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Premier League
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PWDL FAWDL FAGDPts
W 1 Manchester City (C).......................... 38 15 2 2 58 15 14 4 1 41 11 73 93
W 2 Liverpool............................................... 38 15 4 0 49 9 13 4 2 45 17 68 92
W 3 Chelsea................................................... 38 9 7 3 37 22 12 4 3 39 11 43 74
W 4 Tottenham Hotspur........................... 38 13 1 5 38 19 9 4 6 31 21 29 71
W 5 Arsenal................................................... 38 13 2 4 35 17 9 1 9 26 31 13 69
W 6 Manchester United............................ 38 10 5 4 32 22 6 5 8 25 35 0 58
W 7 West Ham United............................... 38 9 5 5 33 26 7 3 9 27 25 9 56
Y 8 Leicester City....................................... 38 10 4 5 34 23 4 6 9 28 36 3 52
Y 9 Brighton & Hove Albion................... 38 5 7 7 19 23 7 8 4 23 21 -2 51
Z10 Wolverhampton Wanderers........... 38 7 3 9 20 25 8 3 8 18 18 -5 51
Y11 Newcastle United............................... 38 8 6 5 26 27 5 4 10 18 35 -18 49
Y12 Crystal Palace...................................... 38 7 8 4 27 17 4 7 8 23 29 4 48
Z13 Brentford............................................... 38 7 3 9 22 21 6 4 9 26 35 -8 46
W 14 Aston Villa............................................. 38 6 5 8 29 29 7 1 11 23 25 -2 45
W 15 Southampton....................................... 38 6 7 6 23 24 3 6 10 20 43 -24 40
W 16 Everton................................................... 38 9 2 8 27 25 2 4 13 16 41 -23 39
W 17 Leeds United........................................ 38 4 6 9 19 38 5 5 9 23 41 -37 38
W 18 Burnley (R)............................................ 38 5 6 8 18 25 2 8 9 16 28 -19 35
W 19 Watford (R)........................................... 38 2 2 15 17 46 4 3 12 17 31 -43 23
W20 Norwich City (R)................................. 38 3 3 13 12 43 2 4 13 11 41 -61 22Scotland, Sky Bet play-offs,
non-League, Europe and fixturesScottish Cup final
Rangers^2 Hearts^0
Jack 94
Wright 97
(aet)
(at Hampden Park)
Sky Bet League One
Play-off final
Sunderland 2 Wycombe 0
Embleton 12
Stewart 7972,332(at Wembley Stadium)
FA Trophy final
Bromley 1 Wrexham 0
Cheek 63 46,111
(at Wembley Stadium)
Vanarama National League
Play-off finals: North
York City 2 Boston United 0
John-Lewis 5
Kouhyar 867,488South
Dorking Wanderers 2 Ebbsfleet United 2
McShane 44
Moore 90+10
Rutherford 98Bingham 22
Tanner 90+4
3,000
(aet; 2-2 after 90min)
FA Vase final
Littlehampton^0 Newport Pagnell^3
Barnes 19
Shepherd 55, 63 (pen)
(at Wembley Stadium)
Spanish league
Alavés 0 Cádiz 1; Barcelona 0 Villarreal 2; Elche 3
Getafe 1; Granada 0 Espanyol 0; Osasuna 0
Mallorca 2; Real Sociedad 1 Atlético Madrid 2;
Sevilla 1 Athletic Bilbao 0; Valencia 2 Celta Vigo 0.
P W D LF A GD Pts
Real Madrid (C).......38 26 8 4 80 31 49 86
Barcelona.................. 38 21 10 7 68 3830 73
Atlético Madrid....... 38 21 8 9 65 43 2271
Sevilla......................... 38 1816 4553230 23 70
Real Betis.................. 38 19 8 11 62 4022 65
Real Sociedad.......... 38 17 11 10 40 37 3 62
Villarreal.................... 38 16 11 11 63 3726 59
Athletic Bilbao......... 38 1413 11 43 36 7 55
Valencia..................... 38 1115 12 48 53 -5 48
Osasuna..................... 38 12 11 15 3751 -14 47
Celta Vigo................. 38 12 1016 43 43 0 46
Rayo Vallecano....... 38 11 9 18 39 50 -11 42
Elche........................... 38 11 9 18 40 52-12 42
Espanyol....................38 10 12 16 40 53 -13 42
Getafe......................... 38 815 15 33 41 -8 39
Mallorca.....................38 10 9 19 36 63 -27 39
Cádiz........................... 38 815 15 3551 -16 39
Granada (R).............. 38 814 16 44 61 -17 38
Levante (R)............... 38 8 1119 51 76 -25 35
Alavés (R).................. 38 8 7 23 31 65 -34 31
Italian league
Atalanta 0 Empoli 1; Fiorentina 2 Juventus 0;
Genoa 0 Bologna 1; Inter Milan 3 Sampdoria 0;
Lazio 3 Verona 3; Salernitana 0 Udinese 4;
Sassuolo 0 AC Milan 3; Spezia 0 Napoli 3; Venezia 0
Cagliari 0.P W D L F A GD Pts
AC Milan (C).............38 26 8 4 69 31 38 86
Inter Milan................38 25 9 4 84 32 52 84
Napoli.........................38 24 7 7 74 31 43 79
Juventus....................38 20 10 8 57 3720 70
Lazio........................... 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 64
Roma.......................... 38 18 9 11 59 43 16 63
Fiorentina................. 38 19 5 14 59 51 8 62
Atalanta..................... 3816 11 11 65 48 17 59
Verona....................... 38 14 11 13 65 59 6 53
Torino......................... 38 13 11 14 46 41 5 50
Sassuolo.................... 38 13 11 14 64 66 -2 50
Udinese...................... 38 1114 13 61 58 3 47
Bologna..................... 38 12 1016 44 55 -11 46
Empoli........................38 10 11 17 50 70 -20 41
Sampdoria................38 10 6 22 46 63-17 36
Spezia.........................38 10 6 22 41 71 -30 36
Salernitana............... 38 7 10 21 33 78 -45 31
Cagliari (R)................ 38 6 12 20 34 68 -34 30
Genoa (R).................. 38 416 18 27 60 -33 28
Venezia (R)............... 38 6 9 23 34 69 -35 27
French league
Angers 2 Montpellier 0; Brest 2 Bordeaux 4;
Clermont 1 Lyon 2; Lens 2 Monaco 2; Lille 2 Rennes
2; Lorient 1 Troyes 1; Marseille 4 Strasbourg 0;
Nantes 1 St Etienne 1; Paris Saint-Germain 5 Metz 0;
Reims 2 Nice 3.
P W D L F A GD Pts
PSG (C).......................38 26 8 4 90 36 54 86
Marseille.................... 38 21 8 9 63 38 2571
Monaco......................38 20 9 9 65 40 25 69
Rennes.......................38 20 6 12 82 4042 66
Nice.............................38 20 7 11 52 36 16 66
Strasbourg................ 38 1712 9 60 43 17 63
Lens............................. 38 17 11 10 62 48 14 62
Lyon............................ 38 17 11 10 66 51 1561
Nantes........................ 38 15 10 13 55 48 7 55
Lille.............................. 38 1413 11 48 48 0 55
Brest............................ 38 13 9 16 49 57 -8 48
Reims.......................... 38 1113 14 43 44 -1 46
Montpellier............... 38 12 7 19 49 61 -12 43
Angers........................38 10 11 17 44 55-11 41
Troyes........................ 38 9 11 18 37 53 -16 38
Lorient........................ 38 812 18 35 63 -28 36
Clermont................... 38 9 9 20 38 69-31 36
St Etienne (R)........... 38 7 11 20 42 77 -35 32
Metz (R)..................... 38 6 13 19 35 69 -34 31
Bordeaux (R)............ 38 6 13 19 5291 -39 31Fixtures
(7.45 unless stated)
Today
Vanarama National League play-offs: Quarter-
finals Notts County v Grimsby
Cinch Scottish Premiership play-off final, second
leg St Johnstone (2) v Inverness CT (2).
Tuesday
Vanarama National League play-offs: Quarter-
finals Halifax v Chesterfield.
Wednesday
Europa Conference League final Roma v
Feyenoord (8.0, at Arena Kombetare).
Saturday
Champions League final Liverpool v Real Madrid
(8.0, at Stade de France).
Sky Bet League Two play-off final Mansfield Town
v Port Vale (4.0).
Sunday
Sky Bet Championship play-off final Huddersfield
Town v Nottingham Forest (4.30).SATURDAY
Liverpool v Real Madrid
Champions League final,
BT Sport 1, 8pm
It’s the third time these two have
met in the final of Europe’s premier
club competition, with one win
each. Liverpool will be trying to
complete a hat-trick of cup wins.
SATURDAY
Mansfield Town v Port Vale
Sky Bet League Two play-off final,
Sky Sports Main Event, 4pm
Mansfield have never been
promoted to League One, Port Vale
were last there in 2017.
SUNDAY
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham
Forest
Sky Bet Championship play-off
final, Sky Sports Main, 4.30pm
Huddersfield will be hoping to win
back promotion to the Premier
League after just three seasons in
the Championship. Forest, on the
other hand, haven’t been in the top
flight since 1999.RESULTSArsenal 5 Everton 1
Martinelli 27 (pen)
Nketiah 31, Soares 56
Gabriel 59
Odegaard 82Van de Beek 45+3
60,201Brentford 1 Leeds United 2
Canós 78 Raphinha 56 (pen)
Harrison 90+4
Sent off: S Canos (Brentford) 80Brighton (^3) West Ham United 1
Veltman 50, Gross 80
Welbeck 90+2
Antonio 40
31,604
Burnley 1 Newcastle United 2
Cornet 69 Wilson 20 (pen), 60
Chelsea 2 Watford 1
Havertz 11
Barkley 90+1
Gosling 87
32,089
Crystal Palace 1 Manchester United 0
Zaha 37
Leicester City 4 Southampton 1
Maddison 49, Vardy 74
Pérez 81, 90+6
Ward-Prowse 79 (pen)
32,003
Liverpool 3 Wolverhampton 1
Mané 24, Salah 84
Robertson 89
Lomba Neto 3
Manchester City 3 Aston Villa 2
Gündogan 76, 81
Hernández 78
53,395
Cash 37
Coutinho 69
Norwich City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 5
27,022 Kulusevski 16, 64
Kane 32, Son 70, 75
TV HIGHLIGHTS
23
TOP SCORERS
23 Salah, below (Liverpool)
23 Son (Tottenham)
18 Ronaldo (Man Utd)
17 Kane (Tottenham)
16 Mané (Liverpool)
15 De Bruyne (Man City)
TOP ASSISTS
TOP SAVES
13 Salah (Liverpool)
12 Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
10 Barnes (Leicester)
10 Bowen (West Ham)
10 Mount (Chelsea)
10 Robertson (Liverpool)
143 Meslier (Leeds)
131 Schmeichel (Leicester)
128 De Gea (Man Utd)
121 Sá (Wolves)
121 Pope (Burnley)
117 Pickford (Everton)
Bill Edgar rounds up the 2021/22
Premier League campaign
GAME IN
NUMBERS
Title turnaround
Manchester City are the first team in
top-flight history who — as it turned
out — needed to win on the last day
of the season to clinch the title and
did so having trailed by two goals in
that match: they beat Aston Villa 3-2
after having been 2-0 down. They are
also the first team for 4½ years to
move ahead in a Premier League
game by scoring a third goal in only
six minutes.
On the last day of the
1975-76 season Liverpool came from
behind with a three-goal burst that
started in the 76th minute to win the
title with a 3-1 win over
Wolverhampton Wanderers;
yesterday, on the final day,
Liverpool beat Wolves 3-1 but were
beaten to the title by a team who
started a three-goal burst in the
76th minute.
Doubles all round
City became the first team to record
a top-flight double over as many as
14 opponents in one season, having
beaten Villa 2-1 away in December
— the previous record since 1888
had been 13.
City’s goal difference advantage of
134 over Norwich City (plus-73 to
minus-61) was the greatest in one
season: the six-goal swing
yesterday, when Norwich lost 5-0 to
Tottenham Hotspur, took the gap
past the previous largest of 131
between Sunderland (plus-57) and
Darwen (minus-74) in 1891-92.
Norwich are the first team in
top-flight history whose second
highest scorer managed only two
goals (top two: Teemu Pukki 11,
Josh Sargent two); 12 teams have had
a second highest scorer on three
goals.
City to the four
Pep Guardiola’s team are the first
top-flight club to play eight
consecutive games in all
competitions with at least four goals
(for and against combined) since
Sheffield Wednesday in 1997 and the
first to end the season that way since
Preston North End in 1900-01. Their
league games this season have
averaged 60 minutes and
54 seconds of ball-in-play time,
almost four minutes more than
those of any other team
(Tottenham are next).
Liverpool v
Wolves
Only three times
have a team lost
fewer than three
league games in
one season and
not won the
top-division
title —
Liverpool in
2008-09, 2018-19 and
this season. Jürgen
Klopp’s team are the
first since
Manchester
United in 2012-13
to have no
penalty awarded
against them in one Premier League
season. Had Liverpool (drew 3-3) and
Arsenal (lost 2-0) instead won away
to newly promoted Brentford this
season they would have won the title
and reached the Champions League
respectively.
Goal glut
For the 21st of the past 22
seasons there were more goals-
per-game on the final day (3.9)
than previously in that
campaign (2.8). The 27 second-
half goals were the most on one
Premier League day since May
8, 1993. This season will have
featured the highest top-
flight attendances: the
average will be around
39,500 (when the
remaining figures are
registered), beating
39,313 in 2019-20
(excluding the period
when no fans could
attend because of
Covid) and 38,776 in
1948-49.
Born to score
Liverpool’s Mohamed
Salah and Tottenham Hotspur’s Son
Heung-min finished as the Premier
League’s joint top scorers on 23 goals
- and they were born 23 days apart
(Salah first, in the summer of 1992:
June 15 to July 8). Since 1962
Manchester United have won 15
league titles to Tottenham’s none yet
in that period Spurs have had the top
flight’s leading scorer (or joint top
scorer) 12 times to United’s six.
Tottenham’s 5-0 win over Norwich at
Carrow Road was the 35th Premier
League away win by at least a three-
goal margin this term, four more
than in any other top-flight season
(next most was 31 in 1946-47).
Norwich are the first to record four
consecutive seasons where they
finished either bottom of the top
flight or top of the second tier.
Newcastle on the up
Newcastle’s victory over Burnley
makes them the first team with 11
more wins in the second half of a
top-flight season (12) than in the first
half (one) – next most is Chelsea’s
ten in 1967-68 (14 wins in second
half, four in first half). On points per
game, assuming three points for a
win throughout, this was Manchester
United’s worst season in their past 32
top-division campaigns and Everton’s
worst in their 123-year top-flight
history.Norwich had to rely
heavily on Pukki’s goals