EPL: Round-up of Saturday matches.

Ademola Adekambi




Match day 12 in the English Premier League started with the encounter between Cardiff City and Brighton and Hove Albion.


Cardiff City have been hindered with a poor form in the League this season while Brighton had not been consistent either. The encounter served as a rejuvenation turf  for both teams and Brighton looked like the most eager of both teams after they took the lead within 6 minutes through Lewis Dunk.


Cardiff City needed an inspiration from somewhere and  Callum Paterson took it upon himself  to shoulder the responsibility as he pulled level at 28 minutes into the encounter. Brighton had the tides against them when Dale Stevens was shown a straight red card as they had to see out the rest of the game with 10-men.


The game looked bound to end in a draw until Sol Bamba's late strike in the 90th minute threw the home fans at Cardiff into ecstacy as they went wild to celebrate all three points. Brighton were left kicking themselves after they looked set to book a winner after taking the lead but faltered.


Newcastle beat highflying Bournemouth by two goals to one. Salomon Rondon scored the brace to keep the pressure off  the manger,Rafa Benitez.

Leicester in the state of mourning their chairman who passed away after being involved in an air disaster could not find a win against Burnley as the encounter ended 0-0.

Huddersfield Town drew with West Ham United and  Southampton decided to follow the trend by securing a draw against Watford.



In Spanish La Liga, Athletico Madrid showed why they should be considered a threat to Barcelona's title hopes as they showed their resounding doggedness to beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2.

Valladolid played a draw against Eibar as valencia snuck a one goal win against Getafe through Dani parejo.

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