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WATCH: Where's Bony?

Manchester City's hopes of winning the Premier League title were dealt a significant blow on Saturday as relegation-threatened Norwich held them to a goalless draw .

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Chelseaâs Diego Costa denies biting Evertonâs Gareth Barry

â¢ Spain striker sent off late in 2-0 FA Cup defeat after clashing with Barry â¢ Costa âvery clearâ he did not bite Barry, says club spokesman Chelseaâs Diego Costa says he did not bite Evertonâs Gareth Barry during a confrontation in Saturdayâs FA Cup defeat at Goodison Park, according to a clubâ¦

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Chelsea's Costa denies biting Barry

Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he did not bite Gareth Barry during their 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Everton.

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Rafael Benitez appointed Newcastle United manager: 'I know it's a risk but I'm not scared'

Magpie's latest manager, who has 10 games to prove himself the saviour of St James' Park, says the struggling club knew they had to do something different

» 11h

Sunday's gossip column

PSG boss linked with Man Utd, Chelsea duo set for exit, Spurs in shock Liverpool raid, plus more

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Claudio Ranieri: A look at the Italian manager's career with the people who worked with him along the way

Once unfairly lampooned in British football, the Leicester boss has proved himself a brilliant man-manager this season. But, as Simon Hart reveals, his leadership qualities were there from the very start

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AtlÃ©tico Madrid cruise past Deportivo to keep Barcelona in sight

AtlÃ©tico Madrid maintained their faint hopes of catching Barcelona by recording a fourth straight league win, comfortably beating Deportivo la CoruÃ±a 3-0 with goals by the midfielder SaÃºl ÃÃguez, top scorer Antoine Griezmann and Argentinian forward Ãngel Correa. SaÃºl headed AtlÃ©tico in front inâ¦

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Sunday's English & Scottish previews

Previews and team news for Sunday's matches in the Premier League, FA Cup, Championship and Scottish League Cup.

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2 points for a win
Goal average 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	Burnley	42	2.06	62	L0-1	W1-0
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	2.19	61	W3-1	L2-4
3	Aston Villa	42	1.08	50	D2-2	L1-2
4	Middlesbrough	42	1.07	47	W2-1	L0-3
5	Bristol City	42	1.24	46	W3-2	W2-1
6	Sunderland	42	1.20	46	W1-0	D1-1
7	Blackpool	42	1.10	46	W2-0	W2-1
8	Oxford United	42	1.21	45	L0-1	L0-1
9	Fulham	42	1.18	44	W3-0	L0-1
10	Sheffield Wednesday	42	1.07	44
11	Millwall	42	1.17	42	D2-2	L1-2
12	Luton Town	42	0.83	41	W4-0	D0-0
13	Hull City	42	1.08	40	W4-2	D1-1
14	Nottingham Forest	42	0.90	40	L1-2	L0-3
15	Leyton Orient	42	0.93	36	W2-0	L2-3
16	Swindon Town	42	0.77	36	W2-1	L0-1
17	Portsmouth	42	0.71	35	W2-1	L0-1
18	Carlisle United	42	0.96	34	D0-0	D1-1
19	Preston North End	42	0.58	34	W2-1	D1-1
20	Cardiff City	42	0.74	33	W1-0	L1-4
21	Huddersfield Town	42	0.64	33	W3-2	L0-1
22	Brighton and Hove A	42	0.55	29	D1-1	D3-3

2 points for a win
Goal average 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

2.06

2.19

1.08

1.07

1.24

1.20

1.10

1.21

1.18

1.07

1.17

0.83

1.08

0.90

0.93

0.77

0.71

0.96

0.58

0.74

0.64

0.55

	Sheffield Wednesday
League Record
Rank	10th	3rd	15th
Played	42	21	21
Won	17	14	3
Drawn	10	4	6
Lost	15	3	12
Form (6 games)
Rank	15th	8th	15th
Record (W-D-L)	2-1-3	4-2-0	1-0-5
Goals (F-A)	5-7	9-4	3-11
Attack
Rank	5th	3rd	11th
Goals scored	59	40	19
Failed to score	11	3	8
Since failing to score	1	0	1
Defence
Rank	15th	13th	14th
Goals conceded	55	20	35
Clean sheets	9	7	2
Current clean sheets	0	3	0
Goal Difference
Rank	10th	3rd	13th
Goal difference	+4	+20	-16
Goal Total
Rank	4th	6th	9th
Goal total	114	60	54
Over 2.5 goals	23	13	10
Under 2.5 goals	19	8	11
Sequence Summary
Full	w/o win in last 3
Home	drew last game, unbeaten in last 12
Away	lost last 4
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	4-2-3	6-2-3	1-3-4
w/o Loss-w/o Win	5-7	12-3	3-8
Score Distribution
Most common	L0-1	W2-1	L0-1
Occurence	7	4	5
	Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

10th

3rd

15th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

15th

8th

15th

Record (W-D-L)

2-1-3

4-2-0

1-0-5

Goals (F-A)

5-7

9-4

3-11

Attack

Rank

5th

3rd

11th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

15th

13th

14th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

10th

3rd

13th

Goal difference

+20

-16

Goal Total

Rank

4th

6th

9th

Goal total

114

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

w/o win in last 3

Home

drew last game,
unbeaten in last 12

Away

lost last 4

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

4-2-3

6-2-3

1-3-4

w/o Loss-w/o Win

5-7

12-3

3-8

Score Distribution

Most common

L0-1

W2-1

L0-1

Occurence

Sheffield Wednesday


English Division Two (old)	10th	42	17	10	15	9	11	59	55	+4	.523
English FA Cup	Fifth Round	5	2	2	1	1	0	8	6	+2	.571
English League Cup	Third Round	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	.500
	TOTAL	49	20	12	17	11	11	70	64	+6	.529

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division Two (old)

10th

.523

English FA Cup

Fifth Round

.571

English League Cup

Third Round