Third round without a draw
Round five of the English Premier League was the third round this season without a single drawn match.
There were also no draws in rounds 1 and 2 and in rounds 3 and 4 there were one and two draws respectively.
So with only three draws in the season so far only Birmingham City, Blackburn, Hull City, Stoke, Wolves and West Ham have had drawn matches.
Of three draws, two of them were goalless and one was a one-all draw.
In other developments in round five, Tottenham Hotspurs lost at home to Manchester United leaving only Manchester City and Chelsea as the unbeaten sides going into round six.
Fulham became the third team this season to win a match after trailing at half time. Fulham went to the break trailing Everton by 1 goal to nil but came back to win the match 2-1 in the second half.
This week we take a look at the first half ladder. This considers only results up to half time and next week we will have a second half ladder.
Team | Played | Goal Diff | Points |
---|---|---|---|
Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Arsenal | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Tottenham | 5 | 2 | 8 |
Chelsea | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Sunderland | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Aston Villa | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Manchester United | 5 | 0 | 7 |
West Ham | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Wigan | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Hull City | 5 | -1 | 6 |
Burnley | 5 | -3 | 6 |
Bolton | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Blackburn | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Birmingham City | 5 | -1 | 4 |
Everton | 4 | -3 | 4 |
Fulham | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | -3 | 3 |
Portsmouth | 5 | -4 | 1 |
So Manchester City has gone into half time leading in all its matches so far whilst the best Portsmouth has done going into half time has been a draw.