The Sports Mac: English Football Fives: September 2nd, 2010

Top Five Premiership Teams Right Now

1. Chelsea: Maintain a two-point lead after, for them, a pedestrian 2-0 win at Stoke City.

2. Arsenal: Get a good road win, 2-1 at Blackburn, to remain in a tie for second.

3. Manchester United: Keep pace with Arsenal and stay two points back of Chelsea after a comfortable 3-0 home win against West Ham United.

4. Aston Villa: After a rough week or so, they get a huge three points with a 1-0 home win over Everton to jump all the way up to fourth in the table.

5. Bolton Wanderers: Stay in fifth place after an entertaining 2-2 draw with Birmingham at home.

Top Five Football League Teams Right Now

1. Torquay United (League 2): Remained perfect through their first four games after a very good 2-1 win at Port Vale.

2. Queens Park Rangers (Championship):  Stay of top of the Championship after a 2-2 draw at Derby County.

3. Ipswich Town (Championship):  Moved up to third in the table after defeating Bristol City 2-0 at home.

4. Sheffield Wednesday (League 1): Jumped to the top of League 1 after a 5-0 road thrashing of Hartepool United.

5. Cardiff City (Championship):  Stay right behind QPR in the Championship after a good 2-0 road win at Portsmouth.

Top Five Premiership Players Right Now

1. Didier Drogba, Chelsea Striker: Scored his fourth goal of the campaign via penalty in Chelsea’s 2-0 home win over Stoke City.

2. Theo Walcott, Arsenal Midfielder: The 21-year-old had Arsenal’s first goal in the win over Blackburn, his fourth of the young season.

3. Nicolas Anelka, Chelsea Striker: Continues his fine form for the Blues as they remain perfect in the new campaign.

4. Florent Malouda, Chelsea Midfielder: Scored the first goal for Chelsea, his fourth overall this season, in their 2-0 home win over Stoke City.

5. Andrew Carroll, Newcastle Striker: Had the game-tying goal in Newcastle’s 1-1 road draw at Wolverhampton; his fourth goal of the campaign.

Top Five Matches To Keep An Eye On This Weekend

1. League 2: Shrewsbury United vs. Rotherham, Saturday: Second and third place meet at Greenhous Meadow to try and stay behind Torquay United in League 2.

2. League 1: Huddersfield Town vs. Bournemouth, Saturday: Fifth and sixth place in the League 1 meet each having taken seven points from their first four matches.

3. League 1: Walsall vs. Colchester United, Saturday:  Ninth and 10th place meet and are searching for three points after neither of them won last round.

4. League 2: Accrington Stanley vs. Wycombe Wanderers, Saturday: Two teams hovering right at the playoff positions meet to see if they can pull themselves higher in the table.

5. League 1: Southampton vs. Rochdale, Saturday: Both teams look to continue to build some momentum after each won on the road last round.

Top Five Matches You Might Want To Avoid

1. League 2: Macclesfield Town vs. Stockport County, Saturday: Two of the three bottom teams in the league meet to try to get some safety from the relegation zone.

2. League 1: Brentford vs. Sheffield Wednesday, Sunday:  First goes to play last on the road in a game that has potential to get out of hand.

3. League 2: Oxford United vs. Morecambe, Saturday: Two teams off to rough starts try to distance themselves from the rest of the teams at the bottom of League 2.

4. League 1: Notts County vs. Yeovil Town, Saturday:  Both teams looking for a win to get them clear of relegation.

5. League 1: Carlisle United vs. Swindon Town, Saturday:  Third place Carlisle look to stay unbeaten on the young season when they host 20th place Swindon.