Meanwhile, at the top, there were wins for all of the top seven, apart from Villa who lost their home game against Liverpool.
The results and stats are below as are the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures. Also included this week, as we go into the New Year, are the average league attendances for each club.
Monday 28th December | |
Blackburn 2 Sunderland 2 | Stoke 0 Birmingham 1 |
Chelsea 2 Fulham 1 | Tottenham 2 West Ham 0 |
Everton 2 Burnley 0 | Wolves 0 Manchester City 3 |
Tuesday 29th December | |
Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1 | Bolton 2 Hull 2 |
Wednesday 30th December | |
Manchester United 5 Wigan 0 | Portsmouth 1 Arsenal 4 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Manchester United 5-0 v Wigan (home) |
Total goals scored | 30 (16 home - 14 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
Highest Attendance | 74,560 - Manchester United v Wigan |
Lowest Attendance | 20,404 - Portsmouth v Arsenal |
Total Yellow Cards | 36 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most cards in a game | Everton v Burnley (6Y 1R) - Howard Webb |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
14 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
13 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
12 | Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
10 | Louis Saha (Everton) |
9 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) |
8 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
7 | Carlton Cole (West Ham) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Ivan Klasnic (Bolton) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) 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 | 39 | 0 | Liverpool | 27 | 4 |
| Aston Villa | 42 | 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 38 | 1 | Manchester United | 38 | 4 |
| Blackburn | 38 | 1 | Portsmouth | 47 | 2 |
| Bolton | 39 | 2 | Stoke | 43 | 1 |
| Burnley | 34 | 3 | Sunderland | 48 | 4 |
| Chelsea | 30 | 2 | Tottenham | 32 | 1 |
| Everton | 34 | 1 | West Ham | 47 | 3 |
| Fulham | 25 | 1 | Wigan | 26 | 0 |
| Hull | 43 | 2 | Wolves | 39 | 2 |
Average Attendances (league only) | |||
Avge | Club | High | Low |
74,866 | Manchester United | 75,169 | 73,709 |
59,882 | Arsenal | 60,103 | 59,103 |
46,141 | Manchester City | 47,348 | 42,745 |
43,403 | Liverpool | 44,392 | 41,116 |
41,383 | Chelsea | 41,836 | 40,137 |
40,551 | Sunderland | 47,327 | 34,821 |
37,780 | Aston Villa | 42,788 | 32,917 |
36,943 | Everton | 39,652 | 33,660 |
35,803 | Tottenham | 36,031 | 35,318 |
33,335 | West Ham | 34,980 | 30,024 |
28,134 | Wolves | 29,023 | 26,668 |
27,216 | Stoke | 27,500 | 26,728 |
25,977 | Blackburn | 29,660 | 23,110 |
24,345 | Fulham | 25,700 | 21,414 |
24,267 | Birmingham | 28,958 | 19,922 |
24,089 | Hull | 24,909 | 22,822 |
21,438 | Bolton | 23,284 | 17,849 |
20,344 | Burnley | 21,761 | 18,397 |
18,929 | Portsmouth | 20,821 | 17,510 |
18,463 | Wigan | 20,447 | 16,172 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 5th January | |
Stoke v Fulham | . |
Wednesday 6th January | |
Arsenal v Bolton | . |
Saturday 9th January | |
Arsenal v Everton | Hull v Chelsea (12:45) |
Birmingham v Manchester United (17:30) | Sunderland v Bolton |
Burnley v Stoke | Wigan v Aston Villa |
Fulham v Portsmouth | . |
Sunday 10th January | |
Liverpool v Totenham (16:00) | West Ham v Wolves (13:30) |
Monday 11th January | |
Manchester City v Blackburn (20:00) | . |