2007/8 Gameweek 3

Gameweek 3 Results

Date Home Team Away Team Result MOTM Winning Goal Referee Crowd
25/8/07 Sunderland Liverpool 0-2 Away Win Mohamed Sissoko (14.0) Mohamed Sissoko M Halsey 45,645
25/8/07 Arsenal Manchester City 1-0 Home Win Cecs Fabregas (13.0) Cecs Fabregas C Foy 60,114
25/8/07 Aston Villa Fulham 2-1 Home Win Shaun Maloney (10.5) Shaun Maloney S Bennett 36,638
25/8/07 Bolton Wanderers Reading 3-0 Home Win Gary Speed (15.0) Gary Speed M CLattenburg 20,023
25/8/07 Chelsea Portsmouth 1-0 Home Win Frank Lampard (13.0) Frank Lampard A Wiley 41,501
25/8/07 Derby County Birmingham City 1-2 Away Win Cameron Jerome (14.5) Cameron Jerome L Probert 31,117
25/8/07 West Ham United Wigan Athletic 1-1 Draw Paul Scharner (10.5) - A Marriner 33,793
25/8/07 Everton Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Draw James McFadden (8.0) - M Riley 33,850
26/8/07 Middlesbrough Newcastle United 2-2 Draw Julio Arca (9.5) - M Dean 28,875
26/8/07 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Home Win Luis Nani (13.0) Luis Nani H Webb 75,696

Player of the Week

The leading point scorer of the week was Gary Speed of Bolton Wanderers who scored 15 points. Speed scored the opening goal as Bolton won 3-0 at home against Reading and won their first game of the season.

His points breakdown for Gameweek 3 is set out below:

XTF Points

Starter 1.0
Individual:
Outfield Goal 4.0
Penalty Goal
Winning Goal 1.0
MOTM 2.0
Team:
Goals For 3.0
Goals Conceded 1.0
Win Bonus 3.0
Total 15.0

Also worthy of mention was Cameron Jerome of Birmigham City who scored both goals in City's 2-1 away win over Derby County.

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not

The top and bottom 5 point scorers of the gameweek were:

Who's Hot

Player Club Points
Gary Speed Bolton Wanderers 15.0
Cameron Jerome Birmingham City 14.5
Mohamed Sissoko Liverpool 14.0
Cesc Fabregas Arsenal 13.0
Frank Lampard Manchester City 13.0
Luis Nani Manchester City 13.0

Who's Not

Zat Knight Fulham (5.0)
Chris Baird Fulham (5.0)
Ulises de la Cruz Reading (4.0)
Marcus Hahnemann Reading (3.0)
Dickson Etuhu Derby County (3.0)

In Fulham's 2-1 away loss at Aston Villa, Knight scored an own goal and Baird was sent off. Shortly after scoring the own goal, Knight was substituted.

Team of the Week

The Team of the Week scored 114 points as set out below:


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Position Player Club

Points

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar Manchester United 9.0
Defender Paul Scharner Wigan Athletic 10.5
Defender Julio Arca Middlesbrough 9.5
Defender Tony Hibbert (*) Everton 2.5
Defender Christopher Samba (*) Blackburn Rovers 2.5
Midfielder Mohamed Sissoko Liverpool 12.0
Midfielder Frank Lampard Chelsea 13.0
Midfielder Cesc Fabregas Arsenal 13.0
Midfielder Gary Speed Bolton Wanderers 15.0
Striker Shaun Maloney Aston Villa 10.5
Striker Cameron Jerome Birmingham City 14.5
Total 114.0

* Other players from this club and other clubs scored the same number of points.