Football clockwatch: Premier League updates – as they happened
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Version 0 of 1. 5.18pm BST17:18 That’s all from this afternoon’s Clockwatch. Mr Nick Miller is in the hot-seat of minute-by-minute reportage for Aston Villa’s match against Manchester City, which kicks off shortly. Read his scribblings here. Thanks for your time and your emails, enjoy the rest of the weekend. 5.16pm BST17:16 And finally ... Having gone 3-0 up against champions Atletico Madrid, Valencia ran out 3-1 winners in the end. Mario Mandzukic in the 29th minute for Atletico, for whom Guilherme Siqueira missed a penalty in the 45th minute. Alessio Cerci put the tin hat on a miserable afternoon for Diego Simeone’s team by getting himself sent off shortly before the final whistle. Read all about it here. Updated at 5.27pm BST 5.12pm BST17:12 Scottish fitba: Dundee 2-3 Aberdeen, Partick Thistle 3-1Motherwell, St Johnstone 1-2 St Mirren. Click on this link to view the Scottish Premiership table. 5.04pm BST17:04 League Two results: Bury 2-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-3 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-2 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth. Click on this link to view the League Two table. Updated at 5.06pm BST 5.03pm BST17:03 League One results: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United, Bradford 2-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 1-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 1-2 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 2-2 Oldham Athletic, Preston 4-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 1-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-2 MK Dons. Click on this link to view the League One table. Updated at 5.06pm BST 5.01pm BST17:01 Championship results: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 1-2 Bournemouth, Brentford 3-1 Reading, Charlton 1-1 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall (latest score), Middlesbrough 2-0 Fulham, Norwich 1-1 Rotherham, Watford 1-1 Brighton, Wolves 2-2 Wigan, Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday. Click on this link to view the Championship table. Updated at 5.05pm BST 4.59pm BST16:59 Premier League result: Leicester 2-2 Burnley Burnley secure a precious point courtesy of a Ross Wallace free-kick six minutes into injury time at the King Power Stadium. In the Leicester goal, Kasper Schmeichel positioned himself in such a way as to more or less invite Wallace to fire the ball over the wall and into the corner, so that’s exactly what he did. 4.57pm BST16:57 Premier League result: Hull City 2-0 Crystal Palace Palace lose for the first time under the latest Neil Warnock regime, while Hull City secure their first league win since the opening day of the season. 4.55pm BST16:55 Premier League result: Liverpool 2-1 West Brom Liverpool bounce back from their defeat in Basel during the week with victory over West Brom courtesy of goals from Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson. Updated at 5.13pm BST 4.54pm BST16:54 GOAL! Leicester 2-2 Burnley (Wallace 90) Ross Wallace fires a free-kick over the defensive wall and into the top corner to equalise for Burnley at the King Power Stadium. Updated at 5.10pm BST 4.53pm BST16:53 Premier League result: Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City Having failed to score a goal between them this season, Steven Fletcher and Connor Wickham bag the goals that secure Sunderland’s first League win of the season. Updated at 4.58pm BST 4.52pm BST16:52 Premier League result: Swansea 2-2 Newcastle Newcastle earn themselves a point ahead of the international break. In the stands at the Liberty Stadium, the club owner Mike Ashley looks less than thrilled. 4.51pm BST16:51 GOAL! Hull City 2-0 Crystal Palace (Jelavic 89) Nikica Jelavic doubles Hull City’s lead to almost certainly consign Crystal Palace to their first defeat of the season under Neil Warnock. Updated at 5.07pm BST 4.49pm BST16:49 More bad news for Burnley: They’re losing 2-1 against Leicester and their star full-back Kieran Trippier has just gone off with what sounds like a bad ankle injury. 4.47pm BST16:47 At the Liberty Stadium: It’s all Newcastle as the game enters its closing stages. They’re dominating a match Swansea could have had wrapped up by half-time. They’ve had the chances, but lack of composure in front of goal has cost them. 4.45pm BST16:45 Scottish fitba latest: Dundee 2-3 Aberdeen, Partick Thistle 3-1 Motherwell, St Johnstone 1-2 St Mirren. 4.43pm BST16:43 More Championship news: Middlesbrough lead 2-0 against Fulham, whose recent resurgence appears to be coming to a rather abrupt end. At Griffin Park, Jonathan Douglas has headed Brentford into a 3-1 lead against Reading. Updated at 4.53pm BST 4.41pm BST16:41 Championship news: As is becoming increasingly customary, Norwich wait until they go behind before flicking the switch. It’s 1-1 between them and Rotherham, with Cameron Jerome doing the honours after 77 minutes. 4.38pm BST16:38 GOAL! Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City (Fletcher 79) Wow! Sunderland score three goals in one afternoon! Steven Fletcher scores his second of the afternoon, sparing the blushes of Jack Rodwell, who’d completely missed the ball when presented with the chance to score into an empty goal from seven yards out a split second previously. 4.36pm BST16:36 The latest banner from #NUFC fans. [via @FootieWriter] pic.twitter.com/kSjKDFpPK1 4.35pm BST16:35 Some near misses in the Premier League: West Brom, Burnley and Swansea all go close in the space of a couple of minutes. Said Berahino headed straight at Simon Mignolet, when he should have done better. Liverpool make their third and final substitution, bringing on Lucas for Philippe Coutinho to add a bit of muscle in midfield. 4.32pm BST16:32 League Two latest: Bury 1-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-1 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth. 4.31pm BST16:31 GOAL! Swansea City 2-2 Newcastle (Cisse 75) Sammy Ameobi gallops down the wing, sends in a cross and makes it easy for Papiss Cisse, who scores his second of the afternoon at the Liberty Stadium. Updated at 4.46pm BST 4.30pm BST16:30 Championship news: Bournemouth, who are down to 10 men, go 2-1 up against struggling Bolton Wanderers. Callum Wilson with the goal there, after 68 minutes. Updated at 4.30pm BST 4.29pm BST16:29 League One latest: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-2 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 2-2 Oldham Athletic, Preston 4-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons. 4.27pm BST16:27 Championship latest: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 1-1 Bournemouth, Brentford 2-1 Reading, Charlton 1-1 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 1-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-1 Rotherham, Watford 1-0 Brighton, Wolves 2-2 Wigan.Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday is a result. 4.26pm BST16:26 A change at Anfield: With West Brom looking dangerous on the break, Brendan Rodgers has brought off Rickie Lambert and replaced him with Mario Balotelli. Glen Johnson has also been sent on in place of Javier Manquillo. 4.22pm BST16:22 GOAL! Hull City 1-0 Crystal Palace (Diame 60) Mohamed Diame scores his third of the season, heading past Julian Speroni after rising to meet a wonderful cross from Andy Robertson. That was the first shot on target from either team at the KC Stadium this afternoon. Updated at 4.27pm BST 4.19pm BST16:19 GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 West Brom (Henderson) Raheem Sterling goes down in the box and his team-mates appeal for a penalty. As they do so, the youngster gets back to his feet and rolls the ball into the path of Jordan Henderson, who fires it past Ben Foster. Liverpool are back in the lead. Updated at 4.50pm BST 4.18pm BST16:18 Another goal at Deepdale: Preston now lead Colchester United 4-2 in this thrilling League One encounter. 4.15pm BST16:15 GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 West Brom (Berahino 56) Having won the penalty, Berahino slots it home. It’s level pegging at Anfield. Updated at 4.30pm BST 4.14pm BST16:14 Penalty at Anfield!!! It’s gone to West Brom for a Dejan Lovren foul on Saido Berahino. It seems to have been a harsh decision for a foul that looked to be outside the penalty area. 4.12pm BST16:12 Scottish fitba news: Dundee equalise against Aberdeen courtesy of a David Clarkson penalty after 55 minutes. It’s 2-2 at Dens Park. 4.09pm BST16:09 Back in the Championship: Reading have pulled a goal back against Brentford, with Simon Cox scoring after 49 minutes. Updated at 4.16pm BST 4.08pm BST16:08 GOAL! Swansea City 2-1 Newcastle (Routledge 50) Wayne Routledge restores the lead for the home team, capitalising on good work down the flank from Gylfi Sigurdsson. Updated at 4.33pm BST 4.07pm BST16:07 The second times are under way: And in the Championship Adam Reach has put Middlesbrough one goal up against Fulham. Meanwhile in League One, Preston have gone 3-2 ahead against Colchester in what sounds like a cracking game at Deepdale. 4.05pm BST16:05 What wizardry is this? I'm totally hooked on Final Kick! Recognise anyone? ;-) http://t.co/je31mUCoJg ¡Muy enganchado a Final Kick! https://t.co/7QM86HxWzF 3.56pm BST15:56 League Two half-times: Bury 0-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-0 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth. 3.55pm BST15:55 League One half-times: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-1 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 1-1 Oldham Athletic, Preston 2-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-1 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons. Updated at 3.55pm BST 3.53pm BST15:53 Championship half-times: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 0-0 Bournemouth, Brentford 2-0 Reading, Charlton 1-0 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 0-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-1 Rotherham, Watford 0-0 Brighton, Wolves 1-2 Wigan.Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday is a result. Updated at 4.06pm BST 3.52pm BST15:52 Premier League half-times: Hull City 0-0 Crystal Palace, Leicester City 2-1 Burnley, Liverpool 1-0 West Brom, Sunderland 2-1 Stoke City, Swansea City 1-1 Newcastle. 3.50pm BST15:50 GOAL! Leicester City 2-1 Burnley (Mahrez 41) Apologies, I’m late with this one. Burnley’s celebrations didn’t last long, with Riyad Mahrez restoring Leicester back in the lead within two minutes of Michael Kightly’s equaliser. 3.48pm BST15:48 Championship news: Rotherham have gone one up at Carrow Road, with Paul Green scoring from the spot after Canaries goalkeeper Jon Ruddy had brought down Matt Derbyshire in the penalty area, earning himself a yellow card in the process. Norwich have won 10 points from losing positions already this season. 3.46pm BST15:46 GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 West Brom (Lallana 45) Just as West Brom were starting to create a few chances after Liverpool’s early dominance, midfielder Adam Lallana fires his side ahead. Updated at 3.57pm BST 3.44pm BST15:44 GOAL! Swansea City 1-1 Newcastle (Cisse 43) Papiss Cisse flicks home at the near post after good work from Gabriel Obertan, who drove down the flank, beat his full-back and send it in a low cross. 3.42pm BST15:42 Meanwhile in the SPL: With this afternoon’s three games nearing half-time, it’s Dundee 1-2 Aberdeen, Partick thistle 1-0 Motherwell, St Johnstone 0-1 St Mirren. 3.40pm BST15:40 GOAL! Leicester City 1-1 Burnley (Kightly 39) Burnley score their first goal since the 14th minute of their first game of the season, courtesy of Michael Kightly, who stabs home from close range after the ball dropped between him and Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. 3.38pm BST15:38 Championship news: Bournemouth’s Yann Kermorgant gets a straight red card for serious foul play after clattering into Mark Davies. Updated at 3.40pm BST 3.37pm BST15:37 GOAL! Leicester City 1-0 Burnley (Jeff Schlupp 34) Nigel Pearson edges further clear in the battle of the newly promoted managers, with Jeff Schlupp putting Leicester ahead of Burnley. Updated at 3.48pm BST 3.35pm BST15:35 Championship latest: David Edwards nodded Wolves ahead in the 30th minute, but James Perch equalised two minutes later, rising to head home from a free-kick. Meanwhile at Griffin Park, Brentford have gone two up against Reading. 3.31pm BST15:31 League Two latest: Bury 0-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-0 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-0 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 0-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 0-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-0 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth. 3.27pm BST15:27 League One latest: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 1-0 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-0 Swindon Town, Notts County 0-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 1-1 Oldham Athletic, Preston 1-1 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-0 doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons. 3.25pm BST15:25 GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Stoke City (Fletcher 23) Steven Fletcher scores his first goal in 17 games to put Sunderland back in the lead. Sunderland won a corner and took it short, with Fletcher getting on the end of a cross whipped into the penalty area by Jordi Gomez. Updated at 4.24pm BST 3.22pm BST15:22 Championship latest: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 0-0 Bournemouth, Brentford 1-0 Reading, Charlton 1-0 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 0-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-0 Rotherham, Watford 0-0 Brighton, Wolves 0-0 Wigan. 3.20pm BST15:20 Big news from Spain: Reigning champions Atletico Madrid are getting a right shoeing from Valencia. Diego Simeone’s men are 3-0 down after just 19 minutes. Updated at 3.24pm BST 3.18pm BST15:18 Goal! Swansea City 1-0 Newcastle (Bony 17) Wilfried Bony scores his first goal of the season in his eighth match, rolling the ball past Tim Krul to put the Swans ahead at the Liberty Stadium. Updated at 3.32pm BST 3.16pm BST15:16 GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Stoke City (Adam 15) Gah! Sunderland’s defence parts like the Red Sea after Moses rapped his staff off the ground, Charlie Adam wanders through the gap and nutmegs John O’Shea to score past Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone. Updated at 3.24pm BST 3.14pm BST15:14 News from Hull City: Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann has been stretchered off with some manner of injury and been replaced by Adrian Mariappa. 3.13pm BST15:13 League Two news: Luke Wilkinson has put Luton Town one goal ahead against Stevenage at Broadhall Way. Elsewhere in the division: Cheltenham Town lead AFC Wimbledon 1-0 and Oldham are one up at Peterborough. 3.10pm BST15:10 News from Anfield: The piece of paper wrapped around the leg of the carrier pigeon that’s just landed on a nearby window ledge outside Guardian Towers brings news that Liverpool have roared out of the traps against West Brom and putting some serious hurt on the Baggies early doors. Updated at 3.17pm BST 3.08pm BST15:08 Meanwhile in Scotland II: Dundee have taken less than a minute to equalise against Aberdeen, with Gary Harkins restoring parity. 3.06pm BST15:06 Meanwhile in Scotland: Dundee are a goal behind against Aberdeen, who are unbeaten in their last four games. Andrew Considine put the Dons ahead. 3.05pm BST15:05 GOAL! Sunderland 1-0 Stoke City (Wickham) Connor Wickham scores his first goal in 10 Premier League matches to end Sunderland’s goal drought and put the Mackems a goal up against Stoke City after just four minutes. Updated at 3.19pm BST 3.04pm BST15:04 An email from Patrick Cullen: “I’m basing my plans for the weekend around a West Midland double of victories for West Brom and Villa,” he writes. “In the build-up, between imagining investing future winnings, I’m watching Sky Sports News. Paul Merson´s analysis of almost every situation is based upon its adherence to the idea of 442, two fast wingers, get at them with pace from the start, get the crowd on your side/silence the crowd, home/away. He is a master of this tactical position, and able to express it in a multiplicity of seemingly similar yet always slightly different ways.” 3.02pm BST15:02 Peeeeeeeep! That was the sound of whistles being blown the length and breadth of the UK as today’s 3pm kick-offs get under way. Updated at 3.03pm BST 2.58pm BST14:58 Meanwhile at Elland Road: The Yorkshire derby between Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday finished all square: 1-1. Click on this link for a report. 2.55pm BST14:55 An email from Fraser Thomas: “I’m currently touring Tanzania,” he says, snapping a photo of the Manchester City team bus, which appears to have got lost on its way to Birmingham for this afternoon’s match against Aston Villa. “Yep, football is everywhere.” Updated at 3.01pm BST 2.38pm BST14:38 Cattermole-watch ... 4 - There has been a red card in four of the last five Premier League games between Sunderland and Stoke. Mist. With tough-tackling Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole almost certainly seething after being overlooked by England manager Roy Hodgson, who picked Swansea City’s Jonjo Shelvey ahead of him, who will you be betting on to get a red card in this match? Updated at 2.38pm BST 2.35pm BST14:35 Steve Bruce reverts to 3-5-2 Hull City manager Steve Bruce recalls centre-back James Chester and reverts to a 3-5-2 system for the visit of Crystal Palace. Full-back Liam Rosenior makes way in the tactical switch, with 39-year-old goalkeeper Steve Harper returning in place of Allan McGregor, who is out with a shoulder injury. Palace are unchanged from their 2-0 win over Leicester last week. 2.32pm BST14:32 Cisse starts for Newcastle Under-fire Newcastle manager Alan Pardew hands Papiss Cisse his first start of the season against Swansea. Senegal striker Cisse fractured a patella in April and has made only two substitute appearances since, while Pardew also recalls winger Gabriel Obertan with Remy Cabella and Emmanuel Riviere dropping to the bench following Monday night’s 1-0 defeat at Stoke. Swansea also made two changes from last weekend’s goalless draw at Sunderland, Jazz Richards replacing the suspended Angel Rangel and Wilfried Bony back in attack with Bafetimbi Gomis on the bench. 2.27pm BST14:27 Johnson and Rodwell dropped by Gus Poyet Adam Johnson and Jack Rodwell appear to have paid the price for Sunderland’s toothlessness in front of goal, with Jordi Gomez and Steven Fletcher coming into Gus Poyet’s team to face Stoke City at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland have drawn five of their six Premier League matches so far this season, losing the other one to QPR. Big smiles from the head coach as he arrives @StadiumOfLight #giveusawave pic.twitter.com/o0VMDTFSoe 2.21pm BST14:21 An amazing goal scored by Ipswich Town This fine team goal was scored by Ipswich Town’s academy (Under-14s) against Millwall is well worth a look! Tiki-tractor, anyone? Updated at 2.22pm BST 2.15pm BST14:15 @bglendenning With Angel Rangel and his understudy, today starting, Jazz Richards; do Swansea have the best named right backs in the league? 2.14pm BST14:14 Brendan Rodgers speaks: Asked by a Sky Sports reporter if leaving out Mario Balotelli was a difficult decision, the Liverpool manager said it was not. “It wasn’t hard,” he said. “It’s for me to use the squad. Obviously Mario’s played a lot recently. Rickie has been excellent in training, he scored the winner against West Brom for Southampton in their 1-0 win last season and is full of confidence.” He goes on to say that Lambert has been excellent in training, “waiting patiently to get the opportunity and he gets that opportunity today”. 2.10pm BST14:10 Swansea City v Newcastle United line-ups Swansea: Fabianski, Richards, Williams, Fernandez, Taylor, Shelvey, Ki, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Bony. Subs: Emnes, Carroll, Gomis, Montero, Tremmel, Bartley, Shephard. Newcastle: Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Obertan, Tiote, Sissoko, Colback, Gouffran, Cisse. Subs: Anita, Perez, Haidara, Cabella, Elliot, Ameobi, Riviere. Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire) 2.08pm BST14:08 Hull City v Crystal Palace line-ups Hull: Harper, Chester, Davies, Dawson, Elmohamady, Diame, Livermore, Huddlestone, Robertson, Jelavic, Hernandez. Subs: Rosenior, Bruce, Brady, Jakupovic, Ramirez, Quinn, Ben Arfa. Crystal Palace: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Ward, McArthur, Jedinak, Ledley, Puncheon, Campbell, Bolasie. Subs: Mariappa, Guedioura, Doyle, Zaha, Hennessey, Gayle, Chamakh. Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral) Updated at 2.08pm BST 2.07pm BST14:07 Sunderland v Stoke line-ups Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Vergini, Van Aanholt, Gomez, Larsson, Cattermole, Buckley, Fletcher, Wickham. Subs: Pantilimon, Bridcutt, Brown, Johnson, Altidore, Mavrias, Rodwell. Stoke: Begovic, Bardsley, Shawcross, Wilson, Muniesa, Nzonzi, Whelan, Arnautovic, Adam, Moses, Crouch. Subs: Pieters, Huth, Ireland, Walters, Assaidi, Bojan, Sorensen. Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire) Updated at 2.18pm BST 2.05pm BST14:05 Leicester City v Burnley line-ups Leicester: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan, Moore, Konchesky, Hammond, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Vardy, Ulloa, Schlupp. Subs: James, King, Hamer, Knockaert, Wasilewski, Wood, Nugent. Burnley: Heaton, Trippier, Duff, Shackell, Mee, Boyd, Arfield, Ward, Kightly, Barnes, Jutkiewicz. Subs: Lafferty, Wallace, Sordell, Gilks, Keane, Long, Hewitt. Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire) 2.04pm BST14:04 Liverpool v West Brom line-ups Liverpool: Mignolet, Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Henderson, Gerrard, Sterling, Coutinho, Lallana, Lambert. Subs: Brad Jones, Johnson, Toure, Lucas, Borini, Balotelli, Markovic. West Brom: Foster, Gamboa, Dawson, Lescott, Pocognoli, Gardner, Morrison, Dorrans, Sessegnon, Brunt, Berahino. Subs: Baird, Yacob, Myhill, Mulumbu, McAuley, Blanco, Samaras. Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 2.01pm BST14:01 News from Anfield: Mario Balotelli is on the bench for Liverpool’s match against West Brom. Rickie Lambert starts for the home side. We’ll have the full line-ups shortly. Updated at 2.44pm BST 1.58pm BST13:58 Championship news: Giuseppe Bellusci has just calmly side-footed home from about 12 yards to put Leeds United on level terms with Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road after 79 minutes. Chris Maguire had put Wednesday a goal up in the Yorkshire derby earlier in the second half. You can follow the final 10 minutes with Niall McVeigh’s minute-by-minute report. 1.44pm BST13:44 Win! Win! Win! We’ve a signed, state of the art football table to give away to one lucky reader, courtesy of Chelsea FC, Audi and the Guardian. Second prize is a chance to train at Chelsea’s Cobham complex. Click on this link to see how you can enter. 1.41pm BST13:41 Hull City v Crystal Palace preview Neil Warnock’s Crystal Palace are still unbeaten this season under his management and have been steadily improving by winning their last two Premier League games. Warnock will be keen to continue this run of form by repeating last season’s away win. Steve Bruce’s Hull have not struggled to score goals but he will want better defensive performances from the Tigers to secure a first win at the KC Stadium this campaign. Graham Searles Leicester City v Burnley preview Leicester aim to take advantage of fellow newcomers Burnley, who have found it very difficult in the opening stages of their return to the Premier League. Nigel Pearson will hope that their in-form new striker Ulloa can again provide the difference as he has done so often this season. Burnley, however, are desperate for goals and will need to bag a couple to get a result against free-scoring Leicester. Graham Searles Liverpool v West Brom preview Brendan Rodgers made some disparaging remarks about Mario Balotelli’s recent performances after losing away to Basel in midweek in the Champions League. Maybe the Liverpool boss will regret not picking up Danny Welbeck instead. However if Balotelli turns around Liverpool’s recent run of poor form by spearheading a first league win in four games against an improving West Brom side then, you can be sure, Rodgers and Liverpool fans will be smiling again. Graham Searles Sunderland v Stoke preview While attention focuses on Alan Pardew’s travails up the road at Newcastle it has almost gone unnoticed that Sunderland, too, have still to win a league game this season. This leaves Gus Poyet’s side doubly anxious to atone for Stoke’s recent 2-1 League Cup win on Wearside but whatever happens Mark Hughes is likely to cast covetous glances at Lee Cattermole. Poyet says persuading his board not to sell Sunderland’s enforcer to Stoke last January ranks as his best piece of transfer business. Louise Taylor Swansea City v Newcastle United preview Considering the turmoil surrounding Newcastle United it is difficult to look past a solid Swansea side who will aim to capitalise on their opponents’ complete lack of confidence. Alan Pardew has lost the support of the Newcastle fans but if he manages to produce an improbable first win away against Swansea then there still could be a glimmer of hope for his tenure on Tyneside. Graham Searles Updated at 1.50pm BST 1.30pm BST13:30 Meanwhile in Iceland: FH Hafnarfjordur take on Stjarnan in the final game of their season, with the title at stake. With both sides unbeaten after 21 games, the hosts lead the league by two points. Should the match finish in a draw, Stjarnan will suffer the ignominy of going an entire season unbeaten without winning the title. Kick-off is at 5pm and you can read more about the game by clicking on this link. 1.30pm BST13:30 Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to this afternoon’s thrilling installment of Clockwatch, featuring such stellar 3pm kick-offs as Hull City v Crystal Palace, Leicester City v Burnley, Liverpool v West Brom, Sunderland v Stoke City and Swansea City v Newcastle. From shortly before 2pm, we’ll be bringing you team news and build-up, followed by all the goals, penalty shouts, sendings-off and other incidents of note as the goals start fizzing in round the UK. Time and excitement levels permitting, we’ll also be keeping an eye on the major happenings in the Football League and Scotland.Catch all of the constantly happening football HERE! Updated at 1.38pm BST |