Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka is suspended for Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at home to Liverpool following his red card during last week’s 0-0 draw between the teams at Anfield.The Gunners were forced to postpone Sunday’s derby with Tottenham due to a number of players being unavailable and boss Mikel Arteta admitted they still have “issues&rdq...Full Story »

Let's start our 7M Daily Laugh today. Chelsea in EPL last 4 games     Chelsea's last six league games: DWDDLDThe state of their title challenge:     Poor Lukaku     Is Robert Lewandowski the best in the world?     ??     balancer FIFA     Oh no     Please stay tuned on 7M Daily Laugh. There will be more f...Full Story »

So far, so good in the January transfer window for Steven Gerrard and Aston Villa. The signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona was a stunning coup for the former Rangers manager, and his faith in his former Liverpool colleague was immediately repaid. Losing 2-0 to Manchester United at the weekend, the Brazilian set up the first goal in what turned out to be a comeback, before scoring the...Full Story »

The French forward is looking for a way out of Old Trafford during the January transfer window and may be offered a clean slate in Italy Anthony Martial has made it clear that he wants out of Manchester United in the winter transfer window, and GOAL can confirm that Juventus have made contact with his representatives. The France international striker has struggled for game time in the 2021-2...Full Story »

Burnley step up Vaughan pursuitBurnley are ready to make an improved offer for Oldham Athletic teenager Harry Vaughan, reports the Sun. Vaughan, 17, was subject of a rejected bid from Turf Moor over the summer, and the club now hope to seal the deal in return for a fee of more than £200,000. Man Utd wonderkid Elanga almost ended up at CityManchester United teenager Anthony Elanga was cl...Full Story »

Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea need to “recharge the batteries” after blaming tiredness for their lacklustre performance in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Brighton.The European champions’ fading title hopes suffered another setback after Hakim Ziyech’s first-half opener was cancelled out by stand-in Albion skipper Adam Webster.Chelsea topped the table as recently as the start...Full Story »

Darrell Clarke was left frustrated by Port Vale’s 1-0 loss to Salford in a fixture delayed by a damaged goalpost.The Valiants’ first-half dominance was disrupted by a 10-minute stoppage after Connor Hall collided with the post and a tractor entered the field to straighten the woodwork.Despite the home side sitting comfortably in the ascendancy – Ben Garrity twice having efforts...Full Story »

Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass was baffled as to why his side were not awarded a penalty seconds before Rangers scored in an eventful 1-1 draw at Pittodrie.Goalkeeper Allan McGregor caught Ryan Hedges after the Dons forward got to a long ball first, but referee Kevin Clancy waved play on and Rangers went straight up the park to score through Ianis Hagi in the 20th minute.The Dons eventually got ...Full Story »

Marco Silva hailed his free-scoring players after Fulham thrashed Birmingham 6-2 to move five points clear at the top of the Championship.It was a third goal-fest in the space of seven days for the Cottagers following last week’s 7-0 romp at Reading and a 6-2 home thrashing of Bristol City.Neeskens Kebano, Fabio Carvalho and Tom Cairney added to an early own-goal opener, with Birmingham&rs...Full Story »

Gary McSheffrey rued Doncaster’s missed opportunities as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at Cambridge.The away side had missed a host of chances by the time Harvey Knibbs scored against the run of play for Cambridge on the stroke of half-time.Harrison Dunk doubled the lead with his first goal since May 2016, and despite Joe Dodoo’s goal for Doncaster, the U’s sealed the points at the...Full Story »

Salford snatched a 1-0 win over Port Vale in a game delayed by 10 minutes due to a damaged goalpost.The Valiants started brightly and dominated the opening period, with Ben Garrity going agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock when his powerful goal-bound strike was cleared by Theo Vassell.In the height of the home side’s dominance, the fixture was temporarily delayed after Connor Hall ...Full Story »

Chelsea’s unconvincing form continued as their winless run stretched to four Premier League games following an entertaining 1-1 draw at Brighton.Hakim Ziyech fired the European champions into a first-half lead at the Amex Stadium with a low strike against the run of play.But the third-placed Blues were second best for much of the evening and could have few complaints about stand-in Seagull...Full Story »

Harrison Dunk’s first goal in 140 matches helped Cambridge secure a 3-1 win at home to Doncaster.The visitors missed a host of first-half chances, with Joe Dodoo’s header down into the ground bouncing over the crossbar and Kyle Knoyle flashing an effort wide against his old club.Dodoo hit the outside of a post with a header following a short corner in the 22nd minute and Doncaster th...Full Story »

Stockport moved up to third in the National League with a one-sided 3-0 win over 10-man Eastleigh.Andrew Boyce’s own goal gave Stockport a 14th-minute lead, the defender heading Macauley Southam-Hales’ cross past his own keeper.A deflected strike from Paddy Madden made it 2-0 at half-time and any hopes of an Eastleigh comeback were snuffed out by the sending-off of Christian Maghoma....Full Story »

An Alfredo Morelos handball allowed Lewis Ferguson to earn Aberdeen a point against 10-man Rangers.Rangers had Ryan Kent sent off as they dropped cinch Premiership points for the first time under Giovanni van Bronckhorst to leave them four ahead of Celtic.The visitors took the lead against the run of play in controversial circumstances in the 20th minute at Pittodrie.Ianis Hagi netted from close...Full Story »

Regan Charles-Cook’s second-half double enabled 10-man Ross County to put further distance between themselves and the relegation zone with a 3-1 home win over Motherwell.The cinch Premiership game burst into life on the cusp of half-time when Sondre Solholm Johansen scored an own goal.Motherwell came back strongly at the start of the second half, equalising through Jordan Roberts and seein...Full Story »

Will Randall struck a stoppage-time winner to secure promotion-chasing Sutton a 3-2 win over struggling Colchester.Colchester took a third-minute lead when debutant Owura Edwards’ 25-yard strike beat keeper Dean Bouzanis, after Brendan Wiredu had won possession well in midfield.But Sutton equalised in the ninth minute through Isaac Olaofe, who followed up to score after Omar Bugiel’s...Full Story »

Luke Norris stepped off the bench to score the winner for struggling Stevenage as they recorded an important 2-1 victory against in-form Crawley.The result – Boro’s second win in three games – opened up an eight-point gap between them and the League Two relegation zone, while this was a first defeat in six games for Crawley.Stevenage’s bright start brought reward after 29...Full Story »

Fog caused the League Two encounter between leaders Forest Green and in-form Mansfield to be abandoned after just four minutes.Thick fog engulfed The Fully Charged New Lawn just before kick-off, with referee Carl Brook starting the game 15 minutes late.Play lasted only four minutes, with Forest Green’s Jamille Matt hitting a speculative strike through the fog to test Manchester United loan...Full Story »

Michael Morrison could make his long-awaited return when Reading host Luton in Wednesday’s Championship clash.The 33-year-old defender has been out of action since September with a knee injury, but has spent the last few weeks on the comeback trail.Morrison mustered 45 minutes for Reading’s Under-23s on Friday and is now back in contention for a first-team return.Defender Liam Moore ...Full Story »