Ipswich Town become third team to be relegated from the Premier League; West Ham safe despite defeat

Ipswich Town were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday following a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United. Ipswich have 21 points, 15 behind West Ham United with four games left, while Newcastle moved up to third place on 62, five behind second-placed Arsenal and one ahead of Manchester City in fourth in the race for Champions League football next season.

The visitors were reduced to 10 men after Ben Johnson was sent off for picking up two yellow cards in the first half. Needing a victory to have any mathematical chance of staying up, Ipswich were pushed back relentlessly for most of the first half and their task was made all the harder when they lost Ben Johnson to a second booking in the 37th minute. After 34 games, Ipswich have 21 points, having won just four all season. They lost 21 games while the remaining nine ended in a draw. Leicester City and Southampton have already been relegated and trial Ipswich by three and ten points respectively.

 

Alexander Isak put the Magpies ahead with a penalty deep into first-half stoppage time before Dan Burn and William Osula scored with second-half headers to consign Ipswich to the drop.

 

Meanwhile,  Brighton & Hove Albion's Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba struck late goals in a thrilling 3-2 Premier League victory over West Ham United that ended their run of seven successive games without a victory across all competitions.

 

West Ham appeared poised to win after second-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek cancelled an early strike by the home side's Yasin Ayari. But in a breathless finish, Mitoma levelled with a header in the 89th minute and then Baleba unleashed a blistering shot from distance into the top corner in the 92nd minute 

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