West Ham: Antonio 'stable' following accident
Before we go, a positive update to bring you on Michail Antonio. West Ham say the forward is “conscious and communicating” after a road traffic accident earlier today. Here’s the statement in full:
“West Ham United can confirm that Michail Antonio is in a stable condition following a road traffic accident this afternoon in the Essex area. Michail is conscious and communicating and is currently under close supervision at a central London hospital. At this difficult time, we kindly ask everyone to respect the privacy of Michail and his family. The Club will make no further comment this evening, but will issue a further update in due course.”
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Barcelona have been held to a 2-2 draw at Real Betis after substitute Assane Diao scored a stoppage-time equaliser for the hosts. Hansi Flick’s side went in front in the 39th minute, Robert Lewandowski finishing a flowing move orchestrated by Lamine Yamal.
Giovani Lo Celso levelled from the penalty spot but Barça looked on course for victory after Ferran Torres scored from Yamal’s threaded through-ball in the 82nd minute. Diao’s 94th-minute backheel flick denied them, leaving the leaders five points above Real Madrid – who face Girona later tonight – but having played two games more.
League Two results
Accrington 1-2 Bromley, Chesterfield 3-0 Tranmere, Doncaster 2-2 Cheltenham, Gillingham 1-0 Salford, Harrogate 0-3 Wimbledon, Morecambe 0-3 Grimsby, Swindon 3-1 Fleetwood. Early games: Crewe 1-1 Bradford, Port Vale 1-2 Walsall. Postponed: Barrow v MK Dons, Newport v Carlisle, Notts County v Colchester.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Walsall | 18 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Doncaster | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Crewe | 18 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Grimsby | 19 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 19 | 10 | 28 |
| 9 | Notts County | 18 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Bradford | 18 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Salford City | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Barrow | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Bromley | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Cheltenham | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 1 | 22 |
| 17 | Newport County | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 18 | Colchester | 18 | 1 | 21 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 21 | Tranmere | 18 | -13 | 18 |
| 22 | Swindon | 19 | -10 | 16 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Carlisle | 18 | -15 | 14 |
Forest lead at Old Trafford: Nikola Milenkovic has headed home from a corner, to put the visitors in front after just two minutes.
League One results
Barnsley 1-2 Birmingham, Burton 0-1 Wrexham, Cambridge 4-1 Shrewsbury, Mansfield 1-2 Huddersfield, Stockport 0-0 Exeter, Wycombe 1-1 Reading. Early kick-offs: Lincoln 0-0 Charlton, Wigan 0-2 Leyton Orient. Postponed: Blackpool v Rotherham, Bristol Rovers v Bolton, Crawley v Stevenage.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Wycombe | 18 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 19 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 17 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Huddersfield | 18 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 19 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Reading | 18 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Bolton | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Mansfield | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Exeter | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Charlton | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Stevenage | 17 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Peterborough | 17 | 2 | 21 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 18 | Wigan | 18 | -1 | 20 |
| 19 | Rotherham | 17 | -4 | 20 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 21 | Northampton | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 22 | Cambridge Utd | 18 | -11 | 16 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 18 | -14 | 11 |
| 24 | Shrewsbury | 18 | -17 | 11 |
Here’s Simon Burnton’s report from the Gtech, where Brentford made it seven wins from eight at home:
In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich held off Heidenheim in a 4-2 win despite Harry Kane’s absence. Jamal Musiala came off the bench to score twice as Bayern opened a six-point lead at the top. Eintracht Frankfurt stumbled to a 2-2 home draw with Augsburg, while Florian Wirtz set up Leverkusen’s 2-1 home win over St Pauli.
In the Scottish Premiership, Celtic lead the table by nine points after beating Hibernian 3-0 at home, while Aberdeen’s stuttering run continued as they drew 1-1 at home to St Johnstone. Hearts leapfrog Hibs at the bottom after beating Dundee 2-0 at Tynecastle, Tony Watt’s last-minute winner saw Motherwell past St Mirren, and Dundee United were pegged back by a late penalty at home to Kilmarnock.
Championship results
Hull 0-1 Blackburn, Luton 1-1 Swansea, Millwall 0-1 Coventry, Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol City, QPR 3-0 Norwich. Early kick-offs: Leeds 2-0 Derby, Sheffield Wed 1-1 Preston, Sunderland 2-1 Stoke. Postponed: Cardiff v Watford, Plymouth v Oxford.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Leeds | 19 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Sheff Utd | 18 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Burnley | 19 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 19 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | Blackburn | 18 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Watford | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | West Brom | 18 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Sheff Wed | 19 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Norwich | 19 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Millwall | 18 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 19 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Swansea | 19 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Coventry | 19 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | Stoke | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Derby | 19 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Luton | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Oxford Utd | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | QPR | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 21 | Cardiff | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 22 | Plymouth | 18 | -20 | 17 |
| 23 | Portsmouth | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 24 | Hull | 19 | -10 | 15 |
… and Ben Fisher was at Villa Park to see the hosts hold off Southampton.
Here is Ed Aarons’ verdict from Selhurst Park …
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Brendan Large: “Chelsea fan here so hopefully that gives some context, but Lewis’ red for City was an absolute travesty so suggesting there are ‘no complaints’ is not quite right. Lewis got stamped on by Chalobah in the challenge, not the other way round. If we have to have VAR (which it seems like we do) then they need to be able to check yellow cards, and also they should be allowed to advise yellows for players diving!”
Full-time: Brentford 4-2 Newcastle
Only West Ham have taken points at the G-Tech, and Brentford’s speed of movement caught Newcastle cold.
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Full-time: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
Two wins this week for Villa, who weren’t great but Jhon Duran’s goal got it done. Saints look cooked. How long can the Russell Martin evangelism continue?
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Full-time: Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City
It’s over, and so is City’s title challenge. Probably. Their players surround the referee, presumably over that decision to send off Rico Lewis. It’s no excuse for another disappointment.
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Frank Lampard’s Coventry have won 1-0 at Millwall.
Hugh Molloy gets in touch: “Regarding Rico Lewis, if you lunge in late and studs up, the fact that you only end up with your heel landing harmlessly on top of your opponent, and not breaking his ankle, doesn’t mean it’s not a yellow card.”
I agree, Hugh. Looked bad.
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Goal! Brentford 4-2 Newcastle (Schade, 90)
A superb finish from the German striker, and Brentford are climbing to seventh. They’d actually taken off Wissa for Ben Mee. The G-Tech continues to be a fortress.
Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton: Villa continue to look off it. They will be thankful that Saints are so lacking in quality.
Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City: Kevin De Bruyne can give no more, and Jack Grealish is on. That yellow card looked like a lunge. Guardiola not happy at all.
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Those Tranmere fans I confused earlier: your team is losing 3-0 to Chesterfield after Kane Drummond’s goal.
Red card at Selhurst Park for Rico Lewis
The second yellow of the day for the goalscorer. No complaints but a callow mistake.
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Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City: Palace having to clear their lines now, a long time to hold on.
Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City: Doku is on for Savinho.
Mike Mackenzie gets in touch: “Is this the same Newcastle team that played Liverpool last Wednesday? I think it’s a group of imposters.”
Jeremy Boyce is here again: “And actually, as it goes, Cambridge are busy doing one on the Mighty Shrews, not Tranmere. Where’s Arthur Rowley when you need him ?
“George Arthur Rowley Jr. He holds the club record for the most goals in a single season at both Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town, scoring 44 goals in 42 league matches at Leicester in 1956–57 and 38 goals in 43 games for Shrewsbury in 1958–59. He is also Shrewsbury’s record league goalscorer with 152 league goals.
Isn’t he still the all-time record scorer in League footie, 434 if memory serves?”
West Ham confirm Antonio involved in car crash
Club statement: “West Ham United can confirm striker Michail Antonio has today been involved in a road traffic accident. The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the Club are with Michail, his family and friends at this time. The Club will issue an update in due course.”
More to follow…
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Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton: Cameron Archer has gone off, no shots on target for Saints. He’s been replaced by Sam Amo-Ameyaw, of our double-barrelled army. The young man, just 18, already looks lively.
Another EFL hammering: Pompey are beating Bristol City 3-0.
Mayor McCheese has just trumped the double-barrelled thing. “I raise you a triple-barrelled Marley Pitts-Wallace-Luke of St Neots Town FC.”
Goal! Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City (Lewis, 68)
A tight passing move featuring De Bruyne and Gundogan sets up Rico Lewis whose finish is a beauty.
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Crystal Palace 2-1 Manchester City: Guess what the Palace fans are singing? Yes: “Sacked In The Morning.”
Frank Lampard’s Coventry are winning 1-0 at Millwall. Ephron Mason-Clark got it.
Crystal Palace 2-1 Manchester City: City staring down the barrel of a sixth away defeat. LaCroix was left unattended. What happened to set-piece coaches?
Goal! Crystal Palace 2-1 Manchester City (Lacroix, 56)
A Silva mistake, a defensive mistake and Maxence Lacroix, sweetie, scores an absolutely fabulous goal. Has Pep chewed his gloves off?
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Goal! Brentford 3-2 Newcastle (Collins, 56)
Awful defending from Newcastle, and the weather helped and Nathan Collins taps in.
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Some right hammerings being dished out in the EFL. It’s QPR are beating Norwich 3-0, their starlet Rayan Koli on the scoresheet. In League One, Cambridge are dishing out a can of whoop-ass to Tranmere….Shrewsbury…
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Mary Waltz gets in touch: “John, Greetings from Free State California. Jose is so desperate to get out of Turkey, get back to the Premier League. No PL team will touch him, but if Rooney gets the axe maybe...”
Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton: Joe Aribo – a fun player to watch – has replaced Bree as Russell Martin goes with three at the back.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester City: The champions look much improved after the break.
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Back underway in the second halves
And Brentford have hit the post against Newcastle. Those kick-off routines…Nick Pope got a little bit lucky.
Amar gets in touch: “Re the point about Soton and hyphenated names - they did this already in 2023 notably when they drew 3-3 at Arsenal (Ward-Prowse, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kochap and Caleta-Car).”
So does Jonathan: “In our relegation season, I believe we had Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Caleta-Car, Maitland-Niles and one other [Amo-Ameyaw?] on the pitch at the same time. Which may or may not be a a record, and certainly did nothing for cultured, silver-service football.”
Did Peter Rhoades-Brown play for Saints?
In Germany, Bayern lead Heidenheim 2-1, with second-placed Eintracht being held 1-1 by Augbsurg
Half-time in the Championship
Hull City 0-1 Blackburn
Luton 1-0 Swansea
Millwall 0-0 Coventry
Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol City
QPR 2-0 Norwich
Half-time: Brentford 2-2 Newcastle
A fine start for Brentford but then they were pegged back. Yoane Wissa scored his 12th in 14 matches.
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Half-time: Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester City
City were rocking, and might have been two down, only for Erling Haaland to nod in as the champions began to find form.
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Half-time: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
Villa are struggling along in looking for a second successive win. Jhon Duran got their goal but Southampton aren’t offering much of a threat.
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In the Championship, at Millwall there’s been a tribute to John Docherty who led the Lions to their two seasons in the top division. Coventry – and Frank Lampard – are the visitors. There’s not been much action yet.
Chris Paraskevas gets in touch, too: “Isak proving his magician status by managing to turn a Tame Jacob Murphy Curling Half-Attempt™ into a full blown EPL assist. The man can do anything.”
Tarquin gets in touch: “I notice that Southampton have named four players with hyphenated names today, two playing and two on the bench. The nearest today is MC with a mere two. Obviously this is a subject close to my heart.”
“This got me wondering whether it was some kind of record. A piece in The Knowledge from 2016 refers to three playing for Arsenal in a match and calls out for answers but I cannot find any answers in subsquent stories.”
Francis Fowles gets in touch: “Leeds are either top or not top you nonce.”
Everton have done the decent thing by the 15-year-old who flew from Australia, only to meet Storm Darragh.
Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton: Duran has another chance, with Morgan Rogers continuing to impress for Villa.
Brentford 2-2 Newcastle (Barnes, 32)
Barnes makes up for his mistake with his fifth goal of the season.
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester City: Palace had three on two in box and then City score.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester City (Haaland, 30)
From one end to the other, Dias makes a block, Nunes is sent away and Haaland nods in with neither Guehi nor Henderson intervening.
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Goal! Brentford 2-1 Newcastle (Wissa. 28)
Harvey Barnes loses the ball and on goes Wissa to score past Nick Pope.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City: Midfield has been left open by City, meaning Will Hughes has been enjoying the freedom of Selhurst.
Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Duran, 24)
Duran scores his first goal as a starter since April. Southampton’s defending was predictably woeful, James Bree at fault.
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City: Gundogan hits the post and Savinho drags wide. All City.
Couple of Championship scorelines: QPR 1-0 Norwich: Jimmy Dunne goal machine with it. Hull 0-1 Blackburn. New manager Ruben Selles is looking on as Andy Dawson, brother of Michael, is taking the team.
Brentford 1-1 Newcastle: Mark Flekken has just denied Alexander Isak another goal.
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City: Haaland and De Bruyne beginning to click. And that spells danger for Palace.
Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City: There’s loads of action at Selhurst. Neither team is much cop at defending. Kevin De Bruyne is coming to the fore. He destroyed Palace last season. (I was there)
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Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton: Morgan Rogers goes close for Villa, with Joe Lumley wrongfooted.
Goal! Brentford 1-1 Newcastle (Isak, 11)
The ball pinging all over the place and it’s Isak’s cool head that gets it done. He’s on such a scoring run. Could be a goal bonanza at the G-Tech.
Up in Scotland, Celtic are leading Hibs 1-0, Arne Engels got it.
Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton: Villa looking for those Southampton errors in defence but having to do a bit of defending themselves.
Goal! Brentford 1-0 Newcastle (Mbeumo, 8)
That one’s a bit late for Brentford, right? Mbeumo is such a player. All his own work.
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By the way, it was Kyle Walker playing Munoz onside.
An eyewitness at Selhurst tells me Pep Guardiola is chewing his gloves.
Goal! Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City (Daniel Munoz, 4)
There was a VAR delay but that City defence has been breached already. Munoz is in banging form!
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We are go in the Premier League!
Just those three games, but plenty to play for.
Thomas Frank has been speaking to the BBC ahead of Brentford v Newcastle: “I am looking forward to playing at home. We have built a fortress here and we are looking to keep it that way. We will be aggressive and come out and we are looking forward to it.”
Louise Taylor was at Elland Road to see Leeds go top/joint-top.
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch: “Sorry John, but you are incorrect. NotAsNastAsTheyUsedToBeLeeds are actually TOP of the Championship by virtue of their superior goal difference. Your positing of the “joint” top possibility could pose enormous problems for statisticians, trophy engravers, supporters, owners.... Leeds will be top until West Brom 0 - 1 Sheff U later this afternoon.”
Until the season is past halfway along, then joint-top is allowed.
Those other scores: Sheff 1-1 Preston, Sunderland 2-1 Stoke.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Leeds | 19 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Sheff Utd | 18 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Burnley | 19 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 19 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 6 | Watford | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | West Brom | 18 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Blackburn | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Sheff Wed | 19 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Norwich | 18 | 8 | 25 |
| 11 | Millwall | 17 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 18 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Swansea | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Stoke | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Derby | 19 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Coventry | 18 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Oxford Utd | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 19 | Luton | 18 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Cardiff | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Plymouth | 18 | -20 | 17 |
| 22 | Hull | 18 | -9 | 15 |
| 23 | QPR | 18 | -11 | 15 |
| 24 | Portsmouth | 16 | -12 | 13 |
Final score: Leeds 2-0 Derby. Goals from Rodon and Wober won the day, and Leeds go joint-top.
Later, at 3pm in the Championship:
Hull City v Blackburn
Luton v Swansea
Millwall v Coventry
Portsmouth v Bristol City
QPR v Norwich
Sheffield Wednesday have equalised against PNE: it’s 1-1 after Michael Smith’s goal.
Sunderland now lead Stoke 2-1: Tom Watson has got it.
Paul MacInnes on an important topic – how clubs are squeezing the pips of fans.
It is time for unity.
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch: “Looking forward to your MostlyPremierLeagueClockwatch. There could be plenty of slapstick, given the weather conditions, and possibly a custard pie in the face for are they/aren’t they ? Citeh at Selhurst Park, one of the most difficult grounds to get to I can remember from my days following Shrewsbury Town round the 2nd and 3rd division in London back in the day (Griffin Park (RIP), Brisbane Road (RIP), The Old Den (RIP) etc.... Thanks for the update on my other team, NotAsNastyAsTheyUsedToBeLeeds.”
On Friday, Pep was able to put on his comfy shoes, and hit back at José Mourinho after their latest exchange.
It was a joke. But he’s another one in the huge list that want the team [City relegated to] League One or the Conference. I would say to José the same: we are innocent until proven guilty. After that we will see what happens. It is what it is, it was completely a joke. If I have offended him I’m so sorry. The fact is he has three and I have six. This is a fact. But the intention was completely fine.
The major news there is four changes for City, with Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji missing with injury, Rico Lewis and Kyle Walker into defence. Palace might fancy their chances a bit more.
Newcastle seemed to have rotated out Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon for the perfectly capable Sean Longstaff and Harvey Barnes.
Aston Villa v Southampton teams
Aston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Maatsen, McGinn, Kamara, Rogers, Tielemans, Bailey, Duran. Subs: Cash, Mings, Digne, Onana, Barkley, Buendia, Philogene, Watkins, Olsen.
Southampton: Lumley, Bree, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Manning, Downes, Fernandez, Dibling, Armstrong, Archer. Subs: Edwards, Taylor, Aribo, Fraser, Sugawara, Amo-Ameyaw, Kamaldeen, Brereton-Diaz, McCarthy
Brentford v Newcastle teams
Brentford: Flekken; Lewis-Potter, Collins, Pinnock, Van den Berg; Norgaard, Yarmoliuk, Carvalho, Mbeumo, Thiago, Wissa. Subs: Valdimarrson, Schade, Mee, Ajer, Damsgaard, Konak, Trevitt, Roerslev, Maghoma
Newcastle: Pope; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Barnes. Subs: Dubravka, Trippier, Kelly, Targett, Tonali, Almiron, Gordon, Wilson.
Crystal Palace v Manchester City teams
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Guehi, Lacroix, Chalobah, Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Munoz, Eze, Sarr, Mateta. Subs: Turner, Ward, Nketiah, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Richards, Doucoure, Devenny
Man City: Ortega, Walker, Gvardiol, Dias, Gundogan, Lewis, De Bruyne, Silva, Savinho, Nunes, Haaland. Subs: Ederson, Carson, Grealish, Doku, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand
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Here’s the games that won’t be taking place.
Premier League
Everton v Liverpool
Championship
Cardiff City v Watford
Plymouth Argyle v Oxford United
League One
Blackpool v Rotherham United
Bristol Rovers v Bolton Wanderers
Crawley v Stevenage
League Two
Barrow v Milton Keynes Dons
Newport County v Carlisle United
Notts County v Colchester United
That early Championship action, latest scores:
Leeds 2-0 Derby
Sheff Wed 0-1 Preston
Sunderland 1-1 Stoke
Preamble
It’s bitter out, and the lunchtime fun has been cancelled.
There’s always Leeds against Derby. But that’s not our specific wheelhouse here. There’s red-hot Premier League action. Thankfully, if windy, it’s not too bad in London, and the champions are in town, and with Liverpool not playing, can lick their wounds. Yes, Crystal Palace v Manchester City takes centre stage, and then Brentford v Newcastle sees Eddie Howe’s team taking on the team with the best home record in the Premier League. And Aston Villa v Southampton sees Villa, on that bad recent run, against Russell Martin’s bottom-of-the-table evangelists.
There will also be news from the EFL and across Europe, too. Join me.
