Arsenal