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Premier League title race: Are Arsenal and Man City the only contenders?
14 September 2026 Off

Premier League title race: Are Arsenal and Man City the only contenders?

By Total Football News

Arsenal and Manchester City are the only two teams with 12 points from four games.

They are already four points above third-placed Hull City – who despite their brilliant early form may not consider themselves in any kind of title equation – and five above the rest.

Arsenal are the defending champions and pre-season title favourites.

Under manager Mikel Arteta they ended a 22-year title drought last season with what

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Premier League preview: Is it the most open title race in years?
30 July 2026 Off

Premier League preview: Is it the most open title race in years?

By Total Football News

How do you replace the irreplaceable?

Manchester City are often title favourites having won six of the past nine Premier League trophies, but they start this new season without their greatest ever manager, Pep Guardiola.

The 55-year-old led City to 17 major trophies in 10 years, but left at the end of last season and has since been replaced by his former assistant Enzo Maresca.

Maresca has been out of

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Championship: What Wrexham, Hull City and Derby County now need in top six race
29 April 2026 Off

Championship: What Wrexham, Hull City and Derby County now need in top six race

By Total Football News

Wrexham will finish sixth if they better Hull’s result and better or match Derby’s result.

If they match Hull’s result it will go down to goal difference, with Wrexham’s currently one better.

If goal difference is level, goals scored will be the deciding factor.

Hull will clinch sixth spot if they better Wrexham’s result against Middlesbrough and better or match Derby’s result against Sheffield United.

A win for the Tigers

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Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Derby County: Rams fight back to stay in play-off race
25 April 2026 Off

Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Derby County: Rams fight back to stay in play-off race

By Total Football News

For 76 minutes, it looked like there would only be one winner.

But the Rs were ultimately made to pay for a catalogue of missed chances. Julien Stephan’s side had 23 shots to Derby’s 12 – and 12 on target.

For the Rams – three shots on target, three goals.

QPR hammered at the Derby goal from the first minute and were almost ahead within five – Jacob Widell Zetterstrom

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Championship: Ten days which might decide the promotion race
19 April 2026 Off

Championship: Ten days which might decide the promotion race

By Total Football News

From being two points ahead of promoted Coventry City at the top of the Championship in mid-February, Middlesbrough now find themselves three points short of second place.

A seven-game winless run has left Hellberg’s side as outsiders for that second spot behind Ipswich, Millwall and Southampton.

“We need to look at the next two games and try to win them to still have a chance to play for automatics in

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Championship promotion race: Who’s going up with Coventry City?
17 April 2026 Off

Championship promotion race: Who’s going up with Coventry City?

By Total Football News

Southampton – fourth on 72pts

When Southampton lost 2-1 at home to Hull on 17 January, they were marooned in 15th, winless in seven and four points behind Leicester City.

Relegation was only six points beneath them and the play-offs a distant 10 points off, as questions were raised about whether Tonda Eckert was really the man to take the team forward.

Three months on, Saints have not lost since

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Wrexham: Play-off race to go ‘down to the wire’ – George Thomason
18 March 2026 Off

Wrexham: Play-off race to go ‘down to the wire’ – George Thomason

By Total Football News

George Thomason believes the Championship play-off race will go “down to the wire” after Wrexham suffered a setback at Watford.

The Red Dragons’ six-game unbeaten away run came to an end as they were beaten 3-1 by the Hornets on Tuesday.

Despite the loss, Phil Parkinson’s men remain in the top six, although seventh-placed Southampton have a game in hand and face Norwich City on Wednesday.

And midfielder Thomason –

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Dara O’Shea: Ipswich Town need squad effort in promotion race
16 March 2026 Off

Dara O’Shea: Ipswich Town need squad effort in promotion race

By Total Football News

Ipswich Town captain Dara O’Shea says it will take a whole-squad effort between now and the end of the season if they are to achieve automatic promotion.

The Tractor Boys closed to within two points of second-placed Middlesbrough with Saturday’s 2-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday and have a game in hand.

“It doesn’t matter how you win the games now. Coming into this part of the season all that matters

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Millwall 1-3 Portsmouth: Lions dealt blow in Championship promotion race
23 February 2026 Off

Millwall 1-3 Portsmouth: Lions dealt blow in Championship promotion race

By Total Football News

Portsmouth moved six points clear of the Championship relegation zone as Gustavo Caballero’s strike 30 seconds into the second half teed up victory over promotion-chasing Millwall at The Den.

An uneventful first half burst into life when Caballero’s powerful strike, after his initial shot was saved, nestled in the back of the net.

The lead was doubled within 10 minutes, with Millenic Alli doing superbly to beat his man down

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Premier League title race: Are Aston Villa title contenders as Arsenal look vulnerable?
7 December 2025 Off

Premier League title race: Are Aston Villa title contenders as Arsenal look vulnerable?

By Total Football News

Villa had an expected goals (xG) tally of 2.27 on Saturday, the highest by any team against the Gunners in the Premier League this season, and created five big chances, including the goals for Matty Cash and Buendia.

They have have scored 5.45 more goals [22 in total] than their xG [16.55] and conceded 5.83 fewer goals [15] than their xGA [20.83] in the Premier League this season.

The latter

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