A triumphant return for Manchester City’s Yaya Toure
Uncharacteristically profligate Liverpool held by Saints
Sunderland hammer Hull in mother of all six-pointers
Champions Leicester beaten by high-flying Watford
Bournemouth beat Stoke with a rare Nathan Ake goal
5.48pm GMT
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5.46pm GMT
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5.39pm GMT
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5.30pm GMT
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5.21pm GMT
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5.18pm GMT
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5.17pm GMT
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5.13pm GMT
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5.10pm GMT
La Liga: A Leo Messi-less Barcelona have been held scoreless by Malaga at Camp Nou. Malaga finished the game with nine men! Earlier today Deportivo lost 3-2 at home to Sevilla.
5.08pm GMT
Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic (result from Friday), Inverness 1-3 Aberdeen, Motherwell 2-0 Partick Thistle, Rangers 1-0 Dundee, St Johnstone 2-4 Ross County
5.06pm GMT
Accrington Stanley 0-1 Stevenage, Barnet 0-0 Crewe, Cambridge United 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers, Carlisle United 3-2 Exeter City, Cheltenham Town 1-1 Portsmouth, Leyton Orient 1-2 Blackpool, Mansfield Town 3-1 Crawley Town, Morecambe 0-2 Luton Town, Notts County 0-3 Newport County, Yeovil Town 2-1 Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Hartlepool United, Plymouth Argyle 0-3 Grimsby Town
5.05pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon 5-1 Bury, Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Millwall, Fleetwood Town 2-1 Chesterfield, Northampton Town 0-1 Peterborough United, Scunthorpe United 1-0 Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town, Walsall 1-2 Gillingham, Bristol Rovers 0-0 MK Dons, Charlton Athletic 2-0 Port Vale, Oxford United 4-1 Coventry City, Rochdale 4-0 Swindon Town, Southend United 3-0 Bradford City
5.03pm GMT
Premier League: Sunderland move off the bottom of the table after rare back-to-back wins. Jermain Defoe opened the scoring and Victor Anichebe bagged two in a match briefly interrupted by floodlight failure.
5.02pm GMT
Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (result from Friday). Barnsley 0-0 Wigan (latest score), Birmingham City 1-0 Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Brentford, Cardiff City 3-2 Huddersfield Town, Derby County 3-0 Rotherham United, Fulham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, QPR 2-1 Norwich City, Reading 3-0 Burton Albion. Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest is a late kick-off.
5.00pm GMT
Premier League: Two bookings for Sunderland defender Papy Djilobodji have taken the gloss of Sunderland’s performance. They’re in added time up north after the second half was interrupted by floodlight failure.
4.59pm GMT
Premier League: Yaya Toure made a surprise return to Manchester City’s line-up and scored both goals either side of Connor Wickham’s effort for Palace.
4.58pm GMT
Premier League: Watford scored two quick goals and Riyad Mahrez’s consolation for the spot was no good to the struggling champions.
4.56pm GMT
Premier League: Dreadlocked Chelsea loanee Nathan Ake popped up with his first Premier League goal to win it for Bournemouth.
4.55pm GMT
Premier League: Gylfi Sigurdsson put Swansea ahead from the spot, but Seamus Coleman popped up with a late equaliser.
4.54pm GMT
Premier League: Liverpool missed several great chances to take the points, but rare profligacy in front of goal has cost them.
4.53pm GMT
Premier League: Jermain Defoe tees up Victor Anichebe to score his second of the game and give Sunderland a three-goal cushion at the Stadium of Light. There’s probably 10 minutes to play there after a floodlight failure early in the second half, but Sunderland look good for all three points.
4.49pm GMT
Premier League: Bob Bradley may have to wait another week for his first win as Swansea City manager, now that Everton have equalised at Goodison Park. Rampaging Irishman Seamus Coleman has popped up from right-back to put the sides level.
4.47pm GMT
Premier League: Sunderland hack two off the line after another good save from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to maintain their two-goal advantage.
4.45pm GMT
Championship: Birmingham City have gone one up against Bristol City, while ten-man Norwich City have pulled a goal back against QPR through Steven Naismith.
4.43pm GMT
Premier League: It’s a fairytale return from the cold for Yaya Toure, who has just scored his second of the afternoon to give Manchester City the lead against Palace again. Kevin De Bruyne sent in a corner, which the Ivorian fired home.
4.40pm GMT
Scottish Premiership latest: Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic (result from Friday), Inverness 1-2 Aberdeen, Motherwell 2-0 Partick Thistle, Rangers 0-0 Dundee, St Johnstone 1-3 Ross County
4.36pm GMT
Championship latest: Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (result from Friday). Barnsley 0-0 Wigan, Birmingham City 0-0 Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Brentford, Cardiff City 3-2 Huddersfield Town, Derby County 3-0 Rotherham United, Fulham 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, QPR 2-0 Norwich City, Reading 2-0 Burton Albion. Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest is a late kick-off.
4.34pm GMT
Premier League: Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Gooooal! Anichebe! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Anichebe! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Roland Gift! Alfred Gelder! Everything But The Girl! Sir Tom Courtenay! Can you hear me Everything But The Girl? Your boys are taking one hell of a beating.
4.25pm GMT
Premier League: Crystal Palace striker Connor Wickham scores his second goal in as many games to level terms for the home side at Selhurst Park. City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo got a hand to his rasping left-footed drive but was unable to keep the ball out.
4.24pm GMT
Premier League: Liverpool have missed three great chances against Southampton in a match you’d have staked your house on producing goals today. Roberto Firmino is the latest player to stand with his head in his hands after poking wide when scoring looked easier.
4.21pm GMT
Premier League: The action has resumed in Sunderland, where the home side lead Hull City by the only goal of the game so far. In the Championship, play has also resumed between Barnsley and Wigan, following their floodlight issues.
4.19pm GMT
League Two latest: Accrington Stanley 0-0 Stevenage, Barnet 0-0 Crewe, Cambridge United 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers, Carlisle United 1-2 Exeter City, Cheltenham Town 0-0 Portsmouth, Leyton Orient 0-1 Blackpool, Mansfield Town 2-0 Crawley Town, Morecambe 0-1 Luton Town, Notts County 0-2 Newport County, Yeovil Town 0-1 Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Hartlepool United, Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Grimsby Town
4.16pm GMT
League One latest: AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Bury, Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Millwall, Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield, Northampton Town 0-0 Peterborough United, Scunthorpe United 0-0 Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Walsall 1-1 Gillingham, Bristol Rovers 0-0 MK Dons, Charlton Athletic 2-0 Port Vale, Oxford United 3-0 Coventry City, Rochdale 1-0 Swindon Town, Southend United 1-0 Bradford City
4.13pm GMT
Premier League: The floodlights are coming back on at the Staqdium of Light, but in the Championship Oakwell is suffering similar problems. Kick-off for the second half between Barnsley and Wigan has been delayed after a bulb in one set of floodlights appeared to blow up.
4.10pm GMT
Premier League: In inappropriately named stadium news, there’s been a floodlight failure at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland fans are attempting to illuminate the pitch with lights from their mobile phones. It’s not gone completely dark, but referee Lee Mason looks ready to take the players off the pitch. Play is expected to resume in 10 minutes or so, once somebody puts 50p in the meter. Sunderland lead Hull City 1-0.
4.08pm GMT
Premier League: Bojan won a penalty for Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium, picked himself off the ground to take it and struck the cross-bar with his left-footed effort. It remains Stoke City 0-1 Bournemouth.
4.06pm GMT
La Liga: Sevilla beat hosts Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 earlier today, while Barcelona are currently being held scoreless by Malaga at half-time.
3.56pm GMT
Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic (result from Friday), Inverness 1-2 Aberdeen, Motherwell 2-0 Partick Thistle, Rangers 0-0 Dundee, st Johnstone 2-0 Ross County
3.55pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Bury, Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Millwall, Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield, Northampton Town 0-0 Peterborough United, Scunthorpe United 0-0 Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Walsall 1-1 Gillingham, Bristol Rovers 0-0 MK Dons, Charlton Athletic 2-0 Port Vale, Oxford United 3-0 Coventry City, Rochdale 1-0 Swindon Town, Southend United 1-0 Bradford City
3.50pm GMT
Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (result from Friday). Barnsley 0-0 Wigan, Birmingham City 0-0 Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Brentford, Cardiff City 3-1 Huddersfield Town, Derby County 2-0 Rotherham United, Fulham 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers, QPR 2-0 Norwich City, Reading 2-0 Burton Albion. Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest is a late kick-off.
3.46pm GMT
Premier League: Amid all the excitement over Sunderland’s opener, I failed to notice that Yaya Toure has scored on his return from Manchester City exile to put his team a goal up against Crystal Palace.
3.45pm GMT
Championship: Brentford’s Harlee Dean scores into his own net to restore Blackburn’s lead in what seems a real ding-dong at Ewood Park. It’s Blackburn 3-2 Brentford.
3.43pm GMT
Premier League: Gylfi Sigurdsson scores past Maarten Stekelenburg to give Swansea the lead from 12 yards.
3.41pm GMT
Premier League: Attacking on the break, Swansea have earned a spot-kick against Everton after some good work by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
3.40pm GMT
Brentford have equalised against Blackburn to make it 2-2 at Ewood Park, while Cardiff City now lead Huddersfield 3-1, with Rickie Lambert extending the home side’s lead.
3.38pm GMT
Premier League: Having been allowed to play on with an obvious head injury, Vincent Kompany signals to Manchester City’s physio that he’s suffering from double vision and is taken off. When are football clubs going to start this kind of injury seriously?
3.36pm GMT
Premier League! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Jermain Defoe drills a left-footed shot past Hull City goalkeeper David Marshall to give his side the lead in this crucial game between two of the Premier League’s bottom-feeders.
3.33pm GMT
Championship: Blackburn have come from behind to lead Brentford 2-1, while Reading have gone two up against Burton Albion.
3.31pm GMT
Championship: Sebastian Polter extends QPR’s lead after 27 minutes against Norwich City, who have been down to 10 minute since the opening minutes of their game. It’s a dream start for new QPR manager Ian HOlloway, even if his side have missed a penalty.
3.29pm GMT
Premier League: Making his comeback from the latest in a long line of injuries, Vincent Kompany goes down in a crumpled heap after a collision with his own goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. After a spell of treatment, he’s passed fit to continue despite getting a bang on the head.
3.27pm GMT
Premier League: Nathan Ake has put the Cherries ahead against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
3.26pm GMT
Championship: Conor Washington has put QPR a goal up against 10-man Norwich City, while Reading have opened the scoring against Burton Albion.
3.24pm GMT
Latest scores: AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Bury, Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Millwall, Bristol Rovers 0-0 MK Dons, Charlton Athletic 0-0 Port Vale, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Chesterfield, Northampton Town 0-0 Peterborough United, Oxford United 1-0 Coventry City, Rochdale 0-0 Swindon Town, Scunthorpe United 0-0 Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Southend United 1-0 Bradford City, Walsall 1-1 Gillingham.
3.22pm GMT
Blackburn have equalised against Brentford courtesy of Danny Graham, while Cardiff City have opened a two-goal lead against Huddersfield Town at the Cardiff City Stadium. Sean Morrison and Junior HOilett with the goals there. Elsewhere, Derby have rat-a-tatted two goals past Rotherham, with Tom Ince opening the scoring before Darren Bent got his name on the scoresheet.
3.19pm GMT
Premier League: Riyad Mahrez smashes a penalty down the middle to pull a goal back for Leicester in what’s shaping up to be a thriller at Vicarage Road. Jamie Vardy was fouled in the area to earn a spot-kick for Leicester. Meanwhile at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland’s Duncan Watmore has had a decent shout for a penalty turned down in the mother of all six-pointers.
3.16pm GMT
Fulham 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday: Fernando Forestieri sends a low drive in off the post to give Sheffield Wednesday the advantage over Fulham.
3.14pm GMT
Premier League: Roberto Pereyra curls a wonderful shot into the corner to double Watford’s lead and leave champions Leicester in all sorts of bother down around the relegation zone.
3.11pm GMT
Sheffield United 1-0 Shrewsbury: Bramall lane is the venue, where Sheffield United have gone ahead against Shrewsbury. There seems to be some confusion over the identity of the goalscorer, who was either John Fleck or Billy Sharp. Meanwhile at Walsall, the home side are trailing against Gillingham.
3.08pm GMT
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Brentford: Scott Hogan has travelling Bees fans buzzing at Ewood Park inside a minute.
3.07pm GMT
QPR v Norwich: Martin Olsson has been sent off after two minutes in Norwich’s match against QPR. A handball on the line earned him his marching orders, but the subsequent penalty is missed by Tjaronn Chery, who sends it wide of the upright. It’s scoreless at Loftus Road, where Ian Holloway’s latest stint in charge of QPR has got off to an interesting start.
3.04pm GMT
Premier League: Four minutes? Four minutes?!?!?!?! We didn’t need to wait one. Etienne Kapoue has put Watford ahead against the champions inside 60 seconds at Vicarage Road.
3.03pm GMT
The south London club have staged a minute’s silence for the victims of the recent tram disaster in Croydon. Several of them were Palace fans. May they all rest in peace.
3.01pm GMT
Play is underway in this afternoon’s 3pm kick-offs. I’m going with four minutes for news of our first goal.
3.00pm GMT
Footballers the length and breadth of the UK are click-clacking their way out of tunnels and on to the field of play in preparation for the 3pm kick-offs. Kolo Toure has just ambled past through the traditional guard of honour afforded to the teams by Crystal Palace cheerleaders The Crystals.
2.44pm GMT
Our chief football correspondent Daniel Taylor was at Old Trafford to see Arsenal rescue a scarcely deserved point against Manchester United and you can read his on-the-whistle report here.
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2.25pm GMT
It’s finished all square at Old Trafford, where fairly abject Arsenal have got out of jail courtesy of a late Olivier Giroud equaliser to cancel out Juan Mata’s opener for Manchester United. Here’s how Scott Murray saw the action unfold and we’ll have report and colour from the ground very shortly.
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2.18pm GMT
Substitute Olivier Giroud equalises with feeble Arsenal’s first shot on goal since the 39th minute to level the scores at Old Trafford. If they rescue a point out of this match, it will be one they scarcely deserve. Follow the final couple of minutes with Scott Murray.
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2.11pm GMT
Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Allen, Adam, Shaqiri, Krkic, Arnautovic, Bony.
Subs: Muniesa, Johnson, Walters, Imbula, Given, Crouch, Sobhi.
2.09pm GMT
The big Ivorian, whose agent has caused him all sorts of problems this season, has finally been brought in from the metaphorical cold by Pep Guardiola and will now be sent out into the literal cold for his first Premier League start of the season.
2.07pm GMT
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Tomkins, Kelly, Cabaye, McArthur, Townsend, Puncheon, Zaha, Christian Benteke.
Subs: Speroni, Flamini, Lee, Wickham, Mutch, Sako, Delaney.
2.06pm GMT
Everton: Stekelenburg, Coleman, Ashley Williams, Jagielka, Baines, Gana, McCarthy, Lennon, Barkley, Bolasie, Lukaku.
Subs: Robles, Deulofeu, Mirallas, Cleverley, Valencia, Funes Mori, Holgate.
2.04pm GMT
Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Kone, Djilobodji, Van Aanholt, Denayer, Anichebe, Ndong, McNair, Watmore, Defoe.
Subs: Mannone, Khazri, O’Shea, Manquillo, Love, Januzaj, Gooch.
2.03pm GMT
Southampton: Forster, Cedric, van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand, Davis, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Boufal, Austin, Redmond.
Subs: Yoshida, Clasie, Long, Rodriguez, Martina, Reed, Taylor.
2.02pm GMT
Watford: Gomes, Janmaat, Prodl, Britos, Kaboul, Zuniga, Amrabat, Behrami, Capoue, Pereyra, Deeney.
Subs: Mariappa, Guedioura, Sinclair, Watson, Ighalo, Pantilimon, Okaka.
1.58pm GMT
There’s 20 minutes of the game left at Old Trafford, where Juan Mata has just put Manchester United a goal up against Arsenal. Wayne Rooney has replaced Anthony Martial and Manchester United are well worth were their lead. Arsenal have been very tentative and listless. Follow the rest of the game here.
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1.50pm GMT
1.38pm GMT
Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa (result from Friday), Barnsley v Wigan, Birmingham City v Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers v Brentford, Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town, Derby County v Rotherham United, Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End v Wolverhampton Wanderers, QPR v Norwich City, Reading v Burton Albion. Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest is a late kick-off.
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10.14am GMT
Manchester United are currently entertaining Arsenal in what is arguably the weekend’s most high profile match and we’re into the second half at Old Trafford, where it’s scoreless. Manchester United had what looked a decentish shout for a penalty turned down in the first half, although nobody seems to know whether or not they were hard done by. You can follow the action in that one with Scott Murray’s minute-by-minute report, we’ll keep you updated here too.
We’ll be bringing you team news, build-up and updates from six different 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League, while there even busier cards of Championship and League One fixtures. We’ll also be keeping an eye on League Two, Scotland and elsewhere in Europe so stay tuned to keep yourself on top of all the goals as they go in around the UK and beyond.
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