Premier League Stats - 18th and 19th August

Last updated : 20 August 2009 By Tony Scholes
There is no doubt that it will be the Clarets taking the headlines after a 1-0 win against Manchester United, but Birmingham beat Portsmouth whilst Wolves recorded a 1-0 win at Wigan on Tuesday night.

The stats are below along with the early leading goal scorers and the fixtures for this weekend.

The Midweek Results

Tuesday 18th August

Sunderland 1 Chelsea 3

Wigan 0 Wolves 1

Wednesday 19th August

Birmingham 1 Portsmouth 0

Hull 1 Tottenham 5

Burnley 1 Manchester United 0

Liverpool 4 Stoke 0

The Midweek Stats

Biggest win

Tottenham 5-1 v Hull (away)
Liverpool 4-0 v Stoke (home)

Total goals scored

17 (8 home - 9 away)

Player scoring most goals

3- Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)

Highest Attendance

44,318 - Liverpool v Stoke

Lowest Attendance

19,922 - Birmingham v Portsmouth

Total Yellow Cards

21

Total Red Cards

0

Most cards in a game

Birmingham v Portsmouth (5Y) - Lee Probert
Hull v Tottenham (5Y) - Chris Foy

The leading scorers (league only)

3

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)

2

Darren Bent (Sunderland)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Stephen Hunt (Hull)

Hat Tricks (league only)

19h Aug

3 - Jermain Defoe - Hull v TOTTENHAM

Disciplinary Record (all domestic games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Arsenal

0

0

Liverpool

3

0

Aston Villa

2

0

Manchester City

1

0

Birmingham

1

0

Manchester United

5

0

Blackburn

2

0

Portsmouth

8

0

Bolton

2

0

Stoke

3

0

Burnley

4

0

Sunderland

3

0

Chelsea

4

0

Tottenham

5

0

Everton

0

0

West Ham

0

0

Fulham

2

0

Wigan

2

0

Hull

5

0

Wolves

3

0

The Week's Fixtures

Saturday 22nd August

Arsenal v Portsmouth

Manchester City v Wolves

Birmingham v Stoke

Sunderland v Blackburn

Hull v Bolton

Wigan v Manchester United

Sunday 23rd August

Burnley v Everton

West Ham v Tottenham (13:30)

Fulham v Chelsea (16:00)

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Monday 24th August

Liverpool v Aston Villa (20:00)

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