Chelsea take the lead

Last updated : 26 October 2009 By Tony Scholes
Chelsea were the biggest winners over the weekend and after our result it did ensure our local rivals stayed two points behind us and five places below our 11th place in the league.

Below are the weekend stats, a list of the Premier Leagues leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and next weekend's fixtures.

The Weekend Results

Saturday 24th October

Birmingham 2 Sunderland 1

Hull 0 Portsmouth 0

Burnley 1 Wigan 3

Tottenham 0 Stoke 1

Chelsea 5 Blackburn 0

Wolves 1 Aston Villa 1

Sunday 25th October

Bolton 3 Everton 2

Manchester City 2 Fulham 2

Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0

West Ham 2 Arsenal 2

The Weekend Stats

Biggest win

Chelsea 5-0 v Blackburn (home)

Total goals scored

30 (18 home - 12 away)

Player scoring most goals
2

Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan)

Highest Attendance

44,906 - Manchester City v Fulham

Lowest Attendance

19,430 - Burnley v Wigan

Total Yellow Cards

32

Total Red Cards

3

Most cards in a game

Liverpool v Manchester Utd (5Y 2R) - Andre Marriner

The leading scorers (league only)

9

Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

8

Darren Bent (Sunderland)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

6

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Louis Saha (Everton)

5

Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)
Carlton Cole (West Ham)
Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland)
Robbie Keane (Tottenham)
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

4

Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)
David Dunn (Blackburn)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal)

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

Disciplinary Record (all domestic games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Arsenal

18

0

Liverpool

16

1

Aston Villa

18

0

Manchester City

12

1

Birmingham

19

0

Manchester United

20

3

Blackburn

19

1

Portsmouth

20

1

Bolton

16

1

Stoke

24

0

Burnley

19

1

Sunderland

21

1

Chelsea

11

1

Tottenham

18

1

Everton

9

0

West Ham

24

1

Fulham

17

1

Wigan

18

0

Hull

24

0

Wolves

17

1

The Next Fixtures

Saturday 31st October

Arsenal v Tottenham (12:45)

Manchester United v Blackburn (17:30)

Bolton v Chelsea

Portsmouth v Wigan

Burnley v Hull

Stoke v Wolves

Everton v Aston Villa

Sunderland v West Ham

Fulham v Liverpool

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Sunday 1st November

Birmingham v Manchester City (16:00)

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