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And it\u2019s half-time at Turf Moor, where Manchester City lead 1-0 and Burnley need a goal to avoid going down, mathematically at least.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Half time: Bournemouth 0-0 Leeds<\/p>\n It\u2019s been watchable, if not a thriller so far. Bournemouth have probably edged the first half, but it\u2019s still very much up for grabs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Double oof! The ball is whipped along the six-yard line and Aaronson just fails to connect with a boot and prod it home. That\u2019s the closest Leeds have come.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Oof! This is the closest either side have come, as Ryan Christie slides in at the far post but sees his shot repelled by Darlow\u2019s right boot. Tavernier then flashes his effort wide, before Leeds break away again \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.47 EDT<\/p>\n Leeds have a free kick on the left-hand edge of the area, but Tanaka\u2019s delivery is terrible, wafting into the crowd behind the goal. The home fans ask: \u201cwhat the [effing] hell was that,\u201d and with good cause.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n With Ipswich level and Boro ahead, the race for that second automatic promotion spot could scarcely be tighter. Ipswich have a game in hand on Millwall, but one of their three remaining fixtures is at St Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Championship half-times<\/p>\n Birmingham 2-1 Preston Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bournemouth 0-0 Leeds: From Truffert\u2019s free kick, Marco Senesi heads across goal but Darlow is there to scoop it up. Leeds break and Aaronson cuts inside before firing on goal. It\u2019s on target, but easy enough for Petrovic to get down and collect.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bournemouth\u2019s Adrien Truffert records the game\u2019s first shot on target, which is a start, even if it\u2019s underhit and straight at Karl Darlow. In the Championship<\/a>, Blackburn lead 3-0 at Sheffield United, Ohashi getting his second of the night.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Junior Kroupi goes in the book for a hefty challenge on Ampadu, who needs a touch of the magic sponge. At Turf Moor, Burnley are holding up under pressure, but Manchester City still lead 1-0.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sheffield United 0-2 Blackburn: The visitors double their lead through Ryoya Morishita, and it\u2019s looking like curtains for Oxford United in the Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Charlton 1-1 Ipswich (Furlong 35′)<\/p>\n Ipswich are level, right-back Darnell Furlong striking clinically from the edge of the box after silky buildup work from Jaden Philogene.<\/p>\n Darnell Furlong levels it for Ipswich. Photograph: Simon Dael\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.32 EDT<\/p>\n Bournemouth launch a long throw that Darlow punches away and Leeds break, Okafor with a lung-busting run down the left. Gudmundsson eventually gets up to deliver a cross, but it\u2019s cleared away by Truffer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n All over in Paris, too, where PSG have beaten Nantes 3-0 to move four points clear atop Ligue 1. Their Champions League semi-final opponents, Bayern Munich, lead Leverkusen 1-0 in the DFB Cup semis and in case you hadn\u2019t guessed, it\u2019s Harry Kane with the opener.<\/p>\n Hazza Kazza scores for Bayern against Leverkusen. Photograph: Ulrik Pedersen\/ZUMA Press Wire\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.23 EDT<\/p>\n It\u2019s finished Elche 3-2 Atl\u00e9tico in La Liga, with the hosts hauling themselves out of the relegation zone. Atl\u00e9tico sit fourth, and have had a very underwhelming league campaign alongside their Cup heroics.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Bournemouth have started stronger at the Vitality, with David Brooks almost latching on to a through ball before Evanilson fires wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Birmingham 2-1 Preston: Ibrahim Osman doubles the hosts\u2019 lead at St Andrews, before Andy Hughes quickly pulls one back. The playoffs are beyond Birmingham now but they can secure a top-half finish with a decent run in their final three games.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.11 EDT<\/p>\n At Turf Moor, Burnley have let Erling Haaland run through on goal, with predictable results. City lead 1-0, and are provisionally top of the table.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland is inevitable. Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.13 EDT<\/p>\n Sheffield Utd 0-1 Blackburn: Yuki Ohashi puts Rovers ahead at Bramall Lane \u2013 if they win, they\u2019ll secure their Championship<\/a> place and send Oxford down tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield Wed (Whittaker 11′)<\/p>\n Boro take an early lead, Morgan Whittaker with the goal. Elsewhere in the second tier, Birmingham lead Preston through Jay Stansfield.<\/p>\n Morgan Whittaker celebrates scoring the opener for Middlesbrough. Photograph: Owen Humphreys\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.05 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Charlton 1-0 Ipswich (Docherty 1′)<\/p>\n A big goal at the Valley, as Greg Docherty strikes on the rebound inside 60 seconds. It\u2019s particularly good news for Charlton\u2019s Sarf Lah\u2019n neighbours, Millwall, who lead the race for second place.<\/p>\n Greg Docherty scores for Charlton Athletic! Photograph: Justin Setterfield\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.08 EDT<\/p>\n Pre-game thoughts from Andoni Iraola, who is asked whether his exit \u2013 and news of Marco Rose\u2019s arrival \u2013 has affected the players. \u201cIt is not affecting the performances, which tells you a lot about their mentality. The recent results, this appointment, show where things are going.\u201d<\/p>\n And here\u2019s Daniel Farke, his countenance as ever like a humble medieval farmer who must avenge a death: \u201cWe are focused only on this game, to achieve our goal, our bread and butter in the league. It\u2019s a busy schedule but my players would rather be playing games than training!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ICYMI, today\u2019s big football news:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBournemouth are on the beach, but not in the football sense \u2013 they still have realistic Europe ambitions and will want to play up for the gaffer who\u2019s taken them there,\u201d writes Jeremy Boyce. \u201cNotAsNasty Leeds will present feisty opposition, despite their upcoming FA Cup semi v leaderless Chelsea. A point tonight and they\u2019re safe. Plenty to play for, and given their respective styles, there should be goals.<\/p>\n \u201cHand on heart, this Leeds fan says a surprise 1-2 and a happy day out at Wemberlee on Sunday. We can always dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There is, of course, another Premier League<\/a> game on tonight: Burnley v Manchester City. If City win it, they go top, and Burnley will be relegated. High stakes indeed; follow that one with Simon Burnton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI know we start next season on -15 points, but looking at the team tonight, it\u2019s a good League One<\/a> team,\u201d writes Sheffield Wednesday fan Colin Everest. \u201cLet\u2019s hope the takeover goes through smoothly this month.\u201d Amen to that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday teams<\/p>\n Middlesbrough (3-4-2-1): Brynn; Malanda, Fry, Ayling; Brittain, Morris, Whittaker, Targett; Browne, Conway; Strelec. Sheffield Wednesday (3-4-3): Cooper; Palmer, Otegbayo, Lowe; Fusire, Heskey, Nakamba, Adaramola; Thornton, Yates, McNeill. Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cDid Liam Rosenior really fail at Chelsea?\u201d asks Liam Ro David Wall. \u201cPeople forget that their measures of success aren\u2019t the normal ones for any other football club. Their aim is to short-sell the market on wide forwards below the age of 25, the other on-pitch stuff is just sleight-of-hand to get the suckers looking the other way. How they can make any decision on his tenure before the transfer window opens is beyond me.\u201d<\/p>\n Bringing it back round to Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola is among the early favourites for the Chelsea hotseat this summer. You have to wonder why any manager whose star is rising would take that job on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Bournemouth v Leeds team news<\/p>\n Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Jim\u00e9nez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Scott, Christie; Brooks, Kroupi, Tavernier; Evanilson. Leeds United (3-4-2-1): Darlow; Justin, Bijol, Struijk; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Aaronson, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin. Share<\/a><\/p>\n PSG were originally supposed to host this game between the Champions League ties against Chelsea, but it was moved to allow them to focus on Europe. PSG have only played four Ligue 1 games since the end of February, and visiting fans made their feelings known with a banner. To be fair, PSG have lost two of those games, so it might not be helping.<\/p>\n Rough translation: \u2018Qatar demands, the LFP obeys, French football suffers, we are sick of you.\u2019 Photograph: Franck Fife\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s been a lively start to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u2019s game at Elche \u2013 having led early through Nico Gonz\u00e1lez, the visitors fell 2-1 down before Gonz\u00e1lez got a second to make it 2-2 at half-time.<\/p>\n In Ligue 1, PSG lead relegation-threatened Nantes 2-0 at the Parc des Princes, the goals coming from Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9. In fact, as I type this, Kvaratskhelia has added his second, the silky genius.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Which team currently has the longest unbeaten run in any of Europe\u2019s \u201cbig five\u201d leagues? Bayern? Barcelona? No, it\u2019s Bournemouth, who haven\u2019t lost in 13 [thirteen] Premier League<\/a> matches.<\/p>\n Not even Andoni Iraola announcing his summer departure could stop them \u2013 if anything, results have improved. Having emerged from trips to the Emirates and St James\u2019 Park with six points in the bag, the Cherries can climb to sixth with a win tonight, a first European campaign within reach.<\/p>\n It could be a historic season for Leeds too \u2013 they are unbeaten in six games in all competitions, and will fancy their chances of upsetting Chelsea in the FA Cup semis this weekend. Eight points ahead of Spurs in the relegation battle, a result here would all but secure survival.<\/p>\n The vibes should be immaculate at the Vitality \u2013and there\u2019s plenty going on elsewhere. Ipswich and Middlesbrough need wins to boost their promotion hopes, Atl\u00e9tico and Barcelona are in La Liga action, and it\u2019s only Leverkusen v Bayern in the DFB Pokal semi-finals. Let\u2019s roll!<\/p>\n
Charlton 1-1 Ipswich
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield Wed
Sheffield United 0-3 Blackburn<\/p>\n
Subs: Sene, Silvera, Castledine, Bangura, Edmundson, Hansen, Wildsmith, Ibeh, Sarmiento.<\/p>\n
Subs: Iorfa, Lowe, Chalobah, Kobacki, Stretch, McGhee, Grainger, Moses, Silcott-Duberry.<\/p>\n
Subs: Mandas, Smith, Adams, Diakit\u00e9, Doak, Toth, Adli, Unal, Rayan.<\/p>\n
Subs: Perri, Rodon, Bornauw, Buonanotte, Dan James, Sean Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Gnonto.<\/p>\n