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25/26 Match Week 32 Recap
24 & 45 years, "It's a big punch to the face" & NOT an "unfair advantage"
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April 14, 2026
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In Today’s CleanSheet:
Results 🏟️
Current Situation📈📉
Quick Kicks ⚽
Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- Home v Away - Some Data
Off Island 🏝️ - Rory
World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪
Best Bets 💰
Results 🏟️
TOP Story Lines
Gunners lose at home, City Win. Magic number remains 16 points.
CS Statement - This Title is Man City’s to lose. In fact, City may secure this title before the final match day.
Leeds WIN at Man United - the first time The Whites have beaten Man United in 24 years, and the first time The Whites have won at Old Trafford in a league match in 45 years.
Spurs lose at Sunderland 0-1 and are now in relegation. If they stay there, it will be the first time a Big Six club (Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Man City) has been relegated in 25 years. Kind of. Man City was relegated in 2001 however that was before they were considered one of the Big Six.
Any chance Wolves had at staying up were completely shut down with a 0-4 loss at West Ham. By the way, big win for the Hammers moving them out of relegation.
Ouch. Chelsea get shut out at home to City 0-3.
Uh Oh….Hang on tight Gunner’s fans, It’s going to be a Bumpy Ride.
 | “It’s a big punch to the face.” ~Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. It took 17’ for Bournemouth to put the pressure on Arsenal. Yet Gyokeres tied it up and we were 1-1 at HT. Yet The Cherries were the only side to find the net in the 2H and the pressure is now definitely on Arsenal to close out the title. A nice road win for the Cherries. |
 | Not only a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge for City, but that goal differential puts them just 3 behind Arsenal, and that number may matter this year. All 3 goals for City came in the 2H by 3 different players not named Haaland. |
Relegation Impacts
 | West Ham is out of the relegation zone in emphatic fashion. Wolves, welcome to The Championship next season. A late 1H goal put the Hammers up at HT, and 3 2H goals put it away. |
 | Villa took the early lead on an Own Goal in teh 1H but Nico Williams got it back at 38’ for Forest and that was enough to finish the match even. A good point for both sides. The point is enough to move Forest ahead of Spurs in the relegation race. For Villa, it moves them 7 points ahead of Chelsea in the race for a Champions League spot. |
 🟥Red Card Impacted Match | Noah Okafor with two 1H goals for Leeds, a red card against United in the 2H, and it’s a formula for Daniel Farke’s Leed’s United to finally win at Old Trafford. A BIG 3 points for Leeds as they are now 6 clear. |
 Just not Burnley’s year. Yes, they deserve relegation. Yet so many close calls like this off-side that negated a goal. BHA has rebounded and is firmly in the race for Europe. |  |
 | Roberto De Zerbi’s first match for Spurs ends like other Spurs matches, a 0-1 loss. Tough goal to lose on and Spurs have work to do. As for the Black Cats, they remain in European contention. |
Important Results Too
 🎥Nice to see Mo Salah score, as he is set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season. | Comfortable, and back on track for the Red’s. This moved Liverpool 4 points ahead of Chelsea in the Champions League race for next season. Mo Salah on the board as well as 17 year old Rio Ngumoha with his first goal in the EPL. As for FFC, right on pace to finish in the middle of the pack. |
 | Brentford had two 1 goal leads, Everton evened the match out including the final goal at 90+1’ to share the points. Igor Thiago scored 2 goals, and is giving Erling Haaland a run for his money, now just 1 goal behind Halland (21 goals to 22) for the League lead. |
 | Looked like Newcastle were going to get all three points, but at 80’ Mateta evened the match and then a clear penalty at 90+4’ on Newcastle gave Mateta his second goal and the comeback for Palace. |
Current Situation 📈📉
Brentford stay in the final European Spot just over Everton, with BHA, Sunderland, Bournemouth and Fulham in hot pursuit.
City with a game in hand and a HUGE game next weekend as Arsenal head to City.
Spurs into relegation and looking the part, could one of the Big Six fall?
Chelsea have lost 5 matches at Stamford Bridge this season. The most losses in the EPL at home for Chelsea, 7. They have three home matches remaining - Man United, Forest & Spurs.
Goals and Clean Sheets this weekend, right on average, 27 and 5.
Standings
Current Table (Arrows represent a team that moved up or down 2+ spots or into/out of Europe/Relegation) 
| Season Clean Sheets by Team  |
Goals & Clean Sheets
How does the current 25/26 season compare to EPL averages for goals and clean sheets.
Goals 27 Match Week 32 27.1 25/26 Season Average (G/MW)
| Clean Sheets 5 Match Week 32 5.2 25/26 Season Average (G/MW)
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Quick Kicks ⚽
Sheffield Wednesday, currently in The Championship (Level 2) has now gone 37 matches without a win. That’s a record in all of English Soccer History! They are already relegated to League 1 (level 3) next season.
Champions League Quarterfinals match 2 of 2 Tuesday and Wednesday.
Liverpool v PSG (0-2 agg). Can the Red’s pull another Anfield comeback?
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona (2-0). Don’t put it past Barca to find a way even on the road.
Arsenal v Sporting (1-0). Gunners should not have an issue, right?
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid (2-1). Bayern should move on, but Real Madrid can score anywhere.
Europa League Quarterfinals match 2 of 2 Thursday.
Forest v Porto (1-1). Forest have the upper hand at home but this could go either way.
Villa v Bologna (3-1). Expect Villa to advance.
Celta de Vigo v Freiburg (0-3).
Real Betis v Sporting Braga (1-1).
UEFA Conference Quarterfinals match 2 of 2 Thursday.
Alkmaar v Shakhtar (0-3).
Athens v Vallecano (3-0).
Fiorentina v Palace (0-3). Will not be easy heading to Italy but 3 goals is a good lead.
Strasbourg v Mainz (0-2).
Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥
Home v Away - Some Data
With 6 matches remaining how have the teams fared home versus away?
As expected, Arsenal & City have been strong at home and on the road.
For where Chelsea sit in the table they are underperforming at Stamford Bridge.
Everton have the new stadium, Hill-Dickinson Stadium, they have more points on the road this season than at home.
Crazy Spurs have just 10 points at home this season, and 10 less than they do on the road.
Fulham have 14 more points at home than on the road, Sunderland have12.
Bournemouth have given up the most road goals.
Palace have given up just 17 road goals yet sit 13 in the table. Probably because they have scored JUST 16 goals at home.
Sunderland’s home defense has been GREAT, just 14 goals allowed, only Arsenal & City are better.
By contrast, Far North Rival to Sunderland, Newcastle is known for its home field advantage at St James’ Park. They have given up 26 goals at home this season.
Off Island 🏝️
Rory
Rory McIlroy, from Northern Ireland and a big Man United fan pulled off back-to-back Masters. Rory went MINUS 12 in the first 2 rounds and that was just enough as he went EVEN par on the last 2 rounds.
Rory joins Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as the only players to go back-to-back.
Great event with multiple golfers with a chance to win it on the back nine but no one could take advantage and Rory held on.
Also, like so many other news stories it seems these days, the media is wrong. There is somewhat of an uproar in the media over Rory playing a bunch of rounds at Augusta in the lead up to the tournament. Rory lives in Florida and would fly up, play a practice round, and then fly back the same day. He also was nursing an injury, so sat out some of the tournaments leading up to the Masters. Every single player who qualified for the Masters could go early and play as many practice rounds as they wanted. This has happened a lot in the past. Hey meida, yet again you are wrong.
 Green |  Red |
🌎🍵🏪CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪
World Cup Countdown 58 Days
Elephant in the room.
Is Iran (Team Melli - “National Team”) going to come to the US for the World Cup?
There is no answer yet, so the assumption is yes. And why not, the players are not IRGC, they are Iranian. It is possible the IRGC could hold the team back but that has yet to happen.
IF Iran were to be held out the question becomes who takes their place. The answer may be Italy. They are the highest ranked team in the world not in the World Cup.
Best Bets 💰
Back on the winning sided after a couple week break (had to work with the book for a line of credit).
Match Week 32 Results
UP $87
L ($20) - Wolves to Win at West Ham +320. $20
W ($50) - Wolves West Ham Over 3.5 +250. $20
W ($23) - Man City to Win at Chelsea +114. $20
W ($32) - Sunderland to Win v Spurs +161. $20
W ($47) - Everton Brentford to Draw +235. $20
L ($20) - Burnley to Win v BHA +340. $20
L ($5) - Burnley & Wolves to win +1748. $5
L ($20) - United & City to win +239. $20
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