That’s all for today: We’re going to wrap up this report for today, but you can follow Liverpool’s match against Newcastle with Niall McVeigh.
Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Huddersfield
Premier League: Paul MacInnes wandered down Wembley Way to see a Heung-min Son brace secure another three points for Tottenham Hotspur.
Match report: Watford 1-0 West Brom
Premier League: Troy Deeney scored the winner to leave West Brom eight points from safety. Sachin Nakrani was there.
Match report: Leicester City 1-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Paul Doyle was almost certainly one of several journalists at the King Power Stadium to swear loudly at the inconvenience of it all as Riyad Mahrez scored a late, late equaliser to rescue a point for Leicester.
Match report: Swansea City 4-1 West Ham
Premier League: Stuart James was at the Liberty Stadium to see Carlos Carvahal’s side thrash West Ham.
Swansea rampant against WHU. Andre Ayew involved in 3 of the 4 goals & played like a man possessed against his former club. Ki outstanding, Andy King impressive too. As for WHU, they looked & played like a team that didn't fancy it (see Moyes's comments the day before the game).
— Stuart James (@StuartJamesGNM) March 3, 2018
Match report: Burnley 2-1 Everton
Premier League: Sam Allardyce incurred the wrath of travelling Everton fans as burnley came from behind to win their first Premier League game in 12 attempts.
Match report: Southampton 0-0 Stoke City
Soufiane Boufal had a day to forget as the points were shared at Saint Mary’s. Ben Fisher was there for the Guardian.
The bottom of the Premier League
West Brom are now eight points from safety (nine really, considering their goal difference) and already look doomed. Alan Pardew looks certain to be sacked and whoever comes in instead of them will need to work a miracle to keep them up.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Newcastle | 28 | -11 | 29 |
| 17 | Southampton | 29 | -12 | 28 |
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 28 | -18 | 27 |
| 19 | Stoke | 29 | -26 | 27 |
| 20 | West Brom | 29 | -21 | 20 |
Football League
Championship results
- Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Preston
- Bristol City 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Derby County 1-2 Fulham
- Millwall 1-1 Sunderland
- Nottingham Forest 2-1 Birmingham City
- View the Championship table
League One results
- MK Dons 0-1 Bristol Rovers
- Scunthorpe United 0-2 Oldham Athletic
- Southend United 0-3 Walsall
- View the League One table
League Two
- Cambridge United 1-1 Luton Town
- Carlisle United 2-0 Grimsby Town
- View the League Two table
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Full time: Swansea City 4-1 West Ham
Premier League: Swansea zoomed five places up the table to overtake their visitors, who have won just one of their past six matches in the league.
Full time: Leicester City 1-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Riyad Mahrez scored a splendid free-kick in the seventh minute of added time to rescue a point from Leicester.
GOAL! Leicester City 1-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Riyad Mahrez wrong-foots Asmir Begovic with a free-kick curled around the wall to score into the corner.
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Full time: Watford 1-0 West Brom
Premier League: Troy Deeney scored the winner to leave West Brom in dire trouble and their manager Alan Pardew on the unemployment abyss.
Full time: Southampton 0-0 Stoke City
Premier League: Soufiane Boufal missed the chance of a game with a header from close range, as the points were shared at St Mary’s.
Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Huddersfield
Premier League: A Heung-min Son brace moved Tottenham into third place for a couple of hours at least.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 2-1 Birmingham City
Championship: Michael Morrison scores with a header to give Birmingham City fans the kind of hope that generally kills you.
GOAL! Swansea City 4-1 West Ham
Premier League: Michail Antonio scores his second in two games to take the bare look off West Ham’s side of the scoreboard.
More goals in the Championship ...
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Birmingham City: Matty Cash scores into the corner from the edge of the penalty are to double Forest’s lead.
Bolton 1-2 Preston: Sean Maguire gives Preston the lead in their match against Bolton at the Macron Stadium.
300 - Troy Deeney has scored in what was his 300th league appearance for Watford – he also scored on his 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th for the club. Stalwart. pic.twitter.com/BZIJr0CYyT
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 3, 2018
GOAL! Watford 1-0 West Brom
Premier League: Adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, West Brom are behind to a wonderful Troy Deeney dink over Ben Foster from 20 yards, the Watford striker’s third goal in his past four games. Taxi for Alan Pardew?
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GOAL! Derby County 1-2 Fulham
Championship: Tom Huddlestone fires Derby County back into contention with his second goal of the season, a nice finish from the edge of the penalty area.
GOAL! Swansea City 4-0 West Ham
Premier League: Cheikhou Kouyate gives away a penalty for a foul on Jordan Ayew, who promptly scores from 12 yards.
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GOAL! Millwall 1-1 Sunderland
Championship: A scramble in the Sunderland penalty area ends with Steve Morison poking home to restore parity against Sunderland.
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Meanwhile in Scotland: Kris Boyd has scored his 17th goal of the season to make it all square between Aberdeen and Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup quarter-final at Pittodrie.
GOAL! Bristol City 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday are getting their pants pulled down at Ashton Gate, where Bobby Reid has scored his third goal of the afternoon from the spot after a foul on Marlon Pack. They’ll be running out of gifs!
GOAL: #BristolCity 4-0 Sheffield Wednesday, Reid 63. #BRCvWED pic.twitter.com/SggD6VLwIv
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) March 3, 2018
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Huddersfield Town
Premier League: Heung-Min Son scores his and Tottenham’s second of the afternoon at Wembley, heading into the corner after getting on the end of a wonderful cross from Harry Kane.
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GOAL! Swansea 3-0 West Ham
Premier League: Andy King scores the goal that will take Swansea City five places up the league ladder as things stand, moving them above West Ham in the table.
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GOAL! Bolton 1-1 Preston
Championship: Preston equalise against Bolton courtesy of a cool finish from Tom Barkhuizen.
Another chance for West Brom: Kieran Gibbs crosses for Rondon on the edge of the six-yard box, but the Venezuelan scuffs his header wide when scoring looked easier. Elsewhere on the pitch, Watford’s Richarlison has spat the dummy after being substituted and is behaving like a petulant child. A petulant child who hasn’t scored in 18 games.
Chances for West Brom: Jay Rodriguez puts Salomon Rondon through on goal for West Brom against Watford, but he’s unable to beat Orestis Karnezis in a one-on-one. Moments later, Johnny Evans hits the post.
With their game at Coventry called off Lincoln fans have joined Bournemouth supporters in the away end at Leicester 👏
— COPA90 (@COPA90) March 3, 2018
via @OLPMYT pic.twitter.com/3UBTFRhPS3
Match report: Burnley 2-1 Everton
Burnley came from behind to consign Everton to another defeat on the road and the travelling fans were not one bit happy with their team’s poor effort.
Meanwhile in Scotland ...
Aberdeen lead Kilmarnock by the only goal of the game in their Scottish Cup quarter-final. Earlier, Celtic beat Greenock Morton at a sparsely populated Celtic Park.
Football League half-times
Championship
- Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Preston
- Bristol City 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
- Derby County 0-2 Fulham
- Millwall 0-1 Sunderland
- Nottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham City
League One
- MK Dons 0-0 Bristol Rovers
- Scunthorpe United v Oldham Athletic
- Southend United 0-0 Walsall
League Two
- Cambridge United 0-1 Luton Town
- Carlisle United 1-0 Grimsby Town
An injury at Wembley: Huddersfield’s Alex Pritchard has been forced off with some manner of injury and is replaced by Huddersfield’s great Dane, Philip Billing.
GOAL! Bristol City 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship: Jamie Patterson sets up Josh Brownhill with a back-heel for a low finish into the bottom corner, keeping the Bristol City gif-generator busy on a cold afternoon on the coast.
GOAL: #BristolCity 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday, Brownhill 43. #BRCvWED pic.twitter.com/ii09fPiDES
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) March 3, 2018
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A booking for Mark Noble: In what seems like a very bad-tempepered match between Swansea City and West Ham, Mark Noble has been in the thick of most of the action and has just been booked, very harshly, by referee Martin Atkinson for a non-challenge on Andy King. He needs to be careful.
GOAL! Bristol City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Bobby Reid scores his own and Bristol City’s second goal of the afternoon, to leave Wednesday under the cosh.
GOAL: #BristolCity 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday, Reid 35. #BRCvWED pic.twitter.com/ikeDXSslnO
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) March 3, 2018
GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Bournemouth
Premier League: Josh King puts Bournemouth one up from the spot after being tripped by Marc Albrighton in the Leicester City penalty area.
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GOAL! Millwall 0-1 Sunderland
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GOAL! Swansea City 2-0 West Ham
Premier League: Completely unmarked at a corner, Mike van der Hoorn stoops to head past Adrian and double Swansea’s lead.
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Shenanigans at the Liberty Stadium: Mark Noble and his former team-mate, Andre Ayew, engage in quite the battle. It started in the wake of Winston Reid’s injury and it seems Noble is blaming Ayew for the Kiwi’s misfortune. He’s just taken him out with a reducer, but avoids a booking.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Huddersfield
Premier League: Heung-min son gallops the length of the field to take the ball around Jonas Lossl after good build-up play by Harry Kane and Dele Alli, who sets up the South Korean.
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Worrying injury news for West Ham and Stoke: There’s been a long delay at the Liberty Stadium, where Winston Reid has just been stretchered off with what looks like a serious knee injury. Meanwhile at St Mary’s, Stoke’s Mama Biram Diouf has been forced off with what looks like a broken arm or badly damaged shoulder.
GOAL! Derby 0-2 Fulham
Premier League: Ryan Sessegnon has just doubled Fulham’s lead against Derby County, smashing the ball past Scott Carson after being teed up by a Stefan Johansen back-heel.
A refereeing controversy at Wembley: Mike Jones was supposed to referee Tottenham’s match against Huddersfield Town, but pulled a calf muscle in the warm-up and had to stand down. Kevin Friend has taken over, which means they were a fourth official down. An appeal for a qualified referee over the PA yielded no results, which means Jones is now performing the role, sitting on a chair between the two technical areas.
More goals in the Championship ...
Bolton 1-0 Preston: Mark Beevers pokes home from close range after David WheaterBristol City 1-0 has a header blocked in this north-western derby.
Bristol City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Sound the Bristol City goalscorer gif klaxon!
GOAL: #BristolCity 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday, Reid 13. #BRCvWED pic.twitter.com/2Ai9ff2Vb6
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) March 3, 2018
Sunderland visit Millwall today: bUt while they are at the Den, their own Stadium of Light has been opened to the homeless, to help keep them fed, watered and warm during the current cold snap. Hats off to the club, who remain rock-bottom of the Championship and desperately need a win.
GOAL! Derby County 0-1 Fulham
Championship: On loan at Fulham from Newcastle, Aleksandar Mitrovic has just scored his third goal in three games to put the Cottagers ahead against fellow promotion contenders Derby County.
Goal! Swansea City 1-0 West Ham
Premier League: A big goal for struggling Swasnea City, who go ahead at the Liberty Stadium courtesy of a weak Sung-Yueng Ki effort from the edge of the area that Adrian should have kept out.
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GOAL! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Birmingham
Championship: Joe Lolley has just put Forest a goal up against struggling Birmingham. Birmingham goalkeeper David Stockdale got a hand to his 25-yard effort, but couldn’t keep the ball out.
Peep! Our three o'clock kick-offs are under way ...
The last of the pre-match formalities have been taken care of around the UK and play has begun. Stay tuned for all the action as it unfolds.
Meanwhile in Scotland ...
Scottish Cup quarter-final: Celtic have beaten Greenock Morton 3-0 in the afternoon’s early kick-off. Aberdeen take on Kilmarnock in this afternoon’s 3pm kick-off.
Watford v West Brom: Watford manager Javi Gracia has made one enforced change for the visit of West Brom to Vicarage Road. Andre Carrillo replaces on-loan Barcelona forward Gerard Deulofeu, who suffered a stress fracture in the victory over Everton.
Jake Livermore and Chris Brunt start for West Brom as James McClean drops to the bench. Gareth Barry is not included in Alan Pardew’s squad. West Brom are rooted to the foot of the Premier League table and head into this afternoon’s match seven points from safety.
Southampton v Stoke: Josh Sims is handed his first start of the season, having been been restricted to three substitute appearances in all competitions so far. He comes in for James Ward-Prowse in the only change made by Saints manager Mauricio Pellegrino. Paul Lambert, whose second-bottom team are a point and three places below their opponents, named an unchanged side following last weekend’s draw with Leicester.
Full time: Burnley 2-1 Everton
Premier League: It’s all over at Turf Moor, where Everton have lost their fifth successive Premier League game on the road by letting Burnley come from behind to beat them 2-1. Burnley hit the magic 40-point mark, while Everton remain just seven points clear of the relegation zone. We’ll have a report up shortly, but you can see how it unfolded in Scott Murray’s rolling report.
Leicester v Bournemouth line-ups
Leicester: Schmeichel, Amartey, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, James, Ndidi, Mahrez, Adrien Silva, Albrighton, Vardy.
Subs: Chilwell, Gray, Iheanacho, Hamer, Dragovic, Iborra, Diabate.
Bournemouth: Begovic, Francis, Steve Cook, Ake, Adam Smith, Lewis Cook, Gosling, Daniels, King, Callum Wilson, Stanislas.
Subs: Boruc, Surman, Defoe, Fraser, Mousset, Simpson, Taylor.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
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Red card! Ashley Williams is off
Premier League: With his side losing 2-1 against Burnley, Everton captain Ashley Williams has been sent off for swinging an arm across the throat of Ashley Barnes while waiting for a free-kick to be delivered into the Burnley penalty area. He didn’t connect properly with his elbow, but the intent looked to be there. He walks off without complaint as the match approaches its knockings.
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Southampton v Stoke City
Southampton: McCarthy, Cedric, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand, Romeu, Lemina, Sims, Tadic, Redmond, Carrillo.
Subs: Long, Ward-Prowse, Boufal, Gabbiadini, Hojbjerg, Bednarek, Forster.
Stoke: Butland, Bauer, Zouma, Martins Indi, Stafylidis, Cameron, Allen, Ndiaye, Choupo-Moting, Diouf, Shaqiri.
Subs: Pieters, Johnson, Jese, Shawcross, Fletcher, Crouch, Haugaard.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Tottenham Hotspur v Huddersfield Town line-ups
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dembele, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane.
Subs: Trippier, Rose, Lamela, Wanyama, Vorm, Sissoko, Lucas Moura.
Huddersfield: Lossl, Hadergjonaj, Jorgensen, Schindler, Kongolo, Hogg, Williams, Quaner, Pritchard, van La Parra, Mounie.
Subs: Smith, Malone, Billing, Lowe, Depoitre, Ince, Green.
Referee: Michael Jones (Chester)
GOAL! Burnley 2-1 Everton
Chris Wood has just headed Burnley ahead of Everton from a corner, taking advantage of some atrocious defending to nod the ball home from three or four yards. Everton are facing their fifth successive defeat on the road. Follow the final 10 minutes with Scott Murray.
Watford v West Brom line-ups
Watford: Karnezis, Janmaat, Prodl, Mariappa, Holebas, Doucoure, Capoue, Carrillo, Pereyra, Richarlison, Deeney.
Subs: Gomes, Britos, Gray, Hughes, Lukebakio, Zeegelaar, Okaka.
West Brom: Foster, Hegazi, Dawson, Evans, Gibbs, Krychowiak, Livermore, Rodriguez, Phillips, Brunt, Rondon.
Subs: Nyom, Yacob, Myhill, McClean, Burke, McAuley, Field.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
Swansea City v West Ham line-ups
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Andre Ayew, Ki, Clucas, King, Jordan Ayew.
Subs: Britton, Abraham, Narsingh, Dyer, Nordfeldt, Carroll, Bartley.
West Ham: Adrian, Zabaleta, Reid, Cresswell, Evra, Rice, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Arnautovic, Hernandez.
Subs: Hugill, Joao Mario, Byram, Hart, Antonio, Cullen, Browne.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
GOAL! Burnley 1-1 Everton
Premier League: It’s all square at Turf Moor, where Ashley Barnes has equalised for Burnley against Everton, with a little over 30 minutes remaining. Follow the rest of that match with Scott Murray.
VAR technology to be used at Russia World Cup after lawmakers’ vote @marthakelner https://t.co/XtRixt1jdi
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) March 3, 2018
Today's League One fixtures
- MK Dons v Bristol Rovers
- Scunthorpe United v Oldham
- Southend United v Walsall
Today’s League Two fixtures
- Cambridge United v Luton Town
- Carlisle United v Grimsby Town
All today's postponements ...
Here’s a comprehensive guide to all the matches that have been postponed across the UK today. Remarkably, all today’s Scottish Cup quarter-finals will go ahead.
Saturday 3 March
Championship: Aston Villa v QPR, Barnsley v Norwich, Brentford v Cardiff, Ipswich v Hull, Sheffield United v Burton, Wolves v Reading
League One: AFC Wimbledon v Charlton, Blackpool v Northampton, Bradford v Portsmouth, Doncaster v Bury, Gillingham v Rotherham, Oxford v Fleetwood, Rochdale v Plymouth, Shrewsbury v Peterborough
League Two: Barnet v Port Vale, Crawley v Wycombe, Coventry v Lincoln, Crewe v Forest Green, Exeter v Chesterfield, Morecambe v Colchester, Newport v Accrington, Stevenage v Mansfield, Swindon v Yeovil
Scottish Premiership: Ross County v Partick, St Johnstone v Hamilton
Scottish Championship: Dunfermline v Livingston, Inverness CT v Brechin
League One: Airdreonians v Stranraer, Albion Rovers v Queens Park, Alloa v East Fife, Arbroath v Ayr, Forfar v Raith
League Two: Berwick v Sterling, Clyde v Elgin, Edinburgh v Cowdenbeath, Montrose v Annan, Peterhead v Stenhousemuir
Today's Championship fixtures
Every Championship club has under-soil heating, but several matches have fallen victim to the weather due to off-field safety concerns. Just five Championship matches go ahead today, with Barnsley v Norwich, Brentford v Cardiff City, SHeffield United v Burton Albion, Wolves v Reading, Aston Villa v QPR and Ipswich v Hull City all off.
Today's Premier League fixtures
All today’s scheduled matches go ahead and it was Burnley and Everton who got the ball rolling this weekend at Turf Moor. It’s currently 1-0 to the visitors at half-time, following Cenk Tosun’s 20th minute opener. You can follow the conclusion of that one with Scott Murray.
Barry will be here shortly.
