2007/8 - Gameweek 9

Gameweek 9 Results

Date Home Team Away Team Result MOTM Winning Goal Referee Crowd
20/10/07 Everton Liverpool 2-1 Away Win Dirk Kuyt (10.5) Dirk Kuyt M Clattenburg 40,049
20/10/07 Arsenal Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Home Win Kolo Toure (17.0) Kolo Toure M Riley 59,442
20/10/07 Blackburn Rovers Reading 4-2 Home Win Benni McCarthy(15.0) Benni McCarthy A Marriner 19,425
20/10/07 Fulham Derby County 0-0 Draw Antti Niemi (8.0)
Stephen Bywater(8.0)		 - P Dowd 22,576
20/10/07 Manchester City Birmingham City 1-0 Home Win Elano (13.0) Elano M Dean 45,688
20/10/07 Middlesbrough Chelsea 2-0 Away Win Alex (16.0) Didier Drogba M Halsey 27,699
20/10/07 Wigan Athletic Portsmouth 2-0 Away Win Glen Johnson(16.0) Benjani Mwaruwari P Walton 17,695
20/10/07 Aston Villa Manchester United 4-1 Away Win Rio Ferdinand(14.0) Wayne Rooney R Styles 42,640
21/10/07 West Ham United Sunderland 3-1 Home Win Carlton Cole(8.5)
Craig Bellamy (8.5)		 Craig Gordon (own goal) C Foy 34,913
22/10/07 Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Home Win Claudio Cacapa(13.5) Obafemi Martins S Bennett 51,411

Player of the Week

The leading point scorer of the week was Kolo Toure of Arsenal who scored 17 points. Toure scored the winning goal as Arsenal beat Bolton 2-0 at home.

His points breakdown for Gameweek 8 is set out below:

XTF Points

Starter 1.0
Individual:
Outfield Goal 6.0
Penalty Goal
Winning Goal 1.0
MOTM 2.0
Team:
Goals For 1.0
Goals Conceded 3.0
Win Bonus 3.0
Total 17.0

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not

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

Who's Hot

Player Club Points
Kolo Toure Arsenal 17.0
Alex Chelsea 16.0
Glen Johnson Portsmouth 16.0
Benni McCarthy Blackburn Rovers 15.0
Rio Ferdinand Manchester United 14.0

Who's Not

Scott Carson Aston Villa (10.0)
Craig Gordon Sunderland (9.0)
Nigel Reo-Coker Aston Villa (7.0)
Various (5.0)

Carson was sent off as Villa lost 4-1 at home to Manchester United. Gordon scored an own goal which was the winning goal in West Ham's victory.

Team of the Week

The Team of the Week scored 129 points as set out below:


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Position Player Club

Points

Goalkeeper Stephen Bywater (*) Derby County 8.0
Defender Alex Chelsea 16.0
Defender Kolo Toure Arsenal 17.0
Defender Claudio Capaca Newcastle United 13.5
Defender Glen Johnson Portsmouth 16.0
Midfielder Stepehn Davis Fulham 3.0
Midfielder Elano Manchester City 16.0
Midfielder Mark Noble West Ham United 6.0
Midfielder Ryan Giggs Manchester United 11.0
Striker Benni McCarthy Blackburn Rovers 15.0
Striker Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 10.5
Total 129.0

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