Key events
Speaking of Manchester City, they take on Brentford this evening, and Brentford full-back Michael Kayode spoke to Ben Fisher ahead of the match…
Kelvin Nel has messaged in to say:
“City have always been outsiders this year. If we win the FA Cup this will be a good season for a transition one. Arsenal have the easier run in and are ahead so will win the league.
“But looking back it would have been more of a contest had we not drawn silly game against struggling teams at the time.”
As always, feel free to email in with any thoughts, feelings, predictions, observations and all that jazz. What are your plans for the weekend? Where will you be watching the football? Let me know!
How the Premier League table looks as things stand…
Ahead of the match at Anfield this afternoon, Andy Hunter and Jacob Steinberg looked at the disappointing seasons both Liverpool and Chelsea have endured.
Today’s Premier League fixtures
We all love the play-offs, but how did they come about? Who thought of the idea and why?
If you’re interested, be sure to give this feature from Sam Cunningham a read…
Championship & EFL play-offs
Championship:
League One:
Stevenage v Stockport
Bolton v Bradford
League Two:
In case you missed the news yesterday, Southampton have been charged with misconduct by the English Football League and will face an independent disciplinary commission set to be convened “at the earliest opportunity”.
Middlesbrough remain furious after catching a man they maintain belongs to Tonda Eckert’s backroom staff allegedly spying on a vital training session before today’s Championship playoff semi-final first leg against Southampton at the Riverside Stadium.
Middlesbrough face Southampton in the other play-off semi-final today. The match kicks off at 12:30pm BST at the Riverside Stadium.
It’s sure to be an interesting one after the events of the last few days…
The Championship play-offs kicked off last night, with Hull and Millwall holding each other to a 0-0 draw. It’s all to play for in the second leg, which takes place on Monday.
Preamble
Hello, good morning and welcome to another Matchday live! There may only be three weeks left of the Premier League season but this has the potential to be one of, if not the most decisive. The one to watch this weekend is West Ham v Arsenal – a match that will have huge repercussions at both ends of the table. But that one is tomorrow, so we’ll talk about that a bit later.
Before that, we have a clash between Liverpool and Chelsea to look forward to. Both teams go into the match off the back of a loss. Chelsea suffered a 3-1 defeat at home to a second-string Nottingham Forest side, while Liverpool fell to a 3-2 loss against Manchester United. Both teams are also still looking to qualify for European football, albeit different competitions.
Elsewhere, Brighton host Wolves, Fulham take on Bournemouth and Sunderland face Manchester United. Those fixtures should get you warmed up for the final game of the day as Brentford travel to face title-chasing Manchester City.
As always, we’ll also be looking at the Championship and EFL play-offs, the thrilling Scottish Premiership title race and everything else that’s happening across Europe’s top leagues.
Join us!
