After 20 weeks, Liverpool lead the pack with a game in hand, followed by Arsenal and Nottingham Forest with champions Manchester City dropping to sixth place, below Chelsea and Newcastle United. Southampton are rooted to the bottom of the table.
Week 11 – Manchester City took the lead but lost 2-1 at Brighton while Liverpool put 2 past Aston Villa at Anfield and Wolves struck twice at home to Southampton. Brentford were 3-2 winners against Bournemouth with Yoane Wissa netting a double for the hosts while Fulham won 2-0 at 10-man Crystal Palace and Everton played a goalless match at West Ham. On Sunday Tottenham suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Ipswich while Newcastle came from behind to win 3-1 at Nottingham Forest and Manchester United scored 3 times against their visitors from Leicester. Arsenal drew 1-1 at Chelsea.
Week 12 – Manchester City were taken apart 4-0 at home to Tottenham for whom James Maddison scored twice on his birthday while Arsenal put 3 past Nottingham Forest at the Emirates and Crystal Palace drew 2-2 at Aston Villa. Ten-man Brighton defeated their hosts Bournemouth 2-1 while Matheus Cunha scored twice as Wolves came from behind to tear Fulham apart 4-1 at Craven Cottage and Chelsea were 2-1 winners at Leicester who parted company with manager Steve Cooper while 10-man Brentford drew 0-0 at Everton. On Sunday Liverpool came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 at Southampton with a double from Mohamed Salah and in Ruben Amorin’s first match in charge, Manchester United drew 1-1 at Ipswich while on Monday evening Newcastle were silenced 2-0 by their visitors from West Ham.
Week 13 – On Friday evening Southampton drew 1-1 at Brighton while on Saturday Kevin Schade scored a hat-trick as Leicester City were battered 4-1 at Brentford and Arsenal ran riot at West Ham, winning 5-2 with all the goals coming before the break. Justin Kluivert became the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in the same Premier League match as Bournemouth won 4-2 at Wolves for whom Strand Larsen scored both goals while a single penalty conversion gave Nottingham Forest 3 points at home to Ipswich and Crystal Palace scored in added-on time at Selhurst Park to draw 1-1 with Newcastle United. On Sunday Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee scored 2 apiece as Everton were swept aside 4-0 at Manchester United and Aston Villa lost 3-0 at Chelsea while Liverpool defeated Manchester City 2-0 at Anfield and Fulham, who finished the match with 10 players, drew 1-1 at Tottenham.
Week 14 – In Midweek matches, 10-man Southampton were thumped 5-1 at home to Chelsea and Arsenal put 2 past Manchester United at the Emirates while Mo Salah netted a brace for Liverpool who drew 3-3 at Newcastle and Wolves scored 2 own-goals as they went down 4-0 at Everton. Leicester triumphed 3-1 at home to West Ham and Crystal Palace scored once to win at Ipswich while Manchester City enjoyed a 3-0 home win against Nottingham Forest. Alex Iwobi scored a double as Fulham sent Brighton back 3-1 losers and Aston Villa did the same to Brentford while Tottenham lost 1-0 at Bournemouth.
Week 15 – Brentford celebrated a 4-2 home win over Newcastle while Manchester City, who finished the match a man down drew 2-2 at Crystal Palace and Manchester United lost 3-2 at home to Nottingham Forest. Southampton lost 1-0 at Aston Villa and Liverpool’s match at Everton was postponed due to a storm while on Sunday Cole Palmer scored twice from the penalty spot as Chelsea fought back from 2 early goals down to win 4-3 at Tottenham and Arsenal drew 1-1 at Fulham. Leicester scored 2 late goals to drew 2-2 with their visitors from Brighton and Bournemouth also score 2 late goals to turn the match around and win 2-1 at Ipswich Twon while on Monday Wolves lost 2-1 at West Ham.
Week 16 – Ten-man Liverpool twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at home to Fulham while Everton held Arsenal to a goalless draw at the Emirates and Newcastle powered past their visitors from Leicester 4-0 with a brace from Jacob Murphy. Ipswich scored in stoppage time to win 2-1 at Wolves who had a player sent off after the match and parted with manager Gary O’Neil and Nottingham Forest came from behind to beat guests Aston Villa 2-1 with 2 late goals while on Sunday Ismaila Sarr scored twice as Crystal Palace enjoyed a 3-1 victory at Brighton and Chelsea, who had a player dismissed after the match, defeated Brentford 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United came from a goal down to win with 2 late goals at Manchester City while James Maddison claimed a double as Tottenham humiliated hosts Southampton 5-0 with all the goals coming in the first half of a match that resulted in the sacking of manager Russell Martin and on Monday evening Bournemouth and West Ham shared 2 late goals for a point each.
Week 17 – Manchester City lost 2-1 at Aston Villa while Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Arsenal swept Crystal Palace aside 5-1 at Selhurst Park and a hat-trick from Alexander Isak helped Newcastle to a 4-0 victory at Ipswich. Nottingham Forest picked up another 3 points with 2 goals at Brentford while Brighton drew 1-1 at West Ham and on Sunday Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah scored a brace each as Liverpool ran out 6-3 winners at Tottenham while there were goalless matches for Chelsea at Everton and for Southampton at Fulham. Manchester United were humiliated 3-0 at home to Bournemouth and Leicester suffered the same result at the hands of their visitors from Wolverhampton.
Week 18 – On Boxing Day Manchester City could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Everton while Fulham came from behind to score a 2-1 stoppage-time winner at Chelsea and Leicester scored an early goal but lost 3-1 at Liverpool. The 10 men of Aston Villa and Manchester United lost 3-0 and 2-0 at Newcastle and Wolves respectively while Tottenham, who also ended the match with 10 players lost to a single goal at Nottingham Forest and West Ham were 1-0 winners at Southampton. Bournemouth and Crystal Palace didn’t manage a goal between them and the following day Brighton and Brentford drew blanks while one goal gave Arsenal a narrow win at home to Ipswich.
Week 19 – The last matches of 2024 were played on Sunday and Monday. Nottingham Forest and Manchester City were 2-0 winners away to Everton and Leicester respectively while West Ham were hammered at home 5-0 by Liverpool and Southampton lost 2-1 at Crystal Palace after having taken the lead. There were 2-2 draws for Wolves at Tottenham and for Fulham at home to Bournemouth while on Monday Chelsea suffered a 2-0 loss at Ipswich and Manchester United were beaten by the same scoreline at home to Newcastle. Brighton drew 2-2 at Aston Villa and in the first match of the year, Arsenal came from a goal down to win 3-1 at Brentford.
Week 20 – Newcastle United hit back after an early goal to win 2-1 at Tottenham while Chelsea drew 1-1 at Crystal Place and Arsenal dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Erling Haaland scored twice at home as Manchester City eased 4-1 past West Ham and Bryan Mbeumo also netted twice in Brentford’s 5-0 demolition of hosts Southampton while Everton lost 1-0 at Bournemouth and Aston Villa were 2-1 winners at home to Leicester. On Sunday in a game of 3 penalties, Fulham converted their second spot kick in stoppage time to earn a 2-2 home draw against Ipswich town and Masnchester United earned a 2-2 draw at Liverpool while on Monday evening Nottingham Forest moved into third place behind Arsenal only on goal difference after a 3-0 win at Wolves.
