United are new leaders

Last updated : 20 October 2009 By Tony Scholes
Chelsea lost top spot after going down to Aston Villa whilst another of the 'big four', Liverpool, found themselves beaten by a beach ball at the Stadium of Light.

Hull, West Ham and Portsmouth all remain in the bottom three whilst we've dropped just the one place in the table to tenth.

The weekend stats are below along with the leading goalscorers, each club's disciplinary record and the forthcoming fixtures.

The Weekend Results

Saturday 17th October

Arsenal 3 Birmingham 1

Portsmouth 1 Tottenham 2

Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 1

Stoke 2 West Ham 1

Everton 1 Wolves 1

Sunderland 1 Liverpool 0

Manchester United 2 Bolton 1

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Sunday 18th October

Blackburn 3 Burnley 2

Wigan 1 Manchester City 1

Monday 19th October

Fulham 2 Hull 0

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The Weekend Stats

Biggest win

Arsenal 3-1 v Birmingham (home)
Fulham 2-0 v Hull (home)

Total goals scored

28 (18 home - 10 away)

Player scoring most goals

2 - James Beattie (Stoke)

Highest Attendance

75,103 - Manchester United v Bolton

Lowest Attendance

20,005 - Wigan v Manchester City

Total Yellow Cards

37

Total Red Cards

4

Most cards in a game

Portsmouth v Tottenham (6Y 2R) - Phil Dowd

The leading scorers (league only)

8

Darren Bent (Sunderland)
Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

7

Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

6

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

5

Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland)
Robbie Keane (Tottenham)
Louis Saha (Everton)

4

Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)
Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)
Carlton Cole (West Ham)
David Dunn (Blackburn)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
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

Disciplinary Record (all domestic games)

Club

Y

R

Club

Y

R

Arsenal

16

0

Liverpool

14

0

Aston Villa

16

0

Manchester City

12

1

Birmingham

16

0

Manchester United

17

2

Blackburn

18

1

Portsmouth

19

1

Bolton

13

1

Stoke

21

0

Burnley

17

1

Sunderland

20

1

Chelsea

11

1

Tottenham

18

1

Everton

8

0

West Ham

21

0

Fulham

15

1

Wigan

18

0

Hull

22

0

Wolves

16

1

The Next Fixtures

Saturday 24th October

Birmingham v Sunderland

Hull v Portsmouth

Burnley v Wigan

Tottenham v Stoke

Chelsea v Blackburn (17:30)

Wolves v Aston Villa (12:45)

Sunday 25th October

Bolton v Everton (13:30)

Manchester City v Fulham (15:00)

Liverpool v Manchester United (14:00)

West Ham v Arsenal (16:15)