A dramatic late double from Rodrigo Bentancur fired Tottenham to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Leeds to help them finish the first half of the Premier League season with a much-needed win.The visitors had gone ahead three times in London, but tasted defeat after Uruguayan midfielder Bentancur firstly levelled in the 81st minute before he grabbed what proved to be the winner two minutes later.It m...Full Story »

Ayr moved six points clear at the top of the cinch Championship after a thrilling 3-2 win at bottom side Hamilton.Dipo Akinyemi put the visitors in front after just three minutes when he latched on to a loose pass and fired a shot into the bottom corner.Hamilton should have been level on 23 minutes when Jean-Pierre Tiehi smashed a shot from the edge of the area which hit the bar and appeared to ...Full Story »

Amad Diallo made and scored one for Sunderland to deny Birmingham a place in the Sky Bet Championship’s top six with a 2-1 victory at St. Andrew’s.On-loan Manchester United forward Diallo, who cost the Old Trafford club £20million when he signed from Atalanta, set up Ellis Simms to give the Black Cats a 25th-minute lead and then scored a superb second four minutes after half-ti...Full Story »

West Ham defender Emerson Palmieri faces a late fitness test ahead of the Premier League match against Leicester.The Italian left-back suffered a broken nose during the Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out defeat by Blackburn which has been reset, and is rated as “touch and go” by manager David Moyes.Winger Maxwel Cornet remains sidelined by a calf problem which will keep him out of action ...Full Story »

Ipswich will check on Marcus Harness ahead of their Sky Bet League One match against Cheltenham at Portman Road.Midfielder Harness missed the the FA Cup tie against Bracknell on Monday night through illness and is one of a number of players facing a late fitness test.Forward Gassan Ahadme (foot) and defender Greg Leigh (fractured leg) have been stepping up their recovery ahead of a return to tra...Full Story »

Liverpool midfielder James Milner will return to the squad after a head injury but is likely to start on the bench against Southampton.Centre-back Joel Matip has rejoined training after a calf injury, while midfielder Naby Keita (thigh) and forward Luis Diaz (knee) have stepped up their recoveries but are not ready to feature.Manager Jurgen Klopp will restore his first-choice team having made 11...Full Story »

Ryan Sessegnon will miss out when Tottenham host Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.Sessegnon sustained a minor hamstring injury during the midweek Carabao Cup loss at Nottingham Forest.Cristian Romero (calf) and Son Heung-min (facial) are also set to be absent, but Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison featured off the bench on Wednesday and are pushing to start.Leeds will still be without a nu...Full Story »

Grimsby striker Ryan Taylor faces months on the sidelines with a torn hamstring.The 34-year-old suffered the injury in training last week and manager Paul Hurst says the scan showed “quite a bad injury”.Grimsby have no new players back for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two match against Doncaster.Jordan Maguire-Drew and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo could resume training next week. Aribim Pep...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest will check on Cheikhou Kouyate and Scott McKenna ahead of the visit of Crystal Palace.Both men picked up knocks in last week’s draw with Brentford and will be assessed after they missed the midweek Carabao Cup win over Tottenham.Orel Mangala is suspended after his red card in that 2-0 victory while Omar Richards (leg), Giulian Biancone (knee), Harry Toffolo (hamstring), M...Full Story »

Daryl Dike could make his first appearance for West Brom since the opening day against Stoke.The striker has been out since suffering a thigh injury in training with his only appearance coming against Middlesbrough in August but he is back in training.Karlan Grant is making progress from the ankle injury he suffered against Blackpool but the game is likely to come too soon.Semi Ajayi has been ou...Full Story »

Luton begin life after Nathan Jones against Rotherham in the final game before the Championship interval.Jones ended his second spell at Kenilworth Road earlier this week to join Southampton and took assistant-manager Chris Cohen and coach Alan Sheehan with him, with Mick Harford, who used to manage the Millers, placed in temporary charge.Harford will have to galvanise the group who had a close ...Full Story »

The 49-year-old, who replaces Ralph Hasenhuttl, has penned a three-and-a-half-year deal at St Mary's after leaving Championship club Luton Town. Southampton have confirmed Nathan Jones as their new manager Credit: Getty He has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal after leaving Luton Town for the Saints Credit: Getty He will be joined at the South Coast club by first team coaches Chris Cohen an...Full Story »

Gillingham boss Neil Harris must decide whether to freshen up his side for the clash with Northampton following their Carabao Cup heroics against Brentford in midweek.Midfielder Olly Lee is a doubt after missing the third-round victory on penalties because of a tight quad.Midfielder Ben Reeves also sat out the GTech Community Stadium showdown with an unspecified knock and his fitness is being mo...Full Story »

Birmingham defender Harlee Dean is a doubt for the visit of Sunderland.Dean scored Birmingham’s second goal in their 2-1 win at Stoke last weekend, but picked up a calf injury and missed the midweek draw with Swansea.Przemyslaw Placheta (shin) and Marc Roberts (hamstring) are expected to be out until after the World Cup, although Roberts returned to training at the end of October.Nico Gord...Full Story »

And they are now also allegedly the favourites to snap-up the teenage sensation ahead of transfer rivals Liverpool and Real Madrid. Speculation is mounting over Man City's pursuit of Jude Bellingham Cedit: Getty The 19-year-old England international midfielder has emerged as one of the best talents in the continent and continues to gain admirers with performances at Dortmund. Bellingham has e...Full Story »

The 23-year-old left the club for Portugal back in 2019, but his recent form has caught Spurs' eye. Tottenham reportedly want to re-sign Marcus Edwards in January Credit: Reuters Edwards impressed in both Champions League games against Tottenham Credit: Reuters Edwards initially joined Vitoria when he departed, before earning a move to Sporting last January. And the forward has taken his gam...Full Story »

West Ham’s players “let themselves and the fans down” as they crashed out of the Carabao Cup on penalties to a youthful Blackburn side.Angelo Ogbonna missed the crucial penalty as Rovers won 10-9 on spot-kicks in a marathon shoot-out.After 19 successful penalties Ogbonna’s effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar to send Championship Rovers through to round four f...Full Story »

Dundee United hauled themselves off the bottom of the cinch Premiership with a thumping 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Tannadice.The Tangerines took a stranglehold on the game in the first half, netting through Kieran Freeman, Jamie McGrath and Glenn Middleton before hitting a fourth after the break with Dylan Levitt on the mark.The result moves United up to 11th with the Ayrshire outfit now bot...Full Story »

Angelo Ogbonna missed the crucial penalty as a youthful Blackburn dumped West Ham out of the Carabao Cup 10-9 on spot-kicks.After 19 successful penalties Ogbonna’s effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar to send Championship Rovers through to round four following a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium.It was a deserved win for a callow Rovers side with an average age of just 22 and a ha...Full Story »

Nathan Jones was given a warning about the extent of the task facing him at Southampton after seeing his prospective new side scrape past Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Carabao Cup.Welshman Jones watched from the stands at St Mary’s as goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saved Dominic Iorfa’s spot-kick to spare Saints’ blushes in a 6-5 shoot-out triumph over League One opposition...Full Story »