Season 2007-08

The 2007–08 Premier League season (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 11 August 2007, and the season ended on 11 May 2008. Manchester United went into the 2007–08 season as the Premier League's defending champions, having won their ninth Premier League title and sixteenth league championship overall the previous season. This season was also the third consecutive season to see the "Big Four" continue their stranglehold on the top four spots and places in the UEFA Champions League.

The first goal of the season was scored by Michael Chopra, who scored a 94th minute winner for Sunderland against Tottenham in the early kick-off. The first red card of the season was given to Reading's Dave Kitson after a challenge on Patrice Evra in their opening game against Manchester United. The first hat-trick was scored by Emmanuel Adebayor in the match between Arsenal and Derby County.

On 29 September 2007, Portsmouth beat Reading 7–4 in the highest scoring match in Premier League history. On 15 December 2007, both Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers) and Marcus Bent (Wigan Athletic) scored hat-tricks during Wigan's 5–3 home win over Blackburn. This was the first occasion in Premier League history that two players on opposing teams had scored hat-tricks during the same match.

On 29 March 2008, Derby County drew 2–2 with Fulham while Birmingham City, who were 17th in the table at the time, beat Manchester City 3–1, to make Derby County the first team in Premier League history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a League record low points tally of just 11.

On 11 May 2008, the final day of the season, Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2–0 while Chelsea drew 1–1 with Bolton Wanderers, thus crowning Manchester United with their tenth Premier League title, and 17th championship overall, just one behind Liverpool's total of 18. Meanwhile, despite Birmingham beating Blackburn Rovers 4–1 and Reading beating Derby 4–0, both Birmingham and Reading were relegated due to Fulham's 1–0 win over Portsmouth. This meant that Fulham avoided relegation by a goal difference of −22, compared to Reading's −25. On the same day, Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 8–1 to claim the biggest win of the season.

The season was notable for the return of the English league to the top of UEFA's official ranking list, overtaking La Liga for the period from 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009. This followed the success of English clubs in the UEFA Champions League, with both champions Manchester United and runners-up Chelsea reaching the European Cup final. This was the first time that the English league had topped the UEFA rankings since the events at the Heysel Stadium in 1985.

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Season 2007-08 matches (grid view)

	Manchester United		2:0	2:1	3:0	2:1	4:0	2:0	2:0	1:2	4:1	1:0	6:0	4:1	4:0	1:0	2:0	2:0	0:0	1:0	4:1
	Chelsea	2:1		2:1	0:0	1:1	4:4	0:0	1:0	6:0	1:0	2:0	2:1	1:0	1:1	2:0	1:1	0:0	1:0	3:2	6:1
	Arsenal	2:2	1:0		1:1	1:0	1:1	2:0	3:1	1:0	2:0	2:1	3:0	1:1	2:0	3:2	2:0	2:1	2:0	1:1	5:0
	Liverpool	0:1	1:1	1:1		1:0	2:2	3:1	4:1	1:0	4:0	2:2	3:0	3:2	1:1	3:0	4:0	2:0	2:1	0:0	6:0
	Everton	0:1	0:1	1:4	1:2		2:2	1:1	3:1	1:0	1:1	0:0	3:1	2:0	2:1	7:1	2:0	3:0	1:0	3:1	1:0
	Aston Villa	1:4	2:0	1:2	1:2	2:0		1:1	1:3	1:1	1:0	2:1	4:1	1:1	0:2	0:1	4:0	2:1	3:1	5:1	2:0
	Blackburn Rovers	1:1	0:1	1:1	0:0	0:0	0:4		0:1	1:0	0:1	1:1	3:1	1:1	3:1	1:0	4:1	1:1	4:2	2:1	3:1
	Portsmouth	1:1	1:1	0:0	0:0	0:0	2:0	0:1		0:0	0:0	0:1	0:0	0:1	2:0	1:0	3:1	0:1	7:4	4:2	3:1
	Manchester City	1:0	0:2	1:3	0:0	0:2	1:0	2:2	3:1		1:1	2:1	3:1	3:1	0:0	1:0	4:2	2:3	2:1	1:0	1:0
	West Ham United	2:1	0:4	0:1	1:0	0:2	2:2	2:1	0:1	0:2		1:1	2:2	3:0	1:1	3:1	1:1	2:1	1:1	1:1	2:1
	Tottenham Hotspur	1:1	4:4	1:3	0:2	1:3	4:4	1:2	2:0	2:1	4:0		1:4	1:1	4:0	2:0	1:1	5:1	6:4	2:3	4:0
	Newcastle United	1:5	0:2	1:1	0:3	3:2	0:0	0:1	1:4	0:2	3:1	3:1		1:1	1:0	2:0	0:0	2:0	3:0	2:1	2:2
	Middlesbrough	2:2	0:2	2:1	1:1	0:2	0:3	1:2	2:0	8:1	1:2	1:1	2:2		1:0	2:2	0:1	1:0	0:1	2:0	1:0
	Wigan Athletic	0:2	0:2	0:0	0:1	1:2	1:2	5:3	0:2	1:1	1:0	1:1	1:0	1:0		3:0	1:0	1:1	0:0	2:0	2:0
	Sunderland	0:4	0:1	0:1	0:2	0:1	1:1	1:2	2:0	1:2	2:1	1:0	1:1	3:2	2:0		3:1	1:1	2:1	2:0	1:0
	Bolton Wanderers	1:0	0:1	2:3	1:3	1:2	1:1	1:2	0:1	0:0	1:0	1:1	1:3	0:0	4:1	2:0		0:0	3:0	3:0	1:0
	Fulham	0:3	1:2	0:3	0:2	1:0	2:1	2:2	0:2	3:3	0:1	3:3	0:1	1:2	1:1	1:3	2:1		3:1	2:0	0:0
	Reading	0:2	1:2	1:3	3:1	1:0	0:2	0:0	0:2	2:0	0:3	0:1	2:1	1:1	2:1	2:1	0:2	0:2		2:1	1:0
	Birmingham City	0:1	0:1	2:2	2:2	1:1	1:2	4:1	0:2	3:1	0:1	4:1	1:1	3:0	3:2	2:2	1:0	1:1	1:1		1:1
	Derby County	0:1	0:2	2:5	1:2	0:2	0:6	1:2	2:2	1:1	0:5	0:3	1:0	0:1	0:1	0:0	1:1	2:2	0:4	1:2

Season matches ordered by date

1.		Manchester United
2.		Chelsea
3.		Arsenal
4.		Liverpool
5.		Everton
6.		Aston Villa
7.		Blackburn Rovers
8.		Portsmouth
9.		Manchester City
10.		West Ham United
11.		Tottenham Hotspur
12.		Newcastle United
13.		Middlesbrough
14.		Wigan Athletic
15.		Sunderland
16.		Bolton Wanderers
17.		Fulham
18.		Reading
19.		Birmingham City
20.		Derby County

Full standing - Home, Away, Total

			Home						Away						Total
#	Club		T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P
1.		Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	27	6	5	80:22	87
2.		Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	25	10	3	65:26	85
3.		Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	24	11	3	74:31	83
4.		Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	21	13	4	67:28	76
5.		Everton	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	19	8	11	55:33	65
6.		Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	16	12	10	71:51	60
7.		Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	15	13	10	50:48	58
8.		Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	16	9	13	48:40	57
9.		Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	15	10	13	45:53	55
10.		West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	13	10	15	42:50	49
11.		Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	13	14	66:61	46
12.		Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	10	17	45:65	43
13.		Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	10	12	16	43:53	42
14.		Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	10	10	18	34:51	40
15.		Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	6	21	36:59	39
16.		Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	9	10	19	36:54	37
17.		Fulham	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	8	12	18	38:60	36
18.		Reading	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	10	6	22	41:66	36
19.		Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	8	11	19	46:62	35
20.		Derby County	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	1	8	29	20:89	11