Selhurst Park rarely needs extra encouragement, but today’s 14:00 GMT kick-off between Palace and Chelsea arrives with enough tension and narrative to make the place feel especially sharp. The league table frames it as a mid-season pivot point: Chelsea travel across London sitting sixth, with Palace 13th, separated by six points and seven places. That […]
Fulham produced another Craven Cottage escape act yesterday, coming from behind to beat Brighton 2–1 with a stoppage-time free-kick from Harry Wilson that sent the home crowd into raptures and left the visitors staring at another match that slipped through their fingers. Brighton had the better of long stretches, created the clearer opportunities and led […]
A Sunday afternoon in west London brings Brentford and Nottingham Forest together at the Gtech Community Stadium on 25 January at 2pm, and the Premier League context gives it a sharp edge. Brentford start the weekend seventh, right in the conversation for the European places and with a home record that has turned TW8 into […]
West Ham United gave their relegation fight a major shot in the arm today with a 3–1 win over Sunderland at the London Stadium, delivering a ruthless first-half display that effectively decided the contest before the interval. The Hammers were sharp, direct and far more aggressive in key areas, racing into a three-goal lead through […]
A cold Saturday afternoon at Turf Moor has a familiar feel to it: a relegation-threatened home side clinging to scraps of momentum and a visiting heavyweight trying to shake off a season that has stubbornly refused to settle. Burnley host Tottenham today with both clubs needing points for different reasons, and with the Premier League […]
A Saturday lunchtime at London Stadium brings West Ham and Sunderland together with very different objectives but the same urgency, as the Premier League calendar reaches the point where momentum can quickly become destiny. The hosts begin the weekend in 18th on 17 points from 22 matches, still stuck in the relegation places but with […]
A tight-looking Premier League meeting at Craven Cottage today brings Fulham and Brighton together with the kind of table context that can quietly shape the second half of a season. Only a point separates the sides heading into the weekend, with the home team sitting just above their visitors, and the winner knowing a push […]
Tottenham’s miserable run deepened yesterday as West Ham snatched a 2–1 win in stoppage time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a result that left the home crowd furious, piled more pressure on Thomas Frank, and gave the Hammers a badly needed lift in their relegation fight. In a derby played against a backdrop of tension […]
Chelsea gave Liam Rosenior the perfect opening chapter of his Premier League reign yesterday, beating Brentford 2–0 at Stamford Bridge in a match that never felt comfortable but ended with a clean sheet, two goals, and a wave of relief around the ground. The Blues were second-best for long spells and rode their luck at […]
Saturday’s Premier League meeting between Tottenham and West Ham arrives with far more than bragging rights attached. The hosts go into the weekend 14th in the table, while West Ham sit 18th and fighting to climb out of the relegation places, adding a heavy layer of urgency to a fixture that already carries its own […]
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