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Scottish Premiership: Celtic are ahead against Motherwell. Čvančara scores the penalty after Longelo is sent off.

Sunderland 0-0 Brighton: Wieffer has a shot blocked, he then finds Gomez but he loses his composure and thrashes over.

League One: Robertson makes it 3-0 for Cardiff at Exeter. The former Manchester City midfielder sublimely curls the ball into the corner.

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth: Parker has sent on Edwards to add a bit of spark. Will it work?

Championship: Sturge is sent off for Millwall, and it is a harsh one/a mistake form the referee.

Championship: Edwards heads home for QPR at Leicester. If things stay like this, the Foxes will be 23rd at full-time and a point from safety.

GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Brighton (Minteh, 58)

It is a misskick from Minteh that squirms in, much to the goalkeeper’s surprise. There is a lengthy VAR check for offside but no problems are found.

Championship: Cundle produces an overhead kick from an Azeez cross to put Millwall 1-0 up on Blackburn, with the Londoners eyeing second spot.

League Two: Cambridge are giving Gillingham are good old-fashioned pummelling. Sullay Kaikai has made it 4-0 as they look to open the gap on fourth-placed Notts County.

Championship: All change at Leicester where QPR have turned things around with a little help from a Nelson own goal.

NO GOAL! Sunderland 0-0 Brighton: A shambles at the back concludes with Rigg firing home for what he thinks is his first Premier League goal, only for an offside in the buildup to ruin his fun.

Rigg of Sunderland scores a goal which was later ruled out.

Rigg of Sunderland reacts after his goal is ruled out by VAR for offside.

Half-time reading.

League Two half-time scores

Harrogate 0-1 Salford R
Notts County 2-3 Chesterfield R
Barnet 1-0 Newport
Barrow v-0-0 Accrington
Bromley 1-0 Bristol Rovers
Cambridge 2-0 Gillingham
Crewe 0-1 Walsall
Fleetwood 0-0 Tranmere
Oldham 0-0 Grimsby
Shrewsbury 0-0 Cheltenham
Swindon 0-1 MK Dons

League One half-time scores

Lincoln 3-1 Stockport R
Rotherham 2-2 Bolton R
Doncaster 1-0 Blackpool
Exeter 0-2 Cardiff
Leyton Orient 1-0 Peterborough
Mansfield 0-1 Barnsley
Northampton 0-1 Burton Albion
Port Vale 0-0 Huddersfield
Reading 2-1 Plymouth
Stevenage 1-0 Wimbledon
Wigan 1-0 Bradford
Wycombe 0-2 Luton

Championship half-time scores

Coventry 1-2 Southampton R
Middlesbrough 1-1 Bristol City R
Oxford 1-1 Charlton R

Birmingham 1-1 Sheffield United
Leicester 1-1 QPR
Millwall 0-0 Blackburn
Norwich 1-0 Preston
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Ipswich
Stoke 1-0 Watford
West Brom 1-0 Hull

Premier League half-time scores:

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth
Sunderland 0-0 Brighton

Championship: 10-man Sheffield United are level at Birmingham through Bamford.

Championship: Vale levels things up at Leicester for QPR.

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth: Anthony hits the bar but he should do better. The story of the Clarets’ season.

Sunderland 0-0 Brighton: The Black Cats are having a good spell, and almost open the scoring through Geertruida.

Championship: Norwich are showing Preston who is boss, with Kenny McLean adding a second to put the Canaries in control.

Championship: Charlie Hughes is sent off after pulling back Wallace. A very harsh decision.

League One: Rubin Colwill has scored twice in three minutes for Cardiff at Exeter. The Welsh side a moving closer to a Championship return.

Championship: A bit more fun at St Andrews as Sheffield United are given a penalty after Birmingham’s Jack Robinson picks up the ball, thinking it has gone out of play. He puts it on the edge of the six-yard box for a goal-kick, only for the referee to award a penalty. Peck steps up and Beadle saves.

Peck has a penalty saved by Beadle at St Andrew's.

Championship: Second from bottom West Brom are ahead against promotion-chasing Hull, while Stoke lead Watford.

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth: Foster has a chance after good work form Flemming, but the result is only a corner.

Championship: Birmingham are not messing about. Ducksch smashes the resulting free-kick into the top corner.

Championship: Sheffield United are down to 10 men at Femi Seriki was dismissed at Birmingham.

League One: A potential shock on the cards with Caylan Vickers putting 18th-placed Wigan a goal up on fourth-placed Bradford.

All quiet in the Premier League, neither game was likely to be a classic and the opening 20 minutes have done nothing to dispel that.

League One: A third goal at Reading as Paudie O’Connor gives the hosts the lead again against Plymouth.

Championship: James gets the opener for relegation-threatened Leicester against QPR, thrashing one in from around 30 yards.

Jordan James celebrates with Hamza Choudhury after scoring.

Sunderland 0-0 Brighton: Ellborg makes a stunning save from Hinshelwood to keep things level.

League One: With fewer than six minutes on the clock, it is 1-1 at Reading after Alex Mitchell’s equaliser for Plymouth.

League Two: Walsall, who sacked Mat Sadler in the week, are a goal ahead at Crewe through 38-year-old Albert Adomah.

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth: Evanilson goes through on goal, rounds the goalkeeper and shoots but his effort is cleared off the line.

Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth: Anthony has an early effort for Burnley but he cannot hit the target.

Some significant results already today.

Kick-offs

Whistles are peeping across the country.

We can look towards the 3pm kick-offs now.

Hartman is back in the Burnley team. He last played in the league in December, before spending plenty of time unable to even make the matchday squad. He had a promising start to the season before looking defensively questionable. It will be interesting to see what version we get of the Dutch left-back.

Kyle Walker of Burnley leads out their side, following his announcement of retirement from international football.

Early EFL results

Championship

Coventry 1-2 Southampton
Middlesbrough 1-1 Bristol City
Oxford 1-1 Charlton

League One

Lincoln 3-1 Stockport
Rotherham 2-2 Bolton
League Two

Harrogate 0-1 Salford
Notts County 2-3 Chesterfield

PINBALL IN THE SOUTHAMPTON BOX! Coventry have a couple of chances blocked and then Asante-Thomas smashes one which the goalkeeper holds onto.

COVENTRY PULL ONE BACK! Torp scores from the spot.

Five minutes remaining …

Torp of Coventry City scores his sides penalty.

Another cat is among the pigeons after Matsuki doubles Southampton’s lead at Coventry.

Peter Greenwood writes: ”For a minute, I thought Sunderland had Emma Peel in their line-up:

“Sunderland: Ellborg; Geertruida, Ballard, Alderete, Hume; Xhaka, Sadiki; Diarra, Rigg, Talbi; Brobbey”

The race for the Champions League is ON!

I went to see your friend and mine Pep Guardiola yesterday.

“Have we timewarped back to the 60s/70s?” asks Jeremy Boyce. “Coventry City v Southampton reads like a fixture from that era, and I can’t help thinking of Terry Paine’s sideburns, surely the finest to ever grace the top flight ? That and the Willie Carr/Ernie Hunt freekick routine.

“Ernie Hunt’s muttons weren’t too shabby either. Anyway, looks like FLCC are on their way back to the promised land, possibly replacing free-falling Spurs. A lot may depend on the outcome as Dr Tottenham make a house visit to struggling Liverpool tomorrow. They both need 3 points. Nailed on draw. Tudor lives again. Of course Coventry famously beat Spurs in a Cup Final, thanks to Tommy Hutchinson’s flying header. Those were the days, eh ?”

Middlesbrough have scored a vital goal against Bristol City through the very talented Leo Castledine.

Leo Castledine emits joy after his opener.

Wolves might have their four Gomeses but Sunderland are fighting back with a trio of Joneses.

Starting lineups: Sunderland v Brighton

Sunderland: Ellborg; Geertruida, Ballard, Alderete, Hume; Xhaka, Sadiki; Diarra, Rigg, Talbi; Brobbey

Subs: Moore, Cirkin, O’Nien, Mayenda, Isidor, Jen. Jones, Jay. Jones, H. Jones, Whitaker

Brighton: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; Wieffer, Milner, Gomez; Gross, Welbeck, Minteh

Subs: Steele, March, Rutter, Boscagli, Ayari, De Cuyper, O’Riley, Veltman, Howell

Starting lineups: Burnley v Bournemouth

Burnley: Dubravka; Walker, Esteve, Humphreys, Hartman; Ward-Prowse, Laurent; Anthony, Hannibal, Foster; Flemming

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Florentino, Tchaouna, Pires, Broja, Barnes

Bournemouth: Petrovic; Smith, Senesi, Hill, Truffert; Scott, Christie; Rayan, Kroupi, Tavernier; Evanilson

Subs: Mandas, Diakite, Unal, Brooks, Jimenez, Toth, Gannon-Doak, Adli, Milosavljevic

The beyond delightful Tom Garry has been to speak to the head honchos at Aston Villa Women.

And plenty of interest in L1 and L2.

League One

Lincoln 1-0 Stockport L
Rotherham 2-0 Bolton L
Doncaster v Blackpool
Exeter v Cardiff
Leyton Orient v Peterborough
Mansfield v Barnsley
Northampton v Burton Albion
Port Vale v Huddersfield
Reading v Plymouth
Stevenage v Wimbledon
Wigan v Bradford
Wycombe v Luton

League Two
Harrogate 0-0 Salford L
Notts County 2-2 Chesterfield L
Barnet v Newport
Barrow v Accrington
Bromley v Bristol Rovers
Crewe v Walsall
Fleetwood v Tranmere
Oldham v Grimsby
Shrewsbury v Cheltenham
Swindon v MK Dons

Southampton have just taken the lead at leaders Coventry thanks to Flynn Downes.

Downes of Southampton celebrates after opening the scoring.

Today’s Championship games, with a few early kick-offs.

Coventry 0-1 Southampton L
Middlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City L
Oxford 0-0 Charlton L
Birmingham v Sheffield United
Leicester v QPR
Millwall v Blackburn
Norwich v Preston
Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich
Stoke v Watford
West Brom v Hull

Get in the mood for the weekend’s with 10 things. I wrote far too many of them.

Wrexham gave their promotion hopes a boost last night with a win over Welsh rivals Swansea but the match was a sideshow. Dominic Booth focused on the gantry shenanigans of Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac.

Preamble

Buckle up, everyone! It is a bumper Saturday in the Premier League with the top two playing, not to mention Chelsea v Newcastle. Unfortunately, that comes from 5.30pm onwards. For now we have Burnley v Bournemouth and Sunderland v Brighton. We can all accept that the Clarets are heading down and the Seagulls will be signing off a steady but unspectacular season.

Bournemouth and Sunderland, however, have Europe on their minds. Andoni Iraola could see his side move up the eighth with a win at Turf Moor, and with Everton playing leaders Arsenal, could finish the weekend there. Burnley have shown glimpses of being a Premier League team, so it is not always easy in Lancashire but Bournemouth will be confident.

The Black Cats have stumbled recently but anyone in red and white will be ecstatic with the position they find themselves in. The hard work has already been done and potentially the freedom that comes with that could allow for a late surge up the table.

Premier League 3pm kick-offs.

Burnley v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Brighton

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