After what seems a lifetime proper football returns with a full programme in the Premier League and a double dose of the Championship over a weekend which stretches into next midweek!
30 MARCH 2018
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
13:00 Millwall 2-0 Nottingham Forest
15:00 Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City
15:00 Brentford 1-1 Sheffield United
15:00 Cardiff City 3-1 Burton Albion
15:00 Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
15:00 Norwich City 0-2 Fulham
15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 Preston North End
17:30 Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers SKY
17:30 Reading 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
19:45 Derby County 1-4 mackems SKY
31 MARCH 2018
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
12:30 Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool SKY
15:00 Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City
15:00 Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City
15:00 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-0 Huddersfield Town
15:00 Watford 2-2 AFC Bournemouth
15:00 West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Burnley
15:00 West Ham United 3-0 Southampton
17:30 Everton 1-3 Manchester City BT
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
15:00 Birmingham City 1-0 Ipswich Town
17:30 Hull City 0-0 Aston Villa SKY
1 APRIL 2018
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
13:30 Arsenal 3-0 Stoke City SKY
16:00 Chelsea 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur SKY
2 APRIL 2018
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
12:45 Preston North End 0-1 Derby County SKY
15:00 Bristol City 0-1 Brentford
15:00 Burton Albion 1-1 Middlesbrough
15:00 Ipswich Town 2-2 Millwall
Postp Nottingham Forest P-P Barnsley
15:00 Queens Park Rangers 4-1 Norwich City
15:00 mackems 1-3 Sheffield Wednesday
19:45 Sheffield United 1-1 Cardiff City SKY
3 APRIL 2018
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
19:45 Aston Villa 3-0 Reading
19:45 Fulham 2-0 Leeds United SKY
19:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Hull City
20:00 Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Birmingham City
Only one game for each team in the Premier League this weekend - remember when teams would play on Good Friday and Easter Monday? - as the relegation battle hots up with still only 6 points separating 12th and 18th positions with AFC Bournemouth and Watford, who face each other at Vicarage Road, now seemingly safe from the dreaded drop each having reached 36 points with 7 games to play. In the lunchtime kick-off Crystal Palace, who last time out ended a 4 game losing streak with victory over Huddersfield Town, host Liverpool and an in-form Mo Salah and it could well be damage limitation for The Eagles as defeat could see them drop back into the relegation places. Victory for Brighton & Hove Albion over Leicester City could go along way to see them secure safety as could a win for The Toon over Huddersfield Town who appear to have hit a mini-slump after failing to score in successive home games against relegation rivals Swansea City and Crystal Palace. Swansea City have a difficult home game against Manchester United whilst an apparently doomed West Bromwich Albion take on Burnley at The Hawthorns. The big game of the day is at The London Stadium where Southampton are the visitors and with only 1 win in their last 17 games The Saints will see this as an opportunity to hammer another nail into The Hammers' coffin. The teatime kick-off sees champions elect Manchester City travel the short distance to Goodison Park and victory for Peps' men would see them have the chance of wrapping the title up next weekend against United at The Etihad. Sunday sees 19th placed Stoke City, with only 1 win in the last 12, travel to The Emirates and defeat for The Potters could prove fatal in the days' other game Chelsea will be looking for victory in a derby against Tottenham Hotspur as they look to keep alive their hopes of Champions League football next season.
This evening we get the chance to see how the mackems have progressed under Chris Coleman as their game at Pride Park has been chosen for TV coverage and despite a 10 game winless run the unwashed remain only 5 points from safety although this is in the main due to the ineptitude of their rivals none of whom seem capable of winning at the moment.
As always thanks for reading and enjoy your Easter weekend whatever you are doing.
