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Chelsea's lead is now four points over second place United and with just four games remaining it would be a big surprise now if the title didn't return to Stamford Bridge for the first time in four years.
Chelsea HANDLED Bolton well on Tuesday and when Arsenal faltered last night at, of all places, White Hart Lane it surely ruled them out. That result has ensured Spurs remain in the fight for the fourth Champions League place. Rafael Benitez promised Liverpool fans earlier in the season they would get that place, but it's a broken promise and it is surely now between Manchester City and Spurs.
Down at the bottom, Portsmouth have finally been relegated. This nonsense of a club should have been shown the door long ago but as things get worse for them beyond this season the Premier League will finally be able to ignore them. Who goes down with them? It's looking like us and Hull but things could still change. I'd love it to be Bolton.
Last night's game at the Concrete Jungle between Wigan and Portsmouth created a 2009/10 record, the smallest attendance this season in the Premier League, just 14,323.
The stats, the goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures are all shown below.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 10th April | |
Hull 1 Burnley 4 | West Ham 1 Sunderland 0 |
Sunday 11th April | |
Blackburn 0 Manchester United 0 | Manchester City 5 Birmingham 1 |
Liverpool 0 Fulham 0 | Wolves 0 Stoke 0 |
Tuesday 13th April | |
Chelsea 1 Bolton 0 | . |
Wednesday 14th April | |
Aston Villa 2 Everton 2 | Tottenham 2 Arsenal 1 |
Wigan 0 Portsmouth 0 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Manchester City 5-1 v Birmingham (home) |
Total goals scored | 13 (8 home - 5 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) |
Highest Attendance | 45,209 - Manchester City v Birmingham |
Lowest Attendance | 14,323 - Wigan v Portsmouth |
Total Yellow Cards | 36 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Hull v Burnley (6Y) - Martin Atkinson |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
26 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
25 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
22 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) |
18 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
17 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
15 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) |
13 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Louis Saha (Everton) |
12 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) |
11 | Florent Malouda (Chelsea) |
10 | Cameron Jerome (Birmingham) |
9 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Carlton Cole (West Ham) 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 | 62 | 1 | Liverpool | 56 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 68 | 2 | Manchester City | 62 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 69 | 1 | Manchester United | 61 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 63 | 4 | Portsmouth | 83 | 5 |
| Bolton | 69 | 5 | Stoke | 71 | 5 |
| Burnley | 61 | 3 | Sunderland | 80 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 60 | 4 | Tottenham | 61 | 1 |
| Everton | 63 | 2 | West Ham | 67 | 3 |
| Fulham | 46 | 1 | Wigan | 57 | 2 |
| Hull | 69 | 5 | Wolves | 64 | 4 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 17th April | |
Birmingham v Hull | Stoke v Bolton |
Blackburn v Everton | Sunderland v Burnley |
Fulham v Wolves | Tottenham v Chelsea (17:30) |
Man City v Man United (12:45) | . |
Sunday 18th April | |
Portsmouth v Aston Villa (16:00) | Wigan v Arsenal (13:30) |
Monday 19th April | |
Liverpool v West Ham (20:00) | . |
Wednesday 21st April | |
Hull v Aston Villa | . |