Chelsea extend their Premier League lead to 11 points
Sunderland remain bottom after defeat at Everton
Champions Leicester drop into bottom three with Hull
Crystal Palace win at home against toothless Boro
Championship leaders Newcastle held by Bristol City
Celtic maintain their 24-point lead in Scotland
5.40pm GMT
Scottish Premiership: Moussa Dembele made it 29 goals for the season in all competitions to leave Celtic 24 points clear of Aberdeen at the Scottish Premiership summit.
Related: Moussa Dembélé scores as Celtic beat Hamilton for 21st straight win
5.37pm GMT
Premier League: Troy Deeney has given Watford an early lead from the penalty spot at Vicarage Road. Well, one of the penalty spots. You can follow the action from that match with Rob Smyth.
Related: Watford v West Ham United: Premier League – live!
5.34pm GMT
Championship: A Chris Wood goal consolidated Leeds United’s place in the play-off places.
Related: Chris Wood strikes to give Leeds derby victory over Sheffield Wednesday
5.32pm GMT
Premier League: Craig Dawson and Gareth McAuley scored the goals that earned West Brom all three points.
Related: West Bromwich Albion fight back to beat struggling Bournemouth
5.26pm GMT
Premier League: It was a miserable return to Goodison Park for David Moyes and several members of his squad on a record-equalling day for Romelu Lukaku.
Related: David Moyes suffers miserable return to Everton with Sunderland defeat
5.24pm GMT
Premier League: Patrick van Anholt’s goal was the difference between the sides as Middlesbrough failed to score again.
Related: Crystal Palace out of drop zone after Patrick van Aanholt goal sinks Boro
5.23pm GMT
Premier League: Second half goals from either side in the space of four minutes means the spoils were shared.
Related: Michael Keane makes amends for Burnley to rescue point at Hull City
5.20pm GMT
Premier League: Swansea City came from behind and held Chelsea for a while, but the league leaders proved just too good for them.
Related: Fàbregas and Pedro see off stubborn Swansea as Chelsea stay way out in front
5.17pm GMT
National League: One can’t help but feel how their recently-resigned reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw will feel upon hearing this? He enjoyed his 15 minutes earlier this week after letting a certain tabloid newspaper and their betting associates make a complete fool of him and has now missed out on a rare playing opportunity.
Sutton United win with outfield player in goal after Wayne Shaw's exit https://t.co/ccetFSNBOJ
5.12pm GMT
Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen 1-0 Ross County, Celtic 2-0 Hamilton, Motherwell 1-5 Dundee, Partick Thistle 2-0 Hearts, St Johnstone 0-2 Kilmarnock
5.10pm GMT
Barnet 0-1 Cambridge United, Colchester United 2-1 Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Stevenage, Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Accrington Stanley, Exeter City 2-2 Blackpool, Leyton Orient 0-1 Cheltenham Town, Luton Town 1-1 Plymouth Argyle, Mansfield Town 2-1 Newport County, Morecambe 1-0 Grimsby Town, Notts County 0-0 Yeovil Town, Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Crawley Town, Carlisle United 0-3 Portsmouth
5.08pm GMT
Championship: Having pegged Brentford back to 2-2 in the closing moments of their match, the Championship’s bottom club, Rotherham only went and shipped another two goals to lose 4-2. They’ve won just one point away from home this season and are 13 points adrift at the bottom and 16 points clear of safety.
5.05pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon 1-0Walsall, Bristol Rovers 1-1 Scunthorpe, Charlton Athletic 0-1 Bury, Chesterfield 0-4 Oxford United, Fleetwood Town 3-0 Northampton Town, Gillingham 2-1 Southend, MK Dons 2-1 Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic 0-0 Millwall, Peterborough United 3-1 Rochdale, Port Vale 1-2 Bradford City, Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City 1-3 Swindon Town.
5.02pm GMT
Championship: I wouldn’t agree it’s a headbutt, but Villa midfielder Leandro Bacuna has been sent off at the end of his side’s win and looks like he might be in a spot of additional bother.
Leandro Bacuna saw red after headbutting the linesman. #AVFC still beat Derby 1-0. pic.twitter.com/LJHiJPTSCB
4.58pm GMT
Leeds United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County, Barnsley 1-1 Huddersfield Town, Brentford 4-2 Rotherham, Cardiff City 2-2 Fulham, Newcastle United 2-2 Bristol City, Preston 2-1 QPR, Wigan 0-0 Nottingham Forest, Brighton v Reading (5.30 GMT).
4.57pm GMT
Premier League: Hull took the lead through a Tom Huddlestone penalty, but conceded from a set piece just four minutes later.
4.56pm GMT
Premier League: West Brom came from behind to hit the 40-point mark, while Bournemouth remain on the slide.
4.55pm GMT
Premier League: Patrick van Aanholt scored to win three precious points for Crystal Palace, as Middlesbrough drew yet another blank.
4.54pm GMT
Premier League: Goals from Idrissa Gueye and Romelu Lukaku’s record-equalling 60th Premier League consign Sunderland to yet another defeat. They remain bottom of the table.
4.52pm GMT
Premier League: Pedro, Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa got the goals that sent Chelsea 11 points clear at the top of the table.
4.50pm GMT
Premier League: Ashley Barnes seems to have been on a mission to get himself sent off with a relentless stream of fouls and he duly picks up his second yellow, followed by the obligatory red. Burnley are down to 10 men for the knockings!
4.49pm GMT
Championship: Basement-dwellers look likely to earn a rare point on their travels after coming from 2-1 down to equalise against Brentford. Anthony Forde with their second goal, their.
4.44pm GMT
Premier League: Diego Costa gets on the scoresheet to put the game beyond Swansea City with six minutes to go.
4.43pm GMT
Championship: It’s all square between Newcastle and Bristol City, where Ciaran Clark has levelled the score between the sides to help the league leaders come from two goals down. Elsewhere, Barnsley have equalised against Huddersfield - it’s 1-1 at Oakwell. At Griffin Park, Brentford have gone 2-1 up against Rotherham United, while it’s now 2-2 between Cardiff City and Fulham. Meanwhile at Deepdale, Preston lead QPR 2-1. Luke Freeman has been sent off for his second bookable offence for the visitors in that one.
4.40pm GMT
Premier League: Romelu Lukaku equals Duncan Ferguson’s Premier League record of 60 goals for the Toffees. Sunderland will remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, assuming they lose this match.
4.34pm GMT
Premier League: Having given away the penalty from which his side conceded just moments ago with a hand-ball, Michael Keane equalises for Burnley four minutes later. He converts from a corner, with Robbie Brady providing the assist.
4.31pm GMT
Premier League: Pedro gets his second goal of the afternoon to restore his side’s lead. It was a soft one - Lukasz Fabianski should have done a lot better, but the Swansea City goalkeeper let the ball roll under his body.
4.30pm GMT
Premier League: Tom Huddlestone gives Hull City the lead against Burnley from the penalty spot.
4.29pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Walsall, Bristol Rovers 1-0 Scunthorpe, Charlton Athletic 0-1 Bury, Chesterfield 0-4 Oxford United, Fleetwood Town 3-0 Northampton Town, Gillingham 2-0 Southend, MK Dons 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic 0-0 Millwall, Peterborough United 2-1 Rochdale, Port Vale 1-1 Bradford City, Sheffield United 2-0 Bolton Wanderers, , Coventry City 0-2 Swindon Town.
4.27pm GMT
Premier League: The Swans are holding Chelsea and look very unlucky not to get a spot-kick when Cesar Azpilicueta brings down Gylfi Siggurdsson in the Chelsea penalty area. Neil Swarbrick is the referee being subjected to the moans and groans of the visiting fans.
4.26pm GMT
Barnet 0-1 Cambridge United, Colchester United 1-0 Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Stevenage, Doncaster Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley, Exeter City 1-2 Blackpool, Leyton Orient 0-1 Cheltenham Town, Luton Town 1-1 Plymouth Argyle, Mansfield Town 1-1 Newport County, Morecambe 1-0 Grimsby Town, Notts County 0-0 Yeovil Town, Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Crawley Town, Carlisle United 0-0 Portsmouth
4.24pm GMT
Scottish Premiership: Moussa Dembele has just scored his second goal of the afternoon to give Celtic a 2-0 lead over Hamilton as they continue their romp to the title. Elsewhere in Scotland’s top flight: Aberdeen 0-0 Ross County, Motherwell 1-5 Dundee, Partick Thistle 1-0 Hearts, St Johnstone 0-1 Kilmarnock.
4.22pm GMT
Championship: Kenneth Zohore has given Cardiff City the upper hand against Fulham in the Welsh capital. They lead 2-1.
4.18pm GMT
Championship: Having trailed Bristol City by two goals at the break, Newcastle have pulled one back through Jonjo Shelvey. See Steven Hughes’s missive at half-time to learn why both sets of supporters will be thrilled.
4.17pm GMT
League One: Rochdale have had two different players sent off in their match against Peterborough United, where they were already trailing 2-1 since the break. Joe Rafferty and Donal McDermott have both received their marching orders.
4.12pm GMT
Premier League: Wayne Hennessey saves from Gaston Ramirez to maintain Crystal Palace’s precious lead against Middlesbrough at Selhurst Park.
4.10pm GMT
Premier League: Craig Dawson goes down injured after getting a bad bang on the head - he’ll be coming off. Moments previously, West Brom had a goal disallowed for offside after Nacer Chadli was flagged after heading Chris Brunt’s corner past Artur Boruc. It’s a good decision – West Brom continue to lead 2-1 against Bournemouth.
4.08pm GMT
Premier League: Sunderland have a penalty appeal turn down and Adnan Januzaj misses a shot from distance after a bright start to the second half for Sunderland against Everton. They continue to trail by the only goal of the game.
4.04pm GMT
From Steven Hughes: “The Bristol City manager, Lee Johnson, has already lost much of the crowd, having lost 10 of the last 13 league games, and Wednesday’s home defeat against Fulham was abject nonsense, a real nadir,” he says. “So, for some of the fans there today, and those listening on the radio, they’ll actually be groaning inside if City come away with all three points as it’ll prolong the agony of having Johnson running the shop.”
Thanks for the informative and interesting inside line, Steven. Football fans, eh? Unhappy when they’re losing and unhappy when they’re winning away at the league leaders. If what Steven says is true, it’ll be a long and miserable journey back to Bristol for those lads and lassies whatever the outcome at St James’s Park. I’d say they’ll take the win, mind.
3.54pm GMT
Aberdeen 0-0 Ross County, Celtic 1-0 Hamilton, Motherwell 1-5 Dundee, Partick Thistle 1-0 Hearts, St Johnstone 0-1 Kilmarnock
3.53pm GMT
Barnet 0-0 Cambridge United, Colchester United 0-0 Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Stevenage, Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Accrington Stanley, Exeter City 1-2 Blackpool, Leyton Orient 0-1 Cheltenham Town, Luton Town 1-1 Plymouth Argyle, Mansfield Town 1-1 Newport County, Morecambe 1-0 Grimsby Town, Notts County 0-0 Yeovil Town, Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Crawley Town, Carlisle United 0-0 Portsmouth.
3.51pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Walsall, Bristol Rovers 1-0 Scunthorpe, Charlton Athletic 0-1 Bury, Chesterfield 0-2 Oxford United, Fleetwood Town 1-0 Northampton Town, Gillingham 1-0 Southend, MK Dons 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic 0-0 Millwall, Peterborough United 2-1 Rochdale, Port Vale 0-1 Bradford City, Sheffield United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City 0-1 Swindon Town.
3.50pm GMT
Leeds United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday (result). Aston Villa 1-0 Derby County, Barnsley 0-1 Huddersfield Town, Brentford 1-0 Rotherham, Cardiff City 1-1 Fulham, Newcastle United 0-2 Bristol City, Preston 1-1 QPR, Wigan 0-0 Nottingham Forest, Brighton v Reading (5.30 GMT).
3.49pm GMT
Championship: Aiden McGeady is in fine form this season and has scored again to level terms for his side at home to QPR. It’s 1-1 at Deepdale.
3.48pm GMT
Premier League: From a free-kick on the halfway line, the ball is floated into the Chelsea penalty area. Fernando Llorente promptly equalises with a splendid header. Chelsea have been pegged back by Swansea City just before half-time.
3.44pm GMT
Premier League: Idrissa Gueye slides in to get on the end of a Seamus Coleman cross and poke the ball past Jordan Pickford high into the roof of the net. It’s his first goal for Everton and leaves Sunderland’s players in all sorts of bother after their well earned week-long jolly-up in New York. The other Sunderland staff who, it was recently announced, will soon be facing redundancy, will be thrilled to see their representatives on the pitch doing so well.
3.40pm GMT
Championship: Kazenga LuaLua opens the scoring at Deepdale to give Ian Holloway’s QPR side a first-half lead.
3.38pm GMT
League One latest: AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Walsall, Bristol Rovers 0-0 Scunthorpe, Charlton Athletic 0-1 Bury, Chesterfield 0-2 Oxford United, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Northampton Town, Gillingham 0-0 Southend, MK Dons 2-0 Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic 0-0 Millwall, Peterborough United 0-0 Rochdale, Port Vale 0-0 Bradford City, Sheffield United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers, Coventry City 0-1 Swindon Town.
3.35pm GMT
Premier League: January signing Patrick van Aanholt scores past Victor Valdes with a rare right-footed shot to notch his fourth goal of the season and lift Crystal Palace out of the relegation zone as things stand.
3.34pm GMT
Scottish Premiership: Around the half-hour mark, it’s scoreless between Aberdeen and Ross County, while the deadlock also remains unbroken between Celtic and Hamilton. Motherwell are 3-1 behind at home to Dundee, while Partick Thistle are a goal to the good against Hearts. At McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone trail Kilmarnock by the only goal of the game.
3.32pm GMT
Championship: Aston Villa have gone a goal up against Derby County at home, with James Chester doing the honours for Steve Bruce’s side. Elsewhere, Cardiff City have equalised Fulham, with Kenneth Zohore levelling the scores there.
3.29pm GMT
With their 17 stone former reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw no longer on the pay-roll after his pie-eating antics on Monday night, his former team are paying a - cough! - heavy price.
Sutton United forced to put an outfield player in goal at Torquay https://t.co/Xtkhx0mUhu
3.26pm GMT
Championship: Wow! Championship leaders Newcastle are now two goals behind at home to Bristol City. David Cotterill has an easy task after a comedy mixup between defender Paul Dummett and his goalkeeper Karl Darlow. Elsewhere in the Championship: Fulham have gone ahead against Cardiff City, with Stefan Johansen getting the goal. Brentford lead Rotherham 1-0, Huddersfield are also one up against Barnsley and Leeds have already beaten Sheffield Wednesday 1-0.
3.22pm GMT
Premier League: Gareth McAuley scores with a tap-in after Artur Boruc flaps at a Chris Brunt free-kick. Bournemouth are losing again.
3.20pm GMT
Premier League: On his 300th appearance for Chelsea (or is it his 300th Premier League appearance?), Cesc Fabregas opens the scoring against Swansea City.
3.19pm GMT
Championship: Huddersfield are looking for their seventh league win in a row and are going the right way about it. German defender Michael Heffele has just powered a header into the corner from a corner in their match against Barnsley at Oakwell.
3.17pm GMT
Championship: Jota has put Brentford 1-0 up against basement club Rotherham at Griffin Park. It’s the 25-year-old’s fourth goal of the season.
3.15pm GMT
League One: MK Dons lead Shrewsbury 2-0 after just 11 minutes, while Billy Sharp has given Sheffield United the lead against BOlton at Bramall Lane.
3.13pm GMT
Championship: Newcastle have gone a goal behind at home to Bristol City. Aaron Wibraham has put Lee Johnson’s side ahead against the Championship leaders.
3.12pm GMT
Premier League: Bournemouth’s lead is quickly cancelled out as Craig Dawson sees a shot deflected past Artur Boruc and into the net after 10 minutes.
3.10pm GMT
Premier League: Palace have started strongly in their match against Middlesbrough and have been denied what seemed a clear-cut penalty. Wilf Zaha was brought down in the Middlesbrough area, but no penalty was forthcoming.
3.07pm GMT
Premier League: It was Allan Nyom who brought down Ryan Fraser to concede that penalty and Josh King coolly dispatches it to give Bournemouth an early lead. He sent Ben Foster the wrong way.
3.05pm GMT
Premier League: Mark Clattenburg has awarded Bournemouth a penalty in their match against West Brom!
3.03pm GMT
Premier League: Pedro curls an effort high and wide of the Swansea City goal from the edge of the penalty area in the early stages at Stamford Bridge.
3.02pm GMT
We’re off! The ball is rolling in grounds around the UK and beyond. I have been criminally neglectful of the Scottish Premiership thus far, having forgotten to bring you news of the action up there. My humble apologies to fans of – fitba latest – Aberdeen 0-0 Ross County, Celtic 0-0 Hamilton, Motherwell 0-0 Dundee, Partick Thistle 0-0 Hearts, St Johnstone 0-0 Kilmarnock.
2.57pm GMT
It’s 2.57pm: Teams the length and breadth of the country are walking out on to pitches the length and breadth of the country for the 3pm kick-offs. The action will be under way very soon!
2.52pm GMT
Championship: Leeds United’s win courtesy of a Chris Wood goal means they move up to fourth, nine points clear of seventh-placed Fulham and seventh points behind second-placed. They’re looking very good for a play-off place but may still fancy their chances of securing automatic promotion.
Related: Chris Wood strikes to give Leeds derby victory over Sheffield Wednesday
2.37pm GMT
Interviewed by Sky Sports News, the Leicester City goalkeeper says he is “very hurt” by accusations that he and other senior players undermined Claudio Ranieri and tried to get him ousted. Interestingly, he doesn’t deny the accusations, despite being given ample opportunity to do so. In fact he refuses to deny them on four different occasions. Instead, he keeps saying that he and his fellow senior players have “no influence” over the owners. Nice try, Kasper.
2.12pm GMT
Hull: Jakupovic, Elmohamady, Ranocchia, Maguire, Robertson, Elabdellaoui, Huddlestone, N’Diaye, Grosicki, Maloney, Mbokani.
Subs: Meyler, Hernandez, Diomande, Marshall, Niasse, Tymon, Bowen.
2.10pm GMT
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Pedro, Costa, Hazard.
Subs: Begovic, Zouma, Loftus-Cheek, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Terry.
2.08pm GMT
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Townsend, Cabaye, Puncheon, Zaha, Christian Benteke.
Subs: Speroni, Dann, Campbell, McArthur, KaiKai, Delaney, Schlupp.
2.06pm GMT
West Brom: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Livermore, Fletcher, Brunt, Morrison, Chadli, Rondon.
Subs: Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Yacob, Myhill, McClean, Leko, Field.
2.03pm GMT
Everton: Robles, Coleman, Ashley Williams, Funes Mori, Baines, Davies, Schneiderlin, Gana, Barkley, Lukaku, Lookman.
Subs: Jagielka, Mirallas, McCarthy, Barry, Valencia, Stekelenburg, Holgate.
2.01pm GMT
Championship: Chris Wood gave Garry Monk’s side the lead they continue to protect with 20 minutes to go. Jordan RHodes has missed a penalty for Wednesday, with Robert Green pushing his effort from 12 yards on to the post. You can follow the rest of that one with Rob Smyth. Stay tuned for incoming Premier League team news!
1.29pm GMT
Barnet v Cambridge United, Carlisle United v Portsmouth, Colchester United v Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra v Stevenage, Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley, Exeter City v Blackpool, Leyton Orient v Cheltenham Town, Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle, Mansfield Town v Newport County, Morecambe v Grimsby Town, Notts County v Yeovil Town, Wycombe Wanderers v Crawley Town.
1.29pm GMT
AFC Wimbledon v Walsall, Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe, Charlton Athletic v Bury, Chesterfield v Oxford United, Coventry City v Swindon Town, Fleetwood Town v Northampton Town, Gillingham v Southend, MK Dons v Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic v Millwall, Peterborough United v Rochdale, Port Vale v Bradford City, Sheffield United v Bolton Wanderers
1.29pm GMT
Related: Premier League and EFL Cup final: 10 things to look out for this weekend
1.29pm GMT
The weekend’s Championship action kicked off last night, with Gianfranco Zola securing just his second win as Birmingham City manager with a 2-1 win over Wolves. At the Pirelli Stadium, Burton Albion and Blackburn Rovers drew 1-1 in a result that left the visitors second from bottom of the table, two points from safety. Today’s hot, sweaty action kicked off at 12.30pm (GMT) with a Yorkshire derby between Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, where it’s currently 1-0 to the home side at half-time.
5.12pm GMT
At the end of an eventful, entertaining and controversial week on and off the pitch, it’s a big weekend for several Premier League clubs. Having knifed their manager between the shoulder-blades, Leicester City’s players have until Monday night, when they play Liverpool, to think about what they’ve done. They could find themselves deeper in the relegation mire by then, with several of their fellow strugglers going toe to toe this afternoon in some intriguing battles.
In a reduced fixture list because of tomorrow’s League Cup final, table-toppers Chelsea entertain resurgent Swansea, while Hull and Burnley meet at the KCOM Stadium. Bottom-dwellers Sunderland face a difficult trip to Everton, while Bournemouth must try to arrest their slide down the table by getting a result at the Hawthorns. Selhurst Park plays host to another six-pointer, where Crystal Palace entertain Middlesbrough. Stay with us up for team news and build-up, followed by news of all the goals as they go in around the grounds.
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