Two horse race?

Last updated : 07 February 2010 By Tony Scholes
Leaders Chelsea have a one point lead over Manchester United but are now nine points ahead of Arsenal who are in third place. It would be a major surprise if the title didn't go to one of the top two now.

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
2

Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Kevin Phillips (Birmingham)

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