Manchester City v Brighton, Ipswich v Nottingham Forest and more: football – live
Key events
Premier League – Manchester City 2-2 Brighton
I believe that Brighton equaliser has actually been put down as a Khusanov own-goal. Apologies to those who have either him or Hinshelwood in their Fantasy Premier League team.
Championship – Plymouth 2-2 Derby
Argyle come from two goals behind to go level with Derby thanks to an equaliser from Nat Phillips. Game on!
GOAL! Manchester City 2-2 Brighton (Hinshelwood, 48)
Jack Hinshelwood levels things up for Brighton at the Etihad! A Brighton corner is sent to the edge of Manchester City’s penalty area. The ball is headed into the danger zone, Hinshelwood goes for goal and his effort deflects off Khusanov before hitting the net!
GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Wolves (Strand Larsen, 47)
Strand Larsen gets his second of the afternoon to extend Wolves’ lead!
Here we go for the second half…
Erling Haaland has narrowed the gap to Mohamed Salah in the Premier League Golden Boot race. Click here to see the overall rankings…
Dominic Booth is at Goodison Park this afternoon for Everton v West Ham. Here’s what he had to say about the first half…
“It’s been a rather forgettable first half between two clubs who have little to play for, save for a bit of pride. Everton and West Ham’s places in next season’s Premier League are so secure that David Moyes and Graham Potter were able to engage in a lengthy pre-match chat on the Goodison Park turf. There’s a lot of mutual respect between the two managers and their teams have cancelled each other out so far. The closest we’ve come to a goal was when Jarrad Branthwaite inadvertently headed towards his own net from a Hammers’ corner, with Jordan Pickford springing acrobatically to save. Everton have been slightly more dominant otherwise but this game needs a spark.
“For the penalty incicent, Beto appeared to have been tripped by Konstantinos Mavropanos but the VAR Chris Kavanagh deemed there wasn’t conclusive evidence of a foul. It was a tough one to call. Beto did seem to kick the ground before he went over.”
Half-time: League Two
Half-time: League One
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Blackpool 0-1 Leyton Orient
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Reading 0-0 Stevenage
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Rotherham 1-0 Exeter City
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Mansfield Town 1-0 Barnsley
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Charlton 2-0 Wigan
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Wycombe 0-0 Wrexham
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Huddersfield 4-0 Crawley
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Northampton 1-1 Birmingham
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Lincoln 1-0 Bristol Rovers
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Shrewsbury 0-0 Burton
Half-time: Championship
Half-time: Premier League
Half-time
It’s half-time across the leagues, let me bring you some score updates…
No penalty!
Following a VAR check, no penalty is given at Goodison Park.
Premier League – Everton 0-0 West Ham
Everton have a penalty! Or do they? The referee is off to check the VAR monitor…
Beto goes to ground following a challenge from Mavropanos, but there wasn’t much contact there at all.
Championship – Plymouth 1-2 Derby
Plymouth have a goal back thanks to Mustapha Bundu.
GOAL! Ipswich 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Elanga, 42)
Elanga scores his second in five minutes to extend Forest’s advantage to three! Surely that’s game over now…
GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Brighton (Marmoush, 39)
Gundogan steals the ball in a dangerous area before laying it off to Omar Marmoush, who unleashes a powerful strike straight into the bottom-left corner from outside the box!
GOAL! Ipswich 0-2 Nottingham Forest (Elanga, 37)
And just like that, things go from bad to worse for Ipswich. Anthony Elanga is there to put Forest 2-0 ahead!
GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Nottingham Forest (Milenković, 35)
Nikola Milenković fires Forest into the lead at Portman Road! A floating cross is sent into the penalty area and headed across the six-yard box. Milenković is there to take a touch before volleying his shot home.
Championship – Coventry 2-0 Sunderland
Haji Wright, who scored Coventry’s opening goal in the 21st minute, extends his team’s advantage from the penalty spot just before the half-hour mark.
Championship – Plymouth 0-2 Derby
Harrison Armstrong extends Derby’s advantage at Home Park.
Championship – Swansea 0-2 Burnley
Jaidon Anthony extends Burnley’s lead.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Brighton (Estupiñán, 21)
Pervis Estupiñán levels things up at the Etihad! The full-back steps up to take a free kick just outside the City box and curls his effort around the wall. The ball then rattles the left post before bouncing into the net.
GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Wolves (Strand Larsen, 19)
Wolves take the lead at St. Mary’s thanks to Jorgen Strand Larsen!
League One – Northampton 1-0 Birmingham
An own-goal from Tomoki Iwata sees Northampton take a shock 1-0 lead against the League One leaders.
Championship – Blackburn 1-1 Cardiff
Yuki Ohashi levels things up for the hosts at Ewood Park.
Championship – Plymouth 0-1 Derby
Marcus Harness fires Derby ahead at Home Park.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Brighton (Haaland, 11)
Erling Haaland sends Verbruggen the wrong way from the spot!
PENALTY! Manchester City
Marmoush is brought down in the box and Manchester City have a penalty!
GOAL DISALLOWED! Manchester City 0-0 Brighton
Brighton have an opener disallowed! Mitoma sticks the ball in the net but it will not stand.
Championship – Blackburn 0-1 Cardiff
Yousef Salech strikes first for the visitors at Ewood Park.
Championship – Swansea 0-1 Burnley
Burnley get off to a flying start at the Swansea.com Stadium thanks to Josh Brownhill.
League Two – Newport 1-0 Harrogate
Cameron Evans nets the first goal of the afternoon for the hosts.
Kick-off
Here we go! We’re under way in the Premier League and across the EFL!
We’re about to get under way across the leagues…
Feel free to get in touch this afternoon with any thoughts, feelings, score predictions and all that jazz.
What are your thoughts on Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad? Who should and shouldn’t have been involved? Let me know!
Elsewhere in Europe…
Bundesliga:
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Werder Bremen v Borussia Monchengladbach
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Union Berlin v Bayern Munich
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Mainz v Freiburg
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Augsburg v Wolfsburg
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RB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund (5:30pm GMT)
La Liga:
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Real Valladolid v Celta Vigo (still live)
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Mallorca v Espanyol
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Villarreal v Real Madrid (5:30pm GMT)
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Girona v Valencia (8pm GMT)
The Premier League received some good news this week as it is now almost certain that five clubs will qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season.
League Two fixtures
League One fixtures
Chelsea crowned Women’s League Cup champions
It’s full-time at Pride Park and Chelsea have just clinched a 2-1 victory over Manchester City to win the Women’s League Cup! Click here for all the reaction:
Championship fixtures
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Luton v Middlesbrough
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Blackburn v Cardiff
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Coventry v Sunderland
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Swansea v Burnley
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Plymouth v Derby
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West Brom v Hull
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Preston v Portsmouth
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Oxford United v Watford
Ipswich v Nottingham Forest team news
Ipswich: Palmer; O’Shea (C), Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Phillips, Cajuste, Philogene, Hutchinson, Enciso, Delap.
Nottingham Forest: Sels; Murillo, Williams, Anderson, Gibbs-White (C), Wood, Hudson-Odoi, Domínguez, Elanga, Milenkovic, Aina.
Southampton v Wolves team news
Southampton: Ramsdale (C); Sugawara, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bella-Kotchap, Manning, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Fernandes, Kamaldeen, Dibling.
Wolves: Sa; Semedo (C), Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, J. Gomes, Munetsi, Bellegarde, Strand Larsen.
Everton v West Ham team news
Everton: Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski (C), Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, Doucouré, Harrison, Alcaraz, Beto.
West Ham: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Todibo, Emerson, Souček, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen (C), Kudus.
Manchester City v Brighton team news
Manchester City: Ortega; Lewis, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Nico, Gundogan, Savinho, Marmoush, Doku, Haaland
Brighton: Verbruggen; Webster (C), Joao Pedro, Georginio, Minteh, Baleba, Mitoma, Gomez, Van Hecke, Estupinan, Hinshelwood.
Premier League fixtures
Also happening today, Chelsea are currently leading Manchester City in the Women’s League Cup final at Pride Park. You can follow the action as it happens with Barry Glendenning’s minute-by-minute report here:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to another Saturday Clockwatch! We’ve got plenty of fixtures across the Premier League and EFL to look forward to this afternoon, with some updates from Europe also thrown in.
In the Premier League we have a relegation scrap between Wolves and Southampton, while Ipswich take on high-flying Nottingham Forest. Elsewhere, Everton host West Ham and Brighton travel to face Manchester City.
The pick of the Championship fixtures this afternoon sees Frank Lampard’s Coventry take on Sunderland. In League One, promotion hopefuls Wycombe and Wrexham – who are level on points – go head-to-head at Adams Park. And in League Two, 18 teams are in action at 3pm GMT.
I’ll be bringing you updates all afternoon – join me!
