Top two pulling away

Last updated : 03 December 2009 By Tony Scholes
With Spurs drawing at Villa and Arsenal losing it left the door open for such as Liverpool to get closer to the top four. Liverpool's win has taken them level with Villa, just a couple of points behind the Gunners.Burnley meanwhile have dropped to twelfth in the table after the defeat at West Ham who got within three points of us. Bolton, Wolves and Portsmouth remain in the bottom three.

All the stats are below along with the league's leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the weekend fixtures.

The Week's Results

Saturday 28th November

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 1

Portsmouth 1 Manchester United 4

Blackburn 0 Stoke 0

West Ham 5 Burnley 3

Fulham 1 Bolton 1

Wigan 1 Sunderland 0

Manchester City 1 Hull 1

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Sunday 29th November

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 3

Wolves 0 Birmingham 1

Everton 0 Liverpool 2

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The Week's Stats

Biggest win

Manchester United 4-1 v Portsmouth (away)

Total goals scored

26 (10 home - 16 away)

Player scoring most goals

3 - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Highest Attendance

44,918 - Sunderland v Arsenal

Lowest Attendance

21,178 - Burnley v Aston Villa

Total Yellow Cards

36

Total Red Cards

1

Most cards in a game

Fulham v Bolton (7Y) - Steve Bennett
Portsmouth v Manchester United (7Y) - Mike Dean

The leading scorers (league only)

11

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

10

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

9

Darren Bent (Sunderland)

8

Louis Saha (Everton)

7

Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)
Carlton Cole (West Ham)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)

6

Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan)
Robbie Keane (Tottenham)

5

Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham)
David Dunn (Blackburn)
Steven Fletcher (Burnley)
Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland)

4

Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal)
Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)
Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
Lee Bowyer (Birmingham)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
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

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

28

0

Liverpool

19

3

Aston Villa

29

2

Manchester City

18

1

Birmingham

26

1

Manchester United

30

4

Blackburn

27

1

Portsmouth

30

1

Bolton

30

2

Stoke

33

1

Burnley

24

2

Sunderland

33

2

Chelsea

17

1

Tottenham

22

1

Everton

24

1

West Ham

35

2

Fulham

20

1

Wigan

21

0

Hull

32

2

Wolves

26

1

The Next Fixtures

Saturday 5th December

Arsenal v Stoke

Portsmouth v Burnley (12:45)

Aston Villa v Hull

West Ham v Manchester United

Blackburn v Liverpool

Wigan v Birmingham

Manchester City v Chelsea (17:30)

Wolves v Bolton

Sunday 6th December

Everton v Tottenham (16:00)

Fulham v Sunderland