The Sunday Times - UK (2022-04-24)

The Sunday Times April 24, 2022 23

LOCAL BRAGGING RIGHTS

Today sees three Premier League 'derby' matches

• on Merseyside, the south coast and, in the capital,
  between East and West London. Emotions will be high
  and rivalries fierce as recent history weighs down...

Mind the gap

The gulf between Liverpool and Everton

at this stage of the season has only been

as wide in one other season

Who will soar higher

• Seagulls or Saints?
  Brighton go into today's clash
  with Southampton one point
  better off than their rivals. Only
  once in their four seasons in
  the PL have they finished the
  campaign ahead of the Saints

Can Hammers beat the Blues?

West Ham beat Chelsea

when the two teams met

at the London Stadium in

December but are 10 points

behind the Blues. Only three

times have they finished a PL

season above Chelsea

Brighton Southampton West Ham Chelsea

Season Points won Finish

2017-18

15th

17th

40

36

2018-19

17th

16th

36

39

2019-20

15th

11th

41

52

2020-21

16th

15th

41

43

Season Points won Finish

1993-94

13th

14th

52

51

1995-96

10th

11th

51

50

2015-16

7th

10th

62

50

PL overall

Avge pts

won/season

48

71.2

1995

10

10

0

20

30

40

50

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

45pts – Liverpool’s largest lead

over Everton after 31 games

4pts – Everton’s largest lead over Liverpool

Lead over rival after 31 Premier League games

y

Premier League

ARSENAL 3 MAN UTD 1

Tavares 3 Ronaldo 34

Saka 32 (pen)

Xhaka 70

HT: 2-1 Att: 60,223

LEICESTER 0 ASTON VILLA 0

Att: 32,185

MAN CITY 5 WATFORD 1

Gabriel Jesus 4, 23, 49 (pen), 53 Kamara 28

Rodri 34

HT: 3-1 Att: 53,013

NORWICH 0 NEWCASTLE 3

Joelinton 35, 41

Bruno Guimaraes 49

HT: 0-2 Att: 26,910

BRENTFORD 0 TOTTENHAM 0

HT: 0-0

Scottish Premiership

ABERDEEN 1 LIVINGSTON 2

Ferguson 90 (pen) Devlin 41

Holt 70 (pen)

HT: 0-1 Att: 12,338

DUNDEE 1 ST JOHNSTONE 1

Marshall 10 Rooney 68

HT: 1-0

ST MIRREN 0 HIBERNIAN 1

HT: 0-0 Henderson 74

MOTHERWELL 1 RANGERS 3

Tierney 35 Kelly 14 (og), Wright 47

Tavernier 62 (pen)

HT: 1-1 Att: 8,036

PW D L FA Pts

Celtic 33 26 4 3 78 19 82

Rangers 34 24 7 3 70 28 79

Hearts 33 16 9 8 48 33 57

Hibernian 34 10 11 13 32 37 41

Dundee Utd 33 10 1112 31 37 41

Livingston 3411 8 15 37 44 41

Ross County 33 10 1013 45 52 40

Motherwell 34 10 1014 39 53 40

Aberdeen 349 9 16 39 44 36

St Mirren 348 12 14 30 51 36

St Johnstone 3471017 22 45 31

Dundee 345 11 18 30 58 26

Scottish Championship

Hamilton 0 Raith 2; Morton 0 Inverness C T 1; Partick

Thistle 1 Dunfermline 0; Queen of South 1 Ayr 1.

PW D L FA Pts

Kilmarnock 35 20 6 9 49 26 66

Arbroath 35 16 145 51 28 62

Inverness CT 35 15 11 9 49 34 56

Partick 35 14 1011 45 37 52

Raith 35 12 13 10 43 43 49

Hamilton 35 10 12 13 38 49 42

Morton 359 13 13 36 44 40

Ayr 358 12 15 36 51 36

Dunfermline 357 14 14 35 51 35

Queen of South 357 9 19 34 53 30

Scottish League One

Clyde 0 Airdrieonians 5; Cove Rangers 1 Dumbarton 0;

Falkirk 1 Alloa 2; Montrose 2 Queen’s Park 1; Peterhead

1 East Fife 0.

Scottish League Two

Albion Rovers 1 Stirling 1; Elgin 1 Cowdenbeath 4; Kelty

Hearts 1 Forfar 1; Stenhousemuir 1 Stranraer 3.

PREMIER LEAGUE AND SCOTLAND

Home Away

P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A GDPts

1 Man City 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80

2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76

3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 62

4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60

5 Tottenham 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58

6 Man Utd 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54

7 West Ham 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52

8 Wolves 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49

9 Newcastle 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43

10 Leicester 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42

11 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40

12 Brighton 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40

13 Southampton 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 6 7 4 21 20 16 3 5 8 17 34 -16 39

14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 37

15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37

16 Leeds 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33

17 Everton 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29

18 Burnley 32 5 13 14 28 45 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -17 28

19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22

20 Norwich 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21

PREMIER LEAGUE

WEEK 33

Scottish Championship Arbroath v Morton; Ayr v

Partick; Dunfermline v Queen of the South;

Inverness CT v Hamilton; Raith v Kilmarnock.

Kick-off 3.0 unless stated

Saturday

Premier League Aston Villa v Norwich; Leeds v

Manchester City (5.30); Newcastle v Liverpool

(12.30); Southampton v Crystal Palace; Watford v

Burnley; Wolverhampton v Brighton.

Sky Bet Championship Barnsley v Preston

(12.30); Blackburn v Bournemouth; Blackpool v

Derby; Bristol City v Hull; Cardiff v Birmingham;

Coventry v Huddersfield; Middlesbrough v Stoke;

Millwall v Peterborough; Nottingham Forest v

Swansea; Reading v West Bromwich. League

One AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanley;

Bolton v Fleetwood Town; Burton Albion v

Wycombe; Cambridge Utd v Cheltenham;

Gillingham v Rotherham; Ipswich v Charlton;

Lincoln City v Crewe; Morecambe v Sunderland;

Oxford Utd v Doncaster; Plymouth v Milton

Keynes Dons; Sheffield Wednesday v

Portsmouth; Shrewsbury v Wigan. League Two

Carlisle v Stevenage; Colchester v Walsall;

Crawley Town v Leyton Orient; Forest Green v

Harrogate Town; Northampton v Exeter;

Rochdale v Bristol Rovers; Scunthorpe v

Hartlepool; Sutton Utd v Bradford City; Swindon

v Barrow; Tranmere v Oldham.

Vanarama National League Aldershot v Notts

County; Barnet v Grimsby; Bromley v

Chesterfield; Dover v Altrincham; Halifax v

Yeovil; King’s Lynn Town v Eastleigh; Stockport

County v Boreham Wood (5.20); Torquay v

Maidenhead Utd; Wealdstone v Dagenham &

Redbridge; Weymouth v Solihull Moors;

Wrexham v Southend. North AFC Fylde v

Kettering; AFC Telford v Boston Utd; Alfreton

Town v Chester; Brackley v Blyth Spartans;

Bradford Park Avenue v Darlington; Curzon Ashton

v Leamington; Farsley Celtic v York; Gateshead v

Southport; Gloucester v Chorley; Kidderminster v

Guiseley; Spennymoor Town v Hereford. South

Bath City v Tonbridge Angels; Braintree Town v

Hemel Hempstead; Concord Rangers v Oxford

City; Eastbourne Borough v Billericay; Ebbsfleet

United v Chippenham; Havant & Waterlooville v

Hampton & Richmond; Hungerford Town v

Welling; Maidstone Utd v Chelmsford; Slough v

Dartford; St Albans v Dorking Wanderers.

Cinch Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v Dundee;

Dundee Utd v Motherwell; Hearts v Ross County;

Livingston v Hibernian; St Johnstone v St Mirren.

Cinch League One Airdrieonians v Peterhead;

Alloa v Montrose; Dumbarton v Clyde; East Fife v

Cove Rangers; Queen’s Park v Falkirk. League

Two Annan Athletic v Kelty Hearts; Cowdenbeath

v Albion; Forfar v Stenhousemuir; Stirling Albion v

Edinburgh City; Stranraer v Elgin.

Welsh Cup final Penybont v The New Saints (4.0,

Cardiff City Stadium).

Kick-off 2.0 unless stated

Sunday

Premier League Everton v Chelsea; Tottenham

Hoitspur v Leicester; West Ham United v Arsenal

(4.30).

Cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v Rangers

(midday).

Women’s Super League Arsenal v Aston Villa

(2.15); Birmingham v Chelsea (6.45); Everton v

Tottenham (1.0); Leicester v Reading;

Manchester City v Brighton; Manchester Utd v

West Ham (midday).

OTHER RESULTS

BASKETBALL
NBA play-offs Atlanta Hawks 111 Miami Heat 110;
Chicago Bulls 81 Milwaukee Bucks 111;
New Orleans Pelicans 111 Phoenix Suns 114.

CRICKET
IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Titans
Gujarat 156-9 (H Pandya 67, D Miller 27; T Southee
3-24, A Russell 4-5). Kolkata 148-8 (S Billings 4, R
Singh 35, A Russell 48). Gujarat beat Kolkata by
eight runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers
Hyderabad
Bangalore 68 (Jansen 3-25, Natarajan 3-10).
Hyderabad 72-1 (A Sharma 47, K Williamson 16).
Hyderabad beat Bangalore by nine wickets.

RUGBY LEAGUE

Betfred Super League

Hull KR 32 Wakefield 10
Warrington 32 Huddersfield 10

P W DL F A Pts

St Helens 10 8 0 2 258 96 16

Wigan 9 7 0 2 218 162 14

Catalans Dragons9 7 0 2 178 130 14

Hull K R 10 6 0 4 202 192 12

Huddersfld 10 5 1 4 226 176 11

Hull 9 5 0 4 181 164 10

Castleford 10 5 0 5 227 214 10

Warrington 10 5 0 5 228 218 10

Salford 9 3 0 6 176 246 6

Wakefield 10 3 0 7 166 266 6

Leeds 10 2 17 149 217 5

Toulouse 10 1 0 9 154 282 2

League One

London Skolars 22 Rochdale 56

RUGBY UNION

Gallagher Premiership

Bath 31 Northampton 36

Harlequins 26 Leicester 20

Wasps 41 Worcester 12

Championship Cup

Coventry 31 Ampthill 22

Bedford Blues 52 Nottingham 19

Cornish Pirates 20 Doncaster 32

FIXTURES

Monday

Premier League Crystal Palace v Leeds (8.0).

Sky Bet Championship Preston v Blackburn

(7.30).

Kick-off 7.45 unless stated

Tuesday

Champions League: Semi-final Manchester City

v Real Madrid (8.0).

Sky Bet Championship Barnsley v Blackpool;

Fulham v Nottingham Forest; Middlesbrough v

Cardiff; Swansea v Bournemouth. League One

Fleetwood Town v Sheffield Wednesday;

Portsmouth v Wigan; Sunderland v Rotherham.

League Two Exeter v Barrow; Mansfield v

Stevenage; Sutton Utd v Crawley Town; Swindon

v Forest Green.

Vanarama National League Bromley v Aldershot;

Dover v Notts County; Southend v Boreham

Wood; Weymouth v Wrexham. North Alfreton

Town v Curzon Ashton; Chester v York. South

Concord Rangers v Slough.

Wednesday

Champions League: Semi-final Liverpool v

Villarreal (8.0).

Sky Bet Championship Middlesbrough v Cardiff.

Thursday

Europa League Semi-finals, first leg (8.0): RB

Leipzig v Rangers; West Ham v Eintracht

Frankfurt.

Europa Conference League: Semi-finals, first leg

(8.0): Feyenoord v Marseille; Leicester v Roma.

Premier League Manchester Utd v Chelsea.

Friday

Sky Bet Championship QPR v Sheffield Utd.

London Scottish 7 Jersey Reds 54

Hartpury 36 Richmond 40

United Rugby Championship

Bulls 46 Benetton 29

Dragons 19 Scarlets 38

Lions 30 Connacht 33

Cardiff Rugby 6 Ospreys 22

Sharks 28 Leinster 23

SNOOKER

World Championship: Sheffield: round of 16

(best of 25 frames): S Maguire (Scot) bt Zhao

Xintong (China) 13-9; R O’Sulivan (Eng) bt M Allen

(N Ire) 13-4.

TENNIS

ATP Tour, Serbia Open

Belgrade: Semi final: N Djokovic (Serbia) bt K

Khachanov (Russ) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; A Rublev (Russ) bt

F Fognini (It) 6-2, 6-2.

WTA Tour, Istanbul Cup

Istanbul: Semi-final A Potapova (Russ) bt Y Putintseva

(Kaz) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; V Kudermetova (Russ) bt S Cirstea

(Rom) 6-3, 6-3.

WTA Tour, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Stuttgart: Semi-final A Sabalenka (Bela) bt P Badosa

(Sp) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; I Swiatek (Pol) bt L Samsanova (Russ)

6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5.