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Premier League: Newcastle are hosting Liverpool at St James’ Park in a game that could have far-reaching consequences as far as the Champions League qualification hopes of both teams are concerned. Follow the action with Scott Murray …
Match report: Chelsea 0-1 Southampton
Premier League: Chelsea’s supporters reacted with a show of outright fury after James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick consigned them to an unlikely defeat that leaves them 10th in the table.
Match report: Brighton 0-1 Fulham
Premier League: Substitute Manor Solomon came back to haunt former boss Roberto De Zerbi as Fulham snatched a dramatic win over fellow high-fliers Brighton.
Match report: Everton 1-0 Leeds
Premier League: Seamus Coleman scored his first goal for a year as Everton came out on top in this early relegation six-pointer.
Match report: Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Bournemouth hauled themselvers out of the relegation zone thanks to Marcus Tavernier’s winner at Molineux.
Match report: Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Brentford’s long unbeaten run in the Premier League continued … but only just.
Match report: Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League: Arsenal had to come from behind twice then score twice in added time to take all three points at Villa Park and return to the top of the table.
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Match report: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City
Premier League: Pep Guardiola will be left to stew on how a game that they should have put to bed wriggled clean of Manchester City’s grasp. Ben Fisher reports from the City Ground.
Premier League results
Arsenal’s laboured win over Aston Villa sent them three points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand and a good day for Gooners got a whole lot better when Manchester City were held by Nottingham Forest, who scored with their only shot on goal.
Defeat for Chelsea leaves them 10th in the table with just 31 points, while Southampton remain bottom of the table despite their unlikely win at Stamford Bridge. Wins for Everton and Bournemouth mean West Ham and Leeds have been consigned to the rlegation zone.
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth
Brighton 0-1 Fulham
Everton 1-0 Leeds United
Chelsea 0-1 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City
Championship results
Millwall 3-2 Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Swansea City
Blackpool 1-0 Stoke City
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Birmingham City
Hull City 0-0 Preston
Luton Town 0-1 Burnley
Middlesbrough 3-1 QPR
Rotherham United 0-2 Coventry City
Sunderland 1-1 Bristol City
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Norwich City
Full time: Chelsea 0-1 Southampton
Premier League: Southampton have hung on for an unlikely win at Stamford Bridge, where there was loads of added time following an injury that led to Cesar Azpilicueta being stretchered off with what appeared to be a head injury. It’s a massive win for Southampton, who remain bottom of the table. What it might mean for Graham Potter remains to be seen.
Full time: Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Marcus Tavernier scored the only goal of the game at Molineux to drag Bournemouth out of the relegation zone.
Full time: Everton 1-0 Leeds
Premier League: Seamus Coleman capitalised on an Ilan Meslier error to plunge Leeds United into the relegation zone and move Everton up to sixteenth.
Full time: Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Unbeaten in 11 Premier League matches, Brentford’s never-say-die spirit earned them a point that looked to be slipping away.
Full time: Brighton 0-1 Fulham
Premier League: Alexis Mac Allister goes close with a late free-kick. THere’s no cigar for him and the ref blows the final whistle. Fulham take the points.
GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Crystal Palace (Janelt 90+6)
Premier League: Vitaly Janelt heads past Vicente Guaita for a late, late, late Brentford equaliser.
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Full time: Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City
Premier League: It’s a splendid result for Nottingham Forest and Arsenal will be happy with it too. Chris Wood’s equaliser has earned Forest another point, while City’s profligacy in front of goal has cost them two.
Championship: Nahki Wells scores an injury time equaliser for Bristol City against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, while Viktor Gyokeres doubles Coventry’s lead at Rotherham. At Ewood Park, Daniel Ayala has given Blackburn a one-goal lead against Swansea City in the 89th minute.
GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Fulham (Solomon 88)
Premier League: Brighton have dominated but Fulham, playing without the injured Aleksandar Mitrovic, have taken the lead. Manor Solomon scores with a tidy finish across the bows of Robert Sanchez.
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GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City (Wood 84)
Premier League: Oh my! On as a substitute, Chris Wood scores an equaliser for Forest with their first shot on target. Was he onside? Following a fraught and lengthy VAR check for a possible offside, his goal … stands. Oof!
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Championship: Burnley are one up against Luton Town at Kenilworth Road courtesy of an Ashley Barnes penalty. It was given away by Tom Lockyer, who has been sent off for his second bookable offence.
Chelsea 0-1 Southampton: There has been a lengthy break in play at Stamford Bridge as medical staff from both teams tend to Cesar Azpilicueta, who appears to have suffered a head or neck injury. The Spaniard is about to leave the field on a stretcher and here’s hoping he’s OK.
Championship: Chuba Akpom scores his second of the game to double Middlesbrough’s lead against QPR at the Riverside Stadium. A win for Michael Carrick’s side will take them to within four points of Sheffield United in second place. A reminder: Boro were 21st in the table when Carrick took over.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City: City win a free-kick in a good position but Keylor Navas claws away Ilkay Gundogan’s effort and the visitors have to settle for a corner. Some minutes ago, City boss Pep Guardiola was shown a yellow card for protesting a bit too vociferously when he thought his side should have had a penalty.
GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Crystal Palace (Eze 69)
Premier League: Eberechi Eze gives Crystal Palace the lead at Brentford. He heads home from six yards, connecting with a neat pass from Michael Olise.
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Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City: Erling Haaland misses from six yards twice in a matter of seconds. Having shot into the ground and seen the ball bounce back his way off the cross-bar, he steeled himself for another go and blazed his shot over.
Championship: Chuba Akpom gives promotion-chasers Middlesbrough a 1-0 lead against QPR.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Leeds United (Coleman 64)
Premier League: Cutting in from the right after one of his overlapping gallops upfield, Seamus Coleman takes advantage of some poor positioning from Ilan Meslier to whip the ball past the young French goalkeeper at his near post and give Everton a priceless lead.
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Championship: Coventry City lead Rotherham 1-0 at the New York Stadium. Jamie Allen put them ahead a minute after the break with a goal I forgot to report closer to the time because I was rudely interrupted by Marcus Tavernier’s opener for Bournemouth at Molineux.
Championship: Jack Clarke score his fourth goal in as many games to give Sunderland a 1-0 lead against Bristol City at the Stadium of Light.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City: A let-off for City as Keylor Navas saves splendidly from an Aymeric Laporte header at a corner. Soon afterwards at the other end of the pitch, Morgan Gibbs-White shoots over after latching on to a pull-back from Brennan Johnson. Forest are still in this but only just.
Brighton 0-0 Fulham: Lewis Dunk connects with the ball at corner but sends his header wide of the upright. Brighton should be ahead.
Championship: Neil Warnock’s side come from behind to lead as Jaheim Headley fires Huddersfield into a 2-1 lead over Birmingham City.
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth (Tavernier 49)
Premier League: Marcus Tavernier has scored his third goal in four games to give Bournemouth the lead early in the second half against Wolves at Molineux. Dominic Solanke drilled the ball across the six-yard box from the right and it cannoned in off Tavernier’s hip.
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Christian Atsu: Following the sad news that the body of the former Chelsea, Everton and Newcastle player was found by rescue workers under rubble in Turkey earlier today both Chelsea and Everton staged a pre-match minute’s applause in his memory. One presumes Newcastle will host a similar act of remembrance in the moments before their game against Liverpool kicks off later this evening.
Match officialdom news: Professional Game Match Officials Ltd has confirmed that VAR referee Lee Mason has left the organisation by mutual consent. The VAR official caused controversy last weekend after failing to spot an offside in the buildup to Brentford’s equaliser against Arsenal and he had not been selected as a VAR for the next round of Premier League fixtures.
Some correspondence: “Do you truly think Graham Potter would still be in charge of Chelsea team with the results of past matches if it was during Roman Abrahamovic era?” asks Rotimi Styles Obisesan. Answer: No I do not but I think the current regime are correct to have patience with him.
Championship half-times
Millwall 3-2 Sheffield United (FT)
Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Swansea City
Blackpool 1-0 Stoke City
Huddersfield Town 1-1 Birmingham City
Hull City 0-0 Preston
Luton Town 0-0 Burnley
Middlesbrough 0-0 QPR
Rotherham United 0-0 Coventry City
Sunderland 0-0 Bristol City
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Norwich City
Premier League half-times
Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal (FT)
Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
Wolves 0-0 Bournemouth
Brighton 0-0 Fulham
Everton 0-0 Leeds United
Chelsea 0-1 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City
Newcastle v Liverpool (5.30pm GMT)
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Southampton (Ward-Prowse 45+1)
Premier League: Southampton win a free-kick in prime James Ward-Prowse real estate and the midfielder duly obliges by sending the ball up and over the defensive wall before dipping low past Kepa. It’s no more than Southampton deserve as they’ve been the better team despite their lowly league position.
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Everton 0-0 Leeds: There’s a bit of a kerfuffle at Goodison Park, where lots of players engage in some good old fashioned argy-bargy after Dwight McNeil gets shoved into and over an advertising hoarding.
Wolves 0-0 Bournemouth: Wolves are dominating and Pablo Sarabia brings a save out of Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester City (Silva 41)
Premier League: It’s a great finish from Bernardo Silva, who collects a pass from Jack Grealish and spanks one into the roof of the net from distance.
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Everton 0-0 Leeds: Ilan Meslier saves superbly from Everton defender James Tarkowski, who had connected with a cross from Dwight McNeil.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Manchester City: Rodri heads wide from eight yards out after getting on the end of a cross from Kevin De Bruyne on the right.
Everton 0-0 Leeds: Everton have had not one, but two shots cleared off the line at Goodison Park. James Tarkowski had a header cleared by Max Wober, while Weston McKennie has also been called upon to save his team’s bacon.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Manchester City: City are dominating proceedings at the City Ground, as you might expect, but have yet to open their account. They’ve had seven shots in the opening 30 minutes but have yet to hit the target. Phil Foden, who started for them this afternoon, has been outstanding thus far.
Championship: Huddersfield have equalised against Birmingham City at the John SMith’s Stadium, where Joseph Hungbo has restored parity for the Terriers.
Premier League: With almost half an hour gone, the wait for a top flight goal goes on as far as our three o’clock kick-offs are concerned. At Stamford Bridge, Southampton are taking the game to goal-shy Chelsea, who don’t seem to be playing particularly well.
It will take one hell of a game to shift the @Arsenal match from first on the @BBCMOTD running order tonight.
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) February 18, 2023
With all six three o’clock kick-offs currently scoreless, Aston Villa v Arsenal’s status as Match of the Day headline act doesn’t look under much threat.
Championship: A couple of early goals in the second tier’s three o’clock kick-offs. BLackpool lead Stoke courtesy of a goal from Ian Poveda, while Birmingham City lead at Huddersfield in Neil Warnock’s first match in charge of the hosts in what is his second reign at the club.
Chelsea 0-0 Southampton: Southampton have had a shot cleared off the line early doors at Stamford Bridge and having saved his team from going a goal down, Kalidou Koulibaly has got away with a very nasty challenge on Paul Onuachu. Referee David Coote has booked him but it probably should have been a red card.
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Match report: Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League: Don’t be fooled by the scoreline! Arsenal had to come from behind twice and score two goals in added time to secure the win and move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table. Jonathan Liew was at Villa Park to see a bona fide thriller …
Championship: Villa Park didn’t have an early-afternoon monopoly on late drama. Tom Bradshaw sealed his hat-trick in the 88th minute to steal all three points for Millwall in a 3-2 win over Sheffield United, who have now lost two in a row.
Full time: Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League: The scoreline suggests this was an easy win for Arsenal but it was anything but. They came from behind twice and needed two goals in added time to take all three points from Villa and move clear of Manchester City at the top of the table.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal (Martinelli 90+7)
Premier League: With Martinez marooned upfield, having gone up for a late Villa corner, Arsenal break upfield and Gabriel Martinelli taps into an empty net from 12 yards out, celebrating the goal before he’d even scored it. What a finale we’ve had at Villa Park …
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GOAL! Aston Villa 2-3 Arsenal (Martinez 90+2og)
Premier League: The many Arsenal fans who were turning their noses up at the signing of Jorginho from Chelsea will be feasting on humble pie this evening. In the second minute of added time, the Italian international fired a long-range effort off the cross-bar, only to see it bounce down and ricochet over the line off the beaten Emi Martinez’s head. It could prove a priceless winner in terms of the title race.
Championship: Sheffield United have equalised through James McAtee at the Den, where it’s 2-2 between themselves and Millwall with less than five minutes of normal time remaining.
Everton v Leeds United line-ups
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Doucoure, Gueye, Onana, McNeil, Maupay.
Subs: Holgate, Keane, Gray, Mina, Begovic, Godfrey, Davies, Vinagre, Simms.
Leeds United: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Wober, Firpo, McKennie, Adams, Summerville, Harrison, Gnonto, Bamford.
Subs: Cooper, Aaronson, Gyabi, Robles, Rutter, Kristensen, Monteiro, Fernandez.
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Wolves v Bournemouth line-ups
Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Bueno, Neves, Nunes, Sarabia, Moutinho, Traore, Cunha.
Subs: Bentley, Aït-Nouri, Collins, Jiménez, Podence, Jonny, Costa, Gomes, Hodge.
Bournemouth: Neto, A Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Zemura, Outtara, Lerma, Billing, Tavernier, Traore, Solanke.
Subs: Travers, Fredericks, Mepham, Christie, Rothwell, Vina, Moore, Semenyo, Anthony.
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Brentford v Crystal Palace line-ups
Brentford: Raya, Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Henry, Norgaards, Jensen, Dasilva, Wissa, Toney, Mbeumo.
Subs: Cox, Schade, Zanka, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Janelt, Roerslev.
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Mitchell, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Doucoure, Lokonga, Ayew, Olise, Schlupp, Mateta.
Subs: Whitworth, Milivojevic, Eze, McArthur, Hughes, Édouard, Richards, Ahamada, Riedewald.
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Brighton v Fulham line-ups
Brighton: Sanchez; Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Estupinan; Gross, Caicedo; March, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Ferguson.
Subs: Lamptey, Sarmiento, Enciso, Steele, Ayari, Undav, Van Hecke, Buonanotte, Hinshelwood.
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Reed, Palhinha; Wilson, Pereira, Willian, Reid.
Subs: Rodak, Kurzawa, Adarbioyo, Duffy, Solomon, Soares, James, Lukic, Vinicius.
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Nottingham Forest v Manchester City line-ups
Nottingham Forest: Navas, Worrall, Shelvey, Colback, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Freuler, Aurier, Danilo, Felipe, lodi
Subs: Hennessey, Managala, Williams, Toffolo, Surridge, Dennis, Scarpa, Ayew, Wood
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Silva, Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Grealish, Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Phillips, Ake, Alvarez, Gomez, Akanji, Mahrez, Palmer, Lewis
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Chelsea v Southampton line-ups
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Badiashile, Koulibaly, Chilwell, Kovacic, Fernandez, Madueke, Mount, Joao Felix, D Fofana.
Subs: Bettinelli, Chalobah, Mudryk, Sterling, Zakaria, Gallagher, Havertz, W Fofana, Hall.
Southampton: Bazunu, Maitland-Niles, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Perraud, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, S Armstrong, Sulemana, Elyounoussi, Onuachu.
Subs: Caballero, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, A Armstrong, Mara, Djenepo, Alcaraz, Diallo, Walcott.
Championship: Meanwhile at the Den, Sheffield United’s charge towards automatic promotion is looking in a little danger of being derailed. Having lost against Middlesbrough during the week, they currently trail Millwall by the odd goal of three.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-2 Arsenal (Zinchenko 61)
Premier League: Oleksandr Zinchenko has equalised for Arsenal with his first goal for the club, a sweetly struck shot beyond Emiliano Martinez from the edge of the penalty area. Scott Murray has the latest …
Arsenal: Mikel Arteta has called for the Premier League to afford top-flight fixtures the same privilege as Champions League away games and avoid scheduling Wednesday-to-Saturday-lunchtime turnarounds in future. Nick Ames reports …
Manchester United: The club were the subject of an official bid of a minimum £4bn on Friday from Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the chairman of QIB, a Qatari bank. The offer comes with a promise to load no debt on the club and to redevelop the club’s infrastructure. The British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his petrochemicals firm Ineos have also confirmed a bid for “majority ownership” of the club. Jamie Jackson reports …
Today's Championship fixtures
Romaine Sawyers scored the only goal of the game in added time as Cardiff City beat Reading in the weekend’s Championship opener in Wales last night. It was a big result for Sabri Lamouchi’s side, who move five points clear of the relegation zone, albeit having played two games more than each of the only four teams below them in the table. Millwall host Sheffield United in today’s early kick-off at the Den, where the sides are level at half-time with one goal apiece.
Millwall 1-1 Sheffield United (L)
Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City
Blackpool v Stoke City
Huddersfield Town v Birmingham City
Hull City v Preston
Luton Town v Burnley
Middlesbrough v QPR
Rotherham United v Coventry City
Sunderland v Bristol City
Wigan Athletic v Norwich City
Today's Premier League fixtures
Brentford v Crystal Palace
Wolves v Bournemouth
Brighton v Fulham
Everton v Leeds United
Chelsea v Southampton
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
Newcastle v Liverpool (5.30pm GMT)
Christian Atsu (1992-2023)
The Ghanaian and former Premier League footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the earthquake rubble in Turkey, his agent has said. Atsu, 31, who played for Newcastle United and Everton, was falsely reported as having been taken to hospital last week.
He had been missing since the earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on 6 February, killing tens of thousands of people. Newcastle have released a statement describing their former player as “a talented player and a special person”.
Premier League Clockwatch
Aston Villa and Arsenal got the weekend’s top flight action under way with this afternoon’s early game at Villa Park. It is a tricky test of nerve for Arsenal and one they are currently flunking. Villa lead 2-1 at half-time, with Ollie Watkins and Philippe Coutinho scoring their goals either side of Bukayo Saka’s splendid equaliser.
We have no fewer than six three o’clock kick-offs ahead of this evening’s eye-catching fixture between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James’ Park, with Manchester City travelling to Nottingham Forest as they attempt to maintain the pressure on Arsenal after beating them on Wednesday night. Elsewhere, Brentford host out-of-sorts Crystal Palace, strugglers Bournemouth travel to Wolves looking for their first win in eight league excursions and two of this season’s surprise packages meet at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton take on Fulham.
Still looking for a new manager and bottom of the table, four points from safety, Southampton have a daunting assignment away to Chelsea, while Everton host Leeds, who also have a caretaker in charge, in a game of huge importance for two clubs sitting either side of that thick black line nobody wants to finish underneath.
We’ll bring you team news, updates on all the goals as they go in around the grounds and flag up any other major talking points on what promises to be another fascinating afternoon of top flight action.
