Liverpool v Southampton, Brighton v Fulham, and extra: soccer – stay | Premier League

Ever since I wrote this piece on Swansea’s struggles, they’ve been markedly improved, due to interim supervisor Alan Sheehan. And so they’ve simply taken the lead at residence to Middlesbrough right this moment, courtesy of Ji-Sung Eom. You’re welcome Swans followers.

Premier League: There’s been valuable little to report from the video games at Brighton and Crystal Palace to date, so we await our first high flight objective of the afternoon …

Alexander-Arnold is beginning to pull the strings for Liverpool, however Arne Slot’s facet can’t fairly get their last ball proper.

I’m reliably knowledgeable by Adam Bell on one other e mail that Partick Thistle have been often called The Maryhill Magyars after taking part in Honvex within the Cup Winners’ Cup. Cowdenbeath are, in fact, often called The Blue Brazil. Like it.

24 minutes: Southampton are having themselves a little bit of a spell at Liverpool. They’ve even received a nook.

Re Scottish nicknames I’ve had an e mail from Tony Hughes:

I grew up within the Japanese a part of Fife. Native crew, uh, East Fife. One in all their nicknames is/ was ‘The Methil Milan’. Methil being the a part of Fife the place their former floor was situated. Different nicknames so not inventive: The Fife and The Fifers.

Methil Males is a goody, Tony.

One other crimson card has been proven within the Championship. Luton’s Kai Naismith has obtained it at Burnley. They might have conceded towards Cardiff to interrupt that phenomenal run of unpolluted sheets, however you’d suppose the Clarets’ objective could be protected this afternoon. They want three factors too to maintain up their promotion hunt.

Champ stuff.

Championship: After 13 minutes, Hull Metropolis’s João Pedro scored the opener at Bristol Metropolis.

After 14 minutes he was despatched off for severe foul play.

Speak about hero to zero.

14 minutes: There’s been some dicey stuff from Southampton taking part in out from the again at Liverpool. Russell Martin may need inspired it, but it surely doesn’t appear too clever a tactic on right this moment of all days.

There’s a delay after a worrying conflict of heads between Southampton’s Jan Bednarek and Ryan Manning.

League One: Lowly Northampton and Bristol Rovers have taken 1-0 leads over playoff-pushing Leyton Orient and Huddersfield, respectively. The third tier might be tremendously topsy-turvy at instances.

The Sincere Males of Ayr (their real nickname) lead 1-0 at Greenock Morton. Scotland does are inclined to throw up some cracking nicknames. Any others? Get them to me on e mail.

I’m feeling somewhat sluggish after a ache au chocolat and a bit of bread with nutella on it, pre-shift. Unsure they have been each crucial.

In information much less associated to chocolate, Southampton have survived to the 10-minute mark at Anfield. Tick them off in tens, lads.

John Eustance should be buzzing! Derby, the underside membership within the Championship, now lead 2-0 towards Blackburn inside seven minutes. Fancy that. Ebou Adams has scored.

6 minutes: Curtis Jones has already had a few probabilities for Liverpool, the most recent of which has simply gone extensive. Southampton are going to wish some luck to outlive this onslaught.

Championship: Sunderland v Cardiff seemed like a banker for the Black Cats earlier than kickoff and it’s not taken them lengthy to go ahed, Eliezer Mayenda with one other strike. And Derby lastly have lift-off below John Eustance towards his former membership Blackburn, the veteran Craig Forsyth has scored. Good recreation, good recreation.

2 minutes: Liverpool have began in dominant style, backed by the standard wall of sound at Anfield. How lengthy will it take for them to breach this porous Southampton defence?

There are some cracking reads on the web site proper now. Get round them earlier than the insanity actually kicks in.

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We’re about to get below manner across the nation …

The report by way of Peter Lansley has dropped from the Metropolis Floor.

As he rightly writes: “Manchester Metropolis continued their plummet from Premier League champions to scrambling to qualify for the Champions League, however the achievements of [Nottingham Forest] deserve full recognition”.

We don’t normally dabble with bookies or odds right here at The Guardian, but it surely’s fairly telling that Liverpool are an astonishing 1-12 to win right this moment. You’ll be able to again a Southampton win at 22-1 in case you are.

Even the draw is 10-1. It appears the Saints don’t actually have a prayer.

Good grief, Frank Lampard actually can’t do any improper proper now. Coventry snatch the three factors late on towards Stoke, a win that can style all of the sweeter for Lamps because it got here towards his Sky Blues predecessor, Mark Robins. Bobby Thomas scored the winner within the 97th minute. It’s an eighth win in 9 league video games for Lampard’s Cov.

This can be a useful instrument to maintain on high of the Premier League’s Golden Boot race when the targets begin flying in afterward right this moment. Can anybody cease Mo Salah? (Certainly not Southampton… )

Full time: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester Metropolis. Ooosh. What a end result for Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet, who proceed to defy all the percentages this season. Metropolis? Properly, they appear to be left in an almighty scrap for a high 4/5 spot, which is a few fall from grace after 4 successive titles, a lot of them received at a stroll.

This was the objective that did it:

Oh, hold on… Coventry had the lead after combating again from a objective down – however Mark Robins’ Stoke have hit again towards his former facet. Sam Gallagher has a brace.

Crawley have additionally equalised late on by way of Panutche Camará.

Callum Hudson Odoi has snatched the lead for Nottingham Forest late on towards Manchester Metropolis. A giant objective within the race for Champions League qualification? The Metropolis Floor is bouncing.

Within the early kickoffs down the leagues, Coventry are on the right track for yet one more win below Frank Lampard – they lead Stoke 2-1; Millwall are profitable by the identical rating away at Watford; whereas in League One there’s solely been one objective within the Crawley v Studying and Stockport v Charlton video games. That’s been scored by the Royals’ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan. League Two leaders Walsall are on the right track for a house defeat by Grimsby City and AFC Wimbledon are cruising 2-0 at residence to Notts County.

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There’s 20 minutes or so remaining on the Metropolis Floor within the huge early kickoff and Scott Murray is throughout it for us.

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