Ahead of a 12 day hiatus due to the upcoming rounds of the League and FA Cup, this weekend saw an unusual trend in the results with all but three games featuring away victories while two home wins defying the trend with the final game of the weekend resulting in a draw.
The lack of a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday meant the weekend began with six 3pm matches. Aston Villa looked to end run of eight hours without a goal as they hosted Liverpool but the in-form visitors took the points in a 2-0 win.
Fabio Borini opened the scoring in the 24th minute before a second from Rickie Lambert just 11 minutes from the end sealed the victory.
After blowing a 2-0 lead before losing 4-2 to Spurs in midweek, Burnley raced into such a lead inside 16 minutes at home to Crystal Palace with strikes from Ben Mee in the 12th minute and Danny Ings in the 16th but Palace came back with a 28th minute goal from Dwight Gayle before Jason Puncheon equalised in the 48th minute.
Palace sealed the win with a late third from Dwight Gayle in the 87th minute.
Leicester remain bottom of the table after slipping to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Stoke who sit midtable after a second half winner came from in-from Bojan Krkic in the 63rd minute which secured all three points from the Potters.
QPR also remain in the bottom three after losing 2-0 at home to Manchester United who sit fourth after second half strikes from Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson in the 58th and 90th minute sealed the points.
Chelsea moved five points clear at the top of the table after a 5-0 blow-out away to Swansea with the Swans making a horrendous start by conceding to Oscar's strike after 49 seconds.
Diego Costa hit a brace in the 20th and 34th minutes before Oscar's second two minutes later put the Blues 4-0 in front. Andre Schurrle completed the rout in the 79th minute to round off a miserable afternoon for Swansea.
In what was to be the only home win of the afternoon, Tottenham denied a fightback from Sunderland to secure a 2-1 win with Jan Vertonghen giving the home side a perfect start with a third minute opener.
Seb Larsson levelled for the visitors in the 31st minute before the victory and the three points were sealed in the 88th minute by Christian Eriksen.
The evening kick-off saw Southampton continue the trend of the day with an away win against Newcastle with recent loan signing Eljero Elia opening the scoring in the 14th minute.
Yoann Goufrran benefited from a defensive lapse to draw the Magpies level but Elia struck again in the 62nd minute to claim all three points for the Saints.
Super Sunday began with West Ham hosting Hull with the Hammers claiming a 3-0 win that leaves them in seventh place while Hull dropped into the bottom three.
Andy Carroll got the home side started with a 49th minute opener before Morgan Amalfitano and Stewart Downing wrapped up the points with strikes in the 69th and 72nd minutes.
Arsenal sprung a surprise away to Manchester City by sealing a 2-0 victory that moved them up to fifth. Santi Cazorla opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 24th minute before Olivier Giroud added a second in the 67th minute.
The weekend came to a close with the Monday Night Football offering of Everton at home to West Brom in a game that despite seeing the sides share the points in a 0-0 draw saw a missed penalty from Kevin Mirallas in the 44th minute.
Fabio Borini opened the scoring in the 24th minute before a second from Rickie Lambert just 11 minutes from the end sealed the victory.
After blowing a 2-0 lead before losing 4-2 to Spurs in midweek, Burnley raced into such a lead inside 16 minutes at home to Crystal Palace with strikes from Ben Mee in the 12th minute and Danny Ings in the 16th but Palace came back with a 28th minute goal from Dwight Gayle before Jason Puncheon equalised in the 48th minute.Palace sealed the win with a late third from Dwight Gayle in the 87th minute.
Leicester remain bottom of the table after slipping to a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Stoke who sit midtable after a second half winner came from in-from Bojan Krkic in the 63rd minute which secured all three points from the Potters.
QPR also remain in the bottom three after losing 2-0 at home to Manchester United who sit fourth after second half strikes from Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson in the 58th and 90th minute sealed the points.
Diego Costa hit a brace in the 20th and 34th minutes before Oscar's second two minutes later put the Blues 4-0 in front. Andre Schurrle completed the rout in the 79th minute to round off a miserable afternoon for Swansea.
Seb Larsson levelled for the visitors in the 31st minute before the victory and the three points were sealed in the 88th minute by Christian Eriksen.
The evening kick-off saw Southampton continue the trend of the day with an away win against Newcastle with recent loan signing Eljero Elia opening the scoring in the 14th minute.Yoann Goufrran benefited from a defensive lapse to draw the Magpies level but Elia struck again in the 62nd minute to claim all three points for the Saints.
Super Sunday began with West Ham hosting Hull with the Hammers claiming a 3-0 win that leaves them in seventh place while Hull dropped into the bottom three.Andy Carroll got the home side started with a 49th minute opener before Morgan Amalfitano and Stewart Downing wrapped up the points with strikes in the 69th and 72nd minutes.
Arsenal sprung a surprise away to Manchester City by sealing a 2-0 victory that moved them up to fifth. Santi Cazorla opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 24th minute before Olivier Giroud added a second in the 67th minute.
The weekend came to a close with the Monday Night Football offering of Everton at home to West Brom in a game that despite seeing the sides share the points in a 0-0 draw saw a missed penalty from Kevin Mirallas in the 44th minute.
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