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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: Tuesday 26th May 2009

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.

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!

This page will be updated after every round of Premier League games

Category Player/Team Total          
Top Shooter Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 110          
Top Passer Denilson (Arsenal) 2533          
Top Tackler Lee Cattermole (Wigan) 167          
Most Dribbles & Runs Shaun Wright-Phillips (Chelsea/Man City) 173          
Most Crosses Ashley Young (Aston Villa) 377          
Most Offsides Marlon King (Middlesbrough/Hull) 68          
Most Fouls Kevin Davies (Bolton) 117          
Team with most fouls Hull 566          
Team with most shots Liverpool 572          
               
               
Goalkeepers Team Saves Saves/shots        
Jaaskelainen Bolton 149 74%        
Carson West Brom 143 69%        
Schwarzer Fulham 138 80%        
Green West Ham 132 75%        
Given Newcastle/Man City 131 70%        
               
Tacklers Team Tackles Success rate        
Cattermole Wigan 167 78%        
Zuiverloon West Brom 162 72%        
Petrov Aston Villa 145 76%        
Ireland Man City 145 72%        
Murphy Fulham 139 78%        
               
Passers Team Passes Accuracy        
Denilson Arsenal 2533 87%        
Xabi Alonso Liverpool 2481 85%        
Mikel Chelsea 2367 90%        
Lampard Chelsea 2318 84%        
Murphy Fulham 2152 78%        
               
Scorers Team Goals Goal/shots        
Anelka Chelsea 19 21%        
Ronaldo Man Utd 18 17%        
Gerrard Liverpool 16 16%        
Torres Liverpool 14 19%        
Robinho Man City 14 16%        
               
Team Goals Shots On Target Shot Accuracy Succ Passes    
Arsenal 68 493 220 45% 15695    
Aston Villa 54 369 159 43% 8783    
Blackburn 40 344 148 43% 9494    
Bolton 41 381 153 40% 6832    
Chelsea 68 565 248 44% 16727    
Everton 55 386 169 44% 11212    
Fulham 39 370 149 40% 12193    
Hull 39 365 149 41% 8039    
Liverpool 77 572 224 39% 15783    
Man City 58 439 201 46% 12505    
Man Utd 68 497 230 46% 16111    
Middlesbrough 28 362 140 39% 9597    
Newcastle 40 312 125 40% 10465    
Portsmouth 38 384 152 40% 10881    
Stoke 38 282 100 35% 6123    
Sunderland 34 363 144 40% 10418    
Tottenham 45 398 177 44% 12273    
West Brom 36 412 165 40% 11179    
West Ham 42 376 167 44% 12087    
Wigan 34 450 162 36% 8905    
               
               
BAD BOYS Team Fouls Yellows Reds Points    
Fellaini Everton 111 12 0 147    
Kevin Davies Bolton 117 4 0 129    
Palacios Tottenham/Wigan 70 11 1 109    
               
ASSISTS Team Assists          
Lampard Chelsea 10          
van Persie Arsenal 10          
Berbatov Manchester United 9          
Gerrard Liverpool 9          
Ireland Manchester City 9          

  First Half Table P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Chelsea 38 19 14 5 32 8 +24 71
2 Manchester United 38 18 15 5 31 13 +18 69
3 Liverpool 38 15 19 4 28 12 +16 64
4 Arsenal 38 15 16 7 27 14 +13 61
5 Manchester City 38 14 16 8 28 16 +12 58
6 West Ham United 38 13 19 6 23 17 +6 58
7 Fulham 38 12 21 5 19 13 +6 57
8 Aston Villa 38 13 16 9 23 21 +2 55
9 Everton 38 10 22 6 19 13 +6 52
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 20 8 21 14 +7 50
11 Wigan Athletic 38 12 14 12 18 17 +1 50
12 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 15 13 23 21 +2 45
13 Middlesbrough 38 7 20 11 12 19 -7 41
14 Sunderland 38 7 19 12 14 21 -7 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 8 15 15 17 26 -9 39
16 Stoke City 38 8 14 16 10 29 -19 38
17 Portsmouth 38 6 18 14 10 21 -11 36
18 Hull City 38 5 16 17 15 34 -19 31
19 Newcastle United 38 3 19 16 17 31 -14 28
20 WBA 38 3 16 19 10 37 -27 25
  Second Half Table P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Liverpool 38 25 10 3 49 15 +34 85
2 Chelsea 38 19 15 4 36 16 +20 72
3 Manchester United 38 19 13 6 37 11 +26 70
4 Everton 38 17 13 8 36 24 +12 64
5 Arsenal 38 15 17 6 41 23 +18 62
6 Stoke City 38 13 17 8 28 26 +2 56
7 Aston Villa 38 12 16 10 31 27 +4 52
8 WBA 38 14 10 14 26 30 -4 52
9 Manchester City 38 11 13 14 30 34 -4 46
10 Newcastle United 38 10 16 12 23 28 -5 46
11 Hull City 38 11 13 14 24 30 -6 46
12 Tottenham Hotspur 38 9 17 12 24 31 -7 44
13 Wigan Athletic 38 9 17 12 16 28 -12 44
14 Portsmouth 38 10 13 15 28 36 -8 43
15 Fulham 38 9 15 14 20 21 -1 42
16 West Ham United 38 9 12 17 19 28 -9 39
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 9 19 23 34 -11 39
18 Sunderland 38 9 10 19 20 33 -13 37
19 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 13 18 18 32 -14 34
20 Middlesbrough 38 8 9 21 16 38 -22 33
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