Meanwhile down at the bottom end of the table there were some good results for Burnley over the weekend, none more so than our own victory over West Ham. Apart from ourselves, only Hull of the bottom eight clubs recorded a victory and that's helped us move up to 15th.
The weekend stats are shown below along with the Premier League leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the midweek fixtures.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 6th February | |
Bolton 0 Fulham 0 | Manchester United 5 Portsmouth 0 |
Burnley 2 West Ham 1 | Stoke 3 Blackburn 0 |
Hull 2 Manchester City 1 | Sunderland 1 Wigan 1 |
Liverpool 1 Everton 0 | Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 0 |
Sunday 7th February | |
Birmingham 2 Wolves 1 | Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0 |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Manchester United 5-0 v Portsmouth (home) |
Total goals scored | 22 (18 home - 4 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
Highest Attendance | 74,684 - Manchester United v Portsmouth |
Lowest Attendance | 21,001 - Burnley v West Ham |
Total Yellow Cards | 46 |
Total Red Cards | 3 |
Most cards in a game | Sunderland v Wigan (9Y) - Stuart Attwell |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
21 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
17 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
15 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) |
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) |
9 | Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) |
8 | Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) |
7 | Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) Robin van Persie (Arsenal) |
6 | Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) Clint Dempsey (Fulham) Kevin Doyle (Wolves) Steven Fletcher (Burnley) Stephen Hunt (Hull) 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 | 51 | 0 | Liverpool | 37 | 5 |
Aston Villa | 51 | 2 | Manchester City | 44 | 2 |
Birmingham | 50 | 1 | Manchester United | 48 | 5 |
Blackburn | 51 | 4 | Portsmouth | 59 | 2 |
Bolton | 48 | 2 | Stoke | 51 | 1 |
Burnley | 43 | 3 | Sunderland | 61 | 4 |
Chelsea | 39 | 2 | Tottenham | 44 | 1 |
Everton | 44 | 2 | West Ham | 53 | 3 |
Fulham | 31 | 1 | Wigan | 37 | 1 |
Hull | 52 | 2 | Wolves | 47 | 3 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 9th February | |
Fulham v Burnley (20:00) | Portsmouth v Sunderland |
Manchester City v Bolton | Wigan v Stoke |
Wednesday 10th February | |
Arsenal v Liverpool | Everton v Chelsea (20:00) |
Aston Villa v Manchester United | West Ham v Birmingham |
Blackburn v Hull (20:00) | Wolves v Tottenham |