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GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Tottenham (Van de Ven 38)
Goalscoring machine Micky van de Ven has struck once more to offer Spurs the lead at Turf Moor.
39 min: Man Metropolis 1-0 Wolves No penalty to Manchester Metropolis. The attention-grabbing factor is that Farai Hallam, who’s refereeing within the Premier League for the primary time, was despatched to the monitor however caught along with his on-field choice.
GOAL! Sheff Utd 1-0 Ipswich (O’Hare 38)
A Sheffield United counter-attack is coolly completed off by Callum O’Hare. The promotion plot thickens.
36 min: Man Metropolis 1-0 Wolves
There’s a VAR examine for a Man Metropolis penalty after a possible handball from Yerson Mosquera. It sounds prefer it’s going to be given.
League Two
Callum Paterson has scored a first-half hat-trick for MK Dons, who lead Shrewsbury 3-0.
31 min: Fulham 0-1 Brighton Sure, Bernd Leno ought to have accomplished higher with the aim. It was a crisp rising drive from Ayari however Leno can be irritated that he was crushed on the close to publish.
GOAL! Fulham 0-1 Brighton (Ayari 28)
Yasin Ayari blasts Brighton forward towards the run of play. It sounds just like the Fulham keeper Bernd Leno might need accomplished higher.
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On today in 1973… Ajax beat Rangers 3-2 to finish a 6-3 combination victory within the European Tremendous Cup.
GOAL! Hull 1-0 Swansea (McBurnie 24 pen)
‘Large’ Oli McBurnie has put promotion-chasing Hull in entrance from the penalty spot after a transparent handball within the Swansea space.
On today in 1990… a tremendous League Cup quarter-final between Spurs and Nottm Forest.
It’s fairly quiet in our featured video games. Feels like Man Metropolis are nicely on prime towards Wolves; a win right this moment would put a little bit of stress on Arsenal forward of their recreation towards Man Utd tomorrow.
On today in 1987… Norman Whiteside boots Arsenal all spherical Outdated Trafford.
GOAL! Bromley 0-1 Swindon (Holman 10)
Swindon lead within the League Two top-of-the-table conflict. No thought what occurred, due to the 3pm blackout, solely that Fletcher Holman scored the aim.
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GOAL! Man Metropolis 1-0 Wolves (Marmoush 6)
An early aim for Metropolis. Matheus Nunes’s excellent cross – I’m paraphrasing Soccer Saturday – is volleyed in by Omar Marmoush, who’s beginning his first Premier League recreation since August.
Jacob Steinberg
Bayern Munich are enthusiastic about Josh Acheampong and are contemplating whether or not to maneuver for the Chelsea defender this month.
Chelsea stay intent on retaining the 19-year-old and have had no contact from Bayern however that has not stopped a bunch of golf equipment in England and Europe from monitoring the teenager’s progress. Bournemouth had a mortgage provide rejected final summer season and Crystal Palace, who’ve simply bought Marc Guehi to Manchester rity, are monitoring Acheampong. Metropolis confirmed furtive curiosity within the England Underneath-21 worldwide final summer season.
Acheampong is thought to be one of many brightest younger prospects in England and his potential has caught the attention of Bayern, who’re planning a defensive rebuild this summer season. The Bundesliga champions may wish additions in the event that they lose Dayot Upamecano and Kim Min-jae. Bayern are trying laborious at Acheampong and regardless of being ready to attend till the summer season earlier than making their transfer they haven’t dominated out an try and signal him earlier than the top of the present switch window.
Chelsea haven’t obtained an official bid for Acheampong and sources on the membership have repeatedly careworn that they need to preserve the versatile defender. Acheampong is a product of the membership’s academy and has performed at right-back, centre-back, left-back and defensive midfield. He has made 17 appearances in all competitions this season and excelled towards Alexander Isak and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Nonetheless Chelsea have loads of competitors for locations in central defence and taking part in time is a consideration for Acheampong, whose contract expires in 2029. His alternatives could also be restricted if Chelsea press forward with a deal for the Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet. Mamadou Sarr and Aaron Anselmino will even return from respective loans at Strasbourg and Borussia Dortmund this summer season.and are contemplating whether or not to maneuver for the Chelsea defender this month.
Chelsea stay intent on retaining the 19-year-old and have had no contact from Bayern however that has not stopped a bunch of golf equipment in England and Europe from monitoring the teenager’s progress. Bournemouth had a mortgage provide rejected final summer season and Crystal Palace, who’ve simply bought Marc Guehi to Manchester rity, are monitoring Acheampong. Metropolis confirmed furtive curiosity within the England Underneath-21 worldwide final summer season.
Acheampong is thought to be one of many brightest younger prospects in England and his potential has caught the attention of Bayern, who’re planning a defensive rebuild this summer season. The Bundesliga champions may wish additions in the event that they lose Dayot Upamecano and Kim Min-jae. Bayern are trying laborious at Acheampong and regardless of being ready to attend till the summer season earlier than making their transfer they haven’t dominated out an try and signal him earlier than the top of the present switch window.
Chelsea haven’t obtained an official bid for Acheampong and sources on the membership have repeatedly careworn that they need to preserve the versatile defender. Acheampong is a product of the membership’s academy and has performed at right-back, centre-back, left-back and defensive midfield. He has made 17 appearances in all competitions this season and excelled towards Alexander Isak and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Nonetheless Chelsea have loads of competitors for locations in central defence and taking part in time is a consideration for Acheampong, whose contract expires in 2029. His alternatives could also be restricted if Chelsea press forward with a deal for the Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet. Mamadou Sarr and Aaron Anselmino will even return from respective loans at Strasbourg and Borussia Dortmund this summer season.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 Augsburg (Ito 23) Hiroki Ito has given Bayern a shock lead towards Augsburg.

Jacob Steinberg
Premier League match report: West Ham 3-1 Sunderland
The unfamiliar sensation coursing by West Ham is hope. Seemingly down and out after their devastating defeat to Nottingham Forest earlier this month, the prospect of Nuno Espírito Santo masterminding the unlikeliest of escapes feels removed from outlandish after seeing his facet deal with the London Stadium to the uncommon sensation of a efficiency filled with craft, want and tactical intelligence.
Sunderland have been blown away by three objectives inside the primary 43 minutes. They appeared shocked by West Ham’s depth and high quality in assault. Jarrod Bowen was excellent, Crysencio Summerville scored for the third time in as many video games and the brilliance of Mateus Fernandes in midfield urged that West Ham will be capable to cope in the event that they grant Lucas Paquetá his want to be a part of Flamengo.

Suzanne Wrack
WSL match report: Chelsea 0-2 Arsenal
A cathartic strike from Beth Mead and a second from Mariona Caldentey earned Arsenal a 2-0 win over Chelsea and pulled them to inside some extent of their London rivals within the WSL desk.
A primary victory for Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, and first away win towards Chelsea in eight years, dented the holders’ title hopes within the course of. The Blues now sit six factors behind rampant league leaders Manchester Metropolis, who journey to London Metropolis Lionesses on Sunday with the possibility to increase that result in 9.
“Howdy Rob!” chirps Simon McMahon. “Scotland’s recreation of the day is, eh, tomorrow, when Martin O’Neill’s Wilfried Nancy’s Martin O’Neill’s Celtic journey to face league leaders Hearts at Tynecastle. Subsequent in line would have been Dundee United v St. Mirren at Tannadice however that has fallen sufferer to the climate.
“So, will Aberdeen v Livingston do? Thought not. Motherwell v Kilmarnock? Okay, how about Falkirk v Hibs? That needs to be an honest recreation. Assume I’ll in all probability watch the indoor bowls, you don’t get this on the soccer, do you?”
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The Cardiff match was delayed for 12 minutes within the first half when Yousef Salech suffered a nasty head damage. He wanted oxygen on the sphere and was stretchered off; there was no replace since then however hopefully he’s okay.
Sheff Utd v Ipswich group information
Sheff Utd Cooper, Seriki, McGuinness, Mee, McCallum, Peck, Tom Davies, Brooks, Hamer, O’Hare, Bamford.
Subs: Adam Davies, Arblaster, Cannon, Hoever, Burrows, Campbell, Chong, Matos, Sasnauskas.
Ipswich Walton, Furlong, O’Shea, Kipre, Greaves, Matusiwa, Taylor, Walle, Szmodics, Clarke, Hirst.
Subs: Palmer, Johnson, Baggott, Davis, Cajuste, Burns, McAteer, Mehmeti, Azon.
Referee Tom Nield (West Yorkshire)
Championship
A few thumping house victories within the lunchtime video games.
That is what it does to the desk.
Full time: West Ham 3-1 Sunderland
Again-to-back wins for West Ham, who at the moment are simply two factors behind Seventeenth-placed Nottingham Forest within the desk. Forest have a tough recreation away to Brentford tomorrow.
Full time: Chelsea 0-2 Arsenal
A wonderful end result for Arsenal – and Manchester Metropolis, who will go 9 factors clear on the prime of the WSL in the event that they beat London Metropolis Lionesses tomorrow.
Beth Mead and Mariona Caldentey scored the objectives for a really spectacular Arsenal, who themselves extra to inside some extent of Chelsea.
Bromley v Swindon group information
Bromley Smith, Samuel, Sowunmi, Cameron, Odutayo, Charles, Whitely, Krauhaus, Arthurs, Pinnock, Cheek.
Subs: Lengthy, Jenkinson, Thompson, Kabamba, Hondermarck, Ajayi, Ilunga.
Swindon Ripley, Ball, Wright, Tafazolli, Wilson-Brown, Nichols, Borland, Kilkenny, Drinan, Palmer, Holman.
Subs: Ward, Snowdon, Middlemas, Olakigbe, McGregor, Kirkman, Oldaker.
Referee James Oldham (England)
Hull v Swansea group information
Hull Pandur, Coyle, Hughes, Egan, Famewo, Hadziahmetovic, Slater, Joseph, Gelhardt, Millar, McBurnie.
Subs: Phillips, Lundstram, Akintola, Hirakawa, Jacob, Ndala, Crooks, Dowell, McCarthy.
Swansea Vigouroux, Galbraith, Cabango, Burgess, Tymon, Fulton, Ronald, Goncalo Franco, Cullen, Eom, Vipotnik.
Subs: Fisher, Key, Stamenic, Widell, Yalcouye, Nunes Gomes, Wales, Ward, Cooper.
Referee Josh Smith (Lincolnshire)

Jamie Jackson
Pep Guardiola has dropped Erling Haaland and Phil Foden to the bench for this afternoon’s go to of Wolves to the Etihad Stadium, the supervisor deciding on Marc Guehi to offer the £20m defender a Manchester Metropolis debut.
Excluding Haaland and Foden from the XI is an enormous deal and on the identical time no large shock. Large as a result of they’re two of Guardiola’s most important acts however no nice shock as a result of, as outlined right here, they’re every badly off form.
The shock, to this correspondent, is that Rodri retains his place as he was the poorest of the three in Tuesday’s 3-1 hammering by Bodo/Glimt within the Arctic Circle on Tuesday. However as Nico Gonzalez, his deputy is injured, there was perhaps no selection.
Burney v Tottenham Hotspur group information
No shock that Scott Parker sticks with the Burnley facet that drew at Anfield. Thomas Frank brings in among the gamers who have been unavailale for Spurs’ victory over Borussia Dortmund in midweek: Micky van de Ven, Yves Bissouma and Conor Gallagher change Future Udogie, Archie Grey and the injured Lucas Bergvall.
Burnley (3-4-2-1) Dubravka; Tuanzebe, Esteve, Humphreys; Walker, Ugochukwu, Florentino, Lucas Pires; Edwards, Anthony; Broja.
Subs: Weiss, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Sonne, Mejbri, Laurent, Barnes.
Tottenham Hotspur (poss 4-2-3-1) Vicario; Porro, Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Bissouma, Gallagher; Odobert, Simons, Spence; Solanke.
Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Tel, Udogie, Grey, Muani, Scarlett, Byfield, Williams-Barnet.
Referee Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
Man Metropolis v Wolverhampton group information
Marc Guehi goes straight into Metropolis’s beginning line-up; Erling Haaland and Phil Foden are amongst these on the bench. Wolves usher in Jhon Arias for Tolu Arokodare.
Man Metropolis (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly; Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Reijnders; Cherki, Marmoush, Semenyo.
Subs: Trafford, Ake, Haaland, Doku, Ait Nouri, Foden, Mukasa, Alleyne, Lewis.
Wolverhampton (3-5-2) Jose Sa; Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci; Tchatchoua, Joao Gomes, Andre, Mane, H Bueno; Arias, Hwang.
Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Larsen, Agbadou, Arokodare, Pedro Lima, Rodrigo Gomes, Lopez.
Referee Farai Hallam (Surrey)
Fulham v Brighton group information
Kevin and Alex Iwobi come into the Fulham XI. Brighton usher in Olivier Boscagli, Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari. It’s not clear who will begin at right-back for them, presumably Pascal Gross.
Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin; Jimenez.
Subs: Lecomte, Bassey, Reed, Cairney, Kusi-Asare, Chukwueze, King, Sessegnon, Diop.
Brighton (poss 4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Gross, Van Hecke, Dunk, Boscagli; Baleba, Ayari; Kadioglu, Gomez, Mitoma; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Kostoulas, Milner, De Cuyper, Veltman, Coppola.
Referee Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
GOAL! West Ham 3-1 Sunderland (Brobbey 66)
Brian Brobbey has given Sunderland a whiff of hope on the London Stadium.
GOALS! Tommy Conway has scored his second to make it Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston within the Championship. And within the large WSL recreation, Mariona Caldentey has doubled Arsenal’s lead at Stamford Bridge.
50 min: Cardiff 1-1 Stockport There was a 12-minute delay on this recreation after Cardiff’s star ahead Yousef Salech suffered a nasty head damage. He wanted oxygen on the sphere and was ultimately stretchered off. We don’t have any additional information however will preserve you posted.
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Three of the highest 4 groups are in motion this lunchtime. Cardiff (1st) are drawing 1-1 at house to Stockport (4th), whereas Bradford (third) are a aim down at Huddersfield (seventh initially of play).

Will Unwin
Burnley v Tottenham (3pm)
It’s bitterly chilly at Turf Moor, the place a Burnley facet and not using a win in 13 Premier League matches host the below stress Thomas Frank and his Tottenham facet. Final week’s defeat to West Ham, who begin the day one place above the Lancashire membership within the relegation zone, felt like a brand new low for the Dane however a loss right here might be the nadir. Few maintain out hope of Burnley mounting a critical survival bid, additional hindered by a really quiet January, so two defeats in a row to struggling sides won’t help the concept that Frank can flip issues round.
The excellent news is that 10-man Borussia Dortmund have been brushed apart within the Champions League to alleviate among the mounting scrutiny. It felt final Sunday that Frank can be out of the job and an interim be left in cost. However he’s right here and a second victory in 4 days would offer the respiration area Frank desperately desires.
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Premier League
West Ham’s survival cost is below means. After profitable at Spurs final week, they put three previous Sunderland within the first half on the London Stadium. Dominic Sales space is following that one.
Championship
Promotion-chasing Middlesbrough are cruising to victory over Preston on the Riverside. Alan Browne, Tommy Conway and Morgan Whittaker scored within the first half; Preston have simply had Jordan Storey despatched off early within the second half.
Preamble
Helo, good afternoon and welcome one other heaving plate of vaguely edible tasty Saturday afternoon soccer. There are three 3pm video games within the Premier League, with Manchester Metropolis v Wolves essentially the most related to the title race. It’s a mirrored image of the type of each groups that 2nd v twentieth doesn’t fairly really feel like a house banker.
Metropolis ought to win, and doubtless will, however they’ve had a depressing begin to 2026. Wolves have been taking part in some great things below Rob Edwards, impressed by the thrilling Mateus Mane, and got here near taking some extent from the Emirates at Anfield simply earlier than Christmas.
Wolves’ upturn in type is simply too late to avoid wasting them from relegation. The group in nineteenth, Burnley, are working out of time and will actually do with taking three factors at house to Spurs this afternoon. The opposite match is between two of the Premier League’s quiet overachievers, Fulham and Brighton.
We’ll be keeping track of the lunchtime video games, together with Chelsea v Arsenal within the WSL, and a handful of matches within the EFL. The highest two in League Two, Bromley and Swindon, meet at Hayes Lane.
These are our featured video games, all 3pm kick-offs except said.
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West Ham 3-0 Sunderland (12.30pm)
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Burnley v Tottenham
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Fulham v Brighton
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Man Metropolis v Wolves
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Bournemouth v Liverpool (5.30pm)
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