So, Wigan shock West Ham to advance into the fifth round, Southampton beat Watford, while fourth tier Notts County force Swansea into a replay.
In Spain, Real Madrid breezed past Valencia 4-1 at Mestalla. Thanks for your company this afternoon. Do join colleague Nick Miller for minute-by-minute coverage of Newport v Tottenham. If that doesn’t scream cup upset, I’m not sure what does. Bye!
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Read Paul Wilson’s match report from the biggest FA Cup upset of the afternoon:
Full-time: Valencia 1-4 Real Madrid
Goals from Ronaldo (2), Marcelo and Kroos wrap up a convincing win for under-fire manager Zinedine Zidane. That result claws them back closer to third-place Valencia, to within two points of Los Che.
GOAL! Valencia 1-4 Real Madrid (Kroos, 90)
Kovacic tees up the German midfielder to blast home from outside the box. And that’s that. Crisis over for Real?
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GOAL! Valencia 1-3 Real Madrid (Marcelo, 84)
The Brazilian plays a lovely give-and-go with Marco Asensio and he drives home and surely wraps up victory for Real at Mestalla.
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Championship full-time results
Barnsley 1-3 Fulham
Brentford 0-1 Norwich
Bristol City 2-0 QPR
Ipswich 0-1 Wolves
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FA Cup full-time results
Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham
Hull 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 0-1 Brighton
Millwall 2-2 Rochdale
MK Dons 0-1 Coventry
Notts County 1-1 Swansea
Peterborough 1-5 Leicester
Sheffield United 1-0 Preston
Southampton 1-0 Watford
Wigan 2-0 West Ham United
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Team news is coming in from Rodney Parade, where Harry Kane not only starts but captains Tottenham in Newport:
Half-time in Paris: PSG 2-0 Montpellier, with Neymar’s penalty doubling their side’s lead this afternoon five minutes before the interval.
GOAL! Millwall 2-2 Rochdale (Thompson, 90)
Level at the New Den ...
GOAL! Middlesbrough 0-1 Brighton (Murray, 90)
Glenn Murray’s probably not had the best week (reportedly arrested this week for tax fraud) but he’s given his side the lead at the Riverside Stadium. Those 911 travelling supporters will surely be going home happy.
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GOAL! Hull City 2-1 Nottm Forest (Vellios, 88)
Can Aitor Karanka’s side get back level and earn themselves a replay?
Lucas Vázquez has replaced Gareth Bale for Real Madrid in Valencia, where Zinedine Zidane’s side still lead 2-1. Carvajal has just been booked.
Guido Carrillo is about to make his Southampton debut at St Mary’s, where Saints still lead Watford 1-0 courtesy of that early Stephens goal.
GOAL! Sheffield United 1-0 Preston (Sharp, 80 pen)
Billy Sharp scores from 12 yards to put the Blades ahead in the all-Championship FA Cup tie at Bramall Lane.
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GOAL! Valencia 1-2 Real Madrid (Santi Mina, 58)
He heads home from the centre of the box, after latching on to Daniel Parejo’s cross. Bale has also been booked for Real at Mestalla. In Ligue 1, PSG lead Montpellier 1-0 through Edinson Cavani’s early tap-in.
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Mohamed Eisa has levelled for Cheltenham at home to Barnet in League Two. That’s his 14th goal of the season, what a signing he has been for the Robins. North of the border, Celtic still lead Hibernian by one goal, with Leigh Griffiths’s goal the difference. Moussa Dembélé has jumped off the bench for Brendan Rodgers’s side. Twenty minutes to play at Celtic Park.
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Ten-man Bristol City are 2-0 up at home to QPR. Joe Bryan slams in off the post, and it looks as though Lee Johnson’s side are moving back up to fourth in the Championship.
GOAL! Wigan Athletic 2-0 West Ham United (Grigg, 62 pen)
Nanananana ... Will Grigg fires home from 12 yards after Reece Burke was penalised for handball as the striker looked to flick the ball over his shoulder. The cup upset is most definitely on now.
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GOAL! Notts County 1-1 Swansea (Stead, 62)
And it’s Jon Stead. Kevin Nolan’s side are level after good work by Shola Ameobi to hold the ball up before Stead converts from close range. That’s his 11th goal of the season, and his 11th in this competition, after scoring against Chelsea for Bradford at Stamford Bridge a few years back, in 2015 to be precise.
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GOAL! Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham (Jutkiewicz, 54)
The striker seizes on a mistake by Hefele and the Championship side are level. In the second tier, Fulham are level at Barnsley, with Ryan Sessegnon smashing in from close range. The 17-year-old left-back-cum-winger has scored 10 goals this season – a brilliant, verging on ridiculous return.
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Arthur Masuaku is sent off for West Ham! The wing-back has been given a straight red card, for reportedly spitting at one-time Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell. Wigan lead 1-0, with Will Grigg’s goal still the difference at the DW Stadium.
Lazar Stojsavljevic has scored for Woking in the National League. Great name. Aldershot lead 2-1 at Leyton Orient.
Half-time: Valencia 0-2 Real Madrid. The second halves are under way in the FA Cup, Championship and beyond.
GOAL! Valencia 0-2 Real Madrid (Ronaldo, 38 pen)
Benzema draws another foul in the penalty area and Ronaldo steps up to slot home his and his side’s second. Things going swimmingly for Zinedine Zidane this afternoon in La Liga.
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FA Cup half-times
Huddersfield 1-0 Birmingham
Hull 2-0 Nottm Forest
Middlesbrough 0-0 Brighton
Millwall 1-1 Rochdale
MK Dons 0-0 Coventry
Notts County 0-1 Swansea
Sheff Utd 0-0 Preston
Southampton 1-0 Watford
Wigan 1-0 West Ham
In the Championship, Dimitri Cavaré pushes Stefan Johansen, it’s petulant, stupid, and the Barnsley defender is sent off at Oakwell. Barnsley will play the second half with 10 men.
GOAL! Notts County 0-1 Swansea City (Narsingh, 45)
Luciano Narsingh keeps the feel-good factor in check for Carlos Carvalhal’s side. Elsewhere, 10-man Bristol City lead QPR at Ashton Gate. Kent whips in a corner, and Famara Diédhiou scores on his first start since October.
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Ryan Bertrand limps off through injury at home to Watford. Jérémy Pied is on for Mauricio Pellegrino’s Southampton. Meanwhile, Hull are 2-0 up at home to Nottingham Forest.
Barnsley lead Fulham 1-0 at Oakwell, with Liam Lindsay putting Paul Heckingbottom’s side in front there, turning home Mallan’s corner. Before kick-off, there was an impeccable minute’s silence in memory of Patrick Cryne, the former Barnsley owner who passed away this week.
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Renato Sanches is forced off for Swansea City at Notts County with what looks like a hamstring injury. That move just hasn’t worked out for him, has it? Elsewhere, Bristol City are down in 10 men at home to QPR, with Nathan Baker sent off for a rash challenge on Josh Scowen.
GOAL! Valencia 0-1 Real Madrid, (Ronaldo, 16 pen)
And, right on cue, Ronaldo slams home from the spot after Martín Montoya fouled the Real forward in the box.
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Real Madrid should be in front at Valencia, but Gareth Bale’s effort was straight at Neto. He didn’t make proper contact, slicing the volley. Fifteen minutes played in that one. There was a brief scare when Ronaldo went down, with a dead leg, but he’s back up, running and posing.
GOAL! Huddersfield 1-0 Birmingham (Mounié, 21)
Steve Mounié powers home his fifth goal of the season from Hadergjonaj’s cross. Meanwhile, in League One, Shrewsbury lead Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
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Wolves lead 1-0 at Portman Road. Ivan Cavaleiro kickstarts the move, before Barry Douglas tees up Matt Doherty who heads home. Elsewhere, in the FA Cup, Millwall are in front at home to Rochdale. And Hull are ahead against Nottingham Forest, courtesy of Jarrod Bowen.
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GOAL! Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Ham United (Grigg, 7)
Will Grigg’s on Fire! Nananananana ...
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James Maddison has scored an absolutely superb goal for Norwich City at Brentford. He nutmegs Woods before bending the ball into the top corner from 30 yards for ninth of the season. No wonder Moyes likes him:
A couple of early goals elsewhere: Swindon lead Crewe, thanks to Marc Richards while Barnet, bottom of League Two, are in front at Cheltenham Town. Bristol Rovers, meanwhile, trail Doncaster in League One.
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Watford (Stephens, 4)
The first FA Cup goal of this afternoon klaxon. The Saints defender turns the ball home on his 24th birthday, after Shane Long’s shot was saved.
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Championship leaders Wolves visit Portman Road this afternoon fresh from a warm-weather training camp in Marbella. The bad news is that it’s back to reality in Ipswich. “It was a decision that we made to go to a camp and work in a different environment,” said head coach Nuno Espirito Santo. “One of the issues is the weather. We need vitamin D, we need the sun. We need to work in an environment with better weather conditions.”
Five minutes until kick-off in the majority of games this afternoon. Will there be any FA Cup upsets? Wigan at home to West Ham seems the most likely. Meanwhile, in La Liga, Valencia v Real Madrid is a 3.15pm start.
Birmingham City, struggling at the wrong end of the Championship, travel to Huddersfield in the FA Cup this afternoon, for perhaps a little respite. “I think that there were Lee Clark’s players in here, Gary Rowett’s, Gianfranco Zola’s and Harry’s [Redknapp],” manager Steve Cotterill says, of the dressing room when he took over in September. “But my lesson this year is don’t change it all in one hit. The job is unbelievably difficult when you’re bottom of the Championship.”
Dortmund lead against Freiburg inside nine minutes, thanks to Shinji Kagawa. Arsenal target, the striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is part of the team this afternoon. “Either our demands are met, then there may be still a transfer,” Michael Zorc, Dortmund’s sporting director, says. “But, if they are not fulfilled then Auba plays until the summer in Dortmund. We have told the Aubameyang family, and they have accepted this.”
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In the Championship, Wolves travel to Ipswich while Bristol City host Queens Park Rangers, and they are sure to give Ian Holloway, the former Bristol Rovers manager a warm welcome. Elsewhere, Barnsley host in-form Fulham while Norwich travel to Brentford. All four of those get under way in half an hour.
😀 The #QPR boss looks pleased to be back in Bristol!#BRCvQPR pic.twitter.com/iL1UWqkyuE
— QPR FC (@QPRFC) January 27, 2018
Full-time result: Peterborough United 1-5 Leicester City. A fine debut for Fousseni Diabaté, the 22-year-old midfielder signed this month by Claude Puel, who scored twice. Ndidi wrapped things up in injury-time:
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Some headline team news: Javi Gracia has made four changes to the Watford starting XI, as he takes charge of his first game in charge of the club at St Mary’s this afternoon. Southampton’s club-record signing, £19m man, Guido Carrillo begins his new life on the bench. At Wigan, David Moyes partners Javier Hernandez in attack with Toni Martínez. At Notts County, Carvalhal names a strong Swansea team, with Tammy Abraham and Wilfried Bony leading the line at Meadow Lane. Jon Stead and Shola Ameobi are up front for Kevin Nolan’s side, while Alan Smith’s on the bench. Lovely stuff.
In La Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema all start against Valencia. The eye-gouging BBC acronym is back. The hosts claim that Francis Coquelin will play at centre-back, alongside Garay.
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There are about 15 minutes left to play at London Road, where Peterborough are trying to nick another one at 3-1 down:
Preamble
Ah, the warming scent of the magic of the cup. “Are you with me?” as Neil Warnock, whose Cardiff City team are not in action until Sunday would say. But don’t worry, for there are some upsets just waiting to happen this afternoon too.
Look no further than Wigan Athletic at home to West Ham United and Swansea City’s trip to Notts County, although in fairness Carlos Carvalhal has been mightily impressive since taking charge there, losing one of his first six matches in charge.
There is also plenty going on in the Football League – a smattering of games in the Championship, plus almost a full round of matches in League One and League Two – yet the FA Cup understandably dominates the fixture list.
But we will be keeping one eye on Europe too, none more so than Real Madrid’s visit to Valencia. Defeat for Zinedine Zidane’s side would only up the ante of talk linking Mauricio Pochettino with that job. As for the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich host Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig welcome Hamburg with open arms. In Ligue 1, PSG host Montpellier, looking to improve on the 0-0 meeting last time these two met in September.
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