Man City in relegation zone
Manchester City dropped into the relegation when Sunderland beat Hull City and stayed there when they failed to beat West Bromwich Albion.
So far City's season has been marked with inconsistency and they now go into the busy Christmas period trying to get themselves out of the relegation zone.
All the teams that were in the relegation zone at the start of the round won with Blackburn Rovers beating Stoke City at home and Sunderland overcoming Hull City away.
West Brom won but they still prop the ladder and therefore go into the Boxing day fixture bottom on the ladder.
At the top for the second successive round only Aston Villa of the top six placed teams managed to secure all three points.
The match of the round between Arsenal and Liverpool was drawn and Liverpool maintained its top position after Chelsea were held to a goalless draw by Everton at Goodison Park.
Its the first time for Chelsea to drop points away from the Bridge.
Manchester United's match against Wigan was postponed because they were involved in the FIFA World Club Cup in Japan where they won the tournament.
Below is the away ladder - showing only the away matches so far this season:
| Team | Win | Draw | GF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 8 | 1 | 20 | 25 |
| Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Everton | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| Hull | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Man Utd | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Portsmouth | 3 | 4 | -8 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 3 | 2 | -3 | 11 |
| West Ham | 2 | 3 | -5 | 9 |
| Wigan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Tottenham | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| Blackburn | 2 | 2 | -7 | 8 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| Man City | 1 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| Fulham | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| West Brom | 1 | 1 | -14 | 4 |
| Stoke | 0 | 3 | -15 | 3 |
So Stoke and Fulham are the only teams still to taste an away victory but there are also three teams in Newcastle, Man City and West Brom who have won just once away from home.
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