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 | . |
Sunday 29th November | |
Arsenal 0 Chelsea 3 | Wolves 0 Birmingham 1 |
Everton 0 Liverpool 2 | . |
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 |
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 |