Premier League Table: 2016 Standings, Week 15 Fixtures After Week 14 Results

Middlesbrough capped a spectacular 14th week of this Premier League season by beating Hull City 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium on Monday. Gaston Ramirez scored on the hour mark to move Boro up to 13th in the table.

The result also keeps Hull mired in the relegation zone. City are one place off the bottom and a point shy of safety. Middlesbrough’s win was just the exclamation point to a potentially decisive weekend in the title race.

Chelsea top the standings after thrashing Manchester City 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The Blues won on the same day Arsenal climbed to second by beating West Ham United 5-1 away from home.

Here are the full and final scores from Week 14 with all the results now confirmed:

Here’s what the standings look like after Week 14:

Here are the fixtures for next week:

Recap 

Chelsea deservedly sit top after demolishing Manchester City with a stunning display in the second half at the Etihad Stadium. When Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard struck on the break to cancel out Gary Cahill’s own goal, they laid down a marker in the title race.

Costa in particular was magnificent against the Citizens. He’s now playing at a level above the Premier League’s other top strikers, including City’s Sergio Aguero.

Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink told Sky Sports’ Premier League Daily (h/t James Dale of Sky Sports) why Costa is exceeding Aguero: “He [Costa] is much more ahead. He is scoring more, he is participating more in the game. It’s confidence, he knows what he is …

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