Blackburn moved off the base of the table and out of the relegation positions with an emphatic display, winning 3-1 at home to Fulham after having a player sent off in the first 25 minutes. Pedersen opened the scoring before Dunn scored to double Blackburn's advantage. Duff pulled one back for Fulham before Formica gave battling Blackburn all 3 points.
In other matches Chelsea took all 3 points at home to Sunderland courtesy of a Frank Lampard strike. Liverpool and Stoke played out a goalless draw whilst Villa and Everton also shared the points. Spurs couldn't capitalize on a chance to stay in touch with the leaders, drawing 1-1 at home to Wolves while Norwich won 2-1 away at West Brom. Newcastle went 6th after winning 1-0 at home to QPR in Hughes first game in charge with Rangers and Arsenal missed their chance to gain on Spurs, loosing 3-2 away at Swansea.