Everton v Manchester United (1230): Both David Moyes and Sir Alex Ferguson enjoy midweek wins in European competition, but Ferguson has taken more points off the Toffees than any other top flight team
The game is off to a flier with Everton doing well down their left and United exploiting the space they leave, from where Luis Valencia's cross finds Dimitar Berbatov seven yards out to smash home the opener
Goodison Park barely draws breath before the home side are level through Diniyar Bilyaletdinov who uses Wes Brown as a shield to bend the ball past Edwin van der Sar with the outside of his left boot from 20 yards
Many may be watching Wayne Rooney in the form of his life and playing his old club but it is current Everton youngster Dan Gosling raising eyebrows as he ghosts in to tuck away Steven Pienaar's cross
The win is complete in the wintry Merseyside sunshine when late substitute Jack Rodwell rounds Johnny Evans with ease and slides the ball past Van der Sar in the 89th minute
Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland: After 25 minutes of constant pressure from the Gunners, the visitors capitulate and Nicklas Bendtner taps home Emmanuel Eboue's low cross
The Black Cats are playing more like kittens, letting the home side come at them and make all the play until Kenwyne Jones is set free, only Manuel Almunia to beat, but scuffs his shot wide
Darren Bent also misses a sitter before Arsenal wrap up the win in the final minutes when Fraser Campbell bundles over Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas in the box and the young Spaniard slots home the resulting penalty
West Ham United 3-0 Hull City: While most at the Boleyn Ground are still taking their seats Valon Behrami scores his first goal of the season, playing himself in with a one-two with Guillermo Franco
Things get no better for Phil Brown's men in the second half when Carl Fagan picks up a soft second yellow card for tugging back Alessandro Diamanti
The only Hull player less lucky than Fagan is goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, producing his regulation top performance only for Carlton Cole to bag the Hammers' second when Julien Faubert unlocks the static away defence
Anthony Gardner may be just as unlucky to get injured with all of Hull's subs already on and West Ham make the most of playing against nine men by bagging a third goal from Faubert
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Chelsea: Fined for fielding a weakened side earlier in the year but caught in the relegation fight, Wolves boss Mick McCarthy puts out his best XI against the league leaders
Though Wolves look more likely to score, the Blues take the lead when Yuri Zhirkov plays a one-two with Michael Ballack and his cross is met at the far post by Didier Drogba, a box-to-box break that slices open the home side
Who says you have to play attractive football to top the table? Chelsea go route one with Petr Cech's long clearance finding Drogba who muscles his way to a second goal and sends the Blues four points clear
Portsmouth v Stoke City (1730): Pompey start their last game at Fratton Park before their next date in court to decide their future but Frederic Piquionne provides a tonic, tapping home the rebound from Jamie O'Hara's shot
The Potters come back at Pompey in the second half and their pressure brings an equaliser from Robert Huth, heading home Glenn Whelan's pinpoint, powerful corner from the right
Heartbreak for Portsmouth as Stoke's Andy Wilkinson is sent off and the home side blitz City's goal, leaving space enough at the back for Ricardo Fuller to wriggle free and lay on a tap-in, injury-time winner for Salif Diao
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