Not the greatest of starts for Wales in the Premier League

Last updated : 18 August 2013 By Michael Morris

plYou may have guessed that Cardiff would likely have nil points after the first game. With Swansea playing Man Utd then it could be said they were likely to be on zero as well but not many would have predicted that joining the two South Wales clubs in the bottom three after one game would be Arsenal.

I don't think anyone expected that Arsene Wenger's side would have been beaten 3 - 1 at home to Aston Villa.

There are still three games to play to complete the first round of games and with new boys Hull away at Chelsea (today), Palace home to Spurs (today) and tomorrow night Man City entertaining Newcastle we might have a completely different bottom three by 10pm tomorrow.

Elsewhere on Saturday Liverpool beat Stoke in the first game of the day. Southampton won at West Brom, Fulham won at Sunderland and Norwich v Everton produced a 2 - 2 draw.

  • Saturday Football Results
  • Arsenal 1 Aston Villa 3
  • Liverpool 1 Stoke 0
  • Norwich 2 Everton 2
  • Sunderland 0 Fulham 1
  • Swansea 1 Manchester United 4
  • West Brom 0 Southampton 1
  • West Ham 2 Cardiff 0

League table: Saturday 17th August

 HomeAwayOverall 
#TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD
1 Manchester United 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 +3
2 Aston Villa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 +2
3 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 +2
4 Fulham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 +1
5 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 +1
6 Southampton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 +1
7 Everton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Norwich City 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Crystal Palace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stoke City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
16 Sunderland 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
17 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
18 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2
19 Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2
20 Swansea City 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -3