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Opta look at the league's best and worst. Who's hot and who's not following the latest matches.

By Opta Sportsdata   Last updated: Thursday 05th November 2009

Who are this season's Premier League star performers?

You can find out who are the top keepers, tacklers, passers, scorers and most efficient sides.

You can now also view tables for the first half and second half of Premier League matches.

Has you team been more potent is the opening 45 minutes of league matches or the second half? Find out here!

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Category Player/Team Total          
Top Shooter Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 55          
Top Passer Michael Essien (Chelsea) 730          
Top Tackler Hendry Thomas (Wigan) 63          
Most Dribbles & Runs Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City) 68          
Most Crosses Andy Reid (Sunderland) 113          
Most Offsides Darren Bent (Sunderland) 18          
Most Fouls Kevin Davies (Bolton) 38          
Team with most fouls Hull 172          
Team with most shots Chelsea 203          
               
Goalkeepers Team Saves Saves/shots        
Green West Ham 50 74%        
Jensen Burnley 46 70%        
Jaaskelainen Bolton 44 70%        
Myhill Hull 42 66%        
Robinson Blackburn 40 62%        
               
Tacklers Team Tackles Success rate        
Thomas Wigan 63 84%        
Lucas Liverpool 49 69%        
Diamé Wigan 45 69%        
Palacios Tottenham 42 71%        
Mascherano Liverpool 40 78%        
               
Passers Team Passes Accuracy        
Essien Chelsea 730 89%        
Mascherano Liverpool 686 87%        
Carragher Liverpool 625 84%        
Fabregas Arsenal 603 81%        
Ferguson Birmingham 596 83%        
               
Scorers Team Goals Goal/shots        
Torres Liverpool 10 33%        
Drogba Chelsea 9 16%        
Bent Sunderland 8 24%        
van Persie Arsenal 7 21%        
Rooney Man Utd 7 19%        
               
Team Goals Shots On Target Shot Accuracy Succ Passes    
Arsenal 32 155 84 54% 3991    
Aston Villa 15 83 37 45% 2486    
Birmingham 8 96 46 48% 2706    
Blackburn 11 105 44 42% 1891    
Bolton 14 115 44 38% 1748    
Burnley 12 89 38 43% 2746    
Chelsea 28 203 94 46% 4723    
Everton 13 120 55 46% 2792    
Fulham 13 103 48 47% 3003    
Hull 8 75 34 45% 1984    
Liverpool 25 164 78 48% 4559    
Man City 18 108 56 52% 3084    
Man Utd 23 152 72 47% 4421    
Portsmouth 9 125 43 34% 2940    
Stoke 11 88 32 36% 1717    
Sunderland 20 97 44 45% 2200    
Tottenham 21 145 71 49% 3549    
West Ham 15 130 59 45% 3469    
Wigan 12 125 58 46% 3352    
Wolves 11 108 40 37% 2424    
               
               
BAD BOYS Team Fouls Yellows Reds Points    
Kevin Davies Bolton 38 3 0 47    
Carlton Cole West Ham 37 3 0 46    
Cana Sunderland 25 5 0 40    
               
ASSISTS Team Assists          
Fabregas Arsenal 9          
Lampard Chelsea 6          
van Persie Arsenal 6          
Drogba Chelsea 5          
Giggs Manchester United 5          

First Half PL Table   P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Arsenal 10 8 1 1 16 5 +11 25
2 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 8 5 +3 19
3 Manchester City 10 5 3 2 7 4 +3 18
4 Sunderland 11 5 3 3 9 7 +2 18
5 Tottenham Hotspur 11 4 4 3 10 7 +3 16
6 Aston Villa 11 4 4 3 8 5 +3 16
7 Stoke City 11 3 7 1 7 4 +3 16
8 West Ham United 11 3 6 2 9 9 0 15
9 Burnley 11 4 3 4 8 9 -1 15
10 Everton 10 4 3 3 5 6 -1 15
11 Manchester United 11 3 5 3 6 5 +1 14
12 Liverpool 11 3 5 3 9 9 0 14
13 Wigan Athletic 11 3 5 3 4 5 -1 14
14 Bolton Wanderers 10 3 4 3 7 8 -1 13
15 Blackburn Rovers 10 2 4 4 8 9 -1 10
16 Fulham 10 2 4 4 4 6 -2 10
17 Birmingham City 11 1 7 3 2 4 -2 10
18 Hull City 11 1 6 4 5 9 -4 9
19 Portsmouth 11 2 2 7 5 11 -6 8
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 2 2 7 2 8 -6 8
Second Half PL Table   P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Chelsea 11 9 0 2 20 3 +17 27
2 Manchester United 11 7 2 2 17 6 +11 23
3 Liverpool 11 6 3 2 16 7 +9 21
4 Arsenal 10 7 0 3 16 8 +8 21
5 Manchester City 10 5 4 1 11 7 +4 19
6 Burnley 11 5 3 3 9 8 +1 18
7 Sunderland 11 4 5 2 11 9 +2 17
8 Aston Villa 11 4 4 3 7 6 +1 16
9 Tottenham Hotspur 11 4 2 5 11 10 +1 14
10 Fulham 10 3 4 3 9 7 +2 13
11 Portsmouth 11 2 7 2 4 4 0 13
12 Wigan Athletic 11 4 1 6 8 16 -8 13
13 Everton 10 2 5 3 8 10 -2 11
14 Birmingham City 11 2 5 4 6 8 -2 11
15 Stoke City 11 2 5 4 4 9 -5 11
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 0 10 1 0 1 -1 10
17 West Ham United 11 2 3 6 6 9 -3 9
18 Bolton Wanderers 10 1 6 3 7 11 -4 9
19 Hull City 11 2 1 8 3 15 -12 7
20 Blackburn Rovers 10 2 1 7 3 15 -12 7

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Forthcoming Barclays Premier League Fixtures
Time Fixture
Sunday 8th November
Barclays Premier League
13:30 Hull vs Stoke
15:00 West Ham vs Everton
15:00 Wigan vs Fulham
16:00 Chelsea vs Man Utd
Monday 9th November
Barclays Premier League
20:00 Liverpool vs Birmingham
Saturday 21st November
Barclays Premier League
12:45 Liverpool vs Man City
15:00 Birmingham vs Fulham
15:00 Burnley vs Aston Villa
15:00 Chelsea vs Wolverhampton
15:00 Hull vs West Ham
15:00 Sunderland vs Arsenal
17:30 Man Utd vs Everton
Sunday 22nd November
Barclays Premier League
13:30 Bolton vs Blackburn
15:00 Tottenham vs Wigan
16:00 Stoke vs Portsmouth
Wednesday 25th November
Barclays Premier League
19:45 Hull vs Everton
20:00 Fulham vs Blackburn
Saturday 28th November
Barclays Premier League
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15:00 Fulham vs Bolton
15:00 Man City vs Hull

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