English Premier League top scorers

English Premier League top scorers ahead of the weekend's macthes:

22: van Persie (Arsenal)

16: Ba (Newcastle)

15: Aguero (Manchester City), Rooney (Manchester United)

12: Dzeko (Manchester City), Yakubu (Blackburn)

10: Bale (Tottenham), Dempsey (Fulham)

9: Adebayor (Tottenham), Balotelli (Manchester City), Bent (Aston Villa), Fletcher (Wolverhampton), Lampard (Chelsea), Sturridge (Chelsea)

8: Chicharito (Manchester United), Defoe (Tottenham), Graham (Swansea City), Helguson (QPR), Morison (Norwich City)

7: Berbatov (Manchester United), Holt (Norwich City), Klasnic (Bolton), Sinclair (Swansea City), van der Vaart (Tottenham)

6: Bellamy (Liverpool), Crouch (Stoke City), Long (West Bromwich), Nani (Manchester United), Pilkington (Norwich City), Sessegnon (Sunderland), Welbeck (Manchester United), Zamora (QPR)

5: Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Arteta (Arsenal), Johnson (Manchester City), Larsson (Sunderland), Mata (Chelsea), Silva (Manchester City), Suárez (Liverpool), Walters (Stoke City)

English Premier League table ahead of the weekend's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Man City 24 18 3 3 63 19 57

Man Utd 24 17 4 3 59 24 55

Tottenham 24 15 5 4 44 25 50

Chelsea 24 12 7 5 44 29 43

Newcastle 24 12 6 6 36 31 42

Arsenal 24 12 4 8 46 34 40

Liverpool 24 10 9 5 28 21 39

Sunderland 24 9 6 9 33 24 33

Norwich 24 8 8 8 34 39 32

Swansea 24 7 9 8 26 29 30

Everton 24 8 6 10 24 27 30

Stoke 24 8 6 10 23 36 30

Aston Villa 24 6 10 8 29 33 28

Fulham 24 6 9 9 29 35 27

West Brom 24 7 5 12 24 34 26

QPR 24 5 6 13 25 41 21

Wolves 24 5 6 13 27 44 21

Bolton 24 6 2 16 28 49 20

Blackburn 24 4 6 14 34 54 18

Wigan 24 3 7 14 21 49 16

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