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Emillia Hawkins

Leeds v Swansea, Bayern Munich 3-2 St Pauli, and more – as it happened

Swansea City's Harry Darling celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game.
Swansea City's Harry Darling celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

That’s all from me! I’ll leave you with today’s Championship roundup. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Reims 3-1 Marseille: The visitors get one back through Valentin Rongier, but it might be too late. If Marseille lose and PSG go on and win tonight, the title race will officially be over.

Reims 3-0 Marseille: Valentin Atangana makes it three!

The FA Cup quarter-final between Brighton and Nottingham Forest has just kicked off. Be sure to join Scott Murray for minute-by-minute updates.

Reims 2-0 Marseille: Mamadou Diakhon makes it two for Reims in Ligue 1.

European roundup

Full-time: La Liga

  • Real Sociedad 2-1 Valladolid

  • Espanyol 1-1 Atlético Madrid

Full-time: Bundesliga

  • Bayern Munich 3-2 St. Pauli

  • Holstein Kiel 0-3 Werder Bremen

  • Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 RB Leipzig

  • Wolfsburg 0-1 Heidenheim

  • Hoffenheim 1-1 Augsburg

Full-time: Scottish Premiership

  • Hibernian 3-0 St. Johnstone

  • Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell

  • St. Mirren 5-1 Kilmarnock

  • Celtic 3-0 Hearts

Full-time: League Two

  • Accrington Stanley 0-0 Bradford

  • Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale

  • Barrow 0-1 Chesterfield

  • Walsall 1-1 Wimbledon

  • Newport County 0-2 Notts County

  • Bromley 2-3 Salford

  • Doncaster 3-0 Carlisle

  • Harrogate 1-1 Gillingham

  • Morecambe 1-0 Swindon

  • MK Dons 2-4 Fleetwood

Full-time: League One

  • Charlton 4-0 Huddersfield

  • Stockport 2-1 Burton

  • Wycombe 1-0 Lincoln

  • Rotherham 0-4 Crawley

  • Bristol Rovers 1-2 Mansfield

  • Birmingham 4-1 Shrewsbury

  • Exeter 0-2 Wrexham

  • Wigan 1-1 Barnsley

  • Blackpool 2-1 Bolton

  • Cambridge United 1-1 Northampton

  • Reading 3-1 Peterborough

Updated

Full-time: Championship

  • Watford 0-0 Plymouth Argyle

  • Hull 0-1 Luton

  • Sunderland 1-0 Millwall

  • Norwich 1-0 West Brom

  • Burnley 1-0 Bristol City

  • Cardiff 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

  • Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn

  • Middlesbrough 2-1 Oxford United

  • Stoke 3-1 QPR

  • Leeds 2-2 Swansea

GOAL! Leeds 2-2 Swansea (Žan Vipotnik, 90+6)

Vipotnik scores the equaliser just moments after coming off the bench to salvage a point for Swansea at Elland Road! The drama!

Norwich 1-0 West Brom: Josh Sargent wins it for Norwich in the final moments of the match!

Espanyol 1-1 Atlético Madrid: Over in La Liga, Espanyol have equalised through Javi Puado.

Birmingham 4-1 Shrewsbury: The visitors get one back through Vadaine Oliver, but it’ll just be a consolation.

GOAL! Leeds 2-1 Swansea (Wilfried Gnonto, 87)

Super-sub Gnonto fires Leeds ahead with a fantastic strike just two minutes after coming off the bench!

Sunderland 1-0 Millwall: Luke O’Nien has his penalty saved by Lukas Jensen! It’s going to be a nervy final few minutes for the hosts…

Birmingham 4-0 Shrewsbury: Alfie May strikes again to make it four as Birmingham cruise towards victory.

Middlesbrough 2-1 Oxford United: Goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Neto Borges have turned things around for Boro.

Birmingham 3-0 Shrewsbury: Alfie May makes it three for the hosts.

Reims 1-0 Marseille: Keito Nakamura breaks the deadlock for Reims at the half-hour mark.

Full-time: Bayern Munich 3-2 St. Pauli

A brace from Leroy Sané seals the win for Bayern, putting them six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table.

Updated

GOAL! Bayern Munich 3-2 St. Pauli (Lars Ritzka, 90+3)

Ritzka gets one back for the visitors, but it’ll be too little too late.

GOAL! Leeds 1-1 Swansea (Harry Darling, 64)

It’s a howler from Meslier! A Swansea corner is sent into the box and the Leeds goalkeeper rises up to catch… before spilling it. The ball drops directly to the feet of Darling who pokes it into the net.

Birmingham 2-0 Shrewsbury: Ethan Laird extends Birmingham’s advantage and all-but secures the win at St. Andrew’s.

Cardiff 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday: Michael Ihiekwe draws Sheffield Wednesday level after a positive start to the second half.

Peter has emailed in to say that he is very much enjoying ‘Sanéwatch’ this afternoon…

“Thanks for including the veteran England forward’s German adventures in your blog. But as a fan of Bayern’s former Man City man with the sweet left foot, I’m fine with today’s Kanewatch turning into Sanéwatch.”

Meanwhile in Newcastle…

GOAL! Bayern Munich 3-1 St. Pauli (Leroy Sané, 71)

Sané strikes again for the Bundesliga leaders! Olise plays the ball through to Kane, who squares it across the box to the winger. Sané then simply passes his shot past Vasilij and into the bottom-right corner with ease.

Espanyol 0-1 Atlético Madrid: César Azpilicueta gives Atlético a 1-0 lead with a phenomenal volley just before half-time in La Liga.

Updated

Half-time: Scottish Premiership

  • Hibernian 2-0 St. Johnstone

  • Aberdeen 2-1 Motherwell

  • St. Mirren 2-0 Kilmarnock

  • Celtic 3-0 Hearts

Half-time: League Two

  • Barrow 0-0 Chesterfield

  • Walsall 0-0 Wimbledon

  • Newport County 0-1 Notts County

  • Bromley 1-2 Salford

  • Doncaster 1-0 Carlisle

  • Harrogate 1-0 Gillingham

  • Morecambe 1-0 Swindon

  • MK Dons 1-1 Fleetwood

Half-time: League One

  • Wycombe 0-0 Lincoln

  • Rotherham 0-1 Crawley

  • Bristol Rovers 1-1 Mansfield

  • Birmingham 1-0 Shrewsbury

  • Exeter 0-1 Wrexham

  • Wigan 0-1 Barnsley

  • Blackpool 1-1 Bolton

  • Cambridge United 0-1 Northampton

  • Reading 1-0 Peterborough

Updated

Half-time: Championship

  • Sunderland 1-0 Millwall

  • Norwich 0-0 West Brom

  • Burnley 1-0 Bristol City

  • Cardiff 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

  • Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn

  • Middlesbrough 0-1 Oxford United

  • Stoke 2-0 QPR

  • Leeds 1-0 Swansea

GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-1 St. Pauli (Leroy Sané, 53)

After assisting Kane’s opener, Sané gets on the scoresheet to restore Bayern’s lead! A brilliant assist from Olise, who volleys the ball into the perfect area for the winger to run on to before firing his shot into the net.

Updated

Middlesbrough 0-1 Oxford United: Oxford have a shock lead over Middlesbrough thanks to Michał Helik with just a few minutes left to play in this first half.

Burnley 1-0 Bristol City: Zian Flemming fires Burnley into the lead with a fantastic free kick from around 25 yards out.

Birmingham 1-0 Shrewsbury: Ben Davies breaks the deadlock for the League One leaders with his first goal for the club.

Over in the Scottish Premiership, Celtic lead Hearts 2-0 thanks to goals from Daizen Maeda and Jota. St. Mirren also have a two-goal advantage over Kilmarnock.

  • Hibernian 1-0 St. Johnstone

  • Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwell

  • St. Mirren 2-0 Kilmarnock

  • Celtic 2-0 Hearts

Updated

Sunderland 1-0 Millwall: Trai Hume has put the hosts ahead at the Stadium of Light.

It’s half-time in the Bundesliga and here are the current scorelines…

  • Bayern Munich 1-1 St. Pauli

  • Holstein Kiel 0-1 Werder Bremen

  • Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-0 RB Leipzig

  • Wolfsburg 0-1 Heidenheim

  • Hoffenheim 0-0 Augsburg

Updated

PENALTY SAVED!

Meslier saves a spot-kick from Tymon! The winger steps up to take the penalty, won by O’Brien who collided with Rodon, and looks to place his shot into the bottom-right corner. However, Meslier gets across to parry it away.

Updated

Newport 0-1 Notts County: And in League Two, Charlie Whitaker kicks off the goalscoring, breaking the deadlock for Notts County at Rodney Parade.

Bristol Rovers 0-1 Mansfield: Meanwhile, the first goal of the day has been scored in League One. Caylon Vickers fires Mansfield into the lead at the Memorial Stadium.

GOAL! Leeds 1-0 Swansea (Brenden Aaronson, 1)

Leeds break the deadlock through Aaronson just 35 seconds into the match! Bogle sends a low cross into the box after making a run and receiving possession on the right. Aaronson is there and goes for goal but takes a few scrappy attempts to put the ball in the net. What a start!

Updated

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 St. Pauli (Elias Saad, 27)

Saad equalises for the visitors! Saliakas drills a low cross into the box and Saad is there to tap it in.

Updated

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 St. Pauli (Harry Kane, 17)

It had to be him! Kane fires Bayern into a 1-0 lead at the Allianz Arena.

Musiala steals the ball from Van Der Heyden before making his way into the box. The St. Pauli defender attempts to win back possession but instead deflects the ball straight to the feet of Sané, who sends a pass straight across goal to Kane. The England star is then given plenty of space to place his shot into the bottom corner.

Updated

As promised, here is Simon Burnton’s match report from Craven Cottage…

Five Bundesliga fixtures have just kicked off…

  • Bayern Munich v St. Pauli

  • Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen

  • Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig

  • Wolfsburg v Heidenheim

  • Hoffenheim v Augsburg

Team news: Bayern Munich v St. Pauli

Bayern Munich starting line-up: Urbig, Minjae, Kimmich (C), Goretzka, Kane, Sané, Dier, Olise, Guerreiro, Laimer, Musiala. Substitutes: Peretz, Gnabry, Palhinha, Itō, Boey, Vidović, Mũller, Kusi-Asare, Stanišiċ.

St. Pauli starting line-up: Vasilij, Nameth, Dźwigała, Van Der Heyden, Saliakas, Irvine (C), Smith, Treu, Sinani, Saad, Weißhaupt. Substitutes: Voll, Ceesay, Eggestein, Boukhalfa, Afolayan, Ahlstrand, Ritzka, Metcalfe, Wagner.

Team news: Leeds v Swansea

Leeds starting line-up: Meslier, Bogle, Byram, Struijk, Rodon, Ampadu (C), Rothwell, Solomon, Aaronson, James, Piroe. Substitutes: Darlow, Firpo, Schmidt, Gruev, Tanaka, Guilavogui, Ramazani, Joseph, Gnonto.

Swansea starting line-up: Vigouroux, Key, Fulton, Cabango (C), Darling, O’Brien, Tymon, Franco, Cullen, Delcroix, Ronald. Substitutes: McLaughlin, Allen, Vipotnik, Eom, Bianchini, Christie, Naughton, Cooper, Parker.

Ligue 1

  • Reims v Marseille (4pm GMT)

  • St Étienne v PSG (6pm GMT)

  • Monaco v Nice (8:05pm GMT)

La Liga

  • Real Sociedad 1-0 Valladolid (live)

  • Espanyol v Atlético Madrid (3:15pm GMT)

  • Alaves v Rayo Vallecano (5:30pm GMT)

  • Real Madrid v Leganes (8pm GMT)

Crystal Palace through to FA Cup semi-finals

Crystal Palace have booked a spot in the FA Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. The Eagles are off to Wembley!

We’ll have the match report for you shortly…

Bundesliga

Five of today’s Bundesliga fixtures kick off at 2:30pm GMT.

  • Bayern Munich v St. Pauli

  • Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen

  • Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig

  • Wolfsburg v Heidenheim

  • Hoffenheim v Augsburg

  • Eintracht Frankfurt v Stuttgart (5:30pm GMT)

Of course, we also have some FA Cup action to enjoy this weekend. Crystal Palace currently boast a 3-0 lead over Fulham in the first match of the quarter-finals. Brighton then host Nottingham Forest this afternoon.

Tomorrow, Aston Villa travel to face Preston and Bournemouth take on Manchester City.

Championship

  • Watford 0-0 Plymouth Argyle (live)

  • Hull 0-1 Luton (live)

  • Sunderland v Millwall

  • Norwich v West Brom

  • Burnley v Bristol City

  • Cardiff v Sheffield Wednesday

  • Portsmouth v Blackburn

  • Middlesbrough v Oxford United

  • Stoke v QPR

  • Leeds v Swansea

League One

  • Charlton 3-0 Huddersfield (live)

  • Stockport 1-0 Burton (live)

  • Wycombe v Lincoln

  • Rotherham v Crawley

  • Bristol Rovers v Mansfield

  • Birmingham v Shrewsbury

  • Exeter v Wrexham

  • Wigan v Barnsley

  • Blackpool v Bolton

  • Cambridge United v Northampton

  • Reading v Peterborough

League Two

  • Accrington Stanley 0-0 Bradford (live)

  • Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Port Vale (live)

  • Barrow v Chesterfield

  • Walsall v Wimbledon

  • Newport County v Notts County

  • Bromley v Salford

  • Doncaster v Carlisle

  • Harrogate v Gillingham

  • Morecambe v Swindon

  • MK Dons v Fleetwood

Updated

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to another Saturday clockwatch. With no Premier League action lined up for today we’ll be focusing on the rest of the Football League, as well as some fixtures from across Europe’s top leagues.

In the Championship, Leeds will be looking to leapfrog Sheffield United and return to the top of the table when they host Swansea at Elland Road. Elsewhere, playoff hopefuls Sunderland face mid-table Millwall and third-placed Burnley take on seventh-placed Bristol City.

In League One, it’s top vs bottom as high-flying Birmingham face Shrewsbury while fourth-placed Charlton host sixth-placed Huddersfield.

And in League Two, it’s third on the road against first as Wimbledon travel to meet Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

Elsewhere across Europe, Bayern Munich are in action against St Pauli in the Bundesliga while Atlético Madrid travel to face Espanyol in La Liga.

I’ll be with you all the way – join me!

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