Bournemouth, Burnley, Fulham and Southampton secure Premier League victories
Relive the 3pm Premier League games
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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! Burnley 2-0 Cardiff (Chris Wood, 90 + 2 minutes)
That'll end Cardiff's charge. Burnley double their lead and secure the three points.
Dwight McNeil is the architect again, this time a deflected shot looping on to Chris Wood's head a yard out and another simple finish for the striker.
Fulham 2-0 Everton
Still playing at Craven Cottage with a baffling eight minutes added on.
FULL TIME SCORES
Brighton 0-5 Bournemouth
Burnley 2-0 Cardiff
Fulham 2-0 Everton
Southampton 3-1 Wolves
Quite the afternoon of action, which made my prediction of at least a couple of draws look rather foolish.
Both Everton and Wolves miss the chance to go seventh in disappointing away defeats, Scott Parker's Fulham finally getting a win.
At the bottom, Tuesday will be huge: Brighton face Cardiff at the Amex Stadium. A true relegation six-pointer, and perhaps last-chance saloon for Neil Warnock's side with Southampton now surely out of danger.
That concludes our coverage of the three o'clock fixtures, but the day's football is not yet over.
Manchester United and West Ham are already warming up at Old Trafford.
Team News - Manchester United
A reminder of this evening's team news.
Luke Shaw and Ashley Young are both suspended, and thus it is the unfamiliar pairing of Diogo Dalot and Marcos Rojo manning the flanks defensively.
Juan Mata comes into midfield.
Manchester United XI: David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo; Juan Mata, Fred, Paul Pogba; Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial
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