Key events
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Everton (Jacob Ramsey, 32)
A strike from Ramsey takes a huge deflection past a helpless Pickford before flying into the net! Newcastle are level!
Scottish Premiership: Hearts lead Aberdeen thanks to a strike from Claudio Braga. They need a win here to keep their lead at the top of the table.
Liverpool 2-0 West Ham: That Van Dijk goal was a sucker punch for West Ham, who had been growing in confidence following the opener in the first five minutes.
GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Brentford (Igor Thiago, 25)
Thiago makes it two for the visitors after receiving a pass from Damsgaard and slotting the ball past Dúbravka!
That’s his 18th goal of the season.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 West Ham (Virgil van Dijk, 24)
Van Dijk makes it two for the reigning Premier League champions with a header from a corner!
There is a brief VAR check for a potential offside, but the goal stands.
GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Everton (Jarrad Branthwaite, 19)
Branthwaite breaks the deadlock at St. James’ Park with the first effort on target of the match! A huge goal for Everton!
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday find themselves behind at Hillsborough following a goal from Southampton right-back James Bree.
Championship: Sheffield United lead at Loftus Road following a 13th-minute goal from Callum O’Hare. Elsewhere, Stanley Mills gives Oxford United the advantage against West Brom.
Championship: Coventry lead Stoke at home thanks to Haji Wright, who nets his 15th league goal of the season.
GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Brentford (Mikkel Damsgaard, 9)
Damsgaard heads the ball past Dúbravka and into the net to give Brentford the lead at Turf Moor. The midfielder was given plenty of space in the centre of the box to get his attempt away.
League One: Mansfield lead Wimbledon thanks to a strike from Jon Russell, while Joe Rafferty has put Rotherham 1-0 up against Plymouth.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 West Ham (Hugo Ekitike, 5)
That didn’t take long! Ekitike strikes to give Liverpool the lead over West Ham in the opening five minutes at Anfield.
The forward receives a pass from Gravenberch in the box, takes a touch and beats Hermansen at the near post.
Championship: Anis Mehmeti fires Ipswich into an early lead against Swansea at Portman Road.
Scottish Premiership: It’s far from an ideal start for Kilmarnock as Ethan Brown puts the ball into his own net within the opening minute. Falkirk lead.
Kick-off
We’re under way across the grounds!
John Brewin was at the Vitality Stadium this afternoon as the points were shared between Bournemouth and Sunderland.
Former NFL star JJ Watt is at Turf Moor this afternoon to watch Burnley take on Brentford. Watt is a minority investor at Burnley.
In case you missed it, Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to League One last weekend. The Owls were sent down by their biggest rivals, Sheffield United, following a 2-1 loss at Bramall Lane. They suffered another defeat on Wednesday against Norwich City, leaving them on minus seven points. Henrik Pedersen and Co will be determined to get some more points on the board as we enter the final part of the season, with the aim of not becoming the first team in Championship history to end a campaign on a negative total of points.
Sheffield Wednesday host Southampton this afternoon.
Barney Ronay
“Hearts finished 40 points behind Celtic last year. The great clanking hand of Tony Bloom and his big data hive-brain robots has been on site for only eight months. The word “disruption” is usually shorthand for tech bro types in $4,000 Japanese trainers working out new ways to fire people. This is actual, good disruption. A three-way title race isn’t just deeply un-Scotland, it’s deeply un-anywhere these days…”
Scottish Premiership
You can join Barry Glendenning now for all the reaction from the Vitality Stadium as Bournemouth and Sunderland shared the points in a 1-1 draw.
But make sure you revisit this page in time for the 3pm fixtures in around 30 minutes!
It’s full-time across the grounds in the lunchtime games. Let’s take a look at the results…
Premier League:
Championship:
League One:
League Two:
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Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Walsall
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Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers
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Cambridge United 1-1 MK Dons
League Two
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Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Walsall (live)
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Swindon Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers (live)
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Cambridge United 1-0 MK Dons (live)
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Fleetwood Town v Newport County
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Crewe Alexandra v Tranmere Rovers
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Barnet v Chesterfield
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Notts County v Grimsby Town
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Oldham Athletic v Crawley Town
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Colchester United v Salford City
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Barrow v Gillingham
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Bromley v Accrington Stanley
League One
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Leyton Orient 1-3 Barnsley (live)
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Northampton Town 1-1 Peterborough United (live)
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Wycombe Wanderers v Burton Albion
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Doncaster Rovers v Cardiff City
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Lincoln City v Blackpool
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Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town
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Stevenage v Stockport County
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Rotherham United v Plymouth Argyle
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Port Vale v Luton Town
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Mansfield Town v Wimbledon
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Exeter City v Bolton Wanderers
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Reading v Bradford City
Championship
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Leicester City 0-1 Norwich City (live)
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Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers (live)
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Portsmouth 0-1 Hull City (live)
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QPR v Sheffield United
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Charlton v Wrexham
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Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton
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Ipswich Town v Swansea City
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Coventry City v Stoke City
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Oxford United v West Brom
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Preston North End v Millwall
Team news – Newcastle v Everton
Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Ramsey, Joelinton, Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Ramsdale, Botman, Osula, Wissa, Barnes, J.Murphy, Willock, A.Murphy, Shahar.
Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, McNeil, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto.
Subs: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Barry, George, Dibling, Rohl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong.
Team news – Burnley v Brentford
Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Estève, Worrall, Laurent, Humphreys, Pires, Mejbri, Ward-Prowse, Anthony, Larsen, Flemming.
Subs: Weiss, Walker, Hartman, Ugochukwu, Foster, Florentino, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Barnes.
Brentford XI: Valdimarsson, Henry, Van den Berg, Schade, Jensen, Thiago, Yarmoliuk, Ouattara, Ajer, Damsgaard, Kayode.
Subs: Balcombe, Pinnock, Henderson, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Donovan, Furo, Bentt, Shield.
Team news – Liverpool v West Ham
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike, Gravenberch.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Chiesa, Jones, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha.
West Ham XI: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Disasi, Mavropanos, Diouf, Souček, Magassa, Fernandes, Summerville, Bowen, Taty.
Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Wilson, Adama, Todibo, Scarles, Kanté, Mayers.
Premier League
In the early Premier League match, Sunderland currently lead Bournemouth 1-0 thanks to an 18th-minute strike from Eliezer Mayenda. You can join Barry Glendenning for the second half now.
Preamble
Hello, good afternoon and welcome to another Saturday clockwatch! We have three Premier League fixtures to look forward to as Liverpool host West Ham, Newcastle take on Everton and Burnley face Brentford.
I’ll also be keeping you up to date with everything happening across the EFL and Championship, as well as the Scottish Premiership.
As always, kick-off is at 3pm GMT – join me!
