Sunderland

SUNDERLAND 2-1 CHELSEA - KIERAN GILL AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: Embarrassingly and extraordinarily, Chelsea are not in Europe next season. Brilliantly, Sunderland are.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates from the final day of the 2025-26 Premier League as Arsenal are crowned champions at Selhurst Park.

SIMON JONES: Glenn Hoddle has launched a withering attack on club captain Cristian Romero for his plan to stay in Argentina this weekend rather than support Tottenham.

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The supercomputer is a predictive AI model which determines the likelihood of match results and end-of-season standings, with it becoming increasingly popular over recent years.

Sunderland and Everton supporters at the Hill Dickinson Stadium unveiled a large banner with a picture of Bradley, who died from neuroblastoma in 2017.

Late goals kept alive Sunderland's chances of European football as they came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 and ruin Toffees captain Seamus Coleman's final appearance for the club.

How did you get on against our experts in Daily Mail Sport's Predictor challenge in gameweek 31?

My social media feeds were lively on Friday night after I endorsed Fernandes' triumph and revealed that I had voted for him last season too.

The Premier League is awash with YouTube and social media creators vying for your attention. Every club has its own ecosystem - but who is the best option to follow for your club?

CHRIS WHEELER: Of more concern to Carrick will be how much United missed the midfielder at the Stadium of Light. They missed his experience and poise in midfield.

CHRIS WHEELER AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: The only United players to emerge with any real credit aside from goalkeeper Senne Lammens were the ones who weren't playing.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Sunderland welcome Manchester United to the Stadium of Light in the Premier League.

CHRIS WHEELER: Face buried inside his shirt, Amad Diallo didn't look like a player who had just finished on the winning team for Manchester United against Liverpool.

Once more into the maelstrom. The EFL play-offs start their 40th edition with Millwall at Hull and the only thing for certain is that nobody knows what is in store.

With Casemiro leaving Manchester United after four years in the summer, club legend Schmeichel believes the former Arsenal star would be a strong replacement.

There were three lucky winners this week, who called all seven games correctly. A further 79 fell one short, with six.

The Premier League is reaching a thrilling conclusion with the title battle, race for Europe and fight for survival all to be resolved. Follow the latest with here...

There's been no let up to the games coming thick and fast as we approach the season's finale - and Daily Mail's popular predictor game is back for another week.

The Premier League clubs splashed the cash last summer as ever. And while some players have proven to be a roaring success this season, some most definitely have not. But who takes the No 1 spot?

 As Vitor Pereira raucously celebrated a quite stunning Nottingham Forest victory, his Tottenham counterpart Roberto De Zerbi must have been tempted to put his foot through the television.

If Tottenham are relegated this season - few refereeing decisions will be cursed more than Brian Brobbey escaping being sent off. A KMI panel has ruled that the referee got it wrong.

Relegation-threatened Tottenham are looking to appoint a new psychologist just weeks after Roberto De Zerbi pointed to 'mentality' issues at the club.

CIARAN FOREMAN AT VILLA PARK: Tammy Abraham's sensational 94th-minute winner fired Aston Villa one step closer to Champions League qualification in a ding-dong victory over Sunderland.

Roberto De Zerbi has taken his Tottenham Hotspur players for an extravagant team-bonding meal as part of his latest attempt to halt his side's slide towards the Championship.

Spurs are in the relegation zone with six league games remaining. They are still without a league win this year and last month appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their third head coach of the season.

Tottenham captain Cristian Romero is out for the remainder of the Premier League season but could recover in time to feature for Argentina at the World Cup this summer.

Cristian Romero has been criticised by former England goalkeeper Ben Foster after he left the pitch in tears during Tottenham's catastrophic 1-0 defeat against Sunderland.

Spurs went down 1-0 to Sunderland in Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge on Sunday afternoon, officially cementing their spot in the relegation zone after West Ham beat Wolves on Friday.

MATT BARLOW: Spurs were beaten 1-0 at Sunderland in De Zerbi's first game in charge, a result which leaves them in the Premier League's relegation zone with six games to play.

MATT BARLOW AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: Mukiele's effort clipped Micky van de Ven to leave goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky marooned in mid dive to his left as the ball spun and looped in.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for Sunday's 2pm Premier League games featuring Sunderland vs Tottenham, Crystal Palace vs Newcastle and Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa.

MIKE KEEGAN: Chelsea spent almost double any other Premier League club on agents fees, shock figures have revealed. The detail may not come as a surprise to Chelsea's fans.

The game between Newcastle United and Sunderland was stopped after Black Cats player Lutsharel Geertruida reported a racist slur directed at him from someone in the crowd.

Defoe, 43, has limited coaching experience, but set his sights on becoming a manager when he retired from playing in 2022. Woking compete in the fifth tier of English football and are 11th in the table.

The former UKIP MEP was photographed on a stadium tour this week, posing with shirts emblazoned with 'FARAGE 10' and pretending to sign a contract in the press room.

SPECIAL REPORT BY MIKE KEEGAN: Shock figures highlight the desperate state of play outside the promised land of the Premier League, with the staggering sums lost each year laid bare.

SIMON JONES: In one of the most open competitions for years, it is still all to play for. Key to that has been a number of surprise performances from summer signings.

How did you get on against our experts in Daily Mail Sport's Predictor challenge in gameweek 26 of the Premier League - did you manage to score higher than Lewis Steele?

CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Not even the riot police who separated rival fans during pre-match clashes could have contained Brian Brobbey.

A Premier League game was interrupted for an anti-racism protocol for the first time on Sunday as Sunderland player Lutsharel Geertruida reported abuse.

Sunderland and Newcastle fans clashed in nasty scenes ahead of the Tyne-Wear derby on Sunday morning.

Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Newcastle welcomed Sunderland to St James' Park in the Premier League.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CRAIG HOPE: O'Brien scored twice in Wear-Tyne derbies, but the winner at Roker Park in 1992 is his legacy goal.

JAMES SHARPE: This week, more than most, Kevin Phillips is unable to escape it. Whether he's at a restaurant, down the pub near his partner's house in Durham, or on the golf course,

Newcastle lost 1-0 at the Stadium of Light when Nick Woltemade scored an own goal and Howe and his players faced a furious backlash for the result and performance. Some of that anger still lingers.

The pair were on separate nights out at Manchester's celebrity hotspot Panacea bar in September 2006 when Gray made disparaging comments about the women Rooney was with.

Vale booked their spot in the last eight of the competition for the first time since 1954 after sensationally beating Premier League side Sunderland in the fifth-round.

CIARAN FOREMAN AT VALE PARK: Not only was the ignominy of being knocked out by Vale bad enough for Sunderland, the deciding goal came from Ben Waine who supports rivals Newcastle.

Supporters of the change believe it will create more interest in the run-in to the Championship season, as it gives more teams a chance to qualify for the post-season.

ROSS HEPPENSTALL AT ELLAND ROAD: Melker Ellborg, a 22-year-old Swede recently signed from Malmo for £3million, wrote his name into Sunderland folklore with a debut to savour.

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for this evenings Premier League fixtures featuring Wolves vs Liverpool, Everton vs Burnley, Bournemouth vs Brentford and Leeds vs Sunderland.

Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton's new home on the banks of the River Mersey, is a spectacular arena. There is little to quibble about, except this: Everton are finding it rather hard to win in it.

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It's not fashionable among sections of the Liverpool fanbase to give Arne Slot any praise whatsoever but he has a problem player in his team.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog from Sunday's 2pm Premier League games featuring Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool, Crystal Palace vs Wolves and Sunderland vs Fulham. 

EXCLUSIVE: A Premier League proposal to centralise perimeter advertising sales - which they claim could net an extra £750m a year - has met with a frosty reception from some of its top clubs.

LEWIS STEELE AT THE STADIUM OF LIGHT: You need not be a body language expert to work out how much this victory meant for Liverpool , under-pressure manager Arne Slot and his troops.

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog for Wednesday's Premier League games featuring Sunderland vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Fulham. 

Lucas Neill was an amazing player for the Socceroos - but his son Marcus may have him beat before even playing a senior professional match

It was another crazy weekend of action in the Premier League with comebacks, red cards and stunning goals, but did you manage to score higher than Nathan Salt?

LEWIS STEELE AND JACK GAUGHAN AT ANFIELD: Pep Guardiola sent out a warning to title rivals Arsenal that his team would 'breathe down the neck' of the league leaders.

ISAAN KHAN: Having watched Gabriel Jesus put in an underwhelming shift, the Swede rose off the bench after an hour - and then struck six minutes later.

MATT BARLOW AT THE EMIRATES: Zubimendi was not bought for his goals, and yet the one he fizzed across the turf and in off the base of post against Sunderland might end up in Arsenal folklore.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates across all the Premier League's 3pm kick-offs, with Arsenal vs Sunderland our feature game at the Emirates.

The January transfer window concluded on Monday evening with the squads of all 20 clubs now finalised until the end of the season, unless they sign a free agent.

In swatting aside Burnley courtesy of goals from AFCON stars Habib Diarra and Chemsdine Talbi, Sunderland made it 12 league games without defeat at the Stadium of Light this term.

It's transfer deadline day - and there are huge moves in the works in the Premier League ahead of tonight's 7pm (UK time) closure of the January window.

The Netherlands international has been on Liverpool's radar previously when he was looking for more game time after a frustrating spell with RB Leipzig last season.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for every Premier League press conference ahead of this weekend.

Two of our players managed to correctly predict the outcome of all seven games, starting with West Ham's 3-1 win over Sunderland.

The Swiss midfielder, 33, was embroiled in an argument with fans seated behind the away bench as West Ham's 3-1 victory over Sunderland entered its closing stages.

The transfer window is open and here are today's developments from Daily Mail Sport's Simon Jones. 

MATT BARLOW AT THE LONDON STADIUM: With the dancing feet of Crysencio Summerville up and down the wing, West Ham have lift off.

The Swiss midfielder, 33, was embroiled in a tense war of words with a group of supporters sat behind the away bench as the Hammers' 3-1 win over Sunderland entered its final exchanges.

Hundreds of West Ham fans missed Crysencio Summerville's opener against Sunderland at the London Stadium while taking part in an organised protest.

A sense of Premier League clubs' relentless spending arrived in data published this week which revealed that since the competition's launch in 1992, its clubs have lost £4.99billion between them.

James McClean bid farewell to English football in a typically controversial fashion by sticking his middle finger up at rival fans during Wrexham's 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Tuesday.

The Eagles' FA Cup-winning head coach further fanned the flames after a turbulent 24 hours in the wake of the Austrian's devastating press conference revelations on Friday.

Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for action from Chelsea vs Brentford, Leeds vs Fulham, Liverpool vs Burnley, Tottenham vs West Ham and Sunderland vs Crystal Palace.