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2007-08 Premier League

Premier League
Season 2007–08
Champions Manchester United
10th Premier League title
17th English title
Relegated Birmingham City
Derby County
Reading
Champions League Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
UEFA Cup Portsmouth
Everton
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Intertoto Cup Aston Villa
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1,002 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo (31 goals)
Biggest home win Middlesbrough 8–1 Manchester City
(11 May 2008)
Biggest away win Derby County 0–6 Aston Villa
(12 April 2008)
Highest scoring Portsmouth 7–4 Reading
(29 September 2007)
Longest winning run 8 games
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run 21 games
Chelsea
Longest winless run 32 games
Derby County
Longest losing run 8 games
Reading
Wigan Athletic
Highest attendance 76,013
Manchester United v West Ham United
(3 May 2008)
Lowest attendance 14,007
Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough
(15 August 2007)
Average attendance 36,076

The 2007–08 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) season was the 16th 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.


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