That’s all from clockwatch for today folks. But the fun doesn’t stop here. We have live reports from Liverpool’s game against West Ham at Anfield and the Women’s League Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester City at Plough Lane for your reading pleasure ...
Match report: Norwich City 1-3 Brentford
Premier League: Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick, with two of his goals coming from the penalty spot, to leave Norwich anchored to the bottom of the Premier League table.
Match report: Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League: England manager Gareth Southgate was in attendance to see Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilf Zaha score the goals in an outstanding Crystal Palace demolition job at Molineux. Peter Lansley was also present, writing pristine prose and reportage for the Guardian ...
Match report: Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton
Premier League: Brighton slumped to their fourth straight defeat as Newcastle further allayed any dwindling fears of relegation through goals from Ryan Fraser and Fabian Scahr. Louise Taylor reports from St James’ Park ...
Match report: Burnley 0-4 Chelsea
Premier League: At the end of a week in which it was announced their club was up for sale, Chelsea’s players roused themselves to swat profligate Burnley aside in the second half. Jonathan Liew was at Turf Moor ...
Match report: Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United
Premier League: Leeds United showed signifcant sign of defensive improvement in their first game under the management of Jesse Marsch but were unable to avoid defeat. Ben Fisher reports ...
Match report: Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton
Premier League: Philippe Coutinho scored one, missed several good chances and generally pulled the strings as Southampton were routed at Villa Park. Richar Jolly was there to see it ...
Women's League Cup final
Chelsea and Manchester City go toe to toe at Plough Lane, where kick-off is less than 10 minutes away. Tom Davies has the latest ...
Premier League full times
- Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United
- Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton
- Burnley 0-4 Chelsea
- Norwich City 1-3 Brentford
- Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton
- Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace
- Liverpool v West Ham (5.30pm GMT)
- View the Premier League table
Championship full times
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham City
- Derby County 2-0 Barnsley
- Hull City 0-2 West Brom
- Middlesbrough 2-1 Luton Town
- Preston 2-1 Bournemouth
- QPR 1-2 Cardiff City
- Reading 0-1 Millwall
- Stoke 0-1 Blackpool
- Swansea City 3-1 Coventry City
- View the Championship table
Full time: Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton
Premier League: Southampton were subjected to a Philippe Coutinho masterclass as Villa won their second game in succession.
Full time: Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Crystal Palace played as well as they have for years as they put Wolves to the sword at Molineux.
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Full time: Norwich City 1-3 Brentford
Premier League: Brentford did their chances of staying up a power of good against a Norwich side that looks doomed to relegation.
Full time: Burnley 0-4 Chelsea
Premier League: Having wasted several excellent first half chances when the game was scorless, Burnley were harshly punished for their profligacy.
Full time: Newcastle 2-1 Brighton
Premier League: Brighton throw the kitchen sink at Newcastle but to no avail. Eddie Howe’s side have hung on to win and are now unbeaten in eight.
GOAL! Norwich City 1-3 Brentford (Pukki 90+2)
Premier League: Teemu Pukki scores a late consolation goal for Norwich City, who will remain anchored to the bottom of the table.
Championship: Josh Bowler fires Blackpool ahead at Stoke with the only goal of the game after 86 minutes. Meanwhile at Deepdale, Emil Riis puts Preston 2-1 up against Bournemouth. At the Riverside, Duncan Watmore has come off the bench to make it Middlesbrough 2-0 Luton Town.
Liverpool v West Ham line-ups
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Keita, Salah, Mane, Diaz.
Subs: Milner, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Jota, Origi, Kelleher, Elliott.
West Ham: Fabianski, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Johnson, Soucek, Vlasic, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio, Lanzini.
Subs: Areola, Noble, Benrahma, Diop, Fredericks, Masuaku, Kral, Okoflex, Chesters.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Championship: It’s almost certainly too little too late for Coventry City at the Liberty Stadium as Gustavo Hamer pulls a goal back for the visitors, who now trail Swansea City 3-1.
Interesting one. If going 4-0 down compels you to leave early in disgust, and then it's disallowed by VAR, do you....sit back down again?
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) March 5, 2022
VAR: Norwich City 0-3 Brentford
Premier League: After a very long VAR check, Brentford’s fourth goal seems to have been ruled out. I have no idea why - a Toney or Pinnock offside in the build-up perhaps? Yep, it’s been disallowed.
GOAL! Norwich City 0-4 Brentford (Mbeumo 76)
Premier League: The top flight jig looks well and truly up for Norwich, who now trail Brentford 4-0 at Carrow Road. Tim Krul pulls off a smart double-save from Bryan Mbeumo and Pontus Jansson but is beaten at the third time of asking by the Frenchman.
Championship: Rubin Colwill scores an outstanding free-kick to put Cardiff City ahead at Loftus Road.
Championship: Isaak Davies scores for Cardiff City to make it 1-1 in their games against QPR at Loftus Road.
GOAL! Burnley 0-4 Chelsea (Pulisic 69)
Premier League: A blunder by James Tarkowski gifts Christian Pulisic a goal and Chelsea increase their lead. Having squandered three excellent chances in the first half, Burnley are now being hammered.
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Norwich 0-3 Brentford: No, your eyes didn’t deceive you - I did write Teemu “Pinnock” ... (now corrected) ... because at the precise moment I went to type “Pukki”, Mitch Pinnock scored for Northampton against Tranmere and I got distracted.
Norwich City 0-3 Brentford: Milot Rashica pulls a “goal” back for Norwich City only to see it chalked off after a VAR check because Teemu Pukki was offside in the build-up.
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Newcastle 2-1 Brighton: While you’d probably guessed as much already, it behoves me to confirm that Lewis Dunk’s goal for Brighton was indeed a header from a corner.
Championship latest
That flurry of top flight goals means we’ve been neglecting the Championship, where there have also been several goals. Bristol City have pulled one back against Birmingham, West Brom have doubled their lead against Hull, Preston and Bournemouth have traded goals and Swansea City are now three up against Coventry.
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham City
- Derby County 2-0 Barnsley
- Hull City 0-2 West Brom
- Middlesbrough 1-0 Luton Town
- Preston 1-1 Bournemouth
- QPR 1-0 Cardiff City
- Reading 0-1 Millwall
- Stoke 0-0 Blackpool
- Swansea City 3-0 Coventry City
GOAL! Burnley 0-3 Chelsea (Havertz 55)
Premier League: Chelsea score their third in eight minutes. Reece James turns provider, sending in a cross which Kai Havertz converts with his trailing foot after failing to connect properly as he tried to stab home.
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GOAL! Norwich City 0-3 Brentford (Toney 58pen HT)
Premier League: Ben Gibson gives away another penalty, sliding in to foul Toney, who makes no mistake from the spot. He’ll be taking the match ball home.
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GOAL! Newcastle 2-1 Brighton (Dunk 55)
Premier League: Lewis Dunk pulls a goal back for Brighton as the top flight goals rain in.
GOAL! Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton (Ings 54)
Premier League: Danny Ings scores against his former club but refuses to celebrate out of respect for the fans of his former club who have been booing him all afternoon.
GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Chelsea (Havertz 52)
Premier League: Kai Havertz scores with his head, sending the ball past Nick Pope after getting on the end of a great cross from Christian Pulisic.
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GOAL! Aston Villa 3-0 Southampton (Coutinho 52)
Premier League: After missing several good chances in the first half, Philippe Coutinho scores with a low drive to put more distance between Villa and Southampton.
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GOAL! Norwich City 0-2 Brentford (Toney 52pen)
Premier League: While Norwich defend a corner, Ben Gibson catches Pontus Jansson’s head with a high boot and Brentford win a penalty. Ivan Toney scores, sending Tim Krul the wrong way.
GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Chelsea (James 47)
Premier League: Reece James shapes to shoot twice in quick succession taking a couple of Burnley defenders out of the equation before firing Chelsea ahead with a superb finish at Turf Moor.
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Championship: Derby County go two up against Barnsley with Ravel Morrison scoring his second goal of the game. He scores with a volley on the follow-up after Tom Lawrence had hit the cross-bar.
Match report: Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship: Fulham tightened their grip at the top of the Championship with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Blackburn at Craven Cottage.
Half-time scores ...
Premier League
- Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United (result)
- Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton
- Burnley 0-0 Chelsea
- Norwich City 0-1 Brentford
- Newcastle United 2-0 Brighton
- Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace
- Liverpool v West Ham (5.30pm GMT)
Championship
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (result)
- Bristol City 0-2 Birmingham City
- Derby County 1-0 Barnsley
- Hull City 0-1 West Brom
- Middlesbrough 1-0 Luton Town
- Preston 0-0 Bournemouth
- QPR 1-0 Cardiff City
- Reading 0-1 Millwall
- Stoke 0-0 Blackpool
- Swansea City 2-0 Coventry City
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton (Luiz 44)
Premier League: Callum Chambers picks out Philippe Coutinho with a wonderful pass off the outside of his boot and the Brazilian squares the ball for Douglas Luiz to tap in.
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Burnley 0-0 Chelsea: Yet another chances goes a begging for Burnley on the counter-attack against Chelsea. Not for the first time this afternoon, Dwight McNeil has his head in his hands.
Championship: Irish international Michael Obafemi scores to double Swansea’s lead against Coventry in a game of two Citys.
Championship: Jake Cooper heads Millwall into the lead at Reading with his side looking for their fifth win on the bounce. Meanwhile at Loftus Road, Andre Gray takes advantage of a miskicked clearance to roof the ball from six yards out and give QPR a 1-0 lead against Cardiff City.
GOAL! Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace (Zaha 34pen)
Premier League: Wilfried Zaha scores from the spot at Molineux after Jeffrey Schlupp is tripped by Max Kilman in the penalty area.
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GOAL! Norwich City 0-1 Brentford (Toney 32)
Premier League: Brentford take the lead at Carrow Road with Ivan Toney scoring his fourth goal in his past five appearances.
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Burnley 0-0 Chelsea: Dwight McNeill misses another glorious opportunity for Burnley, shooting over an empty goal after an appalling punched clearance from Edouard Mendy fell his way 10 yards out.
Championship: Ravel Morrison scores his first league goal in English football since 2014 to give Derby County a one-goal lead against Barnsley.
Burnley 0-0 Chelsea: Wout Weghorst and Nathan Collins squander quick-fire chances for Burnley, who have started well against Chelsea.
Championship: Paddy McNair scores from the penalty spot to give Middlesbrough a one-goal lead against Luton Town, while Karlan Grant has fired West Brom ahead at Hull City.
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Crystal Palace (Mateta 19)
Premier League: Jean-Philippe Mateta puts Palace one up against Wolves from close range to reap the reward for his side’s dominance in the opening 20 minutes.
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Championship: Birmingham City score their second of the afternoon against Bristol City, with Nico Gordon getting his name on the scoresheet.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Brighton (Schar 14)
Premier League: Fabian Schar doubles Newcastle’s lead, sending a bullet header past Robert Sanchez after getting on the end of a free-kick.
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Championship: Jamie Paterson fires Swansea ahead against Coventry City with his left foot.
GOAL! Newcastle United 1-0 Brighton (Fraser 12)
Premier League: Born again under Eddie Howe, Ryan Fraser smashes home the rebound after Jacob Murphy hits the post. Newcastle’s resurgence in the post-Steve Bruce era continues.
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GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Watkins 9)
Premier League: Ollie Watkins combines with Danny Ings before curling a perfectly placed shot around Fraser Forster in the Southampton goal.
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Crowd at Turf Moor stands and applauds to show solidarity with Ukraine. Chelsea fans interrupt with chants of 'Roman Abramovich, Roman Abramovich'.
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) March 5, 2022
Newcastle 0-0 Brighton: Shane Duffy misses a sitter for Brighton, inexplicably failing to to get his head to the ball from a corner when the goal was gaping and he didn’t even need to jump.
Championship: On loan at Birmingham City from Manchester United, Tahith Chong marks his return from injury with an early goal against Bristol City.
Norwich City 0-0 Brentford: Milot Rashica goes close for the Premier League’s bottom side, bringing a fine save out of Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
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Our 3pm kick-offs are go! Following applause in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the action is under way the length and breadth of the UK.
Match report: Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United
Premier League: Life after Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds does not look dull but for all the promise, fun and trademark buccaneering style, there was a painfully familiar outcome as Jesse Marsch’s first game in charge of the club ended in a slender defeat, writes Ben Fisher from the King Power Stadium.
Norwich City v Brentford: The big news from Carrow Road is that Christian Eriksen lines up for the Bees. It’s the Dane’s first start since suffering cardiac arrest during last summer’s Euros.
“Christian’s good,” said his manager Thomas Frank in his pre-match press conference. “He keeps progressing in terms of his fitness and getting good training minutes into him.”
Jesse Marsch speaks: “Even going into the match I felt the performance was more important than the points,” says the new Leeds manager in an interview with the BBC. “It is our first match together, we have had four days on the [training] pitch together and I’m pleased with how they controlled the match in all phases of the game, including set pieces. They have made so much progress in a short space of a time.”
Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United: “It’s always a tough game against Leeds,” says Leicester midfielder Harvey Barnes in an interview with BT Sport. “They had a new manager as well so we didn’t know how they were going to set up, but they still have the same intensity, it’s still end to and. A tough afternoon but delighted with the three points.
“The goal came at a good time for us. The first goal was always crucial. You don’t want to make it end-to-end against Leeds. You want to keep the ball and we didn’t do that for a lot of the afternoon, we made it into a basketball game.
“But we still created chances and defended well when we needed. It’s been an up and down season so far but the last few results and performances have been positive. We are showing signs of last season and results come from that.”
Championship: Fulham have extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 11 points in the wake of their 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers. Neeskens Kabano and Harry Wilson got the goals to give their side victory for the third consecutive game. Blackburn stay in fourth but have only one win in their past seven games.
Women’s Super League: Brighton have beaten Aston Villa 1-0 on the road, while Manchester United have prevailed over Leicester City, beating them 4-0 at Leigh Sports Village in today’s other WSL fixture.
Full time: Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United
Premier League: Leeds lose again, going down to a Harvey Barnes second half strike. It was a decent performance from the visitors but they remain in 16th place.
Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United latest: On as a substitute for Leeds United, Tyler Roberts has pulled a hamstring but remains on the pitch because Jesse Marsch has used all three of his substitutes.
It’s a weird situation, as Roberts is unable to run, can barely walk and has told his team-mates to stop passing him the ball. One suspects that the longer he stays out there making up the numbers, the worse his injury will get. Leicester remain in the lead by the only goal of the game.
Aston Villa v Southampton line-ups
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Chambers, Mings, Young, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey, Watkins, Ings, Coutinho.
Subs: Sanson, Buendia, Traore, Olsen, Hause, Bailey, Chrisene, Iroegbunam, O’Reilly.
Southampton: Forster, Livramento, Bednarek, Stephens, Perraud, Stuart Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Elyounoussi, Adams, Broja.
Subs: Walker-Peters, Adam Armstrong, Redmond, Caballero, Djenepo, Smallbone, Diallo, Walcott, Valery.
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
Newcastle United v Brighton
Newcastle: Dubravka, Krafth, Schar, Burn, Targett, Willock, Shelvey, Joelinton, Murphy, Wood, Fraser.
Subs: Dummett, Lascelles, Saint-Maximin, Manquillo, Almiron, Darlow, Gayle, Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes.
Brighton: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Duffy, Lamptey, Moder, Alzate, Gross, Cucurella, Welbeck, Trossard.
Subs: Bissouma, Maupay, Mac Allister, Lallana, March, Steele, Caicedo, Roberts, Ferguson.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
Burnley v Chelsea line-ups
Burnley: Pope, Roberts, Tarkowski, Collins, Taylor, Lennon, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Rodriguez, Weghorst.
Subs: Lowton, Cork, Barnes, Hennessey, Cornet, Bardsley, Long, Thomas, Richardson.
Chelsea: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Saul, Mount, Pulisic, Havertz.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Kovacic, Lukaku, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Ziyech, Kenedy, Sarr.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
Wolves v Crystal Palace line-ups
Wolves: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Hoever, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal, Daniel Podence, Pedro Neto, Hwang.
Subs: Ait Nouri, Jimenez, Trincao, Boly, Silva, Jonny, Chiquinho, Ruddy, Dendoncker.
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Gallagher, Kouyate, Schlupp, Olise, Mateta, Zaha.
Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Ayew, Eze, Hughes, Benteke, Edouard, Kelly, Riedewald.
Referee: Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire)
Norwich City v Brentford line-ups
Norwich: Krul, Byram, Hanley, Gibson, Williams, Normann, Sargent, Gilmour, McLean, Rashica, Pukki.
Subs: Aarons, Zimmermann, Dowell, Placheta, Sorensen, Lees-Melou, Gunn, Giannoulis, Rowe.
Brentford: Raya, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Eriksen, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Canos, Toney.
Subs: Jensen, Wissa, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Jorgensen, Baptiste, Sorensen, Roerslev, Lossl.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
GOAL! Leicester City 1-0 Leeds (Barnes 67)
Premier League: Leicester City have gone ahead against Leeds at the King Power Stadium courtesy of a fine strike from Harvey Barnes. Scott Murray has the latest ...
Ukraine: Four players and a coach with Ukrainian clubs reveal how their lives have been turned upside down by Russia’s invasion. Interviews: Nick Ames and Larisa Kalik.
Today’s Premier League fixtures
- Leicester City v Leeds United
- Burnley v Chelsea
- Aston Villa v Southampton
- Norwich City v Brentford
- Newcastle United v Brighton
- Wolves v Crystal Palace
- Liverpool v West Ham (5.30pm GMT)
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View the Premier League table
Today’s Championship fixtures
Fulham are well on their way to securing promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking after last season’s relegation. It’s half-time at Craven Cottage, where they lead Blackburn through goals from Neeskens Cabano and Harry Wilson.
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (L)
- Bristol City v Birmingham City
- Derby County v Barnsley
- Hull City v West Brom
- Middlesbrough v Luton Town
- Preston v Bournemouth
- QPR v Cardiff City
- Reading v Millwall
- Stoke v Blackpool
- Swansea City v Coventry City
- View the Championship table
Premier League clockwatch ...
Another busy weekend of Premier League action got under way at the King Power Stadium, where Leicester are hosting Leeds United. It’s scoreless at half-time in Jesse Marsch’s first match in charge of the visitors and while Leicester have dominated possession, Leeds have had the better of what few chances there have been.
Ahead of this evening’s match between Liverpool and West Ham, we’ve five top flight matches to look forward to and we’ll bring you news of goals as they go in as well as news of any other major talking points that happen to arise.
