Premier League match report: Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League match report: Watford 0-0 Bournemouth
Premier League match report: Southampton 1-2 Chelsea
Premier League match report: West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League match report: Leicester City 1-0 Norwich City
This afternoon's Scottish Premiership result
A good day for Dundee United, who’ve given themselves a glimmer of hope with their fifth win in eigh matches in all commpetitions. They remain anchored to the bottom of the table, but in that kind of form who knows what might happen? Aberdeen, meanwhile, failed to take advantage of Celtic’s draw against Hamilton last night.
This afternoon's Championship results
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La Liga result: Real Madrid 0-1 Atletico Madrid
Antoine Griezmann struck in the 53rd minute to give Atletico supporters bragging rights in the Spanish capital. You can see how that one unfolded courtesy of Bryan Graham.
Premier League result: Watford 0-0 Bournemouth
Both sides had their chances but couldn’t convert them in a scoreless draw that’s almost certain to feature last on the Match of the Day running order.
Premier League result: Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa slumped to another defeat, with Marko Arnautovic getting both Stoke’s goals before Leandro Bacuna pulled one back for the Prmier League’s worst side.
Premier League result: Leicester City 1-0 Norwich City
Incredible scenes at the King Power Stadium, where Leicester’s players and supporters are raucously celebrating what could be their most important result of the season. They didn’t play particularly well and created little of note, but still managed to mug Norwich with a late goal. For the Canaries, it’s another soul-destroying body-blow - they’ve taken one point from the passt 21 available.
Championship goal-flash: Charlton 3-4 Reading (Rakels 90)
Oof! Reading strike late doors to lead by the odd goal of seven in the game of the Championship.
Premier League result: Southampton 1-2 Chelsea
Shane Long put the home side in front with a first-half strike, but goals from Cesc Fabregas and Branislav Ivanovic ended Southampton’s run of six clean sheets.
Champions!!!! pic.twitter.com/AmKvf3Xsbh
— Danny Kelly (@dannykellywords) February 27, 2016
GOAL! Leicester City 1-0 Norwich City (Ulloa 89)
They haven’t played at all well, but league leaders Leicester look as if they’re going to mug Norwich City, courtesy of ulloa’s late goal. Marc Albrighton with the assist there.
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GOAL! Southampton 1-2 Chelsea (Ivanovic 89)
Branislav Ivanovic makes it 2-1 to Chelsea with a bullet-header. Fraser Forster got a hand to it but couldn’t keep it out.
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Championship GOAL! Bolton 1-2 Burnley (Gray (85)
Burnley are heading for the top of the Championship table. Following their early scare, they now lead Bolton after Andre Gray put them ahead by the odd goal of three with his second of the afternoon. At Ewood Park, Blackburn have equalised against MK Dons, with Alex Revell making it 2-2. Finally, at the Valley - Yaya Sanogo has completed his hat-trick to make it Charlton 3-3 Reading.
Championship goal! Bolton 1-1 Burnley (Gray 74)
Apologies. Amid all the excitement I failed to notice that Burnley equalised against Bolton, with Andre Gray doing the honours for his team within five minutes of the opener. Championship latest: Blackburn 2-1 MK Dons, Bolton 1-1 Burnley, Cardiff City 2-0 Preston NE, Charlton Athletic 2-3 Reading, Fulham 0-2 Middlesbrough, Huddersfield 0-1 Ipswich Town, Notingham Forest 1-2 Bristol City, QPR 2-0 Birmingham City, Rotherham United 2-1 Brentford.
GOAL! Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa (Bacuna 79)
Following his horror show against Liverpool, a performance that was so bad he was hauled into his manager’s office and asked to explain himself, Aston Villa utility man (a utility man who’s consistently useless in a wide variety of positions) Leandro Bacuna gives Aston Villa a chance of rescuing a point by pulling one back against Stoke City.
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GOAL! Southampton 1-1 Chelsea (Fabregas 76)
Fraser Forster lets in his first goal in an eternity and he should have done better. He gets caught flat-footed as Cesc Fabregas scores with a cross that wafted over Willian and curls in at the far post.
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Big goal in the Championship! Bolton 1-0 Burnley (Feeney 69)
Gary Madine sends in a cross and Liam Feeney scores with a tap in to put Championship strugglers ahead against the promotion candidates. Burnley would go top of the table with a win today, but won’t be doing so at this rate.
Championship: A ding-dong battle at the Valley
Reading lead Charlton 3-2 at the Valley, where Yann Kerorgant registered his first goals for Reading with strikes either side of Yaya Sanogo’s sixth-minute strike for the home side. Ola John put Reading 3-1 ahead just before half-time, but Sanogo has since bagged his second to put the Championship’s bottom side back in with a chance of rescuing a point or more.
Premier League match report: West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
Nick Ames was at the Boleyn Ground to watch West Ham triumph in a rather uninspiring contest.
Chance! Costa misses horribly at St Mary's
With his team trailing due to Shane Long’s opener for Southampton, Willian crosses for Diego Costa only for the striker to send a volley well wide when he should at least have tested Fraser Forster.
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GOAL! Stoke City 2-0 Aston Villa (Arnautovic 56)
The Austrian Marko Arnautovic scores his seconds in four minutes, scrambling one over the line on his second attempt after Xherdan Shaqiri had done the donkey work. #prayforvilla
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GOAL! Stoke City 1-0 Aston Villa (Arnautovic 51pen)
Marco Arnautovic celebrates his 100th appearance for Stoke City with a goal from the penalty spot against doomed Aston Villa.
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A desperate Gary Cahill sadly unsuccessful in trying to blow the ball away from his own goal. pic.twitter.com/Sq7zOtCQBv
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) February 27, 2016
Some half-times for your perusal
CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wolves 2-1 Derby County (result)
- Blackburn Rovers 0-1 MK Dons
- Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Burnley
- Cardiff City 1-0 Preston NE
- Charlton Athletic 1-3 Reading
- Fulham 0-2 Middlesbrough
- Huddersfield Town 0-1 Ipswich Town
- Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bristol City
- Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Birmingham City
- Rotherham 1-1 Brentford
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP
- Aberdeen 1-0 St Johnstone
- Dundee 0-1 Inverness CT
- Motherwell 1-0 Partick Thistle
- Ross County 0-1 Dundee United
- Hearts 1-0 Kilmarnock
LA LIGA
- Real Madrid 0-0 Atletico Madrid
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Chelsea (Long 42)
The man from Gortnahoe makes up for his earlier miss to put Saints ahead against a Chelsea team fielding a fairly makeshift back four, making one television presenter happy.
Errr a goal would be handy #MOTD
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 27, 2016
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Championship goal rush ...
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! They’re flying in all over the Championship, while there haven’t been any goals in the Premier League’s 3pm kick-offs. Samir Carruthers has put MK Dons a goal ahead at Blackburn Rovers, while Yann Kermorgant has scored his second to put Reading 2-1 up against Charlton. Meanwhile at Loftus Road, Queens Park Rangers have gjust gone 2-0 up against BIrmingham City, with Tajaronn Chery opening the scoring after 35 minutes and Junior Hoilett doubling their lead from the penalty spot. And finally, at the City Ground, Ben Osborn has scored for Nottingham Forest, who lead Bristol City 1-0.
Championship news: Rotherham have scored their first goal in four games since Neil Warnock took over as manager. Matt Derbyshire did the honours, scoring after 29 minutes to give the Millers a 1-0 over Brentford.
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Knack-news at Vicarage Road ...
Bournemouth winger Junior Stanislas has pulled up with a hamstring injury and been forced off. Max Gradel replaces him, making his first appearance since being sidelined with a serious knee injury in late August. The lord giveth and the lord taketh away, eh?
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The Tractor Boys are motoring
Ben Pringle has struck to put Ipswich Town a goal up in their match at Huddersfield Town. Mick McCarthy’s side are 10th in the Championship table and a win would go some way towards invigorating their flagging hopes of making the play-offs.
CHAMPIONSHIP GOAL! Fulham 0-2 Middlesbrough
Grant Leadbitter has scored Middlesbrough’s second goal at Craven Cottage, putting his side 2-0 up from the penalty spot after Chris Baird brought down David Nugent in the penalty area.
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Bad news for Dundee ...
The Dees trail Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-0 and it’s Ross Draper who’s opened the scoring at Dens Park.
News from Scotland ...
Hearts have taken the lead against Kilmarnock, with Jamie Walker bagging the goal in a match that kicked off a little later than scheduled.
Man down at St Mary's
Pedro has had to limp off in Chelsea’s match against Southampton and has been replaced by Oscar. Following the Spaniard’s departure,Shane Long missed a glorious chance for the home side, heading over when he should really have done better.
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Some early goals in the Championship
Albert Adomah has headed Middlesbrough into the lead against Fulham at Craven Cottage, leaping unmarked to convert a splendid cross from Stewart Downing. At the Valley, Yann Kermorgant put Reading one up against his former club Charlton and promptly refused to celebrate against his former club. Yaya Sanogo showed no such reluctance when he equalised. Meanwhile in League One: at the Keepmoat Stadium, Millwall lead Doncaster 1-0, with Steve Morison opening the scoring.
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Championship result: Wolves 2-1 Derby County
A massive win for Wolves, whose fans have been feeling decidedly mutinous of late following seven consecutive matches without a win. George Saville opened and closed the scoring, his late winner in the 86th minutes rendering Chris Martin’s strike for Derby irrelevant. Following wins over Brentford and Blackburn, Derby are back to losing ways.
Pre-match niceties are under way ...
Players the length and breadth of the UK are going through their last-second pre-match handshakes, fist-bumps and hugs as referees toss coins and prepare to get all the 3pm kick-offs started. Stay tuned for all the news of goals as they go in.
Premier League result: West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
Michail Antonio’s won the points for West Ham with a first-half strike into the bottom corner on a cold afternoon when Sam Allardyce received a very warm welcome back to his former club from the home fans. Sunderland squandered several chances to bag an equaliser, with Jermain Defoe and Jack Rodwell both missing fairly easy chances, while Andy Carroll sent a volley crashing off the cross-bar from close range after being teed up by a deft header across the face of goal by Mark Noble. The win sends West Ham fifth, two points clear of Manchester United. Sunderland remain in the relegation zone, second from bottom of the table, one point behind Newcastle.
Watford v Bournemouth line-ups
Watford: Gomes, Paredes, Cathcart, Britos, Ake, Capoue, Watson, Behrami, Deeney, Ighalo, Amrabat.
Subs: Nyom, Mario Suarez, Prodl, Pantilimon, Anya, Abdi, Holebas.
AFC Bournemouth: Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels, Surman, Ritchie, Stanislas, Arter, King, Afobe.
Subs: Gosling, Elphick, Gradel, Iturbe, Federici, Distin, Murray.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Southampton v Chelsea line-ups
Southampton: Forster, Cedric, van Dijk, Fonte, Targett, Bertrand, Romeu, Clasie, Steven Davis, Austin, Long.
Subs: Yoshida, Mane, Tadic, Martina, Ward-Prowse, Pelle, Stekelenburg.
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba, Mikel, Fabregas, Willian, Hazard, Pedro, Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Oscar, Traore, Kenedy, Remy, Matic, Loftus-Cheek.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
LeicesterCity v Norwich City line-ups
Leicester: Schmeichel, Amartey, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kante, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy.
Subs: King, Schlupp, Gray, Ulloa, Dyer, Wasilewski, Schwarzer.
Norwich: Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Martin, Klose, Bennett, Redmond, Tettey, Howson, Brady, Naismith, Jerome.
Subs: Mbokani, Bamford, Rudd, Jarvis, Mulumbu, Olsson, O’Neil.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
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Stoke v Aston Villa line-ups
Stoke: Butland, Bardsley, Cameron, Wollscheid, Pieters, Whelan, Imbula, Walters, Afellay, Shaqiri, Arnautovic.
Subs: Ireland, Joselu, Diouf, Teixeira, Crouch, Krkic, Haugaard.
Aston Villa: Bunn, Hutton, Okore, Lescott, Cissokho, Bacuna, Gana, Westwood, Gil, Agbonlahor, Veretout.
Subs: Guzan, Richards, Clark, Sinclair, Lyden, Gestede, Green.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
This afternoon's Championship fixtures
This afternoon’s Premier League 3pm kick-offs
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Greetings sports fans ...
With West Ham leading Sunderland 1-0 in this afternoon’s early kick-off and three Premier League matches and a Capital One Cup final taking place tomorrow, we’re left with just four 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. Table-toppers Leicester entertain Norwich-in-freefall, while Southampton take on Chelsea in a fixture that pits Dutch managers Ronald Koeman and Guus Hiddink against each other. At the Britannia, Stoke City will be hoping to be pile more hurt on to beleaguered Aston Villa, while Watford take on Bournemouth at Vicarage Road.
It’s matchday 33 in the Championship, with nine different fixtures tdue to kick off at 3pm. After Hull City’s scoreless draw with Sheffield Wednesday last night, the pick of the games there see second-placed Burnley travel to struggling Bolton Wanderers, while third-placed Middlesbrough go to Craven Cottage to take on Fulham. A win for Burnley will send them top of the table, while Middlesbrough will join Hull City on 64 points should they beat the cottagers.
We’ll bring you news from these and other fixtures between 2pm and 5pm, making sure to check in on Scotland, Spain and Germany where such glamour match-ups as Aberdeen v St Johnstone, Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich and Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid are taking place.
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