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Rob Smyth

Manchester United 1-2 Fulham, Brighton 1-1 Everton, and more: clockwatch – as it happened

Fulham celebrate after Alex Iwobi’s dramatic strike.
Fulham celebrate after Alex Iwobi’s dramatic strike. Photograph: Paul Currie/REX/Shutterstock

Wait, hang on! Here’s Jamie Jackson’s match report from Old Trafford.

And Sam Dalling at Villa Park.

… and John Brewin on the south coast.

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That’s all for today’s clockwatch. Thanks for your company, and don’t forget to join Taha for Bournemouth v Man City. Ta-ra!

Full time: Barcelona 4-0 Getafe

Peep peep!

Match report: Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley

Jonathan Wilson was at Selhurst Park, where the home side were Glas all over, or something. Here’s his report.

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GOAL! Barcelona 4-0 Getafe (Lopez 90+1)

And why not?

Barcelona 3-0 Getafe A couple of minutes to go in this one. I don’t think we’re going to have late drama.

Next up: Bournemouth v Man City Taha Hashim has the team news from Dean Court, currently known as the Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes.

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Full time: Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley An excellent start for Palace’s new manager Oliver Glasner. It took his team a while to break down Burnley’s 10 men, but eventually they scored three goals in 12 minutes.

Full time: Rangers 5-0 Hearts Rangers go five points clear after an easy victory over Hearts.

Full time: Brighton 1-1 Everton Jordan Pickford is effing furiously at everyone and no-one, Jarrad Branthwaite is shaking his head slowly. Everton would probably have taken a draw at 3pm – but not at 4.50pm, when they were a goal and a man up. Lewis Dunk’s admirably desirous header earned Brighton a point.

Full time: Southampton 1-2 Millwall Neil Harris begins his second spell at Millwall with a superb victory. Southampton’s hopes of automatic promotion are fading after consecutive home defeats.

Full time: Man Utd 1-2 Fulham A famous and deserved win for Fulham, their first against Manchester United since 2009!

Full times: Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest

A cracking day’s work for Villa – in this game and at Old Trafford.

GOAL! Ipswich 3-1 Birmingham (Hutchinson 90+2)

Ipswich have clinched the points at Portman Road.

GOAL! Man Utd 1-2 Fulham (Iwobi 90+7)

Alex Iwobi has won it for Fulham on the break! Adama Traore charged half the length of the field and fed Iwobi, who gave Onana the eyes and dragged a low shot inside the near post.

Fulham's Alex Iwobi scores their second goal at Manchester United.
Fulham's Alex Iwobi slots home to restore the visitors’ lead. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Alex Iwobi of Fulham celebrates scoring his team's second goal as Harry Maguire of Manchester United looks dejected.
Iwobi celebrates behind a dejected looking Harry Maguire. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

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GOAL! Brighton 1-1 Everton (Dunk 90+5)

Everton have been Evertoned! They are so good at scoring late equalisers under Sean Dyche, but now Lewis Dunk has denied them a vital win with a superb header from Pascal Gross’s cross.

Lewis Dunk of Brighton heads in their late equaliser against Everton.
Lewis Dunk of Brighton heads in their late equaliser against Everton. Photograph: Simon Dack/Shutterstock

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The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

  • Aston Villa 4-2 Nottm Forest

  • Brighton 0-1 Everton

  • Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley

  • Man Utd 1-1 Fulham

Scottish Premiership

  • Rangers 5-0 Hearts

La Liga

  • Barcelona 3-0 Getafe (3.15pm)

Championship

  • Ipswich 2-1 Birmingham

  • Southampton 1-2 Millwall

Man Utd 1-1 Fulham There are nine minutes of added time at Old Trafford, where both sides have just had chances to score a winner. Sounds like a cracking game.

“After conceding the opening goal, Dundee United are now 3-1 up against Queens Park, and still top of the Scottish Championship,” writes the unbiased Simon McMahon. “East Fife and Forfar, disappointingly, is 1-1.”

NO GOAL: Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley

Burnley’s consolation goal has been disallowed for offside.

GOAL! Man Utd 1-1 Fulham (Maguire 89)

Fulham were two minutes plus added time away from their first win over Manchester United, home or away, since December 2009. And then a mistake from Bernd Leno allowed Harry Maguire to equalise for Man Utd. He pushed Bruno Fernandes’s shot out in front of goal rather than away, and Maguire gobbled up the loose ball.

Manchester United’s Harry Maguire fires home their equaliser in the dying minutes against Fulham.
Harry Maguire puts the home side back on level terms. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

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Man Utd 0-1 Fulham Fulham are two minutes plus added time away from their first win over Manchester United, home or away, since December 2009.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-1 Burnley (Fofana 87)

David Datro Fofana heads a consolation goal for Burnley.

GOAL! Ipswich 2-1 Birmingham (Sarmiento 81)

The substitute Jeremy Sarmiento restores Ipswich’s lead!

Red card: Billy Gilmour (Brighton)

Brighton 0-1 Everton Brighton haven’t lost at home since September, in any competition, but they’re a goal and a man down now. Billy Gilmour has been sent off for a lunge at Amadou Onana. It sounds like it was dangerous rather than malicious, but he went over the ball and that usually means a red card.

Billy Gilmour of Brighton & Hove Albion fouls Amadou Onana of Everton, a foul which results in a red card.
Billy Gilmour fouls Amadou Onana. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images
Brighton & Hove Albion's Billy Gilmour is shown a red card by referee Tony Harrington.
Referee Tony Harrington sends Gilmour off for an early bath. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

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GOAL! Barcelona 3-0 Getafe (De Jong 61)

Barcelona are going second in La Liga, at least until Monday night.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Real Madrid 25 37 62
2 Barcelona 26 21 57
3 Girona 25 22 56
4 Atletico Madrid 25 24 51
5 Athletic Bilbao 25 22 49

GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-0 Burnley (Mateta 79 pen)

Oliver Glasner’s first game is going swimmingly. A penalty from Jean-Philippe Mateta has finished off 10-man Burnley, who look bound for the Championship.

Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates scoring their third goal against Burnley.
Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta celebrates with a flying kick on the corner flag. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters

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Aston Villa 4-2 Nottm Forest “Unbelievable,” says Martin Widdicks. “Enjoy the rest of your day, sir.”

If that doesn’t bring a third Forest goal, I don’t know what will.

GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Everton (Branthwaite 73)

A vital goal from Jarrad Branthwaite! Not content with being one of the better young defenders in Europe, he has put Everton in front. Jordan Pickford’s free-kick was headed down and bounced kindly for Branthwaite, who smashed a first-time rising drive across Verbruggen. They could be on for another season-changing win at the Amex.

Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite scores their first goal at Brighton.
Jarrad Branthwaite thumps the Toffees into the lead. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

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GOAL! Barcelona 2-0 Getafe (Joao Felix 53)

That should do the job for Barcelona. It was a classy goal, too: a simple passing move down the right and a perfect low cross from Andreas Christensen that gave Joao Felix a tap-in.

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GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Burnley (Ayew 71)

Two in four minutes for Palace. Jordan Ayew, who scored a rasper at Goodison Park on Monday, has an easier finish today.

Jordan Ayew of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring his team's second goal with teammates during the Premier League match against Burnley.
Jordan Ayew of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring his team's second goal with teammates. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

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GOAL! Rangers 5-0 Hearts (Fabio Silva 65)

Five is the magic number for Rangers: they’ve scored five at home for the first time under Philippe Clement, and they are going five points clear of Celtic.

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Burnley (Richards 68)

Chris Richards scores Palace’s first goal under Oliver Glasner!

Crystal Palace’s Chris Richards heads home to open the scoring against Burnley.
Crystal Palace’s Chris Richards heads home to open the scoring against Burnley. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters
Chris Richards of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match against Burnley.
Joy abounds at Selhurst Park. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images

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“Cannot wait to see Man Utd knock Man City and Liverpool off their perch!!” says Jeff Sax. “Maybe they can start with Fulham.”

GOAL! Aston Villa 4-2 Nottm Forest (Bailey 61)

Leon Bailey made the opening goal of the game for Ollie Watkins; now Watkins has returned the favour for the sixth. John McGinn won the ball high up the field and put Watkins through on goal. Trafford came out and Watkins clipped the ball over him to give Bailey a simple volley.

Aston Villa's Leon Bailey celebrates scoring their side's fourth goal of the game against Nottingham Forest.
Aston Villa's Leon Bailey celebrates scoring their side's fourth goal of the game against Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

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GOAL! Man Utd 0-1 Fulham (Bassey 65)

Fulham finally get their just deserts, with Calvin Bassey scoring at the second attempt from Andreas Pereira’s corner. His first shot was blocked by a teammate but he leathered the loose ball into the roof of the net.

Fulham’s Calvin Bassey (right) smashes the ball home to open the scoring at Manchester United.
Fulham’s Calvin Bassey (right) smashes the ball home to open the scoring at Manchester United. Photograph: Dave Thompson/AP

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Brighton 0-0 Everton It sounds like Everton have been much better in the second half, and Abdoulaye Doucoure has just had a shot cleared off the line by Tariq Lamptey.

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Fulham are still dominant, according to Paul Merson on Sky. We all know how this ends.

Aston Villa 3-2 Nottm Forest Youri Tielemans has hit the post for Villa; it sounds like an end-to-end romp at Villa Park.

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

  • Aston Villa 3-2 Nottm Forest

  • Brighton 0-0 Everton

  • Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley

  • Man Utd 0-0 Fulham

Scottish Premiership

  • Rangers 4-0 Hearts

La Liga

  • Barcelona 1-0 Getafe (3.15pm)

Championship

  • Ipswich 1-1 Birmingham

  • Southampton 1-2 Millwall

GOAL! Rangers 4-0 Hearts (Dessers 48)

Cyriel Dessers’ second goal has made it 4-0 at Ibrox!

GOAL! Aston Villa 3-2 Nottm Forest (Gibbs-White 48)

Martin Widdicks’ kitchen will have to clean itself: Forest have scored either side of half-time! The substitute Divock Origi made the goal with a disguised through pass to Morgan Gibbs-White, who clipped the ball confidently over Emi Martinez.

Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White (right) scores their side's second goal of the game against Aston Villa.
Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White (right) gets the visitors back in the game with a deft finish. Photograph: David Davies/PA

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Brighton 0-0 Everton Still goalless at the Amex despite Brighton’s dominance: they’ve had 10 shots at goal to Everton’s none.

A follow-up from Martin Widdicks, whose first email was sent a split-second before Moussa Niakhate made it 3-1 at Villa Park: “Do I have to watch the second half now?”

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham I’ve just seen the tackle on Sasa Lukic that earned Harry Maguire a yellow card. It wasn’t the best: he lunged for a loose ball and stamped on Lukic’s foot, which twisted as a result, then sent him flying as the top half of his body followed through. Not quite a red-card offence, but pretty close.

Fulham's Sasa Lukic is fouled by Manchester United's Harry Maguire.
Ooof. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

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“A beautiful winter morning in the corn fields,” writes Martin Widdicks. “Kids asleep, coffee brewed, sit down to watch a rejuvenated Forest get completely blown apart by Villa who look a different class today. Turned the tv off and going to clean the kitchen. Saturday, bloody Saturday…”

I wouldn’t worry about relegation: just look at all the winnable home games you’ve got left. Maybe ignore the ones that say ‘Liverpool’ and ‘Manchester City’. But look at the rest!

GOAL! Aston Villa 3-1 Nottm Forest (Niakhate 45+5)

Scratch that: they were still playing at Villa Park, and Moussa Niakhate has chested Forest back in the game.

Moussa Niakhate chests the ball into the Aston Villa net to pull a goal back for Nottingham Forest.
Moussa Niakhate chests the ball into the Aston Villa net to pull a goal back for Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

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The half-time scores in our featured games

Premier League

  • Aston Villa 3-1 Nottm Forest

  • Brighton 0-0 Everton

  • Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley

  • Man Utd 0-0 Fulham

Scottish Premiership

  • Rangers 3-0 Hearts

Championship

  • Ipswich 1-1 Birmingham

  • Southampton 1-2 Millwall

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GOAL! Ipswich 1-1 Birmingham (James 45+1)

Jordan James has scored an unlikely equaliser for Birmingham; I think that’s their first shot on target.

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham It could be 5-3 to Fulham; instead it’s goalless.

GOAL! Rangers 3-0 Hearts (Dessers 44)

Life is sweet at Ibrox right now; Cyriel Dessers has made it 3-0 on the stroke of half-time.

Cyriel Dessers scores Rangers’ third goal against Hearts.
Surely Cyriel Dessers has put the game to bed. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

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GOAL! Southampton 1-2 Millwall (Flemming 44 pen)

Millwall are back in front at St Mary’s. Taylor Harwood-Bellis is penalised for handball and Zian Flemming does the necessary from the spot.

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GOAL! Rangers 2-0 Hearts (Cortes 37)

It looks like Rangers are heading five points clear at the top. I think this would be their tenth win in a row.

Rangers' Oscar Cortes celebrates scoring their side's second goal of the game against Hearts.
Oscar Cortes celebrates after doubling Rangers’ lead over Hearts. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

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GOAL! Aston Villa 3-0 Nottm Forest (Douglas Luiz 39)

Two for Douglas Luiz, three for Villa. John McGinn made it with a beautiful cross from the right – and with the right – and Luiz strained his neck muscles to head past Matz Sels.

Douglas Luiz (right) heads home his second, and Aston Villa’s third, in their game against Nottingham Forest.
Douglas Luiz (right) heads home his second, and Aston Villa’s third. Photograph: David Davies/PA

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Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Chances at both ends in the space of a minute: Marcus Rashford’s shot is cleared inside the six-yard box, then Andreas Pereira forces a terrific save from Andre Onana.

GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Getafe (Raphinha 21)

Jules Kounde plays a superb long pass towards Raphinha, who runs beyond the defence and cracks a low shot into the far corner.

Barcelona's Raphinha fires home to open the scoring against Getafe.
Barcelona's Raphinha fires home to open the scoring against Getafe. Photograph: Lluís Gené/AFP/Getty Images

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Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Rodrigo Muniz has clattered the post for Fulham, who could have scored three or four already at Old Trafford.

GOAL! Southampton 1-1 Millwall (Adams 34)

Che Adams equalises for Southampton, who need a win today to keep pace with the top three.

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Red card: Josh Brownhill (Burnley)

Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley Jefferson Lerma nicks the ball off Josh Brownhill, who instinctively pulls him back and is given a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity.

Josh Brownhill of Burnley reacts after being sent off and is waved off by the Crystal Palace fans at Selhurst Park.
Good to see the Palace fans employing the time honoured tradition of waving an opposing player off the pitch as they head for their early bath. Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

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The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

  • Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest

  • Brighton 0-0 Everton

  • Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley

  • Man Utd 0-0 Fulham

Scottish Premiership

  • Rangers 1-0 Hearts

La Liga

  • Barcelona 0-0 Getafe (3.15pm)

Championship

  • Ipswich 1-0 Birmingham

  • Southampton 0-1 Millwall

GOAL! Ipswich 1-0 Birmingham (Chaplin 31)

Conor Chaplin has put Ipswich ahead at Portman Road; they’re aiming for a fourth straight win this afternoon.

On this day in 1996, Tino Asprilla steals the show

GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Nottm Forest (Douglas Luiz 29)

Another excellent Villa goal, this time from Douglas Luiz. Leon Bailey and Matty Cash were involved before Jacob Ramsey set up Douglas Luiz with an eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head pass.

Poorly coached teams don’t score goals like that.

Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz (centre left) celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest.
Douglas Luiz (centre left) celebrates after doubling Aston Villa’s lead. Photograph: Rui Vieira/AP

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On this day in 1999… Darren Anderton and David Ginola score absolute bangers as Spurs put Leeds out of the FA Cup.

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Now it’s United who come close to scoring: Alejandro Garnacho’s shot is cleared off the line by Antonee Robinson.

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Another near miss at Old Trafford, with Sasa Lukic chesting the ball just wide after a fine save from Andre Onana. According to reports.

Brighton 0-0 Everton “According to reports (my own eyes),” writes Joe Pearson, “I don’t think Everton have gotten out of their own half yet.”

It worked last season, pretty much.

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Alex Iwobi has missed another chance after a terrific move from Fulham. It sounds like they are all over Man Utd like a cheap cliche.

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

  • Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest

  • Brighton 0-0 Everton

  • Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley

  • Man Utd 0-0 Fulham

Scottish Premiership

  • Rangers 1-0 Hearts

La Liga

  • Barcelona v Getafe (3.15pm)

Championship

  • Ipswich 0-0 Birmingham

  • Southampton 0-1 Millwall

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham Alex Iwobi has missed an excellent chance to put Fulham ahead, apparently.

Crystal Palace 0-0 Burnley According to reports*, Palace have started well: on the front foot, with their wing-backs very high. They should be good to watch under Oliver Glasner, particularly when Eze and Olise return.

* Michael Dawson on Soccer Saturday

Man Utd 0-0 Fulham According to reports*, Fulham have been much the better side in the first 10 minutes.

* Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday

GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Millwall (Tanganga 5)

A cracking start for Neil Harris on his return to Millwall: Japhet Tanganga his put his new old team ahead at St Mary’s.

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GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Hearts (Diomande 2)

Mo Diomande, who scored his first goal for Rangers at St Johnstone last weekend, has put the leaders ahead inside two minutes. It was a crisp low shot from 20 yards, and I think the Hearts keeper Zander Clark saw it late. Something’s happening at Ibrox, isn’t it?

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GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Nottm Forest (Watkins 4)

The impressive Leon Bailey slips Murillo in the area and gives Ollie Watkins an open goal. It looks like Villa are over their mid-season wobble.

Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa scores his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at Villa Park.
Ollie Watkins tucks the ball home to give the home side the lead. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images
Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game with teammate Douglas Luiz (top) during the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest at Villa Park
Watkins is congratulated by teammate Douglas Luiz. Photograph: David Davies/PA

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Peep peep! The 3pm kick-offs are under way, including Oliver Glasner’s first game as Crystal Palace manager.

Championship

The early game finished Hull 1-1 West Brom. Both goals were in the first half: Fabio Carvalho for Hull, Darnell Furlong for West Brom.

West Bromwich Albion defender Darnell Furlong (third right) stoops to head home the visitors’ equaliser in their Championship match at Hull City.
Darnell Furlong (third right) stoops to head home the Baggies’ equaliser. Photograph: Ian Lyall/ProSports/Shutterstock

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“Having cognitive difficulties with Barcelona’s game being described as ‘big’” writes Phil Podolsky. “They are such a profoundly uninteresting team these days. There were occasional sparks of intrigue when Xavi took over, maybe after certain Clasico wins, certainly when Gundogan joined. False promises, the lot.”

Are you accusing me of lazy journalism? Because if so, you’d be spot on.

A bit of news from League Two Barrow v Bradford has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch.

Meanwhile, in Scotland (aka if we’re not careful Simon McMahon will have employmenr rights by the end of the season)

“Interest at both ends of the Scottish Premiership today, Rob,” writes Simon McMahon. “Celtic, who don’t play until tomorrow, could find themselves five points behind Rangers, who play third place Hearts at Ibrox, by 5pm.

“The bottom two face off in Dingwall as Ross County host Livingston. A two-goal win for Livingston would move them above County on goal difference. In the Scottish Championship runaway leaders Dundee United are at home to Queens Park while Raith, a point behind United, travel to Ayr. And in Scottish League Two it’s the Eric Morecambe derby as East Fife meet Forfar at New Bayview.”

Look out!

“The MBM Man Utd bias in evidence again,” writes Richard Hirst. “The absence of Paulinha, who bossed the Utd midfield in recent matches, is a far bigger loss for Fulham than the absence of Hojlund is for Utd, yet what gets mentioned in the preamble? Bah.”

We may have inadvertently disrespected the Bing one of Europe’s finest ballwinners, but we did at least spell his name correctly.

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Man Utd v Fulham team news

Omari Forson makes his full debut for United, replacing the injured Rasmus Hojlund. He will play wide with Marcus Rashford moving up front.

Fulham are without a number of players, including the injured Willian and the suspended Joao Palhinha. In all there are six changes from the 2-1 defeat at home to Aston Villa; Tosin Adarabioyo and Calvin Bassey return at centre-back.

Man Utd (4-2-3-1) Onana; Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Lindelof; Mainoo, Casemiro; Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Forson, Rashford.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Amrabat, Eriksen, Diallo, Antony, Evans, McTominay, Kambwala, Collyer.

Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Adarabioyo, Bassey, Robinson; Reed, Lukic; Wilson, Andreas Pereira, Iwobi; Rodrigo Muniz.
Substitutes: Rodak, Tete, Broja, Cairney, Traore, Ballo-Toure, Ream, De Cordova-Reid, Diop.

Referee Michael Oliver (England).

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Crystal Palace v Burnley team news

Oliver Glasner sticks with the Palace team that played well for large parts of their 1-1 draw at Everton on Monday night.

Vincent Kompany makes two changes from the Burnley side that was hammered by Arsenal a week ago. Charlie Taylor and Johann Gudmundsson come in for Hannes Delcroix and Aaron Ramsey.

Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1) Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Richards; Munoz, Lerma, Wharton, Mitchell; Ayew, Edouard; Mateta.
Substitutes: Tomkins, Matheus Franca, Clyne, Ahamada, Henderson, Plange, Ozoh, Umeh, Rodney.

Burnley Trafford; Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Taylor; Gudmundsson, Berge, Brownhill, Odobert; Fofana, Amdouni.
Substitutes: Cork, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Vitinho, Cullen, Bruun Larsen, Delcroix, Muric.

Referee Lewis Smith (Lancashire)

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Brighton v Everton team news

Two changes for Brighton, one enforced: Evan Ferguson and Igor Julio replace the injured Kaoru Mitoma and Adam Webster.

Everton are unchanged. Next!
(Edit: no they’re not, Jack Harrison has come in for Ashley “Young”.)

Brighton (possible 4-2-4) Verbruggen; Lamptey, van Hecke, Dunk, Igor Julio; Gross, Gilmour; Buonanotte, Welbeck, Ferguson, Adingra.
Substitutes: Webster, Enciso, Lallana, Moder, Baleba, Steele, Estupinan, Fati, Veltman.

Everton (4-2-3-1) Pickford; Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner; Harrison, Doucoure, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin.
Substitutes: Patterson, Keane, Onana, Virginia, Beto, Young, Coleman, Chermiti, Hunt.

Referee Tony Harrington (Cleveland)

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Aston Villa v Nottm Forest team news

Villa are unchanged from their excellent 2-1 win at Fulham. Moussa Niakhate replaces the injured Nuno Tavares for Forest.

Aston Villa (possible 4-2-3-1) Martinez; Cash, Lenglet, Torres, Alex Moreno; McGinn, Douglas Luiz; Bailey, Tielemans, Ramsey; Watkins.
Substitutes: Gauci, Digne, Chambers, Diaby, Zaniolo, Olsen, Rogers, Kesler-Hayden, Iroegbunam.

Nottm Forest (4-2-3-1) Sels; Williams, Felipe, Murillo, Niakhate; Dominguez, Danilo; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Awoniyi.
Substitutes: Turner, Kouyate, Toffolo, Reyna, Yates, Origi, Montiel, Omobamidele, Duarte Ribeiro.

Referee Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire)

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You want the team news? Bet you do.

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There are plenty of other big games today, including Rangers v Hearts (Scottish Premiership), Barcelona v Granada (La Liga) Ipswich v Birmingham and Southampton v Millwall (both Championship). We’ll keep you abreast of those games. But if you want to follow all the goals as they go in, our live scores page is your new favourite bookmark.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to our Saturday afternoon clockwatch. These are today’s key numbers: 4, 16, 7, 17, 15, 19, 6, 12. Those are the league positions of the teams involved in the Premier League’s 3pm kick-offs, which means we’ll have no title-race chat round here, thank you.

  • Aston Villa v Nottm Forest

  • Brighton v Everton

  • Crystal Palace v Burnley

  • Man Utd v Fulham

Oliver Glasner manages Crystal Palace for the first time, with the chance to move his new team to a different postcode from the relegation battle. Their opponents, Burnley, are running out of time, while the two teams directly below Palace – Nottm Forest and Everton – have tough away games.

Forest are away to Aston Villa, who are in a mini-league with Spurs and Manchester United for the remaining Champions League place(s) next season. United will be without Rasmus Hojlund against Fulham.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Liverpool 26 38 60
2 Man City 25 32 56
3 Arsenal 25 36 55
4 Aston Villa 25 19 49
5 Tottenham Hotspur 25 14 47
6 Man Utd 25 1 44
7 Brighton 25 8 38
8 Newcastle 25 12 37
9 West Ham 25 -8 36
10 Chelsea 25 1 35
11 Wolverhampton 25 -1 35
12 Fulham 25 -7 29
13 AFC Bournemouth 24 -13 28
14 Brentford 25 -9 25
15 Crystal Palace 25 -16 25
16 Nottm Forest 25 -12 24
17 Everton 25 -6 20
18 Luton 25 -16 20
19 Burnley 25 -30 13
20 Sheff Utd 25 -43 13

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