Facts and Figures
Goals Scored: 37 goals in 13 matches.
Draws: Four in 13 matches. Two out of them were scoreless.
Possession: In three out of nine matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.
Teams that played twice: AFC Bournemouth, Brighton and Hove Albion, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester City
Points of Interest
AFC Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games, with six wins and seven draws.
Chelsea haven’t scored in five successive games; Longest Premier League goal drought. They’ve failed to score in 476 minutes.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley are now officially relegated, as it is mathematically impossible for them to avoid relegation.
Manchester City are on top of the Premier League table for the first time in 200 days!
Highlights
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) scored a brace against Sunderland. The game ebbed and flowed; at one stage Villa led 3-1, only for Sunderland to make it 3-3. The game went down to the wire, with Villa substitute Tammy Abraham scoring the winning goal in the 93rd minute.
Virgil van Dijk scored the winning goal for Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, scoring in the 100th minute that gave them a 2-1 win over a gallant Everton.
Sean Longstaff salvaged a point for Leeds United, with a goal in the 97th minute against AFC Bournemouth.
Game One of 13
Brentford (0) v Fulham (0)
Facts and Figures: Brentford had 48.1% possession and four shots on target. Fulham failed to register a shot on target from their 11 shots.
Game Two of 13
Leeds United (3) v Wolverhampton Wanderers (0)
Facts and Figures: Leeds United had 56.1% possession and six shots on target, while Wolverhampton Wanderers had two.
Game Three of 13
Newcastle United (1) v AFC Bournemouth (2)
Facts and Figures: AFC Bournemouth had 46.5% possession. Both teams had three shots on target.
Game Four of 13
Tottenham Hotspur (2) v Brighton and Hove Albion (2)
Facts and Figures: Tottenham Hotspur had 42.4% possession and six shots on target, while Brighton and Hove Albion had three.
Game Five of 13
Chelsea (0) v Manchester United (1)
Facts and Figures: Manchester United had 41.3% possession and one shot on target, compared with Chelsea who had three shots on target from 21 shots.
Game Six of 13
Aston Villa (4) v Sunderland (3)
Facts and Figures: Aston Villa had 49.9% possession. Both teams had seven shots on target.
Game Seven of 13
Everton (1) v Liverpool (2)
Facts and Figures: Liverpool had 56.4% possession and six shots on target, compared with Everton who had four.
Game Eight of 13
Nottingham Forest (4) v Burnley (1)
Facts and Figures: Nottingham Forest had 51.3% possession and four shots on target, while Burnley had three.
Game Nine of 13
Manchester City (2) v Arsenal (1)
Facts and Figures: Manchester City had 58.6% possession and five shots on target, compared with Arsenal who had three.
Game Ten of 13
Crystal Palace (0) v West Ham United (0)
Facts and Figures: Crystal Palace had 54.2% possession and one shot on target, while West Ham United had four.
Game 11 of 13
Brighton and Hove Albion (3) v Chelsea (0)
Facts and Figures: Brighton and Hove Albion had 52.9% possession nine shots on target. Chelsea failed to register a shot on target from six shots.
Game 12 of 13
AFC Bournemouth (2) v Leeds United (2)
Facts and Figures: AFC Bournemouth had 59.9% possession and three shots on target, while Leeds United had three.
Game 13 of 13
Burnley (0) v Manchester City (1)
Facts and Figures: Manchester City had 65.5% possession and nine shots on target, compared with Burnley who had one.