Kane reaches 500 and 300 goals; Vinicius surpasses Neymar with 69; Modric establishes Serie A milestone.
As Europe’s Top 5 Leagues continued their regular season, England experienced an FA Cup weekend marked by surprises and officiating disputes. Mansfield Town shocked Burnley, while Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool advanced comfortably, and Newcastle United triumphed over Aston Villa in a spirited match.
Real Madrid climbed above Barcelona to seize the top spot in LaLiga after a 4-1 victory against Real Sociedad, although the Catalans have a match in hand. Atlético Madrid displayed contrasting form, following their 4-0 victory over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey with a disappointing 0-3 loss to Rayo Vallecano. In Italy, Juventus faced contentious calls in their 2-3 defeat to Serie A leaders Inter Milan, leaving them 15 points adrift of the top, while AC Milan secured second place with a win, and Napoli and AS Roma ended in a 2-2 stalemate.
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both achieved significant victories, with Bayern maintaining a six-point advantage at the top of the Bundesliga. Paris Saint-Germain experienced an unexpected loss to Stade Rennais, allowing Lens to ascend to the top of the Ligue 1 standings following a 5-0 triumph over Paris FC.
ESPN’s By The Numbers presents key statistics from the weekend’s football matches:
FA CUP
3
Mohamed Salah recorded a goal, an assist, and won a penalty in a single match for just the third time in his Liverpool tenure (428 matches), with the previous occurrences against Newcastle and Arsenal in consecutive games in December 2018. This marked Salah’s first match with both a goal and an assist for Liverpool in all competitions since September 2025 against Atlético Madrid in the UCL.
57
Curtis Jones netted his first goal for Liverpool since December 2024 against Leicester, concluding a 57-match stretch without a goal in all competitions.
4+
Arsenal scored 4 or more goals in consecutive FA Cup matches for the first time since 2004.
1
Eberechi Eze became the first Arsenal player in the last decade to achieve multiple assists at halftime in an FA Cup match. Eze contributed two goals before halftime in a competitive match for the first time since March 2025, when he had a goal and an assist in Palace’s 3-0 victory over Fulham.
22
Since his FA Cup debut in January 2017, only Marcus Rashford (23) has scored more goals across England’s two major domestic cups than Gabriel Jesus (22 – 11 in FA Cup, 11 in League Cup).
1
Pedro Neto achieved the first hat trick of his career, while Liam Delap also made three goal contributions for the first time in his career as Chelsea overcame Hull City.
7
Estêvão (18y 295d) became the youngest Chelsea player to score in the FA Cup since Callum Hudson-Odoi in January 2019 against Sheffield Wednesday (18y 81d). Only Lamine Yamal (15) has more goals as an 18-year-old in all competitions this season for a top five European club than Estêvão (7 – tied with Lennart Karl).
Estêvão has netted 7 goals in all competitions for Chelsea this season – the highest by a Chelsea teenager in a season during the Premier League era.
105
For the 105th consecutive match in all competitions, Chelsea named a starting XI without any player aged 30 or older; the second-longest streak by a Premier League team is 47 by Aston Villa between August 1997 and May 1998.
1
Wrexham progressed to the FA Cup fifth Round for the first time since 1996-97, when they reached the quarterfinals.
Wrexham eliminated Ipswich Town from the FA Cup and advanced to the last 16 of the tournament.
For the first time since 1997, Wrexham are back in the round of 16 �� pic.twitter.com/yXzMj5tXTO
– ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 13, 2026
1
Newcastle reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for three consecutive seasons for the first time since 1997-00.
36 and 22
Aston Villa’s 36-match home unbeaten streak when leading at halftime in all competitions came to an end, as did their 22-match unbeaten run when leading at halftime in all competitions.
2 and 38
Sandro Tonali became the first player to score two goals from outside the box in a single game for Newcastle since Mohamed Diamé against Preston in the League Cup back in October 2016. Tonali’s two goals concluded a 38-match drought without scoring this season.
17
Manchester City have won their last 17 FA Cup matches at the Etihad Stadium, equaling the longest home winning streak in the competition’s history, set by Clapham Rovers between December 1873 and February 1881.
1
Mansfield Town’s victory over Burnley marked the first time the club eliminated a top-flight team from the FA Cup since February 1969 (3-0 vs West Ham in the fifth Round). Mansfield Town also advanced to the FA Cup fifth Round for the first time in 51 years since 1974-75.
6
Crysencio Summerville has scored in 6 of his last 7 matches in all competitions; he had no goals in 16 matches this season prior to this streak. No Premier League player has scored more goals in all competitions in 2026 than him.
LALIGA
69
Vinícius Jr. netted his 69th LALIGA goal, surpassing Neymar (68) and tying Ronaldinho (69) for the eighth-most among Brazilian players in LALIGA history.
Real Madrid have been awarded nearly twice as many penalties in LALIGA as the team with the second most �� pic.twitter.com/mA2Jrs3cj8
– ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 15, 2026
11
Real Madrid have scored 11 penalties in LALIGA this season (the most in Europe’s top 5 leagues), the highest by a club in a LALIGA season since Villarreal netted 12 in 2020-21.
5
Álvaro Arbeloa (5) holds the third-best LALIGA winning streak while starting a coaching role at Real Madrid. Only Vanderlei Luxemburgo (7) and Xabi Alonso (6) have had better starts.
11
All 11 of Gonzalo García’s senior goals for Real Madrid in all competitions dating back to last season have occurred with Kylian Mbappé off the field.
17
Rayo Vallecano ended a 17-match winless streak against Atlético Madrid in LALIGA, the longest in their rivalry. The 3-0 victory was also Rayo’s largest win over Atleti in LALIGA since 1979 (when they won 4-1).
After dominating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid faced a setback in LALIGA against Rayo Vallecano ��
Anything can happen in football �� pic.twitter.com/RYwece9rD6
– ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 15, 2026
6
Vedat Muriqi has scored more headed goals than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues this season, becoming the first Mallorca player to net six headed goals in a single campaign since Pierre Webó in 2010/11 (also six). With 16 goals overall, only four players in Europe’s T5 leagues have scored more than him.
50
Muriqi also achieved his 50th career LALIGA goal. Since joining Mallorca at the start of 2022, his 50 goals rank as the 6th most in LALIGA and the 2nd most by any player at a club other than RMA, BAR, or ATM (Ante Budimir, 64).
SERIE A
2
Francesco Pio Esposito (20 years-231 days) became the second youngest Italian to score for Inter against Juventus in the last 60 years in Serie A (since 1970), following Mario Balotelli (18 years-249 days on April 18, 2009).
1
Andrea Cambiaso became the first player to score both a goal and an own goal against Inter Milan in Serie A since Atalanta’s José Palomino in 2022.
1
Luka Modric became the oldest player to score a game-winning goal in Serie A history at 40 years, 157 days. He also became the third-oldest overall goalscorer in Serie A history (Zlatan Ibrahimovic at 41y, 166d and Alessandro Costacurta at 41y, 25d).
BUNDESLIGA
500 and 300
Harry Kane reached his 300th league goal of his club career, while also achieving the 500 goal milestone for club and country in all competitions.
40+ and 9
Kane also became the first player from Europe’s top 5 leagues to score 40 or more goals this season – he has 41 goals in 35 matches. Kane has netted 25 or more goals in his last four league seasons (7th time in his career). He also converted his ninth penalty of the season; only Paul Breitner has scored more penalties in a season (10 in 1980-81). Overall, the Englishman has successfully converted all 23 of his Bundesliga penalties.
10+10
Luis Díaz became the second player in Europe’s top 5 leagues with 10 or more goals and 10 or more assists this season. Both players with 10 or more goals and 10 or more assists this season play for Bayern (also Michael Olise 10 goals, 16 assists).
1
RB Leipzig drew 2-2 against Wolfsburg after coming from behind twice. Prior to this result, Leipzig was the ONLY team from Europe’s top 5 leagues to not earn a single point from losing positions this season.
LIGUE 1
3
Rennes handed PSG only their third defeat in Ligue 1 this season, all of which have occurred away from home. This ended PSG’s seven-match winning streak in Ligue 1. However, this marked PSG’s third loss in their last eight matches in all competitions.
Information from ESPN’s Global Sports Research contributed to this report.
