Liverpool 3-2 Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton: clockwatch – as it happened

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores their third goal. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

5.31pm BST

Enough already. That’s it for today’s Clockwatch, a frantic business-end-of-the-season special. Thanks for your company, emails and songs; goodnight!

5.22pm BST

Match report: Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest

All five goals came in the second half at Anfield. Diogo Jota scored twice, Forest equalised twice, then Mo Salah scored the winner.

5.20pm BST

Match report: Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz’s late equaliser earned Villa a point in a battle of the superbly coached overachievers at the Gtech Community Stadium.

5.19pm BST

FA Cup semi-final latest

After half an hour at Wembley it’s Manchester City 81-19 Sheffield United, and it’s goalless. Follow the game with Scott Murray.

5.15pm BST

“Please, let’s not have more philosophical references,” says Joe Pearson. “I had to read ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’ when I was in high school, and mentions of it still make me shudder.”

You do realise that when you enter purgatory you’ll be made to read it again and again and again for the next 971 years.

5.11pm BST

Match report: Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

A game involving two of England’s better defensive coaches ended goalless. Ed Aarons was at Selhurst Park.

5.10pm BST

Match report: Leicester 2-1 Wolves

Timothy ‘George’ Castagne gave Leicester’s season the kiss of life with the winner against Wolves. Ben Fisher was there.

5.09pm BST

Selected League Two results

Orient are champions, Rochdale are relegated. Northampton are almost prom- no, let’s not go there, not after last season.

• Barrow 0-1 Carlisle

• Leyton Orient 2-0 Crewe

• Mansfield 1-0 Stevenage

• Northampton 3-1 Harrogate

• Stockport 1-0 Rochdale

• Walsall 2-3 Salford

Live scoreboard

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Leyton Orient	43	29	87
2	Northampton	44	20	80
3	Stevenage	43	18	76
4	Stockport County	44	25	75
5	Carlisle	44	24	75
6	Salford City	44	18	72
7	Bradford	43	18	72
8	Mansfield	43	17	72
9	Barrow	44	-3	62
10	Swindon	43	7	58
11	Tranmere	44	-2	57
12	Sutton Utd	44	-9	57
13	Grimsby	43	-8	55
14	Newport County	43	-3	53
15	Gillingham	44	-13	52
16	Doncaster	44	-19	52
17	Walsall	44	-4	51
18	Crewe	42	-12	51
19	Colchester	44	-4	49
20	AFC Wimbledon	44	-11	47
21	Harrogate Town	43	-11	45
22	Crawley Town	44	-22	45
23	Hartlepool	44	-28	39
24	Rochdale	44	-27	34

5.07pm BST

Selected League One results

• Barnsley 2-0 Oxford

• Peterborough 0-3 Ipswich

• Plymouth 3-1 Cambridge

• Sheff Wed 2-1 Exeter

Full scoreboard

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth	43	30	92
2	Ipswich	43	57	91
3	Sheff Wed	44	40	90
4	Barnsley	43	38	85
5	Bolton	43	24	75
6	Derby	44	22	75
7	Peterborough	44	19	73
8	Portsmouth	44	11	68
9	Wycombe	44	11	68
10	Lincoln City	43	1	59
11	Charlton	44	3	58
12	Fleetwood Town	44	4	57
13	Shrewsbury	43	-6	56
14	Exeter	44	1	53
15	Bristol Rovers	42	-11	52
16	Cheltenham	43	-15	50
17	Port Vale	44	-20	49
18	Burton Albion	42	-23	49
19	Milton Keynes Dons	44	-22	43
20	Oxford Utd	43	-13	41
21	Morecambe	44	-31	41
22	Cambridge Utd	43	-29	40
23	Accrington Stanley	43	-38	38
24	Forest Green	44	-53	27

5.06pm BST

Selected Championship full-times

• Birmingham 0-1 Blackpool

• Burnley 1-2 QPR

• Cardiff 1-1 Stoke

• Coventry 2-1 Reading

• Norwich 0-3 Swansea

• Wigan 2-1 Millwall

Full scoreboard

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	43	47	92
2	Sheff Utd	42	29	82
3	Luton	43	17	75
4	Middlesbrough	43	30	74
5	Coventry	44	10	66
6	Millwall	44	7	65
7	Blackburn	42	-2	64
8	West Brom	42	9	63
9	Sunderland	43	9	62
10	Norwich	44	5	62
11	Swansea	44	3	62
12	Preston North End	43	-8	62
13	Watford	44	1	59
14	Bristol City	44	-2	56
15	Hull	44	-10	56
16	Stoke	44	4	53
17	Birmingham	44	-8	53
18	QPR	44	-26	47
19	Rotherham	43	-11	46
20	Cardiff	43	-14	46
21	Huddersfield	43	-19	44
22	Reading	44	-20	43
23	Blackpool	44	-24	41
24	Wigan	44	-27	40

5.03pm BST

Full time: Burnley 1-2 QPR An unforseeable victory for QPR, who have every chance of staying up now.

5.02pm BST

The updated Premier League table

I don’t know about you, but they’re putting the holes in, yes, yes I haven’t a clue which three teams are going down.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	32	43	75
2	Man City	30	50	70
3	Man Utd	30	9	59
4	Newcastle	30	24	56
5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	53
6	Aston Villa	32	4	51
7	Liverpool	31	21	50
8	Brighton	29	17	49
9	Fulham	31	2	45
10	Brentford	32	5	44
11	Chelsea	31	-3	39
12	Crystal Palace	32	-9	37
13	Wolverhampton	32	-17	34
14	AFC Bournemouth	31	-28	33
15	West Ham	30	-12	31
16	Leeds	32	-21	29
17	Leicester	32	-13	28
18	Everton	32	-22	28
19	Nottm Forest	32	-33	27
20	Southampton	32	-29	24

4.59pm BST

Premier League full-times

• Fulham 2-1 Leeds

• Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 2-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest

4.59pm BST

League Two Leyton Orient are champions after beating Crewe 2-0, and a semi-impromptu party is underway at Brisbane Road.

Leyton Orient players celebrate after George Moncur opened the scoring against Crewe from the penalty spot. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Updated at 5.09pm BST

4.58pm BST

Full time: Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa

Villa’s winning run is over, as is Ollie Watkins’ scoring streak, but Douglas Luiz’s late equaliser did at least earn them a point. Ivan Toney had put Brentford ahead with a classy finish.

4.56pm BST

Full time: Leicester 2-1 Wolves

Leicester come from behind to win their first game since they hammered Spurs 4-1 on 11 February. It’s a huge victory for a few reasons: they went behind, they were without James Maddison – and results elsewhere mean they are out of the relegation places.

4.54pm BST

Full time: Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

I told you this was the game to watch. Everton have dropped into the relegation places, but that’s still a decent point away to in-form Palace, especially as they had 10 men for the last 10-15 minutes.

4.54pm BST

Full time: Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest

Liverpool’s mini-revival continues after a ding-dong match at Anfield. Diogo Jota scored two before Mo Salah got the winner.

4.52pm BST

GOAL! Burnley 1-2 QPR (Martin 88) Blimey, Chris Martin has put QPR ahead again at Turf Moor. That means Burnley won’t clinch the title today and, even more importantly, that QPR are almost safe. Almost.

Chris Martin of QPR (no 14) scores his side's second goal. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/Shutterstock

Then celebrates. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/Shutterstock

Updated at 5.05pm BST

4.51pm BST

Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest “Loving the coverage and especially the Forest/Sisyphus reference,” says Matthew Morton. “The myth of which was immortalised by Albert Camus, famously a goalkeeper in Algiers and who said everything he learned about the human spirit has come from football. Can we please have more outlandish philosophy references?”

We can, but would you mind giving me a couple of decades to do some reading first? Algiers is a helluva song though, I’m with you on that. You were talking about the Afghan Whigs, right?

Updated at 4.53pm BST

4.50pm BST

Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa The substitute Yoane Wissa has had a goal ruled out for offside.

4.48pm BST

GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa (Douglas Luiz 87)

A bit of a sucker punch at Brentford, where Douglas Luiz has equalised against the run of play for Villa.

Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz (centre) fires home to put the visitors level at Brentford. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Then celebrates. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters

Updated at 5.11pm BST

4.47pm BST

GOAL! Wigan 2-1 Millwall (Aasgard 84) Wigan aren’t going quietly into League One – Thelo Aasgaard has restored their lead against Millwall. They are going down, but not, as things stand, today.

4.46pm BST

Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest As things stand, with Aston Villa losing, Liverpool are up to sixth in the table – six points off a Champions League place having played a game more. They were in a not dissimilar position two years ago and ended up finishing third.

4.44pm BST

Scottish Premiership Steven Fletcher has made it Dundee Utd 2-0 Livingston. The great escape is on!

4.44pm BST

GOAL! Peterborough 0-3 Ipswich (Ladapo 82) This is a helluva result for Ipswich, who are also on course for yet another clean sheet.

4.43pm BST

Live scoreboard

Don’t forget that you can see all the latest scores on our live scoreboard. I’m pretty confident I’ve missed at least one important goal somewhere, so it’s well worth bookmarking that page.

4.41pm BST

Premier League latest

• Fulham 2-1 Leeds (FT)

• Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 2-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest

4.41pm BST

GOALS! Burnley 1-1 QPR (Benson 76), Sheff Wed 2-1 Exeter (Paterson 74)

4.41pm BST

“The non-celebration celebration, while daft, does at least provide virtuous contrast to the over the top celebration against your old team,” says Niall Mullen. “Adebayor against Arsenal being my absolute favourite.”

What made that celebration even funnier – and it was hilarious on its own terms – is the emphatic petulance of Garth Crooks on Final Score (see below).

The unjustly maligned Crooks defended Adebayor and, when Bright said that it wasn’t in the spirit of the game, snapped back with the sort of gloriously petty response you can only summon when you have completely lost it and no longer care about the consequences: “Was you breaking Andy Linighan’s nose with an elbow in the FA Cup final in the spirit of the game?!”

Updated at 4.43pm BST

4.38pm BST

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton: Holgate sent off

Mason Holgate, who was brought into the side today, has been given a second yellow card for a foul on Jordan Ayew.

The Palace fans wave goodbye to Everton's Mason Holgate as he walks off after being shown a red card by referee John Brooks. Photograph: Tony Obrien/Reuters

Updated at 4.44pm BST

4.37pm BST

Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest Brennan Johnson, fresh off the bench, has just hit the crossbar for Forest!

4.36pm BST

GOAL! Leicester 2-1 Wolves (Castagne 75)

A vital goal for Leicester. Timothy Castagne has put them ahead, against the run of play apparently, and as things stand they are out of the relegation places.

Leicester City's Timothy Castagne celebrates scoring their side's second goal of the game. Photograph: Tim Goode/PA

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
16	Leeds	32	-21	29
17	Everton	32	-22	28
18	Nottm Forest	32	-33	27
19	Leicester	32	-14	26
20	Southampton	32	-29	24

Updated at 4.42pm BST

4.32pm BST

Peterborough 0-2 Ipswich

“A little love for the mighty Ipswich Town?” says Kevin Chase. “Wrexham aren’t the only club in love with their American owners who have come in with some cash, understood the community and got the football club rocking.

“As things stand we need just one more win from the final three games to go up. Average attendance has been over 26,000 helped by kids tickets for £7 and after some unsuccessful appointments of young managers called Paul, Kieran McKenna has got us playing some amazing football with the best goal difference in the top four divisions.”

In other League One news, Niall Ennis has put Plymouth 3-1 up at home to Cambridge and Sheffield Wednesday have equalised at home to Exeter.

Updated at 4.33pm BST

4.30pm BST

GOAL! Liverpool 3-2 Nottm Forest (Salah 70)

Liverpool take the lead for the third time! Trent Alexander-Arnold’s excellent free-kick is finished with aplomb by Mo Salah, and now Forest know how Sisyphus felt.

Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring Liverpool’s thrid goal against Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

Updated at 4.39pm BST

4.28pm BST

“A huge part of the non-celebration ritual must be to remind people you used to play for a big club,” says Phil Podolsky. “Sometimes it’s a welcome reminder: for years I’ve been trying to recall the name of a winger who had one good game for Barcelona as a teenager under Van Gaal. It was only when a 30-something journeyman not-celebrated a goal against Pep’s Barca that I recognised the name (which I’ve long since forgotten).”

4.27pm BST

Full time: Mainz 3-1 Bayern

Another wretched away trip for Bayern, who will be knocked off the top of the Bundesliga if Dortmund win at home to Frankfurt tonight.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Bayern Munich	29	46	59
2	Borussia Dortmund	28	23	57
3	Union Berlin	28	12	52
4	RB Leipzig	28	18	51
5	Freiburg	28	4	50

4.26pm BST

GOAL! Liverpool 2-2 Nottm Forest (Gibbs-White 68)

Forest have equalised for the second time! It sounds like a technically superb volley from Morgan Gibbs-White, swished past Alisson with the aid of a slight deflection.

Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White scores their second goal against Liverpool. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

The visiting fans jubilate as Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White celebrates with his teammates. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Updated at 4.45pm BST

4.26pm BST

GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa (Toney 65)

The big man has scored again, finishing expertly from Bryan Mbuemo’s cross. Meanwhile…

A sidefooted finish from Ivan Toney gives Brentford the lead. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters

Updated at 4.34pm BST

4.24pm BST

GOAL! Burnley 0-1 QPR (Field 58)

Blimey, QPR are ahead at Turf Moor through Sam Field. That would be one of the more unlikely results of the Championship season.

Sam Field puts QPR ahead at Burnley. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/Shutterstock

Field celebrates in front of the QPR fans. Photograph: Will Matthews/PA

Talking of QPR, have a look at this. Not the lead question; that has bugger all to do with them.

Updated at 4.55pm BST

4.20pm BST

Premier League latest

• Fulham 2-1 Leeds (FT)

• Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 1-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 2-1 Nottm Forest

4.19pm BST

GOALS GALORE!

Right, it’s now Coventry 2-1 Reading in the Championship, and Conor Chaplin has made it Peterborough 0-2 Ipswich in League One.

Coventry City's Gustavo Hamer (left) celebrates with Josh Wilson-Esbrand after scoring their sides second goal of the game. Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA

Updated at 4.37pm BST

4.18pm BST

“Don’t hold me to this,” says Dan Naylor, “but I believe Beckham played right back in a back four once. It was in the 2nd half against Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 World Cup, as England had all of the ball but couldn’t break through until almost the end of the game. Can’t find Sven’s quote about moving him there but he almost definitely played half a game at right back.”

That’s some good knowledge. I was at one of my many leaving dos and had reluctantly sacrificed tactics at the altar of getting hammered on Magners.

4.16pm BST

League One It looks even more likely now: Joe Edwards has made it Plymouth 2-1 Cambridge.

4.15pm BST

League One A couple of important goals at the top: Barnsley lead Oxford 2-0, and Sheffield Wednesdya are trailing 1-0 at home to Exeter. Wednesday have gone to seed in the last month or so, and it looks increasingly likely that they’ll be in the playoffs.

4.14pm BST

Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Kevin Schade has missed an open goal for Brentford, it says here.

Brentford's Kevin Schade misses a chance to score. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters

Updated at 4.24pm BST

4.14pm BST

GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Nottm Forest (Jota 55)

Diogo Jota gets his second of the game and his fourth of the week, finishing coolly from Andy Robertson’s free-kick. It sounds like Forest’s defending was on the shambolic side of egregious.

Diogo Jota scores his, and Liverpool’s second goal of the game. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

Jota (centre) is congratulated by his teammates. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

Updated at 4.33pm BST

4.13pm BST

Bundesliga The last time I looked, Bayern were 1-0 up at Mainz. They’re now 3-1 down and in all sorts! Mainz scored three goals in 15 minutes, and it looks like Bayern’s miserable start under Thomas Tuchel is going to continue.

4.11pm BST

Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Emi Martinez has gone off injured, with Robin Olsen replacing him.

4.11pm BST

“Friend’s son’s bands,” says Mark Wagstaff. “As we are on the subject…

“I had a suspicion that all the Unai Emery love in the Guardian this week would result in one of the more insipid Aston Villa first halves for a while. Hoping for a bit more in the second.”

Let’s make that the end of today’s hit parade. I’m looking forward to listening to them all (and if any of you have a friend whose son is in Chalk, can I have tickets please), but the second halves are always a frantic shambles and I’m worried somebody will send a link to hardcore bongo, tell me it’s their friend’s son band, and I’ll innocently post it and be unemployed by sundown.

4.10pm BST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Nottm Forest (Williams 51)

Well I never! Neco Williams has scored against his old club with a deflected shot. He doesn’t celebrate, with it being against his former club, and that performative nonsense really has to stop doesn’t it.

4.09pm BST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Nottm Forest (Jota 47)

Diogo Jota missed a sitter in the first half; this time he has scored from close range to give Liverpool the lead. They’re going to finish in the top five, aren’t they, maybe even the top four.

Liverpool's Diogo Jota scores their first goal against Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Updated at 4.14pm BST

4.02pm BST

“Trent is clearly an amazing footballer,” says Tom Walling. “He does things with a football that few others can. Above all weight of pass and imagination. But does he suffer from being neither full back nor midfielder? I don’t know. I feel like he should be more appreciated. Does Klippety know how to use him? This new hybrid role suits him, I think. Hope it sticks. He’s too talented to be used a stick with which to beat Klopp or Liverpool through tribal idiocy.”

He feels like a wing-back in full-back’s clothing. He’s far too good not to excel, wherever he plays, and if Liverpool can find another Jordan Henderson I think he’ll probably be okay at full-back. All this excitement about his new role – it’s more pronounced, for sure, but hasn’t he been wandering into midfield for the last five years?

He’s a fascinating player, maybe even unique. There have even better attacking full-backs, but I can’t think of any with Alexander-Arnold’s ability to manipulate the ball. The obvious comparisons, certainly in English football on that side of the field, are David Beckham and Kevin De Bruyne. Beckham played as a wing-back for England under Glenn Hoddle but never, as far as I’m aware, in a back four.

3.56pm BST

FA Cup semi-final: Man City v Sheff Utd

The first FA Cup semi-final kicks off at 4.45pm local time. Scott Murray has the team news (spoiler: Beast starts).

3.55pm BST

Women’s Champions League: Chelsea 0-1 Barcelona

3.54pm BST

Selected League Two half-times

• Barrow 0-1 Carlisle

• Mansfield 1-0 Stevenage

• Northampton 3-1 Harrogate

• Stockport 0-0 Rochdale

Live scoreboard

3.53pm BST

Selected Championship half-times

• Birmingham 0-0 Blackpool

• Burnley 0-0 QPR

• Cardiff 1-1 Stoke

• Coventry 1-0 Reading

• Norwich 0-2 Swansea

• Wigan 1-1 Millwall

Live scoreboard

Updated at 3.54pm BST

3.52pm BST

Half time

It’s all fairly quiet in the Premier League, with only two goals in the four 3pm games. These are the half-time scores.

• Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 1-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest

3.52pm BST

Selected League One half-times

• Peterborough 0-1 Ipswich

• Plymouth 1-1 Cambridge

• Sheff Wed 0-0 Exeter

Live scoreboard

3.49pm BST

“Will the real Liverpool please - finally, finally - stand up? Free-scoring goal monsters or impotent rabble?” says Joseph Arafa. “It’s playing havoc with my Fantasy Football decision-making. Hoping Diaz gets on the pitch mind you.

“As we’re discussing friend’s son’s bands with singles just out in all the usual spots: I’ve got one of those too. Any chance of a shout out as well? And to Neill Brown - have you been to one of their gigs yet? Simultaneously the youngest I’ve felt in a while (proximity to boundless youthful energy) and the oldest I’ve felt, ever (pressed to the wall holding a pint whilst kids pogo 10 yards away).”

3.47pm BST

“Almost exactly 35 years since this,” says Niall Mullen. “Thirty-five years man, where has it gone? Anyway, I doubt Sir Tom Finney would be quite as effusive about Liverpool’s performance today.”

It’s a lovely tribute, Sir Tom, but can you slag someone off so we can use it on the socials?

3.43pm BST

Premier League latest

• Fulham 2-1 Leeds

• Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 1-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest

3.43pm BST

Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

“I opted to watch Brentford - Aston Villa, and it’s been fairly dull,” boasts Kári Tulinius. “Two good teams negating each other. It threatens to entertain every once in a while, but then the defences sort themselves out and deal with it. It’s not quite sh1t on a stick, but Jorge Valdano certainly wouldn’t be raving about the quality of the spectacle.”

3.41pm BST

Championship A few scores of note:

• Norwich 0-2 Swansea

• Coventry 1-0 Reading

The race for the last two playoff places is exquisitely tight.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	43	48	93
2	Sheff Utd	42	29	82
3	Luton	43	17	75
4	Middlesbrough	43	30	74
5	Coventry	44	10	66
6	Millwall	44	8	66
7	Blackburn	42	-2	64
8	West Brom	42	9	63
9	Sunderland	43	9	62
10	Norwich	44	6	62
11	Swansea	44	2	62
12	Preston North End	43	-8	62
13	Watford	44	1	59
14	Bristol City	44	-2	56
15	Hull	44	-10	56
16	Birmingham	44	-7	54
17	Stoke	44	4	53
18	Rotherham	43	-11	46
19	Cardiff	43	-14	46
20	QPR	44	-27	45
21	Huddersfield	43	-19	44
22	Reading	44	-20	43
23	Blackpool	44	-25	39
24	Wigan	44	-28	38

3.40pm BST

Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest Diogo Jota has just missed a terrific chance, heading wide from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross.

Diogo Jota of Liverpool heads wide. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

Updated at 4.15pm BST

3.39pm BST

“The OTHER thing about doing line-ups by squad numbers (and most upsetting for my OCD) is it’s totally inconsistent,” says Mark Hooper, “because the goalie is always listed first, even if (in Forest’s case) his squad number is 12.”

Here’s a special torture for you.

3.37pm BST

GOAL! Leicester 1-1 Wolves (Ihenanacho 37 pen)

A nerveless penalty from Kelechi Iheanacho brings Leicester level! This is what it means at the bottom of the table.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
16	Leeds	32	-21	29
17	Everton	32	-22	28
18	Nottm Forest	32	-32	28
19	Leicester	32	-14	26
20	Southampton	32	-29	24

Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho puts the home side level from the spot. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Updated at 4.03pm BST

3.35pm BST

Leicester 0-1 Wolves Vardy is still down. Apparently Jose Sa slipped into Vardy, so maybe I shouldn’t have called it a brainfade, especially as I’m not even watching the game.

3.34pm BST

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton Palace have dominated, but Sam Johnstone – who is far too good to be a back-up keeper – has just made a brilliant save to deny Alex Iwobi.

3.34pm BST

Penalty to Leicester! Jose Sa has had one of his occasional brainfades, needlessly taking out Jamie Vardy, and Leicester have a big chance to equalise.

Wolves' keeper Jose Sa takes out Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and the referee points to the spot. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters

Updated at 3.53pm BST

3.33pm BST

Championship/League One George Saville has equalised for Millwall at Wigan, as has Sam Smith for Cambridge at Plymouth. As things stand, a) Wigan are down and b) Ipswich are top of League One.

3.32pm BST

Leicester 0-1 Wolves “It’s all Wolves,” says Tim Sherwood on Soccer Saturday. The good news for Leicester, Leeds, Southampton, Forest and Everton – who are all struggling, big-time – is that only three of them can go down. Based on last night, I fancy Southampton’s chances of staying up.

3.31pm BST

“The Guardian should buy one of the fishing boats sidelined by Brexit, hire a hacker that could steal the feed from Peacock and start a pirate-radio style setup so the MBM writers can view all the fixtures and work around the blackout,” says Mary Waltz. “Power to the people!!!!”

Boats, you say.

3.29pm BST

Leicester 0-1 Wolves “Just as I opened this email, Tielemans decided to be dozy and Wolves are one up,” weeps Graham Randall. “This team is intent on shooting ourselves in the foot every game. Everyone else in the bottom six or so seems to have some fight, not this team. No leaders in this team at all. Vardy is a shadow of his former self and is done at this level. Championship is fun though!”

James Maddison is a leader, no? I can’t get my head round what has happened to a) Youri Tielemans and b) Leicester.

3.28pm BST

Premier League latest

• Fulham 2-1 Leeds

• Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

• Leicester City 0-1 Wolves

• Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest

3.28pm BST

Scottish Premiership Callum McGregor’s deflected strike has put Celtic ahead against Motherwell. They can’t win the league today, but it’s in the post.

Celtic's Callum McGregor celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring against Motherwell. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

Updated at 3.54pm BST

3.27pm BST

Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest Michael Dawson, on Sky Sports, says Forest have been “fairly comfortable” so far.

3.26pm BST

“My OCD is angrily triggered when lineups and listed by number or alphabet!” says Francisco Oyarzo. “Anyone who loves football should have a decent knowledge about how clubs lineup: goalie to striker and right to left. Don’t get where the issue is with such a simple task!”

You say it’s a simple task, but have you watched Manchester City lately? (I agree with you though, I get inordinately stressed if centre-backs are listed the wrong way round. And that part should be fairly simple.)

3.22pm BST

Championship You can follow all the games on our live scoreboard, but it’s worth mentioning a couple of early goals:

• Wigan 1-0 Millwall (Keane 14)

• Cardiff 0-1 Stoke (Laurent 16)

Updated at 3.28pm BST

3.19pm BST

League One The top two are both 1-0 up: Plymouth at home to Cambridge, Ipswich away to Peterborough. Sheffield Wednesday’s game at home to Exeter is goalless.

3.17pm BST

National League Notts County are already 2-0 up at Maidstone, so it looks like Wrexham will have to beat Boreham Wood tonight to secure promotion to the EFL.

3.15pm BST

Bundesliga: Mainz 0-1 Bayern Sadio Mane’s goal, an easy header from Joao Cancelo’s perfect cross, is his first since October - when he scored in a 6-2 win over, yep, Mainz.

Updated at 3.15pm BST

3.13pm BST

GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Wolves (Cunha 13)

Youri Tielemans loses the ball in a dangerous area to Mario Lemina, allowing Matheus Cunha to collect the loose ball and crash it into the far corner. That’s a cracking finish, but a grim mistake from Tielemans. Leicester are actually going down, aren’t they?

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Matheus Cunha fires home to open the scoring at Leicester. Photograph: Tim Goode/PA

Updated at 3.26pm BST

3.11pm BST

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton Palace have started well, it says here, and Jordan Ayew has just missed a decent chance from Michael Olise’s cross.

3.10pm BST

Match report: Fulham 2-1 Leeds

John Brewin was at Craven Cottage to watch Leeds lose their third game in a row.

3.09pm BST

“A simple request,” says Mark Hooper. “Could other teams please adopt the Liverpool policy of listing their line-ups in order, from goalie to strikers, rather than squad numbers?”

Ah but even Liverpool don’t have the players in the correct order from right to left. No, I’m not proud of myself: not now, not ever.

🔴 TEAM NEWS IS IN 🔴

This is how the Reds line up to face Nottingham Forest ✊#LIVNFO

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 22, 2023

3.05pm BST

Liverpool 0-0 Nottm Forest

“Forest really have very little chance today,” says Martin Widdicks. “Even at our best we were unable to win there (last win at Anfield was in ‘69). I know that Liverpool fans have a soft spot for the 5-0 in 1988 but the one that smarts the most was the 1996 one after Collymore had left.

“Forest went 2-0 up early and then just a glimmer of hope was visible, and I think we know all about hope…. Today I have very little hope being all old and cynical but I’ll watch anyway (I’m in the US now).”

I suppose the 0-0 in 1978 was a victory of sorts, but I didn’t realise you hadn’t actually won there since 1969.

3.01pm BST

Bundesliga The leaders Bayern have a tricky game at Mainz this afternoon. Sadio Mane, back in the starting line-up, has just put them ahead in the 29th minute. It looks like Thomas Tuchel has switched to a back three, with Sane, Gnabry and Coman all on the bench.

Updated at 3.02pm BST

3.00pm BST

Peep peep! It’s Saturday, it’s 3pm, it’s the lottery.

2.46pm BST

“As an overseaser,” says Neill Brown. “I have the privilege of which match to choose at 12am/3pm; what one would you go for? Also, would you mind giving a shout out to my friend’s son’s band (a sentence that should make us all feel old)? Their new single was released yesterday and can be streamed in all the usual places.”

I would not mind one bit, and will listen myself when this thing of ours has finished. As for the game, I think – and I didn’t think I’d be saying this a month ago – I would watch Roy Hodgson’s free-flowing Crystal Palace.

2.38pm BST

Scottish Premiership

“Afternoon Rob,” writes Simon McMahon. “After looking doomed three weeks ago, crucial wins against Hibs and Motherwell have seen high flying Dundee United move out of the relegation and play-off places and into 10th spot, ahead of Kilmarnock and Ross County.

“A win against top six-chasing Livingston at Tannadice today would see United record three straight wins in the league for the first time this season, and edge them closer to safety (Hearts beat Ross County 6-1 in the early kick-off). It would also be further proof that Jim Goodwin is indeed the Messiah.

“Other games are St. Mirren (come on you Saints) v Kilmarnock (boo) and St. Johnstone (boo) v Hibs (come on you Hibees).”

2.35pm BST

This is the beginning of the end for the humble, clueless, reliant-on-other-people-to-watch-the games Saturday Clockwatch.

2.29pm BST

Chelsea latest

I’m not sure I’d go anywhere near that job in the current climate.

Updated at 2.32pm BST

2.29pm BST

“Do excuse the nostalgia and accept heartfelt thanks for the pic of Digger Barnes in his redmen prime,” says Ian Copestake. “I stopped going to football games after Hillsborough but treasure the memory of seeing JB score stunners at Anfield and generally just mesmerise us with his close control and thighs.”

Please tell me you were there for the QPR goal.

2.28pm BST

Full time: Fulham 2-1 Leeds

A third straight defeat for Leeds, who are in serious bother for the second year in a row.

2.27pm BST

“Afternoon Rob,” writes David Alderton. “The top of the League One table has been a proper rollercoaster. Meanwhile Barnsley have seemingly become a proper model of consistency, and I think whichever of the top three fail to gain automatic promotion will probably lose against them in the playoffs. Wednesday having played one more game than Argyle and Ipswich is rattling my nerves somewhat. It’s been a season so far.”

2.27pm BST

Full time: Chelsea 0-1 Barcelona

Chelsea have it all to do on Thursday after a difficult afternoon at Stamford Bridge. Caroline Graham Hansen’s majestic early goal settled the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, and it sounds like Barcelona could have won by more.

2.13pm BST

Scottish Premiership

Hearts are ending a run of five straight defeats in style. They are hammering the bottom club Ross County 6-0, with Lawrence Shankland scoring a hat-trick.

2.11pm BST

Liverpool v Nottm Forest team news

Steve Cooper has picked a cautious Forest team, with Brennan Johnson dropped to the bench. Orel Mangala replaces him.

Liverpool, who plugged Leeds 6-1 on Monday, are unchanged.

Liverpool (4-3-3) Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Jota.
Subs: Gomez, Thiago, Milner, Elliott, Tsimikas, Diaz, Nunez, Matip, Kelleher.

Nottm Forest (5-3-1-1) Navas; Williams, Felipe, Niakhate, McKenna, Renan Lodi; Mangala, Danilo, Freuler; Gibbs-White; Awoniyi.
Subs: Worrall, Lingard, Hennessey, Toffolo, Surridge, Johnson, Dennis, Ayew, Hammond.

Referee Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

🔴 TEAM NEWS IS IN 🔴

This is how the Reds line up to face Nottingham Forest ✊#LIVNFO

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 22, 2023

☝️ One change from #NFOMUN.
🇧🇪 Orel returns to the midfield.

Introducing your #NFFC side to take on @LFC 📋#LIVNFO pic.twitter.com/j9yNNWpZ2O

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) April 22, 2023

Updated at 2.52pm BST

2.09pm BST

GOAL! Fulham 2-1 Leeds (Bamford 79)

Patrick Bamford has given Leeds a sniff at Craven Cottage.

2.08pm BST

Leicester City v Wolves team news

There’s no James Maddison (unwell) for Leicester, which is such an obviously big blow that I feel like an idiot saying it’s a big blow. Dean Smith has picked all three of his strikers – Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka and Jamie Vardy.

Leicester Iversen, Castagne, Soyuncu, Faes, Kristiansen, Tielemans, Soumare, Tete, Iheanacho, Daka, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Souttar, Amartey, Dewsbury-Hall, Mendy, Ndidi, Praet, Thomas, Marcal-Madivadua.

Wolverhampton Jose Sa, Nelson Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Gomes, Matheus Luiz, Joao Gomes, Lemina, Sarabia, Matheus Cunha, Costa.
Subs: Collins, Pedro Neto, Neves, Daniel Podence, Hwang, Bentley, Joao Moutinho, Adama Traore, Bueno.

Referee Darren England (South Yorkshire)

Your Foxes XI, let's get this! 📝 🦊#LEIWOL pic.twitter.com/9skcB2opif

— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 22, 2023

🔒 Unchanged XI from #WOLBRE
🇵🇹 @rubendsneves_ in the squad

Our team to face @LCFC.

🐺📋 @AstroPay_OK pic.twitter.com/0py8ilOAz8

— Wolves (@Wolves) April 22, 2023

Updated at 2.50pm BST

2.06pm BST

Brentford v Aston Villa team news

Thomas Frank brings in Vitaly Janelt for Josh Dasilva. Villa are unchanged.

Brentford (4-3-3) Raya; Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Henry; Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Toney, Schade.
Subs: Dasilva, Wissa, Jorgensen, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Roerslev, Cox.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) Martinez; Ashley Young, Konsa, Mings, Alex Moreno; Dendoncker; Douglas Luiz; McGinn, Buendia, Ramsey; Watkins.
Subs: Diego Carlos, Traore, Chambers, Duran, Olsen, Digne,
Sinisalo, Revan, Patterson.

Referee Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)

🐝 Your Bees to take on Aston Villa#BREAVL | #BrentfordFC | @bluejeansnet

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) April 22, 2023

Your Aston Villa today. 👊 #BREAVL pic.twitter.com/rcNOmfSoNa

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) April 22, 2023

Updated at 2.54pm BST

2.05pm BST

Crystal Palace v Everton team news

A boost for Everton: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has been out since the first week of February, starts up front. He replaces Neal Maupay, and Mason Holgate comes in at right-back for Ben Godfrey.

Palace are unchanged, and you’d jolly well hope so given their recent form.

Crystal Palace (4-3-3) Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Eze, Doucoure, Schlupp; Olise, Edouard, Ayew.
Subs: Milivojevic, Tomkins, Sambi Lokonga, Guaita, Mateta, McArthur, Hughes, Richards, Riedewald.

Everton (possible 4-4-2) Pickford; Holgate, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iwobi, Garner, Gueye, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin, Gray.
Subs: Patterson, Mina, Begovic, Maupay, Godfrey, Davies, Coady, Lonergan, Simms.

Referee John Brooks (Leicestershire)

Our side to face Everton 👊

🧡 @shophumm#CPFC | #CRYEVE

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) April 22, 2023

TEAM NEWS! 🟡

DCL starts as we make two changes for #CRYEVE! 👊 pic.twitter.com/atpi6ZZoIY

— Everton (@Everton) April 22, 2023

Updated at 2.52pm BST

2.03pm BST

GOAL! Fulham 2-0 Leeds (Andreas 72) Leeds are heading for a third straight defeat, and Fulham aren’t yet out of the race for a European place.

1.48pm BST

GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Leeds (Wilson 58)

Harry Wilson has belted the home side ahead at Craven Cottage.

1.44pm BST

Brentford v Aston Villa

They’ll have played more games than the teams around them, it’s true, but if Villa win at Brentford today they will be three points off a Champions League place.

1.42pm BST

Pre-match reading

1.41pm BST

“Dearest, Rob,” writes, Liverpool, fan, Ian Copestake. “I have a frien...acquaintance who has let it be known that if his and my own team loses against Forest this will be a good thing because it may cause Everton to circle the drain. I tell you I am shocked by the lack of neighbourliness.”

1.40pm BST

Premier League: Fulham 0-0 Leeds (52 min)

Move along, nothing to see here.

1.39pm BST

National League

Wrexham will return to the EFL if Notts County lose at Maidstone. If County get a result, Wrexham can clinch promotion by beating Boreham Wood tonight.

1.38pm BST

League Two

Today’s fixtures

Leyton Orient have already been promoted. Stevenage, in third but with a game in hand on Northampton, could join them if they win at Mansfield and results elsewhere go their way.

Rochdale will be relegated unless they win at Stockport, and even that might not be enough.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Leyton Orient	42	27	84
2	Northampton	43	18	77
3	Stevenage	42	19	76
4	Stockport County	43	24	72
5	Carlisle	43	23	72
6	Bradford	42	18	71
7	Salford City	43	17	69
8	Mansfield	42	16	69
9	Barrow	43	-2	62
10	Sutton Utd	43	-6	57
11	Swindon	42	3	55
12	Grimsby	42	-6	55
13	Tranmere	43	-4	54
14	Doncaster	43	-17	52
15	Walsall	43	-3	51
16	Crewe	41	-10	51
17	Gillingham	43	-13	51
18	Newport County	42	-5	50
19	AFC Wimbledon	43	-7	47
20	Colchester	43	-7	46
21	Harrogate Town	42	-9	45
22	Crawley Town	43	-24	42
23	Hartlepool	43	-26	39
24	Rochdale	43	-26	34

1.38pm BST

League One

Today’s fixtures

None of the top three – Plymouth, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday – can clinch automatic promotion, but they all have huge games.

Forest Green have already been relegated; none of the other teams at the bottom can join them today.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth	42	28	89
2	Ipswich	42	54	88
3	Sheff Wed	43	39	87
4	Barnsley	42	36	82
5	Peterborough	43	22	73
6	Bolton	42	23	72
7	Derby	43	21	72
8	Wycombe	43	13	68
9	Portsmouth	43	10	65
10	Charlton	43	4	58
11	Lincoln City	42	-1	56
12	Shrewsbury	42	-5	56
13	Fleetwood Town	43	3	54
14	Exeter	43	2	53
15	Bristol Rovers	41	-9	52
16	Burton Albion	41	-22	49
17	Cheltenham	42	-17	47
18	Port Vale	43	-22	46
19	Milton Keynes Dons	43	-21	43
20	Oxford Utd	42	-11	41
21	Cambridge Utd	42	-27	40
22	Morecambe	43	-32	38
23	Accrington Stanley	42	-37	38
24	Forest Green	43	-51	27

1.37pm BST

Championship

Today’s fixtures

Burnley will clinch the title if they win at home to QPR

Middlesbrough, who meet Luton on Monday, could clinch a playoff place depending on results elsewhere.

Wigan will be relegated if they lose at home to Millwall, and they could go down with a draw.

Blackpool could be relegated if they lose at Birmingham.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	42	48	92
2	Sheff Utd	42	29	82
3	Luton	43	17	75
4	Middlesbrough	43	30	74
5	Millwall	43	8	65
6	Blackburn	42	-2	64
7	West Brom	42	9	63
8	Coventry	43	9	63
9	Sunderland	43	9	62
10	Norwich	43	8	62
11	Preston North End	43	-8	62
12	Watford	43	2	59
13	Swansea	43	0	59
14	Bristol City	43	-3	53
15	Birmingham	43	-7	53
16	Hull	43	-11	53
17	Stoke	43	4	52
18	Rotherham	42	-10	46
19	Cardiff	42	-14	45
20	Huddersfield	43	-19	44
21	QPR	43	-27	44
22	Reading	43	-19	43
23	Blackpool	43	-25	38
24	Wigan	43	-28	37

1.37pm BST

Women's Champions League latest

Chelsea took out the holders Lyon but Barcelona always felt like an even tougher game. So it is proving: Caroline Graham Hansen’s spectacular early goal has given them a 1-0 half-time lead at Stamford Bridge. You can follow the second half with Daniel Gallan.

Updated at 1.37pm BST

1.30pm BST

Premier League

Four of the bottom five are in action, all both grateful for and alarmed by Southampton’s result at the Emirates last night. The relegation-battle escapees, Crystal Palace (at home to Everton) and Wolves (away to Leicester), will surely be safe if they win.

It feels like a particularly important day for Leicester, who need to arrest their slide ahead of two gigantic matches next week: Leeds away on Tuesday and Everton at home on Saturday.

Pos	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	32	43	75
2	Man City	30	50	70
3	Man Utd	30	9	59
4	Newcastle	30	24	56
5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	53
6	Aston Villa	31	4	50
7	Brighton	29	17	49
8	Liverpool	30	20	47
9	Brentford	31	5	43
10	Fulham	31	1	43
11	Chelsea	31	-3	39
12	Crystal Palace	31	-9	36
13	Wolverhampton	31	-16	34
14	AFC Bournemouth	31	-28	33
15	West Ham	30	-12	31
16	Leeds	32	-20	30
17	Everton	31	-22	27
18	Nottm Forest	31	-32	27
19	Leicester	31	-14	25
20	Southampton	32	-29	24

1.30pm BST

Preamble

Hello and welcome to another bumper, nerve-shredding Saturday Clockwatch. It’s stressful enough being a neutral at this time of the season, so goodness knows how it feels to be a fan of, well, just about anybody. It’s all up for grabs, with dead rubbers conspicuous by their absence.

We’ll be focussing on the Premier League this afternoon, as is our elitist wont, but we’ll also be keeping our spare eye on the promotions and relegations that will be confirmed in the EFL. There’s also a Women’s Champions League semi-final, and a chance for the leaders in Scotland and Germany to move closer to another title.

These are the Premier League games, all 3pm kick-offs apart from the first one.

• Fulham 0-0 Leeds

• Brentford v Aston Villa

• Crystal Palace v Everton

• Leicester City v Wolves

• Liverpool v Nottm Forest

You can see all the other fixtures on our live scores page. I’m not going to type them out, because my fingers have done little to deserve such punishment. Instead, let’s go through what’s at stake today.