Tottenham v Crystal Palace (Sunday, 2.15pm)
Tottenham could be boosted by the return of captain Son Heung-min for Sunday’s visit of Crystal Palace.
Son has missed Spurs’ last seven matches with a foot injury, but will aim to start his comeback trail ahead of this month’s Europa League final with Manchester United.
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou said: “Half hopeful we get Sonny some minutes tomorrow, so he’ll be the only one who can come back in.”
Title decider in Portugal
Sporting and Benfica lock horns in a Lisbon derby today in a match that could decide the Portuguese league title in one of the closest races the country has seen in years.
The Portuguese capital rivals both have 78 points, with Sporting top by virtue of winning the first meeting between the teams 1-0 at the Jose Alvalade stadium back in December.
If Sporting win they will be champions, while if Benfica triumph by at least a two-goal margin they will reclaim the title with a superior head-to-head record.
A one-goal victory for Benfica would mean the title being decided next weekend when goal difference could come into play, with Sporting three goals better off than Benfica. If the match is drawn, Sporting will retain the title by at least matching their rival’s result on the final match day.
Benfica beat Sporting on penalties in the League Cup final in January and they will meet again at Jamor National Stadium in the Portuguese Cup final on 25 May.
Both coaches who took charge of struggling sides in mid-season and turned them around. In late December Rui Borges replaced Joao Pereira, who lasted only 42 days after he was named Sporting manager following Ruben Amorim’s move to Manchester United.
Amorin left Sporting in comfortable position at the top but a series of bad results forced the club to make a quick change and hire the 43-year-old Borges from Vitoria Guimaraes.
Sporting were already feeling the heat from Bruno Lage’s Benfica, who was hired in September for a second tenure after Roger Schmidt was fired only four match days into the season.
