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Barry Glendenning

Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield, Everton 1-3 Wolves and more football – as it happened

A black cat on the pitch during the Premier League match at Goodison Park.
A black cat on the pitch during the Premier League match at Goodison Park. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Match report: Brighton 0-0 Watford

Premier League: Ben Foster was pressed into action on several occasions as Watford kept Brighton at bay in a dull encounter at the Amex Stadium.

Updated

GOAL! Cardiff City 1-0 Bournemouth (Reid 5pen)

Premier League: Bobby Reid has put Cardiff City ahead with a penalty after five minutes and celebrated with his own personal tribute to Emiliano Sala, holding up a t-shirt adorned with a photo of Argentinian striker, who should have been playing tonight.

Back in Cardiff: Team captains Andrew Surman and Sol Bamaba lay bunches of daffodils in the centre-circle in tribute to Emiliano Sala and his pilot Dave Ibbotson, before a minute’s silence is impeccably observed. Cardiff kick off this game five points from safety at the bottom of the Premier League following Burnley’s draw against Southampton.

Match report: Everton 1-3 Wolves

Premier League: Abject Everton lost their sixth match in nine league games to leave home fans seething at Goodison Park.

Match report: Burnley 1-1 Southampton

Premier League: A last-gasp Ashley Barnes equaliser from the spot earned Burnley a share of the points at Turf Moor.

Match report: Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham

Premier League: Jacob Steinberg was at Selhurst Park to see Michy Batshuayi come off the bench and make an instant impact for Crystal Palace.

Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Newcastle

Premier League: Son Heung-min scored a late winner to send Tottenham second in the Premier League table. David Hytner was there ...

Match report: Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield Town

Premier League: Dominic Fifield was at Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea spank five goals past doomed Huddersfield.

Meanwhile in Wales: Cardiff City are playing Bournemouth in tonight’s late kick-off, their first home game since the disappearance of their record signing Emiliano Sala. BT Sport are reporting that there’s a sombre atmosphere at the ground, as Cardiff supporters prepare to pay tribute to the greatest striker they never saw.

The club hierarchy have handed out daffodils buttonholes as the punters arrived, while I think members of his family have been looking at the tributes outside the stadium. As they warm up, Cardiff’s players are wearing T-shirts adorned with Sala’s picture.

Championship results

  • Birmingham City 2-0 Nottingham Forest
  • Brentford 5-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Bristol City 2-0 Swansea City
  • Hull City 2-0 Stoke City
  • Ipswich Town 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
  • Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • West Brom 2-3 Middlesbrough
  • Wigan Athletic 2-1 QPR
  • Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United
  • Leeds United v Norwich City (5.30pm)
  • View the Championship table

League One results

  • Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe United
  • Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United
  • Coventry City 1-1 Gillingham
  • Fleetwood Town 1-0 Charlton Athletic
  • Peterborough United 0-1 Plymouth Argyle
  • Portsmouth 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
  • Shrewsbury 0-3 Luton Town
  • Southend 1-2 Bristol Rovers
  • Sunderland 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
  • Walsall 1-2 Rochdale
  • Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City
  • View the League One table

League Two results

  • Bury 1-1 Crawley Town
  • Exeter City 3-1 MK Dons
  • Grimsby Town 3-0 Newport County
  • Mansfield Town 3-1 Macclesfield Town
  • Northampton Town 0-4 Colchester United
  • Notts County 1-1 Lincoln City
  • Stevenage 1-0 Yeovil Town
  • View the League Two table

Full-time: Everton 1-3 Wolves

Premier League: More misery for Everton, who surrendered feebly at home against Wolves to lose for the sixth time in nine league games.

Full-time: Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield

Premier League: Huddersfield come out on the wrong end of yet another hiding as Chelsea set about putting their midweek embarrassment behind them.

Full-time: Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham

Premier League: Crystal Palace pul;l further clear of the relegation zone with a comfortable win over struggling Fulham.

Full-time: Burnley 1-1 Southampton

Premier League: It’s all over at Turf Moor, where the spoils are shared.

Updated

GOAL! Burnley 1-1 Southampton (Barnes 90+4)

Premier League: Burnley get their first Premier League penalty in 67 games and Ashley Barnes makes no mistake.

Updated

Full-time: Brighton 0-0 Watford

Premier League: A game that passed off almost totally without incident of any kind ends scoreless.

Championship: With Steve Bruce in the technical area for his first match in charge, Sheffield Wednesday take a late lead against rock-bottom Ipswich Town. Lucas Joao with the goal, there.

GOAL! Chelsea 5-0 Huddersfield (Luiz 86)

Premier League: Stop! Stop! They’re already dead!

GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham (Schlupp 87)

Premier League: On as a substitute, new Crystal Palace signing Michy Batshuayi does the creative work to turn provider for Jeff Schlupp, who taps in from close range.

Championship: A complete turnaround at Griffin Park, where Brentford have come from two goals down to lead Blackburn Rover 4-2. Meanwhile at the Hawthorns, Middlesbrough lead West Brom 3-2 after two goals in eight minutes from Britt Assombalonga.

Scottish PRemiership: Rangers are awarded their fourth penalty of the afternoon against Sty Mirren and James Tavernier, on a hat-trick, hands the ball to Jermain Defoe, who scores from the spot to put his side 3-0 up. Moments after the kick-off, Ryan Kent makes it 4-0, this goal coming from open play.

Championship: Ollie Watkins scores his second of the afternoon to put Brentford 3-2 ahead against Blackburn Rovers, while QPR pull a goal back against Wigan. It’s 2-1 at the DW Stadium.

League Two latest

  • Bury 0-0 Crawley Town
  • Exeter City 2-1 MK Dons
  • Grimsby Town 2-0 Newport County
  • Mansfield Town 2-1 Macclesfield Town
  • Northampton Town 0-4 Colchester United
  • Notts County 1-1 Lincoln City
  • Stevenage 1-0 Yeovil Town

Championship latest

  • Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
  • Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City
  • Hull City 2-0 Stoke City
  • Ipswich Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
  • Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • West Brom 2-1 Middlesbrough
  • Wigan Athletic 2-0 QPR
  • Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United
  • Leeds United v Norwich City (5.30pm)

League One latest

  • Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe United
  • Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United
  • Coventry City 1-0 Gillingham
  • Fleetwood Town 1-0 Charlton Athletic
  • Peterborough United 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
  • Portsmouth 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
  • Shrewsbury 0-3 Luton Town
  • Southend 1-2 Bristol Rovers
  • Sunderland 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
  • Walsall 1-2 Rochdale
  • Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City

GOAL! Chelsea 4-0 Huddersfield (Higuain 69)

Premier League: Gonzalo Higuain scores his second of the afternoon as Chelsea make it four without reply against hapless Huddersfield.

League One: On the subject of black cats, Sunderland take the lead against AFC Wimbledon, with Aiden McGeady lashing home to make it 1-0 to the home side.

GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Huddersfield (Eden Hazard 66)

Premier League: Like kicking a blind man’s stick, Chelsea continue to pile the hurt on Huddersfield. Eden Hazard makes it 3-0.

Eden Hazard scores the third goal.
Eden Hazard scores the third goal. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Updated

GOAL! Everton 1-3 Wolves (Dendoncker 66)

Premier League: Leander Dendoncker scores his first goal for Wolves to riff on Everton’s pain at Goodison Park. Moments later, there’s a break in play as a black cat encroaches on the pitch.

Leander Dendoncker shapes to score his goal.
Leander Dendoncker shapes to score his goal. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

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Championship: Dwight Gayle strikes from distance, his effort takes a massive deflection and loops into the Middlesbrough net. It’s West Brom 2-1 Middlesbrough. Meanwhile at Griffin Park, Ollie Watkins scores his ninth goal of the season to make it Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers. Further north, Hull City go 2-0 up against Stoke City, with Kamil Grosicki getting on the scoresheet.

League Two latest

  • Bury 0-0 Crawley Town
  • Exeter City 2-1 MK Dons
  • Grimsby Town 2-0 Newport County
  • Mansfield Town 2-1 Macclesfield Town
  • Northampton Town 0-3 Colchester United
  • Notts County 1-1 Lincoln City
  • Stevenage 0-0 Yeovil Town

Championship: Wigan double their lead over QPR, with Leon Clarke making it 2-0 at the DW Stadium. At Bramall Lane, David McGoldrick has put Sheffield United one up against Bolton Wanderers.

Championship latest

  • Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
  • Brentford 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City
  • Hull City 1-0 Stoke City
  • Ipswich Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
  • Sheffield United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • West Brom 1-1 Middlesbrough
  • Wigan Athletic 2-0 QPR
  • Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United
  • Leeds United v Norwich City (5.30pm)

League One: Omar Bogle equalises for Portsmouth against Doncaster, while Luton have extended their lead over Shrewsbury to 2-0 courtesy of a Matty Pearson shot that may have been intended as a cross.

League One latest

  • Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe United
  • Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United
  • Coventry City 0-0 Gillingham
  • Fleetwood Town 0-0 Charlton Athletic
  • Peterborough United 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
  • Portsmouth 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
  • Shrewsbury 0-2 Luton Town
  • Southend 1-2 Bristol Rovers
  • Sunderland 0-0 AFC Wimbledon
  • Walsall 1-1 Rochdale
  • Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City

Burnley 0-1 Southampton (Redmond 55)

Premier League: Nathan Redmond’s remarkable scoring spree under Ralph Hassenhuttl continues as the full-back scores his sixth goal since the Austrian manager took over. It’s Burnley 0-1 Southampton.

Southampton’s Nathan Redmond scores the opener.
Southampton’s Nathan Redmond scores the opener. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters

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Scottish Premiership: Having scored one penalty and missed a second, James Tavernier steps up and bangs in the third spot-kick awarded to Rangers in their match against St Mirren. It’s Rangers 2-0 St Mirren.

Premier League: Wolves orchestra conductor Ruben Neves goes off injured with a calf injury in his side’s match against Everton. Wolves still lead 2-1 at Goodison Park.

Championship: Andreas Wiemann heads home a Jamie Paterson cross to give Bristol City a 1-0 lead over Swansea City.

Scottish Premiership half-times

  • Hamilton Academical 0-0 Dundee
  • Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen
  • Motherwell 3-0 Livingstone
  • Rangers 1-0 St Mirren

Championship: Hull went ahead against Stoke through a goal from Jarrod Bowen, only for Stoke to be awarded a penalty for a foul on Sam Vokes just before half-time. On debut, Vokes picked himself off the ground, placed the ball on the spot and ... missed.

League Two half-times

  • Bury 0-0 Crawley Town
  • Exeter City 2-0 MK Dons
  • Grimsby Town 1-0 Newport County
  • Mansfield Town 1-1 Macclesfield Town
  • Northampton Town 0-1 Colchester United
  • Notts County 1-1 Lincoln City
  • Stevenage 0-0 Yeovil Town

League One half-times

  • Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe United
  • Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United
  • Coventry City 0-0 Gillingham
  • Fleetwood Town 0-0 Charlton Athletic
  • Peterborough United 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
  • Portsmouth 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
  • Shrewsbury 0-1 Luton Town
  • Southend 1-2 Bristol Rovers
  • Sunderland 0-0 AFC Wimbledon
  • Walsall 1-1 Rochdale
  • Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City

Championship half-times

  • Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
  • Brentford 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Bristol City 0-0 Swansea City
  • Hull City 1-0 Stoke City
  • Ipswich Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
  • Sheffield United 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • West Brom 1-1 Middlesbrough
  • Wigan Athletic 1-0 QPR
  • Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United
  • Leeds United v Norwich City (5.30pm)

GOAL! Everton 1-2 Wolves (Jimenez 45+1)

Premier League: Raul Jimenez scores at Goodison Park to restore Wolves’ lead and leave Everton fans seething over their half-time pints.

Raul Jimenez celebrates putting Wolves back in front.
Raul Jimenez celebrates putting Wolves back in front. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Updated

GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Huddersfield

Premier League: With Elias Kachunga running alongside him, Cesar Azpilicueta takes a preposterous dive to con referee Paul Tierney and win Chelsea a penalty against Huddersfield. Eden Hazard scores from the spot.

Championship: Jay Rodriguez scores a scruffy goal to make it all square at one apiece between West Brom and Middlesbrough.

League One: League leaders Luton Town go one up at Shrewsbury Town, while their nearest rivals Portsmouth are one down at home to Doncaster Rovers. Elsewhere, Bristol Rovers have doubled their lead against Southend and lead 2-0 at Roots Hall.

Premier League: Burnley, who haven’t had a penalty in their past 67 Premier League matches, are denied what looks a clear one when Ashley Barnes is brought down by Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. Barnes is booked for diving and goes crazy, effing and jeffing at the referee for all he’s worth. He’s lucky to avoid a red card and Southampton are equally fortunate not to be facing a penalty.

Scottish Premiership: Having put his side ahead with one penalty scored after Jermain Defoe was brought down in the box, James Tavernier hits the post and misses a second in identical circumstances. It remains Rangers 1-0 St Mirren.

Scottish Premiership latest

  • Hamilton Academical 0-0 Dundee
  • Hibernian 1-2 Aberdeen
  • Motherwell 3-0 Livingstone
  • Rangers 1-0 St Mirren

GOAL! Everton 1-1 Wolves (Andre Gomes 27)

Premier League: Andre Gomes scores his first goal for Everton at the 19th time of asking, striking with the power of 10,000 suns to restore parity for his side at Goodison Park.

Everton’s Portuguese midfielder André Gomes jumps fpr joy after scoring the equaliser
Everton’s Portuguese midfielder André Gomes jumps fpr joy after scoring the equaliser Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Fulham (Milivojevic 25)

Premier League: Kamikaze defending from Cyrus Christie, who handles the ball in his own penalty area. Luka Milivojevic makes no mistake from 12 yards, firing into the top corner.

Crystal Palace’s Luka Milivojevic scores their first goal from the penalty spot.
Crystal Palace’s Luka Milivojevic scores their first goal from the penalty spot. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

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Championship latest

  • Birmingham City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
  • Brentford 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
  • Bristol City 0-0 Swansea City
  • Hull City 0-0 Stoke City
  • Ipswich Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
  • Millwall 0-0 Rotherham United
  • Reading 0-0 Aston Villa
  • Sheffield United 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
  • West Brom 0-1 Middlesbrough
  • Wigan Athletic 1-0 QPR
  • Leeds United v Norwich City (5.30pm)

League One latest

  • Barnsley 1-0 Scunthorpe United
  • Burton Albion 0-0 Oxford United
  • Coventry City 0-0 Gillingham
  • Fleetwood Town 0-0 Charlton Athletic
  • Peterborough United 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
  • Portsmouth 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
  • Shrewsbury 0-0 Luton Town
  • Southend 0-1 Bristol Rovers
  • Sunderland 0-0 AFC Wimbledon
  • Walsall 0-1 Rochdale
  • Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City

League Two latest

  • Bury 0-0 Crawley Town
  • Exeter City 2-0 MK Dons
  • Grimsby Town 1-0 Newport County
  • Mansfield Town 1-0 Macclesfield Town
  • Northampton Town 0-0 Colchester United
  • Notts County 1-0 Lincoln City
  • Stevenage 0-0 Yeovil Town

Championship goal-glut: Birmingham take the lead against Nottingham Forest courtesy of Jota, while Brentford pull one back against Blackburn when Said Benrahma reduces the deficit to 2-1. Meanwhile at the Hawthorns, George Saville has fired Middlesbrough ahead against West Brom.

GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Huddersfield (Higuain 16)

Premier League: Gonzalo Higuain opens his account for Chelsea, smashing the ball past Jonas Lossl into the roof of the net after being played in behind the Huddersfield defence.

Chelsea’s Gonzalo Higuain scores their first goal.
Chelsea’s Gonzalo Higuain scores their first goal. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images via Reuters

Updated

Scottish Premiership: The goals are flying in north of the border, where Andrew Considine has just equalised for Aberdeen against Livingston.

Updated

Scottish Premiership: Motherwell 2-0 Livingston.

Championship: Josh Windass gets between two defenders to get on the end of a long ball down the middle and slot home past Joe Lumley to give Wigan a 1-0 lead against QPR.

Scottish Premiership: Oliver Shaw is on target for Hibernian, who lead Aberdeen 1-0 after nine minutes.

Championship: Blackburn Rovers go 2-0 up against Brentford at Griffin Park as Danny Graham leaps to head home their second.

GOAL! Everton 0-1 Wolves (Neves 7)

Premier League: Ruben Neves scores a penalty, sending Jordan Pickford the wrong way, to give Wolves an early advantage at Goodison Park. The penalty was awarded when Matt Doherty cut into the penalty area and was brought down.

Ruben Neves scores from the spot.
Ruben Neves scores from the spot. Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images via Reuters

Updated

Premier League: Through on goal, Southampton’s Danny Ings fails to score against Burnley, the club where he spent five years of his career.

Scottish Premiership: Jermain Defoe is tripped in the penalty area and James Tavernier scores from the spot to give Rangers an early lead against bottom side St Mirren.

Championship: Bradley Dack scores his 14th goal of the season to put Blackburn Rovers one up against Brentford at Griffin Park.

League Two: In rather an early turn-up for the books, bottom side Notts County have taken an early lead against league leaders Lincoln City courtesy of Jon Stead.

Not long now: Teams are out on pitches the length and breadth of the UK, going through the last of their pre-match formalities. Kick-off in today’s three o’clockers is just moments away. Fasten your seat-belts. Yes, even you Prince Philip.

Updated

Match report: Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle United

Premier League: David Hytner was at Wembley to watch SPurs leave it late to take all three points against Newcastle and move second in the Premier League. Here’s how he saw it ...

Meanwhile in Scotland

Kilmarnock’s title hopes took another hammer-blow last night as they lost to Hearts at home. With Celtic not playing until tomorrow at St Johnstone, here are today’s fixtures.

Scottish Premiership
This afternoon’s Scottish Premier League fixtures. Photograph: Guardian

Full-time: Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle United

Premier League: Son Heung-min scored the only goal of the game late doors to give Tottenham the win and send them second in the table, within four points of league leaders Liverpool. They play West Ham on Monday night.

Chelsea v Huddersfield Town line-ups

Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Willian, Higuain, Hazard.

Subs: Rudiger, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Caballero, Kovacic, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi.

Huddersfield: Lossl, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Lowe, Mooy, Bacuna, Billing, Mbenza, Kachunga, Diakhaby.

Subs: Hamer, Ahearne-Grant, Pritchard, Mounie, Jorgensen, Hadergjonaj, Puncheon.

Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

Huddersfield Town dressing-room
A peep inside the Huddersfield dressing-room ahead of their shock victory at Stamford Bridge later this afternoon. Photograph: John Early/Getty Images

Brighton v Watford line-ups

Brighton: Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Gross, Stephens, Propper, March, Murray, Locadia.

Subs: Kayal, Bissouma, Andone, Knockaert, Balogun, Jahanbakhsh, Button.

Watford: Foster, Janmaat, Mariappa, Cathcart, Holebas, Cleverley, Capoue, Hughes, Sema, Deulofeu, Deeney.

Subs: Gomes, Britos, Masina, Chalobah, Penaranda, Gray, Quina.

Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

Nathaniel Chalobah
Nathaniel Chalobah listens to the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast upon his arrival at the Amex Stadium. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle (Son 83)

Premier League: They’ve been knocking on the door for some time and Spurs have finally broken the deadlock in their match against Newcastle at Wembley. Son Heung-min has bagged his second in two games since returning from the Asian Cup, but it was a soft one. In goal for Newcastle, Martin Dubravaka let the South Korean’s long range effort squirm under his body and is visibly furious with himself. With Newcastle on the verge of losing their eighth consecutive match at Wembley Stadium in a run dating back nearly half a century, follow the closing stages here ...

Burnley v Southampton line-ups

Burnley: Heaton, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Barnes, Wood.

Subs: Gudmundsson, Brady, Gibson, Crouch, Hart, Ward, Vydra.

Southampton: McCarthy, Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard, Ward-Prowse, Slattery, Romeu, Targett, Armstrong, Redmond, Ings.

Subs: Long, Austin, Elyounoussi, Gunn, Sims, Jones, Valery.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch is on the Burnley bench after his transfer deadline day move from Stoke City. Photograph: Lee Parker/Action Plus via Getty Images

Everton v Wolves line-ups

Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Zouma, Keane, Baines, Davies, Andre Gomes, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Tosun.

Subs: McCarthy, Schneiderlin, Bernard, Stekelenburg, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman, Kenny.

Wolverhampton: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota.

Subs: Ivan Cavaleiro, Helder Costa, Gibbs-White, John Ruddy, Saiss, Traore, John.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Mounted police
Mounted police patrol the street outside Goodison Park. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Crystal Palace v Fulham line-ups

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Wan Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho,
Van Aanholt, Townsend, McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Ayew, Benteke.

Subs: Batshuayi, Dann, Meyer, Hennessey, Sako, Kelly,
Riedewald.

Fulham: Sergio Rico, Odoi, Le Marchand, Ream, Christie, Chambers, Seri, Bryan, Cairney, Mitrovic, Babel.

Subs: Ryan Sessegnon, Kebano, Ayite, Vietto, Fosu-Mensah, Ramirez, Cisse.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Christian Benteke
Christian Benteke (right) starts up front for Crystal Palace today for the first time since the beginning of September. Photograph: Christopher Lee/Getty Images

Postponed games

Six English League games have been postponed so far due to the cold snap currently prompting no end of shivering around the UK. In League One, Accrington v Blackpool has been called off.

In League Two, the following five matches have fallen victim to the weather ...

  • Cheltenham v Cambridge
  • Crewe v Carlisle
  • Swindon v Forest Green
  • Oldham v Morecambe
  • Port Vale v Tranmere

League Two

Top faces bottom as Lincoln City travel to Notts County, hoping to stretch their lead at the top of the table. Perhaps weirdly, second from top also face second from bottom, with Mansfield Town entertaining Sol Campbell’s Macclesfield Town.

League Two
This afternoon’s League Two fixtures. Photograph: Guardian

League One

Leaders Luton travel to Shrewsbury, while second placed Portsmouth entertain Doncaster Rovers. With at least two games in hand over their promotion rivals, Sunderland host bottom side AFC Wimbledon having takenb just three points from the last nine available. Jack Ross’s side lost their top scorer Josh Maja to Bordeaux during the week, but have replaced him with Will Grigg, who Mackems will be hoping – as the song goes – is on fire.

League One fixtures
This afternoon’s League One fixtures. Photograph: Guardian

Championship

Preston and Derby County played out a scoreless draw at Deepdale last night to get the weekend’s Championship action started, but the pick of this weekend’s fixtures kicks off later this evening at Elland Road, where first placed Leeds entertain second placed Norwich in what could be a thriller.

Before that, Sheffield United could enhance their promotion credentials with a win over struggling Bolton, while West Brom could pull further away from Middlesbrough with a win at the Hawthorns. Nearer the foot of the table, Ipswich need a win against Sheffield Wednesday, while Millwall could do their chances of staying up no end of good with a home win over fellow strugglers Rotherham.

Championship fixtures
This afternoon’s Championship fixtures. Photograph: Guardian

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United got the weekend’s Premier League action under way in the lunchtime kick-off at Wembley, where it’s currently scoreless at half-time.

In today’s three o’clock kick-offs, Chelsea will have the chance to put their midweek embarrassment at the hands of Bournemouth behind them when they entertain Huddersfield Town, although Maurizio Sarri’s side could very well plunge further down the shame well.

At Selhurst Park in another game of note, Crystal Palace take on fellow strugglers Fulham in a match that could herald the appearance of several new arrivals to the Premier League.

Football! Football! Football!

There’ll be no shortage of it today, as we keep you updated on all the goals as they go in around the UK once today’s three o’clock kick-offs get under way. We’ll provide regular score updates from all four divisions and the Scottish top flight, while bringing you news of all the major talking points as they unfold. Stay tuned for team news and build-up, then let us watch the football so you don’t have to!

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