English Premier League: Week 7 review and week 8 preview
As it stands on the English Premier League table. Manchester rule the land and the rest follow. Some push higher and others plunge to dangerous depths at the bottom of the well.
English Premier League standings after week 7:
| POS | TEAMS | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
| 1 | Man City | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | Man United | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| 3 | Tottenham | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Burnley | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Watford | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Newcastle | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | West Brom | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Huddersfield | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Southampton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Brighton | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | West Ham | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Everton | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Swansea City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Bournemouth | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | -17 | 0 |
After week 8 concludes the top two will remain in their thrones, while only Bournemouth has a chance of getting out of that unwelcome bottom drop. Whereas Palace will be playing to see if they could possibly shock themselves with a win.