"2018 EPL season." Topic

And in the Championship promotion battle,Norwich still has the top spot,Sheffield Utd. switched spots with Leeds,and West Brom, Villa,and Bristol City round out the top 6. 3 to 4 more matches to go,plus the promotion playoffs for 3rd-6th spots for 3rd promotion to the top flight.

And Middlesbrough is closing in also. But onto the weekend results thus far- Liverpool holds onto the top spot with a 2-0 win vs. Cardiff,ManCity just 2 points behind the Reds,wins 1-0 over Spurs. Everton thumps ManUtd. 4-0 ,1-0 to Fulham over Bournemouth,Palace edged Arsenal 3-2,2-1 to Watford over Huddersfield,not a sausage for Wolves/Brighton, and 2-2 draw for West Ham/Leicester , and Newcastle 3-1 over Southampton,courstesy of an Ayoze Perez hat trick;2 goals in the 1st half and 1 in the second with an assist from Matt Ritchie. Chelsea/Burnley today 1955 UTC(2:55 PM EDT)

And that winds up a 2-2 draw for the Blues(who move into 4th spot in the EPL table) & the Clarets. Mid-week in-hand matches today and tomorrow;Today,Spurs/Brighton,and Watford/Southampton . Tomorrow-Wolves/Arsenal and the Manchester Derby. Meanwhile Norwich and Sheffield Utd. still occupy the Championship top spots,followed by Leeds,West Brom,Villa,and Derby,Boro is close behind as well as Bristol.

Fastest opening goal in EPL history was scored by Southampton's Shane Long,just a tad over 7.6 seconds into the 1st minute of play,match ended in a 1-1 draw with Watford. Spurs dinged Brighton 1-0.

And Wolves top Arsenal 3-1,City 2-0 over United in the Manchester Derby. Week 36 fixtures. Liverpool/Huddersfield on Friday;Saturday- it's Brighton/Newcastle,Palace/Everton,Fulham/Cardiff,Southampton/Bournemouth,Spurs/West Ham and Watford/Wolves. Sunday-Burnley/ManCity,Leicester/Arsenal and ManUtd./Chelsea

First;In the promotion fight,Norwich and Sheffield Utd. have clinched their spots in the top flight for 2019-2020 . Now to the weekend results;Liverpool thumps Huddersfield 5-0. All square at 3 each for Southampton/Bournemouth,1-1 draws for Brighton/Newcastle and ManUtd./Chelsea. Not a sausage for Palace/Everton. ManCity take the lead once more but are limited to a single Sergio Aguero goal;enough to drop Burnley,1-0. 1-0 to Fulham over Cardiff,Leicester 3-0 over 10 man Arsenal,who lose Ainsley Maitland-Niles to a 36th minute red card(2nd yellow). West Ham dinged Spurs 1-0 and Wolves top Watford 2-1. Mo Saleh(Liverpool) has lead in PL goals scored thus far.

Week 37 has Everton/Burnley on Friday. Saturday;Bournemouth/Spurs,Cardiff/Palace,Newcastle/Liverpool,Wolves/Fulham,West Ham/Southampton. Sunday;Arsenal/Brighton,Chelsea/Watford,Huddersfield/ManUtd and Monday;ManCity/Leicester. Also;Citeh's Raheem Sterling is closing in on Saleh,if not neck & neck with him.

Actually that would be Sadio Mane who's just behind Saleh in goals. Anyhow,Friday saw Everton drop Burnley 2-0. Saturday,Liverpool still putting up a good fight for the top spot(and getting there at present) with a 3-2 win over Newcastle(though Mo Saleh was taken off of the pitch with a possible injury),Bournemouth edging a 9 man Spurs side, 1-0(Spurs losing Son Heung-Min late in the first half and Juan Foyth early in the second half,both on straight red cards). Palace 3-2 over Cardiff(now relegated back to Championship). West Ham tops Southampton 3-0(Saints still in the EPL). Wolves ding Fulham 1-0. Sunday; all square at 1-1 for Huddersfield/ManUtd(who likely will make Europa League),same for Arsenal/Brighton(1-1) with the Seagulls staying up. And Chelsea with a 3-0 win over Watford ,move into 3rd spot in the tables . Championship Sunday coming next.

ManCity tops Leicester,but confined to 1 goal to nil. Promotion matches,1st leg 5/11 Leeds/Derby and Villa/West Brom. Second leg 5/14. Final 5/27.

Lineup for Championship Sunday;Brighton/ManCity,Burnley/Arsenal,Palace/Bournemouth,Fulham/Newcastle,Leiecster/Chelsea,Liverpool/Wolves,ManUtd./Cardiff,Southampton/Huddersfield,Spurs/Everton,and Watford/West Ham. And in UEFA Champions League play,Liverpool,after a first leg 3-0 scare by Barcelona,get payback by thumping Barca 4-0,punching their ticket to the Champions League final where they will play either Ajax or Spurs.

And ManCity takes the title once again with a 4-1 win over Brighton(but some beef with UEFA on Financial Fair Play,may put a damper on their being in the Champions League). Liverpool wins 2-0 over Wolves,for second spot. Chelsea/Leicester,not a sausage. Blues do get 3rd spot,Spurs draw 2-2 with Everton and get 4th spot. Arsenal tops Burnley 3-1 and make 5th,Cardiff over ManUtd 2-0,but the Red Devils still make 6th spot and Wolves get 7th spot. Palace 5-3 over Bournemouth,Newcastle thumps Fulham 4-0. 4-1 to West Ham over Watford and all square 1-1 for Southampton/Huddersfield. Championship promotion playoffs- Aston Villa get a 1st leg 2-1 win over West Brom,then the Baggies bounce back in the second leg 1-0,and it goes to penalty kicks due to 2-2 aggregate;Villains manage a 4-3 win on pens to make the final match. Leeds edged Derby 1-0 in the 1st leg, second leg tonight.

And Derby drops Leeds 4-2,and the Rams take on Villa on the 27th for the final promotion spot in the Premier League's new season.

And the final promotion spot goes to Aston Villa,following a 2-1 win over Derby County. Hope to see you in August.

And for eitothepi,the Blues won the Europa League(though Arsenal kept them from a clean sheet,a bit of comfort),Liverpool won the Champions League with a 2-0 clean sheet over Spurs.