That’s it for today’s clockwatch. Should you still want more, Scott Murray is liveblogging Chelsea v Sheffield United. Ta-ra!
GOAL! Barcelona 5-2 Betis (Pedri 90)
The 17-year-old Pedri scores for the first time in La Liga to complete a big victory for Barcelona. The scoreline is a little harsh on Betis, who were in the game for a long time, even with 10 men.
FA Cup first round Canvey Island, the lowest-ranked team in the FA Cup, have reached the second round with a memorable 2-1 victory over Banbury United. You can check all the results here.
GOAL! Barcelona 4-2 Real Betis (Messi 82)
The substitute Lionel Messi gets his second goal to seal victory for Barcelona.
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Championship Watford have moved up to second with a 3-2 win over Coventry. Norwich are third after beating Swansea 1-0, and Bournemouth’s excellent 3-1 victory at Birmingham moves them up to fourth.
Full time: Manchester City 8-1 Bristol City
The FA Cup winners move up to fourth by thrashing poor Bristol City. According to BT Sport, Bristol City had to play a weakened team after one player tested positive for Covid-19 and four others had to self-isolate. They asked the FA whether they could postpone the game; the FA said no.
Full time: Crystal Palace 4-1 Leeds
Palace move into the top six, at least for the next three hours, with a clinical counter-attacking performance. Roy Hodgson will be a very happy man tonight.
GOAL! Barcelona 3-2 Betis (Loren Moron 73)
Loren Moron, who has just come on as a substitute, has given ten-man Betis an outside chance of an unlikely point at the Camp Nou.
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GOAL! Manchester City 8-1 Bristol City (White 85)
Ellen White gets her second and Manchester City’s eighth. Ach, you have to feel for Bristol City, who are having a desperate WSL season: played five, lost five, conceded 28.
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Crystal Palace 4-1 Leeds Marcelo Bielsa’s team have now conceded 17 goals in the Premier Leaguye this season, more than any other team. They should score enough goals to stay up comfortably, but it’s a worry.
GOAL! Norwich 1-0 Swansea (Stiepermann 84)
Another important late goal at Carrow Road. Emi Buendia sets up Marco Stiepermann, who slams the ball in off the post.
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GOAL! Manchester City 7-1 Bristol City (Beckie 81)
S-E-V-E-N.
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Championship Barnsley now lead 2-0 at Derby, who are in big trouble, while Ismaila Sarr’s penalty has put Watford 3-2 up against Coventry.
GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 Betis (Messi 61 pen)
Lionel Messi scores his 6441322390th goal for Barcelona to extend their lead over Betis, who are also down to ten men after Aissa Mandi was sent off for handling on the line.
Dortmund v Bayern (5.30pm) Jadon Sancho starts for Dortmund in Der Klassiker, but Jude Bellingham is only on the bench.
In other news
GOAL! Crystal Palace 4-1 Leeds (Ayew 70)
It’s all over at Selhurst Park. Wilfried Zaha plays in Jordan Ayew, who belts the ball through Illan Meslier. Leeds are facing back-to-back 4-1 defeats.
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The latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Crystal Palace 3-1 Leeds
WSL
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Reading (FT)
- Man City 6-1 Bristol City
Championship
- Reading 0-3 Stoke City (FT)
- Norwich 0-0 Swansea
La Liga
- Barcelona 2-1 Real Betis (3.15pm)
Bundesliga
- Leipzig 3-0 Freiburg (FT)
GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Betis (Griezmann 49)
Antoine Griezmann, who had a first-half penalty saved, has restored Barcelona’s lead at the start of the second half.
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Bundesliga The early games have all finished, and these are the final scores:
- Augsburg 0-3 Hertha Berlin
- Mainz 2-2 Schalke
- RB Leipzig 3-0 Freiburg
- Stuttgart 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
- Union Berlin 5-0 Arminia Bielefeld
Barcelona 1-1 Betis Lionel Messi has come on at half-time in place of Ansu Fati.
GOAL! Manchester City 6-1 Bristol City (White 58)
Ellen White adds to Bristol City’s misery with a sixth goal. City lost 9-0 at Chelsea earlier in the season; today could be even worse.
GOAL! Leipzig 3-0 Freiburg (Angelino 89)
A cracking free-kick from Angelino has sealed a comfortable win for Leipzig.
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Championship David Brooks has made it Birmingham 0-3 Bournemouth at St Andrew’s. Bournemouth will move within two points of the leaders Reading with this victory.
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FA Cup first round You can get all the latest news on our live scores page. Here are a few of the more interesting scorelines:
- Boreham Wood 2-0 Southend
- Sunderland 0-1 Mansfield
- Brackley Town 2-0 Bishop’s Stortford
- Ipswich 1-2 Portsmouth
GOAL! Manchester City 5-1 Bristol City (Stanway 48)
This is getting messy.
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GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Betis (Sanabria 45+3)
That missed penalty from Antoine Griezmann is looking costly now. Tonny Sanabria has equalised for Betis from Cristian Tello’s cross; it doesn’t flatter them.
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Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Reading
That’s a decent result for Spurs against a good Reading side. They are still looking for their first win but have some less difficult fixtures coming up.
Everton 1-3 Manchester United A bit of reaction from Goodison Park, where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was on one during his post-match interview.
GOAL! Leipzig 2-0 Freiburg (Sabitzer 70 pen)
The excellent Marcel Sabitzer scores an emphatic penalty to give Leipzig a two-goal cushion at home to Freiburg.
“No goals yet between Hearts - Inverness and Ayr - Dunfermline, Rob, though Falkirk are one up at Partick,” says Simon McMahon. “No late comeback for Orkney at Invergordon either as it finished 2-0 to the home side. I note also that Sky will be showing Scotland failing to qualify for their eleventh major finals in a row free-to-air on Thursday, so that we can all share the misery. How thoughtful.”
If you want to recall their last appearance at a major final - and who wouldn’t want to kick around such happy memories - this is for you.
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You can see all the half-time scores in the Championship by clicking here. There have only been five goals in ten games, so you won’t be overwhelmed.
“It is probably a good thing that fans are not allowed in to watch games at the moment,” says Ian Morris. “If these very picky offside decisions continue when fans are let in, I can see an eventual situation arise where they may be a mass pitch invasion hell bent on lynching the officials and destroying the VAR monitor. What happened to the good old days where were not bothered about someone’s toe/bicep/shirt/knee being two millimetres offside? It was hardly creating an advantage was it?”
Biceps!!!
Barcelona 1-0 Real Betis Antoine Griezmann has had a penalty saved by Claudio Bravo. It’s not been his year, has it.
Antoine Griezmann’s penalty. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
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GOAL! Manchester City 4-1 Bristol City (Bronze 43)
Make that three goals in five minutes! Lucy Bronze has scored her first goal since returning to English football.
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GOAL! Man City 3-1 Bristol City (Walsh 42)
Two goals in four minutes for Manchester City. Keira Walsh has made it 3-1, and her goal should secure a much-needed win.
GOAL! Man City 2-1 Bristol City (Coombs 39)
City (Manchester) are in front for the second time. It was an expert finish from Laura Coombs, who ran onto a long pass and lobbed the ball calmly over Sophie Baggaley.
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-1 Leeds (Costa own goal 42)
Palace have restored their two-goal lead thanks to a bizarre own goal from Helder Costa.
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“There’s almost no point in cheering a goal anymore,” says Clive Naylor. “We may as well shout ‘Howzat?’”
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Real Betis (Dembele 22)
Ousmane Dembele has given Barcelona the lead with a storming goal. He cut inside from the right, onto his left foot, and thrashed a drive through Claudio Bravo.
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“I mean, I appreciate this might not be the main talking point regarding Bamford’s offside,” begins Matt Dony, “but could I direct your attention to the entry for ‘biceps’ in the Guardian Style Guide? With this level of pedantry, I’m hoping to get a job in Stockley Park...”
Oh I say!
“I’m sure there was something wrong with that second Bamford goal,” says J.R. in Illinois. “I couldn’t see anything even after multiple replays but I think VAR needs to look at it until it finds something.”
Championship There have only been four goals so far in the 3pm games:
- Birmingham 0-1 Bournemouth
- Derby 0-1 Barnsley
- Huddersfield 0-1 Luton
- Forest 1-0 Wycombe
Pick those out!
WSL It’s still 1-1 in both this afternoon’s games. Spurs and Reading have just over half an hour to play; Manchester City and Bristol City are 25 minutes into the first half.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-1 Leeds (Bamford 27)
Patrick Bamford has smacked Leeds back into the game at Selhurst Park. This time it counts.
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That’s another ridiculous VAR offside decision to disallow Bamford’s goal. I actually loathe the way it’s being implemented.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 7, 2020
These are the latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Crystal Palace 2-0 Leeds
WSL
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Reading (2pm)
- Man City 1-1 Bristol City
Championship
- Reading 0-3 Stoke City (FT)
- Norwich 0-0 Swansea
La Liga
- Barcelona 0-0 Real Betis (3.15pm)
Bundesliga
- Leipzig 1-0 Freiburg (2.30pm)
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Leeds (Eze 22)
It’s all going wrong for Leeds. Eberechi Eze has put Palace 2-0 ahead with a sumptuous free-kick, his first goal for the club.
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The Bundesliga half-time scores
- Augsburg 0-1 Hertha Berlin
- Mainz 2-1 Schalke
- RB Leipzig 1-0 Freiburg
- Stuttgart 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
- Union Berlin 3-0 Arminia Bielefeld
NO GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Leeds
The Bamford goal has been ruled out by VAR because his bicep was offside as he pointed to where he wanted the ball. Don’t.
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Leeds (Bamford 17)
Leeds were behind for only five minutes. Patrick Bamford has equalised, finishing coolly after a lovely team move.
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GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Bristol City (Salmon 11)
Ebony Salmon has equalised straight away!
GOAL! Man City 1-0 Bristol City (Baggaley og 9)
An own goal from the Bristol City keeper Sophie Baggaley has put Manchester City ahead in their WSL match. But...
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Leeds (Dann 12)
Scott Dann gives Palace the lead with a thumping header from a corner!
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Championship Here’s our match report from the Madejski Stadium, where the leaders Reading took one hell of a beating.
These are the latest scores in our featured games:
Premier League
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds
WSL
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Reading (2pm)
- Man City 0-0 Bristol City
Championship
- Reading 0-3 Stoke City (FT)
- Norwich 0-0 Swansea
La Liga
- Barcelona v Real Betis (3.15pm)
Bundesliga
- Leipzig 1-0 Freiburg (2.30pm)
GOAL! Leipzig 1-0 Freiburg (Konate 26) Talking of hipster darlings, Ibrahima Konate has given Leipzig the lead.
Premier League Here’s more on Manchester United’s impressive 3-1 win at Everton, which should keep Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in a job for a wee while.
The other early FA Cup game has finished Exeter 2-1 AFC Fylde.
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“Good afternoon,” says Bill Hargreaves. “Here’s a what if for yourself or the readers: if you could put Marcelo Bielsa in charge of any squad in the world, just to see what would happen, what he could achieve with his principles and methods, which would you chose and why? (Those saying the GOP will not be counted.)”
Good question. How about Millwall? I like the idea of them becoming hipster darlings. Everyone likes us, we don’t care.
FA Cup first round The first game of the day was entirely free of romance. It finished Tonbridge Angels 0-7 Bradford City.
GOAL! Spurs 1-1 Reading (Neville 25) Ashleigh Neville has equalised for Spurs!
Barcelona v Real Betis team news
Barcelona (4-3-3) ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Dembele, Griezmann, Fati.
Subs: Alena, Braithwaite, De La Fuente, Dest, Firpo, Messi, Mingueza, Neto, Pjanic, Puig, Tenas, Trincao.
Real Betis (4-3-3) Bravo; Emerson, Mandi, Bartra, Moreno; Carvalho, Rodriguez, Canales; Joaquin, Sanabria, Tello.
Subs: Akouokou, Iglesias, Lainez, Marin, Miranda, Montoya, Loren, Robles, Ruibal Garcia, Ruiz, Rodri.
GOAL! Spurs 0-1 Reading (Chaplen 13) Brooke Chaplen has given Reading an early lead at the Hive. Spurs have had a desperately tough start to the season, and today doesn’t look much better.
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Premier League Edinson Cavani has scored his first goal for Manchester United to seal an excellent victory at Everton. Scott Murray has more news.
Full time: Reading 0-3 Stoke Jacob Brown’s injury-time goal has completed a thumping win for Stoke against the leaders Reading. Who knew?
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“Afternoon Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “No SPL games today, as Rangers and (crisis club) Celtic were both in Europa League action on Thursday, so don’t play until tomorrow. Dundee United ground out a valuable point at St. Mirren last night, the best thing about the game being that the second half fog meant that I couldn’t actually see how bad United were. A point’s a point, mind. Should be a couple of decent games in the Scottish Championship today as Hearts play Inverness at Tynecastle, and Ayr welcome Dunfermline. In Scottish League One the pick of the games is Partick v Falkirk, and in Scottish League Two Cowdenbeath, aka the Blue Brazil, travel to Stanraer.”
And since you asked, Orkney are 2-0 down at Invergordon.
Championship It’s still Reading 0-2 Stoke with just over 10 minutes remaining. That would be a terrific result for Stoke, who lost their last two away games at Watford and Swansea.
Crystal Palace v Leeds team news
Crystal Palace (4-4-2) Guaita; Clyne, Kouyate, Dann, van Aanholt; Townsend, Riedewald, McArthur, Eze, Ayew, Zaha.
Subs: Butland, Sakho, Schlupp, Benteke, McCarthy, Batshuayi, Cahill.
Leeds (4-1-4-1) Meslier; Ayling, Koch, Cooper, Alioski; Struijk; Helder Costa, Klich, Dallas, Harrison; Bamford.
Subs: Poveda-Ocampo, Roberts, Casilla, Raphinha, Davis, Casey, Jenkins.
Referee Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
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Championship The leaders Reading at 2-0 down at home to Stoke; Tyrese Campbell and Steven Fletcher scored in the first half.
The inspirational Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United came from behind to lead Everton 2-1 at half-time. Scott Murray has the latest.
Some pre-match reading
Preamble
Hello, good afternoon and welcome. Roy Hodgson and Marcelo Bielsa have a combined age of 138 and a combined coaching career of 84 years. This afternoon at Selhurst Park, their teams will meet for the first time. What a contrasting pair they are. One is a revered maverick, blessed with an inscrutable charisma, whose unique vision of football has inspired a generation of free-thinking coaches. The other is that Argentinian fella who sits on a bucket.
Crystal Palace v Leeds, or Two Banks of Four versus Murderball to use its Netflix name, is the lead game in this afternoon’s clockwatch. We’ll also be following the WSL, the Championship, the FA Cup first round, La Liga and the Bundesliga. Come on, what else are you going to do? Truly, there ain’t no clockwatch like a lockdown clockwatch.
These are our featured games, all 3pm kick-offs unless etc. You can follow all the other matches on our live scores page.
Premier League
- Crystal Palace v Leeds
Women’s Super League
- Tottenham Hotspur v Reading (2pm)
- Man City v Bristol City
Championship
- Reading 0-2 Stoke City (12.30pm)
- Norwich v Swansea
FA Cup first round
La Liga
- Barcelona v Real Betis (3.15pm)
Bundesliga
- Leipzig v Freiburg (2.30pm)
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