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League One: Half-time scores
Accrington 0-1 MK Dons
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Portsmouth
Cambridge 0-2 Charlton
Cheltenham 1-0 Exeter
Derby 0-1 Fleetwood
Ipswich 1-0 Shrewsbury
Morecambe 0-1 Oxford
Plymouth 1-0 Forest Green
Port Vale 1-0 Burton
Wycombe 0-0 Barnsley
Championship: Half-time scores
Blackpool 1-1 Coventry
Middlesbrough 1-0 Preston
Millwall 0-0 Huddersfield
QPR 0-1 Birmingham
Reading 0-1 Hull
Rotherham 0-1 Cardiff
Stoke 0-0 Norwich
Sunderland 0-0 Luton
Watford 0-0 Wigan
Premier League: Half-time scores
Aston Villa 1-0 Bournemouth
Brentford 1-0 Leicester
Southampton 0-1 Tottenham
Wolves 1-0 Leeds
Half-time: Wolves 0-1 Leeds
Harrison’s strike has the visitors ahead at the break.
Goal! Southampton 0-1 Tottenham (Porro 45+1)
Where did that come from? The board shows seven minutes of added time then Spurs, who have been – to be frank - dull as dishwater, grab the lead. Son receives the ball 35 yards from goal and turns under little pressure and slides it right to Porro who smashes it home off the underside of the crossbar. Romain Perraud was AWOL.
League Two
The tectonic plates are moving in the playoff spots. As it stands Salford up to seventh as they lead 2-1 against Doncaster. Mansfield are the team dropping a place to eight, they currently trail Stockport 0-1.
Aston Villa 1-0 Bournemouth
There was a penalty check for a handball against Jack Stephens, but replays showed it came off the Bournemouth defender’s thigh.
37 mins: Who has cursed St Mary’s? Both sides have had to make another change. Jan Bednarek has gone off to be replaced by Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Ben Davies went off, with Ivan Peresic coming on.
Goal! Brentford 1-0 Leicester (Jensen 32)
We had to wait for clearance from VAR on this one, but it is given. Jensen turns home via a deflection after Leicester failed to clear a corner routine.
Middlesbrough 1-0 Preston (Chuba Akpom 22 min)
A 24th goal for the season for Akpom gives Boro the lead. The Boro forward’s hot form infront of goal could well fire Michael Carrick’s side into the reckoning for the automatic promotion spots – they will be just three points behind Sheffield United with a win.
25 min: Couple of chances for Spurs. Firstly Harry Kane gtes free down their right and carries the ball into the box, but rather squaring to Son Heung-min the striker fires a shot into the defender. Then, as Saints fail to clear their lines, the ball falls to Pedro Porro but he can only volley high over the bar.
League Two
Big goal for Ashley Nadesan has Crawley ahead at Wimbledon. Crypto FC can jump ahead of Hartlepool if they win this one.
League One
Plymouth lead bottom side Forest Green thanks to James Bolton. The Pilgrims can close Sheffield Wednesday’s lead to a single point with a win. Ipswich are ahead at Shrewsbury, George Hirst with that one. In the relegation scrap between Accrington and MK Dons, Sullay Kaikai has put Mark Jackson’s side 1-0 up.
Championship
Just two goals so far. Birmingham lead at struggling QPR, while Cardiff have struck first at Rotherham.
At St Mary’s both sides have now been forced into making early changes. Armel Bella-Kotchap was forced off with what looked like a shoulder injury to be replaced by Mohammed Salisu.
Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Bournemouth (Douglas Luiz)
Leon Bailey squares the ball to Douglas Luiz who taps in the opener. The picture at the bottom of the table is going to be in constant flux this afternoon. As it stands Leeds are up to 14th.
Goal! Wolves 0-1 Leeds (Harrison 6mins)
Wilfried Gnonto gets to the byline on the right-hand side and cuts back into a dangerous area. Jack Harrison is alive to the chance whips the ball home from the penalty box and gets a clattering for his troubles. He will not care. Great finish, big goal.
4min: Big blow for Spurs as Richarlison goes off in tears with an injury. Dejan Kulusevski is coming on for the Brazilian, who picked something up in the warmup.
Peep peep! It’s Saturday. It’s 3pm. It’s time for football.
EFL updates.
There were no early games in the top two tiers, but in League One Peterborough have moved up to seventh with a 3-0 win at Lincoln. Joe Ward, Jack Taylor and Jonson Clarke-Harris all finding the net.
At Valley Parade, Hartlepool missed a chance to move further clear of the League Two relegation. Goals Callum Cooke and Daniel Kemp had the Pools ahead twice but Andy Cook was twice able to level for Bradford
Crystal Palace play tomorrow with Paddy McCarthy temporarily at the helm, but former manager Roy Hodgson has been approached by the club about making a surprise return to Selhurst Park until the end of the season, Ed Aarons reports. The former England manager, who is 75, is understood to be interested in taking over from Vieira.
Others linked with the job include Paulo Fonseca, who is currently managing the French side Lille and came close to being appointed Tottenham manager in 2021. Former Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl, Burnley’s Vincent Kompany and Michael Carrick of Middlesbrough are all said to be on Palace’s shortlist.
Looking across the continent...
…not a lot is happening today unless you are really into the battle for third-place in the Bundesliga (Bochum host RB Leipzig, for the die-hards). It is all quite mid-table otherwise.
Wolves v Leeds team news
Brentford v Leicester team news
Aston Villa v Bournemouth team news
Southampton v Tottenham team news
Preamble
Alexander Isak’s late penalty last night means there is a bit of mustard on Spurs’ trip to Southampton. With no Champions League to focus on, the fabled ‘fourth place trophy’ is all Antonio Conte can achieve in his last few months at Tottenham the last few months of the season.
In my head Spurs have a really good record at St Mary’s, but the facts say otherwise. The 5-2 thrashing at the start of the 2020/21 season was the only time in their last five meetings on the south coast that Spurs left victorius, with Saints winning two and a pair of 1-1 draws completing the set.
Elsewhere, intrigue comes at the Gtech (is that a thing?), where Brentford can jump back into the European spots if they beat Leicester. Wolves and Leeds are split by five teams but just four points in what is shaping up as the widest relegation battle ever. While Aston Villa, arguably the only truly mid-table team in the Premier League currently, will be looking to place a stiff arm on a Bournemouth side for whom mid-March mediocrity is an aspiration. Longing for a three-bed semi in the suburbs with a driveaway and a nice car to put in it, if you will.
These are all the 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League:
Aston Villa v Bournemouth
Brentford v Leicester
Southampton v Tottenham
Wolves v Leeds
Guiding you gently through Everton’s visit to Chelsea in the 5.30pm kick-off will be Daniel Gallan, while Scott Murray is on hand for minute-by-minute updates from the first FA Cup quarter-final of the weekend, which sees Manchester City welcome back Vincent Kompany and his Burnley side. That one gets unerway at 5.45pm.
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