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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 10 APRIL 2016 53 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Malta BOV Premier League Floriana - Valletta .............................. 2-0 Sliema Wanderers - Mosta .................. 1-0 Qormi - Balzan .................................. 0-3 Today National Stadium 16:00 St. Andrews - Birkirkara 18:00 Tarxien Rainbows - Hibernians England - Premier League West Ham United - Arsenal ................ 3-3 Aston Villa - AFC Bournemouth ........... 1-2 Crystal Palace - Norwich City .............. 1-0 Southampton - Newcastle United ....... 3-1 Swansea City - Chelsea ...................... 1-0 Watford - Everton ............................... 1-1 Manchester City - West B. Albion ........ 2-1 Today 14:30 Sunderland - Leicester City 17:00 Liverpool - Stoke City 17:00 Tottenham H. - Manchester UTD Italy - Serie A Frosinone - Inter ................................ 0-1 ChievoVerona - Carpi ......................... 1-0 Sassuolo - Genoa .............................. 0-1 AC Milan - Juventus ............................ 1-2 Today 12:30 Empoli - Fiorentina 15:00 SSC Napoli - Hellas Verona 15:00 Sampdoria - Udinese 15:00 Torino - Atalanta 20:45 Palermo - Lazio Tomorrow 20:45 Roma - Bologna Spain - Liga BBVA Real Madrid - Eibar ............................ 4-0 Espanyol - Atletico Madrid .................. 1-3 Real Sociedad - Barcelona ................. 1-0 Real Betis - Levante ........................... Late Today 12:00 Sporting Gijon - Celta Vigo 16:00 Valencia - Sevilla 18:15 Villarreal - Getafe 20:30 Athletic Bilbao - Rayo Vallecano Tomorrow 20:30 Deportivo La Coruna - Las Palmas Germany - Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt - Hoffenheim ........ 0-2 15:30 Hamburger SV - Darmstadt ........ 1-2 15:30 Ingolstadt - Borussia M. ............ 1-0 15:30 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern Munich ... 1-3 15:30 Werder Bremen - Augsburg ....... 1-2 18:30 Wolfsburg - Mainz 05 ................ 1-1 Today 15:30 Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund 17:30 FC Cologne - Bayer Leverkusen Football Results & Fixtures Newcastle slip closer to relegation with defeat at Southampton ASTON Villa slumped to the brink of relegation from the top- flight for the first time in 29 years following a 2-1 home defeat against Bournemouth. Villa, who have won both the league title and FA Cup seven times in their history as well as the European Cup in 1982, have looked destined to drop out of the Barclays Premier League for weeks, sacking Remi Garde in March after five months in charge. A 23rd league loss of a miserable league campaign was inflicted by a goal from Cherries defender Ste- ve Cook in first-half stoppage time and an effort from Joshua King, who capitalised on more poor de- fending to score after 73 minutes. Jordan Ayew netted a late conso- lation for Villa, firing in from 12 yards with five minutes left, but many home fans had already left the stadium. Only Norwich's 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace stopped their rel- egation from being confirmed, but Villa lie 15 points from safety with only 15 left to play for. Newcastle's relegation worries also deepened after losing 3-1 at Southampton, a result which leaves Rafael Benitez's men six points off safety. Shane Long fired the Saints ahead after only four minutes, with Graziano Pelle also capital- ising on some wayward defend- ing to double the home side's lead on 38 minutes. Victor Wanyama knocked in a third 10 minutes af- ter the break. Andros Townsend scored a fine strike from 25 yards on 65 min- utes, but it was little consolation after a miserable afternoon on the south coast for the travelling Toon Army. Palace won for the first time in 2016 with a second-half goal from Jason Puncheon, which could prove enough to secure the Eagles' top-flight status. Norwich, who had picked up successive victories to pull out of the relegation zone, felt they should have had a first-half pen- alty after Matt Jarvis appeared to be barged over by Damien Dela- ney, but could do nothing to pre- vent Puncheon curling in a fine 20-yard effort on 68 minutes. Andy Carroll scored a hat-trick as West Ham fought back from 2-0 down to draw 3-3 with Arse- nal at Upton Park, dealing another blow to the Gunners' fading title hopes. Arsenal were in control follow- ing first-half goals by Mesut Ozil (18) and Alexis Sanchez (35), but the Irons levelled following a quick-fire double by Carroll just before half-time. Carroll put West Ham ahead for the first time on 52 minutes, be- fore Laurent Koscielny secured a draw for Arsene Wenger's men, who are now 10 points behind Leicester, who play relegation- battlers Sunderland on Sunday. Samir Nasri celebrated his first start for almost seven months with the winning goal as Man- chester City came from behind to beat West Brom 2-1. The Frenchman, fit again after a lengthy lay-off following thigh surgery, pounced from close range as City interrupted their Champions League quarter-final double-header against Paris Saint- Germain to claim three crucial Barclays Premier League points. Stephane Sessegnon had fired the Baggies into a sixth-minute lead with a stunning strike at the Etihad Stadium but the same play- er then conceded the penalty that allowed Sergio Aguero to equal- ise. Swansea beat Chelsea 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium to reach 40 points. The Swans went ahead on 26 minutes through a volley from Gylfi Sigurdsson, while Chel- sea had a goal by Alexandre Pato ruled out for handball early in the second half. FA Cup semi-finalists Watford and Everton drew 1-1 at Vicar- age Road, where both goals came in stoppage time at the end of the first half. Midfielder James McCarthy put the visitors in front, but the lead did not last long as defender Jose Holebas headed the Hornets level. Newcastle fell to a 3-1 defeat against Southampton