2015-16 Premier League: Match day 2

Premier League 2015-16
Day	Sat/Sun/Mon
Date	14/15/16 August 2015
Total matches	10
Total goals	24
League leaders start	Manchester City (3pts)
League leaders end	Manchester City (6pts)
Highest scoring	1-3 Sunderland v Norwich City 2-2 Tottenham v Stoke City
Bottom start	West Bromwich Albion (0pts)
Bottom end	Sunderland (0pts)
Current league	2015-16
Prev match day	Next match day
Match day 1	Match day 3

Manchester United maintained their impressive record at Villa Park as they beat Aston Villa thanks to Adnan Januzaj's first-half strike.

Everton secured their first victory at St Mary's in over a decade against a lacklustre Southampton as two goals from Romelu Lukaku caused the damage.

Norwich City stunned Sunderland at the Stadium of Light to earn a deserved first win of the season.

Swansea produced a stylish display to beat 10-man Newcastle and inflict a first defeat on new Magpies head coach Steve McClaren.

Mame Biram Diouf headed in a late equaliser for Stoke as they fought back from two goals down to draw against Tottenham in a thrilling game at White Hart Lane.

Watford are still waiting for their first Premier League victory since 2007 after they were held to a goalless draw by West Brom.

Leicester held on to beat West Ham and continue their 100% winning start to the season under Claudio Ranieri.

Arsenal recovered from their opening-day defeat by West Ham to record a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace.

Manchester City laid down a significant early marker in the Premier League title race with a commanding dismissal of champions Chelsea at Etihad Stadium.

Liverpool made it two wins out of two as Christian Benteke scored a controversial winner against Bournemouth on his home debut.

Friday 14 August 2015

8 August 2015 19:45	Aston Villa	0–1	Manchester United	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 42,200 Referee: Mike Dean
		Report	Januzaj  29'

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Saturday 15th August 2015

Saturday 15th August 2015 12:45	Southampton	0–3	Everton	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 30,966 Referee: Michael Oliver
		Report	Lukaku  22', 45' Barkley  84'

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Saturday 15th August 2015 15:00	Sunderland	1–3	Norwich City	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 41,379 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Watmore  88'	Report	Martin  26' Whittaker  37' Redmond  57'

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Saturday 15th August 2015 15:00	Swansea City	2–0	Newcastle United	Liberty Stadium, Swansea Attendance: 20,678 Referee: Mike Jones
	Gomis  9' A.Ayew  52'	Report	Janmaat

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Saturday 15th August 2015 15:00	Tottenham	2–2	Stoke City	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 36,004 Referee: Robert Madley
	Dier  19' Chadli  45+2'	Report	Arnautovic  78' (p) Diouf  83'

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Saturday 15th August 2015 15:00	Watford	0–0	West Brom	Vicarage Road, Watford Attendance: 20,011 Referee: Paul Tierney
		Report

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Saturday 15th August 2015 15:00	West Ham Utd	1–2	Leicester City	Upton Park, London Attendance: 34,857 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Payet  55' Adrián	Report	Okazaki  27' Mahrez  38'

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Sunday 16th August 2015

Sunday 16th August 2015 13:30	Crystal Palace	1–2	Arsenal	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 24,732 Referee: Lee Mason
	Ward  28'	Report	Giroud  16' Delaney  55' (og)

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Sunday 16th August 2015 16:00	Manchester City	3–0	Chelsea	Etihad Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 54,331 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Agüero  31' Kompany  79' Fernandinho  85'	Report

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Monday 17th August 2015

Monday 17th August 2015 20:00	Liverpool	1–0	Bournemouth	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 44,102 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Benteke  26'	Report

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League table after Match day 2

2015–16 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Leicester City	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6
3	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
4	Manchester United	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	Everton	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Swansea City	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
7	Crystal Palace	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
8	West Ham United	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
9	Norwich City	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
10	Aston Villa	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
11	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
12	Watford	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
13	Stoke City	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
14	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
15	Newcastle United	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
16	Chelsea	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
17	Southampton	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
18	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1	Relegation to 2016–17 Football League Championship
19	Bournemouth	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
20	Sunderland	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0}

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

See also

• Premier League
• Premier League - 2015-16 Season

External links

• BBC Sport