Key events
Bradley Lowery, the Sunderland mascot whose battle with neuroblastoma helped raise than more £1m before his death in 2017, would have been 15 today. There will be a minute’s applause at Hill Dickinson Stadium after 15 minutes of today’s game, and two fans – one of each club – have cycled to the ground from the Stadium of Light to raise funds for the Bradley Lowery Foundation. Hats off to them.
Two more goals have been scored in a thrilling end-of-a-season game at Old Trafford, and Bruno Fernandes has equalled a major Premier League record. Clickity click click click!
Brentford v Crystal Palace preview
John Brewin
Brentford’s push for Europe continues, with complicated permutations likely to determine their destiny. The picture may not be clear until the final kicks of the season. Should Aston Villa win the Europa League on Wednesday and finish fifth in the Premier League, a Champions League spot opens up for sixth place. Brentford can close the gap on sixth by beating a Crystal Palace side with an eye on 27 May’s Conference League final. Bournemouth do not play until Tuesday.
On the final day, should Villa be beating Manchester City and closing on finishing above Liverpool or Manchester United it could well be in Brentford’s or Brighton’s interest to lose to those teams; Brentford are at Liverpool a week on Sunday. Quite the equation for Keith Andrews. Should it fall his way, he would deserve the manager of the season award. There’s a strong case to say he already does.
Wolves v Fulham team news
Wolves (3-4-2-1) Jose Sa; Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci; R Gomes, J Gomes, Andre, Moller Wolfe; Armstrong, Mane; Hwang.
Subs: H Bueno, Arokodare, Lima, T Gomes, Bentley, Bellegarde, Tchatchoua, A Gomes, Edozie.
Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Berge; Bobb, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Muniz.
Subs: Tete, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Chukwueze, Kevin, Lecomte, King.
Leeds v Brighton team news
Leeds (3-5-2) Darlow; Rodon, Bijol, Bornauw; James, Stach, Ampadu, Tanaka, Justin; Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson.
Subs: Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Byram, Gnonto, Chadwick, Cresswell, Lienou.
Brighton (4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Baleba, Gross; Minteh, Hinshelwood, De Cuyper; Welbeck.
Subs: March, Rutter, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Steele, Gomez, Ayari, O’Riley.
Everton v Sunderland team news
Seamus Coleman starts on the bench, though he’ll surely come on at some stage. There will be a helluva noise when he does.
Everton (4-2-3-1) Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner; Rohl, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Beto.
Subs: Patterson, McNeil, Barry, Travers, George, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Armstrong.
Sunderland (4-2-3-1) Roefs; Geertruida, Mukiele, Alderete, Mandava; Xhaka, Sadiki; Hume, Le Fee, Angulo; Brobbey.
Subs: Cirkin, Talbi, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Isidor, Diarra, Ellborg, Ta Bi.
Brentford v Crystal Palace team news
Brentford (4-3-3) Kelleher; Kayode, Ayer, Collins, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Jensen, Yarmolyuk; Dango, Thiago, Damsgaard.
Subs: Validmarsson, Hickey, Van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Schade, Dasilva, Nelson, Furo.
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1) Henderson; Riad, Lacroix, Canvot; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Strand Larsen.
Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Richards, Devenny, Lerma, Hughes, Johnson, Guessand, Mateta.
Andy Hunter
David Moyes has described Séamus Coleman as “the glue that kept Everton together” during their relegation fights and vital to the club’s survival in the Premier League.
The Everton manager’s tribute came after Coleman announced his distinguished 17-year playing career with the club would end when his contract expires next month. Everton have offered the 37-year-old a coaching role from this summer but he wants to continue playing for the Republic of Ireland and may look for another club.
Coleman has been hampered by injuries in recent seasons but has remained a huge influence on standards behind the scenes. The captain galvanised the team during relegation fights under Frank Lampard and Sean Dyche, and Moyes said Everton’s top-flight status would have been in greater jeopardy but for Coleman.
Manchester United lead Nottm Forest 2-1 in the early game at Old Trafford. You can follow the last half an hour with Michael Butler.
Preamble
Hello, good day and welcome to our penultimate clockwatch of the 2025-26 Premier League season. There are four games kicking off at 3pm, all involving teams hoping to use their passport next season:
Manchester City’s FA Cup final victory was good news for Brighton, Brentford, Everton, Fulham and Sunderland, as it means whoever finishes eighth in the Premier League will qualify for the Conference League.
Brighton and Brentford, in particular, are aiming higher – the Europe League, perhaps even the Champions League if Aston Villa beat Freiburg on Wednesday and create a sixth-placed trophy.
It’s all pretty complicated, and if we look at any more permutations our head will explode like yer man in Scanners. So for now, let’s concentrate on the here and now: four important games, for which we’ll have team news shortly.
