Gameweek 7 Premier League matches

Aston Villa - Southampton [1 - 0]

Villa's second win of the season sees them join Southampton with 7 points from 7 games.

Nottingham Forest - Fulham [2 - 3]

Battle of the newly promoted teams saw a Fulham win, that sees them move to sixth in the table, ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool (whose game against each other did not take place over the weekend). Fulham were the dominant team in the match retaining 60% of the possession and having 7 shots on target to Forests' 3. Forest are 19th in the table with 1 win from 7 games.

Wolverhampton Wanderers - Manchester City [0 - 3]

Man City bossed the game with 60% possession and 7 shots on target to Wolves' solitary attempt. The home team were hampered by a red card to Nathan Collins in the 30th minute. The offence was a Nigel de Jong type karate kick to Xabi Alonso in the 2010 World Cup final, except that the referee made the right call and sent off the aggressor. Wolves have 1 win from 7 games and are 17th in the table. City were top of the table after the match and their position was usurped by Arsenal who beat Brentford the next day.

Newcastle United - Bournemouth [1 - 1]

Newcastle United dominated the match with 73% possession and managed 7 shots on target, to Bournemouth's 3. Newcastle seemed to be missing a clinical striker, and could only score off a penalty after Bournemouth had gone ahead 5 minutes earlier against the run of play. Despite the worst goal difference in the league, Bournemouth are 12th with 2 wins from 7 games. Newcastle are 10th in the league after mustering only 1 win out of their 7 matches.

Tottenham Hotspur - Leicester City [6 - 0]

Tottenham destroyed Leicester with 6 goals, despite conceding 2. The teams were evenly match at the break where the score was 2-2. Bentancur scored soon after the break, and Hueng-Min Son, who started on the bench and was introduced in the 59th minute, scored a hat-trick in 13 minutes to put the tie beyond Leicester. While Leicester had the lion's share of possession (57%), and a decent number of shots on target (7, to Tottenham's 11), they faced an on-song Lloris, who saved 5 of those shots. The goal of the weekend was scored in this match by James Maddison, who volleyed a cross he received at the edge of the box into the far corner. Spurs go to third in the table with 5 wins from 7, while Leicester are yet to register a win and Brendan Rogers's job looks like it is in jeopardy.

Brentford - Arsenal [0 - 3]

Arsenal bossed the game with 64% possession, and thrice the number of shots on goal when compared with Brentford. The win takes Arsenal to the top of the table, and Brentford stay at 9th.