We're just three points ahead of Wolves now and if they were to beat us by more than one goal they'd go above us. Given they are currently in the bottom three it shows how much closer we are getting.
The stats for the midweek games are shown below along with the leading goalscorers this season, the disciplinary records of each club and this weekend's fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Tuesday 15th December | |
Birmingham 2 Blackburn 1 | Manchester United 3 Wolves 0 |
Bolton 3 West Ham 1 | Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 2 |
Wednesday 16th December | |
Burnley 1 Arsenal 1 | Liverpool 2 Wigan 1 |
Chelsea 2 Portsmouth 1 | Tottenham 3 Manchester City 0 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Manchester United 3-0 v Wolves (home) |
Total goals scored | 23 (16 home - 7 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Cameron Jerome (Birmingham) |
Highest Attendance | 73,709 - Manchester United v Wolves |
Lowest Attendance | 17,849 - Bolton v West Ham |
Total Yellow Cards | 24 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most cards in a game | Sunderland v Aston Villa (4Y 1R) - Kevin Friend |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
13 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
12 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
11 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
10 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Louis Saha (Everton) |
8 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
7 | Carlton Cole (West Ham) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) |
5 | Graham Alexander (Burnley) Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Lee Bowyer (Birmingham) Clint Dempsey (Fulham) David Dunn (Blackburn) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Ivan Klasnic (Bolton) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) James Milner (Aston Villa) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) 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 | 37 | 0 | Liverpool | 23 | 3 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 2 | Manchester City | 26 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 31 | 1 | Manchester United | 35 | 4 |
| Blackburn | 33 | 1 | Portsmouth | 40 | 2 |
| Bolton | 38 | 2 | Stoke | 38 | 1 |
| Burnley | 28 | 2 | Sunderland | 41 | 3 |
| Chelsea | 24 | 1 | Tottenham | 29 | 1 |
| Everton | 29 | 1 | West Ham | 40 | 3 |
| Fulham | 23 | 1 | Wigan | 24 | 0 |
| Hull | 36 | 2 | Wolves | 33 | 1 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 19th December | |
Arsenal v Hull (17:30) | Fulham v Manchester United |
Aston Villa v Stoke | Manchester City v Sunderland |
Blackburn v Tottenham | Portsmouth v Liverpool (12:45) |
Sunday 20th December | |
Everton v Birmingham | Wolves v Burnley (13:30) |
West Ham v Chelsea (16:00) | . |
Monday 21st December | |
Wigan v Bolton (20:00) | . |