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The final scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 2-2 Burnley
- Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham
- Chelsea 2-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton
- Wolves 2-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 5-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-2 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 2-3 Bayern Munich
Serie A
- Juventus 2-0 SPAL
Championship
- Charlton 1-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-1 Reading
- Preston 3-3 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 4-1 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
Full time: Aston Villa 2-2 Burnley
Full time: Wolves 2-0 Watford Wolves jump out of the relegation places after their first league win. Watford are bottom, and in bother.
Full time: Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich Palace move into the top half with a comfortable win.
Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton Peep peep! An important win for 10-man Spurs, who move up to fourth in the table. Poch out!
Full time: Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham That was a cracking game, despite the best efforts of VAR.
Full time: Rangers 5-0 Aberdeen Rangers move within a point of the leaders Celtic after a crushing victory.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich (Townsend 90)
Andros Townsend seals victory for Palace with a nice finish. Norwich’s desperate away form continues - played four, lost four.
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Full time: Chelsea 2-0 Brighton A good win for Chelsea, thanks to goals from Jorginho and Willian. A clean sheet will make Frank even happier.
GOAL! Swansea 1-1 Reading (Yiadom 90) Swansea would have gone top of the table with a win.
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“Dundee United 6-0 Morton,” weeps Simon McMahon. “I haven’t felt this good since Dave Narey scored for Scotland against Brazil in 1982.”
Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham Josh King has his shirt pulled in the West Ham penalty area. No penalty.
This would be a terrific win for Spurs, given the week they’ve had and the sending off of Serge Aurier in the first half. For all the negativity, Harry Kane looks in his best form since the 2017-18 season, and an in-form goalscorer can paper over a lot of cracks.
“Dear Rob,” says David Reynolds. “I don’t know what makes sports reporters, so endlessly susceptible to describing something good being done after something bad as “redemption”, but please please make it stop. All summer long, I have winced as Steve Smith playing excellent cricket has been repeatedly described as “redemption” for him previously presiding over cheating, even though in no logical sense can the second act redeem the first. Even today, two Guardian MBMs have described a good save following a goalkeeping howler as “redemption”, but the second could in no way alter the first, and this is simply not redemption. If a team messes up the first leg of a cup tie and then roars back in the second to go through, then this would be a genuine sporting redemption.”
It’s a fair cop. I’ll try to redeem myself by never doing it again.
GOAL! Rangers 5-0 Aberdeen (Defoe 80) It’s officially a shellacking.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-2 Burnley (Wood 81)
Well that didn’t take long.
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GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley (McGinn 79)
The impressive John McGinn, who was VARed in the first half, has given Villa the lead against Burnley.
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“Can someone please explain the point of Serge Aurier?” says Ian Davis. “He’s been a walking red card ever since he arrived at Spurs.”
I can’t. You’re welcome!
GOAL! Bournemouth 2-2 West Ham (Cresswell 74)
West Ham have equalised in an excellent game at the Vitality Stadium. Aaron Cresswell scored with a deflected shot, his second goal in as many games.
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The latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
- Bournemouth 2-1 West Ham
- Chelsea 2-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton
- Wolves 2-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 4-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-2 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 2-3 Bayern Munich (full time)
Serie A
- Juventus 2-0 SPAL (full time)
Championship
- Charlton 1-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-0 Reading
- Preston 3-3 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 4-1 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
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GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Brighton (Willian 76)
It’s been a nervous second half for Chelsea, but Willian’s deflected shot should seal their first home win in the league under Frank Lampard’s.
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Scottish Premiership James Tavernier has scored his second penalty for Rangers, who are walloping Aberdeen 4-0.
Full time: Paderborn 2-3 Bayern Munich
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley (Rodriguez 68)
The substitute Jay Rodriguez equalises for Burnley with a smart header.
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GOAL! Preston 2-3 Bristol City (Baker 60) Nathan Baker restores Bristol City’s lead; all three of their goals have come from set-pieces.
GOAL! Wolves 2-0 Watford (Janmaat own goal 61)
Wolves are cruising towards their first league win of the season. An unfortunate own goal from Daryl Janmaat has doubled their lead, and that’s all there is to it.
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Spurs 2-1 Southampton Hugo Lloris makes another outstanding save, this time from Maya Yoshida.
The latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
- Bournemouth 2-1 West Ham
- Chelsea 1-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton
- Wolves 1-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 3-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-2 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 2-3 Bayern Munich (2.30pm)
Serie A
- Juventus 2-0 SPAL (final score)
Championship
- Charlton 1-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-0 Reading
- Preston 2-2 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 2-1 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-1 Crewe Alexandra
GOAL! Paderborn 2-3 Bayern Munich (Collins 84) Paderborn won’t go quietly. A long-range blooter from Jamilu Collins has brought them back into the game.
Spurs 2-1 Southampton Hugo Lloris, who made an eejit of himself in the first half, makes a redemptive, brilliant save from James Ward-Prowse to keep Spurs ahead.
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Bournemouth 2-1 West Ham Nathan Ake has had a goal disallowed for offside. Meanwhile, Preston have equalised at home to Bristol City; it’s 2-2. Both Preston goals came from the penalty spot, though they switched the taker for the second one.
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich City “Rob, you perhaps haven’t noticed that Norwich have suffered yet another injury, second choice keeper Fahrmann going off in the 22nd minute to be replaced by third choice McGovern,” says Rod Wooden. “And Fahrmann was making his debut …”
Their injury list is brutal just now. I still think they will get enough points at home to stay up, although the away performances are a worry.
GOAL! Dundee United 4-0 Morton (Shankland 56) That’s Lawrence Shankland’s hat-trick.
Robert Lewandowski has ended the nonsense at Paderborn by restoring Bayern’s two-goal lead. And Barcelona now lead Getafe 2-0 thanks to Junior Firpo.
League One Kayden Jackson has made it Ipswich 2-1 Tranmere.
GOAL! Rangers 3-0 Aberdeen (Morelos 50) Alfredo Morelos, who was sent off umpteen times against Aberdeen last season, seals victory for Rangers.
“Palace started very brightly and gained momentum after the (clear) pen, but Norwich have had the better chances and were all over us towards the end of the half,” says Matt P. “Wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple more goals in this, Norwich forwards looking dangerous but Zaha electric as ever going forward.”
Thanks. I could get used to this. But seriously, it’s very strange talking about matches you can’t watch.
GOAL! Bournemouth 2-1 West Ham (C Wilson 46)
Callum Wilson continues his storming form, drilling home from Josh King’s pass.
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Brighton (Jorginho 50 pen)
Chelsea finally take the lead. Mason Mount won the penalty and Jorginho scored it with his usual insouciance.
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“Relieved that Wolves are ahead against Watford,” says Pete Higginson. “We were beginning to panic here that a relegation struggle would ensue. But we’ve got some tough away games next month, including Man City.”
You’ll be fine. I’m sure you’ll finish in the top half again.
GOAL! Paderborn 1-2 Bayern Munich (Proger 68)
Full time: Juventus 2-0 SPAL An easy win for Juve, who move back to the top for the next few hours at least. Pjanic and Ronaldo were the scorers.
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Championship One other half-time score worth mentioning: Middlesbrough 1-4 Sheffield Wednesday. Ouch.
The half-time scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
- Bournemouth 1-1 West Ham
- Chelsea 0-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Southampton
- Wolves 1-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-1 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 0-2 Bayern Munich (2.30pm)
Serie A
- Juventus 2-0 SPAL (2pm)
Championship
- Charlton 1-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-0 Reading
- Preston 1-2 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 1-1 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
“As much as I hate the knee-jerk ‘club x in crisis’ narrative, Spurs are playing like a club in crisis,” says Felix Wood. “What on earth are they playing at?”
Being fourth in the table, as things stand. I agree there is a strange mood around the place, but still, fourth in the table!
European football A few big names have scored important goals. Cristiano Ronaldo has put Juventus 2-0 up at home to SPAL, Philippe Coutinho has done likewise for Bayern Munich at Paderborn, and Luis Suarez has put Barcelona ahead at Getafe.
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GOAL! Spurs 2-1 Southampton (Kane 43)
Harry Kane puts 10-man Spurs back in the lead, finishing emphatically from Christian Eriksen’s pass.
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“Afternoon Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “In the Scottish Championship it’s currently Lawrence Shankland 2-0 Morton at a sunny Tannadice. That’s twelve goals in six and a half league games for the United striker. I’ve not felt this good since Archie Gemmill scored for Scotland against Holland in 1978.”
Scottish Premiership Greg Stewart has put Rangers 2-0 up at home to Aberdeen. As things stand, they are a point behind Celtic.
GOAL! Spurs 1-1 Southampton (Ings 39)
Oh dear lord. Hugo Lloris faffs over a backpass, then faffs a bit more, and Danny Ings helps himself to the cheapest goal he’ll score for years.
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“The decline of Spurs makes me think of two things,” says Hubert O’Hearn. “One, they’re like the seemingly happy couple who break up after 16 years because they’re just tired of one another. Two, Eriksen - and Pogba if rumours are true - wanting away to Madrid is doing it in an odd way. Both are playing like dead fish tossed onto the pitch. That makes them good buys? I’m missing something here. At least when Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez wanted to go to Spain each gave absolutely everything to United and Liverpool respectively in their final seasons.”
Championship Another corner, another goal for Bristol City. Andreas Weimann has put them 2-0 up at Preston.
Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley That Villa goal did count. Meanwhile, Luke Garbutt has made it Ipswich 1-0 Tranmere in League One.
GOAL! Charlton 1-0 Leeds (Bonne 32) Leeds have battered Charlton - but now they’re behind.
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GOAL? Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley? (El Ghazi 33?)
VAR are checking this one as well.
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Serge Aurier has been sent off. Two yellow cards, so Spurs are down to ten men against Southampton.
Championship Bristol City have taken a surprise lead at Preston, with Taylor Moore scoring from close range.
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The latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley
- Bournemouth 0-1 West Ham
- Chelsea 0-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Southampton
- Wolves 1-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-0 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 0-1 Bayern Munich (2.30pm)
Serie A
- Juventus 1-0 SPAL (2pm)
Championship
- Charlton 0-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-0 Reading
- Preston 0-1 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 0-0 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
NO GOAL! Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley
McGinn’s goal has been disallowed by VAR. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know and I don’t care.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley (McGinn 25)
The promoted teams have been pretty impressive so far, in performances if not always results. Villa will hope to address that today, and the excellent John McGinn has given them the lead at home to Burnley.
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GOAL! Spurs 1-0 Southampton (Ndombele 24)
It’s all happening. Son sets up Tanguy Ndombele to hammer Spurs into the lead against Southampton. As things stand, crisis club Spurs are fourth in the table.
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Scottish Premiership Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen (Tavernier 20 pen)
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich (Milivojevic 21 pen)
Luka Milivojevic gives Palace the lead with an emphatic penalty. The award was, apparently, dubious in the extreme, but not enough for it to be overturned by VAR.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 West Ham (King 17)
Joshua King has equalised for Bournemouth! The goal was originally disallowed for offside, but the decision was overturned after a long VAR check. The folk on Sky Sports thought there was an offside in the build-up, but Mr VAR disagreed.
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GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Watford (Doherty 18)
Matt Doherty has given Wolves the lead with a fine goal.
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The latest scores in our featured games
Premier League
- Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley
- Bournemouth 0-1 West Ham
- Chelsea 0-0 Brighton
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Southampton
- Wolves 0-0 Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers 0-0 Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe 0-0 Barcelona
Bundesliga
- Paderborn 0-1 Bayern Munich (2.30pm)
Serie A
- Juventus 1-0 SPAL (2pm)
Championship
- Charlton 0-0 Leeds
- Swansea 1-0 Reading
- Preston 0-0 Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich 0-0 Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
League Two Gavin Reilly has given third-placed Cheltenham an early lead against second-placed Crewe.
GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 West Ham (Yarmolenko 10)
Andriy Yarmolenko scores a brilliant curler to give West Ham an early lead in the top-of-the-table clash at the Vitality Stadium.
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“What are your thoughts re: Poch and the stalling Spurs?” says Bill Hargreaves. “It just seems to me that he’s on a par with Klopp and Pep in terms of managerial talent. Wouldn’t wonder if he’s grown tired of Levy and would be tempted to see what he could do with a chairman endlessly peeling off the Nelson Eddies over his shoulder.”
If I had a gun in my mouth and an order to predict where he’ll be this time next year, I’d say Manchester United, but nobody knows anything. There does seem to be a bit of inertia at the club, which is odd because this was supposed to be the season when everything came together.
Championship Chris Martin has enlivened a quiet week for Derby by giving them an early lead at home to Birmingham.
Peep peep! The 3pm matche are under way. While you wait for some goals to be scored, why not read this cracking interview with Joshua King.
Cedric has been injured in the warm-up at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, so Jannik Vestergaard comes into the Southampton side.
Brazen pluggery department
Latest Episode is here. Lee, Rob and @garynaylor999 take a long look at Ardiles' Tottenham and The Famous Five. There's also an underrated goalkeeper and perhaps the journeyman of journeymen.https://t.co/Mc0uRMIL1Y
— Nessun Dorma Podcast (@nessundormapod) September 27, 2019
“Very excited to see Sarr and Welbeck in the Watford starting lineup,” says Mac Millings. “I’m predicting a crushing 4-0 Hornet victory, because you can’t jinx a team that’s bottom of the league, with a goal difference nine worse than anyone else, can you? Can you? Can you?”
Goals goals goals!
Paderborn 0-1 Bayern Munich (Gnabry 15)
Juventus 1-0 SPAL (Pjanic 45)
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Here’s Louise Taylor’s report from a fascinating match at Bramall Lane.
It’s still 0-0 at whatever Juventus are calling their home ground these days. Etrit Berisha has just made a lovely save from Paulo Dybala.
It has finished Hibernian 1-1 Celtic at Easter Road. That gives Rangers the chance to move within a point of Celtic by beating Aberdeen the day.
West Brom have gone top of the Championship with a 2-0 win at QPR. The teenager Nathan Ferguson scored the opening goal, the first of his career, and he is emotionally naked in his post-match interview.
It means the world to me, it really does. I’ve been at this club for a while and I’ve been dreaming of this moment for years ... They gave me space! They gave me space so I thought, ‘You know what, I’m gonna drive into it.’ Mum and Dad always tell me to shoot, so I decided to shoot this time, and it paid off.
The kid cannot stop smiling, it’s lovely.
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Full time: Sheffield United 0-1 Liverpool It’s all over at Bramall Lane. Liverpool have made it seven wins out of seven, which moves them eight points clear for the next few hours at least. It was their least convincing win of the season, against a superb Sheffield United, but they’ll not care.
Wolves v Watford team news
Wolves (3-4-2-1) Rui Patricio; Boly, Coady, Saiss; Doherty, Joao Moutinho, Dendoncker, Jonny; Traore, Pedro Neto; Raul Jimenez.
Watford (4-2-3-1) Foster; Janmaat, Dawson, Cathcart, Holebas; Doucoure, Capoue; Deulofeu, Cleverley, Sarr; Welbeck.
Spurs v Southampton team news
Spurs (4-D-2) Lloris; Aurier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks; Sissoko, Ndombele; Eriksen; Kane, Son.
Southampton (4-2-2-2) Gunn; Cedric, Bednarek, Yoshida, Bertrand; Romeu, Hojbjerg; Ward-Prowse, Boufal; Ings, Redmond.
Crystal Palace v Norwich City team news
Crystal Palace (4-3-2-1) Guaita; Ward, Kelly, Cahill, van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate; Zaha, Schlupp; Ayew.
Norwich City (4-2-3-1) Fahrmann; Aarons, Amadou, Godfrey, Lewis; Leitner, McLean; Buendia, Stiepermann, Cantwell; Pukki.
Chelsea v Brighton team news
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Alonso; Jorginho, Barkley; Pedro, Mount, Willian; Abraham.
Brighton (4-2-3-1) Ryan; Montoya, Webster, Dunk, Burn; Bissouma, Stephens; Gross, Mooy, Alzate; Maupay.
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Bournemouth v West Ham team news
Bournemouth (4-4-2) Ramsdale; Stacey, S Cook, Ake, Rico; H Wilson, Billing, Lerma, King; Solanke, C Wilson.
West Ham (4-1-4-1) Fabianski; Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Rice; Yarmolenko, Noble, Fornals, Felipe Annderson; Haller.
Aston Villa v Burnley team news
Aston Villa (4-3-3) Heaton; Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane; Grealish, Wesley, El Ghazi.
Burnley (4-4-2) Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters; Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Wood, Barnes.
WSL It has finished Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool at Leigh Sports Village. Lauren James scored a lovely first goal before Katie Zelem sealed the win against her old club with an injury-time penalty.
Liverpool have taken the lead at Bramall Lane with 20 minutes remaining, thanks to a grim error from the goalkeeper Dean Henderson. It’s really harsh on Sheffield United, who have played superbly and almost took the lead a few minutes earlier.
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Some pre-match reading
Aaron Ramsey starts for Juventus at home to SPAL. That fixture is 2nd v 19th, and later we’ll see 20th v 1st: Sampdoria are hosting the leaders Internazionale.
📝⚪️⚫️ | Your Juve team to face @spalferrara! #JuveSPAL #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/g5Da5mUYyX
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) September 28, 2019
Scott Murray is following the early game at Bramall Lane. You won’t believe the score!
Preamble
Hello. You know the drill: Saturday, 3pm and a sensory overload of association football. It’s a decent fixture list today, with six matches in the Premier League - including an important game for crisis club (sic) Spurs - and scheduled appearances from Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern Munich.
These are the main matches we’ll be following, but you can see a full fixture list (and keep up to date with the latest scores) by clicking this thing here.
Premier League
- Aston Villa v Burnley
- Bournemouth v West Ham
- Chelsea v Brighton
- Crystal Palace v Norwich
- Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
- Wolves v Watford
Scottish Premiership
- Rangers v Aberdeen
La Liga
- Getafe v Barcelona
Bundesliga
- SC Paderborn 07 v Bayern Munich (2.30pm)
Serie A
- Juventus v SPAL (2pm)
Championship
- Charlton v Leeds
- Swansea v Reading
- Preston v Bristol City
League One
- Ipswich v Tranmere
League Two
- Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra
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