LEEDS: Wolverhampton Wanderers found themselves teetering on the edge of Premier League relegation on Saturday after a crushing 3-0 defeat at Leeds United left the bottom side nervously eyeing results elsewhere.
A 22nd loss this season leaves Rob Edwards’s Wolves with just 17 points from 33 games, their eight-year top-flight adventure hanging by a thread.
Relegation has seemed inevitable for Wolves as they have spent all season in the drop zone and their fate now rests on the clash between 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion later.
Leeds took the lead from a corner in the 18th minute when James Justin fired home with an acrobatic overhead kick to spark celebrations in the stands.
The noise had barely died down when Daniel Farke’s men doubled their advantage just 85 seconds later after Brenden Aaronson nicked the ball and surged forward before picking out Noah Okafor at the far post for a clinical finish.
Leeds sealed victory in added time when Dominic Calvert-Lewin was fouled in the box and the striker stepped up to score his 11th league goal of the season.
The victory lifts Leeds to 15th place and the team who have spent much of the season flirting with the drop zone now sit a comfortable nine points above the bottom three in their bid to stay in the Premier League.
Meanwhile on Saturday, Bournemouth piled more pressure on Eddie Howe’s future as Newcastle United manager with a 2-1 win at St. James’ Park.
The Cherries showed no ill effects from the news that Andoni Iraola will depart as boss at the end of the season.
“I think we played really well. We enjoyed playing it. At 1-1 the game changes which was expected but we showed composure to keep playing and 2-1 is a lovely goal and we deserved it,” he said.
Marcus Tavernier and Adrien Truffert struck for the visitors to extend their unbeaten Premier League run to 13 matches.
Bournemouth climb to eighth and within four points of the Champions League places.
Newcastle, by contrast, remain in 14th with their hopes of European football next season all but over.
“We’re in great form, 13 unbeaten (in the league) now — that’s not lucky from us, we’ve worked hard and earned it on the training pitch,” a delighted Tavernier said
Howe did not include Anthony Gordon as speculation mounts that the England international could leave St. James’ Park this summer.
Despite delivering Newcastle’s first domestic trophy for 70 years last season, Howe is another high-profile Premier League manager who could move on at the end of the campaign.
Elsewhere, Brentford missed the chance to leapfrog Chelsea into the top six after being held to a 0-0 draw by west London rivals Fulham.
Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2026
