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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.

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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	W2-1
2	Sunderland	42	+27	54	W2-1	D1-1
3	Birmingham City	42	+20	53	D0-0	D2-2
4	Chelsea	42	+14	53	D1-1	L0-2
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	+22	49	L0-3	D1-1
6	Luton Town	42	+21	49	D1-1	D1-1
7	West Ham United	42	+11	47	D1-1	L0-2
8	Cambridge United	42	+8	44	D2-2	L2-3
9	Newcastle United	42	+4	44	W1-0	D0-0
10	Preston North End	42	+4	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	-4	43	L0-1	L2-3
12	Swansea City	42	-5	43	D1-1	L0-1
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	+7	41	W3-0	W3-1
14	Leyton Orient	42	-6	41	D2-2	D2-2
15	Cardiff City	42	-7	40	W2-0	W2-0
16	Wrexham	42	-9	38	D0-0	L0-2
17	Notts County	42	-1	37	W2-0	L1-2
18	Watford	42	-7	37	L1-2	D0-0
19	Bristol Rovers	42	-14	35	W3-2	D3-3
20	Fulham	42	-32	29	W3-2	L0-1
21	Burnley	42	-34	27	W3-2	D1-1
22	Charlton Athletic	42	-39	22	D1-1	W3-0

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

	Preston North End
League Record
Rank	10th	15th	9th
Played	42	21	21
Won	12	8	4
Drawn	19	10	9
Lost	11	3	8
Form (6 games)
Rank	11th	11th	5th
Record (W-D-L)	1-4-1	2-3-1	2-3-1
Goals (F-A)	7-6	6-5	11-9
Attack
Rank	9th	13th	5th
Goals scored	56	30	26
Failed to score	11	4	7
Since failing to score	4	2	2
Defence
Rank	10th	14th	8th
Goals conceded	52	23	29
Clean sheets	10	6	4
Current clean sheets	0	1	0
Goal Difference
Rank	10th	16th	5th
Goal difference	+4	+7	-3
Goal Total
Rank	11th	10th	9th
Goal total	108	53	55
Over 2.5 goals	18	9	9
Under 2.5 goals	24	12	12
Sequence Summary
Full	lost last game
Home	unbeaten in last 5
Away	w/o win in last 3
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	3-4-2	2-4-1	2-4-3
w/o Loss-w/o Win	12-7	10-5	7-8
Score Distribution
Most common	D1-1	D1-1	D1-1
Occurence	10	6	4
	Preston North End

Preston North End

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

10th

15th

9th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

11th

5th

Record (W-D-L)

1-4-1

2-3-1

Goals (F-A)

7-6

6-5

11-9

Attack

Rank

9th

13th

5th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

10th

14th

8th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

10th

16th

5th

Goal difference

-3

Goal Total

Rank

11th

10th

9th

Goal total

108

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

lost last game

Home

unbeaten in last 5

Away

w/o win in last 3

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

3-4-2

2-4-1

2-4-3

w/o Loss-w/o Win

12-7

10-5

7-8

Score Distribution

Most common

D1-1

Occurence

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English Division Two (old)	10th	42	12	19	11	10	11	56	52	+4	.511
English FA Cup	Third Round	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	-3	.333
English League Cup	Second Round	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	-2	.250
Anglo-Scottish Cup	Quarter-Final	5	2	1	2	0	1	7	8	-1	.500
	TOTAL	50	14	20	16	10	14	64	66	-2	.481

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division Two (old)

10th

.511

English FA Cup

Third Round

-3

.333

English League Cup