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It all looked to be going Chelsea's way but after Manchester United won the Saturday lunchtime derby against City, Chelsea followed it up with a defeat at Spurs. It's between the two of them now; Arsenal had lost at Spurs in midweek and then threw a two goal lead away at Wigan in the last ten minutes. They will finish third.
The fight for that fourth, and the last Champions League place, is still tight but realistically it will go to either Spurs or Manchester City. I wonder what Rafa Benitez makes of his promise now.
Defeat for the Clarets at Sunderland you might have thought would condemn us to relegation, but West Ham are doing their best to keep us and Hull in with a chance. They were woeful at Anfield on Monday. However, I do expect them to beat Wigan this weekend which could then see our fate sealed on Sunday.
The latest results and stats, along with the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the next fixtures are all below.
The Week's Results | |
Saturday 17th April | |
Birmingham 0 Hull 0 | Stoke 1 Bolton 2 |
Blackburn 2 Everton 3 | Sunderland 2 Burnley 1 |
Fulham 0 Wolves 0 | Tottenham 2 Chelsea 1 |
Man City 0 Man United 1 | . |
Sunday 18th April | |
Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 2 | Wigan 3 Arsenal 2 |
Monday 19th April | |
Liverpool 3 West Ham 0 | . |
Wednesday 21st April | |
Hull 0 Aston Villa 2 | . |
The Week's Stats | |
Biggest win | Liverpool 3-0 v West Ham (home) |
Total goals scored | 28 (14 home - 14 away) |
Player scoring most goals | 2 - Matt Taylor (Bolton) |
Highest Attendance | 47,019 - Manchester City v Manchester United |
Lowest Attendance | 16,523 - Portsmouth v Aston Villa |
Total Yellow Cards | 32 |
Total Red Cards | 1 |
Most cards in a game | Tottenham v Chelsea (6Y 1R) - Phil Dowd |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
26 | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
25 | Didier Drogba (Chelsea) |
23 | Darren Bent (Sunderland) |
22 | Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) |
18 | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) |
15 | Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) |
13 | Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) Louis Saha (Everton) |
12 | Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) |
11 | Florent Malouda (Chelsea) |
10 | Cameron Jerome (Birmingham) |
9 | Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) John Carew (Aston Villa) Carlton Cole (West Ham) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool) Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) |
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 |
9th Mar | 3 - Darren Bent - SUNDERLAND v Bolton |
27th Mar | 4 - Frank Lampard - CHELSEA v Aston Villa |
29th Mar | 3 - Carlos Tevez - MANCHESTER CITY v Wigan |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Arsenal | 63 | 1 | Liverpool | 56 | 5 |
| Aston Villa | 70 | 2 | Manchester City | 64 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 69 | 1 | Manchester United | 62 | 6 |
| Blackburn | 66 | 4 | Portsmouth | 83 | 5 |
| Bolton | 71 | 5 | Stoke | 72 | 5 |
| Burnley | 63 | 3 | Sunderland | 83 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 64 | 5 | Tottenham | 63 | 1 |
| Everton | 65 | 2 | West Ham | 69 | 3 |
| Fulham | 47 | 1 | Wigan | 59 | 2 |
| Hull | 71 | 5 | Wolves | 64 | 4 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Saturday 24th April | |
Arsenal v Manchester City (17:30) | Manchester United v Tottenham (12:45) |
Bolton v Portsmouth | West Ham v Wigan |
Hull v Sunderland | Wolves v Blackburn |
Sunday 25th April | |
Aston Villa v Birmingham (12:00) | Chelsea v Stoke (16:00) |
Burnley v Liverpool | Everton v Fulham |