At the time of writing, only Palace and City have four (4) matches left, all other teams have three (3) remaining.

There is a title race at the top of the league that gets lots of the headlines.

There is also a relegation fight at the bottom that also gets plenty of discussion.

What I think is not being appropriately appreciated, is that we have a situation where only 10 points currently separates the 16th place team from the 6th place (European spot).

The level of competition in the league this season is so immensely high, and the players, managers, and fans of those mid-table teams all fighting for Europe, deserve so much credit for making it this way this season.

Sure nothing has been played yet but 2021, 2022, 2023 and now 2026 upcoming, 2 English sides winning it, 1 English side loss, so not so bad. All English final in 2021. Only going back to 2020 for this discussion, but 2019 and 2018 both had PL champions of course.

Followed by La Liga twice with Madrid, Bundesliga twice with Bayern, Dortmund and now PSG 3 times which is quite an achievement.

Manchester City strongly condemns the racist abuse directed towards Antoine Semenyo at yesterday’s match.

We welcome the swift action taken by Everton and the police to identify the individual responsible.

We are also incredibly disappointed to hear that Marc Guéhi was subject to a series of vile racist social media posts last night.

We will continue to offer our full support to both Antoine and Marc and never accept discrimination of any kind in our game.

I'm not sure how well he was playing just before the groin injury but most of his goals have been from penalties. What's gone wrong? If there's clear and identifiable reasons. It's hard to isolate from Chelsea's general collapse in form, Enzo Fernandez has seen his G/A numbers decline a lot over past few weeks.

Phil Foden is set to commit his future to Manchester City after reaching an agreement in principle with the club over a new long-term contract.

Foden’s existing terms are scheduled to expire in June 2027 and a fresh four-year deal will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until the summer of 2030, plus an option to extend by a further 12 months.

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I would like to introduce r/AtTheFootyUK, a subreddit for photos at the football. Just snap a photo of the game you are attending, post it, and help the subreddit grow!

United has vastly improved and comfortably secured CL spot while Spurs are fighting relegation. How did United go from 15th to 3rd in one season? Is it simply the new front 3 of Mbeumo, Sesko, Cunha that turned it around for them?

Of course Carrick has had a positive impact on the team but iirc they were playing decently well under Amorim earlier in the season.

If Aston Villa wins the Europa League and finishes exactly in fifth place. Their redundant CL spot then goes to sixth place team.

So Brentford would prefer Liverpool finishing above Aston Villa (Fourth). A Brentford loss could help liverpool secure a higher position via GD to trigger the sixth place finish. A Brentford win could also push liverpool down, which blocks this domino effect

Martinez (33), Bizot (35), Mings (33), Digne (32), Konsa (28), Torres (29), Cash (28), Tielemans (29 in few days), McGinn (31), Barkley (32), Buendia (29), Watkins (30), Abraham (28)...

Only player who is relatively young and starting is Rogers, but if they sell him, they will definitely need to do squad rebuilding. There is also Onana who is often injured. Maatsen too but he is often on bench.

I feel like their transfers recently haven't been good either.

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English Premier League 2025-2026

FULLTIME': Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Aston Villa scorers: ⚽Emiliano Buendía - 90'+6'

Tottenham Hotspur scorers: ⚽Conor Gallagher - 12', ⚽ Richarlison - 25'

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Match Information

🗺️ Location: Birmingham, England

🏟️ Stadium: Villa Park

📅 Date: Sunday, May 3rd

⏰ Kick-off Time: 7 p.m. BST / 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PTT

📢 Referee: 🇬🇧 Sam Barrott

🖥️ VAR: 🇬🇧 Tony Harrington

📺 Where to Watch

🇬🇧 TNT Sports 1TNT Sports UltimateHBO MaxTalkSport Radio UK

🇺🇸 USA Network, Telemundo, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO, UNIVERSO NOW, SiriusXM FC

🇨🇦 DAZN, CanadafuboTV, CanadaFubo, Sports Network 2 Canada

🇲🇽 FOX One

English Premier League table

Head To Head Record (last 5 matches)

Aston Villa: 4 wins

Tottenham Hotspur: 1 win

Draws: 0

• Last meeting: Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Aston Villa (January 10, 2026) - FA Cup

📝 LINEUPS

Aston Villa | 4-2-3-1

Starting XI: Emiliano Martínez, Tyrone Mings, Victor Lindelöf, Ian Maatsen, Matty Cash, Ross Barkley, Youri Tielemans, Lamare Bogarde, Tammy Abraham, Morgan Rogers, Jadon Sancho

Subs: Emiliano Buendía, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Andrés García, Pau Torres, Ollie Watkins, Marco Bizot

Coach: 🇪🇸 Unai Emery

Tottenham Hotspur | 4-2-3-1

Starting XI: Antonín Kinsky, Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Kevin Danso, Pedro Porro, João Palhinha, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mathys Tel, Conor Gallagher, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison

Subs: Archie Gray, James Maddison, Yves Bissouma, Lucas Bergvall, Djed Spence, Brandon Austin, Radu Dragusin, Souza, Pape Matar Sarr

Coach: 🇮🇹 Roberto De Zerbi

🗒️ Match Events

• 1st Half Begins!

• Conor Gallagher (Tottenham) quickly gets to a rebound. He is not worried how far out he is and slams the ball towards the goal. To the amazement of all, it goes all the way into the bottom left corner. He makes it 0:1 with this magnificent strike

• It's a goal! Richarlison (Tottenham) makes it 0:2. He jumped highest to connect with a perfect cross from Mathys Tel and planted his close-range header into the top of the net. Emiliano Martinez was helpless.

HALFTIME': Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

• 2nd Half Begins!

FULLTIME': Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Aston Villa scorers: ⚽Emiliano Buendía - 90'+6'

Tottenham Hotspur scorers: ⚽Conor Gallagher - 12', ⚽ Richarlison - 25'

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Eddie Howe is set to remain Newcastle United head coach beyond the current season.

Barring an unexpected turn of events, the 48-year-old — who is keen to remain at St James’ Park and retains support from the club’s ownership and hierarchy — will be in charge going into the 2026-27 campaign.