LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal beat Crystal Palace to return to the top of the English Premier League standings on Sunday.
Arsene Wenger’s side is on 55 points, two more than the free-scoring Manchester City, who face Chelsea in what is expected to be a very interesting match up at Etihad Stadium on Monday.
Manchester City are sitting second in the standings with 53 points, while Chelsea are third with 50pts.
The top four is completed by Liverpool, who have 47pts and continue to hold the upper hand on the likes of Everton, Tottenham and Manchester United.
Meanwhile, Fulham, West Ham United and Cardiff City continue to sit in the relegation zone.
EPL Scores and Results
Sunday, February 2
Arsenal 2 Crystal Palace 0
West Bromwich Albion 1 Liverpool 1
Saturday, February 1
Cardiff City 2 Norwich City 1
Everton 2 Aston Villa 1
Fulham 0 Southampton 3
Hull City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3
Stoke City 2 Manchester United 1
West Ham United 2 Swansea City 0
Barclays Premier Standings
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Arsenal 24 17 4 3 47 21 55
2 Manchester City 23 17 2 4 68 26 53
3 Chelsea 23 15 5 3 43 20 50
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4 Liverpool 24 14 5 5 58 29 47
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5 Everton 24 12 9 3 37 25 45
6 Tottenham Hotspur 24 13 5 6 31 32 44
7 Manchester United 24 12 4 8 39 29 40
8 Newcastle United 24 11 4 9 32 31 37
9 Southampton 24 9 8 7 34 27 35
10 Aston Villa 24 7 6 11 27 34 27
11 Stoke City 24 6 7 11 24 38 25
12 Swansea City 24 6 6 12 29 35 24
13 Hull City 24 6 6 12 23 30 24
14 Sunderland 24 6 6 12 25 36 24
15 Norwich City 24 6 6 12 19 37 24
16 West Bromwich Albion 24 4 11 9 28 34 23
17 Crystal Palace 24 7 2 15 15 33 23
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18 West Ham United 24 5 7 12 24 33 22
19 Cardiff City 24 5 6 13 19 41 21
20 Fulham 24 6 1 17 22 53 19
