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PEEP! Second-half matches in play
Here we go again. A strange split of goals in the Premier League in that first 45 minutes. Two games with four goals in them and two still goalless. Although⦠Nottingham Forest have a penalty!
And read here how Barcelona were stunned 2-1 at home by Las Palmas. Thatâs now just one point in the last nine for the leaders.
Hereâs the match report of Blackburnâs 1-0 win over Leeds.
HT scores – SPL
HT scores – Championship
Results in early games
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Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull
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Oxford 1-1 Millwall
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Watford 0-0 QPR
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Blackburn 1-0 Leeds
Scenes at Molineux at the break as goalkeeper Jose Sa goes into the crowd to confront a fan, who is then removed.
HT scores – Premier League
GOAL! Brentford 3-1 Leicester
This could be a tough afternoon for Ruud van Nistelrooy now. The Bees add a third in the seventh minute of added time as Schade dinks a lovely finish over Hermansen after being put in by Damsgaard. Thatâs his second of the game and, fun fact, it was Brentfordâs 17th first-half goal of the season. Thatâs the best in the league.
Simon McMahon is back. âMaybe Celtic will score 36? Theyâre 5-0 up now and look like scoring every time they have the ball.â
Spotterâs badge for Rob Moore. âIn Where Are They Now? news, in the 92nd minute of their big win, Las Palmas brought on a certain Oli McBurnie.â
News from our resident fitba correspondent, Simon McMahon. âAfternoon David. In the Scottish Premier Celtic have taken an early lead at home to Ross County, the other games, including Dundee United v St. Mirren, remain goalless. Itâs also Scottish Cup third round day, but not much to report so far, other than to say I doubt Arbroath will be winning 36-0, as they are currently goalless at home to Queen of the South. Still plenty time, I suppose.â
Some feedback from reader Kári Tulinius on Barcelonaâs shock 2-1 home defeat to Las Palmas.
âEveryone who I consider smarter than me about football, a long list, thinks otherwise, but Iâve long been skeptical of Hansi Flick as a manager. I also realize his six trophy season in charge of Bayern is a point against me, but then he benefited from following a disciplinarian whoâd whipped FC Hollywood into shape, and so that collection of brilliant talent was pulling in the same direction. His tenure as Germany manager was a disaster, and I suspect his Barcelona team will fade away. Now that Iâve said it out loud, Iâve probably reverse jinxed the Blaugrana into another six trophy season.â
Still 0-0 at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest have managed seven shots to Ipswichâs three although both have had two on target and the visitors are starting to look much more threatening. One concern for Ipswich is that two of their defenders â OâShea and Tuanzebe â are on yellow cards after early bookings.
An incredible miss at Selhurst Park! Munoz arrives at the far post to tap home from three yards following a cross from Sarr and great work from Eze but somehow fluffs his lines. How are Crystal Palace not in front? Relief for Newcastle.
FT: Blackburn 1-0 Leeds. Even with 10 minutes of added time, Leeds canât find the net and itâs defeat at Ewood Park. They stay second, three points behind Sheffield United, while Blackburn are up to eighth in the live table thanks to Todd Cantwellâs penalty. A missed opportunity for Leeds, who had a late âgoalâ ruled out.
GOAL! Brentford 2-1 Leicester
And Leicesterâs task is even harder now as Brentford complete the turnaround with two inside five minutes. Schade, who set up the first, fires home the second from a Bryan Mbeumo cross.
GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Leicester
Leicesterâs lead didnât last long as a first-time finish from Yoane Wissa from a Schade cross gives Brentford a deserved equaliser with 25 minutes on the clock. The Bees have won more home points than anyone in the Premier League this season so Leicester will do well to take something from this having been pegged back so soon.
Bad news for Newcastle â and fantasy managers â as Isak canât continue and is replaced by Harvey Barnes.
GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Leicester
A goal against the run of play. Jamie Vardy, still a zippy customer, cuts the ball back to the unmarked Facundo Buonanotte, who taps home inside the six-yard box to put the Foxes in front.
As for those other Premier League games, Forest started brightly at home to Ipswich but the visitors are finding their way back into it, Brentford are turning up the heat on Leicester although canât find a breakthrough and lots of Newcastle players seem to be needing treatment at Crystal Palace. Isak is one of them although he seems fine to continue.
GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Bournemouth
Kluivert slams home his second penalty, this time going to the goalkeeperâs right, and Bournemouth are 3-1 up. Four goals in this one; none elsewhere in the Premier League.
Bournemouth have been given a second penalty at Molineux! A dithering Jose Sa takes fouls Evanilson, who earlier missed a sitter, and the Cherries are on the brink of a 3-1 lead.
Brentford 0-0 Leicester. Itâs Brentford, not Bournemouth, who have made a reputation for early goals but they havenât managed one yet against Leicester. That said, it took a brilliant save from Foxes goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to keep out Kevin Schadeâs fifth-minute header.
GOAL! Wolves 1-2 Bournemouth
And straight back to Molineux where thereâs a third goal in a bonkers opening eight minutes. The Cherries are back in front via a beauty from flying full-back Milos Kerkez, who slams home into the top corner after being set up by Tavernier.
Coventry 1-1 Cardiff. And quite a start in Frank Lampardâs first game in charge of Coventry. Cardiff take the lead through Yakou Meite but Ephron Mason-Clark has Frank smiling again just 90 seconds later.
GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Bournemouth
What a start at Molineux. The visitors are level as Bellegarde crosses from the right and Strand Larsen heads home the equaliser. Quite the opening five minutes.
Wow! Barcelona have lost 2-1 at home to Las Palmas. Barca were 1/10 to win that.
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Bournemouth
Justin Kluivert strokes home the penalty and the visitors lead 1-0 after just three minutes.
A penalty at Molineux! Itâs to Bournemouth although thereâs a check going on. Evanilson is the man brought down. Groans in the Wolves crowd as itâs given.
PEEP! 3pm games underway
The four 3pm matches in the Premier League are in play, as are lots of others in the EFL, FA Cup and many places abroad.
Hopefully, that âtext messageâ news below will answer Frank from Missouriâs curiosity. âAs the only Leicester fan I know, Iâm wondering what, if any, influence Ruud will have on todayâs game, given that (1) he only got appointed hours ago and (2) heâll be watching from the stands. Iâm looking for a ray of hope here, after the blah start to the season.â
Jeremy Boyce is back in touch. âI am beginning to wonder if Leeds shouldnât officially change their name to Leeds 69% Possession United. Itâs the same every match every week, and they either score a hatful or none at all.â Theyâve actually had 76% in the second half, Jeremy, but remain 1-0 down to Blackburn at Ewood Park. Soz.
A relaxed Ruud van Nistelrooy has arrived at Brentford and will take his place up in the stands. Apparently, he exchanged text messages with stand-in Ben Dawson last night, presumably to do with Leicesterâs line-up rather than any good Netflix recommendations.
In the Bundesliga, what are fourth-placed Leipzig playing at? Less than 20 minutes gone and theyâre 3-0 down at home to Wolfsburg.
Barcelona are seven minutes away from a shock 2-1 home loss to Las Palmas. If is stays like that, Real Madrid can go top by winning their two games in hand. The first of those is at home to Getafe on Sunday.
Como v Monza is a top-flight game in Italy. No, really (18th v 19th). Thatâll cause furrowed brows to those who loved Serie A in the 90s but are a bit sketchy on whoâs in the top-flight now. For such people, have a read of this and the others in the series. Oh, Como are leading 1-0 by the way.
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch via email.
âLeeds fan here, so âthanksâ for the update from Ewood Park. The Forest – Ipswich match looks pretty tasty, and plenty riding on it for both teams. Ipswich desperately need to turn their agreeable playing style into points, Forest have already turned their agreeable style into surprisingly many points but need to get back on track after two reversals. Could be fun. 0-0 then.”
Barcelona 1-2 Las Palmas. As I was saying, plenty of time for the hosts. Although I wasnât thinking of a sentence ending âto ship another shock goalâ. Good grief, the visitors are back in front. Fabio Silva with the goal to get the locals muttering again.
Barcelona 1-1 Las Palmas. Barca are level and itâs a tidy goal from Brazilian forward Raphinha. Still around half an hour to go there so plenty of time for the hosts.
As for Raphinhaâs former team Leeds, they trail 1-0 at the break against Blackburn at Ewood Park. The visitors have had 69% possession but just havenât done enough with it. The second half about to start.
Results from the early kick-offs in the Championship and League Two. Middlesbrough jump to fifth, edging (on goal difference) above Watford, who are held at home by second-bottom QPR.
Championship:
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Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull
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Oxford 1-1 Millwall
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Watford 0-0 QPR
League Two:
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Carlisle 1-1 Crewe
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Fleetwood 0-0 Colchester
Oxford 1-1 Millwall. Tyler Goodrham looks to have rescued a point for Oxford with an equaliser four minutes from time.
Barcelona 0-1 Las Palmas. Yikes. The visitors take the lead in the 49th minute via Sandro Ramirez. What madness is this.
Just under 26 hours until Liverpool v Manchester City. Some previews to whet the appetite:
Barcelona 0-0 Las Palmas. Barca are dominant (68% possession, 10 shots to 3) but theyâre drawing 0-0 at the break against Las Palmas.
Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull. After their glut of recent goals dried up in a 1-0 defeat to Blackburn, Middlesbrough are back at it and now have three against Hull. Tommy Conwayâs second of the game with 11 minutes left looks likely to secure all three points.
Premier League team news. So, digesting some of those starting XIs, itâs good news for Crystal Palace with Eberechi Eze returning following a hamstring injury. Jefferson Lerma also comes back. Nottingham Forest have made five changes from the team that lost at Arsenal, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson among those returning. Antoine Semenyo and Lewis Cook are suspended for Bournemouth â thatâs a blow â so Ryan Christie and David Brooks get the call. But perhaps the biggest eyebrow raising is at Leicester where first-team coach Ben Dawson, likely prompted by Ruud van Nistelrooy (sitting in the stands), has given first Premier League starts of the season to Conor Coady and Luke Thomas.
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich team news
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Yates, Anderson, Jota, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Ipswich: Muric, Tuanzebe, OâShea, Burgess, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Szmodics, Delap.
Wolves v Bournemouth team news
Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Lemina, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, J. Gomes, Bellegarde, R. Gomes, Cunha, Strand Larsen.
Bournemouth: Kepa, Kerkez, Senesi, Brooks, Evanilson, Christie, Adams, Smith, Tevernier, Kluivert, Zabarnyi.
Blackburn 1-0 Leeds. Bad news for the 7,000 travelling Leeds fans as Rovers go ahead via Todd Cantwellâs 22th-minute penalty.
Crystal Palace v Newcastle team news
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Munoz, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Eze, Mateta, Sarr.
Newcastle: Pope, Schar, Joelinton, Tonali, Gordon, Isak, Hall, Livramento, Willock, Burn, Guimaraes.
Brentford v Leicester team news
Brentford: Flekken, Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Jensen, Damsgaard, Schade, Mbeumo, Wissa.
Leicester: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Coady, Okoli, Thomas, Ndidi, Soumare, Buonanotte, Ayew, Vardy.
Hereâs the match report of Wycombeâs FA Cup win at Wealdstone. Our Simon Burnton was there.
As we await the starting XIs, hereâs Will Unwinâs piece on how Liverpool have gone to the toppermost of the poppermost in both the Premier League and Champions League.
Premier League team news now drops 75 minutes before kick-off so (counts fingers, thumbs and toes) weâll bring it to you very shortly.
Hereâs a thing â Barcelona are in action right now too! Yes, you heard that right. The Catalans are top of La Liga but have stuttered recently with a draw and a loss in two away games. They remain perfect at home though and are looking to make it six wins out of six with victory over 17th-place Las Palmas. Nothing doing just yet though and itâs 0-0 with 30 minutes gone.
Half-times in the early kick-offs around the country below. Weâve already had one result in the FA Cup with League One Wycombe winning 2-0 at National League Wealdstone. Wycombe reach the third round for the first time since 2020/21.
Championship:
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Middlesbrough 2-0 Hull
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Oxford 0-1 Millwall
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Watford 0-0 QPR
League Two:
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Carlisle 1-0 Crewe
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Fleetwood 0-0 Colchester
Preamble
Welcome! The weekend Premier League action got under way last night with Southampton earning a good point at Brighton and actually feeling aggrieved that it wasnât all three after more VAR controversy. That means thereâs no 12.30pm fixture today but thereâs plenty to tuck into at 3pm with four top-flight games kicking off. Okay, none of the top six are in action but thereâs plenty of intrigue in this quartet of fixtures:
Brentford v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich
Wolves v Bournemouth
Can you look at any of those four and be confident of a winner? Okay, Brentford have been awesome at home (five wins and a draw in six matches). But what about the Ruud van Nistelrooy Leicester bump effect? Thereâs a sentence.
So thereâs all that plus news from the EFL and Europe. Leeds can return to the top of the Championship with victory at Blackburn (1.30pm) while weâll check in on the trio of live Championship games and also bring you hot news from the FA Cup second round. Sounds fun doesnât it and for those looking for a further fix when this clockwatch shuts down, thereâs West Ham v Arsenal in a separate MBM at 5.30pm. Join me!