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25/26 Match Week 36 Recap
The Dale, Scottish Premiership & VAR Drama
BIGGEST VAR CALL EVER - Maybe

Was this a Penalty - The Title & Relegation depended on VAR (See Title Race below)
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In Todayโs CleanSheet:
Results ๐๏ธ
Current Situation๐๐
Quick Kicks โฝ
Hot Topic ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ- Championship
Off Island ๐๏ธ - Champions League
World Cup Corner ๐๐ต๐ช
Best Bets ๐ฐ
Results ๐๏ธ
Title Race
Big Win for Arsenal with a late goal and a controversial VAR review.
That means frustrating loss for West Ham.
Gunners Catch A Break. ![]()
YOU MAKE THE CALL ๐ฅCall Overturned. | Still In Play. ![]()
City Remaining Matches: @BโMouth, v Villa Beeโs Remaining Matches: v Palace, @Liverpool |
Relegation Race
Spurs just canโt take advantage at home but do get a point.
Hammers played well against Gunners, and could not catch a break in the final minutes losing a VAR decision.
Forest, Palace and Leeds all avoid relegation Spurs and Hammers leave points on the table.
Tough Break for Hammers. ![]()
West Ham Remaining Matches: @New, v Leeds Arsenal Remaining Matches: v Burnley, @Palace | Spurs canโt break away. ![]()
Spurs Remaining Matches: @Chelsea, v Everton |
Europe Race
Europe remains TIGHT for CL, EL and UCL.
Table positions 7-12 are all still in play for Europe.
Bournemouth & BHA in the drivers seat.
Beeโs, Chelsea & Everton with good chances to qualify.
Fulham & Sunderland still have hopes.
Redโs and Blueโs - BOTH Frustrated ![]()
Liverpool Remaining Matches: @Villa, v Beeโs Chelsea Remaining Matches: V Spurs, @Black Cats | Villa Focused on Europa League. ![]()
Villa Remaining Matches: v Liverpool, @City |
Cherry On Top. ![]()
๐ฅ๐ฅ=TWO Red Card Impacted Match Bournemouth Remaining Matches: v City, @Forest | Geordies get beck in the Win column. ![]()
BHA Remaining Matches: @Leeds, v MU |
As Expected. ![]()
Everton Remaining Matches: V Sundโland, @ Spurs | Not Expected. ![]()
Sunderland Remaining Matches: @Everton, v Chelsea |
Pride & Table Positioning ($)
Back to the EPL. ![]()
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Current Situation ๐๐
IF CITY WIN mid-week at Palace they will sit 2-points behind Arsenal with two matches to play.
A City loss or draw would put Arsenal with a chance to close out the title this week.
For RELEGATION,
Spurs 2-point lead and goal differential put the pressure on the Hammers.
Europe is extremely tight.
Champions League
Top 5 are thru to CL
AND possibly top 6. If Villa win the EL AND finish 5 in the table, the 6 spot will also get into the CL.
Europa League
Most likely 6 & 7 position, maybe 8.
UEFA Conference League
Most likely 8 position, maybe 9.
What makes it even more interesting, Palace could win the UEFA Conference League and automatically make the EL next season even though they would finish 15 in the table.
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 22 Match Week 36 27.3 25/26 Season Average (G/MW)
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| Clean Sheets 6 Match Week 36 5.2 25/26 Season Average (G/MW)
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Quick Kicks โฝ
Wednesday, May 13 2p cst.
Cityโs game in hand at home against Palace.
Must Win For City. ![]() -524 Draw +631 +1213 |
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Liverpool fans booโd Arne Slott off the field after their draw against Chelsea. Will the Redโs stick with Slott heading into next season?
Clean Sheet Take - Slott had a great season last year but it is time to move onto one of the top managers available in the market.
Hot Topic ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
FOLLOW UP on Interesting Races & Results
The Championship
Hull defeated Millwall 0-0 and 2-0 to move on to the Finals.
Southampton and Middlesbrough play Tuesday, currently tied 0-0, the winner advancing to the Finals against Hull City.
FA Cup
Chelsea v City at Wembley Stadium Saturday, May 16 9am cst.
This will impact next weekends EPL Schedule.
Scottish Premiership
You may remember, since 1985 just 2 teams have won the Scottish Premiership - Celtic and Rangers.
Hearts had a 3-point lead over Celtic heading into the weekend. Hearts drew and Celtic won.
Each side have 2 matches to play.
On the FINAL match day, Hearts travel to Celtic. Could come down to that match.

THE BIG JUMP - from LEVEL 5 (National League) to LEVEL 4 (League 2)
We left off with the drama of York City scoring in extra time to beat out Rochdale for the automatic spot into the EFL.
That meant Rochdale had to go through the qualification playoffs to be promoted. Truly an amazing run of matches and it all came down to extra time AGAIN and Penalties.

Just BRILLIANT
With the Rochdale result all 92 teams of the EFL (the top 4 leagues) have been decided.

Off Island ๐๏ธ
Just Thinking - How Great Would This Crew Be For the World Cup

Holy Cow!
๐๐ต๐ชCS World Cup Corner ๐๐ต๐ช
World Cup Countdown 30 Days
Group F for this yearโs WC includes Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Tunisia. No nation has won the WC from Group F.
The Mexican government is ending the SCHOOL YEAR 40 days early, to begin 1 week before the WC starts. Why? So children can fully enjoy the World Cup.
8 World Cups have been played in the Americas. EVERY one of those 8 had a CONMEBOL (South America) team in the finals. 4 times for Argentina and 4 times for Brazil.
3 players are expected to play in their 6th World Cup since 2006.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal.
Guillermo Ochoa - Mexico.
Lionel Messi - Argentina.
For those interested in WHO will be playing on each team, here is a list from @worldcup26hq.

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Match Week 36 Results
MW 36 down $50
W ($20) - Leeds to Win v Burnley -235. $47
L ($20) - BHA to Win at Newcastle +164. $20
L ($23) - Liverpool to Win v Chelsea -116. $23
W ($22) - BHA to Win v Wolves via Clean Sheet +110. $20
L ($20) - Fulham v Bournemouth to Draw +265. $20
L ($20) - Man United to WIN at Sunderland AND both teams to score +198. $20
W ($31) - Man City to Win via Clean Sheet v Brentford +156. $20
W ($45) - Palace v Everton to Draw +225. $20
L ($20) - Villa to Win at Burnley AND Both Teams to Score +168. $20
L ($5) - Villa at Burnley to finish 0-0 +1025. $5
L ($20) - Forest to Win v Newcastle AND Both Teams To Score +270. $20
L ($20) - Arsenal to Win at West Ham by -1.5 Goals +148. $20
L ($20) - Spurs to WIN v Leeds -125. $25


















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