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Manchester United's comprehensive win, despite Bolton going toe-to-toe with them, coupled with Chelsea hitting Aston Villa for seven has now left Arsenal four points behind the leaders and three behind Chelsea.
Spurs look favourites for the fourth Champions League place although City's win leaves them right on their heels. Liverpool look as though they face too big a task now and Villa are just about out of it.
Our defeat has left us hanging by a thread. We'd had good and bad news with the West Ham and Hull results on the Saturday but couldn't help ourselves. Whilst not doomed it is looking now as though one of West Ham and Hull will survive with the other going down with us and the joke club that is Portsmouth.
The latest stats, along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures, are shown below.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 27th March | |
Birmingham 1 Arsenal 1 | Tottenham 2 Portsmouth 0 |
Bolton 0 Manchester United 4 | West Ham 0 Stoke 1 |
Chelsea 7 Aston Villa 1 | Wolves 0 Everton 0 |
Hull 2 Fulham 0 | . |
Sunday 28th March | |
Burnley 0 Blackburn 1 | Liverpool 3 Sunderland 0 |
Monday 29th March | |
Manchester City 3 Wigan 0 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Chelsea 7-1 v Aston Villa (home) |
Total goals scored | 26 (18 home - 8 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 4 - Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
Highest Attendance | 45,534 - Manchester City v Wigan |
Lowest Attendance | 21,546 - Burnley v Blackburn |
Total Yellow Cards | 32 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most cards in a game | Manchester City v Wigan (5Y 1R) - Stuart Attwell |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
26 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
24 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
20 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
19 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) |
18 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
17 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
16 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
15 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) |
13 | Louis Saha (Everton) |
12 | Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) |
11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Florent Malouda (Chelsea) |
9 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Cameron Jerome (Birmingham) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) |
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 |
11th Jan | 3 - Carlos Tevez - MANCHESTER CITY v Blackburn |
23rd Jan | 4 - Wayne Rooney - MANCHESTER UNITED v Hull |
9th Mar | 3 - Darren Bent - SUNDERLAND v Bolton |
27th Mar | 4 - Frank Lampard - CHELSEA v Aston Villa |
29th Mar | 3 - Carlos Tevez - MANCHESTER CITY v Wigan |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 61 | 1 | Liverpool | 54 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 66 | 2 | Manchester City | 62 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 64 | 1 | Manchester United | 56 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 61 | 4 | Portsmouth | 78 | 4 |
| Bolton | 63 | 5 | Stoke | 68 | 5 |
| Burnley | 60 | 3 | Sunderland | 75 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 54 | 4 | Tottenham | 55 | 1 |
| Everton | 59 | 2 | West Ham | 63 | 3 |
| Fulham | 42 | 1 | Wigan | 53 | 2 |
| Hull | 62 | 5 | Wolves | 62 | 3 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 3rd April | |
Arsenal v Wolves | Portsmouth v Blackburn |
Bolton v Aston Villa | Stoke v Hull |
Burnley v Manchester City (17:30) | Sunderland v Tottenham |
Manchester United v Chelsea (12:45) | . |
Sunday 4th April | |
Birmingham v Liverpool | Fulham v Wigan |
Everton v West Ham (16:00) | . |