Match report: Brentford 1-2 Wolves
Premier League: Three outstanding goals only constituted half the story on an extremely eventful afternoon at the Brentford Community Stadium. Ed Aarons was there to see it all go down ...
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Manchester City (Walker-Peters 7)
Premier League: Southampton right-back Kyle Walker-Peters has just scored his first ever top flight goal and it was an absolute beauty. Read all about it with Scott Murray ...
Championship: The interrupted game between Coventry City and QPR has finished 2-1 to the side from West London.
Match report: Leeds United 0-1 Newcastle United
Premier League: Jonjo Shelvey’s second half free-kick was enough to secure Newcastle’s second win of the Premier League season ahead of their warm-weather break in Saudi Arabia. Louis Taylor reports ...
Match report: Manchester United 1-0 West Ham
Premier League: Arm-wrestle, tug of war, non-event, a fair share of the spoils: this was precisely where this contest was heading until, deep into added time, Marcus Rashford finished Edinson Cavani’s cross from the left to send himself, Manchester United and the Old Trafford faithful into ecstasy, writes Jamie Jackson.
Full time: Brentford 1-2 Wolves
Premier League: We’ve had bloodshed, drones, delays, a malfunctioning referee’s battery pack and three goals during a very eventful afternoon at the Brentford Community Stadium. The game ends with Wolves taking the points and Thomas Frank being shown a red card for dissent as he stormed on to the pitch at the final whistle to protest about something or other.
Brentford 1-2 Wolves: Adama Traore looks to have scored Wolves’ third with a cracking shot after latching on to a weighted pass from Ruben Neves but his effort is ruled out for offside after a VAR intervention. My word, that was tight.
Match report: Everton 0-1 Leeds
Premier League: Emi Buendia scored the winner for Villa while an Everton fan was arrested under suspicion of throwing a bottle that hit two different players in the subsequent celebrations. Andy Hunter was there for the Guardian ...
Brentford 1-2 Wolves: We’re into at least seven minutes of added time and Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa has just been booked for time-wasting. He wasn’t happy about it and complained at length to the referee, who must have been tempted to show him a second yellow.
Match report: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Derby County
Championship: Nottingham Forest’s push for a place in the Championship play-offs was boosted by a dominant second-half display illuminated by goals from Lewis Grabban and Brennan Johnson, writes Peter Lansley from the City Ground.
Southampton v Manchester City ... live!
Premier League: THe runaway league leaders are at St Mary’s, where Southampton manager Ralph Hassenhuttl has said his side will sit deep and try to defend but “not hide and try to play brave”. Find out if that approach goes as horribly wrong as I suspect it might with Scott Murray ...
GOAL! Brentford 1-2 Wolves (Neves 78)
Premier League: Wolves restore their lead as Ruben Neves rounds off a fine passing move with a trademark strike from outside the Brentford penalty area.
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Premier League results
- Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
- Brentford 1-1 Wolves (latest)
- Leeds United 0-1 Newcastle United
- Manchester United 1-0 West Ham
- Southampton 0-0 Manchester City (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
Championship results
- Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff City
- Nottingham Forest 2-1 Derby County
- Bournemouth 0-1 Hull City
- Birmingham City 2-1 Barnsley
- Blackpool 1-0 Millwall
- Coventry City 1-2 QPR (latest)
- Reading 3-4 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield United 2-0 Luton Town
- Stoke City 2-3 Fulham
- Swansea City 1-0 Preston
- West Brom 3-0 Peterborough United
- View the Championship table
GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Wolves (Toney 71)
Premier League: In the delayed game at the Brentford Community Stadium, Ivan Toney drills into the bottom corner after being teed up by Bryan Mbeumo.
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Full-time: Leeds 0-1 Newcastle
Premier League: Newcastle hold on to win their second Premier League game in 21 attempts this season. Jonjo Shelvey scored their winner with a free-kick where Leeds goalkeeper Ilan Meslier failed to distinguish himself.
Leeds 0-1 Newcastle: Meslier saves brilliantly from Joe Willock to keep Leeds last-ditch hopes alive.
Full time: Manchester United 1-0 West Ham
Premier League: Manchester leave it late but take all three points with a late smash-and-grab from Marcus Rashford.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 West Ham (Rashford 90+3)
Premier League: For the second time in as many games, Marcus Rashford comes off the bench to score. It’s a tap-in from two yards but was Edinson Cavani offside in the build-up? No he wasn’t - the goal stands!!!
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Leeds 0-1 Newcastle: Apologies, it was Allan Saint-Maximin who went down in the Leeds penalty area under a challenge from Robin Koch, who got away with one there.
Leeds 0-1 Newcastle: Newcastle have a penalty shout turned down for what looked like a blatant foul on Fabian Schar.
Championship: West Brom double their lead against Peterborough courtesy of Karlan Grant. Meanwhile at St Andrews, Victor Adeboyejo has pulled a goal back for Barnlsey, who trail Birmingham City 2-1.
Southampton v Manchester City line-ups
Southampton: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Stuart Armstrong, Adams, Broja.
Subs: Lyanco, Stephens, Long, Adam Armstrong, Caballero, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Walcott, Valery.
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Sterling, De Bruyne, Grealish, Foden.
Subs: Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus, Fernandinho, Carson, Slicker, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Championship: That West Brom goal I gave to Darnell Furlong appears to have been credited to Cedric Kipre. WHoever scored it, the Baggies still lead Peterborough 1-0.
Championship: Darnell Furlong gives West Brom a 1-0 lead over Peterborough United, while Bournemouth fall behind to Ryan Longman goal for Hull City at the Vitality Stadium.
GOAL! Leeds 0-1 Newcastle (Shelvey 75)
Premier League: Jonjo Shelvey curls a free-kick around what looks like a suspiciously poorly-placed defensive wall and inside the far post.
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GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Wolves (Moutinho 48)
Premier League: The deadlock is broken at the Brentford Community Stadium. Joao Moutinho plays a one-two with Semedo on the edge of the Brentford box and strokes a right-footed effort into the far corner.
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Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Ahead of a week in which Newcastle are supposed to be bringing in several new recruits, Eddie Howe loses a third player to injury in one game. Jamaal Lascelles is the latest to limp off and it looks like he’s pulled a hamstring. Martin Dubravka takes the captain’s armband.
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: The players of both side come out for their delayed second half, only for referee Peter Banks to trot back to his dressing-room because there’s something wrong with the battery pack on his arm.
Championship: Luton’s Reece Burke is sent off for a last-man foul on Rhian Brewster, who he wrestled to the ground. In other news, Coventry’s game against QPR has been delayed for 10 minutes for - I think - a medical emergency of some sort in the crowd. It remains 1-1 at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Newcastle are on the ropes and lose another player to injury. Paul Dummett is the latest casualty although I’m not sure exactly what’s wrong with him.
Championship: A Lewis Baker screamer from distance draws Stoke City level with Fulham at the Bet365 Stadium.
Manchester United 0-0 West Ham: Marcus Rashford comes on for Anthony Elanga, who got the nod ahead of his more senior Manchester United team-mate today.
Championship: Danny Ward scores his third goal of the afternoon to put Huddersfield 4-3 up at Reading.
Championship: Blackpool go ahead against Millwall, with Shayne Lavery scoring the only goal of the afternoon so far at Bloomfield Road.
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: It’s finally half-time at the Brentford Community Stadium, where play was delayed due to an overhead drone and some unrelated injuries.
Championship: Sheffield United score their second in three minutes, with Jack Robinson heading home a free-kick to make it 2-0. Coventry have equalised against QPR, with Jordan Shipley doing the honours.
Championship: Nutmegging the goalkeeper, Rhian Brewster scores for Sheffield United to give them a one-goal lead over Luton Town at Bramall Lane. Meanwhile at the Liberty Stadium, Ryan Manning sends a screamer from distance fizzing past Preston goalkeeper Daniel iversen to give his side a 1-0 lead. Birmingham City have doubled their lead against Barnsley, with Scott Hogan doing the honours for the home side, who lead 2-0.
Manchester United 0-0 West Ham: Alphonse Areola saves the first shot on target in the game at Old Trafford. Fred pulled the trigger but West Ham’s goalkeeper was able to keep it out.
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: We’re 15 minutes of the 19 added on at Brentford in after the break in play but the action on the pitch is far less entertaining than that which preceded it in the sky above. There are no chances of note to report, although I can reveal that Ivan Toney has shorn his dreads and is now sporting what I believe the kids call “a shape-up”.
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Championship half-times
- Bristol City 3-1 Cardiff City (result)
- Nottingham Forest 2-1 Derby County (result)
- Bournemouth 0-0 Hull City
- Birmingham City 1-0 Barnsley
- Blackpool 0-0 Millwall
- Coventry City 0-1 QPR
- Reading 3-3 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield United 0-0 Luton Town
- Stoke City 1-2 Fulham
- Swansea City 0-0 Preston
- West Brom 0-0 Peterborough United
Premier League half-times
- Everton 0-1 Aston Villa (result)
- Brentford 0-0 Wolves (latest)
- Leeds United 0-0 Newcastle United
- Manchester United 0-0 West Ham
- Southampton v Manchester City (5.30pm)
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: The drone has buggered off and the players are back out at the Brentford Community Stadium. Between the injuries to Rico Henry and Mathias Jensen, and the aerial intervention from the drone, half-time is some way away.
Newcastle 0-0 Leeds: Ilan Meslier saves brilliantly from Chris Wood, who pounces on a bouncing ball in the penalty area from six yards out after a corner. The flag goes up and it turns out the big Kiwi was offside but Meslier didn’t know that.
Championship: Reading equalise against Huddersfield at the Madejski, where it’s now 3-3 between the sides. Michael Morrison chips in with the latest.
Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Bad news for Newcastle, who lose Joelinton to a groin injury. It doesn’t look great as he limps off and you’d have to think it could rule him out for six weeks or more. He’ll have a scan tomorrow and in the meantime is replaced by Sean Longstaff.
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: This, from our man at the Brentford Community Stadium.
No one seems to know what is happening - everyone is just looking up at the sky. Farcical scenes now as a chopper is deployed
— Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) January 22, 2022
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: The drone continues to fly over the Brentford Community Stadium, where the players have been taken off the field. Located just six miles from Heathrow Airport, it’s a bit of a security risk and now a helicopter has been summoned to ... do something or other? They’re hardly going to blast it out of the sky, are they?
Championship: Having fallen behind inside a minute, Fulham have now taken the lead against Stoke City. Munez turns in the box and scores his second of the afternoon off the foot of the post. At St Andrews, where fans were protesting about their owners before today’s game, Birmingham City have gone 1-0 up against Barnsley through Miguel Fernandez.
Drone stops Brentford v Wolves
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: Both Mathias Jensen and Rico Henry have had to go off to receive treatment for their respective head injuries after the aforementioned clash. Thomas Frank has sent on a pair of concussion substitutes, which means one or both of the stricken players could return.
Now there’s more drama at the Brentford Community Stadium as the referee takes the players off the pitch because somebody is flying a drone overhead. No, really.
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Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Newcastle finally get a shot off but Ilan Meslier gets down to his right to save superbly from a low Jonjo Shelvey drive from just outside the penalty area.
Championship: Archbishop Desmond has left the Madejski. It’s now 3-2 to Huddersfield against Reading after Danny Ward capitalises on a hideous goalkeeping error from Luke Southwood.
Championship: George Puscas equalises for Reading against Huddersfield at the Madejski Stadium, where it’s all square between the sides: Archbishop Desmond 2-2.
Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Raphina has a header blocked after the ball bounced his way when Martin Dubravka had rushed out to narrow the angle and block a shot.
Brentford 0-0 Wolves: Ouch. Mathias Jensen and Rico Henry have collided in mid-air, clashing heads in the process. Jensen comes out worst from the collision and has blood pouring from a laceration.
Manchester United 0-0 West Ham: Cristiano Ronaldo fails to convert a wonderful Bruno Fernandes cross. Manchester United are on top against West Ham but have yet to score.
Championship: Huddersfield have come from behind to take a 2-1 lead against Reading. Danny Ward pounces on a rebound to shoot them ahead in Berkshire.
Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Leeds continue to dominate against Newcastle. Dan James brings a very smart save out of Martin Dubravka from close range when he should have scored. Fabian Schar was injured as he slid in with a late lunge in an attempt to block James’s shot and is currently flat on his back receiving treatment.
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Championship: Reading’s lead against Huddersfield didn’t last long. Daniel Sinani, on loan from Norwich City, equalises for the Terriers.
Manchester United 0-0 West Ham: Manchester United win a corner and Bruno Fernandes ... fails to clear the first man. Declan Rice heads clear at the near post for the visitors.
Championship: Lucas Joao fires home from close range to give Reading an early lead against Huddersfield. Meanwhile at the Coventry Building Society Stadium, QPR have gone ahead against Coventry City through Andre Gray.
Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Dan James shoots wide from a very tight angle after more good work down the right from Leeds.
Championship: Rodrigo Muniz equalises for Fulham against Stoke just one minute and 13 seconds after his side had conceded.
Championship: Less than a minute into their game against Fulham, Stoke have taken the lead through D’Margio Wright-Phillips.
Our three o'clock kick-offs are under way ...
And Leeds are immediately on the attack in their match against Newcastle at Elland Road, with Raphina galloping down the right flank but unable to get a cross into the opposition box after cutting inside.
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Match report: Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
Premier League: Emi Buendia headed home to only goal of the game to consign Everton to defeat, but Everton fans can take heart from a second half performance in which their team had 15 attempts on goal. Andy Hunter reports ...
Police have arrested a supporter at Goodison Park for throwing a missile onto the pitch during today’s Premier League match against Aston Villa.
— Everton (@Everton) January 22, 2022
Championship results
- Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff City
- Nottingham Forest 2-1 Derby County
- View the Championship table
Full time: Everton 0-1 Aston Villa
Premier League: It’s all over at Goodison Park, where Everton have lost to Aston Villa but went down swinging haymakers in a second half they dominated, creating several good chances they were unable to convert. Emi Buendia scored the winner for Villa, getting a flick to a Lucas Digne corner to send the ball looping over Jordan Pickford and into the far corner.
Championship: Andreas Weimann has added to Chris Martin’s brace to put Bristol City 3-1 ahead against Cardiff City, while Nottingham Forest’s young star Brennan Johnson has doubled his side’s lead against Derby County. It’s 2-0 at the City Ground and both matches are entering their knockings.
Brentford v Wolves
Brentford: Lossl, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney.
Subs: Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Baptiste, Bidstrup, Sorensen, Roerslev, Stevens, Fernandez.
Wolves: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Dendoncker, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ait Nouri, Daniel Podence, Silva.
Subs: Chiquinho, Hoever, Marcal, Bruno Jordao, Trincao, Ruddy, Giles, Traore, Cundle.
Referee: Peter Banks (Norwich)
Manchester United v West Ham
Man Utd: De Gea, Dalot, Maguire, Varane, Alex Telles, Fred, McTominay, Bruno Fernandes, Greenwood, Ronaldo, Elanga.
Subs: Jones, Mata, Martial, Rashford, Lingard, Cavani, Henderson, Matic, van de Beek.
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Lanzini, Fornals, Antonio.
Subs: Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Noble, Diop, Fredericks, Masuaku, Johnson, Kral, Randolph.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Leeds United v Newcastle United line-ups
Leeds: Meslier, Ayling, Llorente, Struijk, Dallas, Koch, Raphinha, Klich, Rodrigo, Harrison, James.
Subs: Roberts, Klaesson, Bate, Gelhardt, Hjelde, McKinstry, McCarron, Moore, Kenneh.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Dummett, Willock, Shelvey, Joelinton, Fraser, Wood, Saint-Maximin.
Subs: Clark, Lewis, Hendrick, Manquillo, Murphy, Almiron, Darlow, Gayle, Sean Longstaff.
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Premier League: Aston Villa continue to lead by the only goal of the game, but Everton are hammering on the door. Richarlison, Ben Godfrey and Yerry Mina have all gone close in the second half, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed a sitter, somehow firing over after connecting with a wonderful cross from the right touchline from the substitute Anthony Gordon. There are 17 minutes left at Goodison Park and Scott Murray has the latest ...
Championship: Chris Martin has put Bristol City 2-1 up against Cardiff City at Ashton Gate, firing past Alex Smithies into the bottom corner in the 68th minute.
Championship: Lewis Grabban has put Nottingham Forest a goal up in their game asgainst Derby County at the City Ground. The striker was on hand to score from close range, converting a James Garner free-kick into the penalty area.
Everton’s hunt for a manager: He is in no way qualified but bringing Rooney back to Goodison Park would deliver the rush of authentic emotion we all crave, writes Barney Ronay.
Today's Premier League fixtures
- Everton 0-1 Aston Villa (HT)
- Brentford v Wolves
- Leeds United v Newcastle United
- Manchester United v West Ham
- Southampton v Manchester City (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
And the Championship ...
- Bristol City 1-1 Cardiff City (HT)
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 Derby County (HT)
- Bournemouth v Hull City
- Birmingham City v Barnsley
- Blackpool v Millwall
- Coventry City v QPR
- Reading v Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield United v Luton Town
- Stoke City v Fulham
- Swansea City v Preston
- West Brom v Peterborough United
- View the Championship table
Premier League clockwatch ...
Watford and Norwich got the weekend’s top flight action under way last night, with Norwich prevailing courtesy of three unanswered goals which may spell the end of Claudio Ranieri’s short Vicarage Road reign.
Today’s early kick-off was at Goodison Park, where it’s currently half-time. Everton trail Aston Villa after Emi Buendia rose to flick the ball home from a Lucas Digne corner seconds before the half-time whistle.
In the subsequent celebrations down by the corner flag, both Digne and Matty Cash were hit by one of several bottles thrown by some idiots in the crowd. Yes, the same bottle, which ricocheted from one man’s head on to the other.
We have a trio of three o’clock kick-offs ahead of this evening’s set-to between Southampton and Manchester City at St Mary’s: Brentford host Wolves, Newcastle travel to Leeds and Manchester United take on West Ham.
We’ll keep you posted on all the goals as they go in, flag up any major talking points and keep an eye on proceedings further down the pyramid on another busy afternoon of football action.
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