"2017 EPL Season" Topic

Thursday's matches saw Leicester/Southampton in 0-0 draw,and Burnley getting dropped by Chelsea 2-1, Burnley's Kevin Long with an "own goal". Arsenal 4-1 over West Ham,West Brom all square with Liverpool 2-2,not a sausage for Watford/Palace, 1-1 draw for Stoke/Burnley on Saturday. ManCity thumps Swansea 5-0. Everton/Newcastle tonight 2000 UTC. Also,Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger announced he will step down at season's end,as manager.

And the Toffees ding Newcastle 1-0. Wolves are in for next season in the top flight.

In UEFA Champions League semifinals 1st leg,Liverpool delivers a 5-2 win over AS Roma. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid play today.

And 2-1 to Real Madrid over Bayern. In Europa League semis,Arsenal takes on Atletico Madrid and Marseilles vs. Salzburg. And this weekend,in EPL action-Burnley/Brighton,Palace/Leicester,Huddersfield/Everton,Liverpool/Stoke.ManUtd./Arsenal,Newcastle/West Brom,Southampton/Bournemouth,Swansea/Chelsea,Spurs/Watford,and West Ham/ManCity. And also in the promotion battle,Derby passes by Millwall into a playoff position to the top flight.

And now,the weekend results,Burnley/Brighton-not a sausage,ditto for Liverpool/Stoke. Major thumping by Palace on Leicester,5-0,with the Foxes' Marc Albrighton sent off for a bad foul in the second half. Everton tops Huddersfield 2-0,ManUtd. 2-1 over Arsenal,1-0 to West Brom over Newcastle(and giving the Baggies a razor thin hope to escape the drop),2-1 to Southampton over Bournemouth,with a brace from Dusan Tadic(Saints also clinging to that same hope,1-2 points from safety),Chelsea 1-0 over Swansea(Swans one point above Southampton),and ManCity breaks the 100 goal mark in a single season with a 4-1 win over West Ham(one was a "own goal"from the Hammers' Pablo Zabaleta,with the 3 other City goals all assisted by Raheem Sterling,who set the shots up for the eventual scorers). Spurs and Watford play tonight 1955 UTC ,2:55PM EDT . Second leg of UEFA Champions League semis tomorrow.

And Spurs drop Watford 2-0.

Real Madrid makes it to Champions League Finals,with the match against Bayern Munich ending in 2-2 draw,but Real goes to finals on 4-3 aggregate. Liverpool and AS Roma tonight 1930 UTC. Arsenal/Atletico Madrid also play this week.

Roma wins the second leg match 4-2,but Liverpool is in the finals on 7-6 aggregate,so the Reds face Real Madrid in the Champions League final to be held in Kiev,Ukraine. In Europa League semis,1-1 draw for Arsenal/Atletico Madrid,and Marseilles 2-0 over Red Bull Salzburg. Second leg today. In the EPL,Friday has Brighton/ManUtd.,Saturday-Bournemouth/Swansea,Everton/Southampton,Leicester/West Ham,Stoke/Palace,Watford/Newcastle and West Brom/Spurs . Sunday,Arsenal/Burnley,Chelsea/Liverpool and ManCity/Huddersfield.

And it's Marseilles/Atletico Madrid in the Europa League finals,to be played in Lyon in about 2 weeks. Despite Marseilles losing to Salzburg in the second match,2-1,the French Ligue 1 side still led on aggregate,3-2. And Atletico stung Arsenal 1-0.

Weekend match results,Arsenal thumps Burnley 5-0,and gave Arsene Wenger a rather decent fete post-match for his final home match for the Goonahs at the Emirates. Also,Bournemouth dings Swansea 1-0,as do Brighton over ManUtd.,Chelsea over Liverpool,West Brom over Spurs(keeping the Baggies' slim hope alive for now). Watford tops Newcastle 2-1,ditto Palace over Stoke(with the Potters going down to the Championship)West Ham drops Leicester 2-1 ,Everton/Southampton,all square at 1-1(Saints' Maya Yoshida getting sent off on a red card/second yellow card and a possible Toffees' second goal being ruled offside) ,and not a sausage for ManCity/Huddersfield. In promotion to the Premier League,Cardiff joins Wolves in the top flight for next season, and the third spot,Derby/Fulham face each other in a two leg playoff ,as do Villa/Boro in mid-May. Wigan and Blackburn Rovers are moving up to the Championship,with Shrewsbury,Rotherham,Scunthorpe and Charlton in playoff mode.

And some mid-week in-hand matches today through Thursday. Today,Swansea/Southampton,in what could likely be a relegation playoff match. Wednesday-Chelsea/Huddersfield,Leicester/Arsenal,ManCity/Brighton and spurs/Newcastle. Thursday-West Ham/ManUtd. Then comes Championship Sunday.

Southampton edges Swansea 1-0,and sends West Brom down in the process.

Chelsea/Huddersfield all square at 1-1,Leicester tops Arsenal 3-1(Goonahs lose a teammate in 15th minute to a red card for a bad foul),ManCity 3-1 over Brighton and Spurs edge Newcastle 1-0.

And a scoreless draw for ManUtd./West Ham. Looks like Swansea may go down too . Championship Sunday fixtures;Burnley/Bournemouth,Palace/West Brom,Huddersfield/Arsenal,Liverpool/Brighton,ManUtd./Watford,Newcastle/Chelsea,Southampton/ManCity,Swansea/Stoke,Spurs/Leicester,and West Ham/Everton. And the first leg in Championship promotion playoff of Derby/Fulham is today,with Boro/Villa tomorrow.

And to start,Derby and Villa win the first leg of their retrospective promotion playoff battle -both by 1-0. Second leg today and Tuesday. Now to Championship Sunday results. Swansea goes down ,losing to Stoke(also in the drop zone),2-1. 2-1 win for Bournemouth over Burnley(which still leaves the Clarets making the Europa League)Palace gets the clean sheet with a 2-0 win over relegated West Brom,Arsenal dings Huddersfield 1-0,as do ManUtd. over Watford and ManCity over Southampton(giving the Sky Blues 100 points;the most points by a side in the Premier League era) City's lone goal came in the final minute of second half stoppage time by Gabriel Jesus. Clean sheet for Liverpool 4-0 over Brighton,and the Golden Boot for the Reds' Mohamed Saleh. Another clean sheet for Newcastle ,3-0 over Chelsea. Close one and a really goal productive match as Spurs edge Leicester 5-4 with a pair of braces by Harry Kane and Erik Lamela,and and own goal from the Foxes' Christian Fuchs(though the Foxes came in with a brace by Jamie Vardy)And a brace from West Ham's Manuel Lanzini contributed to the Hammers' 3-1 win over Everton. Both Manc sides,Liverpool and Spurs getting spots in in UEFA Champions League,Chelsea,Arsenal and Burnley in the Europa League. Liverpool on road to Kiev,Ukraine for the Champions League final with Real Madrid. Europa League final,Marseilles and Atletico Madrid face off.

And Aston Villa faces Fulham for the third promotion spot. Villa edges Boro in the first leg 1-0,and not a sausage for either in the second leg,giving the Villains the win(1-0) on aggregate. Fulham takes Derby 2-0 in the second leg,for a 2-1 aggregate. In Europa League finals,Atletico Madrid thumps Marseilles 3-0,with a brace from Griezmann.

Villa/Fulham play on the 26th; 1700 UTC.

And Liverpool/Real Madrid same day in Kiev for the UEFA Champions League title.

Real Madrid 3-1,with Liverpool at least,denying Real a clean sheet. And in the final EPL promotion match,Fulham hangs on with 10 men( the Cottagers' Denis Odoi sent off on a second yellow card/red card) to edge Villa, 1-0. The Cottagers join Wolves and Cardiff in the top flight for the 2018-2019 campaign. And that should wrap things up for now,World Cup play starts June 14th.