Down at the bottom, two of the clubs in the relegation positions won. Wolves beat fellow strugglers Bolton in the battle of the Wanderers whilst bottom club Portsmouth's win over the Clarets has seen us drop to thirteenth. Those three clubs remain in the bottom three.
The weekend stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 5th December | |
Arsenal 2 Stoke 0 | Portsmouth 2 Burnley 0 |
Aston Villa 3 Hull 0 | West Ham 0 Manchester United 4 |
Blackburn 0 Liverpool 0 | Wigan 2 Birmingham 3 |
Manchester City 2 Chelsea 1 | Wolves 2 Bolton 1 |
Sunday 6th December | |
Everton 2 Tottenham 2 | Fulham 1 Sunderland 0 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Manchester United 4-0 v West Ham (away) |
Total goals scored | 27 (16 home - 11 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 2 - Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham) |
Highest Attendance | 60,041 - Arsenal v Stoke |
Lowest Attendance | 17,822 - Portsmouth v Burnley |
Total Yellow Cards | 37 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Everton v Tottenham (8Y) - Andre Marriner |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
12 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) |
11 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
10 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
9 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Louis Saha (Everton) |
7 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) |
5 | Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Clint Dempsey (Fulham) David Dunn (Blackburn) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) |
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 | 34 | 0 | Liverpool | 19 | 3 |
| Aston Villa | 35 | 2 | Manchester City | 21 | 1 |
| Birmingham | 26 | 1 | Manchester United | 33 | 4 |
| Blackburn | 29 | 1 | Portsmouth | 37 | 1 |
| Bolton | 31 | 2 | Stoke | 33 | 1 |
| Burnley | 26 | 2 | Sunderland | 35 | 2 |
| Chelsea | 24 | 1 | Tottenham | 27 | 1 |
| Everton | 28 | 1 | West Ham | 35 | 2 |
| Fulham | 21 | 1 | Wigan | 22 | 0 |
| Hull | 35 | 2 | Wolves | 27 | 1 |
Average Attendances (league only) | |||
Avge | Club | High | Low |
75,038 | Manchester United | 75,169 | 74,658 |
59,753 | Arsenal | 60,103 | 59,103 |
45,896 | Manchester City | 47,339 | 42,745 |
43,872 | Liverpool | 44,392 | 42,560 |
41,473 | Chelsea | 41,836 | 40,836 |
40,875 | Sunderland | 47,327 | 37,106 |
37,116 | Everton | 39,319 | 35,122 |
36,591 | Aston Villa | 39,047 | 32,917 |
35,733 | Tottenham | 36,031 | 35,318 |
32,822 | West Ham | 34,658 | 30,024 |
28,490 | Wolves | 29,023 | 27,670 |
27,287 | Stoke | 27,500 | 27,026 |
25,470 | Blackburn | 29,584 | 23,110 |
24,225 | Fulham | 25,700 | 21,414 |
24,018 | Hull | 24,909 | 22,822 |
23,189 | Birmingham | 28,671 | 19,922 |
21,872 | Bolton | 23,284 | 20,265 |
20,283 | Burnley | 21,178 | 19,430 |
18,341 | Portsmouth | 20,821 | 17,510 |
17,781 | Wigan | 20,005 | 16,172 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 12th December | |
Birmingham v West Ham | Manchester United v Aston Villa (17:30) |
Bolton v West Ham | Stoke v Wigan (12:45) |
Burnley v Fulham | Sunderland v Portsmouth |
Chelsea v Everton | Tottenham v Wolves |
Hull v Blackburn | . |
Sunday 13th December | |
Liverpool v Arsenal (16:00) | . |