Bournemouth, Burnley, Fulham and Southampton secure Premier League victories
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Your support makes all the difference.Burnley and Southampton took big steps toward avoiding relegation from the Premier League with crucial victories on Saturday, while Cardiff inched closer to the drop after a third straight loss.
Chris Wood may well have secured another season in the top flight for Burnley by scoring both goals in a 2-0 home win over Cardiff, a result that leaves the Welsh club five points from safety in 18th place.
Burnley now looks safe on 39 points, 11 ahead of Cardiff, while Southampton boosted its chances of staying up by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1.
Brighton, though, is still in trouble after being hammered 5-0 at home by Bournemouth to drop to 17th place.
Fulham, which has also been relegated with Huddersfield, earned its first win since January by beating Everton 2-0.
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GOAL! Southampton 3-1 Wolves (Shane Long, 71 minutes)
A third for Southampton, who are moving eight points clear of the relegation zone.
It has been an uncharacteristically poor performance from Wolves, missing their chance to go seventh and again snoozing defensively.
They fail to clear a corner, the ball squirts Shane Long's way and the Irishman obliges with a simple finish.
GOAL! Brighton 0-3 Bournemouth (David Brooks, 74 minutes)
Bad to worse for Brighton, and the fans stomp out of the Amex.
Ryan Fraser and David Brooks combine, an accomplished from the latter putting the game out of sight.
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Burnley 1-0 Cardiff, 79 minutes
Cardiff continue to fight but Burnley have a chance to seal it, Ben Mee meeting a corner powerfully at the back stick but denied by a strong Neil Etheridge save.
GOAL! Brighton 0-4 Bournemouth (Callum Wilson, 82 minutes)
Four!
An awful, awful afternoon for Chris Hughton and Brighton.
Ryan Fraser fires in a cross, Callum Wilson brings it down beautifully and fires in the fourth.
Anthony Knockaert sees red on a disastrous afternoon for Brighton.
Into the closing stages.
A late goal for Cardiff would be huge...
Burnley 1-0 Cardiff, 90 minutes
And they win a corner as we go into four minutes of stoppage time.
Burnley 1-0 Cardiff
And Cardiff appeal for a penalty! The ball strikes James Tarkowski's arm as he blocks a shot and it looks a penalty.
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