The Premier League has seen a 33-year spell: zero goals + 77 players have played a record low! The dilemma of local players has caused heated discussions again!

The Premier League rekindled the battle, and the teams started the journey of the new season. The tournament was exciting and full of highlights.

But none of the 24 goals scored in 10 games came from the English player. This is an unprecedented figure and the first time in the Premier League’s 33-year history. The lack of local English stars in the Premier League has long been widely discussed, and former England coach Southgate often expressed concerns about this, and he may not be surprised by this latest news.

Southgate's successor, Thomas Tuchel, experienced this on the weekend. The German coach watched Manchester City win over Wolves 4-0, with goals scorers including a Norwegian star (scoring twice), a Dutchman and a French star.

Then he watched Arsenal's 1-0 victory over Manchester United, with Italian player Ricardo Calafiori scoring the winning goal.

Last season, three England players scored goals in the opener; 8 and 7 were in the 2023-24 season and 2022-23 season respectively.

The decline in the number of goals this time may be found in some situations: Ivan Tony, Harry Kane and Bellingham in the latest roster of England coached by Tuchel are all playing in the overseas league, while Marcus Rashford joins Barcelona this summer.

Tottenham's Dominic Solank has just returned from injury recently and made his debut as a substitute in the team's 3-0 victory over Burnley.

In addition, in Crystal Palace's free kick against Chelsea, Eberreki Aze had a chance to score, but the goal was invalid due to Gerch's interference in the wall, otherwise the situation might be different.

Nevertheless, this phenomenon is still worrying. Since the Premier League record of 22 goals in the 1992-93 season, the number of England goal scorers in the opener has generally been on a downward trend.

Only the 2021-22 season, only England players scored double-digit goals in the 2021-22 season, when 11 England stars scored.

Meanwhile, data from the past 10 seasons show that the most goal-effective star in the opening game is Jamie Vardy.

Valdi scored seven goals in the opening game, but the Leicester City legend left the Royal Stadium after the season and is currently in a state of no ball to play.

Callum Wilson is followed by Vardy, who scored 5 goals. However, the 33-year-old made his debut on the bench in West Ham's 3-0 defeat to Sunderland, failing to add another goal.

Raheem Sterling has scored four goals in the last 10 seasons, the third most goals among England players in that time.

In addition, another worrying figure shows that there were only 77 English players appearing in the season's opening match, a record low.

This figure is down from the 93 players last season, and in the 1992-93 season, it was as high as 197 players.