Those games will be played week beginning 21 September. And that’s all for this evening. Watford are the only Premier League team out of the reckoning having lost at Preston tonight. Thanks for reading! Bye!
Draw continued …
Sunderland v Man City
Newcastle v Sheffield Weds
Reading v Barnsley or Everton
Preston v Bournemouth
Walsall v Chelsea
And finally … MK Dons v Southampton
Draw continued …
Man Utd v Ipswich
Liverpool v Carlisle
Crystal Palace v Charlton !!!
Fulham v Stoke
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The draw is on too …
Middlesbrough v Wolves
Norwich v West Brom, who have just beaten Vale on penalties 5-3
Hull v Swansea
Leicester v West Ham
Aston Villa v Birmingham !!!!!!!!!!
Tottenham v Arsenal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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McManaman makes it WBA 3-1 Port Vale.
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Yacob makes it WBA 2-1 Port Vale. But Duffy has missed the visitors’ second.
AJ Leitch-Smith also scores. WBA 1-1 Port Vale.
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Rickie Lambert scores the first penalty for West Brom. WBA 1-0 Port Vale.
And we’re getting two of them!
@alansmith90 An oddly satisfying clockwatch shift tonight. We deserved a penalty shootout at the end of it.
— Football Clichés (@FootballCliches) August 25, 2015
We’re heading for penalties at The Hawthorns and then we might have the draw!
West Brom and Port Vale are heading for penalties too but considering this one is scoreless a minute from the end, they may not find the net from the spot either.
MK Dons have beaten Cardiff 2-1, Aston Villa have won a great game against Notts County 5-3, both aet.
And Geoff Cameron scores to send Stoke through 8-7 on penalties against Luton after the game finished 1-1 aet.
Scott Griffiths misses! He goes hard and it comes off the bark. Luton 7-7 Stoke …
Philipp Wollscheid goes down the middle and scores. Luton 7-7 Stoke.
Jonathan Smith scores despite Given getting his hand to another kick. Luton 7-6 Stoke.
And Mame Biram Diouf responds. Luton 6-6 Stoke.
Stephen O’Donnell makes it Luton 6-5 Stoke.
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Marc Wilson takes it to sudden death. Luton 5-5 Stoke.
Ryan Hall makes it five from five for the hosts. Luton 5-4 Stoke.
Steve Sidwell scores. They’re just not going to miss! Luton 4-4 Stoke.
Luton’s Luke Wilkinson scores into the top corner, though Given got a hand to it. Luton 4-3 Stoke.
Phil Bardsley stitches his kick to the left corner. Who is the first to blink? Luton 3-3 Stoke.
Ollie Lee drives Luton’s third into the net. Luton 3-2 Stoke.
Joselu scores! Luton 2-2 Stoke.
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Cameron McGeehan, scorer of the late equaliser, scores down the middle after Given dives to his right. Luton 2-1 Stoke.
Jon Walters confidently tucks home into the bottom right corner for the visitors. Luton 1-1 Stoke.
Luton to take the first penalty in front of the Stoke fans … Paul Benson faces Shay Given first in a battle of experience and the Luton striker scores it. Luton 1-0 Stoke
Ipswich have beaten Doncaster 4-1 after extra-time.
Crystal Palace dominated the additional 30 minutes to advance past Shrewsbury.
Middlesbrough are through thanks to Stuani’s double but they needed extra-time. In Scotland, Hearts have edged past Forfar. We’re heading for penalties at Kenilworth Road between Luton and Stoke.
Joe Bennett, on as a sub, has scored his first goal for Villa and Tim Sherwood’s team are going through after quite the scare from Notts County.
Motherwell needed extra-time but have beaten East Fife in the Scottish League Cup.
Zzzzzzz. It’s still scoreless between West Brom and Port Vale.
Villa’s Scott Sinclair, with a hat-trick, has missed a sitter and Notts County live on in hope of a fourth. Palace have that many goals … Souare beats two on the left and crosses to Zaha who heads home at the near post and they are 4-1 in front against Shrewsbury. Ipswich lead by the same scoreline at Doncaster thanks to Ryan Fraser.
MK Dons lead at home to Cardiff, who were ahead in normal time, thanks to Josh Murphy.
Middlesbrough are in front! Christian Stuani scores his second early in the second period of extra-time at Burton.
James Alabi has made it 3-1 to Ipswich at Doncaster. It’s half-time in extra-time at Luton, while Burton are fading but clinging on against Middlesbrough.
Hearts fans can breath a sigh of relief. Callum Paterson has scored on the stroke of half-time in extra-time at Forfar.
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Aston Villa are in front for the first time against Notts County and Sinclair has a hat-trick to make it 4-3.
David McGoldrick has given Ipswich the lead at Doncaster three minutes before half-time in extra-time. It’s 2-1 now.
It is indeed scoreless at full-time at The Hawthorns, making it seven games in the League Cup in extra-time.
Champions League final scores
Dinamo Zagreb 4 Skenderbeu 1 (Agg 6-2)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 Basel 1 (Agg 3-3; Maccabi Tel-Aviv win on away goals rule)
Malmo 2 Celtic 0 (Agg 4-3)
Monaco 2 Valencia 1 (Agg 3-4)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Rapid Vienna 2 (Agg 3-2)
And Palace have scored again. Chung-yong Lee makes it 3-1. They are still playing in normal time at The Hawthorns but West Brom v Port Vale has been so uneventful I’ve almost forgotten about it. Extra-time nearing there, too.
There are six games gone to extra-time and there is another penalty for Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Glenn Murray has put the hosts in front against Shrewsbury.
Extra-time to be played at Villa Park too! All that action and the draw to come … though you’ll have to excuse me for two minutes while I re-fill my water bottle.
Reading have come from behind to win at Portsmouth by the same scoreline. Birmingham have beaten Gillingham 2-0 and Sunderland have beaten Exeter 6-3 after some very shaky moments.
Wolves and Norwich have beaten Barnet and Rotherham 2-1!
Carlisle have put QPR out! Doncaster v Ipswich and MK Dons v Cardiff are going to extra-time! Peterborough are out but pulled back a late goal at home to Charlton. Walsall are also through, beating Brighton at home. Sheffield Wednesday have scraped past Oxford United.
Some big surprises in the Scottish League Cup too. Partick have been knocked out by Falkirk, Dunfermline have turfed out Dundee and Hearts have been taken to extra-time against Forfar.
Watford are the first Premier League side to be knocked out, losing 1-0 at Preston. Valencia are through in the Champions League, Celtic are out. Get all the full-times here!
Luton have scored in injury time against Stoke! A cross in from the left is converted by Cameron McGeehan and that is one of seven games heading for extra-time. Dodoo has a hat-trick for Leicester too.
Nine minutes of added time at Sunderland but even they could not chuck away a three goal lead. Igor Vetokele has scored Charlton’s fourth and Peterborough have not looked like replying at any point.
Leicester are heading for the third round. Dodoo has made it 3-1 at Bury, while Swansea are through too after Marvin Emnes scores in a rare appearance. They lead 3-0 against York.
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Reading have come from behind to lead at Portsmouth, walsall lead at Brighton and at the Stadium of Light Jermain Defoe has just completed his hat-trick to make it Sunderland 6-3 Exeter – but the focus should e on the goals they have conceded rather than scored after another defensive shambles.
Jason Kennedy has put Carlisle in front against QPR, MK Dons are level at home to Cardiff, and Paul Green has pulled one back for Rotherham in their meeting with Norwich.
… he sneaks it into the bottom corner despite Roy Carroll getting a hand to it. Level once more!
Aston Villa have a soft penalty for a supposed foul on Richardson and Notts County’s players are furious. Scott Sinclair to take it …
Sunderland 5 Exeter City 3 – Duncan Watmore celebrates his call up to the England Under-21s with a nerves-settling goal. Bira Dembele has scored for Barnet, they trail 2-1 at Wolves. And Wes Thomas has scored his second to put Birmingham 2-0 in front against Gillingham. Charlton lead 3-0 at Peterborough thanks to Ahmed Kashi. In Scotland, Motherwell have equalised at East Fife.
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Watford, a goal down at Preston, are now a man down. Miguel Britos, on debut, has been shown a straight red for violent conduct – a more detailed explanation to follow once I get a chance to see a video clip of what happened.
Update from Watford’s Twitter account: ‘Unclear what it’s been given for, but ref Martin appears to be suggesting there was an elbow’
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Ross McCormack has his second of the evening and Fulham lead 2-0 at home to Sheffield United.
Music update
@alansmith90 ian could do well and listen to Sharon van Etten
— Mr J (@jnr_jinx) August 25, 2015
Agreed, good shout.
Game on at Monaco! The French side have scored to make it 2-1 on the night against Valencia thanks to Elderson. It’s 3-4 on aggregate and there are 15 minutes to go. One more goal for the hosts will force extra-time.
RICKY VAN WOLFSWINKEL HAS SCORED FOR NORWICH CITY! They lead 2-0 at Rotherham.
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Middlesbrough have equalised at Burton. Tomas Kalas sends a cross in from the right and Christian Stuani side-foots home from around eight yards.
Swansea lead 2-0 at home to York, Matt Grimes scoring. Bournemouth are 4-0 up at Hartlepool, the latest goal from Junior Stanislas. Walsall are level at home to Brighton and Reading have made it 1-1, while Stoke’s Jonathan Walters has broken the deadlock at Luton.
A big shock on the cards in Scotland where East Fife lead against Premiership side Motherwell. In the English League Cup Mike Williamson scores a rare goal to make it 4-1 to Newcastle at home to Northampton. A few miles south, Rodwell has scored again to put Sunderland 4-3 in front of Exeter. Fulham lead at home to last season’s semi-finalists Sheffield United via Ross McCormack’s 62nd-minute penalty.
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Notts County lead for a third time at Aston Villa thanks to A SCREAMER from Graham Burke, 30 yards out he curls in off the left-sided post. What a hit!
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Ipswich level at Doncaster – McGoldrick’s initial attempt has taken a deflection and Brett Pitman finds the net. Sheyi Ojo has doubled Wolves’ lead at home to Barnet.
Charlton are 2-0 to the good at Peterborough, Atdhe Nuhiu has given Sheffield Wednesday the lead at Hillsborough against Oxford and Cardiff lead thanks to Alex Revell in Milton Keynes.
Aston Villa level again and it’s another Jack Grealish assist, setting up Scott Sinclair to make it 2-2 at home to Notts County. Grealish spent some time on loan at County two years ago. Newcastle are 3-1 up against Northampton via Daryl Janmaat.
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Malmo have scored against Celtic again! Dinamo Zagreb lead 3-1 against Skenderbeu now, Jeremy Tarvel scoring and it’s 5-2 on aggregate.
Leicester controlled the first half at Gigg Lane but Bury have pulled on back to make it 2-1 thanks to Danny Mayor.
Peep, peep, peep
Second periods are go! (Apart from West Brom 0-0 Port Vale in the 8pm League Cup kick-of)
Seeing as it’s half-time everywhere apart from the scoreless game at The Hawthorns let’s help out Ian Copestake, who asks via email:
Evening, Alan. Seeking a soundtrack to my evening of perusing, I sought music recommendations that might take me (briefly) out of my Deep Purple obsession and into something actually of the current decade. I am now recovering from following a suggestion to try Bruno Mars. Please help.
I was at a tiny festival in Poland last week which included this and this among other highlights.
Notts County are back in front thanks to a Jon Stead penalty deep in injury time after Mark Bunn conceded a penalty! Boos at Stadium of Light at half-time, where Sunderland have shipped three against a League Two team. Get all the half-times here, including the Scottish League Cup, where Dunfermline lead Premiership side Dundee.
Bournemouth have turned on the style at Hartlepool, Junior Stanislas sends a tasty 25-yard free-kick into the net to make it 3-0.
Exeter are level again! Another cross from the left confuses the hopeless Sunderland defence and Tom McCready finishes. 3-3! Portsmouth are leading against another Championship side and one of the players who scored in the previous round against Derby has put them in front at home to Reading, Conor Chaplin.
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Birmingham lead at home to Gillingham thanks to Wes Thomas. Crystal Palace are level, Dwight Gayle sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. QPR are level against Carlisle thanks to JET, and Brighton lead at Walsall thanks to a Jake Forster-Caskey penalty. Leicester have doubled their lead at Bury thanks to an Andrej Kramaric curler.
Sunderland are back in front! Defoe takes down a long ball forward with his right at the edge of the box and under pressure sends a tasty finish into the right corner from 18 yards. Carlisle lead at QPR, Derek Asamoah scores eight minutes before half-time.
Dan Gosling now makes it 2-0 to Bournemouth with a low right-footed drive into the bottom left corner.
Yann Kermogant breaks the deadlock at Victoria Park, Bournemouth giving the few fans who made the daunting trip to Hartlepool something to shout about.
Wow! Exeter are level against Sunderland’s shaky defence, David Wheeler heading a cross from the left into the net.
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Aston Villa are even with Notts County – Adama Traoré scoring his first goal for the club following some tasty buildup play from Jack Grealish. Luton are holding Stoke and Bojan at Kenilworth Road, by the way.
Vermjl has Preston in front against Watford. Norwich lead at Rotherham: the ball is worked down the right, finally finds its way to Jonny Howson, who drills a low finish home from the edge of the area. And Burton have gone one up at home to Middlesbrough after a long free-kick is sent into his own net by the Boro defender George Friend. Doncaster, who defeated Leeds in the first round, are 1-0 up against Ipswich thanks to an Andy Williams header. Leicester lead at home to Bury thanks to a stunning strike from Dodu who does not appear to be a dud. Maccabi have equalised at home to Basel, Eran Zahavi finding the net after 24 minutes, while Shakhtar have scored again to make it 2-2 at home to Rapid Vienna.
Rapid Vienna are leading at Shakhtar now – Steffen Hofmann making it 2-1 on the night. And big news from Sweden, where Malmo have scored against Celtic to make it 3-3 on aggregate. If it ends that way, Malmo would advance on away goals. Get the latest here.
And scrap that comment about Sunderland – Exeter have pulled one back thanks to Manny Oyeleke. The shock is very much on at Villa Park, where Notts County lead. Villa’s expeienced defender Alan Hutton is robbed of possession and Genaro Snijders scores from long range via a heavy deflection. In the Champions League Armin Hodzic has made it 2-1 to Dinamo Zagreb on the night against Skenderbeu, making it 4-2 on aggregate. Monaco’s Andrea Raggi has made it 1-1 against Valencia but they also trail 4-2.
There will not be a shock at the Stadium of Light if the opening 16 minutes are anything to go by – Defoe doubles Sunderland’s lead having capitalised on some sloppy Exeter defending, tapping in from three yards with 16 minutes on the clock.
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Esquerdinha has levelled for Skenderbeu in Zagreb but they still trail 3-2 on aggregate. Luca Zuffi has scored for Basel against Maccabi Tel Aviv, while Louis Schaub has made it 1-1 away to Shakhtar. Back in the League Cup, Sunderland are in front against Exeter thanks to Jack Rodwell.
And Northampton have pulled a goal back almost immediately through Marc Richards from the penalty spot. Greg Luer has put Hull 1-0 to the good at home to Rochdale, and there could be a shock on the cards at Selhurst Park where Shrewsbury lead Crystal Palace thanks to Matt Tootle.
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Newcastle now lead 2-0 thanks to Siem De Jong – and there are only eight minutes gone! Negredo’s goal for Valencia, by the way, was a beautiful left-footed chip. Also in the Champions League, Soudani has given Dinamo the lead against Skenderbeu and Shkhtar lead 1-0 at home to Rpaid Vienna thanks to Marlos.
Wolves are in front at home to League 2’s Barnet courtesy of Bright Enobakhare, while Charlton lead at Peterborough thanks to Mikhail Kennedy.
Early goals! Nathan Dyer has Swansea ahead at home to York after two minutes, Florian Thauvin required three minutes to give Newcastle the lead against Northampton while there has been a crucial goal in the Champions League playoff in south France – Álvaro Negredo has scored early to give Valencia an away goal at Monaco, they now lead 4-1 on aggregate and that should well be that.
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Peep peep peep!
We are underway across England and Europe!
At Kenilworth Road, Bojan Krkic makes his first appearance for Stoke since sustaining that horrific knee injury at Rochdale in the FA Cup in January. Steve Sidwell captains a strong visiting team against a youthful Luton.
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West Bromwich Albion have made four changes for their tie against Port Vale but most importantly Saido Berahino is not in the squad after the club rejected a second bid from Tottenham Hotspur for the striker.
Lots of weakened Premier League teams tonight but the most notable is Leicester where Claudio Ranieri is living up to his Tinkerman nickname having named an entirely different starting XI to the side that drew with Tottenham last Saturday for tonight’s game. Four players make their first starts for the Foxes at Bury: Inler, Kanté, Fuchs and Benalouane.
If you are looking for the latest from Malmo v Celtic, you’ll have to click here.
Preamble
Welcome! Good evening! What a night of action this promises to be. We have Champions League play-off second legs, League Cup second round action and even some highlights from Scotland. So, put on the kettle, pull up a chair and get yourself ready for lots and lots of goals!
Champions League
The highlight sees Monaco and Valencia, two group stage regulars, collide at Stade Louis II with the La Liga team bringing a 3-1 advantage to France from the first leg. It is a tall order for last season’s conquerors of Arsenal, though Valencia are now without defensive rock Nicolás Otamendi.
Shakhtar Donetsk host (kinda) Rapid Vienna with the most slender of 1-0 leads, Dinamo Zagreb also have a one-goal cushion when they welcome the Albanian champions, Skenderbeu, to the Maksimir Stadium, while Basel face a tough task having drawn their home leg against Slavisa Jokanovic’s Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-2.
And, of course, we are not forgetting about Celtic’s trip to Malmo. You can join Barry Glendenning for live coverage of that very soon – link to follow.
League Cup
The opening round of the League Cup produced some notable surprises – Oxford hammering Brentford, Barnet returning to the competition with a thrilling victory at Millwall, Walsall’s 4-3 stunner at Nottingham Forest and Portsmouth’s victory at home to Derby County to name just a few. But now the Premier League teams minus those in European competition enter the fray. Who’s most likely to be stunned by lower league opponents? Will there be a result as jaw-dropping as MK Dons’ victory over an insipid Manchester United at this stage last season?
There are eight Premier League v League Two ties. Stoke head for Kenilworth Road to take on Luton Town, Aston Villa take on Notts County, West Brom welcome Port Vale and York make the long trip to Swansea. Bury host Leicester City. There is a mammoth journey in store for Exeter who take on Sunderland, Northampton also head to the northeast, where Newcastle await, while Bournemouth also make a similarly lengthy trek to face Hartlepool.
Other games involving top flight sides are: Crystal Palace v Shrewsbury, Preston v Watford and Rotherham v Norwich. Everton’s trip to Barnsley is tomorrow. A minute of silence will be held at all games before kick-off in memory of those who died in the Shoreham air disaster.
All games kick-off at 7.45pm BST with the exception of West Brom v Port Vale – that begins at 8pm. Oh and we will have League Cup third round draw for you, too, at around 9.45pm.
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