Burnley v Newcastle, Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest and more: Premier League clockwatch – live | Premier League
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The pitch party is in full swing at Portman Road. Our man Jonathan Liu was there to soak it up:
How can you not love football on days like this? How can you walk these streets and not feel the passing of time, the 22 years of watching and waiting, a volcano of tedium and frustration that finally overflows into something strange and beautiful?
News about Calvin Phillips: in which the word “career” is asked to do some particularly hard work:
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Is ready Everton 2-2 Tottenham, with the visitors coming from 0-2 down to equalize in the first half with four goals. Aston Villa, contemplating life without Carla Ward, lead 1-0 against Brighton with around quarter of an hour to go.
Final match: Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth
And that’s all. A dominant performance from Mikel Arteta’s side was well worth it, although Bournemouth had a few decisions to contend with.
Birmingham relegated to League One
The Blues are in the third tier for the first time since Barry Fry took them in 95 as a result of Plymouth, Blackburn and Wednesday winning despite their own 1-0 win over Norwich. A penny for John Eustace’s thoughts…
Target! Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth (Rice 90+6)
A great team goal makes absolutely sure about Premier League leaders. Over to you, City.
And Plymouth stayed up, beating Hull 1-0
Ipswich is in the Premier League!
The full-time whistle comes to Portman Road, fans flood the pitch. Kieran McKenna’s side sealed it with a dominant 2-0 win over Huddersfield, whose relegation was confirmed. It’s hard to overstate what an achievement this is for Ipswich, given the ever-growing divide in the Championship between those on parachute payments and those without. The two sides who came up with them last season struggled, but Ipswich just came through. Huge.
Big goal at the bottom of the Championship: Blackburn remain, now 2-0 up against beachside champions Leicester, the effervescent Sammy Schmodics scores a second goal. Given the mess Rovers are in off the pitch, this is a huge boost
Brentford v Fulham teams
Brentford: Flecken, Lewis-Potter, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Regillon, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Tony. subtitles: Maupai, Schade, Visa, Jorgensen, Godos, Onyeka, Roerslev, Valdimarsson, Yarmolyuk.
Fulham: Leno, Castanet, Diop, Bassi, Robinson, Joao Palinha, Lukic, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Willian, Rodrigo Muniz. subtitles: Rodak, Tete, Jimenez, Wilson, Broia, Kearney, Traore, Ream, De Cordova-Reid.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest lineups
Chief United: Foderingham, Trusty, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Bogle, Hammer, Arblaster, Brooks, Osborne, Brereton, Archer. subtitles: Brewster, Grbic, Norwood, Vinicius Souza, Ben Slimane, LaRussi, McAtee, Holgate, Ossula.
Nottingham Forest: Sells, Montiel, Bolly, Murillo, Aina, Yates, Danilo, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. subtitles: Turner, Sangare, Kouyate, Avonii, Toffolo, Dominguez, Niachate, Reina, Origi.
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Meanwhile, Bournemouth are a bit mad about a controversially disallowed goal ruled out for a foul by Solanke against Raya when the Cherries claimed they wanted a foul on them. More here.
Burnley vs Newcastle teams
Burnley: Muric, Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Vitiño, Berger, Cullen, Odobert, Brownhill, Bruun Larsen, Foster. Subs: Trafford, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Fofana, Amduni, Ndayishimiye.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Livramento, Kraft, Byrne, Hall, Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Longstaff, Wilson, Isaac, Gordon. Subs: Dummett, Joelinton, Ritchie, Barnes, Pope, Almiron, Anderson, White, Alex Murphy.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Target! Arsenal 2-0 Bournemouth
Leandro Trossar scored a great goal and that should be enough to keep the title race simmering. Join Tim de Lisle for more.
Preamble
Greetings to all, and welcome to the afternoon of a breathless sports Saturday. As we digest the how, why, and do you mind if not, the Championship final, we have some important Premier League games to cover. Luton’s failure to beat Everton last night encouraged Nottingham Forest, whose fate is therefore in their own hands and they will be looking to put a world of light between themselves and the drop zone with victory over doomed Sheffield United. Burnley still fancy their chances of survival after promising recent performances and host a Newcastle side eyeing a Europa League slot. Everywhere else, the local bantz but not much else is at stake when Brentford host Fulham.
Further on, Real Madrid can win the Spanish title today if they beat Cadiz at home in the 15:15 BST kick-off and Barcelona fail to beat Girona in their 17:30 match. In the Bundesliga, dethroned Bayern Munich can at least secure a place in second place if they beat third-placed Stuttgart, while Dortmund will look to follow up their dynamic performance against PSG with a win over Augsburg as they look to close the gap on fourth.
There is also significant action in Scotland, with leaders Celtic hosting third-placed Hearts looking to extend their three-point lead over Rangers (who play Kilmarnock tomorrow), while the battle for survival heats up as second-bottom Ross County host Hibs and third-bottom St Johnstone in Aberdeen, Oh, and has a National League North play-off final between Brackley and Boston to stay across from. Go nowhere!
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