Match Week 35 Recap

The Rams are Going Up! Derby County did not win a Title, nor are they headed to the Premier League - but they won Promotion to the Championship. What. A. Scene.

• Last season Derby County sustained a 21-point penalty and were relegated out of the Championship. This season - right back up. Raw emotion - and thanks to Ed Dawes for calling out the CleanSheet at 30s.

• 🎵🎵“they docked us 21 points…and we don’t give a F…because we’re derby county….and we are going up!”🎵🎵

• Pitch Invasion - Take a watch - except you Bilas.

In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• Current Situation📈📉

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- Pencil It In

• Off Island 🏝️ - Semi-Finals in Europe

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• No Movement at the top or bottom.

  • Arsenal and City both win.

  • Forest and Luton Town lose - Burnley pick up what could be a key point.

• Promotion Playoff’s begin for League 1 & League 2, with the Final Match Day for the Championship on Saturday. Check out the Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥 Section for all the details.

• Blades Officially Relegated. Just 3 wins in the PL and 97 goals allowed, 4 short of 101 and a PL record. (Swindon, 1993/94, 100 goals allowed).

• ONE April Goal. BHA had 1 goal in 5 April matches, and this was it.

• Most Ever. Bournemouth didn’t win a match in the first 9 of the season, since then they’ve earned 42 points in 25 matches, 5th best in the league over that time. Sitting on 48 points it’s the most they’ve ever had in the PL.

• Off Island in the Headlines. Leverkusen, Again. Home to Stuttgart, it looked again like Leverkusen would take their first loss after 45 unbeaten but a 96’ goal by Robert Andrich (X) secured a draw - make it 46 unbeaten in all competitions. That’s the TENTH time Leverkusen have scored in stoppage time to win or draw. Next up, at Roma, in the Europa League Semi’s Thursday.

• Stats Leaders - Players. We see you, Ollie Watkins.

• A stat for perspective on what Pep is doing at City.

• Make Up Match. Chelsea v Spurs. Thursday, 730am cst. This match is a makeup from Feb 23 when Chelsea played in the Carabao Cup Final. Europe positioning is on the line for both sides. Both sides have been up and down in their last 5 matches and will be looking to grab all 3 points from this game in hand.

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• Now a two-team race. Gunners have goal differential, City a game in hand.

• North London Is RED. Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal. Spurs looked good the 1H but The Gunners scored off of set pieces and jumped out to a 3-0 HT lead only to see Spurs rally in the 2H with 2 goals, but it wasn’t enough, and Arsenal are on top in North London and in the Table.

  • 1-0. An own goal on a corner puts the Gunners up at 15’

  • 2-0. Saka with the patience to make it 2 at 27’

  • 3-0. Havertz from a corner, and the route is on at 38’.

  • 1-3. Romero provides hope at 64’ in the 2H.

  • 2-3. Son with the PK to provide hope at 86’.

  • Rivalry. It’s being reported Spurs fans are writing a letter to request their team purposely lose to Man City to prevent Arsenal from winning the league. This while Spurs are still in the running for a Champions League spot for next season. I think most of the list is Villa fans.

Things could get interesting as Chelsea has 2 games in hand. Man U, Newcastle and West Ham need to keep winning to secure Europe. Bournemouth are hoping a couple of the clubs slip up.

Biggest Winners: Newcastle, Bournemouth.

Biggest Losers: Spurs.

Point is a Point: Villa, MU, West Ham, Chelsea.

• 3pts to 0 to 1. Villa 2-2 Chelsea. Villa took a 2-goal lead into HT, but Chelsea dominated the 2H and looked to complete the comeback with a winning goal in stoppage time but it was ruled no goal (X see push at 18s) for a push in the buildup. So, both sides settle for a point.

• 3pts to 0 to 1 redux. Man United 1-1 Burnley. Both sides could’ve taken all 3 points, both sides could’ve gotten 0 points. A draw was a fair result. United took the lead at 79’ off an all too often Burnley turnover in their own end that Antony converted (X). But, a poor foul by MU keeper Onana allowed Burnley to convert a PK (X) at 87’ to earn their point.

• No Contest. Newcastle 5-1 Sheffield United. The Magpies fell behind early at St James’ Park but evened it up at HT. The 2H was all Newcastle officially sending the Blades back to the Championship.

• Meh. West Ham 2-2 Liverpool. On cue, Liverpool fell behind in the 1H, stormed back after HT to take a 2-1 lead at 65’ only to give up a 77’ goal and squander chances late to drop 2 points. The Hammers are just hanging around hoping for a MU or Newcastle stumble in their final 4 matches.

  • You Make the Call. Controversy at the end of the match when there was confusion on the call of a referee, here is a 1 min review of the decision on X.

• Welcome to the Party. Bournemouth 3-0 BHA. Credit to the Cherries for making a run at Europe and knocking BHA out of the discussion. The way Bournemouth are playing they could make things difficult for Arsenal Saturday. Seems like the Seagulls are already on holiday.

It’s a 3-team race for 1 spot. Here’s the remaining schedule with a potentially BIG final match day meeting between Forest and Burnley!

Biggest Winners: Everton & Brentford secured staying up with the Luton Town loss.

Biggest Losers: Forest, Luton Town, Sheffield United (Relegated).

Point is a Point: Burnley.

Current Situation 📈📉

Clean Sheets Counter

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

Pencil It In

Promotion & Relegation are on the line this weekend, and looking ahead, promotion playoffs begin.

Promotion to the Premier League on the Line.

• Coventry v Ipswich Tuesday (4/30 2pm cst)

• Ipswich v Huddersfield - Ipswich has a game in hand, 4 points and they are promoted to the PL. 3 Points or less and Leeds could be promoted.

• Leeds v Southampton - Leeds get auto promotion with 2 Ipswich losses, or a Leeds Win and an Ipswich Loss in their 2 matches.

2 spots remain to join the 4 Team Playoff for the final PL Promotion Spot.

• Birmingham v Norwich - Norwich needs 1 point to guarantee the playoffs, or just not lose by a lot to keep goal differential advantage.

• West Brom v Preston - WB need 1 point to guarantee the playoffs.

• Plymouth v Hull - Hull must win and WB lose.

Relegation Battle

• Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday - SW stay up with a win or draw, OR a Plymouth or Birmingham draw or loss.

• Plymouth v Hull - Plymouth stay up with a Win or Birmingham Loss.

• Birmingham v Norwich - Birmingham will be relegated with a Loss. B will stay up with a Win and a SW or Plymouth loss.

League 2 - Semi-Finals Home & Away May 6 & 9, Finals May 19.

• Crawley Town v Milton Keynes

• Crewe v Doncaster Rovers

League 1 - Semi-Finals Home & Away May 3/4&7/8, Finals May 18.

• Barnsley v Bolton Wanderers

• Oxford v Peterborough United

Championship - Semi-Finals Home & Away May 12/13 & 16/17, Finals May 26.

• TBD on the Matchups.

Off Island 🏝️

Semi-Finals In Europe

All matches are the FIRST of home and away aggregate goals.

Champions League

Europa League

Europa Conference League

Best Bets 💰

This club won Liverpool’s first ever title in 1901. In looking at the picture there is no way they could win a match in today’s PL or Championship for that matter - but - I would Bet all of CS’s betting $ on them winning a bar fight against any of today’s clubs.

Back in the Green - 3 Match Weeks to go. Plus, some CL and FA Cup Finals.