Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Sheffield United: Relegation-threatened Owls' boss Alan Irvine knows local bragging rights are not as important as three points in the 125th Steel derby
Richard Cresswell makes a nuisance of himself up front for United but when he is side-lined with a head injury Wednesday take advantage of the extra man, Darren Potter volleying home in front of the Hillsborough Kop
The Blades equalise early in the second half when Wednesday watch a did-he-mean-that? free-kick from Lee Williamson (not pictured) go in off the post, though the Owls miss two late chances to win the game
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Arsenal: Arsene Wenger takes his side to the DW Stadium in need of a win, against drop candidates Wigan, to keep them in the title hunt following a midweek London derby defeat
The Latics take the game to the Gunners, hustling Mikael Silvestre and Sol Campbell with a quick tempo, though it leaves the home side vulnerable to their visitors' one-touch counter attack
Arsenal respond with a spell of pressure before the break that sees Theo Walcott miss two chances before squeezing between two defenders, from Nicklas Bendtner's through ball, to scramble home the opening goal
Wigan fail to spot the run of Silvestre who helps himself to a free header in the middle of the box to give the Gunners a two-goal cushion in front of the DW Stadium's largest attendance of the season
The introduction of Victor Moses injects some vitality in to the home side and Ben Watson draws a goal back following good work from Charles N'Zogbia but surely, with 10 minutes left, it's too late?
Minutes later and a rampant Athletic draw level as birthday boy Lukasz Fabianksi in the Arsenal goal drops a corner straight on to the head of Titus Bramble, a draw as good as ending the Gunners' title hopes
But Wigan aren't done: N'Zogbia collects the ball 20 yards out, shifts it to his left foot and sends an unstoppable curler just inside Fabianski's far post in injury time, a goal fit to win any football match
They've beaten Chelsea at home, they've beaten Liverpool at home. Now Arsenal fall at the DW, too, for the first time in the Premier League; so why are Wigan dancing with relegation?
Portsmouth v Aston Villa (1600): Pompey may already be down, where they will face the Blades next season, but they do have the FA Cup Final to prepare for and can at least stump Villa's push for Europe
Enjoying the spring sunshine and a frantic start on the south coast is Fabio Capello, at Eastlands and White Hart Lane yesterday, to cast an eye over David James, Ashley Young, and James Milner among others
Pompey take the lead inside 10 minutes when Nwankwo Kanu plays in Antony van den Borre who gets his cross past Stephen Warnock at the second go and Michael Brown emphatically side-foots the ball home
Seven minutes later Warnock's simple chip finds John Carew in space to equalise, his 16th goal of the season is the first that Portsmouth have conceded in 365 minutes
Villa start to turn the screw and are given the second of two penalty claims in quick succession, only for Carew to slam the ball straight at James and prompt a home crowd chant of "England's number one"
Though the second half can't match the excitement of the first, Villa find the goal to sink their hosts, win the game and leapfrog Liverpool in the table through substitute Nathan Delfouneso
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