Watford 0-1 Cardiff City — The visitors surprised the hosts, and the Vicarage Road crowd had the Bluebirds hoping to see fans in their building soon. “It was a great boost having fans here and I am really pleased for them, it was nice to play in a stadium with some atmosphere. Having seen the noise 2000 fans can make, it would be great to have fans back at the Cardiff City Stadium, ” said manager Neil Harris. Reading 2-0 Nottingham ForestBrentford 2-2 Blackburn — 10-man visitors come back from 2-1 deficit to draw in 87th minute. Millwall 0-1 Derby County — Ugly scenes as fans booed the players taking a knee in support of Black Lives Matter, then saw their Lions lose late.
ET Saturday Huddersfield Town v. Wigan Athletic — 10 a. ET Saturday Hull City v. Charlton Athletic — 10 a. ET Saturday Sheffield Wednesday v. Nottingham Forest — 10 a. ET Saturday Luton Town v. Preston North End –10 a. ET Saturday QPR v. Barnsley — 10 a. ET Saturday Reading v. Stoke City — 10 a. ET Saturday Blackburn Rovers v. Bristol City — 10 a. ET Saturday Cardiff City v. Leeds United — 7 a. ET SundayFollow @NicholasMendola The English Football League has sent a letter to all clubs advising they return to training in mid-May and prepare for a return to play from the coronavirus shutdown at what the EFL described as “relatively short notice. ”The letter from EFL chairman Rick Parry, which was sent to all 72 clubs before it was obtained by The Independent and shared by the BBC, notes that while the EFL does not have the power to enforce training schedules for clubs, it interestingly advises that clubs may suffer public relations damage should they return to training earlier than the advised May 16 date.
Hull City Archives - ProSoccerTalk | NBC SportsMore than a dozen matches around England saw the return of fans Saturday, and reports of increased intensity were no surprise. Our Joe Prince-Wright was at one of those matches, Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat of Leeds, and said the overriding emotions were of comfort and normalcy. [ MORE: Lampard on Pulisic goal, Chelsea’s title hopes]Was it in the players’ heads at all? Whether psychological or not, comments around the Football League system showed that fans’ presence lived inside the players’ and coaches’ heads in a mostly positive way (aside from a very unsavory racist incident at Millwall). Premier League — Home teams 1W-1LNo surprises here in terms of results, where two of the traditional big boys took care of business with relatively dominant wins (though Man United needed a comeback at West Ham).
Luca De La Torre (Fulham) has seen neglible minutes this season. English-born MLS and NCAA star Jack Harrison is with Leeds. Manchester United academy product Jack Harrison of Leeds United went to school at Wake Forest before playing for NYCFC in Major League Soccer (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images). The relegation scrapThree clubs will go down to League One next season. Two of the three teams in the bottom three will need a massive change in fortunes to avoid that fate. Barnsley is seven points back of 21st and Luton Town sits six points back of safety. Charlton Athletic is currently in 22nd with 39 points, but it can look to a single win as chance to move ahead of any of the five sides ahead of it (depending on how goal differential goes).
[ MORE: Spurs-Man Utd recap | JPW’s 3 Things]Here is your guide to the final nine matchdays of the season for England’s second tier. The top twoMarcelo Bielsa’s Peacocks and Slaven Bilic’s Baggies have 7- and 6-point cushions on third place with nine matches to go, a congested fixture list ready to tax the benches of all of the sides. The playoff raceThird through sixth in the Championship will contest the playoffs for the third promotion spot to the Premier League. Third-place Fulham will learn a lot about whether it’s in the race for automatic promotion or just a playoff probability within one week’s time.
Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Ipswich Town — The hosts led 1-0 but saw a man sent off in the 70th minute and conceded twice in the next four minutes. League Two — Home teams 1W-4LOldham sprung a bit of a surprise on Cambridge United and Walsall also scored a minor upset at Tranmere Rovers, but the wins for visitors Salford City and Forest Green Rovers were over teams well below them on the table. Hosts Colchester United were expected to beat Grimsby Town, too. Barrow 0-1 Salford CityCambridge United 1-2 Oldham AthleticHarrogate Town 0-1 Forest Green RoversTranmere Rovers 1-3 WalsallColchester United 2-1 Grimsby TownFollow @NicholasMendola The EFL Championship final day on Wednesday will be absolutely bonkers.
Norwich City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday — The Canaries came back through two late goals for the 2000 fans at Carrow Road, and Daniel Farke was happy to see them. “It was great to at least have 2, 000 yellow shirts here. I celebrated with our supporters because they also played their part during difficult periods in the game, they were unbelievably noisy, ” Farke said.
The letter then addresses a rumored start date in early June without confirming or denying the viability of that date. “By advising a mid-May return to training, ” the letter reads, “it has inevitably led to speculation that the season will recommence on June 6 – three weeks later. No date has been discussed and we continue to work with the government and health authorities to help identify the date where we can resume our season. Our planning needs to be agile enough to allow us to be as prepared as possible for a return at relatively short notice.
Birmingham City vs Sunderland Live Stream, Predictions Mark Harris (49') was the scorer for Cardiff City. The stats tell the story, and Sunderland have been scored against in 5 of their last 6
However, if they lose and Swansea win, then Swansea will finish sixth on goal difference as Cardiff are on +7 with Swansea on +6. Relegation situation is wildHull sit bottom and the only hope for them is if they win on the final day and Luton, Barnsley and Wigan don’t win, as Wigan’s 12-point deduction would save Hull. Middlesbrough and Birmingham City should be okay but Lee Bowyer’s Charlton are well in the mix. Adding Wigan’s situation into the mix makes it even crazier as their 12-point deduction will kick in after the final whistle on Wednesday.
The Cottagers host fourth-place Brentford at 7:30 a. m. ET Saturday and go to Leeds one week later. Fulham has 64 points, six back of second place and nine clear of seventh place. It would be very surprising if the Londoners didn’t keep hold of a playoff spot. Brentford (60) and Nottingham Forest (60) have five-point advantages on seventh, nice but not too comfortable, while Preston North End’s one-point-above-sixth-place footing is uneven. Six teams are within two wins of Preston’s 56 points. Seventh-place Bristol City has 55, Millwall and Cardiff City have 54, Blackburn and Swansea City have 53, Derby County has 51, and QPR’s on 50. Rooney’s Rams are six points behind the playoff places (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)Americans AbroadSpeaking of QPR, USMNT veteran Geoff Cameron is a fixture for Mark Warburton’s London side.
Hull City, Wigan Athletic, and Middlesbrough are just two points above the drop zone, while Stoke City and Huddersfield Town have three-point distances above the drop. Charlton can pass Hull with a win at the KC Stadium on Saturday, though it’s only other chance to affect a fellow struggler is July 18 versus Wigan. This week’s scheduleFulham v. Brentford — 7:30 a. ET Saturday Middlesbrough v. Swansea City — 7:30 a. ET Saturday Millwall v. Derby County — 8 a. ET Saturday West Brom v. Birmingham City — 10 a.
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The 34-year-old has played 28 times this season. Derby County has seen a fine season out of Duane Holmes, who has three goals and three assists. Not American, but ex-DC United man Wayne Rooney is Holmes’ teammate. No American has played more Championship minutes than Fulham’s Tim Ream (3142). Next up are Wigan’s Antonee Robinson (2587) and Hull City’s Eric Lichaj (2546). Matt Miazga is handling center back duties for Reading, while Cameron Carter-Vickers’ latest loan stint at Luton Town has gone well individually.
Sheffield United facing crucial decision that could determine ... of his squad to enjoy a well-earned rest when the Championship season comes to a halt following the Cardiff City match on November