Premier League: Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham travel to Turf Moor hoping to halt a run of four consecutive defeats and Scott Murray has the latest.
Match report: Wolves 0-0 Brighton
Premier League: Brighton kicked off a run of extremely tricky fixtures by holding Wolves at Molineux.
Match report: Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
Premier League: Billy Sharp scored the winner for Sheffield United, who are knocking loudly on the door of European qualification.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
Premier League: Profligacy in front of goal ultimately cost West Ham, who were unfortunate to leave the Emirates empty-handed.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
Premier League: Jordan Ayew’s second goal in as many games separated the sides at Selhurst Park.
Match report: Southampton 0-1 Newcastle
Premier League: Allan Saint-Maximin scored the decisive goal for Newcastle against 10-man Southampton.
Match report: Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Liverpool survived an early scare before getting back to winning ways at Anfield.
Premier League results
Liverpool’s lunchtime win over Bournemouth left them 25 points clear at the summit of the table, while their beaten opponents remain in the drop zone. Sheffield United’s win over Norwich leaves them just two points off fourth spot, while the Canaries are seven points from safety.
- Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth
- Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
- Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
- Southampton 0-1 Newcastle
- Wolves 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)
Championship results
Leeds beat Huddersfield to go top of the table, as West Brom were held by Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. At the bottom of the table, Middlesbrough’s win at the Valley left Charlton in the relegation zone.
- Bristol City 1-1 Fulham
- Barnsley 0-2 Cardiff City
- Birmingham City 1-3 Reading
- Brentford 5-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough
- Leeds United 2-0 Huddersfield Town
- Preston 1-3 QPR
- Stoke City 5-1 Hull City
- Swansea City 0-0 West Brom
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town
Scottish Premiership results
Celtic stretched their lead at the top of the table over Rangers to 16 points, while Hearts remain anchored to the foot of the table.
- Aberdeen 3-1 Hibernian
- Celtic 5-0 St Mirren
- Hamilton 1-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 1-1 Motherwell
- St Johnstone 1-0 Livingston
Full-time: Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
Premier League: Jordan Ayew and Christian Benteke combined for the second game in a row to win another three points for Palace.
Full-time: Southampton 0-1 Newcastle
Premier League: In vain, I pretend nobody noticed I absentmindedly got my Sheffields mixed up in the result before last, while Newcastle leap-frog Southampton in the table thanks to a goal from Allan Saint-Maximin.
Full-time: Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
Premier League: West Ham squandered enough chances to win several games and were undone by a late sucker-punch from Alexandre Lacazette.
Full-time: Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
Premier League: Billy Sharp’s third goal in four games was enough to consign Norwich City to another defeat.
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Full-time: Wolves 0-0 Brighton
Premier League: It’s a decent result at Molineux for Brighton, who draw with Wolves for the second time this season.
Championship: Birmingham City get caught on the break as – get this – Puscas sets up Pele to give Reading a 3-1 lead at St Andrew’s.
Scottish Premiership: It’s Celtic 5-0 St Mirren as Callum McGregor gets in on the goalscoring action with a penalty.
Championship: QPR score on the break, with Eberechi Eze curling one home in the 84th minute to prompt an exodus at Deepdale, where it’s Preston 1-3 QPR.
Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen have extended their lead against 10-man Hibs, while Callum Hendry has scored the only goal of the game to put St Johnstone one up against Livingston. It’s all square between Hearts and Motherwell after Conor Washington levelled proceedings for Hearts early in the second half.
Scottish Premiership latest
- Aberdeen 3-1 Hibernian
- Celtic 4-0 St Mirren
- Hamilton 0-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 1-1 Motherwell
- St Johnstone 1-0 Livingston
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Championship: They may be down to 10 men, but that hasn’t stopped QPR taking a 2-1 lead against Preston at Deepdale. Meanwhile at Griffin Park, Tarique Fosu has scored to give Brentford a 5-0 lead against Sheffield Wednesday.
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- Bristol City 1-1 Fulham (result)
- Barnsley 0-2 Cardiff City
- Birmingham City 1-2 Reading
- Brentford 5-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough
- Leeds United 2-0 Huddersfield Town
- Preston 1-2 QPR
- Stoke City 4-1 Hull City
- Swansea City 0-0 West Brom
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town
GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Newcastle (Saint-Maximin 79)
Premier League: Allan Saint-Maximin puts Newcastle in front against 10-man Southampton, who lost Moussa Djenepo to a first half red card.
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GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 West Ham (Lacazette 78)
Premier League: West Ham have squandered one chance after another against Arsenal and have now fallen behind. After a ridiculously long VAR consultation, Alexandre Lacazette is judged to have been onside when he converted Mesut Ozil’s delivery.
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Championship: It’s almost certainly too little too late from Hull City, who have pulled a goal back against Stoke City, thanks to Leonardo Da Silva Lopes.
Scottish Premiership: Leigh Griffiths completes his hat-trick as Celtic pile the pain on St Mirren in Glasgow.
Championship: Brentford 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday - Josh Dasilva scores his second of the afternoon as Brentford riff, be-bop and scat all over Wednesday’s pain at Griffin Park.
Championship: QPR’s Geoff Cameron picks up his second yellow card of the game and it’s quickly followed by a red. It’s Preston 1-1 QPR at Deepdale but the visitors are an American down.
Championship: Cardiff City score two goals in as many minutes to leave Barnsley7 in all sorts of bother. Will Vaulks and Callum Paterson with the quick-fire double at Oakwell.
Scottish Premiership: Having lost Steven Whittaker to a red card, Hibs have now surrendered their lead against Aberdeen and are behind. Christian Doidge had put Hibs ahead, but goals from Adam Jackson and Andrew Considine have left them with a mountain to climb.
Championship: Grant Hall scores for QPR to make it all square in their match against Preston. It’s 1-1 at Deepdale.
We’re into the final half hour of today’s three o’clock kick-offs. And one suspects Gary Lineker and his Match of the Day team are starting to get antsy. We’ve had just two goals in the day’s fixtures that kicked off since Liverpool beat Bournemouth 2-1 at Anfield in the lunchtime kick-off.
- Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth (result)
- Arsenal 0-0 West Ham
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
- Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
- Southampton 0-0 Newcastle
- Wolves 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)
Championship: Reading have come from behind to take the lead against Birmingham City, with Yakou Meite scoring their second in quick succession with a flick of his head. It’s Birmingham City 1-2 Reading.
Championship: American international Matt Miazga helps himself to a slice of goal pie at St Andrew’s to restore parity for Reading against Birmingham City.
Scottish Premiership: Odsonne Eduard’s 28th goal of the season means it’s Celtic 3-0 St Mirren.
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Championship: Patrick Bamford scores his first goal in eight games with a tap-in from a couple of yards out to put Leeds United 2-0 up against Huddersfield Town.
At the Bet365 Stadium, Sam Clucas heads his second goal of the afternoon to give Stoke a 4-0 lead over beleaguered Hull City.
Meanwhile in Spain: Ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 second leg match against Liverpool next week, Atletico Madrid are playing Sevilla in the Spanish capital. It’s 2-2 at half-time at the Wanda Metropolitano.
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Premier League half-times
- Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth (result)
- Arsenal 0-0 West Ham
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
- Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
- Southampton 0-0 Newcastle
- Wolves 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)
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Championship half-times
- Bristol City 1-1 Fulham (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Cardiff City
- Birmingham City 1-0 Reading
- Brentford 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough
- Leeds United 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Preston 1-0 QPR
- Stoke City 3-0 Hull City
- Swansea City 0-0 West Brom
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town
Scottish Premiership half-times
- Aberdeen 0-1 Hibernian
- Celtic 2-0 St Mirren
- Hamilton 0-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-1 Motherwell
- St Johnstone 0-0 Livingston
Scottish Premiership: Leigh Griffiths doubles his first half tally to make it Celtic 2-0 St Mirren. Meanwhile at Pittodrie, Hibs are one up against hosts Aberdeen thanks to Christian Doidge’s strike in the 39th minute.
#SaintsFC goalkeeper Alex McCarthy currently keeping VAR at bay against #NUFC
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) March 7, 2020
Newcastle miss the penalty!
Premier League: Matt Ritchie celebrates signing a contract extension yesterday by missing from the spot. It’s a brilliant save from Alex McCarthy after Sofiane Boufal was correctly penalised for hand-ball. It remains (10-man) Southampton 0-0 Newcastle.
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Newcastle win a penalty ...
Premier League: VAR intervention results in a penalty for Newcastle after a hand-ball.
Championship: Brentford go 3-0 up against Sheffield Wednesday, with Bryan Mbeumo sprinting on to a weighted pass, cutting in from the right and firing into the corner.
GOAL! Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City (Sharp 36)
Premier League: Billy Sharp’s rich vein of form continues as the Sheffield United striker slots home John Lundstram’s cross. That’s the evergreen Billy’s third in four games.
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Premier League latest
- Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth (result)
- Arsenal 0-0 West Ham
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
- Sheffield United 1-0 Norwich City
- Southampton 0-0 Newcastle
- Wolves 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford (Ayew 28)
Premier League: Jordan Ayew scores from about 20 yards out after good hold-up play from Christian Benteke, who turns provider for his team-mate for the second game in a row.
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Red card! Southampton are down to 10 men
Premier League: The intervention of VAR results in Moussa Djenepo having a yellow card overturned and replaced with a red after a high challenge on Isaac Hayden.
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Scottish Premiership latest
Leigh Griffiths has put Celtic ahead against St Mirren, getting on the end of a cross from Odsonne Eduord. Meanwhile in Edinburgh, Motherwell pile the misery on hapless Hearts, Chris Long capitalising on an error from defender Craig Halkett, who sold his goalkeeper short with a dreadful backpass.
- Aberdeen 0-0 Hibernian
- Celtic 1-0 St Mirren
- Hamilton 0-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-1 Motherwell
- St Johnstone 0-0 Livingston
Championship latest
- Bristol City 1-1 Fulham (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Cardiff City
- Birmingham City 1-0 Reading
- Brentford 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough
- Leeds United 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Preston 1-0 QPR
- Stoke City 3-0 Hull City
- Swansea City 0-0 West Brom
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town
Championship: Stoke City are going goal crazy! Sam Clucas gives them a three-goal lead at the Bet365 Stadium.
Elsewhere, Daniel Johnson has scored the opening goal for Preston in their match against QPR at Deepdale. At The Valley, Middlesbrough lead Charlton 1-0 courtesy of Paddy McNair’s strike. At Griffin Park, Brentford lead Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 after Emiliano Marcondes fired home in the 18th minute.
We’re still waiting for our first goal in the Premier League’s three o’clock kick-offs, but they’re flying in in the Championship.
Championship: Stoke City double their lead against Hull City, who are perilously close to the relegation zone who are without a win in their past 10 league games, having taken just two points from 30 available. Tyrese Campbell scores from the spot to put them 2-0 up.
Championship: Stoke City take the lead against Hull City, with Nick Powell getting on the end of a cross to head past George Long at the back post.
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Cameron Dawson flaps at a high ball, which drops for Brentford’s Josh Dasilva. The Bees lead 1-0 at Griffin Park.
Premier League: Having been under the cosh early doors in their game against Southampton, Newcastle are denied by an outstanding triple-save from Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.
Championship: Scott Hogan lifts the ball over Reading goalkeeper Rafael to put Birmingham City a goal ahead at St Andrew’s.
Championship: Leeds United take an early lead against Huddersfield Town at Elland Road, Luke Ayling volleying home at the back post after three minutes.
Premier League: Jarrod Bowen hits the post with a long range effort for West Ham in the early stages of their match against Arsenal at the Emirates.
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Not long now: Pre-match handshakes are not taking place in grounds around the country as players and match officials go through the last of the pre-match formalities ahead of our three o’clock kick-offs. Intriguingly, there were no short of post-match handshakes and embraces in the game between Liverpool and Bournemouth. It’s almost as if Premier League officials just wanted to be seen to be doing something about the coronavirus and didn’t really think their new healthcare policy through.
Match report: Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: “There was joy in the eruption that greeted the final whistle at Anfield but also unmistakable relief,” writes Andy Hunter.
Result: Bristol City 1-1 Fulham
Championship: Nakhi Wells and Tom Cairney got the goals as the points were shared at Ashton Gate.
Result: Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: It wasn’t the most convincing of victories, but Liverpool won’t care. They’re unbeaten in 55 at Anfield and now lead the Premier League by 25 points.
Arsenal v West Ham: Arsenal make three changes, while West Ham field an unchanged side from the one that beat Southampton last week.
Wolves v Brighton: Adama Traore is injured, but makes the bench. Leander Dendoncker replaces him. Graham Potter keeps faith with the same team that lost against Crystal Palace last week.
Southampton v Newcastle: Danny Ings comes back into the Southampton side, with Michael Obafemi dropping to the bench. Chris Smallbone and Stuart Armstrong are both out injured. For Newcastle, Alain Saint-Maximin returns to the starting line-up after missing out against Burnley last weekend, while Joelinton is among the substitutes.
Sheffield United v Norwich City: Sander Berge is out of Sheffield United’s starting line-up and is replaced by John Lundstram. Norwich City are unchanged from the side that beat Leicester City last weekend.
Crystal Palace v Watford: Crystal Palace are unchanged from their win over Newcastle. Watford make one enforced switch, with Roberto Pereyra coming in for Gerard Deulofeu, whose season is over.
Championship: With the game approaching its knockings, it’s 1-1 between Bristol City and Fulham at Ashton Gate. Nahki Wells put the home side ahead in the 70th minute, but Tom Cairney has just equalised for Fulham. There’s five minutes left in that one.
Sheffield United v Norwich City line-ups
Sheff Utd: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, McBurnie, Sharp.
Subs: Jagielka, McGoldrick, Verrips, Mousset, Osborn, Retsos, Berge.
Norwich: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Godfrey, Lewis, Tettey, McLean, Emi, Duda, Cantwell, Pukki.
Subs: Zimmermann, Rupp, Vrancic, Stiepermann, Drmic, McGovern, Idah.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Wolves v Brighton line-ups
Wolves: Rui Patricio, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ruben Vinagre, Jimenez, Jota.
Subs: Bruno Jordao, Pedro Neto, Daniel Podence, Ruddy, Traore, Kilman, Rasmussen.
Brighton: Ryan, Montoya, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Propper, Bissouma, Trossard, Mooy, March, Maupay.
Subs: Duffy, Stephens, Mac Allister, Gross, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Button.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
Southampton v Newcastle line-ups
Southampton: McCarthy, Valery, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Djenepo, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Boufal, Long, Ings.
Subs: Vestergaard, Adams, Romeu, Obafemi, Walker-Peters, Gunn, Danso.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Manquillo, Lascelles, Fernandez, Rose, Ritchie, Shelvey, Hayden, Saint-Maximin, Gayle, Almiron.
Subs: Schar, Joelinton, Yedlin, Lazaro, Darlow, Sean Longstaff, Bentaleb.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Crystal Palace v Watford line-ups
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Dann, Cahill, van Aanholt, McArthur, McCarthy, Kouyate, Ayew, Benteke, Zaha.
Subs: Milivojevic, Meyer, Townsend, Hennessey, Schlupp, Kelly, Riedewald.
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Kabasele, Cathcart, Masina, Hughes, Capoue, Sarr, Doucoure, Pereyra, Deeney.
Subs: Gomes, Dawson, Mariappa, Welbeck, Chalobah, Gray, Pussetto.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Arsenal v West Ham line-ups
Arsenal: Leno, Papastathopoulos, Luiz, Pablo Mari, Saka, Ceballos, Xhaka, Pepe, Ozil, Aubameyang, Nketiah.
Subs: Bellerin, Lacazette, Nelson, Martinez, Willock, Guendouzi, Martinelli.
West Ham: Fabianski, Ngakia, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Bowen, Fornals, Antonio, Haller.
Subs: Balbuena, Zabaleta, Felipe Anderson, Lanzini, Snodgrass, Soucek, Randolph.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
Coronavirus latest. If the evidence of Liverpool’s match against Bournemouth is anything to go by, handshakes have been outlawed, but spitting on the pitch, goal celebrations, players covering their hands with their mouths while talking to each other and managers screaming with spittle-flecked rage at fourth officials is still OK.
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Liverpool walk straight past the Bournemouth players with pre-game handshakes suspended. pic.twitter.com/s7INgvtQNi
Premier League: It remains Liverpool 2-1 Bournemouth at Anfield, but Liverpool are not having it all their own way. Ryan Fraser thought he’d equalised for Bournemouth after lobbing Adrian and was waiting for the ball to drop into the gaping goal, only for James Milner to sprint back and make a spectacular goal-line clearance. Scott Murray has the latest ...
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Barney Ronay wrote column about Eric Dier’s post-match saunter into the West Stand at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night, in which he expressed concern about levels of incoherent anger on the internet. It should go without saying that it has been greeted by levels of incoherent anger on the internet, although many readers seem largely in agreement. Read on ...
Meanwhile in Scotland
As good as home and hosed in the Scottish title race due to Rangers’ post winter break slump, Celtic entertain St Mirren as they continue their hunt for nine in a row. At the bottom of the table, Hearts entertain third-placed Motherwell and are in desperate need of a win. Two points above them and high on the hog after their midweek win over Rangers at Ibrox, Hamilton Hamilton entertain Kilmarnock. Rangers travel to Ross County for tomorrow’s lunchtime kick-off.
Championship fixtures
The Championship weekend got off to rather a surreal start with Millwall’s surprise hammering Nottingham Forest at the City Ground last night. Just ahead of Forest in third place, Fulham are playing Bristol City in the day’s early fixture and it’s currently scoreless at the break at Ashton Gate.
Elsewhere, league leaders West Brom travel to Swansea City, while second placed Leeds United entertain Huddersfield Town in a Yorkshire derby. Further down the table, close friends and rival managers Less Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate will be in opposing technical areas when Charlton entertain fellow strugglers Middlesbrough in a kind of Leeds Last Time They Were In Europe derby.
Premier League fixtures
As we’ve mentioned already, Liverpool are entertaining Bournemouth in the day’s lunchtime kick-off and got off to a poor start, going behind to a Callum Wilson goal in the ninth minute that somehow survived a VAR check despite a blatant foul by the goalscorer on Joe Gomez in the build-up. It’s going better for the hosts now, thanks to goals from Mo Salah and Sadio Mane. Liverpool now lead by the odd goal of three.
Elsewhere, Brighton face a daunting trip to Wolves as they begin a run of fixtures that pits them against four of the top six, Arsenal and relegation rivals Norwich City in their next six games. Their fellow strugglers West Ham continue their fight against relegation with a trip to Arsenal, while Newcastle, who look far from safe, travel to the south coast for a visit to Southampton in one of the day’s other eye-catching fixtures.
Good afternoon, everybody!
The weekend’s Premier League action kicked off at Anfield, where Liverpool are hoping to put a run of three defeats in four games (across three different competitions) behind them as they entertain relegation-threatened Bournemouth. They’ve come from behind to lead their visitors 2-1 at half-time.
Away from Merseyside, we’ve got five three o’clock kick-offs to stay across in the top flight and we’ll also be keeping tabs on goings-on in the Championship and beyond. Stay tuned for team news, build-up, goal alerts and any other major talking points on what promises to be another intriguing afternoon of football action.
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