The Premier League had its ninth match weekend take place, as 10 more fixtures had massive results.
The Premier League's ninth match weekend has taken place, where all clubs attempted to claim vital results to add to the league standings.
Going into these fixtures, Manchester City, Bournemouth, and Chelsea were looking to add to their points to move closer to leaders Arsenal, who had the task of remaining as Premier League leaders, while Liverpool were looking to over take them and take back their place, and Crystal Palace and Sunderland would have been aiming to add to their positive results by claiming more.
During the previous match weekend, Manchester City got a 2-0 win against Everton, Liverpool were defeated 2-1 by Manchester United, Aston Villa had a 2-1 win over Tottenham, and Bournemouth and Crystal Palace had a 3-3 draw.
Among the games that just took place, there was Chelsea vs Sunderland, Aston Villa vs Manchester City, Newcastle vs Fulham, as some of the biggest fixtures of the match weekend.
With the table currently so close, every result is vital and could be the difference in how every side’s Premier League season goes, even though it’s still very early on.
This was also the last batch of matches of the Premier League for October, as the next match weekend will be taking place on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of November, where there will be more games to be played.
Let’s take a look at what results came from the Premier League and how the standings now look.
The Premier League match weekend nine results
Leeds 2-1 West ham
Newcastle 2-1 Fulham
Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland
Manchester United 4-2 Brighton
Brentford 3-2 Liverpool
Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Wolves 2-3 Burnley
Arsenal 1-0 Crystal Palace
Everton 0-3 Tottenham
While Bournemouth, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Aston Villa all claimed wins, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool were all defeated. Newcastle got themsleves a victory, and Brentford and Sunderland gained more big wins.
The Premier League's current standings
1: Arsenal 22pts
2: Bournemouth 18pts
3: Tottenham 17pts
4: Sunderland 17pts
5: Manchester City 16pts
6: Manchester United 16pts
7: Liverpool 15pts
8: Aston Villa 15pts
9: Chelsea 14pts
10: Crystal Palace 13pts
11: Brentford 13pts
12: Newcastle 12pts
13: Brighton 12pts
14: Everton 11pts
15: Leeds 11pts
16: Burnley 10pts
17: Fulham 8pts
18: Nottingham Forest 5pts
19: West ham 4pts
20: Wolves 2pts