Harry Kane climbed off the bench to bag a hat-trick as Tottenham produced a confidence-restoring 5-1 win over Mura in the Europa Conference League.Spurs came into the game on the back of Sunday’s harrowing north London derby defeat to Arsenal needing to regain their strut and find goals and the Slovenian outfit were the perfect opposition.Goals from Dele Alli and Giovani Lo Celso in the op...Full Story »

Declan Rice grabbed his second European goal as West Ham won their first ever home Europa League group-stage match 2-0 against Rapid Vienna.England midfielder Rice struck in the first half to make it two goals in two continental outings for him, and Said Benrahma scored in stoppage time to wrap up two wins from two for the Hammers.The only downside was a skirmish among rival fans in the stands w...Full Story »

Gillingham have a major doubt over top scorer Vadaine Oliver for their League One clash with Wigan.The striker was forced off during Tuesday’s victory over Cambridge with a rib injury and could miss out.Oliver’s injury meant John Akinde had to play the full match on his return from a foot injury but he came through it and could start again while defender Jack Turner is available foll...Full Story »

Stoke will be without Sam Clucas when they host Championship leaders West Brom.The midfielder received his fifth yellow card of the season in the draw at Preston in midweek and he must serve a one-match ban.City boss Michael O’Neill has plenty of options should he wish to make any other changes, with Sam Surridge, Alfie Doughty and Danny Batth among those hoping to get back into the side.S...Full Story »

Cheltenham are still unsure on the fitness of Charlie Raglan ahead of Rotherham’s visit to the The Jonny-Rocks Stadium.The 28-year-old was not in the squad that lost 5-0 to Sunderland in midweek after suffering a setback in training the previous Friday.Matthew Pollock may start on Saturday after boss Michael Duff confirmed his half-time substitution in midweek was not injury related.Conor ...Full Story »

Birmingham boss Lee Bowyer could make changes against Nottingham Forest as he looks for a first win in five Championship matches.Scott Hogan and Troy Deeney continued up front at QPR in midweek but Bowyer made a double substitution for the second game running which saw the pair replaced by Lukas Jutkiewicz and Chuks Aneke.George Friend is an option in defence after he lost his place to the retur...Full Story »

The Blaugrana have lost their first two group stage games 3-0 and are in jeopardy of exiting the competition Barcelona are off to their worst-ever start in the Champions League, with a 3-0 defeat to Benfica meaning they have been been outscored by six goals in back-to-back losses to begin the competition. It's just the second time the Blaugrana have lost their opening two matches of any Euro...Full Story »

New Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper highlighted his side’s improved second-half display as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Barnsley.The hosts led through Cauley Woodrow’s first-half penalty before goals from Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson and Lewis Grabban sealed it for Forest.The opening goal came when Woodrow was fouled in the area by Tobias Figueiredo and Woodr...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest came from behind to win 3-1 at Barnsley with a strong second-half performance to give new head coach Steve Cooper his first victory.The hosts led through Cauley Woodrow’s first-half penalty before goals from Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson and Lewis Grabban sealed it for Forest.Johnson sent over an early low cross which was claimed by keeper Brad Collins as Joe Lolle...Full Story »

Unbeaten Bournemouth missed the opportunity to return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table after a 0-0 draw at Peterborough.A game of few chances saw neither goalkeeper seriously tested, with the visitors missing the chance to climb back above West Brom, who had won 4-0 against Cardiff a day earlier.The result also kept up Peterborough’s impressive home form, with all of their eigh...Full Story »

Aleksandar Mitrovic struck a first half hat-trick as Fulham eased their way to a 3-1 victory over Swansea.The striker produced three clinical finishes – although Swansea claimed Mitrovic benefited from a generous offside decision for the opening goal – as Marco Silva’s side clinched their second win in five league games.Jamie Paterson replied for the visitors after Mitrovic had...Full Story »

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has made a strong start to life back in the Spanish capital following his move from Everton, but he is missing a player in defence Real Madrid are interested in signing former Tottenham flop Serge Aurier, according to reports in Spain. Aurier is available as a free agent after his Spurs contract was cancelled by mutual consent on transfer deadline day, with ...Full Story »

The Roma manager is reportedly looking to his former club for transfer ideas. Roma manager Jose Mourinho is eyeing up Tottenham for future transfer targets, according to reports in Italy. Mourinho has made a decent start to life at Roma after he was sacked by Spurs in April and he is now considering raiding his former club to strengthen his hand in the Italian capital. The Roma manager could f...Full Story »

The France international midfielder will sit out a European clash with Juventus on Wednesday and a domestic date with Southampton N'Golo Kante had been hoping to rediscover his best form for Chelsea after shaking off a groin injury, but he is now back on the sidelines due to a positive coronavirus test and will sit out key Champions League and Premier League fixtures. The World Cup-winning m...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised midfielder Curtis Jones after the academy graduate put in a stellar performance in the 5-1 win over Porto.The 20-year-old was at the heart of all the Reds’ best attacking moves and it was his parried shot which produced the early breakthrough goal from Mohamed Salah.Jones continued to have a significant influence as Sadio Mane, Salah again and substit...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola admitted it would have been impossible to control Lionel Messi for the full game after the Argentinian helped sink Manchester City in the Champions League.The six-time world player of the year scored his first Paris St Germain goal as the French side avenged their loss in last season’s semi-finals with a 2-0 group stage victory on Tuesday.Messi had been doubtful ahead of the ...Full Story »

An unsavoury incident which apparently saw a coin thrown at Gillingham goalkeeper Jamie Cumming marred his side’s first away win of the season as they triumphed 2-0 at Cambridge.Coins and a bottle appeared to be thrown at Cumming as he celebrated his side’s second goal in front of the home fans.Cumming had earlier made two fantastic saves to preserve his side’s lead after Vadai...Full Story »

Valerien Ismael hailed his West Brom table-toppers after they secured a thumping 4-0 win at Cardiff to provide him with the perfect birthday present.Ismael marked his 46th birthday in style as West Brom retained their unbeaten Sky Bet Championship record and took top spot from Bournemouth.Karlan Grant, Alex Mowatt and Matt Phillips were all on target, while Cardiff defender Curtis Nelson added t...Full Story »

Liverpool swept aside Porto in the Estadio do Dragao for the third-successive time as a 5-1 victory put them two points clear in their Champions League group.Jurgen Klopp’s side have scored 14 times in their last three visits and his deadly duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been responsible for nine of them.It is a record of which former Liverpool striker Roger Hunt, whose death was...Full Story »

West Brom moved to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a resounding 4-0 win at Cardiff that turned the heat up on under-fire Bluebirds boss Mick McCarthy.Karlan Grant’s early effort, a Curtis Nelson own goal, an Alex Mowatt screamer and Matt Phillips’ icing on the cake extended the visitors’ unbeaten start and underlined the gulf between the two sides.This was Cardiff&rsqu...Full Story »