Burnley have dropped to 14th which is our lowest position since the opening day of the season. A run that has seen us collect just 7 points from 10 games needs to be arrested and the games against Bolton and Everton give us a good chance to do that.
The results and stats from the weekend are below along with the Premier League's leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the Christmas fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 19th December | |
Arsenal 3 Hull 0 | Fulham 3 Manchester United 0 |
Aston Villa 1 Stoke 0 | Manchester City 4 Sunderland 3 |
Blackburn 0 Tottenham 2 | Portsmouth 2 Liverpool 0 |
Sunday 20th December | |
Everton 1 Birmingham 1 | Wolves 2 Burnley 0 |
West Ham 1 Chelsea 1 | . |
Monday 21st December | |
Wigan v Bolton - Postponed | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Arsenal 3-0 v Hull (home) |
Total goals scored | 24 (17 home - 7 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Peter Crouch (Tottenham) |
Highest Attendance | 60,006 - Arsenal v Hull |
Lowest Attendance | 20,534 - Portsmouth v Liverpool |
Total Yellow Cards | 32 |
Total Red Cards | 2 |
Most cards in a game | West Ham v Chelsea (7Y) - Mike Dean |
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) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) Carlos Revez (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 | 38 | 0 | Liverpool | 26 | 4 |
| Aston Villa | 38 | 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 34 | 1 | Manchester United | 36 | 4 |
| Blackburn | 33 | 1 | Portsmouth | 42 | 2 |
| Bolton | 38 | 2 | Stoke | 39 | 1 |
| Burnley | 29 | 2 | Sunderland | 43 | 4 |
| Chelsea | 27 | 1 | Tottenham | 30 | 1 |
| Everton | 30 | 1 | West Ham | 44 | 3 |
| Fulham | 23 | 1 | Wigan | 24 | 0 |
| Hull | 41 | 2 | Wolves | 35 | 1 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 26th December | |
Birmingham v Chelsea (12:45) | Manchester City v Stoke |
Burnley v Bolton (14:00) | Sunderland v Everton |
Fulham v Tottenham (13:00) | West Ham v Portsmouth (13:00) |
Liverpool v Wolves (17:30) | Wigan v Blackburn |
Sunday 27th December | |
Arsenal v Aston Villa (13:30) | Hull v Manchester United (16:00) |
Monday 28th December | |
Blackburn v Sunderland | Stoke v Birmingham |
Chelsea v Fulham | Tottenham v West Ham (12:45) |
Everton v Burnley | Wolves v Manchester City (19:45) |
Tuesday 29th December | |
Aston Villa v Liverpool (19:45) | Bolton v Hull (20:00) |
Wednesday 30th December | |
Manchester United v Wigan (20:00) | Portsmouth v Arsenal (19:45) |