Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers is hopeful Jonny Evans will be fit to face Watford.The defender pulled out of Thursday’s 3-1 Europa League win over Legia Warsaw following the warm up with a thigh issue.Daniel Amartey stands by to deputise again while the rested Jamie Vardy will return. Youri Tielemans (calf), Ricardo Pereira (hamstring), James Justin (knee) and Wesley Fofana (broken leg) re...Full Story »

Grant McCann has reported no fresh injury concerns as his Hull side aim to make it four wins in a row against Millwall.Tom Huddlestone returned off the bench in the midweek win at Cardiff and will be pushing to earn a starting place.Defender Di’Shon Bernard is available again after missing the win over the Bluebirds due to suspension.Lewie Coyle, Alfie Jones and Josh Emmanuel all remain on...Full Story »

Cambridge head coach Mark Bonner hopes to have Shilow Tracey available to face Sunderland at a sold-out Abbey Stadium.Tracey has missed the last five games due to a hip injury suffered during the FA Cup tie at Northampton.Lloyd Jones is back in light training but will not be rushed back into action.Greg Taylor and Liam O’Neil remain sidelined and have further to go in their recovery than J...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without midfielder Ryan Woods for the visit of Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.The 27-year-old was shown a red card by referee Leigh Doughty in their goalless draw with Coventry in midweek for bringing down Ian Maatsen on the counter attack.Birmingham’s appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association and Woods will serve a three-match suspension.Kri...Full Story »

Yoane Wissa and Mathias Jensen will return to the Brentford squad for Sunday’s Premier League clash with Everton.Jensen missed last week’s 3-3 draw at Newcastle due to being quarantined after contracting Covid, while Wissa has spent over a month out with an ankle problem.However, Bees boss Thomas Frank revealed defender Matthias Jorgensen is likely to be sidelined once again with an ...Full Story »

Brighton will have goalkeeper Robert Sanchez available again following suspension for the Premier League match against Leeds.Sanchez was sent off late on against Newcastle before the international break, so Jason Steele deputised against Aston Villa last weekend.Midfielder Enock Mwepu could be in contention again following a muscle strain, while forward Aaron Connolly has recovered from a heel p...Full Story »

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is rethinking their interest in Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. AS says Real Madrid have halted their pursuit of Pogba. The 28-year-old Frenchman is set to leave Old Trafford for free in the summer when his contract expires. And Real Madrid have been heavily linked with a move for the World Cup winner as they prepare to bolster their squad und...Full Story »

The Gunners manager wants his former boss back involved at the club and the pair have discussed a possible return Mikel Arteta has held talks with Arsene Wenger over a return to the club. The Gunners boss has never hidden his desire to have Wenger back involved at Arsenal in some capacity and has recently installed a giant picture of the legendary Frenchman on the wall at the entrance to the...Full Story »

Michael Mancienne will return for Burton following suspension when Doncaster visit in Sky Bet League One on Saturday.The versatile ex-Chelsea player sat out the midweek 4-0 win over Accrington after he had to serve a one-match ban for receiving five yellow cards in the division this season.Jacob Maddox, another who started his career at Stamford Bridge, remains absent with a hamstring injury but...Full Story »

West Ham waltzed into the last 16 of the Europa League with a game to spare after a 2-0 victory at Rapid Vienna.First-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Mark Noble wrapped up top spot in Group H for David Moyes’ side.It was an important victory for the Hammers as they are now straight through to the knockout stage having avoided a play-off in February against a team dropping down from t...Full Story »

Adam Jackson could return to Lincoln’s starting line-up ahead of their clash with Accrington.The defender has been out with a head injury but was fit enough to make the bench against Portsmouth in midweek.Imps boss Michael Appleton revealed post-Portsmouth that Anthony Scully is unlikely to be available.Liam Bridcutt is also expected to miss out again with a knee problem.Colby Bishop will ...Full Story »

Peterborough could have midfielder Joel Randall back in contention for their crunch battle with fellow Sky Bet Championship strugglers Barnsley.Summer signing Randall, who has been out since August with a thigh injury, has had two run-outs with the under-23s recently and is close to a return.The game may come too soon for forward Ricky-Jade Jones, but he is also back in training and nearing fitn...Full Story »

Scunthorpe are still unsure on the fitness of Mason O’Malley as they prepare to welcome Bradford to The Sands Venue Stadium.The 20-year-old defender was forced off at half-time in the Iron’s 1-1 draw with Leyton Orient on Tuesday due to a groin injury.Tom Pugh will be unavailable for Keith Hill this weekend after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season and faces a one-match ba...Full Story »

West Brom will welcome Nottingham Forest to the Hawthorns on Friday night without captain Jake Livermore.The 32-year-old midfielder was shown a red card by referee Tim Robinson for a foul on Fraizer Campbell in the 1-0 loss to Huddersfield last week and will serve his second game of a three-match ban after they lost an appeal against the dismissal.Robert Snodgrass has missed each of the Baggies ...Full Story »

Man United have removed a huge mural dedicated to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that was hanging outside Old Trafford, just a few days after the Norwegian was sacked as manager Manchester United are already embracing life after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after a giant mural of the Norwegian hanging outside Old Trafford was torn down. On Wednesday, three workmen were spotted removing the image from the Sir Ma...Full Story »

Arsenal are reportedly eyeing up a potential transfer swoop for Romanian wonderkid Ianis Stoica. The 18-year-old winger has had a superb start to the season, scoring six goals and weighing in with two assists in all competitions so far for Steaua Bucharest. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is now said to be ready to move for Stoica in the January transfer window, as he bids to strengthen his att...Full Story »

The Red Devils are stepping up their search for a new head coach after sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Manchester United have held talks with former Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde over the interim manager position after seeing an initial enquiry for Mauricio Pochettino knocked back, GOAL can confirm. The former Tottenham boss remains the number one target to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on a...Full Story »

Swansea manager Russell Martin refused to take credit for the impact of substitutes Olivier Ntcham and Ryan Manning during his team’s 2-0 win at Barnsley.Ntcham broke the deadlock in a tight contest at Oakwell on 74 minutes from a Manning cross, paving the way for Jamie Paterson to put the outcome beyond doubt with a second goal from the game’s next attack.The modest Swans boss said:...Full Story »

Hibernian head coach Jack Ross admitted their league form was unacceptable after defeat by Ross County made it five consecutive losses in the cinch Premiership.Hibs looked to have turned the corner with Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final win over Rangers but they fell to a 1-0 reverse in Dingwall following Blair Spittal’s 72nd-minute goal.The County substitute saw his cross go st...Full Story »

Blackburn made it two wins in three with an emphatic 4-0 victory over woeful Peterborough in the Sky Bet Championship.Tony Mowbray’s men were home and dry by half-time after a three-goal, first-half blitz put them out of sight of their beleaguered visitors.From the moment Harry Pickering headed Rovers into a 16th-minute lead on his 150th career league start, the game had an air of inevitab...Full Story »