Scott Parker continues to insist that setting new records doesn’t really bother him but there’s no denying the numbers are stacking up nicely for Bournemouth.
A 15th match unbeaten means this is now the club’s best-ever opening to a league campaign, breaking a previous benchmark that had stood for 60 years. Liverpool are the only other unbeaten side in England’s top four divisions and they’ve played five fewer games.
Saturday night’s success at Reading means it’s 11 wins from those 15, including victories in each of Bournemouth’s last five and nine of their last 10.