Leicester City are about to welcome Manchester City to the King Power. Barry Glendenning has all the latest. Once that’s done, please hang about for our coverage of Arsenal-Liverpool. Thanks for reading this Clockwatch!
FULL TIME: Real Madrid 2-0 Eibar. Job done for the Spanish champions without too much fuss, though they did have three goals ruled out by VAR. They move into second spot in La Liga, three points behind Atletico Madrid having played one more match, and now turn their thoughts to the Champions League visit of Liverpool on Tuesday.
FULL TIME: Leeds United 2-1 Sheffield United
A deserved victory for Leeds, who should have scored more. Three points, though, and they move Marcelo Bielsa’s entertainers into the top half of the table. Sheffield United remain rooted to the bottom, 14 points shy of safety and completely doomed.
FULL TIME: Dunfermline Athletic 0-0 Heart of Midlothian. Hearts continue their late-season stutter with a goalless draw at East End Park. That’s just two wins in their last seven, plus that humiliating cup defeat by Brora Rangers. To be fair, they’re still 11 points clear of Raith Rovers at the top of the Championship, but you’ll not find too many fans proselytising for manager Robbie Neilson right now.
FULL TIME: Dundee 0-1 St Johnstone. The Dee’s 110-year wait for a second Scottish Cup goes on.
GOAL! Dundee Utd 2-1 Partick Thistle (Clark 90). United have completed the turnaround, their top scorer Nicky Clark coming up with the goods at the death. So much for the big shock that was on the cards just 13 minutes ago.
GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Eibar (Benzema 73). It’s been a struggle for the Spanish champions on a rainy day in Madrid, but Karim Benzema looks to have settled it.
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Leeds should have killed this game off. They spring forward on the counter again, from a Sheffield United corner, and it’s three on one. But Harrison’s attempt to free Rodrigo is hopeless, a dismal clunk forward that allows Ramsdale to race out of his box to intercept and clear. Rodrigo cocks his head back in super-frustration, having made a lung-busting run.
Sheffield United have hung on in there against Leeds, and are very much still in the game, despite it all. A free kick’s launched into the Leeds box towards McBurnie ... but Leeds clear and break, Dallas squirting a shot inches wide of the left-hand post. It’s fair to say this is still in the balance.
GOAL! Dundee Utd 1-1 Partick Thistle (Shankland 78). There are happier Dundonians across Tannadice Street, where Lawrence Shankland has equalised for the Arabs.
Dundee are still trailing St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup. Charlie Adam had the chance to equalise from the spot, but his penalty was saved by Zander Clark.
The teamsheets for the summit meeting at the King Power are in. Barry Glendenning has all the answers.
The other Bundesliga results:
- Augsburg 2-1 Hoffenheim
- Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Schalke
- Mainz 1-1 Arminia Bielefeld
- Wolfsburg 1-0 Cologne
RB Leipzig welcome Bayern Munich later this evening in a match they surely have to win if they’re to stay in the title hunt. Three points for Bayern would pretty much secure their ninth title in a row.
FULL TIME: Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt. A seven-point gap opens up between fourth-placed Frankfurt and fifth-placed Dortmund. Manchester City next for the labouring Bundesliga giants!
GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Silva 87). The hosts pile forward in search of the winner they desperately need to close the gap on fourth-placed Eintracht. But they’re caught on the counter, Andre Silva heading home from a left-wing cross. It’s probably safe to say that Dortmund now need to win the Champions League if they’re to play in it again next year.
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WSL: Reading 0-5 West Ham. A huge result in the Women’s Super League, as Martha Thomas helps herself to a first-half hat-trick for West Ham against Reading at the Madejski Stadium. While the Biscuitwomen crumble, the Hammers move out of the relegation zone, leapfrogging Aston Villa and Bristol City into tenth spot.
Leeds nearly put some clear daylight between themselves and Sheffield United. Stuart Dallas shaves the crossbar when attempting to plant a curler into the top right. A lovely effort with Aaron Ramsdale totally stranded.
GOAL! Leeds United 2-1 Sheffield United (Jagielka og 49)
Ezgjan Alioski crosses low from the left. It’s a hellishly dangerous ball, with Raphinha waiting to tap home at the far stick. Phil Jagielka has to do something, but he can only divert the cross into his own net.
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The shock of the day in Scotland is still on, with Partick Thistle winning at Dundee United as the teams kick off for the start of the second half. Exciting times for Kingsley, though spare a thought for poor old Simon McMahon. “If United lose today, I’ll rationalise it on the grounds that they are quite rightly keeping their powder dry until next season, as everyone knows that if you win the Scottish Cup and no fans are in the ground to witness it, it hasn’t really happened.”
HALF TIME: Real Madrid 1-0 Eibar. As things stand, Real will move ahead of Barcelona into second spot, three points behind leaders Atletico having played one game more.
Plenty of results just in from Serie A.
- AC Milan 1-1 Sampdoria
- Atalanta 3-2 Udinese
- Benevento 2-2 Parma
- Cagliari 0-2 Hellas Verona
- Genoa 1-1 Fiorentina
- Lazio 2-1 Spezia
- Napoli 4-3 Crotone
- Sassuolo 2-2 Roma
Later on today, Torino take on Juventus in the Derby della Mole, while Bologna host leaders Internazionale and their dreadful new logo.
There’s been a disallowed goal at the Westfalenstadion, too. Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Stefan Ilsanker got on the end of a left-wing cross to thump a header into the Dortmund net, but VAR spotted an offside and it’s still 1-1.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Eibar (Asensio 41). Second time lucky, huh. Asensio drives home from the edge of the box, and Real Madrid are definitely ahead this time.
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NO GOAL! Real Madrid 0-0 Eibar. VAR chalks it off.
GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Eibar (Asensio 36). Marco Asensio opens the scoring for Real at the Alfredo di Stéfano. But hold on ...
HALF TIME: Leeds United 1-1 Sheffield United
It’s been all Leeds, but it’s all square in the big Yorkshire derby.
That came completely against the run of play. For a second, it looked like Kalvin Phillips had stopped Osborn’s shot on the line, albeit with his arm. But he’s not in trouble, because the referee’s watch bleeped to signal the ball had crossed the line, and replays show Phillips was miles behind it. So much for the Blades waiting to regroup at half-time, then!
GOAL! Leeds United 1-1 Sheffield United (Osborn 45+3)
Leeds have been utterly dominant at Elland Road, but now look! Oli McBurnie worms down the inside-right channel and rolls across for Ben Osborn, who slams home from six yards!
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Brentford boss Thomas Frank is still hopeful of automatic promotion, despite his team dropping more points at Huddersfield this lunchtime. “We need to keep clear heads and keep believing because there’s everything to play for. Watford will be saying nothing is over yet and that’s right because this is the Championship. It always feels disappointing not to get three points, but you have to handle those frustrations and move on again.”
Leeds continue to push Sheffield United back. Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha are at the heart of everything. A second goal is surely just a matter of time; the visitors will simply be hoping to hear the half-time whistle.
Jack Harrison misses a huge chance to double Leeds’ advantage at Elland Road. Clean through, he slips the ball past Ramsdale in the Sheffield United goal, but inches wide of the right-hand post.
GOAL! Dundee Utd 0-1 Partick Thistle (Tiffoney 25). The Jags have only won the cup once, way back in 1920. A staunch defensive display did for Rangers in the final that year, John Blair scoring the only goal. Only 28,000 turned up for the final due to “restricted train services”, according to the Sunday Post. Anyway, here we are.
HALF TIME: Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt. Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Augsburg are beating Hoffenheim 2-0, while Bayer Leverkusen lead hapless Schalke 1-0.
GOAL! Dundee 0-1 St Johnstone (Melamed 20). The newly crowned League Cup champions take the lead at Dens Park through Guy Melamed. Dundee’s hopes of a first Scottish Cup since 1910 hanging by a thread here.
Some defiant words from Sam Allardyce here, in the wake of his side’s astonishing five-goal salvo at Chelsea. Asked for his thoughts on West Brom’s chances of avoiding the drop, he says: “A little better after three points, but a long way to go for us. Six out of nine I said, and now it’s five out of eight, and we might have a chance. Even then we might need a couple of draws, or a draw. But we’ve started on the track of trying to get an undefeated run and trying to get more wins in the last eight games than we have had all season. It’s been done before. This is a good start, but there’s a long way to go still.”
GOAL! Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Hummels 45). Mats Hummels has tied it up for Dortmund on the stroke of half time. The hosts desperately need to win this one if they’re to overhaul Frankfurt and secure a top-four spot.
GOAL! Leeds United 1-0 Sheffield United (Harrison 12)
This had been coming. Dallas and Raphinha exchanges passes down the right. Raphinha drops a shoulder to sashay past George Baldock with embarrassing ease, then rolls across the face of goal to lay one on a plate for Jack Harrison. That’s lovely.
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A lively start at Elland Road with Leeds showing trademark ambition. Raphinha has already whipped a free kick just over the bar, while Kalvin Phillips and Stuart Dallas have both tested Aaron Ramsdale in the Sheffield United goal.
“Afternoon Scott.” Why, it’s Fife’s finest, Simon McMahon! Afternoon Simon. “While struggling Dundee enjoy a welcome break from their battle to avoid relegation by welcoming League Cup winners St. Johnstone to Dens, Micky Mellon’s Dundee United begin their quest for Scottish Cup glory at the other end of Tannadice Street against Partick Thistle, Covid-19 allowing both Dundee clubs to kick off at home on Saturday at 3 o’clock. Other ties include Brora Rangers of the Highland League, conquerors of Hearts in the last round, welcoming Stranraer while Formartine, also of the Highland League, play Premier League Motherwell.”
Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (L). Dortmund have some work to do if they’re to finish in the top four of the Bundesliga this season. They’re currently fifth, seven points behind today’s opponents, and this won’t help: Nico Schultz has headed into his own net after 11 minutes of this summit meeting at the Westfalenstadion.
Huddersfield Town 1-1 Brentford (FT). This fixture would have been a pretty big deal in the 1930s. It’s none too shabby these days either, with the Terriers recently a Premier League concern, and the Bees striving to get to the top. It’s honours even today, Lewis O’Brien giving the hosts a seventh-minute lead, Mads Sorensen levelling up on 50. The point moves play-off hopefuls Brentford into fourth, relegation-haunted Huddersfield into 18th.
Chelsea 2-5 West Bromwich Albion (FT). Chelsea have finally lost under Thomas Tuchel ... and, it has to be said, in some style. They’ve been absolutely spanked at home, 5-2 by West Bromwich Albion. West Bromwich Albion! Can you picture the smile of satisfaction that played across Big Sam’s face as he draped himself across the Stamford Bridge dugout during the last few minutes? You can do that exactly, can’t you.
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Dumbarton 0-1 Aberdeen (FT). The Dons, who haven’t won the Scottish Cup since the likes of Alex McLeish and Charlie Nicholas were still pulling on boots - 1990 since you ask - have made it to this year’s fourth round. An 84th-minute drive by Callum Hendry was the difference at The Rock, one of the most picturesque stadiums around. Aberdeen join Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the velvet bag, the Caley Jags having seen off Highland rivals Ross County last night.
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The teams at Elland Road
Leeds United: Meslier, Ayling, Llorente, Cooper, Alioski, Phillips, Raphinha, Dallas, Roberts, Harrison, Bamford.
Subs: Koch, Poveda-Ocampo, Casilla, Helder Costa, Hernandez, Rodrigo, Struijk, Klich, Shackleton.
Sheffield United: Ramsdale, Bogle, Jagielka, Stevens, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Osborn, McGoldrick, McBurnie.
Subs: Mousset, Egan, Lowe, Burke, Foderingham, Ampadu, Brewster, Bryan, Ndiaye.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire).
Preamble
Welcome to EasterClocko! The bank holiday has made quite the abstraction of the fixture list, so Saturday afternoon games are thinner on the ground than usual. But no matter, because what remains is choice. Here’s what to look forward to ...
- Premier League: Leeds v Sheffield United (3pm, all times BST)
- La Liga: Real Madrid v Eibar (3.15pm)
- Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt (2.30pm)
- Scottish Cup: Dundee v St Johnstone (3pm)
- Scottish Championship: Dunfermline v Hearts (3pm)
There may be more. Or less. But what we do know is that there will be goals. Surely. Let’s get stuck in, then. It’s on!
