St Johnstone’s Europa League hopes ended with a 4-2 defeat by Galatasaray at McDiarmid Park for a 5-3 aggregate win for the visitors.Scotland’s domestic double cup winners had drawn 1-1 with the visitors in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round in Istanbul last week.Striker Mbaye Diagne dampened the enthusiasm of the home fans when he put the visitors ahead on t...Full Story »

Valerien Ismael’s first home game in charge of West Brom sees Luton visit The Hawthorns.The Frenchman saw his side begin the season with a creditable 2-2 draw at Bournemouth and he could make a couple of changes to his team on Saturday.Matty Phillips came off the bench to great effect against the Cherries, after a flowing passing move he started allowed Callum Robinson to score Albion&rsqu...Full Story »

Peterborough will be without Ricky-Jade Jones when they host Derby.The striker looks set for another lengthy injury lay-off after suffering suspected knee ligament damage during the EFL Cup defeat to Plymouth in midweek.Summer signing Jack Marriott is a doubt for Saturday’s return to Championship action, while Siriki Dembele has already been ruled out of the match against the Rams. That le...Full Story »

Birmingham boss Lee Bowyer will check on the fitness of Tahith Chong ahead of his side’s Championship clash with Stoke.The midfielder, on loan from Manchester United, has not trained this week after a hamstring problem forced him off in the Blues’ win at Sheffield United on the opening day of the season.Ivan Sanchez and Jordan Graham both started against Colchester in midweek in the ...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers are again without captain Paul Coutts for the visit of Stevenage in Sky Bet League Two.The veteran midfielder is serving the second game of his three-match ban for his sending off in last weekend’s season-opening loss at Mansfield.Manager Joey Barton has been without a number of players at the start of the campaign but Sam Nicholson, Alex Rodman and Sam Finley are pushing to...Full Story »

Reading boss Veljko Paunovic hopes to welcome back Ovie Ejaria for the Sky Bet Championship visit of Preston.Paunovic is optimistic of adding to a threadbare squad before this weekend despite a transfer embargo and could include Ejaria in his line-up, with the midfielder missing last weekend’s defeat at Stoke due to a groin injury.Lucas Joao dislocated his shoulder at the bet365 Stadium bu...Full Story »

Colchester defender Luke Chambers is hoping to return as Northampton visit the JobServe Stadium in Sky Bet League Two.The 35-year-old was forced to miss the midweek loss to Birmingham in the Carabao Cup after picking up a sickness bug.Loan signing Sylvester Jasper will hope to retain his place after an impressive first start for the club against the Blues.Teenage defender Billy Cracknell, who ma...Full Story »

Loic Mbe Soh is a doubt for Nottingham Forest ahead of their Championship game against Bournemouth.The defender was forced off at half-time during the season opener at Coventry with a groin issue and did not feature in Forest’s 2-1 win against Bradford in the Carabao Cup.There are also doubts concerning Joe Worrall, who is suffering a calf injury, and Lewis Grabban, who has returned to tra...Full Story »

Millwall are likely to check on defensive duo Jake Cooper and Ryan Leonard ahead of the Sky Bet Championship visit of Blackburn.Both players made their first starts of the season in the midweek Carabao Cup win over Portsmouth, with Cooper returning from a knock and Leonard featuring in only his second game since an ankle injury he suffered in February.Cooper and Leonard both played 90 minutes on...Full Story »

New signing George Williams is in contention to start Barrow’s home clash with Hartlepool, but Jamie Devitt is expected to miss out.Wales international forward Williams joined the Bluebirds from Grimsby this week.Winger Devitt sustained a thigh problem in the midweek Carabao Cup win against Scunthorpe and is unlikely to recover in time.Defender Matt Platt remains a doubt following the recu...Full Story »