And one for luck: Thanks for joining us today, there’s more live action to follow right now … Match report: West Ham 0-1 Brentford Premier League: “This was supposed to be the afternoon when West Ham’s attack exploded into life,” writes Jacob Steinberg from the London Stadium. Except it didn’t and Brentford won courtesy of an early Kevin Schade strike … Match report: Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle Premier League: A first-half hat-trick from Omar Marmoush and a late goal for James McAtee ensured that Manchester City saw off Newcastle United with the bare minimum of fuss. Jamie Jackson reports from the Etihad Stadium … Match report: Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest Premier League: Calvin Bassey nodded home only his second ever goal for Fulham to give his side a thoroughly deserved victory over Nottingham Forest. Jonathan Wilson reports from Craven Cottage … Match report: Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth Premier League: Bournemouth overtook Chelsea and Newcastle to go fifth in the table with a reasonably straightforward victory over a sorry Southampton side that remain 10 points and 21 goals from safety. Yara El-Shaboury reports from St Mary’s … Match report: Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich Town Premier League: Ollie Watkins scored on the follow-up after Marcus Rashford had spanked a free-kick against the bar to rescue a point for Aston Villa against 10-man Ipswich Town. Will Unwin reports from Villa Park … Match report: Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal Premier League: Arsenal made heavy weather of their game against Leicester City for 80 minutes but took all three points thanks to a quickfire brace from their makeshift striker Mikel Merino, who came off the bench for Raheem Sterling. Ben Fisher reports from the King Power Stadium … Eddie Howe: “It was a tough game, they are still the toughest team to play against,” says Newcastle’s manager, following yet another defeat masterminded by Pep Guardiola. “We were not at our best today. Goals change games, and the goal we concede early was a tough one for us. All the goals we conceded today we’ll look back on with frustration. It becomes difficult when you chase the game, really tough. “They ask so many questions of you, put you under pressure. They did not have a bundle of chances but they did what they needed to do. It’s about growing for the next games and learning from today. When you come back into these arenas, fare better, that’s the challenge.” Crystal Palace v Everton - live ... Premier League: Emillia Hawkins has team news and updates from the final top flight fixture of the day, which is being played by two in-form teams at Selhurst Park … Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich – live! Bundesliga: The defending champions are hosting the league leaders and really need a win to maintain their hopes of retaining their title. Rob Smyth has the latest from a game that kicks off at 5.30pm (GMT). Scottish Premiership Celtic 3-0 Dundee United Dundee 1-2 Aberdeen Kilmarnock 3-1 St Johnstone Motherwell 0-3 Ross County View the Scottish Premiership table Premier League results Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich Town Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle United Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth West Ham 0-1 Brentford Crystal Palace v Everton (5.30pm GMT) View the Premier League table Championship results Cardiff City 1-1 Bristol City Oxford United 0-2 Portsmouth Preston 0-0 Burnley Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Hull City 1-1 Norwich City Luton Town 0-1 Sheffield United Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Coventry City Stoke City 3-1 Swansea City Millwall 1-1 West Brom (L) View the Championship table Premier League: Fulham have beaten Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Craven Cottage, while Manchester City have sunk Newcastle by four goals without reply at the Etihad Stadium. It’s finished 3-1 to Bournemouth in their match against Southampton at St Mary’s, while Aston Villa have been held 1-1 by 10-man Ipswich Town at Villa Park. Championship: Lewis Baker scores in the third minute of added time to give Stoke City a 3-1 lead over Swansea City. Championship: Ellis Simms capitalises on a goalkeeping effort to slot home what looks a likely winner for Coventry City in their match against Sheffield Wednesday. It’s 2-1 to Frank Lampard’s steadily improving side at Hillsborough but they’ve got a little lucky late doors. Scottish Premiership: Adam Idah makes it 3-0 to Celtic in the 84th minute of their match against Dundee United in Glasgow. GOAL! Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth (Tavernier 83) Premier League: Marcus Tavernier extinguishes Southampton’s hopes of rescuing something from their game against Bournemouth, scoring his side’s third goal with a curled shot past Aaron Ramsdale. GOAL! Man City 4-0 Newcastle (McAtee 84) Premier League: James McAcAtee connects with an Erling Haaland flick-on at a corner to sidefoot home a volley at the far post. Pep Guardiola’s remarkable hex over Eddie Howe shows no sign of letting up. Championship: Anel Ahmedhodzic gives Sheffield United the most slender of leads against the second tier’s bottom side Luton. He’d lumbered up for a long throw-in, a clearance broke his way in a promising position and he made no mistake. Championship: Tyrese Dolan scores Blackburn’s second goal without reply against Plymouth Argyle, who went into this game on the back of three consecutive wins in two different competitions. Championship: Stoke City complete their turnaround against Swansea, with Bae Jun-Ho connecting with a free-kick delivered into the Swansea box to steer the ball home. GOAL! Southampton 1-2 Bournemouth (Sulemana 72) Premier League: Kamaldeen Sulemana pulls one back for Southampton with a rare goal, just his second of the season and first in the Premier League. GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich (Watkins 69) Premier League: Ollie Watkins scores on the follow-up after Marcus Rashford hammered a free-kick off the cross bar. Meanwhile in Spain: La Liga leaders Real Madrid lead 1-0 at Osasuna through a first-half strike from Kylian Mbappe but lost Jude Bellingham to a red card after 39 minutes. Championship: With considerable relish, Wouter Burger heads an equaliser for Stoke against Swansea after getting on the end of a free-kick. Championship: The unwitting Coventry City captain Joel Latibeaudiere scores an own goal he could do very little about to make it 1-1 between his side and Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, while Josh Tymon has put Swansea City 1-0 up at Stoke City. GOAL! Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Bassey 62) Premier League: Calvin Bassey converts at the far post from a Fulham corner to restore his side’s lead with only his second goal for the club. GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town (Delap 56) Premier League: Despite being a man down against Aston Villa, Ipswich Town are now a goal up after Liam Delap fired them ahead with his 10th goal of the season. Omari Hutchinson sent in a cross and the 22-year-old got across his man to prod the ball into the far corner. Championship: Adam Forshaw scores an extremely rare goal to give Blackburn Rovers a 1-0 lead against Plymouth Argyle at Ewood Park. Premier League: Aaron Ramsdale makes a splendid save for a Ryan Christie header at a corner as Southampton remain under the cosh against Bournemouth. It remains 2-0 to the visitors at St Mary’s. Some substitution news: Marcus Rashford is on to play the second half for Aston Villa against Ipswich, while Evan Ferguson has emerged as a second-half sub for West Ham as they trail against Brentford. It’s the young Irishman’s debut for West Ham, who have also brought on Oliver Scarles and James Ward-Prowse. An email: “Fulham have been well on top today,” writes Martin Widdicks, of events at Craven Cottage. “Wood really is amazing, barely a third of a chance and it’s 1-1. Quite interesting how good the ‘class of 22’ are. Fulham, Bournemouth, and Forest.” Championship: USA international Josh Sargent has equalised for Norwich City after 47 minutes at Hull City, converting a cross from the right with a glancing header at the near post. It’s 1-1 at the MKM Stadium. Championship: It’s a goal apiece at half-time between Millwall and West Brom at the Den, where kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes. Tony Mowbray’s West Brom finished the first half in the ascendency having come back from a goal down. Championship half-times Cardiff City 1-1 Bristol City (R) Oxford United 0-2 Portsmouth (R) Preston 0-0 Burnley (R) Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Plymouth Argyle Hull City 1-0 Norwich City Luton Town 0-0 Sheffield United Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Coventry City Stoke City 0-0 Swansea City Millwall 1-1 West Brom View the Championship table Premier League half-times Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal (R) Aston Villa 0-0 Ipswich Town Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest Manchester City 3-0 Newcastle United Southampton 0-2 Bournemouth West Ham 0-1 Brentford Crystal Palace v Everton (5.30pm GMT) View the Premier League table Premier League: Brentford’s Yoane Wissa has a goal ruled out on the back of a VAR check in which he was adjudged to have been offside. It’s as you were at the London Stadium, where the Bees lead by the only goal of the game. Championship: West Brom equalise at Millwall through a Joe Bryan backheel into his own goal, while Moussa Sissoko has given Watford a one-goal lead at Middlesbrough. Red card! Ipswich Town down to 10 men Premier League: It remains all square at Villa Park between Aston Villa and Ipswich but the visitors are down to 10 men after Axel Tuanzebe was sent off in the 40th minute for his second bookable offence. GOAL! Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Wood 37) Premier League: Chris Wood restores parity for Forest against the run of play with a left-footed shot from just outside the penalty area. It’s his 18th Premier League goal of the season. Scottish Premiership: Celtic double their lead against Dundee United, with Jota geting on the scoresheet for the second time since his return to Glasgow from Rennes. Championship: Jake Cooper has nodded Millwall in front against West Brom at the Den after 19 minutes of a game where kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes due to traffic congestion in south London. Premier League: It remains scoreless between Aston Villa and Ipswich at Villa Park, where Ollie Watkins has just passed up a glorious chance to put the hosts ahead. GOAL! Man City 3-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 33 HT) Premier League: Omar Marmoush completes his first senior career hat-trick, converting from 12 yards after smashing home a Savinho pull-back from the byline. Oh Newcastle …. Premier League: A bad afternoon for Newcastle almost got worse but for a crucial intervention by Dan Burn. His excellent interception and clearance prevents Erling Haaland from scoring a tap-in at the far post. It remains 2-0 to the hosts at the Etihad. Scottish Premiership: Callum McGregor has given runaway league leaders Celtic a one-goal lead against Dundee United in Glasgow after 23 minutes. GOAL! Man City 2-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 24) Premier League: Omar Marmoush scores his second of the afternoon after latching on to a nicely threaded through-ball from Ilkay Gundogan and firing past Dubravka for the second time in five minutes. Championship: Jack Rudoni has fired Coventry City into a 1-0 lead away at Sheffield Wednesday, while Hull City lead Norwich 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Matt Crooks. GOAL! Man City 1-0 Newcastle (Marmoush 19) Premier League: Newcastle’s miserable run at the Etihad Stadium looks set to continue. Omar Marmoush spins Kieran Trippier to latch on to a long over the top from Ederson and send a cool finish past Martin Dubravka. It’s the Egyptian’s 21st goal of the season but his first for Manchester City GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Bournemouth (Christie 16) Premier League: Ten points from safety going into this game, Southampton already look even more doomed. Having set up Bournemouth’s first goal, Ryan Christie scores their second, bending a shot from distance past Aaron Ramsdale to double his side’s lead. GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Smith-Rowe 15) Premier League: Emile Smith-Rowe nods home for Fulham after getting on the end of a cross from Adama Traore. GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Bournemouth (Ouattara 14) Premier League: Dango Ouattara scores his fourth goal in his past three Premiuer League games, rising to nod home a splendid cross from Ryan Christie. Championship: Andre Dozzell and Mark O’Mahony scored the goals as Portsmouth beat Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium. GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Brentford (Schade 4) Premier League: Kevin Schade needs two bites of the cherry to put Brentford ahead against West Ham at the London Stadium as Thomas Frank tries to mastermind victory over Graham Potter for the first time in his career. After latching on to a Bryan Mbeumo knockdown, his first shot was saved by Alphonse Areola, who thought he’d saved the follow-up only to discover he was behind his line and the ball had crossed it. The Championship: Following his side’s scoreless draw with Preston, Burnley manager Scott Parker had a long discussion with the match referee, drawing his attention to an exchange of words between his midfielder Hannibal Mejbri and Preston striker Milutin Osmajic that left the Burnley player very upset. In an interview with Sky Sports, Parker refuses to divulge the details of either his conversation with the referee or the alleged exchange between the players but says that Hannibal was left “hurt” and “very emotional”. He says that after reporting the incident to the referee “we’ll have due process now and see what happens”. Championship: Kick-off in Millwall’s match against West Brom has been delayed until 3.15pm due to traffic congestion around the Den, while Portsmouth have scored a late, late second goal against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium, where it’s 2-0 to the visitors and they’re still playing added time. Mikel Merino: In a post-match interview with TNT Sports, the scorer of Arsenal’s two goals dedicates both strikes to his wife, saying he forgot to get her anything for Valentine’s Day. “I think she will appreciate them more than a rose or chocolates,” he says with possibly misplaced confidence. I suppose he’ll find when he gets home. Match report: Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal Premier League: On as a second half substitute for Raheem Sterling, Mikel Merino scored two quick-fire goals in the final 10 minutes to secure the points for Arsenal on an otherwise testing afternoon for Mikel Arteta’s side. Ben Fisher reports from the King Power Stadium … Man United scouting network facing cuts Exclusive: Manchester United’s department of around 80 scouts is facing considerable cuts as part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s next round of up to 200 redundancies, writes Jamie Jackson. A long overdue and probably unnecessary apology: Martin Keown has said sorry to Ruud van Nistelrooy for his part in the notorious clash between the pair at Old Trafford in 2003 after they renewed acquaintances at Leicester this afternoon. Championship: Burnley have kept an astonishing 11th consecutive Championship clean sheet in drawing with Preston at Deepdale, while Cardiff and Bristol City played out a 1-1 draw in the Welsh capital. Portsmouth currently lead Oxford United by the only goal of the game with a little over 15 minutes to play at the Kassam Stadium. Full time: Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal Premier League: Mikel Merino came off the bench to score two goals in the final 10 minutes on an extremely testing afternoon for Arsenal against their struggling hosts. Championship: Cian Ashford has scored in the 90th minute to restore parity for Cardiff City against Bristol City. It’s the 20-year-old’s fourth goal of the season. GOAL! Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal (Merino 88) Arsenal double their lead! Striker crisis? What striker crisis? Off the bench and playing out of position, Mikel Merino shows all the instincts of a cold-eyed No9 to score his second by side-footing home another good cross, this time from Leandro Trossard. GOAL! Leicester City 0-1 Arsenal (Merino 81) Arsenal lead! On for the ineffective Raheem Sterling, Mikel Merino peels away from Wout Faes to nod home an inch-perfect cross played his way by Ethan Nwaneri, who has been outstanding for the visitors this afternoon. Follow the action with Rob Smyth … Championship: Portsmouth have taken a 47th minute lead in their match at Oxford United courtesy of Andre Dozzell. Remember, that game is running behind schedule following a first-half interruption due to a medical emergency in the crowd. Southampton v Bournemouth line-ups Southampton: Ramsdale, Bree, Bednarek, Wood-Gordon, Walker-Peters, Smallbone, Aribo, Welington, Fernandes, Onuachu, Sulemana. Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Sugawara, Archer, Taylor, Ugochukwu, Gronbaek, Dibling, Bella-Kotchap. Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Cook, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Adams, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Ouattara. Subs: Dennis, Scott, Tavernier, Sinisterra, Jebbison, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Rees-Dottin. Fulham v Nottingham Forest line-ups Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez. Subs: Benda, Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Andreas Pereira, Willian, King, Sessegnon, Diop. Nottingham Forest: Sels, Morato, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Gibbs-White, Danilo, Anderson, Williams, Wood, Elanga. Subs: Hennessey, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Alex, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Boly. Aston Villa v Ipswich Town line-ups Aston Villa: Martinez, Garcia, Disasi, Kamara, Digne, McGinn, Tielemans, Malen, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins. Subs: Olsen, Zych, Mings, Rashford, Asensio, Maatsen, Bogarde, Jimoh. Ipswich Town: Palmer, Johnson, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Townsend, Hutchinson, Phillips, Cajuste, Enciso, Delap. Subs: Muric, Woolfenden, Taylor, Luongo, Hirst, Philogene-Bidace, Broadhead, Godfrey, Clarke. Manchester City v Newcastle line-ups Man City: Ederson, Lewis, Khusanov, Stones, Gvardiol, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Foden, Marmoush, Savio, Haaland. Subs: Ortega, Kovacic, Doku, De Bruyne, Silva, Vitor Reis, Matheus Luiz, O’Reilly, McAtee. Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Hall, Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Isak, Gordon. Subs: Pope, Wilson, Barnes, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Livramento, Longstaff, Miley. West Ham v Brentford line-ups West Ham: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Alvarez, Soucek, Kudus, Lucas Paqueta, Soler, Bowen. Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Luis Guilherme, Rodriguez, Todibo, Ferguson, Irving, Scarles. Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa. Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Jensen, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Konak, Maghoma, Kayode. Championship: Irish midfielder Jason Knight has put Bristol City a goal up at the Cardiff City Stadium on the hour mark. Leicester City 0-0 Arsenal The second half is under way at the King Power Stadium and we can but hope it is more entertaining than the extremely boring 45 minutes that preceded it. Of course Leicester will be happy with the way things are going, but Arsenal have offered next to nothing. You can follow the action with Rob Smyth … Today’s Championship fixtures It’s scoreless at half-time in the early matches at the Cardiff City Stadium and Deepdale, while the deadlock also remains unbroken at the Kassam Stadium. The game between Oxford United and Portsmouth game is running some 25 minutes behind schedule following a break in play prompted by a medical emergency in the ground’s north stand. A fan has been transported to hospital after receiving care from medical staff. Cardiff City 0-0 Bristol City (L) Oxford United 0-0 Portsmouth (L) Preston 0-0 Burnley (L) Blackburn Rovers v Plymouth Argyle Hull City v Norwich City Luton Town v Sheffield United Middlesbrough v Watford Millwall v West Brom Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City Stoke City v Swansea City View the Championship table Today’s Premier League fixtures Leicester City 0-0 Arsenal (L) Aston Villa v Ipswich Town Fulham v Nottingham Forest Manchester City v Newcastle United Southampton v Bournemouth West Ham v Brentford Crystal Palace v Everton (5.30pm GMT) View the Premier League table Saturday clockwatch Hello reader. The weekend’s Premier League action got under way last night at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton ran out easy winners against Chelsea before Leicester and Arsenal took up the top flight cudgels in today’s early kick-off. It’s scoreless at the half-time break at King Power Stadium, where some home fans staged a pre-match protest against the way their club is being run before clicking through the turnstiles. We have five three o’clock kick-offs to keep tabs on today and we’ll bring you news of all the goals as they go in, while flagging up any other major talking points from the Premier League and beyond. We’ll also have match reports and post-match reaction ahead of today’s late game between Crystal Palace and Everton. Yup, it’s Saturday clockwatch, your one-stop shop for all the news that’s fit to print and plenty more that almost certainly may not be.