There’s finally been a goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. I won’t give too much away – but West Ham have scored it.
It’s a particularly important day at the bottom of the Premier League. Cardiff, who are three points behind Brighton, go to relegated Fulham. Then Brighton host in-form Newcastle at 5.30pm. Normally a match against a relegated team would feel like a banker, but Fulham have played well under Scott Parker and are enjoying a run of two consecutive wins. There’s only one guarantee: Neil Warnock’s blood pressure will go through the roof at approximately 4.37pm.
The second half has just started in the early Premier League game between Spurs and West Ham. You won’t believe the score!
Preamble
Hello. How’s it going? Right, that’s enough of the pleasantries – let’s proceed straight to a huge afternoon of association football. It’s the penultimate round of matches in the EFL, and the antepenultimate round in the Premier League. Everything is up for grabs: promotion, relegation, an extra few quid for finishing 11th rather than 12th.
And while it’s not quite Romania’s Divizia C, Seria VIII-a in 1983-84, there are permutations and possibilities galore. Thankfully, for the sake of my sanity, Niall McVeigh has produced a very handy guide to what’s at stake.
Here’s a full list of today’s fixtures, and these are the games on which we’ll be keeping an especially close eye. Several, ideally. All are 3pm kick offs unless otherwise stated.
Premier League
- Crystal Palace v Everton
- Fulham v Cardiff City
- Southampton v Bournemouth
- Watford v Wolves
Championship
- Bristol City v Derby County
- Middlesbrough v Reading
- West Bromwich Albion v Rotherham United
League One
- Burton Albion v Luton Town
- Barnsley v Blackpool
- Sunderland v Portsmouth
- AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe
League Two
- Tranmere v Bury
- Notts County v Grimsby
Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund v Schalke (2.30pm kick off BST)
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