Premier League match report: Norwich 0-1 West Brom https://t.co/nF2Jo2rVge
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Premier League table
On 21 points, Manchester City lead by a point from West Ham, whose win over Chelsea has taken them into second place, just one point behind. Meanwhile in 15th place, defending champions Chelsea have 11 points. There’s no doubt that their manager Jose Mourinho will feature prominently in the headlines after being sent off at half-time, apparently for attempting to gain access to the changing room occupied by referee Jon Moss and his assistants.
Scottish Premiership
- Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwell
- Dundee 1-2 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 2-0 Ross County
- Inverness CT 0-1 St Johnstone
- Partick Thistle 1-1 Hamilton Academical
- Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley
- Fulham 4-2 Reading
- Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Leeds United
- Brighton 0-0 Preston
- Charlton 0-3 Brentford
- Huddersfield Town 1-2 Derby County
- Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City
- Nottingham Forest 1-1 Ipswich Town
- QPR 3-0 MK dons
- Wolves 1-3 Middlesbrough
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Premier League results
- Aston Villa 2-1 Swansea City
- Leicester City 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Norwich City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
- Stoke City 0-2 Watford
- West Ham 2-1 Chelsea
- Arsenal v Everton (5.30pm)
Full time: West Ham 2-1 Chelsea
West Ham add another big-name scalp to their impressive collection, inflicting Chelsea’s seventh defeat of the season in all competitions on Jose Mourinho’s team in a match where Nemanja Matic was sent off after West Ham had taken the lead through Mauro Zarate. Gary Cahill bagged a second half equaliser after Jose Mourinho was sent off during the interval, but Andy Carroll came the bench to head West Ham back in front and secure all three points for his team.
Premier League results ...
- Aston Villa 1-2 Swansea City
- Leicester City 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Norwich City 0-1 West Brom
- Stoke City 0-2 Watford
- They’re still playing at Upton Park, where West Ham lead Chelsea 2-1.
Preview of Mourinho's post-match interview. pic.twitter.com/Jb1QWCivSV
— John Brewin (@JohnBrewinESPN) October 24, 2015
Another goal in the Championship: Grant Leadbitter makes it 2-1 to Middlesbrough against Wolves at Molineux from the penalty spot.
Another goal in the Championship: Charlton are winless in nine games and in a couple of minutes they’ll be winless in 10. They trail Brentford 0-3 at the Valley, where Lasse Vibe has put the visitors out of sight with just four minutes to go.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-2 Swansea City (A Ayew)
As anyone who has seen them play on a regular basis will attest, anything Jordan Ayew can do his brother Andre can do better . the Swansea City man joins his brother on the scoresheet to give Swansea City and leave Tim sherwood looking exceptionally glum on the sideline. You’d need a heart of stone not to feel some pity for the Aston Villa manager.
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Mourinho watch: Having been sent off at half-time, Jose Mourinho had been watching the second half from the directors’ box at Upton Park, but has now left and is nowhere to be seen with eight minutes of the match left to go. He’s currently missing a Willian free-kick which is cleared by West Ham’s defence.
Bundesliga full-times: Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 Stuttgart, Bayern Munich 4-0 Cologne, Damstadt 0-1 Woflsburg, Hannover 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz 1-3 Werder Bremen.
More goals in the Championship: Diego Fabbrini has equalised for Middlesbrough against Wolves, while Matt Phillips has doubles QPR’s lead against MK Dons to make it 2-0 at Loftus Road.
GOAL! West Ham 2-1 Chelsea (Carroll 79)
Andy Carroll, on as a sub for West Ham, leaps above Cesar Azpilicueta to head his team back into the lead against 10-man Chelsea.
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A goal in the Championship: Ipswich Town take the lead against Nottingham Forest thanks to a goal from Jonathan Parr after 74 minutes.
A penalty and a red card in the Championship: Leeds have equalised against Bolton, with Mirko Antenucci scoring from the spot after Prince Desir Gouano was sent off for a professional foul.
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Meanwhile in Scotland: After approximately 70 minutes, it’s Aberdeen 1-0 Motherwell, Dundee 0-2 Kilmarnock, Hearts 2-0 Ross County, Inverness 0-0 St Johnstone and Partick Thistle 1-0 Hamilton.
A goal in the Championship: Jay Emmanuel-Thomas scores his fifth of the season to put QPR a goal ahead against MK Dons. It’s 1-0 at Loftus Road.
GOAL! Stoke City 0-2 Watford (Abdi)
Swiss midfielder Almen Abdi scores his first Premier League, catching Jack Butland off his guard with an early shot to double Watford’s lead after 69 minutes.
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GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Swansea (Sigurdsson)
Iceland’s Gylfi Sigurdsson equalises for Swansea City from a free-kick against Aston Villa after 68 minutes.
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Mixed reports coming from Upton Park ...
It has apparently been confirmed that Jose Mourinho did get sent off. I’ll bring you confirmation of that confirmation when I get it.
Mixed reports coming from Upton Park ...
Ian “Moose” Abrahams, Talksport’s man on the scene, is reporting that Jose Mourinho has not been sent off, but has chosen to watch the second half of his team’s match against West Ham from the directors’ box.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Swansea (J Ayew)
Jordan Ayew scores at one end for Aston Villa moments after his brother Andre had missed at the other for Swansea City. Beleaguered Villa lead against the beleaguered Swans.
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7 - Jamie Vardy has become just the 8th different player to score in 7+ consecutive Premier League appearances. Star.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 24, 2015
A goal in the Championship: Bees fans will be buzzing at the news that John Swift scored his second of the afternoon to make it Charlton Athletic 0-2 Brentford.
GOAL! Leicester 1-0 Crystal Palace (Vardy)
Jamie Vardy continues his astonishing run of goalscoring form to notch up his 10th goal of the season and put Leicester a goal up against Crystal Palace.
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GOAL! West Ham 1-1 Chelsea (Cahill)
Ten-man Chelsea continue to hog the headlines and Clockwatch entries as Gary Cahill equalises for Chelsea with a half-volley that gives Adrian no chance.
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Sky Sports are reporting that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho attempted to get into the referee’s changing room at half-time and was ordered out and then issued with a red card. It’ll be interesting to see if he calls Jon Moss “naive and weak” in the wake of this game.
Meanwhile in Spain: Real Madrid lead Celta Vigo 2-0 at the Balaidos Stadium after 51 minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo and Danilo got the goals there.
Another goal in the Championship: Derby lead Huddersfield 2-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium, where George Thorne has given the Rams the lead.
Jose Mourinho has been sent to the stand ...
After Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas got booked for dissent in the aftermath of Nemanja Matic’s red card just before the interval at Upton Park, Jose Mourinho was given a red card in the tunnel when he waited for referee Jon Moss to come in for his half-time brew. One of Mourinho’s assistants has also been dismissed. The Chelsea meltdown cranks up a notch just when it looked as if they might be getting their season back on track.
GOAL! Norwich City 0-1 West Brom (Rondon)
Salomon Rondon runs 50 yards to get on the end of a marvellous cross from James McClean and head past John Ruddy to put the Baggies ahead.
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And on the continent ...
After nearly 70 minutes, just one Bundesliga match is scoreless and that’s between Darmstadt and Wolfsburg. Bayer Leverkusen trail Stuttgart 1-3, while Robert Lewandowski has scored to put Bayern Munich 3-0 ahead against Cologne. Hanover are losing 1-2 at home to Frankfurt, while Mainz trail Werder Bremen 0-3.
Scottish Premiership half-times
- Aberdeen 1-0 Motherwell
- Dundee 0-1 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 1-0 Ross County
- Inverness CT 0-0 St Johnstone
- Partick Thistle 0-0 Hamilton Academical
Half-time scores
- Aston Villa 0-0 Swansea City
- Leicester City 0-0 Crystal Palace
- Norwich City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
- Stoke City 0-1 Watford
- West Ham 1-0 Chelsea
- Arsenal v Everton (5.30pm)
Championship
- Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley (Result)
- Fulham4-2 Reading (Result)
- Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Leeds United
- Brighton 0-0 Preston
- Charlton 0-1 Brentford
- Huddersfield Town 1-1 Derby County
- Hull City 2-0 Birmingham City
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 Ipswich Town
- QPR 0-0 MK Dons
- Wolves 1-0 Middlesbrough
More on that Matic dismissal: Jon Moss was the referee who sent off Matic after a long consultation with one of his assistants and was promptly surrounded by five different Chelsea players, led by John Terry, who didn’t happen to agree with his decision. They can have no grumbles, not that that will stop them moaning. It was a yellow card.
RED CARD! Chelsea's Nemanja Matic sent off
Chelsea have a Cesc Fabregas equaliser ruled out for offside and it doesn’t look a great decisiion. Having run down the touchline to whinge at the match officials, Jose Mourinho is given more fuel for his conspiracy theories as Nemanja Matic is sent off for his second booking. He drags down Diafra Sakho and it’s a fair booking which prompts sarcastic laughter from Mourinho on the bench.
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Goal! Stoke City 0-1 Watford (Deeney 43)
So Troy Deeney can’t buy a goal for Watford, eh? Well, he’s just put them 1-0 up against Stoke City after 43 minutes.
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Chelsea denied by goal-line technology: Mere centimetres deny Kurt Zouma an equaliser as the ball doesn’t quite cross the line. Soon after, Dimitri Payet sends Manuel Lanzxini on his way for West Ham, but the Argentinian’s attempt to chip Asmir Begovic drops just over the bar.
Watford go close against Stoke City: The Hornets hit the woodwork twice in quick succession, first through Odion Ighalo and then through Troy Deeney, who can’t buy a goal this season.
More goals in the Championship: Harry Bunn has equalised for Huddersfield against Derby County, while Bolton new boy Shola Ameobi has endeared himself to Trotters fans by opening the scoring for his new team against Leeds United, who are now managed by charisma’s Steve Evans.
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Championship latest: John Swift, on loan from Chelsea, has scored his first goal for Brentford to put the Bees 1-0 up against Charlton Athletic at the Valley. At Molineux, Wolverhampton lead Middlesbrough 1-0 courtesy of a David Edwards header after 22 minutes. That’s his third of the season.
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Scottish Premiership latest: Aberdeen 0-0 Motherwll, Dundee 0-1 Kilmarnock, Hearts 1-0 Ross County, Inverness 0-0 St Johnstone, Partick Thistle 0-0 Hamilton.
Blackburn 0-1 Burnley | Championship match report https://t.co/6DM9RQLgb8 (Pic Reuters) pic.twitter.com/lMPjcpY0aD
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More goals in Germany: Werder Bremen are away at Jurgen Klopp’s old club Mainz today and have blitzed their opponents with three goals in the final six minutes of the first half to lead 3-0 at the interval. Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Bayern lead Cologne 2-0 at half-time and it’s scoreless between Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart, Darmstadt and Wolfsburg and Hannover and Eintracht Frankfurt.
A more heart-warming stat for Chelsea fans, from optimism’s Jacob Steinberg.
Last time West Ham led a Mourinho side, they lost 4-1 to 10-man Chelsea back in April 2006.
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) October 24, 2015
Stat to help cheer up Chelsea fans: Their team hasn’t come from behind to win a match yet this season. Oh.
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Chelsea (Zarate 17)
Asmir Begovic saved from a Dimitri Payet free-kick and put the ball out for a corner. From the resulting inswinger, the ball was half-cleared to Mauro Zarate and he shot low and hard into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area. Chelsea’s woes continue against high-flying West Ham.
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Championship latest: Scottish international striker Chris Martin scores his fourth goal in four games to put Derby County one up at Huddersfield.
Real Madrid lead Celta Vigo in Spain: Sid Lowe has the latest.
Ronaldo! 1-0 to Madrid.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) October 24, 2015
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We’ve had another goal in Germany: Bayern now lead Cologne 2-0, with Arturo Vidal chipping in with their second as the game approaches half-time.
We’ve had a goal in Germany: In the 2.30pm kick-off between Bayern Munich and Cologne, Arjen Robben has returned from injury to score in his first match since 3 September after 36 minutes.
Leicester go close against Crystal Palace: Riyad Mahrez has pulled a shot wide of the upright at the King Power Stadium after good work by Marc Albrighton.
The day's 3pm kick-offs are under way
But at Craven Cottage where Fulham are taking on Reading in the Championship, the home side have just gone 4-2 ahead after 72 minutes. By all accounts it’s been a fairly one-sided encounter, with Reading being the side that are dominating! They’re not dominating on the scoreboard, however, with Moussa Dembele scoring his second to give Fulham a two-goal cushion.
Not long now ...
We’re approaching kick-off time for today’s 3pm matches. Referees are checking their watches, managers are settling into their comfy dug-out chairs, players are going through last-minute pre-game high fives and stadium announcers the length and breadth of the country are reading out the line-ups. Let’s be careful out there, people.
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Bundesliga latest: Five matches kicked off 21 minutes ago and it’s scoreless in each and every one of them. Already seven points clear at the top of the table, Bayern Munich play sixth place Cologne today.
Championship latest: I had to step away from my desk briefly and it’s all gone mad at Craven Cottage, where Fulham have come from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 in six second-half minutes. Orlando Sa but the Royals 2-0 ahead after 49 minutes, but goals from Ross McCormack, Moussa Dembele and Alex Kacaniklic have turned the game on its head after an hour.
Garry Monk speaks ...
It’s been a difficult week for the Swansea City manager, who has hit his first potholes as a young manager with his Swansea team currently out of form. “It’s been an interesting one and one in which I’ve really just focussed on the players and this game,” he tells Sky Sports. “I just think they need to trust in themselves and get their confidence levels back up. We know how good we can be.”
Tim Sherwood speaks ...
“A win would be handy,” says Villa’s manager upon being asked message he’ll be giving his players this afternoon. “We’re going to be pushing for the win because we need the three points today. I couldn’t get any more centre-forwards on the pitch so we’ll be going all out to win this game.” Tim goes on to say that the Villa Park crowd “got us through a few matches last season” and calls on them to help his players over the line today. He seems in chipper enough form, for a man whose job is believed to be hanging on the line this afternoon. The Premier League would be a duller place without him, I have to say.
FT! Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley https://t.co/efQXraZ1tg
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Arguably Swansea's strongest XI with Sigurdsson, Ki (not much to choose between Cork) & Naughton in. Surely got to be better than Monday...
— Stuart James (@StuartJamesGNM) October 24, 2015
Early kick-off news: In League One, Millwall have beaten Sheffield United 2-1 at Bramall Lane, where Aiden O’Brien bagged a braqce to take all three points for the London side. Meanwhile in the Championship, Burnley lead Blackburn Rovers as their match at Ewood Park goes into added time. At Craven Cottage, Reading lead Burnley 1-0 in time added on at the end of the first half.
Aston Villa v Swansea City line-ups
Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Richardson, Bacuna, Gana, Ayew, Grealish, Agbonlahor, Gestede.
Subs: Westwood, Traore, Amavi, Sanchez, Gil, Bunn, Crespo.
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Ayew, Sigurdsson, Montero, Gomis.
Subs: Britton, Nordfeldt, Eder, Rangel, Cork, Bartley, Barrow.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
West Ham v Chelsea line-ups
West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Tomkins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Payet, Zarate, Sakho.
Subs: Randolph, Carroll, Valencia, Obiang, Ogbonna, Jelavic, Antonio.
Chelsea: Begovic, Zouma, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Ramires, Willian, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa.
Subs: Baba, Oscar, Falcao, Mikel, Traore, Amelia, Loftus-Cheek.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Norwich v West Brom line-ups
Norwich: Ruddy, Martin, Bennett, Bassong, Brady, Redmond, Tettey, Howson, Jarvis, Hoolahan, Mbokani.
Subs: Whittaker, Grabban, Jerome, Rudd, Dorrans, Olsson, O’Neil.
West Brom: Myhill, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Brunt, Sessegnon, Fletcher, Yacob, McClean, Rondon, Berahino.
Subs: Olsson, Chester, Gardner, Anichebe, Lambert, McManaman, Lindegaard.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Leicester City v Crystal Palace line-ups
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Albrighton, Drinkwater, Kante, Schlupp, Mahrez, Vardy.
Subs: De Laet, King, Kramaric, Okazaki, Dyer, Schwarzer, Inler.
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Hangeland, Dann, Mariappa, Cabaye, McArthur, Sako, Puncheon, Bolasie, Campbell.
Subs: Speroni, Bamford, Zaha, Jedinak, Mutch, Delaney, Ledley.
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Stoke v Watford line-ups
Stoke: Butland, Johnson, Cameron, Wollscheid, Pieters, Adam, Whelan, Shaqiri, Krkic, Arnautovic, Joselu.
Subs: Ireland, Wilson, Afellay, van Ginkel, Walters, Given, Crouch.
Watford: Gomes, Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake, Watson, Capoue, Abdi, Deeney, Anya, Ighalo.
Subs: Prodl, Behrami, Paredes, Guedioura, Ibarbo, Diamanti, Arlauskis.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
We've had a goal at Ewood Park ...
Burnley have taken the lead against Blackburn Rovers, Scott Arfield opening the scoring after 63 minutes. Here’s how Scott Murray saw it in his minute-by-minute report ...
What a finish by Scott Arfield! A free kick down the Burnley left. It’s hoicked into the Blackburn box. Some head tennis ensues. Mee, on the penalty spot, takes a fresh-air swipe at the ball. It breaks back to Arfield, on the edge of the area. He sidefoots with power into the top right, then races off down the other end of the park to celebrate with his fans. Bedlam, bedlam, bedlam!
Early kick-off news ...
Blackburn Rovers and Burnley are currently going at it in the Championship, where it’s scoreless after 62 minutes. Scott Murray is covering that for us on a minute-by-minute basis and you can see what he makes of it all here. At Craven Cottage, Fulham’s owner Shahid Khan is there to run the rule over his team as they attempt to regain promotion to the Premier League. Cottagers boss Kit Symons will be feeling the heat as Fulham haven’t got off to the best of starts this season, winning just three and drawing five of their 12 games so far. They’re currently playing Reading and losing 1-0 after 15 minutes, with Lucas Piazon opening the scoring.
Khan is ostensibly in in town town to see American football team, the Jacksonville Jaguars. take on the Buffalo Bills at Wembley tomorrow, but will no doubt be aware that certain sections of Fulham’s support called for Symons’ head following their 1-1 draw with Leeds during the week.
“I’ve just got to keep doing my job and do the best I can,” he said after the game. “We had a bad night and didn’t play very well and I’ll be the first one to hold up my hands and say that. It was a disappointing performance from us.”
In the Championship, it’s 1-1 between Sheffield United and Millwall after 70 minutes. Aiden O’Brien opened the scoring for Millwall after 30 minutes, but Sheffield United have just equalised.
And on the continent ...
Spain’s La Liga
Celta Vigo v Real Madrid (3pm)
Germany’s Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen v Stuttgart
- Bayern Munich v FC Cologne
- Darmstadt v Wolfsburg
- Hanover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt
- Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen
- Ingolstadt v Hertha Berlin (5.30pm)
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Kick-offs at 2.30pm unless otherwise stated
This afternoon's Premier League fixtures
- Aston Villa v Swansea City
- Leicester City v Crystal Palace
- Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion
- Stoke City v Watford
- West Ham v Chelsea
- Arsenal v Everton (5.30pm)
Championship
- Blackburn Rovers v Burnley (12.30pm)
- Fulham v Reading (1.30pm)
- Bolton Wanderers v Leeds United
- Brighton v Preston
- Charlton v Brentford
- Huddersfield Town v Derby County
- Hull City v Birmingham City
- Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
- QPR v MK dons
- Wolves v Middlesbrough
- Kick-offs at 3pm unless otherwise stated
Scottish Premiership
- Aberdeen v Motherwell
- Dundee v Kilmarnock
- Hearts v Ross County
- Inverness CT v St Johnstone
- Partick Thistle v Hamilton Academical
- Kick-offs at 3pm
Greetings sports fans ...
There are five 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League today, with the pick of the bunch probably in-form West Ham entertaining out-of-sorts champions Chelsea at Upton Park. Strugglers Aston Villa host Swansea City in what many suspect is a must-win match for the home side if their manager Tim Sherwood is to keep his job, while two of the season’s surprise packages, Leicester City and Crystal Palace will be getting it on in a difficult game to call at the King Power Stadium. At Carrow Road, Norwich City will attempt to atone for last weekend’s strange mauling at the hands of Newcastle, while Stoke host Watford at the Britannia Stadium, with the Hornets hoping to arrest a winless streak of three consecutive Premier League games. We’ll have team news and build-up from all these matches, as well as the Championship, League One, League Two, Scotland and continent from 2pm.
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