Match report: Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton
Premier League: A quickfire exchange of goals meant the spoils were shared at Bramall Lane. Louise Taylor was there for the Guardian.
Match report: Burnley 3-0 Bournemouth
Premier League: It was an afternoon to forget for Bournemouth, who must have felt the pointy-heads at Stockley Park were conspiring against them.
Match report: Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle
Premier League: A free-kick from Patrick van Aanholt separated the sides at Selhurst Park.
Match report: Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League: Shane Long and Stuart Armstrong got the goals as Southampton left Aston Villa hovering just above the drop zone.
Match report: Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: David Hytner was at Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea run out deserved winners against unambitious Tottenham.
Updated
Bundesliga results
- Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-1 Hoffenheim
- Hertha Berlin 0-5 Cologne
- Freiburg 0-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
- Werder Bremen 0-2 Borussia Dortmund
- Schalke v RB Leipzig (5.30pm GMT)
A four-goal haul for Lionel Messi: He scored four of Barcelona’s goals in their 5-0 La Liga demolition of Eibar, with Arthur chipping in with the fifth.
Premier League results
- Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
- Burnley 3-0 Bournemouth
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle United
- Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton
- Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
- Leicester City v Manchester City (5.30pm GMT)
- View the Premier League table
Championship results
- Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
- Barnsley 1-0 Middlesbrough
- Birmingham City 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday
- Bristol City 0-3 West Brom
- Charlton Athletic 3-1 Luton Town
- Leeds United 1-0 Reading
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 QPR
- Preston 2-1 Hull City
- Stoke City 2-0 Cardiff City
- Swansea City 3-1 Huddersfield Town
- Wigan Athletic 1-0 Millwall
- View the Championship table
League One results
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool
- Accrington Stanley 1-2 Rotherham
- Fleetwood Town 1-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich Town 0-1 Oxford United
- Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham
- MK Dons 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale 1-2 Coventry City
- Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Southend United 2-3 Burton Albion
- Sunderland 3-0 Bristol Rovers
- Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Tranmere Rovers
- View the League One table
League Two results
- Carlisle United 2-2 Morecambe
- Cheltenham Town 1-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 2-0 Stevenage
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town
- Leyton Orient 2-2 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 2-1 Bradford City
- Northampton Town 2-0 Exeter City
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Cambridge United
- Salford City 1-2 Colchester United
- Scunthorpe United 1-0 Forest Green
- Swindon Town 3-1 Grimsby Town
- Walsall 2-2 Port Vale
- View the League Two table
Scottish Premiership results
- Aberdeen 1-2 Ross County
- Hamilton 0-0 Motherwell
- Hibernian 1-1 Livingston
Full time: Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League: Southampton pulled further away from the drop zone, while Aston Villa hover just above it.
Updated
Full time: Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton
Premier League: Quick fire goals from Enda Stevens and Neal Maupay mean the spoils were shared at Bramall Lane.
Full time: Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle
Premier League: A free-kick from Patrick van Aanholt was enough to separate the sides at Selhurst Park.
GOAL! Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League: With Pepe Reine up for a corner, Southampton break on the counter and Stuart Armstrong scores into an empty goal.
Full time: Burnley 3-0 Bournemouth
Premier League: Burnley ran out comforrtable winners at Turf Moor despite Bournemouth having two goals ruled out by VAR.
Premier League: With Crystal Palace leading Newcastle by the only goal of the game, Wilfried Zaha is taken down by Valentino Lazaro, who gets a straight red card and the three-match ban that comes with it.
Championship: On loan in Wales from Liverpool, Rhian Brewster tees up Jordan Garrick to make it Swansea City 3-1 Huddersfield.
Updated
Championship: George Lapslie scores Charlton’s third of the afternoon - they lead Luton 3-1 at the Valley.
Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen trail Ross County 2-1, with Bill McKay scoring both goals for the visitors at Pittodrie.
GOAL! Burnley 3-0 Bournemouth (McNeill 87)
Premier League: A thoroughly miserable afternoon for Bournemouth gets just a little bit worse as Dwight McNeill scores Burnley’s third goal of the afternoon.
Updated
VAR: Another contentious VAR decision as John Lundstram survives a review after coming perilously close to kneecapping Brighton’s Lewis Dunk. It remains 1-1 at Bramall Lane.
Championship: Two quick goals at the Liberty Stadium, where Huddersfield equalised through Steve Mounie, only to go behind moments later after Jay Fulton restored Swansea’s lead. At Ashton Gate, West Brom are down to 10 men following the sending-off of Romaine Sawyers, but lead 3-0 after Hal Robson-Kanu scored his second goal of the afternoon.
League One: Without a home and fielding a team built on a shoestring, Coventry are heading for the top of League One as things stand. They’ve just doubled their lead against Rochdale, with Matt Godden bagging their second with 19 minutes left on the clock. Ah ... hold on, as I type Aaron Wilbraham pulls one back for Rochdale to make it 2-1.
League Two latest
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool
- Accrington Stanley 1-1 Rotherham
- Fleetwood Town 1-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich Town 0-1 Oxford United
- Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham
- MK Dons 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale 1-2 Coventry City
- Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Southend United 1-3 Burton Albion
- Sunderland 2-0 Bristol Rovers
- Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Tranmere Rovers
Championship: Preston go ahead against Hull City, thanks to Alan Browne, while Barnsley lead Middlesbrough 1-0 after a goal from Conor Chaplin. At the Bet365 Stadium, Stoke lead Cardiff City 2-0 courtesy of a goal from Joe Allen.
League One: Charlie Wyke doubles Sunderland’s lead against Bristol Rovers.
League One: Sunderland take the lead against Bristol Rovers, who are down to 10 men after Abu Agogo was shown a red card and ordered to go-go. Lynden Gooch puts Sunderland ahead from six yards out after being teed up by a Chris Maguire pull-back from the byline.
Championship: Jacob Murphy scores his second of the game, but the first for his own team, to Sheffield Wednesday the lead by the odd goal of five against Birmingham City. At Deepdale, Paul Gallagher has scored from the spot for the hosts to make it Preston 1-1 Hull City.
Championship latest
- Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Middlesbrough
- Birmingham City 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday
- Bristol City 0-2 West Brom
- Charlton Athletic 2-1 Luton Town
- Leeds United 1-0 Reading
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 QPR
- Preston 1-1 Hull City
- Stoke City 1-0 Cardiff City
- Swansea City 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Wigan Athletic 1-0 Millwall
League One: League leaders Rotherham went ahead against Accrington, with substitute Freddie Ladapo doing the honours. Their lead lasted no more than a couple of minutes, however, as Jordan Clark has levelled the scores.
League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool
- Accrington Stanley 0-1 Rotherham
- Fleetwood Town 1-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich Town 0-1 Oxford United
- Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham
- MK Dons 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale 0-1 Coventry City
- Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Southend United 1-2 Burton Albion
- Sunderland 0-0 Bristol Rovers
- Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Tranmere Rovers
Championship: Luton’s James Collins handles in the box to give Charlton a penalty which is converted by Lyle Taylor. It’s 2-1 the hosts at the Valley. At Elland Road, Leeds have gone ahead against Reading, with Pablo Hernandez putting them 1-0 up. And at the DW Stadium a Shaun Hutchinson own goal means Millwall are a goal down against Wigan.
Championship latest
- Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Middlesbrough
- Birmingham City 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday
- Bristol City 0-2 West Brom
- Charlton Athletic 2-1 Luton Town
- Leeds United 1-0 Reading
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 QPR
- Preston 0-1 Hull City
- Stoke City 1-0 Cardiff City
- Swansea City 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Wigan Athletic 1-0 Millwall
GOAL! Burnley 2-0 Bournemouth (Rodriguez 61pen)
Premier League: After Callum Wilson was adjudged to have handled the ball before setting off on the break to tee up his namesake, Jay Rodriguez scores his eighth of the season from the spot. Bournemouth have had two goals ruled out by VAR and will be furious - it looked a very harsh decision.
Updated
Scenes at Turf Moor!
Premier League: Harry Wilson scores for Bournemouth after being set up by Callum Wilson, but his goal is disallowed and Burnley have been awarded a penalty for handball at the other end of the pitch.
Updated
Giovani Lo Celso latest: It has been announced that the Tottenham midfielder will not be punished retrospectively after escaping a red card for stamping on Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta, because his offence was spotted by match officials ... including those in charge of VAR at Stockley Park. You couldn’t make it up!
GOAL! Burnley 1-0 Bournemouth (Vydra 53)
Premier League: It’s two goals in two games for Matej Vydra, who puts Burnley ahead at Turf Moor with a fine finish after being put through by Dwight McNeill.
Updated
League One: Ryan Edwards scores for the visitors to make it Burton 2-1 Southend at Roots Hall.
League Two: Swindon score a quick-fire double to go two up against Grimsby. Jerry Yates and Diallang Jaiyesimi with the goals at the County Ground.
League Two: A couple of early second half goals in the fourth tier, where Scunthorpe lead Forest Green 1-0 and Swindon lead Grimsby by the same score.
And in Germany: Erling Haaland has got on the scoresheet for Borussia Dortmund yet again, scoring one of the two goals by which they lead Werder Bremen. Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, with around 20 minutes left, it’s: Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-0 Hoffenheim, Hertha Berlin 0-4 Cologne and Freiberg 0-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Meanwhile in Spain: Celta Vigo have beaten Leganes 1-0 in the day’s early kick-off in La Liga. It’s half-time at Camp Nou, where Barcelona lead Eibar 3-0 after your friend and mine, Mr Lionel Messi, scored a first-half hat-trick in 26 minutes.
Updated
Premier League half-times
- Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (result)
- Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle United
- Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton
- Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
- Leicester City v Manchester City (5.30pm GMT)
Championship half-times
- Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Middlesbrough
- Birmingham City 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday
- Bristol City 0-2 West Brom
- Charlton Athletic 1-1 Luton Town
- Leeds United 0-0 Reading
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 QPR
- Preston 0-1 Hull City
- Stoke City 1-0 Cardiff City
- Swansea City 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Millwall
League One half-times
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool
- Accrington Stanley 0-0 Rotherham
- Fleetwood Town 1-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich Town 0-1 Oxford United
- Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham
- MK Dons 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale 0-1 Coventry City
- Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Southend United 1-1 Burton Albion
- Sunderland 0-0 Bristol Rovers
- Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
Updated
League Two half-times
- Carlisle United 1-2 Morecambe
- Cheltenham Town 0-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Stevenage
- Crewe Alexandra 2-0 Macclesfield Town
- Leyton Orient 1-2 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 2-1 Bradford City
- Northampton Town 1-0 Exeter City
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Cambridge United
- Salford City 1-2 Colchester United
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Forest Green
- Swindon Town 0-0 Grimsby Town
- Walsall 1-2 Port Vale
Scottish Premiership half-times
- Aberdeen 1-1 Ross County
- Hamilton 0-0 Motherwell
- Hibernian 0-0 Livingston
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Newcastle (Van Aanholt 44)
Premier League: Patrick van Aanholt scores with a free-kick to put Crystal Palace ahead at Selhurst Park, but Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka will feel he should have done more to keep it out.
Updated
Championship: Hull City open the scoring against Preston at Deepdale, with Mallik Wilks scoring his third in four games since joining on loan from Barnsley during the January transfer window.
Championship: Fernando Forestrieri makes it Birmingham City 2-2 Sheffield in a ridiculously entertaining encounter at St Andrew’s. Elsewhere, Charlton lead Luton Town by the only goal of the game, only to concede an equaliser from the kick-off. At the Bet365 Stadium, Stoke City lead Cardiff thanks to Nick Powell’s goal. At Ashton Gate, West Brom have doubled their lead against Bristol City and are coasting to victory.
Championship latest
- Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Barnsley 0-0 Middlesbrough
- Birmingham City 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday
- Bristol City 0-2 West Brom
- Charlton Athletic 1-1 Luton Town
- Leeds United 0-0 Reading
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 QPR
- Preston 0-0 Hull City
- Stoke City 1-0 Cardiff City
- Swansea City 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Wigan Athletic 0-0 Millwall
Updated
Championship: There’s no shortage of excitement at the matches involving both Sheffield sides - Wednesday are behind again after Lukas Jutkiewicz shoots low into the corner for Birmingham City.
Meanwhile at Ashton Gate, league leaders West Brom are one up against Bristol City, thanks to a scrappy goal from Callum Robinson.
Updated
GOAL! Sheffield United 1-1 Brighton (Maupay 30)
Premier League: Sheffield United’s lead doesn’t last long, as Neal Maupay heads Brighton level within three minutes of his side going behind.
Updated
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday equalise against Birmingham City, with Barry Bannan restoring parity. Meanwhile at the Liberty Stadium, Andre Ayew scores his second in 10 from close range to put Swansea ahead against Huddersfield.
GOAL! Sheffield United 1-0 Brighton (Stevens 26)
Premier League: Sheffield United go ahead against Brighton after Enda Stevens scores his second goal of the season from a ridiculously tight angle.
Updated
League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Blackpool
- Accrington Stanley 0-0 Rotherham
- Fleetwood Town 1-0 Portsmouth
- Ipswich Town 0-0 Oxford United
- Lincoln City 0-0 Gillingham
- MK Dons 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
- Rochdale 0-1 Coventry City
- Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Southend United 0-1 Burton Albion
- Sunderland 0-0 Bristol Rovers
- Wycombe Wanderers 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
Premier League: Josh King had the ball in the net for Bournemouth against Burnley, but his effort has been ruled out by VAR. The ball hit Philip Billing’s shoulder in the build-up and King’s “goal” was ruled out as a result. It seems a questionable decision, to say the least.
League Two latest: Crawley Town have taken the lead against Stevenage again and this time the goal stands. Beryly Lubala fires the hosts ahead in the 21st minute.
League Two latest
It seems I jumped the gun reporting Crawley Town goal against Stevenage as Ashley Nasedan’s effort was subsequently ruled out for offside. Apologies.
- Carlisle United 0-1 Morecambe
- Cheltenham Town 0-0 Mansfield Town
- Crawley Town 0-0 Stevenage
- Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Macclesfield Town
- Leyton Orient 1-2 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 0-0 Bradford City
- Northampton Town 1-0 Exeter City
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Cambridge United
- Salford City 0-0 Colchester United
- Scunthorpe United 0-0 Forest Green
- Swindon Town 0-0 Grimsby Town
- Walsall 1-1 Port Vale
Championship: Nottingham Forest have had a goal controversially chalked off in their game against QPR, after the ball was judged to have blown off the quadrant before Joe Lolley delivered it on to the head of Joe Worrall.
League One: Michael Rose heads past Robert Sanchez following a short corner to give Coventry the lead against Rochdale. As things stand, Coventry top the table.
Championship: It’s head-in-hands time for Jacob Murphy, whose own goal gives Birmingham City the lead against Sheffield Wednesday.
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa (Long 8)
Premier League: Shane Long puts Southampton in front against Villa, the ball going in off Shane Long’s thigh as he converted a cross from Moussa Djenepo.
Updated
League Two: Crawley Town have gone ahead against Stevenage, who they lead 1-0.
League One: Burton Albion have taken an early lead at Southend, with Lucas Akins scoring on the five minute mark.
League Two: Vadane Oliver has scored the first goal in today’s three o’clock games, firing Northampton into a 1-0 lead against Exeter City.
Sheffield United 0-0 Brighton: The Blades have started on the front foot at Bramall Lane, where Billy Sharp has just sent a low diagonal effort fizzing narrowly wide.
Match report: Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: David Hytner was at Stamford Bridge, where Jose Mourinho’s overly defensive set-up played into the hands of Frank Lampard.
More on Stockley Park-gate: BT Sport analyst and former referee Peter Walton has now changed his mind and decided that Giovani Lo Celso should have been sent off for his stamp on Cesar Azpilicueta. This could have been cleared up very easily if match referee Michael Oliver had simply checked the pitch-side monitor, which was located about five feet away from where the foul took place.
Updated
More on that contentious non-red at Stamford Bridge: John Cross is as bemused as everyone else ...
BT Sport saying Stockley Park has told them they’ve held their hands up and the VAR (David Coote) got it wrong. Should have been red. Meanwhile, BT Sport’s ref expert Peter Walton stands by his original verdict that it wasn’t. That’s cleared that up.
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) February 22, 2020
Full time: Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship: Brentford make it three draws on the spin, coming from two goals down to rescue a point against Blackburn Rovers. They are in fourth place, three points off an automatic promotion place. Blackburn remain in eighth place, two points off the play-offs.
Updated
BREAKING: We have been speaking to Stockley Park who have admitted they got the decision wrong and Lo Celso should have been sent off... @btsport
— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) February 22, 2020
Full time: Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: Despite conceding a late goal, Chelsea have run out fairly comfortable winners at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard rang the changes and each of those brought in to the team – Mason Mount, Olivier Giroud, Marcos Alonso and Ross Barkley – justified their inclusion with fine performances. Still in fourth place, Chelsea extend their lead over Tottenham to four points.
Controversy at Stockley Park
Have taken some time to decide that Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso should not have been sent off for an alleged stamp on Cesar Azpilicueto earlier in the second half, the VAR officials at Stockley Park are now reported to have said they made a mistake. “It’s not a VAR error, but a human error,” they say. Expect to hear more on what appears to be another VAR shambles. A VARce, if you will.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham (Rudiger 90og)
Premier League: Erik Lamela has pulled one back for Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge, his shot from a tight angle creeping in after a deflection off the heel of Antonio Rudiger completely wrong-footed Willy Caballero.
Southampton v Aston Villa line-ups
Southampton: McCarthy, Djenepo, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Smallbone, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Ings, Long, Armstrong.
Subs: Vestergaard, Adams, Romeu, Boufal, Obafemi, Gunn, Valery.
Aston Villa: Reina, Hause, Mings, Konsa, Guilbert, Nakamba, Douglas Luiz, Targett, El Ghazi, Samatta, Grealish.
Subs: Borja Baston, Drinkwater, Hourihane, Trezeguet, Engels, Nyland, Elmohamady.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Burnley v Bournemouth line-ups
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Rodriguez, Vydra.
Subs: Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Brady, Hart, Pieters, Lennon, Long.
Bournemouth: Ramsdale, Stacey, Francis, Steve Cook, Smith, Surman, Billing, Gosling, Harry Wilson, Callum Wilson, King.
Subs: Boruc, Solanke, Lewis Cook, Stanislas, Rico, Fraser, Simpson.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Championship: It’s all square at Griffin Park, where the home side have restored parity. Said Benrahma has stroked home a penalty to make it Brentford 2-2 Blackburn Rovers.
Crystal Palace v Newcastle line-ups
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Dann, Cahill, van Aanholt, Kouyate, McArthur, McCarthy, Ayew, Benteke, Zaha.
Subs: Meyer, Townsend, Hennessey, Tosun, Kelly, Pierrick, Riedewald.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Lazaro, Fernandez, Lascelles, Schar, Rose, Almiron, Sean Longstaff, Bentaleb, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.
Subs: Ritchie, Gayle, Hayden, Lejeune, Yedlin, Darlow, Matthew Longstaff.
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
Updated
Sheffield United v Brighton line-ups
Sheff Utd: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Berge, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, McBurnie, Sharp.
Subs: Lundstram, Jagielka, McGoldrick, Verrips, Mousset, Osborn, Retsos.
Brighton: Ryan, Duffy, Dunk, Webster, Schelotto, Bissouma, Propper, Burn, Maupay, Murray, Mooy.
Subs: Trossard, Gross, Jahanbakhsh, March, Button, Bernardo, Connolly.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Championship: Brentford have pulled a goal back against Blackburn with 28 minutes left on the clock. Ollie Watkins has volleyed home his 21st goal of the season to make it Brentford 1-2 Blackburn at Griffin Park.
Championship: Adam Armstrong has scored his second of the game – this one from the penalty spot – to double Blackburn’s lead at Griffin Park, where they lead Brentford 2-0.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Alonso 49)
Premier League: Chelsea have doubled their lead early in the second half, with Marcos Alonso spanking one in to round off a fine counter-attack early in the second half. Scott Murray has the latest ...
Updated
Football Weekly ... Extra
Max Rushden was on a well-earned European mini-break, which meant Faye Carruthers sat in to maintain order during the most recent edition of our football podcast. You can listen here and if you’re not already a subscriber, download it in all the usual podcast places.
League Two
Joint top of the table with Exeter City but ahead on goal difference, Swindon Town host a Grimsby side that has lost just two out of 10 matches since the appointment of Ian Holloway. Exeter travel to Northampton, who could do with a result to maintain their push for the play-offs.
League One
Ahead of Coventry at the top of the table with the two sides separated by nothing more than goal difference, Rotherham travelling to Accrington Stanley, who are in 14th place. Coventry travel to take on a Rochdale side who are 10 points clear of the drop zone, but not so comfortable that they don’t need to keep looking over their shoulder.
With Bolton and Southend already looking dead and buried, Tranmere are in desperate need of points to close the seven-point gap between themselves and AFC Wimbledon. They travel to Wycombe, while Wimbledon entertain Blackpool.
Championship
Wayne Rooney and Aleksandar Mitrovic got on the scoresheet as Derby County and Fulham played out a 1-1 draw at Pride Park last night. Making his 500th English league appearance, Rooney opened the scoring with an audacious Panenka penalty, only for Mitrovic to volley home an equaliser in the 71st minute.
In today’s early game, unlikely promotion-chasers Brentford host Blackburn Rovers at Griffin Park, where the visitors lead 1-0 and will go sixth, within two points of their rivals if they can hold on to their lead.
Premier League
The weekend’s top flight action kicked off at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea are entertaining Tottenham. With both teams missing key players, it’s one you could have expected to go either way and with the second half just under way, Chelsea lead by the most slender of margins courtesy of Olivier Giroud’s 15th minute strike.
Greetings one and all ...
The winter break is behind us, which means that after two weeks worth of Premier League pickings that can only be described as slim, we have several top flight three o’clock kick-offs to keep tabs on this Saturday.
We’ll also be monitoring the rest of the Football League and bringing news from the biggest fixtures down the divisions, so stay tuned for team news and build-up before we start dutifully flagging up any goals and major talking points once play gets under way. The Guardian, here to keep an eye on the football so that you don’t have to.
Updated
