Meanwhile on the continent
La Liga
Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Bilbao
Serie A
Empoli 1-2 Frosinone
Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Hannover 96
- Darmstadt 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
- Stuttgart 2-0 Hertha Berlin
- Werder Bremen 1-1 Hoffenheim
- Wolfsburg 2-0 Ingolstadt
Scottish Premiership results
- Celtic 2-0 Ross County
- Motherwell 0-2 Kilmarnock
- Hamilton 0-0 Dundee United
Wasteful Everton frustrated as Salomón Rondón steals win for West Brom https://t.co/GdwkweFgaF (Pic Rex) pic.twitter.com/bSqihGzJUI
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
Giannelli Imbula opens Stoke account in convincing win at Bournemouth https://t.co/gO3bcuGL4R (Pic Getty) pic.twitter.com/VX9a8PHqHr
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
Southampton's rise continues as Shane Long sinks Swansea City https://t.co/wXgrCqalZw (Pic Getty) pic.twitter.com/xjAjTNNbLG
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
Norwich City’s wretched run continues after West Ham United snatch draw https://t.co/TQKsPk4oqc (Pic Getty) pic.twitter.com/cUMungjk1V
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
Troy Deeney sends Watford eighth with double to beat Crystal Palace https://t.co/dT25EUbwzR (Pic Getty) pic.twitter.com/zGVU50c4Ls
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
Championship results ....
- QPR 1-3 Fulham
- Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Hull City
- Brighton 3-2 Bolton
- Bristol City 2-1 Ipswich Town
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Cardiff City
- Derby County 0-1 MK Dons
- Nottingham Forest 0-2 Huddersfield Town
- Reading 0-0 Burnley
- Rotherham United 0-0 Birmingham City
- Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Brentford
- Wolverhampton 1-2 Preston
Drop-watch ...
Despite their win over Manchester United, Sunderland remain in the relegation zone. It was a good day for the Maclkems, mind: they’re on 23 points, seven clear of Aston Villa and one behind Norwich and Newcastle (who play Chelsea in less than 30 minutes). Following their defeats, Swansea and Bournemouth are just three and four points clear of the thick black line respectively, while Chelsea are only six clear of the drop zone, with West Brom and Crystal Palace two points ahead of them on 32 points each.
Premier League result: Bournemouth 1-3 Stoke City
Matt Ritchie could only grab a consolation for Bournemouth as goals from Giannelli Imbula, Ibrahim Afellay and Joselu made it an easy afternoon for the Potters.
Premier League result: Norwich City 2-2 West Ham
Norwich City remain in the relegation zone after blowing yet another two-goal lead at home. Robbie Brady and Wes Hoolahan put them 2-0 up after 65 minutes, but Dimitri Payet scored one and created another as Mark Noble rescued a point for West Ham.
Premier League result: Everton 0-1 West Brom
Everton had over 30 attempts on goal, but lost at home again as West Brom converted the one and only shot on target they’ve mustered in - I think - their past five games.
Premier League result: Crystal Palace 1-2 Watford
Emmanuel Adebayor scored his first goal for Crystal Palace, but Troy Deeney’s brace wrapped up the points for the visitors.
Premier League result: Swansea City 0-1 Southampton
Shane Long’s goal earns Southampton three points as Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster keeps his sixth consecutive clean sheet.
Red card! Souare sent off at Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace left-back Pape Souaré gets sent off for a silly two-footed lunge on Valon Behrami. It remains 2-1 to Watford.
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Chelsea v Newcastle line-ups
Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Pedro, Willian, Hazard, Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Baba, Mikel, Traore, Kenedy, Remy, Loftus-Cheek.
Newcastle: Elliot, Janmaat, Taylor, Coloccini, Aarons, Shelvey, Tiote, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Townsend, Mitrovic.
Subs: Colback, Lascelles, Perez, Saivet, Darlow, Doumbia, Riviere.
Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)
GOAL! Real Madrid 4-2 Athletic Bilbao
4-2. Elustondo heads in.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) February 13, 2016
Championship latest: Derby County 0-1MK Dons
Derby’s woes continue as they go a goal down to MK dons, with Jake Forster-Caskey inflicting the damage. Derby fans can at least console themselves with the knowledge that their good friends at Nottingham Forest have just gone 2-0 behind at home to Huddersfield Town.
GOAL! Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Bilbao
Ronaldo! 4-1
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) February 13, 2016
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Meanwhile in Spain ...
It remains Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Bilbao with less than five minutes to go, but the home side are down to 10 men. Sid Lowe has the latest ...
Varane off! Two yellow cards for two entirely normal jumps to head a ball (as far as I can see). Horribly cheap, harsh red card.
— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) February 13, 2016
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-2 Watford
Troy Deeney controls the ball on his thigh before smashing home his second goal of the day to put Watford ahead at Selhurst Park with eight minutes to go.
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Sound the rout klaxon ...
League One: Peterborough 0-4 Bradford City, Coventry City 6-0 Bury
League Two: AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Luton Town
National League North: Telford 5-1 FC United
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GOAL! Norwich City 2-2 West Ham
Payet turns creator to tee up Mark Noble, who smashes the ball home to make it all square at Carrow Road. Are Norwich about to throw away another two-goal lead at home?
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GOAL! Norwich City 2-1 West Ham
Norwich fans are set for 15 minutes in the wringer after Dimitri Payet celebrates his lucrative new deal by pulling a goal back for West Ham at Carrow Road.
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Six Nations result: France 10-9 Ireland
Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah! Bah!
GOAL! Swansea City 0-1 Southampton
Another Irishman scores, as Shane Long heads Southampton into the lead against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
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GOAL! Norwich City 2-0 West Ham
Norwich City’s Dublin contingent are digging them out of a hole today, with Wes Hoolahan adding to Robbie Brady’s opener to make it 2-0 to the Canaries against West Ham after 65 minutes.
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Championship latest Brighton 3-2 Bolton
Brighton go ahead once again in what sounds like a real thriller at the Amex - Beram Kayal strikes in the 58th minutes to give them the edge with the odd goal of five.
Championship latest
- QPR 0-3 Fulham (result)
- Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Hull City
- Brighton 3-2 Bolton
- Bristol City 2-1 Ipswich Town
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Cardiff City
- Derby County 0-0 MK Dons
- Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield Town
- Reading 0-0 Burnley
- Rotherham United 0-0 Birmingham City
- Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Brentford
- Wolverhampton 0-2 Preston
GOAL! Celtic 2-0 Ross County
Dedryck Boyata doubles Celtic League against Ross County.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-3 Stoke City
Matt Ritchie uses his sweet left foot to give Bournemouth a glimmer of hope.
Disallowed goal at the Liberty Stadium ...
Graziano Pelle gets the ball in the net for Southampton, but referee Jon Moss rules out - incorrectly, by most accounts - for a foul on Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
GOAL! Norwich City 1-0 West Ham
Robbie Brady gives Norwich City a much-needed lead against the Hammers at Carrow Road.
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GOALS! Bournemouth 0-3 Stoke City
Ibrahim Afellay and then Joselu score two goals for Stoke City in the space of three minutes to consign Bournemouth to almost certain home defeat.
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League Two rout klaxon!
Lyle Taylor has just put AFC Wimbledon 4-0 up against Luton Town after 49 minutes.
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Six Natinos try! France 10-9 Ireland
French full-back Maxime Medard scores a try under the posts for France and it’s converted. Follow the final 10 minutes here ...
Elsewhere on the continent ...
Spain: Real Madrid 3-1 Athletic Bilbao (half-time)
Italy: Empoli 1-2 Frosinone (result)
Germany: Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Hannover, Darmstadt 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart 1-0 Hertha Berlin, Werder Bremen 1-1 Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg 1-0 Ingolstadt (all after 74 minutes)
Six Nations latest ...
It remains France 3-9 Ireland after 64 minutes of what looks a thoroughly attritional battle. France are currently laying siege to the Ireland try line and you can follow the action with Dan Lucas.
Spare a thought for Everton ...
At Goodison, Everton are hammering West Brom 0-1. I have never seen a more unlikely halftime score @bglendenning.
— Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) February 13, 2016
Meanwhile at The Liberty Stadium, Swansea City and Southampton appear to be playing out the most boring scoreless draw in the history of football. It sounds like desperate fare.
Half-time whistles are peeping all over the country ...
You can get all the latest scores by clicking on the link above.
Goal! Celtic 1-0 Ross County
Leigh Griffiths bags his 30th of the season in all competitions to give the league leaders a half-time lead.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Watford
Emmanuel Adebayor scores his first goal for Crystal Palace, rising high to nod home a Scott Dann cross and restore parity at Selhurst Park. That’s his 97th Premier League goal.
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Penalty shout! Bournemouth new boy Benik Afobe is brought down on the edge of the Stoke City box, but referee Graham Scott is unmoved by the protests of several Bournemouth players, who wanted a penalty.
Chance at Goodison Park! Despite being a goal behind to West Brom, Everton are dominating proceedings at Goodison Park. They’ve gone close a few times, but never closer than just now, when Ross Barkley smashed an effort against the post.
5 - Troy Deeney has scored more goals from the penalty spot than any other Premier League player this season (5). Converted.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 13, 2016
Premier League match report: Sunderland 2-1 Man Utd
Championship match report: QPR1-3 Fulham
Fulham overwhelm QPR 3-1 to give manager Slavisa Jokanovic his first win https://t.co/Y9vvYxC77P (Pic BPI/Rex) pic.twitter.com/ajfVT1yzzz
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 13, 2016
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Scottish Premiership latest
The deadlock between Celtic and Ross County remains resolutely unbroken, while it remains scoreless in the day’s other two fixtures: Motherwell 0-0 Kilmarnock and Hamilton 0-0 Dundee United.
Meanwhile in Spain ...
It’s Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Bilbao as they approach the 30-minute mark at the Bernabeu. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real after three minutes, but Javier Eraso equalised for the Basque side seven minutes later. Game on!
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League One latest: Blackpool 0-2 Shrewsbury, Scunthorpe 1-0 Southend United, Coventry City 3-0 Bury. It’s 0-0 in all the other fixtures.
League Two latest: AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Luton Town, Accrington Stanley 0-1 Crawley Town, Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Barnet, Morecambe 1-1 Oxford United, Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers, Stevenage 1-0 Cambridge United. The other fixtures remain scoreless.
Championship: Brighton 1-1 Bolton - in the week when their former chairman Phil Gartside passed away at the age of 63, Emile Heskey restores parity for the Trotters at the Amex.
Championship latest ...
QPR 1-3 Fulham (result), Brighton 1-0 Bolton, Bristol City 1-0 Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield, Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Brentford, Woves 0-1 Preston. It’s 0-0 in all the other games.
More on that Watford penalty: Mile Jedinak was penalised for dragging Troy Deeney to the ground in the penalty area and the Watofrd striker promptly picked himself off the ground to fire past Wayne Hennessey.
GOAL! Everton 0-1 West Brom
James McClean wins a corner for West Brom, which is played to the near post. KJonas Olsson gets the flick to the far post, where Salomón Rondón bundled the ball over the line with his chest. I suspect it may have crossed the line before the Venezuelen intervened.
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Watford
Crystal Palace’s woes continue as they concede a goal against Watford at Selhurst Park - Troy Deeney has opened the scoring with a penalty in the 16th minute.
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Six Nations half-time: France 3-9 Ireland
Three penalties from Jonny Sexton have given the defending champions a 9-3 lead at half-time in Paris. Follow the second half here with Dan Lucas.
Championship: Jamie Murphy slots the ball past Ben Amos after a 30yard solo run to put Brighton 1-0 up against Bolton Wanderers.
GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 Stoke City
Giannelli Imbula repays a chunk of his transfer fee with the opener against Bournemouth at Dean Court.
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League One: Shrewsbury have taken a 1-0 lead over Blackpool with an overhead kick from Nathaniel Knight-Percival. Moments later, Shrewsbury make it 2-0, with Shaun Whalley doubling the Shrews’ lead.
Chance! Reading 0-0 Burnley
Andre Gray has missed a splendid opportunity to put Burnley 1-0 up against Reading in the Championship. He was leaning back as he struck the ball and sent his effort high over the bar.
Peeeeeeep! The 3pm kick-offs are under way
Football matches have begun the length and breadth of Britain and the first chance of note has fallen to Norwich City, with Russell Martin shooting just over the bar in his side’s game against West Ham. At Goodison Park, 25% of West Brom’s centre-backs, Jonas Olsson has done well to block a goal-bound Seamus Coleman effort.
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JR in Illinois writes ...
“I don’t understand how Tony Pulis is meant to be able to field a competitive side with only four centre backs available to choose from,” he muses. “Of course he’s starting them all but what if one gets injured? It seems very unfair. I have faith in him though. Perhaps he can figure out a way to get a second goalkeeper on.” Burn.
Tfw the result goes your way #MUFC pic.twitter.com/yo6dMh6Bwn
— The Offside Rule (@OffsideRulePod) February 13, 2016
An email from Simon McMahon ...
“Yet another huge game for Dundee United today as they travel to face Hamilton in a game they really must win to continue their survival bid,” writes this afternoon’s guest Scottish Fitba correspondent. “A run of three wins in four games (two of those wins were in the cup, but still) has given long suffering Arabs that most dangerous of things, hope. Three points today, and then three more in a rearranged fixture against Motherwell on Tuesday, and it’ll be the first day of spring. There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ there, I know, but as Mr Ranieri says, we should dare to dream. And who am I to disagree? Other SPFL games are Motherwell v. Kilmarnock and Celtic v. Ross County. Hearts v. Partick has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. In Scottish League Two first play third as Dunfermline host Ayr.”
Premier League result: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United
That’s a great result for the Mackems, who move above Norwich City in the relegation zone courtesy of goals from Wahbi Khazri and an own goal rather harshly attributed to David De Gea, who was unable to keep out Lamine Kone’s towering header. A huge, huge win for Sunderland.
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Celtic v Ross County line-ups
Celtic: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Sviatchenko, Tierney, Bitton, Brown, Mackay-Steven, Johansen, Armstrong, Griffiths.
Subs: Izaguirre, Kazim-Richards, Rogic, Mulgrew, Bailly, McGregor, Forrest.
Ross County: Fox, Fraser, Robertson, Quinn, Foster, Martin Woods, Irvine, McShane, Franks, Gardyne, Boyce.
Subs: Reckord, Graham, Murdoch, Gary Woods, Schalk, De Vita, Goodwillie.
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
Sunderland go ahead against Manchester United
Lamine Koné has just thumped a free downward header past David De Gea to give Sunderland a 2-1 lead over Manchester United at the Stadium of Light. You can follow the remaining six minutes with Scott Murray.
Championship result: QPR 1-3 Fulham
Fulham have had an easy win at Loftus Road, where first half goals from Ross McCormack, Moussa Dembele and Tom Cairney consigned QPR to defeat. Tjaronn Chery scored a late consolation for QPR in injury time. That win leaves Fulham in 17th place, seven points clear of the relegation zone. QPR are 13th with 39 points.
Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao line-ups
Lineups from the Bernabeu pic.twitter.com/Z6QXPEouHA
— Phil Kitromilides (@PhilKitro) February 13, 2016
Norwich v West Ham line-ups
Norwich: Ruddy, Martin, Klose, Bassong, Brady, Howson, O’Neil, Redmond, Hoolahan, Naismith, Jerome.
Subs: Mbokani, Bamford, Rudd, Jarvis, Dorrans, Olsson, Ivo Pinto.
West Ham: Adrian, Byram, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Noble, Song, Obiang, Antonio, Valencia, Payet.
Subs: Randolph, Carroll, Moses, Emenike, Oxford, Parfitt-Williams, Browne.
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
Swansea City v Southampton line-ups
Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Cork, Ayew, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Paloschi.
Subs: Amat, Ki, Fer, Nordfeldt, Gomis, Naughton, Barrow.
Southampton: Forster, van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Clasie, Romeu, Targett, Steven Davis, Long, Pelle.
Subs: Cedric Soares, Yoshida, Mane, Tadic, Juanmi, Stekelenburg, Austin.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Crystal Palace v Watford line-ups
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Mutch, Cabaye, Jedinak, Zaha, Wickham, Adebayor.
Subs: Speroni, Mariappa, Campbell, Lee, Chamakh, Kelly, Boateng.
Watford: Gomes, Nyom, Prodl, Cathcart, Ake, Capoue, Watson, Behrami, Amrabat, Ighalo, Deeney.
Subs: Mario Suarez, Paredes, Guedioura, Pantilimon, Anya, Abdi, Holebas.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
Everton v West Brom line-ups
Everton: Robles, Coleman, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Oviedo, McCarthy, Barry, Lennon, Barkley, Cleverley, Lukaku.
Subs: Baines, Kone, Mirallas, Deulofeu, Osman, Pienaar, Howard.
West Brom: Foster, Dawson, Chester, Olsson, Evans, Sessegnon, Yacob, Fletcher, McClean, Rondon, Berahino.
Subs: Gardner, Anichebe, Brunt, Myhill, Pocognoli, Pritchard, Sandro.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Bournemouth v Stoke line-ups
Bournemouth: Boruc, Smith, Francis, Cook, Daniels, Surman, Stanislas, Gosling, Arter, Pugh, Afobe.
Subs: Iturbe, King, Federici, Distin, Grabban, Ritchie, O’Kane.
Stoke: Butland, Johnson, Wollscheid, Muniesa, Pieters, Whelan, Imbula, Diouf, Afellay, Shaqiri, Walters.
Subs: Ireland, Odemwingie, Joselu, Teixeira, Crouch, Krkic, Haugaard.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
It's half-time at the Stadium of Light
Sunderland opened the scoring after just three minutes through Wahbi Khazri, who was somewhat fotuitous to score from a free-kick that bounced twice on it’s way past the unsighted David De Gea. Manchester United’s equaliser came courtesy of Anthony Martial after 39 minutes. In rather less good news or United, Matteo Darmian was taken off with what looked like quite a nasty shoulder injury. Follow the second half with Scott Murray’s minute-by-minute report.
Sad news from Bulgaria ...
It’s been announced that luxuriantly mulleted former Bulgaria defender, Euro 96 legend and general cult hero Trifon Ivanov has died, aged just 50. A visually distinctive and much-admired free-kick specialist (special as in: he took a lot of them but scored very few) who will be all too familiar with football fans of a certain age, the Bulgarian Wolf won 76 caps for his country in an international career spanning 10 years. Rest in peace, sir.
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Greetings sports fans.
The Premier League’s two most important matches might be scheduled for tomorrow, but there’s plenty of potentially fascinating action on today’s undercard. It’s currently 1-1 at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland are taking on Manchester United in today’s early kick-off, while several other teams currently flirting with relegation alongside are involved in the 3pm kick-offs.
On a busy afternoon for sport, we’ll be keeping a beady eye on what’s going on in the Championship and bring you any noteworthy updates from League One and League Two, while also monitoring goings-on in Scotland, Spain (Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao) and Germany. Rest assured I’ll also be keeping tabs on the Six Nations rugby match between France and Ireland in Paris.
Premier League
- Sunderland 1-1 Manchester United (latest score)
- Bournemouth v Stoke City
- Crystal Palace v Watford
- Everton v West Brom
- Norwich City v West Ham
- Swansea City v Southampton
- Chelsea v Newcastle (5.30pm GMT)
Championship
- QPR 0-3 Fulham (latest score)
- Blackburn Rovers v Hull City
- Brighton v Bolton
- Bristol City v Ipswich Town
- Charlton Athletic v Cardiff City
- Derby County v MK Dons
- Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town
- Reading v Burnley
- Rotherham United v Birmingham City
- Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
- Wolverhampton v Preston
Scottish Premiership
- Celtic v Ross County
- Hamilton Academical v Dundee United
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Hearts v Partick Thistle(postponed due to waterlogged pitch)
- Motherwell v Kilmarnock
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