EPL Table Week 31: Latest Updated Standings After Saturday's Matches

Entering Week 31 of the English Premier League season, the one thing we can say with absolute certainly is that Chelsea will not relinquish the top spot in the standings. 

Everything behind the Blues is very much up for grabs, however. Liverpool and Arsenal have a chance to climb into the second spot, ahead of Manchester City, with strong showings Sunday against Manchester United and Tottenham, respectively. 

Whatever happens, both clubs have to find a way to win in order to keep pace with Manchester City and avoid giving Chelsea a huge cushion in the standings. 

Here is an updated look at the 2013-14 English Premier League standings and recaps of the latest matches as they happen. 

Position	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GD	Points
1	Chelsea	29	20	6	3	34	66
2	Manchester City	27	19	3	5	44	60
3	Liverpool	28	18	5	5	38	59
4	Arsenal	28	18	5	5	24	59
5	Tottenham	29	16	5	8	0	53
6	Manchester United	28	14	6	8	15	48
7	Everton	27	13	9	5	11	48
8	Newcastle	28	13	4	11	-2	43
9	Southampton	29	11	9	9	4	42
10	West Ham	28	8	7	13	-4	31
11	Aston Villa	28	8	7	13	-7	31
12	Stoke	29	7	10	12	-14	31
13	Hull City	29	8	6	15	-7	30
14	Swansea	28	7	8	13	-4	29
15	Norwich	29	7	8	14	-22	29
16	Crystal Palace	28	8	3	17	-19	27
17	West Brom	28	4	13	11	-11	25
18	Cardiff	29	6	7	16	-28	25
19	Sunderland	26	6	6	14	-16	24
20	Fulham	29	6	3	20	-36	21

Hull City vs. Manchester City

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Manchester City kept the pressure on Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal with a 2-0 victory over Hull City Saturday at the KC Stadium. 

Man City didn't make things easy, with star centre-back Vincent Kompany getting a red card early in the first 10 minutes of the match after taking out Nikica Jelavic, who was on a breakaway trying to give Hull an early lead: 

"

RED CARD Vincent Kompany is sent off for a foul on Nikica Jelavic, who was breaking through on goal. Hull 0-0 Man City #HULMCI

— Premier League (@premierleague) March 15, 2014"

The good news is that City didn't stumble without Kompany, thanks to stellar defense and goaltending. Hull could only manage 12 total shots (five on target). 

Even though Manchester City was limited to three shots on target, they counted. David Silva took an assist from Yaya Toure and unloaded a beautiful shot in the upper left-side corner of the goal for a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute. 

Things stayed that way until the 90th minute, when Silva assisted Edin Dzeko on a goal that put the match away. 

Manchester City's win was its second consecutive Premier League victory. Next up is a matchup with last-place Fulham March 22.