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Portsmouth are just about gone, and rightly so despite the Premier League's best efforts to bend or break every rule to help them. Burnley and Hull look favourites to take the drop with them with West Ham now the only catchable club who sit three points above us.
At the top it is as close as it could be with only two points seperating the top three and Chelsea having one extra home game remaining.
It's been a topsy turvy week in the chase for fourth place with Liverpool, Manchester City both losing and Aston Villa dropping home points. Tottenham now look favourites.
The recent stats along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures are below.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 20th March | |
Arsenal 2 West Ham 0 | Stoke 1 Tottenham 2 |
Aston Villa 2 Wolves 2 | Sunderland 3 Birmingham 1 |
Everton 2 Bolton 0 | Wigan 1 Burnley 0 |
Portsmouth 3 Hull 2 | . |
Sunday 21st March | |
Blackburn 1 Chelsea 1 | Manchester United 2 Liverpool 1 |
Fulham 1 Manchester City 2 | . |
Tuesday 23rd March | |
West Ham 1 Wolves 3 | . |
Wednesday 24th March | |
Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 1 | Manchester City 0 Everton 2 |
Blackburn 2 Birmingham 1 | Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 5 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Chelsea 5-0 v Portsmouth (away) |
Total goals scored | 45 (22 home - 23 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
Highest Attendance | 75,216 - Manchester United v Liverpool |
Lowest Attendance | 16,513 - Portsmouth v Hull |
Total Yellow Cards | 42 |
Total Red Cards | 3 |
Most cards in a game | Arsenal v West Ham (5Y 1R) - Martin Atkinson |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
26 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
24 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
20 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
17 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) |
16 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
15 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) |
13 | Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Louis Saha (Everton) |
11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
10 | Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) |
9 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Cameron Jerome (Birmingham) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Florent Malouda (Chelsea) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) |
8 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) 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 |
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 |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 59 | 1 | Liverpool | 54 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 64 | 2 | Manchester City | 59 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 61 | 1 | Manchester United | 56 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 59 | 4 | Portsmouth | 77 | 4 |
| Bolton | 63 | 5 | Stoke | 66 | 5 |
| Burnley | 57 | 3 | Sunderland | 74 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 51 | 4 | Tottenham | 55 | 1 |
| Everton | 58 | 2 | West Ham | 63 | 3 |
| Fulham | 38 | 1 | Wigan | 51 | 1 |
| Hull | 60 | 5 | Wolves | 61 | 3 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 27th March | |
Birmingham v Arsenal | Tottenham v Portsmouth |
Bolton v Manchester United (17:30) | West Ham v Stoke |
Chelsea v Aston Villa | Wolves v Everton |
Hull v Fulham | . |
Sunday 28th March | |
Burnley v Blackburn (12:00) | Liverpool v Sunderland (16:00) |
Monday 29th March | |
Manchester City v Wigan (20:00) | . |