We are now half way through what has been an incredible season in the Premier League. On the opening day of the season, Arsenal lost at home to Aston Villa. However, a sensational change of form and the signing of Mesut Ozil and Mathieu Flamini meant that the Gunners go into the new year top of the league.

Manchester City go into the new year one point behind Arsenal, but have done so winning ten home games out of a possible ten. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea sit in third, one point behind City, whereas Everton amazingly go into 2014 in fourth. They sit just one point above rivals Liverpool, who were top of the league going into Christmas.

At the bottom of the league, it is Sunderland, West Ham and Fulham who fill the relegation spots, with the two newly promoted teams, Crystal Palace and Cardiff, sitting just above them in 17th and 16th. Hull have been a surprise this season and go into the new year sitting in tenth after their remarkable 6-0 thrashing over Fulham, a game which marked the end for Tom Huddlestone's afro.

It has been an amazing first half of the season and matchday 19 did not disappoint. With so many winners and losers, it is almost hard to narrow them down to three for each. Nevertheless, here are who I believe are the top three biggest winners and losers from matchday 19 in the Premier League.

Hull City

On Saturday, Hull shocked football with the 6-0 demolition over struggling Fulham, their highest ever victory in the Premier League. The Tigers struggled to break down a solid Fulham defence in the first half, however, within four minutes of the second half, Elmohamady opened the flood gates for Hull. 

This was followed by two goals from Robert Koren, a goal each for Boyd and Fryatt and finally a goal for Tom Huddlestone who celebrated his first goal since 2011 by cutting some of his hair off. It will be a tough second half of the season for Hull, especially given their previous poor form in the Premier League. But if they continue to impress and win at least another six games, they should be playing Premier League football again next season.

Seamus Coleman

The Irish international has been incredible for Everton this season and is developing into one of the best right-backs in the league. During Everton's 2-1 victory over Southampton, Coleman opened the scoring within nine minutes with a rocket strike. With his recent form, he has sparked interest from the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United. 

His goal against Southampton was his fifth goal of the season, which is fantastic for any defender, especially for a full-back. Expect big things from Seamus Coleman. It wouldn't be a surprise if he isn't playing for Everton next season.

Arsenal

The Gunners ended 2013 by taking the most points out of any of the Premier League teams as they were, without a doubt, the most consistent side during the year. At the start of the season, fans would have been happy with another top four finish. However, a 3-1 defeat at the start of the season put serious doubt on whether they would even achieve that. 

Win after win meant the Gunners climbed back up the table and have now spent the majority of the season on top. On Sunday, Arsenal faced up against an inform Newcastle side. After a difficult match, they came out 1-0 winners thanks to a header from Olivier Giroud. This was the Gunners seventh away victory in the league.

Arsenal have the best away record in the league this season. They boast a record with the most points (42), the joint most wins (13), the joint best defensive record (18 goals against) and their goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, has the joint top most clean-sheets (8). Finally people are admitting that Arsenal are title contenders and how could they not be? If you're top of the league and have a squad as good as Arsenal's, they are without a doubt title contenders.

Fulham

It's a long distant memory for Fulham fans when Roy Hodgson guided them to a Europa League final and I am sure they would love to go back there as their Fulham side now find themselves 18th in the table. 

The Cottagers have the worst defensive record in the league (41) this season and the 6-0 crushing at the hands of Hull did not help. Fulham do have a nice handful of five wins under their belt this season, but their problem has been too many defeats. Like Crystal Palace, Fulham have lost 13 games in the league this season, tied for the most out of any team. They also have the lowest amount of draws (1) in the league, the joint lowest with, again, Crystal Palace. 

More is expected from Fulham given the fact they actually have a good, strong squad. However, there is no creativity and the players are struggling to play together. Rene Muelensteen has had a busy 2013, going from reigning champions Manchester United to Russia with Anzhi Makhachkala and then to Fulham. Maybe the depth of the challenge of keeping Fulham in the Premier League is harder than expected for Muelensteen.

Stoke City

Stoke suffered another heavy defeat on Sunday. This time their defeat came at the hands of Tottenahm who defeated by a final scoreline of 3-0. It was their second defeat in three days and they have conceded eight goals in their past three games. 

It was a much needed victory for Spurs, but it was a defeat Stoke could have easily avoided. A dodgy penalty decision gave Tottenham the lead, but the Potters held on for another 30 minutes until Dembele scored a stunner from outside the box. Then Aaron Lennon followed shortly after to put the game out of reach as he scored a lovely volley just four minutes later. 

One of Stoke's problems this season has been goals and they proved why against Tottenham. In January, Mark Hughes needs to splash some cash on a striker that can score goals at the highest level. If not, they might find themselves in a relegation battle come May.

Liverpool

It all seemed perfect for Liverpool on Christmas day as they were sitting on top of the Premier League. However, two defeats later, they have fallen down the table and will go into the new year in fifth, sitting six points behind league leaders Arsenal.

On Sunday, a controversial match against Chelsea saw Liverpool lose 2-1. It was yet another big game where star striker Luis Suarez has failed to score. Suarez has been incredible for Liverpool this season and is the league's top goal scorer with 19 goals in 14 games, but closer inspections show that the Uruguayan has failed to score against any of last season's top four teams - Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. However, he was banned for the game against United. 

Mourinho claims that Liverpool are title contenders, however, it would be more realistic claiming they are top four contenders, which would be incredible for Liverpool to be playing Champions League football again.