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Troyes 0-9 Paris St-Germain

Paris St-Germain are crowned French champions as Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores four in a 9-0 demolition of Troyes.

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LISTEN: Sunday Supplement Podcast

Listen as the panel debate Rafa Benitez's appointment as Newcastle manager, Diego Costa's latest indiscretion and whether another FA Cup triumph would be enough to constitute a successful season for Arsenal.

» 1h

Levante 1-0 Valencia

Gary Neville's Valencia side suffer a derby defeat as they lose away at La Liga's bottom team, Levante.

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Nordtveit heading to England

Borussia Monchengladbach have announced that midfielder Havard Nordtveit will not be renewing his contract when it expires this summer - and that he is set for a move to England.

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Fernandinho: Title out of control

Fernandinho has admitted Man City's title hopes are out of their hands following their goalless draw with Norwich at Carrow Road on Saturday and that finishing in the top four is now a must.

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WATCH: Bournemouth trio on GOS

Bournemouth's Andrew Surman, Matt Ritchie and Steve Cook told Goals on Sunday there won't be any let up, even though they look close to Premier League survival.

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Key battle: Kante v Shelvey

Premier League leaders Leicester host struggling Newcastle on Monday Night Football.

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Costa did not bite me - Barry

Everton midfielder Gareth Barry says Chelsea striker Diego Costa did not bite him during Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final.

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2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Leyton Orient were known as Orient
England Division Two (old)	Home		Away
1	Leicester City	42	+20	55	D1-1	W1-0
2	Sunderland	42	+27	54	W3-0	L2-4
3	Birmingham City	42	+20	53	W1-0	L0-2
4	Chelsea	42	+14	53	W1-0	L0-3
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	+22	49	D0-0	L3-4
6	Luton Town	42	+21	49	W2-1	D0-0
7	West Ham United	42	+11	47	D0-0	L0-1
8	Cambridge United	42	+8	44	D1-1	D3-3
9	Newcastle United	42	+4	44	W1-0	L2-3
10	Preston North End	42	+4	43	W3-2	W1-0
11	Oldham Athletic	42	-4	43
12	Swansea City	42	-5	43	W4-1	L0-2
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	+7	41	L0-2	W1-0
14	Leyton Orient	42	-6	41	W1-0	D1-1
15	Cardiff City	42	-7	40	L0-3	L0-1
16	Wrexham	42	-9	38	L2-3	D1-1
17	Notts County	42	-1	37	W1-0	D1-1
18	Watford	42	-7	37	D1-1	L0-1
19	Bristol Rovers	42	-14	35	W2-1	L0-2
20	Fulham	42	-32	29	L0-1	W1-0
21	Burnley	42	-34	27	W2-1	D1-1
22	Charlton Athletic	42	-39	22	W4-3	L1-2

2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Leyton Orient were known as Orient

England Division Two (old)

Home

Away

Res

+20

+27

+20

+14

+22

+21

+11

-4

-5

-6

-7

-9

-1

-7

-14

-32

-34

-39

	Oldham Athletic
League Record
Rank	11th	7th	15th
Played	42	21	21
Won	16	12	4
Drawn	11	5	6
Lost	15	4	11
Form (6 games)
Rank	16th	8th	14th
Record (W-D-L)	2-1-3	3-2-1	2-1-3
Goals (F-A)	3-8	11-9	3-7
Attack
Rank	14th	13th	13th
Goals scored	49	30	19
Failed to score	13	5	8
Since failing to score	0	0	0
Defence
Rank	13th	11th	14th
Goals conceded	53	21	32
Clean sheets	13	8	5
Current clean sheets	0	1	0
Goal Difference
Rank	13th	14th	15th
Goal difference	-4	+9	-13
Goal Total
Rank	13th	13th	11th
Goal total	102	51	51
Over 2.5 goals	15	9	6
Under 2.5 goals	27	12	15
Sequence Summary
Full	lost last game
Home	drew last game
Away	lost last game
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	4-3-4	4-1-2	1-4-4
w/o Loss-w/o Win	9-4	9-2	4-12
Score Distribution
Most common	W1-0	W1-0	W1-0 D1-1
Occurence	9	5	4
	Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

11th

7th

15th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

16th

8th

14th

Record (W-D-L)

2-1-3

3-2-1

2-1-3

Goals (F-A)

3-8

11-9

3-7

Attack

Rank

14th

13th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

13th

11th

14th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

13th

14th

15th

Goal difference

-4

-13

Goal Total

Rank

13th

11th

Goal total

102

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

lost last game

Home

drew last game

Away

lost last game

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

4-3-4

4-1-2

1-4-4

w/o Loss-w/o Win

9-4

9-2

4-12

Score Distribution

Most common

W1-0

W1-0
D1-1

Occurence

Oldham Athletic


English Division Two (old)	11th	42	16	11	15	13	13	49	53	-4	.511
English FA Cup	Third Round	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	-1	.333
English League Cup	Second Round	2	1	0	1	0	1	3	4	-1	.500
Anglo-Scottish Cup	Preliminary Round	3	2	0	1	0	0	5	5	0	.600
	TOTAL	48	19	11	18	13	15	57	63	-6	.510

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division Two (old)

11th

-4

.511

English FA Cup

Third Round

-1

.333