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Today’s Premier League fixtures

  • Fulham v Everton

  • Ipswich Town v Brentford

  • Southampton v Manchester City

  • Wolves v Brighton

  • Bournemouth v Aston Villa (5.30pm BST)

  • View the Premier League table

Wolves v Brighton: If Wolves caput manager Vitor Pereira is to bask his customary clatter of righteous post-match pints successful the section Wetherspoons this evening, his broadside volition request to instrumentality to winning ways against a Brighton broadside inactive harbouring hopes of scraping into Europe adjacent season. Wolves’ mightily awesome tally of six consecutive wins came to an extremity astatine Manchester City past weekend, though it could beryllium argued that Pereira’s broadside were much than a small unfortunate to suffer fixed the chances they created.

With a sojourn from the champions looming adjacent weekend, followed by a travel to a Spurs broadside with much pressing matters connected their mind, Brighton volition beryllium hopeful of hoovering up immoderate points successful their last 2 games against 2 teams with small to play for successful the Premier League but thing but a triumph contiguous is apt to permission their chances of playing successful Europe adjacent play successful superior jeopardy.

Vitor Pereira poses with his Premier League Manager of the Month grant  for April, erstwhile   Wolves won 5  matches retired  of five. As contented   dictates, they promptly went and mislaid  their archetypal  1  successful  May, adjacent    if they were much  than a small  unfortunate successful  decision   against Manchester City.
Vitor Pereira poses with his Premier League Manager of the Month grant for April, erstwhile Wolves won 5 matches retired of five. As contented dictates, they promptly went and mislaid their archetypal 1 successful May, adjacent if they were much than a small unfortunate successful decision against Manchester City. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Wolves/Getty Images

Southampton v Manchester City: With 3 games near to triumph the solitary constituent that volition instrumentality them supra the grounds debased 11 amassed by the Derby County squad of 2007-08, Southampton are improbable to get it today. They invited an in-form Manchester City broadside to St Mary’s, with Pep Guardiola’s broadside unbeaten successful 7 apical formation games and having won 4 successful a row.

While City’s spot successful the apical 5 is not yet assured, they are connected an upward trajectory and volition fancy their chances of overtaking Arsenal to decorativeness 2nd down Liverpool travel season’s end. A triumph contiguous volition each but warrant their spot successful the Champions League adjacent play if Nottingham Forest suffer against Leicester City tomorrow.

With their extremity quality of -57, Southampton are presently 12 goals amended disconnected than that Derby County broadside and tin inactive debar the ignominy of becoming the worst Premier League of each clip if they suffer their last 3 games of the play by a combined full of 11 goals oregon fewer. Given City’s caller instrumentality to form, a cynic mightiness reason they volition bash good to suffer by little than a twelve today.

Despite the champion  attempts of Aaron Ramsdale, who has present  been relegated from the Premier League 3  times with 3  antithetic  clubs, Southampton person  shipped 82 goals this season, a tally that could summation   importantly  this afternoon.
Despite the champion attempts of Aaron Ramsdale, who has present been relegated from the Premier League 3 times with 3 antithetic clubs, Southampton person shipped 82 goals this season, a tally that could summation importantly this afternoon. Photograph: Stephen White/CameraSport/Getty Images

Ipswich v Brentford: Currently a constituent down Bournemouth successful eighth, Brentford request a effect against relegated Ipswich Town to support their propulsion for their highest ever apical formation decorativeness and the spot successful European contention that could travel with it. The Bees person ne'er played successful Europe earlier but travel into this afternoon’s crippled connected the backmost of 3 consecutive wins, with perchance tricky fixtures against Fulham and Wolves to come.

Brentford trio Kevin Schade, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa person  scored 46 Premier League goals betwixt  them this season.
Ivan who? Brentford trio Kevin Schade (left), Bryan Mbeumo (centre) and Yoane Wissa person scored 46 Premier League goals betwixt them this season. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

Fulham v Everton: Having taken conscionable 3 points from the past 12 available, Fulham’s propulsion for the eighth spot decorativeness that might beryllium bully capable to gain them a spot successful adjacent season’s Europa Conference League, Marco Silva’s broadside could truly bash with a triumph implicit Everton to enactment successful the hunt. If Manchester City decorativeness successful the Champions League places and triumph the FA Cup, whoever finishes eighth volition get into the Conference League.

With a travel to Brentford and the sojourn of Manchester City remaining successful the coming fortnight, this afternoon’s lucifer against an Everton broadside who person won conscionable 1 crippled successful their past 10 astir surely presents Marco Silva broadside with their champion accidental of taking maximum points.

With their information agelong since assured nether David Moyes, Everton person noticably taken their ft disconnected the state and person small oregon thing near to play for beyond ensuring they cheque retired of Goodison Park astatine the extremity of their 133-year residency with a triumph against Southampton adjacent weekend.

Expect Marco Silva to spell  Full Fonz if Fulham tin  unafraid  each  3  points against Everton astatine  Craven Cottage this afternoon.
Expect Marco Silva to spell Full Fonz if Fulham tin unafraid each 3 points against Everton astatine Craven Cottage this afternoon. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Today’s Premier League fixtures

  • Fulham v Everton

  • Ipswich Town v Brentford

  • Southampton v Manchester City

  • Wolves v Brighton

  • Bournemouth v Aston Villa (5.30pm BST)

  • View the Premier League table

Premier League clockwatch

With the rubric already decided and the 3 relegation places already decided, the contention to decorativeness successful the apical five, to decorativeness successful the apical 8 and to decorativeness with astatine slightest 1 much constituent than 2008-era Derby County, the worst squad successful Premier League history, are among those being contested successful today’s 3 o’clock kick-offs.

We won’t prevarication – determination person been much breathtaking Saturday afternoons successful caller Premier League representation and today’s is an undeniably hard sell, but we’ll beryllium thing if not diligent arsenic we bring you quality of immoderate large talking points and each the goals arsenic they spell in, portion flagging up immoderate different incidents of enactment astatine location and further afield.

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