With the FA Cup third round taking place this weekend, the Premiership decided to throw up a mid-week round of matches. Only three games took place on Tuesday night with the rest playing tonight.
Manchester United continued their unbeaten streak and went three points of ahead of nearest rivals City with a win over Stoke. United looked more comfortable than in recent performances and Javier Hernandez made it two goals in two games after 27 minutes. Nani sent in a cross which Hernandez flicked through his legs past defender and goalkeeper. Stoke put a temporary spanner in the works with a surprise goal from Dean Whitehead. He took full advantage of poor marking and was able to head home just five minutes into the second half. However United weren't to be denied the win and it came from a superb shot from Nani which went into the top corner after 62 minutes.
Bloomfield Road hosted its first Premiership game in over forty days as Blackpool hosted Birmingham. There was entertainment from the start with Matt Derbyshire and Cameron Jerome squandering glorious opportunities to give Birmingham the lead. Both teams also hit the woodwork on several occasions and another fantastic goalkeeping cameo from Foster kept Blackpool at bay for most of the match. The deadlock was broken after 24 minutes after Alexander Hleb was able to walk through the penalty area before slotting past Kingson. Blackpool probably deserved their equaliser after a good amount of pressure and it came from DJ Campbell, to score his fourth goal in four matches, after 68 minutes. Birmingham took all three points though with a goal from Scott Dann just before added time, there was a big appeal for offside but the officials were right to let the goal stand.
Fulham jumped up to thirteenth with a crucial home win over West Brom. It was a night to forget for West Brom Scott Carson as he had a bit of a shocker between the posts. Fulham took the lead just before half-time with what looked to be a stunner from Simon Davies, although replays showed it went through Scott Carson and really he should have saved it. It didn't get any better for Carson as a corner eleven minutes into the second half was met by Dempsey and found the net, Carson again could have done better. Brede Hangeland rounded the match off with a header from yet another corner after 65 minutes. West Brom are now sixteenth with most of the teams around them having a game in hand.
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