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GOAL! Southampton 1-2 Bournemouth (Sulemana 72)
Premier League: Kamaldeen Sulemana pulls one again for Southampton with a uncommon aim, simply his second of the season and first within the Premier League.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich (Watkins 69)
Premier League: Ollie Watkins scores on the follow-up after Marcus Rashford hammered a free-kick off the cross bar.
In the meantime in Spain: La Liga leaders Actual Madrid lead 1-0 at Osasuna by way of a first-half strike from Kylian Mbappe however misplaced Jude Bellingham to a pink card after 39 minutes.
Championship: With appreciable relish, Wouter Burger heads an equaliser for Stoke in opposition to Swansea after getting on the top of a free-kick.
Championship: The unwitting Coventry Metropolis captain Joel Latibeaudiere scores an personal aim he might do little or no about to make it 1-1 between his facet and Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, whereas Josh Tymon has put Swansea Metropolis 1-0 up at Stoke Metropolis.
GOAL! Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Bassey 62)
Premier League: Calvin Bassey converts on the far publish from a Fulham nook to revive his facet’s lead with solely his second aim for the membership.
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich City (Delap 56)
Premier League: Regardless of being a person down in opposition to Aston Villa, Ipswich City are actually a aim up after Liam Delap fired them forward together with his tenth aim of the season. Omari Hutchinson despatched in a cross and the 22-year-old obtained throughout his man to prod the ball into the far nook.
Championship: Adam Forshaw scores a particularly uncommon aim to offer Blackburn Rovers a 1-0 lead in opposition to Plymouth Argyle at Ewood Park.
Premier League: Aaron Ramsdale makes a splendid save for a Ryan Christie header at a nook as Southampton stay below the cosh in opposition to Bournemouth. It stays 2-0 to the guests at St Mary’s.
Some substitution information: Marcus Rashford is on to play the second half for Aston Villa in opposition to Ipswich, whereas Evan Ferguson has emerged as a second-half sub for West Ham as they path in opposition to Brentford. It’s the younger Irishman’s debut for West Ham, who’ve additionally introduced on Oliver Scarles and James Ward-Prowse.
An electronic mail: “Fulham have been properly on prime in the present day,” writes Martin Widdicks, of occasions at Craven Cottage. “Wooden actually is wonderful, barely a 3rd of an opportunity and it’s 1-1. Fairly fascinating how good the ‘class of twenty-two’ are. Fulham, Bournemouth, and Forest.”
Championship: USA worldwide Josh Sargent has equalised for Norwich Metropolis after 47 minutes at Hull Metropolis, changing a cross from the correct with a glancing header on the close to publish. It’s 1-1 on the MKM Stadium.
Championship: It’s a aim apiece at half-time between Millwall and West Brom on the Den, the place kick-off was delayed by quarter-hour. Tony Mowbray’s West Brom completed the primary half within the ascendency having come again from a aim down.
Championship half-times
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Cardiff Metropolis 1-1 Bristol Metropolis (R)
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Oxford United 0-2 Portsmouth (R)
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Preston 0-0 Burnley (R)
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Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
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Hull Metropolis 1-0 Norwich Metropolis
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Luton City 0-0 Sheffield United
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Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford
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Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Coventry Metropolis
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Stoke Metropolis 0-0 Swansea Metropolis
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Millwall 1-1 West Brom
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Premier League half-times
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Leicester Metropolis 0-2 Arsenal (R)
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Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich City
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Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest
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Manchester Metropolis 3-0 Newcastle United
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Southampton 0-2 Bournemouth
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West Ham 0-1 Brentford
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Crystal Palace v Everton (5.30pm GMT)
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Premier League: Brentford’s Yoane Wissa has a aim dominated out on the again of a VAR examine during which he was adjudged to have been offside. It’s as you had been on the London Stadium, the place the Bees lead by the one aim of the sport.
Championship: West Brom equalise at Millwall by way of a Joe Bryan backheel into his personal aim, whereas Moussa Sissoko has given Watford a one-goal lead at Middlesbrough.
Pink card! Ipswich City right down to 10 males
Premier League: It stays all sq. at Villa Park between Aston Villa and Ipswich however the guests are right down to 10 males after Axel Tuanzebe was despatched off within the fortieth minute for his second bookable offence.
GOAL! Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Wooden 37)
Premier League: Chris Wooden restores parity for Forest in opposition to the run of play with a left-footed shot from simply outdoors the penalty space. It’s his 18th Premier League aim of the season.
Scottish Premiership: Celtic double their lead in opposition to Dundee United, with Jota geting on the scoresheet for the second time since his return to Glasgow from Rennes.
Championship: Jake Cooper has nodded Millwall in entrance in opposition to West Brom on the Den after 19 minutes of a sport the place kick-off was delayed by quarter-hour resulting from site visitors congestion in south London.
Premier League: It stays scoreless between Aston Villa and Ipswich at Villa Park, the place Ollie Watkins has simply handed up an excellent probability to place the hosts forward.
GOAL! Man Metropolis 3-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 33 HT)
Premier League: Omar Marmoush completes his first senior profession hat-trick, changing from 12 yards after smashing dwelling a Savinho pull-back from the byline. Oh Newcastle ….
Premier League: A foul afternoon for Newcastle virtually obtained worse however for an important intervention by Dan Burn. His glorious interception and clearance prevents Erling Haaland from scoring a tap-in on the far publish. It stays 2-0 to the hosts on the Etihad.
Scottish Premiership: Callum McGregor has given runaway league leaders Celtic a one-goal lead in opposition to Dundee United in Glasgow after 23 minutes.
GOAL! Man Metropolis 2-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 24)
Premier League: Omar Marmoush scores his second of the afternoon after latching on to a properly threaded through-ball from Ilkay Gundogan and firing previous Dubravka for the second time in 5 minutes.
Championship: Jack Rudoni has fired Coventry Metropolis right into a 1-0 lead away at Sheffield Wednesday, whereas Hull Metropolis lead Norwich 1-0 courtesy of a aim from Matt Crooks.
GOAL! Man Metropolis 1-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 19)
Premier League: Newcastle’s depressing run on the Etihad Stadium appears to be like set to proceed. Omar Marmoush spins Kieran Trippier to latch on to an extended excessive from Ederson and ship a cool end previous Martin Dubravka. It’s the Egyptian’s twenty first aim of the season however his first for Manchester Metropolis
GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Bournemouth (Christie 16)
Premier League: Ten factors from security going into this sport, Southampton already look much more doomed. Having arrange Bournemouth’s first aim, Ryan Christie scores their second, bending a shot from distance previous Aaron Ramsdale to double his facet’s lead.
GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Smith-Rowe 15)
Premier League: Emile Smith-Rowe nods dwelling for Fulham after getting on the top of a cross from Adama Traore.
GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Bournemouth (Ouattara 14)
Premier League: Dango Ouattara scores his fourth aim in his previous three Premiuer League video games, rising to nod dwelling a splendid cross from Ryan Christie.
Championship: Andre Dozzell and Mark O’Mahony scored the targets as Portsmouth beat Oxford United on the Kassam Stadium.
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Brentford (Schade 4)
Premier League: Kevin Schade wants two bites of the cherry to place Brentford forward in opposition to West Ham on the London Stadium as Thomas Frank tries to mastermind victory over Graham Potter for the primary time in his profession. After latching on to a Bryan Mbeumo knockdown, his first shot was saved by Alphonse Areola, who thought he’d saved the follow-up solely to find he was behind his line and the ball had crossed it.
The Championship: Following his facet’s scoreless draw with Preston, Burnley supervisor Scott Parker had an extended dialogue with the match referee, drawing his consideration to an change of phrases between his midfielder Hannibal Mejbri and Preston striker Milutin Osmajic that left the Burnley participant very upset.
In an interview with Sky Sports activities, Parker refuses to reveal the small print of both his dialog with the referee or the alleged change between the gamers however says that Hannibal was left “harm” and “very emotional”. He says that after reporting the incident to the referee “we’ll have due course of now and see what occurs”.
Championship: Kick-off in Millwall’s match in opposition to West Brom has been delayed till 3.15pm resulting from site visitors congestion across the Den, whereas Portsmouth have scored a late, late second aim in opposition to Oxford United on the Kassam Stadium, the place it’s 2-0 to the guests and so they’re nonetheless taking part in added time.
Mikel Merino: In a post-match interview with TNT Sports activities, the scorer of Arsenal’s two targets dedicates each strikes to his spouse, saying he forgot to get her something for Valentine’s Day. “I believe she’s going to recognize them greater than a rose or candies,” he says with presumably misplaced confidence. I suppose he’ll discover when he will get dwelling.
Match report: Leicester Metropolis 0-2 Arsenal
Premier League: On as a second half substitute for Raheem Sterling, Mikel Merino scored two quick-fire targets within the closing 10 minutes to safe the factors for Arsenal on an in any other case testing afternoon for Mikel Arteta’s facet. Ben Fisher stories from the King Energy Stadium …
Man United scouting community going through cuts
Unique: Manchester United’s division of round 80 scouts is going through appreciable cuts as a part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s subsequent spherical of as much as 200 redundancies, writes Jamie Jackson.
A protracted overdue and possibly pointless apology: Martin Keown has mentioned sorry to Ruud van Nistelrooy for his half within the infamous conflict between the pair at Outdated Trafford in 2003 after they renewed acquaintances at Leicester this afternoon.
Championship: Burnley have stored an astonishing eleventh consecutive Championship clear sheet in drawing with Preston at Deepdale, whereas Cardiff and Bristol Metropolis performed out a 1-1 draw within the Welsh capital. Portsmouth presently lead Oxford United by the one aim of the sport with a bit over quarter-hour to play on the Kassam Stadium.
Full time: Leicester Metropolis 0-2 Arsenal
Premier League: Mikel Merino got here off the bench to attain two targets within the closing 10 minutes on a particularly testing afternoon for Arsenal in opposition to their struggling hosts.
Championship: Cian Ashford has scored within the ninetieth minute to revive parity for Cardiff Metropolis in opposition to Bristol Metropolis. It’s the 20-year-old’s fourth aim of the season.
GOAL! Leicester Metropolis 0-2 Arsenal (Merino 88)
Arsenal double their lead! Striker disaster? What striker disaster? Off the bench and taking part in out of place, Mikel Merino reveals all of the instincts of a cold-eyed No9 to attain his second by side-footing dwelling one other good cross, this time from Leandro Trossard.
GOAL! Leicester Metropolis 0-1 Arsenal (Merino 81)
Arsenal lead! On for the ineffective Raheem Sterling, Mikel Merino peels away from Wout Faes to nod dwelling an inch-perfect cross performed his approach by Ethan Nwaneri, who has been excellent for the guests this afternoon. Observe the motion with Rob Smyth …
Championship: Portsmouth have taken a forty seventh minute lead of their match at Oxford United courtesy of Andre Dozzell. Bear in mind, that sport is working delayed following a first-half interruption resulting from a medical emergency within the crowd.
Southampton v Bournemouth line-ups
Southampton: Ramsdale, Bree, Bednarek, Wooden-Gordon, Walker-Peters, Smallbone, Aribo, Welington, Fernandes, Onuachu, Sulemana.
Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Sugawara, Archer, Taylor, Ugochukwu, Gronbaek, Dibling, Bella-Kotchap.
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Prepare dinner, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Adams, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Ouattara.
Subs: Dennis, Scott, Tavernier, Sinisterra, Jebbison, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Rees-Dottin.
Fulham v Nottingham Forest line-ups
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Andreas Pereira, Willian, King, Sessegnon, Diop.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Morato, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Gibbs-White, Danilo, Anderson, Williams, Wooden, Elanga.
Subs: Hennessey, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Alex, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Boly.
Aston Villa v Ipswich City line-ups
Aston Villa: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Kamara, Digne, McGinn, Tielemans, Malen, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins.
Subs: Olsen, Zych, Mings, Rashford, Asensio, Maatsen, Bogarde, Jimoh.
Ipswich City: Palmer, Johnson, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Townsend, Hutchinson, Phillips, Cajuste, Enciso, Delap.
Subs: Muric, Woolfenden, Taylor, Luongo, Hirst, Philogene-Bidace, Broadhead, Godfrey, Clarke.
Manchester Metropolis v Newcastle line-ups
Man Metropolis: Ederson, Lewis, Khusanov, Stones, Gvardiol, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Foden, Marmoush, Savio, Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Kovacic, Doku, De Bruyne, Silva, Vitor Reis, Matheus Luiz, O’Reilly, McAtee.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Corridor, Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Pope, Wilson, Barnes, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Livramento, Longstaff, Miley.
West Ham v Brentford line-ups
West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Alvarez, Soucek, Kudus, Lucas Paqueta, Soler, Bowen.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Luis Guilherme, Rodriguez, Todibo, Ferguson, Irving, Scarles.
Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Jensen, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Konak, Maghoma, Kayode.
Championship: Irish midfielder Jason Knight has put Bristol Metropolis a aim up on the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium on the hour mark.
Leicester Metropolis 0-0 Arsenal
The second half is below approach on the King Energy Stadium and we are able to however hope it’s extra entertaining than the extraordinarily boring 45 minutes that preceded it.
In fact Leicester can be pleased with the best way issues are going, however Arsenal have supplied subsequent to nothing. You’ll be able to comply with the motion with Rob Smyth …
At present’s Championship fixtures
It’s scoreless at half-time within the early matches on the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium and Deepdale, whereas the impasse additionally stays unbroken on the Kassam Stadium.
The sport between Oxford United and Portsmouth sport is working some 25 minutes delayed following a break in play prompted by a medical emergency within the floor’s north stand. A fan has been transported to hospital after receiving care from medical employees.
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Cardiff Metropolis 0-0 Bristol Metropolis (L)
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Oxford United 0-0 Portsmouth (L)
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Preston 0-0 Burnley (L)
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Blackburn Rovers v Plymouth Argyle
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Hull Metropolis v Norwich Metropolis
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Luton City v Sheffield United
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Middlesbrough v Watford
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Millwall v West Brom
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Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry Metropolis
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Stoke Metropolis v Swansea Metropolis
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At present’s Premier League fixtures
Saturday clockwatch
Whats up reader. The weekend’s Premier League motion obtained below approach final night time on the Amex Stadium, the place Brighton ran out straightforward winners in opposition to Chelsea earlier than Leicester and Arsenal took up the highest flight cudgels in in the present day’s early kick-off. It’s scoreless on the half-time break at King Energy Stadium, the place some dwelling followers staged a pre-match protest in opposition to the best way their membership is being run earlier than clicking by way of the turnstiles.
We now have 5 three o’clock kick-offs to maintain tabs on in the present day and we’ll deliver you information of all of the targets as they go in, whereas flagging up some other main speaking factors from the Premier League and past. We’ll even have match stories and post-match response forward of in the present day’s late sport between Crystal Palace and Everton.
Yup, it’s Saturday clockwatch, your one-stop store for all of the information that’s match to print and many extra that just about definitely will not be.