Mads Frokjaer-Jensen’s beautifully cushioned volley earned Preston a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough in the Sky Bet Championship.The Danish midfielder pounced two minutes before half-time to cancel out Tommy Conway’s opening goal for Boro in the 16th minute.Chances after the restart were few and far between and neither team could find the vital breakthrough and had to settle for a point.Mi...Full Story »

Watford and Coventry drew 1-1 in their Championship clash, which was an entertaining game at Vicarage Road that perhaps deserved more goals.It was an awful start for the home side, who for the third game in a row fell behind after less than four minutes of the contest. On this occasion, Ellis Simms was allowed free space from a Jack Rudoni corner, to direct his header off a post and into the net...Full Story »

The phenomenal Erling Haaland took his Manchester City goal tally to 99 as the champions recovered from a first-minute setback to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday.Haaland struck twice and was the width of the post away from becoming the first player in Premier League history to score hat-tricks in three successive games as City recorded their fourth straight win.Pep Guardiola’s men were stun...Full Story »

Deadline-day signings Arne Engels and Luke McCowan grabbed their first goals for Celtic as the champions beat Hearts 2-0 in a VAR-influenced William Hill Premiership encounter.Engels, Celtic’s record signing, was handed his first start and netted from a 52nd-minute penalty.Referee Colin Steven gave the spot-kick for handball after being called to the monitor by video assistant Alan Muir af...Full Story »

Danny Johnson’s 88th-minute effort earned Walsall a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bradford in a superb advert for League Two football.Johnson had only been on the field for nine minutes when he headed home Albert Adomah’s cross to settle a pulsating affair.Walsall initially led on 19 minutes as Taylor Allen ended their penalty curse, the Saddlers having missed three spot-kicks already th...Full Story »

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at Selhurst Park.Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 21st-minute lead and Stephy Mavididi made it two for the visitors less than a minute after the break.Mateta pulled one back in a near instant reply, awarded following a VAR check in a contest that also saw deadline-day...Full Story »

Arne Slot’s honeymoon period as Liverpool head coach came to an end as Nottingham Forest pulled off a shock victory at Anfield.Even taking into account the visitors’ 23-year Premier League absence, the gap between this 1-0 win and their last success here in February 1969 seemed a long time.But Forest did what they had to do – hold out long enough against off-colour opponents to...Full Story »

Swansea made a winning return to action following the international break after edging out Norwich 1-0 to secure their first league victory in three matches.Amankwah Forson’s fourth-minute own goal was all that separated the sides at the Swansea.com Stadium in a clash between two teams still in early-season transition.Swansea forward Eom Ji-sung showed no early signs of fatigue after inter...Full Story »

Two goals in stoppage time ensured an incredible end to the game as Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 with QPR at Hillsborough.Owls captain Barry Bannan thought he had given his side victory with a superb finish but substitute Alfie Lloyd scrambled in an equaliser with the last kick of the game.Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl made five changes from the 3-0 defeat at Millwall, with Akin Famewo, Li...Full Story »

Oldham ended a six-game winless run in the Vanarama National League by beating Woking 3-1 away.Latics – who had drawn five of those games – took a 12th-minute lead as Mark Kitching and Mike Fondop set up Josh Lundstram’s header.Oldham doubled their lead when Woking defender Tunji Akinola headed Reagan Ogle’s long throw into his own net after 49 minutes.Charley Kendall sma...Full Story »