SPORTS SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014 Soccer results/standings Amalfitano strike sees English Premier League Scottish Premiership Aston Villa 1 (Holt 70) Fulham 2 (Richardson Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 2 (Samaras 5, Stokes 24); 61, Rodallega 86); Cardiff 0 Crystal Palace 3 Kilmarnock 1 (Muirhead 5) St Johnstone 2 (Puncheon 31, 88, Ledley 71); Chelsea 3 (Salah 32, (Wright 31, Anderson 44); Partick 2 (Doolan 5, Lampard 61, Willian 72) Stoke 0; Hull 1 (Boyd 39) McMillan 88) Hearts 4 (Carrick 44, King 50, Baggies beat Norwich Swansea 0; Manchester City 4 (Toure 3-pen, Nasri Stevenson 61, 68); St Mirren 3 (Thompson 42, 87, 45+1, Dzeko 45+4, Jovetic 81) Southampton 1 McLean 86-pen) Motherwell 2 (Anier 17, Sutton (Lambert 37-pen); Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4 (Mata 39, 50, Hernandez 65, Januzaj 27). 90+3); Norwich 0 West Brom 1 (Amalfitano 16). Playing tomorrow Norwich 0 Playing today Hibernian v Aberdeen Everton v Arsenal, West Ham v Liverpool. Scottish Football League Playing tomorrow Tottenham v Sunderland Championship West Brom 1 Dumbarton 4 Alloa 1; Falkirk 5 Cowdenbeath English Football League 0; Hamilton 1 Dundee 1; Morton 2 Livingston 0. Championship Barnsley 0 Brighton 0; Blackburn 2 Ipswich 0; Division One LONDON: Morgan Amalfitano scored the only goal Blackpool 1 Yeovil 2; Bournemouth 2 QPR 1; Airdrie 2 Dunfermline 0; Brechin 2 Ayr 1; East of the game as West Bromwich Albion won 1-0 Charlton 0 Reading 1; Doncaster 1 Birmingham 3; Fife 1 Stranraer 1; Stenhousemuir 2 Arbroath 2. away to Norwich City yesterday to move five points Huddersfield 0 Bolton 1; Middlesbrough 1 Derby clear of the Premier League relegation zone. 0; Nottingham Forest 1 Millwall 2 Watford 1 Burnley 1Wigan 1 Leeds 0 Division Two The Baggies arrived at Carrow Road following Albion 2 East Stirling 1; Clyde 0 Annan the controversial fall-out from last week’s 3-3 draw Division One Athletic 3; Elgin 1 Queen’s Park 1; Peterhead 4 with Cardiff, amid reports that James Morrison had Bradford 2 Oldham 3; Brentford 3 Notts Montrose 0; Stirling 2 Berwick 1. punched team-mate Saido Berahino in the dress- County 1; Bristol City 1 Preston 1; Carlisle 1 ing room in the Welsh capital after that match. Swindon 0; Colchester 1 Tranmere 2; Coventry 1 German League Berahino was left on the bench and Morrison Milton Keynes Dons 2; Crawley 1 Crewe 2; VfB Stuttgart 2 (Maxim 69, Harnik 89) SC started in midfield as West Brom’s Spanish manager Gillingham 3 Rotherham 4; Port Vale 1 Walsall 0; Freiburg 0; Werder Bremen 1 (di Santo 15) Pepe Mel looked to guide the Midlands club to a Sheffield United 1 Leyton Orient 1; Shrewsbury 1 Schalke 04 1 (Goretzka 33); Nuremberg 0 Borussia Stevenage 0; Wolves 2 Peterborough 0. much-needed victory. Moenchengladbach 2 (Arango 18, Kruse 79-pen); But it was France winger Amalfitano who had Augsburg 1 (Moelders 31) Bayern Munich 0; the final say as Norwich, who twice hit the wood- Division Two LONDON: Norwich City’s Alex Tettey (left) is challenged by West Bromwich Albion’s Stephane AFC Wimbledon 0 Bristol Rovers 0; Accrington Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Joselu 51, Meier 85) Mainz work, suffered their second successive defeat 0 Northampton 1; Burton 1 Plymouth 0; Bury 2 05 0; Dortmund 2 (Lewandowski 51, Reus 77) VfL ahead of testing fixtures against Liverpool, Chelsea, Sessegnon during the English Premier League soccer match at Carrow Road. — AP Wolfsburg 1 (Olic 34). Exeter 0; Cheltenham 1 Southend 2; Chesterfield Manchester United and Arsenal. to get on the end of a free-kick at the far post. Berahino came on in the 71st minute for Vydra 1 Newport 1; Morecambe 0 Mansfield 1; Oxford 0 Norwich’s Johan Elmander had a chance to Ruddy then blocked Matej Vydra’s close-range and soon afterwards dragged a shot wide. Fleetwood 2; Portsmouth 1 Hartlepool 0; Playing today open the scoring in the 12th minute but shot way Eintracht Braunschweig v Hanover, Hertha effort to keep the home side in the match. Norwich manager Chris Hughton then sent Rochdale 0 York 0; Torquay 0 Scunthorpe 1; over the crossbar. And it proved a particularly Wycombe 2 Dagenham 0. Berlin v Hoffenheim. West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster, also an on both Luciano Becchio and then Jonas costly miss, when Amalfitano scored the lone England international, then produced a superb Gutierrez as his side went in search of an goal of the match four minutes later. Receiving save to tip away Elmander’s glancing header min- equaliser. But it was Berahino who then came English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals the ball some 40 yards from the Norwich goal, utes before half-time. Norwich striker Gary closest to scoring, with his stoppage-time shot against, points): former Marseille star Amalfitano skipped past Hooper, the former Celtic forward, almost drew saved by Ruddy at his near post. The result saw Chelsea 33 22 6 5 65 24 72 Partick 33 6 12 15 36 57 30 Martin Olsson after the Canaries’ left-back slipped the Canaries level in the 57th minute only for his the Baggies go above Norwich on goal differ- Liverpool 32 22 5 5 88 39 71 Hearts 33 7 7 19 33 59 13 and beat John Ruddy with a shot into the far cor- angled shot to hit the woodwork. ence, with the Canaries looking anxiously over Man City 31 22 4 5 84 29 70 relegated ner that gave the England goalkeeper no chance. And Foster had to react smartly to turn Robert their shoulder heading into the final five games Arsenal 32 19 7 6 56 37 64 Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering It was nearly 2-0 when Jonas Olsson just failed Everton 31 17 9 5 49 31 60 administration Snodgrass’s 25-yard free-kick onto the crossbar. of the season. — AFP Man Utd 33 17 6 10 56 38 57 Tottenham 32 17 5 10 40 44 56 Scottish Football League Southampton 33 13 9 11 50 44 48 Championship Newcastle 33 14 4 15 38 51 46 Hamilton 32 17 9 6 54 33 60 Boyd eases Hull’s Stoke 33 10 10 13 37 48 40 Dundee 32 18 6 8 45 24 60 West Ham 32 10 7 15 36 42 37 Falkirk 32 16 8 8 51 29 56 relegation fears Hull 33 10 6 17 34 40 36 Q of South 31 14 6 11 44 33 48 Aston Villa 32 9 7 16 35 48 34 Dumbarton 32 13 6 13 57 57 45 Crystal Palace 32 10 4 18 23 39 34 Livingston 32 12 6 14 48 49 42 Swansea 33 8 9 16 45 49 33 Raith 31 10 9 12 42 50 39 West Brom 32 6 14 12 37 48 32 Alloa 32 10 7 15 30 43 37 Hull 1 Norwich 33 8 8 17 26 52 32 Cowdenbeath 32 9 6 17 43 66 33 Fulham 33 8 3 22 33 74 27 Morton 32 5 7 20 28 58 22 Cardiff 33 6 8 19 29 64 26 Sunderland 30 6 7 17 28 48 25 Division One Notes: top four teams qualify for next season’s Rangers 31 29 2 0 93 16 89 Swansea 0 Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for champions Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Dunfermline 32 18 3 11 64 51 57 Championship Stranraer 32 13 9 10 51 47 48 Ayr 32 13 6 13 57 58 45 English Football League Stenhousemuir 32 10 12 10 51 58 42 LONDON: Hull eased their fears of relega- Forfar 31 11 6 14 50 52 39 Championship tion from the Premier League as George Leicester 40 27 8 5 76 38 89 Brechin 32 10 5 17 51 65 35 promoted Airdrie 32 9 8 15 40 54 35 Boyd’s header earned a 1-0 home win Burnley 40 22 14 4 65 34 80 East Fife 32 9 5 18 27 59 32 against Swansea yesterday. QPR 40 20 10 10 49 35 70 Arbroath 32 7 4 21 45 69 25 Steve Bruce’s team moved nine points Derby 40 20 9 11 69 46 69 Division Two clear of the bottom three after Boyd Wigan 40 19 10 11 54 39 67 bagged the winner in the first half at the KC Reading 40 17 12 11 61 46 63 Peterhead 32 20 7 5 68 33 67 Nottingham 40 14 16 10 57 50 58 Annan Athletic 32 18 5 9 64 44 59 Stadium. Brighton 40 15 13 12 42 36 58 Clyde 32 15 6 11 43 42 51 The Tigers will play in their first FA Cup Ipswich 40 15 13 12 51 46 58 Stirling 32 13 9 10 48 47 48 Berwick 32 12 7 13 55 45 43 semi-final since 1930 when they take on Bournemouth 40 16 10 14 55 56 58 Sheffield United at Wembley next weekend Blackburn 40 14 14 12 54 53 56 Albion 32 11 8 13 40 46 41 Watford 39 13 14 12 61 48 53 East Stirling 32 11 8 13 42 50 41 and will do so with their top-flight status Montrose 32 10 9 13 39 51 39 Middlesbrough 40 12 16 12 50 43 52 almost certainly assured. Elgin 32 8 8 16 54 66 32 Sheffield 40 12 12 16 49 49 48 With five league games remaining it Queen’s Park 32 5 7 20 33 62 22 Bolton 40 11 15 14 51 55 48 therefore appears unlikely Hull will be Leeds 40 13 8 19 52 60 47 German League caught, even if they do have a tough run-in Huddersfield 40 12 10 18 50 55 46 Bayern Munich 29 25 3 1 82 17 78 Birmingham 40 11 10 19 52 60 43 that includes matches against Arsenal, champions Manchester United and Everton.