Arsenal and United make it closer at the top

Last updated : 27 December 2009 By Tony Scholes
Hull's defeat means they go into the last match of the year in the bottom three along with bottom club Portsmouth and Bolton who picked up a point at the Turf yesterday. We sit in thirteenth place at the half way stage with 20 points.

The results, stats, leading goalscorers and each club's discliplinary record are below along with this week's fixtures that are played over the next three days.

Saturday 26th December

Birmingham 0 Chelsea 0

Manchester City 2 Stoke 0

Burnley 1 Bolton 1

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

Fulham 0 Tottenham 0

West Ham 2 Portsmouth 0

Liverpool 2 Wolves 0

Wigan 1 Blackburn 1

Sunday 27th December

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 0

Hull 1 Manchester United 3

The Week's Stats

Biggest win

Arsenal 3-0 v Aston Villa (home)

Total goals scored

19 (13 home - 6 away)

Player scoring most goals

2 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

Highest Attendance

60,056 - Arsenal v Aston Villa

Lowest Attendance

20,243 - Wigan v Blackburn

Total Yellow Cards

25

Total Red Cards

2

Most cards in a game

Wigan v Blackburn (5Y) - Mark Clattenburg

The leading scorers (league only)

13

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

11

Darren Bent (Sunderland)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

10

Louis Saha (Everton)

9

Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

8

Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)

7

Carlton Cole (West Ham)
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan)
Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

6

Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal)
Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)
Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Robbie Keane (Tottenham)
Bobby Zamora (Fulham)

Hat Tricks (league only)

19th Aug

3 - Jermain Defoe - Hull v TOTTENHAM

12th Sep

3 - Yossi Benayoun - LIVERPOOL v Burnley

26th Sep

4 - Robbie Keane - TOTTENHAM v Burnley

26th Sep

3 - Fernando Torres - LIVERPOOL v Hull

31st Oct

3 - Aruna Dindane - PORTSMOUTH v Wigan

21st Nov

5 - Jermain Defoe - TOTTENHAM v Wigan

28th Nov

3 - Wayne Rooney - Portsmouth v MANCHESTER UNITED

Disciplinary Record (all domestic games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Arsenal

39

0

Liverpool

26

4

Aston Villa

41

2

Manchester City

28

2

Birmingham

35

1

Manchester United

38

4

Blackburn

37

1

Portsmouth

45

2

Bolton

38

2

Stoke

41

1

Burnley

29

2

Sunderland

44

4

Chelsea

29

2

Tottenham

30

1

Everton

33

1

West Ham

44

3

Fulham

24

1

Wigan

25

0

Hull

41

2

Wolves

36

2

The Next Fixtures

Monday 28th December

Blackburn v Sunderland

Stoke v Birmingham

Chelsea v Fulham

Tottenham v West Ham (12:45)

Everton v Burnley

Wolves v Manchester City (19:45)

Tuesday 29th December

Aston Villa v Liverpool (19:45)

Bolton v Hull (20:00)

Wednesday 30th December

Manchester United v Wigan (20:00)

Portsmouth v Arsenal (19:45)