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Everton confirm Premier League survival from relegation with 1-0 win over Brentford

Wolves deal relegation-threatened Luton Town another blow with a 2-1 victory at Molineux

Everton's Idrissa Gueye celebrates scoring against Brentford. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Everton's Idrissa Gueye celebrates scoring against Brentford. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
Sat Apr 27 2024 - 19:56
Everton 1 Brentford 0

Idrissa Gueye’s strike at the hour mark secured Everton a 1-0 win over Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, confirming the club’s survival from relegation.

Jack Harrison’s short cross from the right reached Jarrad Branthwaite near the six-yard box, who was dispossessed by Ireland’s Nathan Collins. But the ball rolled towards Gueye who ran up and made no mistake with his right footed finish.

The win took 15th-placed Everton to 36 points from 35 matches, 11 points ahead of 18th-placed Luton Town who also have three games left to play after losing 2-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier in the day.

Brentford, whose survival was also confirmed earlier with Luton’s loss, fell to 16th with 35 points.

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Wolves 2 Luton Town 1
Luton Town's Carlton Morris scores against Wolves. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Wire
Luton Town's Carlton Morris scores against Wolves. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Wire

Wolverhampton Wanderers dealt relegation-threatened Luton Town yet another blow to their Premier League survival hopes with a 2-1 victory thanks to goals by Hwang Hee-chan and Toti Gomes at the Molineux Stadium on Saturday.

Wolves move to 10th place in the standings with 46 points, while Luton remain 18th on 25 with three games to go.

Luton made a positive start but it was Wolves who opened the scoring in the 39th minute when Hwang capitalised on a counter-attack, receiving a pass from Matheus Cunha and driving down the left flank before cutting inside and unleashing a low shot that deflected off Luton defender Teden Mengi.

The South Korean forward has been having a fine campaign, scoring 11 goals in 27 appearances across all competitions this season.

Luton’s defensive woes continued with Wolves centre back Gomes doubling his side’s lead minutes after the start of the second half from a short corner routine when he found Mario Lemina’s perfect cross to head the ball into the net past goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.

Luton have conceded 77 goals this season, the worst tally in the Premier League apart from Sheffield United (97), whose return to the Championship was confirmed with a 5-1 defeat by Newcastle United on Saturday.

The home side were in complete control in the second half but had to soak up late pressure from Luton, who cut the deficit with Carlton Morris’s goal in the 80th minute but it was not enough to spark a comeback.

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