Rotherham will be without Chiedozie Ogbene for the visit of Hull.The Republic of Ireland international has picked up a hamstring injury and is likely to be missing for the next four weeks.Grant Hall is fit to play after coming off during the 1-0 win at Stoke on Tuesday with a sore calf.Peter Kioso (ankle) remains absent.Captain Lewie Coyle returns to the Hull squad for the trip down the M18.The ...Full Story »

Southampton will be without defender Kyle Walker-Peters and on-loan midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles for Sunday’s Premier League clash with leaders Arsenal.Right-back Walker-Peters has been ruled out for the foreseeable future by a hamstring injury suffered in Saints’ midweek win at Bournemouth, while Maitland-Niles is ineligible against his parent club.Midfielder Romeo Lavia has re...Full Story »

Sam Winnall is an injury doubt for Burton’s League One clash against Cheltenham.The striker returned from illness to start last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Morecambe, but was forced off in the first half with a knock.Mustapha Carayol returned as a late substitute in that fixture, but there is still a doubt over Bobby Kamwa.Ciaran Gilligan (hamstring) and Corrie Ndaba (hip) still remain s...Full Story »

Gillingham captain Stuart O’Keefe is pushing for a return ahead of Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two visit of Barrow.The midfielder has sat out the last three league games with a hamstring injury but is now back in training and nearing fitness.Olly Lee, who has been out since August due to tendinitis, was among a number of senior players to feature in a practice match in midweek and Ben ...Full Story »

Aston Villa have sacked manager Steven Gerrard.Villa chiefs unseated Gerrard in the immediate aftermath of the 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham.The Birmingham outfit have won just two of 11 league outings this term, with Gerrard paying the price for poor form and results.Gerrard led Villa to a 14th-place finish last term but had been expected to push the midlands club higher up the table in t...Full Story »

Fulham returned to winning ways with a 3-0 win over 10-man Aston Villa to pile more pressure on under-fire manager Steven Gerrard.Villa went into the match sitting outside the relegation zone on goal difference alone, having won just two matches this season.And they were subjected to yet another defeat by a dominant Fulham side, with the visitors booed off by their own fans at half-time and the ...Full Story »

Michael Bostwick will hope to push back into Stevenage’s starting line-up for Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two clash with Northampton.Experienced centre-back Bostwick came off the bench in last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Gillingham.Danny Rose should continue up front having notched the solitary goal for Steve Evans’ side.Jordan Roberts claimed the winner in Tuesday’s 1-0 EF...Full Story »

Blackburn could welcome back Harry Pickering for the visit of Birmingham.Defender Pickering sat out Tuesday night’s win over Sunderland due to fatigue.Daniel Ayala is due back in training after missing two matches having picked up an injury against Wigan.Sam Barnes remains a long-term absentee with cruciate ligament damage.Birmingham have no new injuries and could stick with the side which...Full Story »

New Newport boss Graham Coughlan is targeting an immediate change in fortunes when he takes charge of the side for the first time against fellow strugglers Colchester.The Exiles have lost their last three Sky Bet League Two matches, although they did receive a boost with the midweek EFL Trophy win over Southampton Under-21s.Offrande Zanzala returned off the bench for the first time in 10 weeks f...Full Story »

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Under-fire Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl was relieved to be on the right side of fine margins after easing pressure on his position with a vital victory at south coast rivals Bournemouth.Che Adams’ early header secured a nervy 1-0 success at Vitality Stadium to propel Saints out of the Premier League relegation zone following a five-match winless run.Bournemouth dominated the second ha...Full Story »

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany admitted he was annoyed at conceding a “cheap” goal after they missed the chance to regain top spot in the Sky Bet Championship after being held to a 1-1 draw by Birmingham at St Andrew’s.Substitute Johann Berg Gudmundsson handed the Clarets a 74th-minute lead just four minutes after coming off the bench.The Iceland international struck with a cu...Full Story »

Graham Potter defended his decision to leave Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the bench for 81 minutes of Chelsea’s goalless derby draw at Brentford.Former Arsenal striker Aubameyang, who has scored three times in his last five matches, was left kicking his heels as his team-mates laboured in front of goal.Aubameyang was finally sent on with nine minutes remaining but his only half-chance was ...Full Story »

Jim Goodwin hailed his players for a job well done as Aberdeen comfortably progressed to the semi-finals of the Premier Sports Cup, routing Partick Thistle 4-1.The Dons were 3-0 up at the break after Luis Lopes’ effort, a Kevin Holt own goal and a Hayden Coulson strike that may yet go down as an own goal after taking a massive deflection off Jack McMillan.Thistle pulled one back early in t...Full Story »

Bruno Fernandes brilliantly wrapped up a mightily impressive Manchester United victory against Tottenham as Erik ten Hag’s men produced their finest performance of the season.Three days on from the frustrating scoreless home draw with Newcastle, the Red Devils produced an exceptional display to see off Champions League qualification rivals at a rocking Old Trafford.Antonio Conte’s Sp...Full Story »

Chelsea maintained their unbeaten run under Graham Potter but had to settle for a point after a damp squib of a derby at Brentford finished goalless. The Blues made the short trip across west London on the back of five successive victories in all competitions, winning each of the last four without conceding. Once again they kept a clean sheet, but there was a distinct lack of cutting edge up...Full Story »

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez’s first Anfield goal capped an impressive individual performance as a 1-0 win over West Ham was secured thanks to Alisson Becker’s penalty save. The 23-year-old, a summer arrival in a £64million deal which with add-ons could eventually make him a club-record signing, has had a disjointed start to his Liverpool career but is already becoming some...Full Story »

Southampton eased mounting pressure on manager Ralph Hasenhuttl by climbing out of the Premier League relegation zone thanks to a nervy 1-0 win over Bournemouth.Che Adams’ early header proved decisive at Vitality Stadium as Saints ended a five-match winless run and kept a first clean sheet in 17 top-flight games, dating back to April.Bournemouth dominated the second half but created little...Full Story »

Burnley missed the chance to regain top spot in the Sky Bet Championship after they were held to a 1-1 draw by a resolute Birmingham at St Andrew’s.Johann Berg Gudmundsson handed the Clarets a 74th-minute lead just four minutes after coming off the bench.But Scott Hogan equalised just six minutes later to give John Eustace’s side a deserved point.The point for Vincent Kompany’s...Full Story »

Martyn Waghorn scored his first Coventry goal for over a year as the Sky Blues moved off the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship with a 1-0 win over Sheffield United.The striker came off the bench to score a penalty in the 87th minute to make it back-to-back wins for Mark Robins’ men for the first time since April after their 1-0 victory against Cardiff at the weekend.The defeat leaves Paul...Full Story »