Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth
Burnley‘s dwindling hopes of Premier League survival have been dealt one other blow as they have been held to a goalless draw at residence to Bournemouth.
The hosts’ greatest likelihood got here on the finish of a largely scrappy first 45, when Jaidon Anthony struck the woodwork with a volley within the field.
The shortage of high quality proven by either side at Turf Moor continued after the break, though Evanilson went shut when his try to information the ball into the far nook from Alex Jimenez’s go rolled simply huge of the put up.
The Cherries maybe ought to have taken all three factors proper on the demise when David Brooks’s cross picked out Enes Unal however the Turkish striker couldn’t get his effort heading in the right direction.
The consequence – Burnley’s eleventh at residence with out a victory – retains the Clarets’ probabilities of escaping relegation hanging within the steadiness, eight factors from security with eight video games remaining.
Bournemouth, in the meantime, are in ninth spot and nonetheless in with an opportunity of qualifying for European soccer subsequent season.
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
Brighton moved as much as tenth within the desk following a slim victory over Sunderland on the Stadium of Mild.
Jack Hinshelwood squandered a number of probabilities for the guests in what was an in any other case uneventful first half.
Eighteen-year-old Chris Rigg thought he’d bagged his first Premier League objective for the hosts after the break when he beat Bart Verbruggen from a good angle.
Nonetheless, Omar Alderete was adjudged to have been offside within the construct up and the objective was disallowed.
Sunderland, by this level, had grown into the sport, but it surely was Brighton who took the lead when Yankuba Minteh scooped the ball into the web after Sunderland had didn’t take care of a nook.
There was an air of controversy in regards to the objective, with Habib Diarra down injured inside his personal penalty when the objective was scored, but it surely counted and the guests had the benefit.
Diego Gomez maybe ought to have doubled Brighton’s lead when he was discovered unmarked within the space however he lifted his shot over the bar.
In the long run, it mattered little. Brighton held on to select up an vital three factors of their push for a top-half end.
Sunderland drop to twelfth having suffered their third residence league defeat of the marketing campaign.
