Wolves 2-3 Aston Villa: Alex McLeish brought Robbie Keane on loan to Villa and the Irishman repaid the favour by scoring a brace on McLeish's 53rd birthday. Villa took the lead when Christophe Berra kicked through Darren Bent in the box, Bent stepped up and converted the penalty after eleven minutes. Michael Kightly equalised ten minutes later with a beautifully placed finish. Villa's frailties from set-pieces was apparent throughout and Wolves made it 2-1 with Dave Edwards heading past Shay Given just after the half hour mark. Robbie Keane equalised for Villa with a stunning shot on the turn six minutes into the second half. Karl Henry received a straight red for kicking Marc Albrighton with 15 left to play. Villa took full advantage with Robbie Keane scoring another pearler from 25-yards six minutes from time to win the Midlands derby.
Fulham 5-2 Newcastle: Danny Guthrie hammered the visitors in front with a 25-yard pile-driver two minutes before half-time. Damien Duff won a penalty when Davide Santon pushed him, but the initial challenge was outside the box, Danny Murphy converted the dubious spot-kick to equalise seven minutes after the restart. Clint Dempsey put the hosts ahead with his thigh seven minutes later. Adam Johnson was brought down by Tim Krul and Lee Mason had no option to give a second penalty, Bobby Zamora stepped up this time and also converted it with 22 minutes remaining. Hatem Ben Arfa pulled one back for Newcastle with a mazy run with five minutes left. Clint Dempsey finished the game off with his second hat-trick of the season just before the end.
Bolton 3-1 Liverpool: Owen Coyle's resurrection begins against Liverpool. Mark Davies gave the hosts the lead after four minutes with Nigel Reo-Coker doubling the score just before the half hour mark. Craig Bellamy pulled one back for Liverpool eight minutes later with a cool finish one-on-one with Adam Bogdan. Gretar Steinsson retained the two goal advantage with a spectacular volley five minutes into the second half, earning them the three points.
QPR 3-1 Wigan: Mark Hughes found his first win at QPR at the second time of asking. QPR were given a penalty when James McArthur handled and Heidar Helguson converted the kick on 33 minutes. Akos Buzsaky doubled Rangers' lead on half-time with a great free-kick which need a little assistance from the post. Hugo Rodallega made it 2-1 with a free-kick of his own on 66 minutes. Helguson was given a chance to make it 3-1 but his second penalty was saved by Ali Al-Habsi. But Tommy Smith did make it 3-1 with a brilliant strike nine minutes from time.
Everton 1-1 Blackburn: Tim Cahill scored his first goal in over a year to put Everton ahead after 24 minutes, but there was a clear hand-ball by Marouane Fellaini in the build-up. David Goodwillie equalised by blocking Cahill's clearance on 72 minutes to keep Steve Kean's topsy turvy season going with their third game unbeaten.
Stoke 1-2 West Brom: James Morrison put the visitors ahead with a little help from a poor save from Thomasz Sorensen ten minutes before half-time. Jon Walters was given a penalty was he was brought down but his spot-kick was saved by Ben Foster. Cameron Jerome did equalise for Stoke with a bullet header four minutes from time but their point was taken away from them by Graham Dorrans via a injury time free-kick.
Sunderland 2-0 Swansea: Stephane Sessegnon put Sunderland ahead with a curling strike after fourteen minutes. Craig Gardner fired Sunderland to victory with a stunning half-volley into the top corner to keep Martin O'Neill's impressive start going.
Norwich 0-0 Chelsea: Chelsea could potentially lose further ground at the top after getting frustrated by a good Norwich team. Fernando Torres had Chelsea's best chance but he poked his ten yard shot wide whereas Norwich's best chances fell to Grant Holt and Steve Morison.
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