Tony Watt’s late strike earned Motherwell a 2-1 victory over Ross County and sent them into the top three of the cinch Premiership.Motherwell took the lead inside two minutes when Callum Slattery collected a loose ball, flicked it up and unleashed a 25-yard strike into the top corner.County came back into it and Regan Charles-Cook scored a deserved equaliser six minutes before half-time wh...Full Story »

Substitute Daniel Udoh’s first league goal of the season earned Shrewsbury a 2-1 comeback victory over AFC Wimbledon.Udoh headed in Luke Leahy’s cross for a 67th-minute winner, shortly after his introduction for Sam Cosgrove.Leahy was certainly instrumental in Town’s first win since August 28 and second of the campaign.The former Bristol Rovers defender netted for the first tim...Full Story »

Swansea ended a run of four Championship games without a win after Joel Piroe’s first-half strike earned a 1-0 triumph over Huddersfield.The 22-year-old struck to give the Welsh side their first home victory of the season.It was a fourth clean sheet in five games at home for Russell Martin’s men, who crucially found a breakthrough after failing to score in their previous two home mat...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola hailed matchwinner Gabriel Jesus as one of his best signings for Manchester City. Brazil forward Jesus netted the only goal in City’s 1-0 win at Premier League title rivals Chelsea, in a tense encounter at Stamford Bridge. Thomas Tuchel sent the Blues out to stifle Guardiola’s side, deploying an extra man in midfield. However, the 3-5-2 formation backfired as Chels...Full Story »

Gabriel Jesus fired an early Premier League warning shot as defending champions Manchester City toppled title rivals Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.Brazil forward Jesus angled a deflected finish in the 53rd minute to help City leapfrog Chelsea in the table on goal difference, ending the Blues’ unbeaten league start.City offered far the greater enterprise, with Jesus’ winner helping P...Full Story »

West Brom head coach Valerien Ismael admitted he changed his tactics to try to fool the opposition as his side came from behind to beat QPR 2-1 and go top of the Sky Bet Championship.Albion played more of a possession game after crafting a reputation for a more uncompromising style of football under Ismael so far.Karlan Grant scored twice – the equaliser 15 minutes from time a real howler ...Full Story »

Roma coach Jose Mourinho was pleased with their 1-0 win against Udinese on Wednesday night. Tammy Abraham struck the winner for Roma as they bounced back from Sunday's defeat at Hellas Verona. Mourinho said, "After defeat, the next game is always more difficult on an emotional level. I think the first 35 minutes showed more quality than we've had yet this season. We were in total control aga...Full Story »

Stoke struck twice late on to see off Watford and reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup for a third season in succession.Ashley Fletcher had equalised for the Hornets following Nick Powell’s opener but the Sky Bet Championship side would leave Vicarage Road victorious as Sam Clucas and Josh Tymon struck from distance to seal a 3-1 win.Watford head coach Xisco Munoz changed his entire s...Full Story »

Dundee United boss Tam Courts insists his side were “worthy” winners after Ian Harkes’ late goal settled a tightly-contested Dundee derby.Courts felt the introduction of substitute midfielder Dylan Levitt at the start of the second half was crucial to the hosts seizing the upper hand following a first half in which Dundee had the better of the few clear-cut chances.The United m...Full Story »

Aston Villa’s second-half blitz downed Everton as the hosts ran riot to clinch an impressive 3-0 win.They scored three times in nine minutes with Matty Cash, Lucas Digne’s own goal and Leon Bailey easing them to victory at Villa Park.The hosts could even afford the luxury of keeping record buy Emi Buendia on the bench after he arrived back from Croatia, where he had been training to ...Full Story »

Matthew Warburton struck against his former club as Halifax registered a 3-0 victory over Stockport at The Shay.The summer signing from Northampton delivered a fine free-kick to give his side the lead four minutes before half-time.Stockport twice hit the woodwork prior to the deadlock being broken, John Rooney curling an effort off the post before Alex Reid’s cross was diverted onto the ba...Full Story »

Leaders Forest Green blew away struggling Stevenage in a dominant 4-0 victory to maintain their flying start to the Sky Bet League Two season.Goals from Kane Wilson, Matty Stevens, Jamille Matt and Jake Young did the damage as Rovers ran riot in what has been their best-ever start to a league campaign.It was a comprehensive victory for Rob Edwards’ impressive visitors as they deservedly cl...Full Story »

Ryan Hardie’s cool finish gave Plymouth a 1-0 win at AFC Wimbledon.The 47th-minute goal ensured Pilgrims manager Ryan Lowe had reason to celebrate on his 43rd birthday.The hosts started the brightest, with Ethan Chislett’s shot and Will Nightingale’s header both forcing good saves from Michael Cooper in the opening 20 minutes.At the other end, Jordan Houghton’s 40th-minut...Full Story »

Danny Newton hit his first two goals for Solihull Moors as they made it three National League wins in a row with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood.Moors went ahead after just eight minutes when a poor header dropped short of goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore, who was stranded out of his box, and Joe Sbarra nipped in to steal the ball and roll it into an empty net.They doubled their advantage after 29 minutes ...Full Story »

Crewe secured their first win in Sky Bet League One as Tottenham loanee J’Neil Bennett was involved both goals on his home debut in a 2-0 victory against 10-man Burton.Bennett’s pullback across the six-yard box was diverted by Michael Bostwick past his own goalkeeper Ben Garratt – a former Alex stopper – in the 10th minute.The 19-year-old Bennett then raced away in the cl...Full Story »

Arbroath overcame David Gold’s red card to secure a fourth successive Scottish Championship win with a 2-0 victory at Queen of the South.The visitors opened the scoring after 16 minutes through Thomas O’Brien, who rose highest to head in from Nicky Low’s corner.Queen of the South came close to an equaliser just after the half-hour mark, but Ruari Paton was unable to keep his he...Full Story »

Ayr picked up their second cinch Championship win of the season with a 2-0 victory at Hamilton.Chances were few and far between in the first half, with Accies just edging the contest in the opening 45 minutes.Kyle Munro curled a shot just over after three minutes while Andy Ryan had a powerful shot which was held by Ayr goalkeeper Charlie Albinson in the 24th minute.The deadlock was eventually b...Full Story »

Kilmarnock cut the gap on Scottish Championship leaders Inverness to one point with a 2-0 victory at Partick Thistle.A Kevin Holt own goal and an Oli Shaw effort ensured Killie took advantage of Caley Thistle drawing at Dunfermline.After Kilmarnock boss Tommy Wright was shown a yellow card on the touchline for booting the ball away in frustration, his goalkeeper Zach Hemming was forced to deny S...Full Story »

Exeter were made to fight hard for the points against spirited Sutton, but striker Sam Nombe fired them to a 2-0 victory.Nombe’s shot was turned in by defender Ben Goodliffe after Sutton had dominated for long spells before Exeter’s summer signing scored his first goal to secure the points late on.It was harsh on Sutton, who had created the better chances up until the opening goal, o...Full Story »

West Ham announced themselves on the Europa League stage as goals from Michail Antonio and Declan Rice secured a 2-0 victory at Dinamo Zagreb.The Hammers’ very own Ant and Dec provided the tea-time entertainment in Croatia by finding the net either side of half-time.Antonio was probably only in the team due to the red card he picked up at Southampton, which has instead given him an enforce...Full Story »