Spurs currently hold that position but Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa are all within two points of them.
Down at the bottom, the Clarets have slipped into next to bottom position, but so tight is it that a win over Chelsea would have seen us in fourteenth place. A couple of wins would make a big difference if we could get them.
The week's stats are below along with the Premier League's leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the weekend fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 30th January | |
Birmingham 1 Tottenham 1 | Liverpool 2 Bolton 0 |
Burnley 1 Chelsea 2 | West Ham 0 Blackburn 0 |
Fulham 0 Aston Villa 2 | Wigan 0 Everton 1 |
Hull 2 Wolves 2 | . |
Sunday 31st January | |
Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3 | Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 0 |
Monday 1st February | |
Sunderland 0 Stoke 0 | . |
Tuesday 2nd February | |
Hull 1 Chelsea 1 | . |
Wednesday 3rd February | |
Fulham 1 Portsmouth 0 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Liverpool 2-0 v Bolton (home) |
Total goals scored | 23 (11 home - 12 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 2 - Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) |
Highest Attendance | 60,091 - Arsenal v Manchester United |
Lowest Attendance | 16,869 - Wigan v Everton |
Total Yellow Cards | 34 |
Total Red Cards | 0 |
Most cards in a game | Birmingham v Tottenham (6Y) - Stuart Attwell |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
20 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
15 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
14 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
12 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
11 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) Louis Saha (Everton) |
10 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) |
8 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) |
7 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Clint Dempsey (Fulham) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Stephen Hunt (Hull) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Ivan Klasnic (Bolton) Robbie Keane (Tottenham) Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) 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 |
11th Jan | 3 - Carlos Tevez - MANCHESTER CITY v Blackburn |
23rd Jan | 4 - Wayne Rooney - MANCHESTER UNITED v Hull |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
Arsenal | 49 | 0 | Liverpool | 34 | 4 |
Aston Villa | 51 | 2 | Manchester City | 40 | 2 |
Birmingham | 45 | 1 | Manchester United | 47 | 5 |
Blackburn | 48 | 3 | Portsmouth | 55 | 2 |
Bolton | 48 | 2 | Stoke | 49 | 1 |
Burnley | 41 | 3 | Sunderland | 57 | 4 |
Chelsea | 37 | 2 | Tottenham | 44 | 1 |
Everton | 41 | 1 | West Ham | 52 | 3 |
Fulham | 31 | 1 | Wigan | 32 | 1 |
Hull | 50 | 2 | Wolves | 44 | 3 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 6th February | |
Bolton v Fulham | Manchester United v Portsmouth |
Burnley v West Ham | Stoke v Blackburn |
Hull v Manchester City | Sunderland v Wigan |
Liverpool v Everton (12:45) | Tottenham v Aston Villa (17:30) |
Sunday 7th February | |
Birmingham v Wolves (13:30) | Chelsea v Arsenal (16:00) |