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By Opta Sportsdata Last updated: 8th October 2007
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Opta break down the Premier League season for an in-depth look at the star performers.
You can find out who are the top keepers, tacklers, passers, scorers and most efficient sides.
This page will be updated after every round of Premier League games
| Category | Player/Team | Total | |||||
| Top Shooter | Robbie Keane (Tottenham) | 25 | |||||
| Top Passer | Paul Scholes (Man Utd) | 705 | |||||
| Top Tackler | Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa) | 39 | |||||
| Most Dribbles & Runs | El Hadji Diouf (Bolton) | 44 | |||||
| Most Crosses | El Hadji Diouf (Bolton) | 118 | |||||
| Most Offsides | Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham) | 21 | |||||
| Most Fouls | George Boateng (Middlesbrough) | 24 | |||||
| Team with most fouls | Middlesbrough | 142 | |||||
| Team with most shots | Man Utd | 130 | |||||
| Goalkeepers | Team | Saves | Saves/shots | ||||
| James | Portsmouth | 42 | 78% | ||||
| Hahnemann | Reading | 35 | 66% | ||||
| Friedel | Blackburn | 31 | 84% | ||||
| Bywater | Derby | 29 | 57% | ||||
| Kirkland | Wigan | 28 | 70% | ||||
| Tacklers | Team | Tackles | Success rate | ||||
| Reo-Coker | Aston Villa | 39 | 74% | ||||
| Davis | Portsmouth | 38 | 71% | ||||
| Hamann | Man City | 37 | 81% | ||||
| Mears | Derby | 35 | 77% | ||||
| Jenas | Tottenham | 35 | 60% | ||||
| Passers | Team | Passes | Accuracy | ||||
| Scholes | Man Utd | 705 | 89% | ||||
| Ferdinand | Man Utd | 496 | 89% | ||||
| Hamann | Man City | 476 | 83% | ||||
| Fabregas | Arsenal | 471 | 79% | ||||
| Vidic | Man Utd | 418 | 86% | ||||
| Scorers | Team | Goals | Goal/shots | ||||
| Mwaruwari | Portsmouth | 6 | 46% | ||||
| Adebayor | Arsenal | 6 | 25% | ||||
| Anelka | Bolton | 5 | 25% | ||||
| Van Persie | Arsenal | 5 | 24% | ||||
| Fabregas | Arsenal | 4 | 27% |
| Team | Goals | Shots | On Target | Shot Accuracy | Succ Passes | ||
| Arsenal | 19 | 108 | 60 | 56% | 2914 | ||
| Aston Villa | 12 | 84 | 34 | 40% | 1553 | ||
| Birmingham | 8 | 70 | 28 | 40% | 1806 | ||
| Blackburn | 9 | 88 | 37 | 42% | 1923 | ||
| Bolton | 9 | 85 | 41 | 48% | 1753 | ||
| Chelsea | 8 | 114 | 35 | 31% | 3119 | ||
| Derby | 5 | 66 | 22 | 33% | 2164 | ||
| Everton | 12 | 87 | 44 | 51% | 1945 | ||
| Fulham | 12 | 94 | 46 | 49% | 1500 | ||
| Liverpool | 14 | 121 | 46 | 38% | 2342 | ||
| Man City | 14 | 92 | 44 | 48% | 2682 | ||
| Man Utd | 11 | 130 | 55 | 42% | 3710 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 10 | 96 | 38 | 40% | 2376 | ||
| Newcastle | 13 | 81 | 35 | 43% | 1938 | ||
| Portsmouth | 17 | 105 | 49 | 47% | 1944 | ||
| Reading | 10 | 80 | 30 | 38% | 1432 | ||
| Sunderland | 10 | 74 | 33 | 45% | 2318 | ||
| Tottenham | 16 | 112 | 41 | 37% | 2711 | ||
| West Ham | 9 | 85 | 30 | 35% | 1984 | ||
| Wigan | 8 | 100 | 37 | 37% | 1930 | ||
| BAD BOYS | Team | Fouls | Yellows | Reds | Points | ||
| Smith | Newcastle | 24 | 4 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Boateng | Middlesbrough | 24 | 3 | 0 | 33 | ||
| Davis | Portsmouth | 19 | 4 | 0 | 31 | ||
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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 20th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Arsenal vs Bolton |
| 17:15 | Aston Villa vs Man Utd |
| 15:00 | Man City vs Birmingham |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Reading |
| 15:00 | Middlesbrough vs Chelsea |
| 12:45 | Everton vs Liverpool |
| 15:00 | Fulham vs Derby |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs Portsmouth |
| Sunday 21st October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 16:00 | West Ham vs Sunderland |
| Monday 22nd October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | Newcastle vs Tottenham |
| Saturday 27th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Wigan |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Blackburn |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Derby vs Everton |
| 15:00 | Sunderland vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Man Utd vs Middlesbrough |
| 15:00 | Reading vs Newcastle |
| 17:15 | Portsmouth vs West Ham |
| Sunday 28th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 16:00 | Liverpool vs Arsenal |
| 13:30 | Bolton vs Aston Villa |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 7th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Arsenal 3 - 2 Sunderland | |
| Reading 1 - 0 Derby | |
| Blackburn 2 - 1 Birmingham | |
| Bolton 0 - 1 Chelsea | |
| Man City 3 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Liverpool 2 - 2 Tottenham | |
| Newcastle 3 - 2 Everton | |
| Fulham 0 - 2 Portsmouth | |
| Saturday 6th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man Utd 4 - 0 Wigan | |
| Aston Villa 1 - 0 West Ham | |
| Monday 1st October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Tottenham 4 - 4 Aston Villa | |
| Sunday 30th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Everton 2 - 0 Middlesbrough | |
| Saturday 29th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man City 3 - 1 Newcastle | |
| Wigan 0 - 1 Liverpool | |
| Derby 1 - 1 Bolton | |
| West Ham 0 - 1 Arsenal | |
| Sunderland 1 - 2 Blackburn | |
| Birmingham 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Portsmouth 7 - 4 Reading | |
| Chelsea 0 - 0 Fulham | |
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