EPL Results Week 31: Tracking Final Scores and Top Scorers for Matchday 31

There was no shortage of goals around the Premier League on Matchday 31. In fact, certain clubs went on an absolute scoring bonanza on Saturday, highlighted by some of the best individual performances of the season to date.

Three different teams found the net at least five times, and there's still a couple more matches to come on Sunday that could push the total even higher. Unsurprisingly, the outstanding attacking efforts came from clubs in the championship chase.

Let's check out the results for Matchday 31, which will be updated through the completion of play on Sunday. The scores are followed by a complete list of goal scorers for the weekend and a recap of the top offensive performances.

Matchday 31 Results

Date	Home Club	Road Club	Result
March 22	Chelsea	Arsenal	6-0
March 22	Cardiff	Liverpool	3-6
March 22	Everton	Swansea	3-2
March 22	Hull	West Brom	2-0
March 22	Manchester City	Fulham	5-0
March 22	Newcastle	Crystal Palace	1-0
March 22	Norwich	Sunderland	2-0
March 22	West Ham	Manchester United	0-2
March 23	Tottenham	Southampton	3-2
March 23	Aston Villa	Stoke	1-4

Matchday 31 Goal Scorers

Goals	Player	Club
3	Luis Suarez	Liverpool
3	Yaya Toure	Manchester City
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United
2	Oscar	Chelsea
2	Martin Skrtel	Liverpool
2	Jordon Mutch	Cardiff
2	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham
1	Samuel Eto'o	Chelsea
1	Andre Schurrle	Chelsea
1	Eden Hazard	Chelsea
1	Mohamed Salah	Chelsea
1	Daniel Sturridge	Liverpool
1	Fraizer Campbell	Cardiff
1	Leighton Baines	Everton
1	Romelu Lukaku	Everton
1	Ross Barkley	Everton
1	Wilfried Bony	Swansea
1	Ashley Williams	Swansea
1	Liam Rosenior	Hull
1	Shane Long	Hull
1	Fernandinho	Manchester City
1	Martin Demichelis	Manchester City
1	Papiss Demba Cisse	Newcastle
1	Robert Snodgrass	Norwich
1	Alexander Tettey	Norwich
1	Jay Rodriguez	Southampton
1	Adam Lallana	Southampton
1	Gylfi Sigurdsson	Tottenham
1	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa
1	Peter Odemwingie	Stoke City
1	Peter Crouch	Stoke City
1	Steven Nzonzi	Stoke City
1	Geoff Cameron	Stoke City

Recap of Top Performances

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Manchester City are in control of their destiny when it comes to the Premier League title race. They are still playing catchup due to matches in hand, however, so there's a lot of pressure on their shoulders every time out to hold that edge.

The extra sense of urgency didn't seem to have any negative impact on Yaya Toure against Fulham. The veteran midfielder scored the Sky Blues' first three goals in a 5-0 triumph, the first two of which came from the penalty spot.

Toure reached 20 goals across all competitions with the hat trick, including 16 in Premier League play. It led City manager Manuel Pellegrini to praise him for his attacking contributions after some early-season criticism for his defense, as quoted by Mark Booth of the club's official site:

"

At the beginning of the season, Yaya received criticism for not defending well.

For me, it would be easy to let him defend and not get forward but then we would lose something from our attack.

I don't think it's easy for a midfielder to score 20 goals, it's a great achievement.

"

He now leads the team with 16 league goals, one ahead of Sergio Aguero.

Toure's hat-trick was matched by the Premier League's leading scorer, Luis Suarez. The dynamic Liverpool striker continued his run of tremendous form with a trio of goals, including a pair in the second half, as the Reds finally pulled away from Cardiff.

Suarez missed the early portion of the campaign and has still managed to build what's likely an insurmountable lead in the scoring race. He has found the net 28 times in league play after Saturday's outing, and teammate Daniel Sturridge is in second place with 19.

More interestingly, the hat-trick brings him within striking distance of setting a new Premier League mark for a 38-game season. Fox Soccer noted he's just three tallies short of trying the record currently shared by Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo:

Suarez also has 11 assists to go along with those 28 goals.

Among the players who scored twice, the one that stood out was Wayne Rooney. Not only did the longtime Manchester United superstar net the only two tallies in the club's clean sheet victory over West Ham, but the first one was of the highlight-reel variety.

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Rooney unleashed a volley from just inside the attacking half that soared through the air perfectly, bounced about a yard in front of goal and then went into the net. It caught West Ham goalkeeper Adrian completely off guard.

It's one of those moments that will surely be in the conversation when it comes to the goal of the year debate after the season. While the keeper made a mistake, the precision by which Rooney delivered the long volley was extraordinary.

He was one of several players to put together great performances in Week 31.