Wrexham moved to the top the National League table as Phil Parkinson’s men defeated struggling Scunthorpe 3-1 at Glanford Park.Ollie Palmer put the Welsh side ahead with a 21st-minute finish and Aaron Hayden’s header then doubled the advantage just past the half-hour mark.Scunthorpe pulled a goal back three minutes before half-time through Jai Rowe.But Paul Mullin wrapped things up f...Full Story »

Jadon Sancho and Antony will be assessed before Manchester United’s Carabao Cup clash against Aston Villa.The forwards have missed recent matches but Anthony Martial is available again, with Erik ten Hag confirming he will feature on Thursday having made his return from a back injury at Villa Park on Sunday.The United boss confirmed he will make some changes for the Carabao Cup tie. Raphae...Full Story »

The German and partner Sara Arfaoui made the news public via their Instagram pages. Ilkay Gundogan announced he is having a baby Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira Sara Arfaoui is pregnant for the first time Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira It has not been said if it's a boy or girl Credit: Instagram / @sarabenamira They captioned the post alongside a blue love heart: "Baby Gundo, we can't w...Full Story »

The Belgian ace, 31, joined Los Blancos from Chelsea for the huge sum back in 2019 but his career in Spain has been blighted by injury. Hazard's Real career could come to an end in January Credit: Getty Hazard was expected to become a mainstay at the Bernabeu but he has ultimately missed 72 games in three-and-a-half seasons. Despite his absence, Hazard has picked up two LaLiga titles and a Ch...Full Story »

Mudryk, 21, has been linked with The Gunners for some time now. Mykhaylo Mudryk has been heavily linked with a transfer to Arsenal Credit: Getty And it now seems Arsenal are stepping up the chase for him after holding talks with the Ukrainian winger, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano said: "We know they (Arsenal) wanted a winger. Raphinha was the...Full Story »

Vincent Kompany praised Crawley for frustrating his Burnley side for much of their Carabao Cup third round tie at Turf Moor.It took two late goals from substitute Anass Zaroury – both close-range finishes in the 79th and 90th minutes – to kill off the League Two side’s hopes of adding another giant-killing to the scalps of League One Bristol Rovers and Premier League Fulham in ...Full Story »

Ben Garner was thrilled Charlton are in the hat for the Carabao Cup fourth round after squeaking past Stevenage on penalties after it finished 1-1 at the Lamex Stadium.Joe Wollacott produced a superb save to deny Jake Taylor after eight flawless spot-kicks, leaving Scott Fraser to smash home and earn a 5-4 shoot-out win.But it was Chuks Aneke who first rescued the League One side, rifling in at ...Full Story »

Slaven Bilic believes Watford should have made their dominance pay off earlier as they defeated Reading at Vicarage Road.A penalty and a late strike by Joao Pedro puts the Hertfordshire side into the play-off places in their final home game before the World Cup.The Croatian was pleased with the overall performance of his side, but felt the game should have been comfortably sewn up much sooner.He...Full Story »

Mark Kennedy discovered that three days is a long time in football after his Lincoln side pulled off a Carabao Cup third-round shock at Ashton Gate.The Imps head coach had watched his League One team dumped out of the FA Cup by non-league Chippenham at the weekend.But what a response he got as first-half strikes from Matty Virtue and Ben House set Lincoln on course to create a surprise of their ...Full Story »

Jamie Cooke secured all three points for FC Halifax Town with a first-half strike in the The Shaymen’s 1-0 National League win away at Solihull Moors.Cooke finally pulled the visitors ahead on 34 minutes after missing two early chances.Angelo Cappello came close to an opener but fired across the face of goal as Solihull keeper Louie Moulden failed to make a stop.That opened the door f...Full Story »

Barnet moved to within a point of the Vanarama National League play-offs with a 2-0 win at Altrincham.Ryan De Havilland put the visitors in front with 16 minutes gone when he turned in Sam Beard’s cross from the left.Barnet were then grateful to goalkeeper Laurie Walker, who foiled Elliot Newby after he sprang the offside trap.Walker was busy again midway through the second half when he go...Full Story »

Ivan Toney’s final audition for a World Cup place could hardly have been more authentic after Brentford crashed out of the Carabao Cup 6-5 on penalties to Gillingham.Brentford were leading the League Two strugglers through England hopeful Toney’s early goal, but then sat back and allowed their opponents to come at them in the second half.The Gills duly hauled themselves back int...Full Story »

MK Dons head coach Liam Manning feels his side’s attack continued to turn a corner in the 2-0 victory over Morecambe that took them into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.The Dons are fourth from bottom in Sky Bet League One but are now unbeaten in four games in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in all four, and have started to find the net more regularly.In truth, they were barely ...Full Story »

Yeovil shared the points for the ninth time this season in the Vanarama National League after a goalless draw against Maidenhead at Huish Park.No team in the division has more stalemates than the Glovers, who were denied the win late on by Dan Gyollai in the visitors’ goal. Yeovil just about shaded the first half but there was no real threat at either end until home goalkeeper Grant S...Full Story »

Gustavo Hamer and Viktor Gyokeres were on target as clinical Coventry secured their third Championship win in a row as they beat Wigan 2-0 at the CBS Arena.Only Blackburn had taken more points from their previous six games than Mark Robins’ men, who made it nine clean sheets in 12 outings.Coventry’s sixth win in eight also took them into the top half of the Championship for the first...Full Story »

Mansfield fell to a second straight home defeat as fellow promotion hopefuls Bradford took all three points from a pulsating encounter which finished 2-1.After a slow start, City forced a double save from Stags keeper Christy Pym who blocked efforts from Scott Banks and Tyreik Wright.Two minutes later the Bantams led when Brad Halliday’s low cross was cleared only as far as skipper Richie ...Full Story »

Three penalties were awarded for handball following VAR reviews as Livingston beat Aberdeen 2-1 to move level on points with their third-placed opponents in the cinch Premiership.Referee Nick Walsh played on each time but was called to the monitor by video assistant referee Andrew Dallas, twice when there did not appear to be any appeals.Sean Kelly converted the first spot-kick in the 17th minut...Full Story »

Troy Deeney rescued a deserved point for Birmingham after Matt Grimes looked like inspiring Swansea to a comeback win in a 2-2 draw at St Andrew’s.Deeney equalised in the 89th minute of the Sky Bet Championship clash, after Scott Hogan put Blues ahead in the first half.Hogan’s ninth goal of the season was cancelled out by Olivier Ntcham before Grimes – who started the move for ...Full Story »

St Mirren midfielder Keanu Baccus has a dead leg but should be fit for the cinch Premiership game against St Johnstone on Wednesday night.Scott Tanser should be fully fit now after suffering the effects of a recent car crash.Fellow defender Richard Tait remains out with a groin problem.St Johnstone hope to have goalkeeper Remi Matthews and skipper Liam Gordon back after they missed the 2-1 win o...Full Story »

Midfielder Kalvin Phillips is set to make his return to the matchday squad when Manchester City host Chelsea in the Carabao Cup third round on Wednesday.While Phillips, who boss Pep Guardiola has said will be among the substitutes, could make his first appearance since undergoing shoulder surgery in September, right-back Kyle Walker will not be involved as he continues his recovery from a groin ...Full Story »