West Brom head coach Valerien Ismael revealed England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone missed the 2-0 home defeat to Preston through disciplinary issues on a night when supporters turned on the Frenchman.Johnstone failed to make the squad after a three-match ban and was replaced by David Button.“We had a matter, an issue in the squad and have solved the problem,” said Ismael.“He was no...Full Story »

England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was a mystery absentee as West Brom supporters turned on head coach Valerien Ismael during a 2-0 defeat to Prest.Johnstone was expected to return after completing his three-match ban following his sending off against Cardiff, but he did not feature in the matchday squad.His absence was not because of injury, illness or transfer related and he was replaced by Davi...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray hailed Sam Gallagher’s “rocket” of a right foot after his strike gave Championship promotion hopefuls Blackburn a crucial 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.Rovers are without top scorer Ben Brereton Diaz for two games but Gallagher took responsibility in a tight game between two of the division’s form sides to rifle in a 76th-minute winner that ultimately proved the...Full Story »

Sam Gallagher’s strike was enough to earn Blackburn a vital 1-0 win over Middlesbrough which propels them into the Championship’s top two.In an absorbing contest between two of the division’s form sides, Rovers had to do without 20-goal top scorer Ben Brereton Diaz who is on international duty.But Gallagher made light of the Chilean’s absence with a clinical 76th-minute s...Full Story »

Substitute Sam Winnall headed a late winner against his old club as Oxford beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in a thriller in front of their biggest gate of the season.Owls captain Barry Bannan opened the scoring in the seventh minute when he fired home Liam Palmer’s cross with a crisp first-time drive in front on 10,071 at the Kassam Stadium.Matty Taylor equalised in first-half stoppage time, ...Full Story »

Sam Dalby scored a stoppage-time winner from the penalty spot as Southend came from behind to beat fellow National League strugglers King’s Lynn 2-1 at Roots Hall.The second-bottom visitors took the lead in the 27th minute when Harry Phipps headed past Steve Arnold.Southend drew level three minutes into the second half via Matthew Dennis’ finish, and Dalby then completed the turnarou...Full Story »

West Brom remain without Sam Johnstone and Alex Mowatt for the visit of Peterborough in the Sky Bet Championship.The pair are serving the final game of their suspensions and will be available for the midweek visit of Preston.Cedric Kipre is available after his ban while Kyle Bartley is also in contention after injury.Striker Daryl Dike could be given first start after coming off the bench at QPR...Full Story »

Blackpool manager Neil Critchley has reported no fresh injury concerns ahead of his side’s Sky Bet Championship clash against Millwall.However, Keshi Anderson and James Husband (both hamstring), Grant Ward (Achilles), Matty Virtue (knee) and Chris Maxwell (thigh) all remain sidelined.Sonny Carey is also absent after fracturing his metatarsal, while Reece James is still missing with a hamst...Full Story »

Alvaro Morata was among the goals for the Bianconeri Paulo Dybala celebrates after scoring vs Sampdoria Marco Alpozzi AP Juventus cruised into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia on Tuesday night by claiming a comfortable 4-1 win over a Sampdoria side without a coach. The Blucerchiati made the trip to Turin having parted ways with Roberto D'Aversa on Monday after their latest Serie A loss ...Full Story »

Barcelona can finally register new signing Ferran Torres after Samuel Umtiti signed a new contract and reduced his salary, the club announced on Monday. Barca announced the signing of Torres from Manchester City for €55 million two weeks ago but have not yet been able to register him within their LaLiga-imposed spending limit. Philippe Coutinho's loan move to Aston Villa last week crea...Full Story »

A look at their disappointing draw at Granada An image from Barcelona's 1-1 draw at Granada. Barcelona were left having to settle for a point at Granada on Saturday evening, despite leading until then 89th minute. But the Catalans aren't able to enjoy a quiet day's work nowadays, and they conceded late on to throw away two points. Now, the Blaugrana's wait to break into the Champions League p...Full Story »

Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson does not have the luxury of being able to rotate his squad for the FA Cup clash with Fulham.Pearson, whose side also face the Cottagers in the Championship next week, says he might make one or two changes, but will pick from the same group of players.George Tanner has been ruled out for a couple of months while Joe Williams (hamstring) remains sidelined.Andy King ...Full Story »

Ten-man Cambridge survived 27 minutes of stoppage time to claim a 0-0 draw with Portsmouth.Sam Smith’s red card meant the home side were on the back foot for much of the second half, but they held on to claim a first point in three games.The visitors should have led in the 20th minute when a low cross from Marcus Harness found Reeco Hackett-Fairchild in space, but he blazed his shot over t...Full Story »

Samuel Eto'o is in Palma this Sunday evening as a guest of honour at Real Mallorca's game against Barcelona in LaLiga Santander. The Cameroonian, a legend at both clubs, was invited to attend to open a mural in homage to the former forward. The mural was opened an hour before kick-off at 20:00 CET - local time in Mallorca. 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐔 𝑰𝑺 🔙🎨 Hoy estrenamos el mural de @MAKELISMOS en hon...Full Story »

Two red cards were shown at the final whistle as tempers boiled over at the end of the 1-1 draw between West Brom and Cardiff at The Hawthorns.Callum Robinson cancelled out James Collins’ 34th-minute opener to earn Albion a point, but the scoring was overshadowed by disciplinary incidents.The Baggies had already had midfielder Alex Mowatt sent off as their stuttering form in the Sky Bet Ch...Full Story »

Wycombe were again without isolating manager Gareth Ainsworth as Sam Vokes’ seventh goal of the season secured a 1-0 victory at Charlton.Ainsworth remained at home for the second game in succession after testing positive for Covid-19, with Vokes netting the winner to leave the Chairboys four points off second-placed Sunderland in League One.Both goalkeepers were untested until Wycombe went...Full Story »

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray is expected to choose from an unchanged squad for his side’s home game against Barnsley.Rovers, whose scheduled game at Hull was postponed two hours before kick-off on Boxing Day, reported no new cases of coronavirus after the club carried out testing on Tuesday.Mowbray, whose side are bidding for a sixth straight Sky Bet Championship win, has no new injury conc...Full Story »

Sunderland have no fresh injury concerns going into their game against Plymouth.The Black Cats still have a long injury list but manager Lee Johnson said he is hopeful to have the same squad available from the 5-0 win against Morecambe in midweek.Sunderland still have several players sidelined with injury, including Luke O’Nien, Aiden McGeady and Corry Evans.Despite the lengthy injury list...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers are missing midfielder Sam Finley and defender Cian Harries for their clash with Rochdale.Both players were sent off in the 2-1 home defeat to Port Vale on Tuesday night and are suspended.Finley, one of Rovers’ most effective players, starts a three-match ban and his place in the team could be taken by winger Luke Thomas.“Obviously at this moment in time, we’ve g...Full Story »

Padraig Amond should continue up front in Exeter’s League Two clash with Tranmere.Amond found the net in Exeter’s 2-1 home loss to Northampton on Tuesday and is under additional pressure to perform with influential striker Sam Nombe set to miss the next few months with a torn hamstring.Midfielder Tim Dieng also missed out against the Cobblers with a quad injury.The Grecians will be d...Full Story »