Key events
Championship full-times.
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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley
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Bristol City 1-0 Derby County
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Hull City 3-3 Leeds United
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Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City
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Norwich City 2-1 Coventry City
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Preston North End 1-1 Oxford United
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Millwall
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Stoke City 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
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Swansea City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
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Watford 1-2 Sheffield United
Premier League full-times
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AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Everton
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Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea
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Manchester City 4-1 West Ham United
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Southampton 0-5 Brentford
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United
FULL TIME: Southampton 0-5 Brentford
Brentford follow up their first home loss of the season with their first away win. And how! This is a top-flight on-the-road record for the Bees. Saints are booed off.
FULL TIME: Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester
It’s five losses on the bounce for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who remain in the relegation places. Villa end an otherwise sticky festive period with a win.
GOAL! Southampton 0-5 Brentford (Wissa 90+4)
Saints are a rabble all right.
FULL TIME: Manchester City 4-1 West Ham
City had nine attempts on goal this afternoon, West Ham 17. But here we are!
FULL TIME: Bournemouth 1-0 Everton
It’s eight games unbeaten for Bournemouth, a Premier League best for the Cherries. Everton meanwhile are in all sorts.
FULL TIME: Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea
It’s now four matches without a Premier League win for Chelsea, whose unexpected title challenge is spluttering to a halt. Meanwhile Palace edge a little bit further away from the relegation fight.
GOAL! Southampton 0-4 Brentford (Lewis-Potter 90+2)
Keane Lewis-Potter came within an inch of scoring against Arsenal during the week. He’s made it onto the scoresheet today. Saints are a rabble.
Bournemouth 1-0 Everton. A shot by Everton! And it’s a decent one, Abdoulaye Doucoure creaming an effort inches wide from distance. So close to rescuing a precious point.
Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester. Leon Bailey, already with a goal to his name, rattles the woodwork, then Ollie Watkins, initially benefitting from the resulting chaos, misses from close range.
More from Scotland. “One match that is being played today is East Fife v Forfar in Scottish League Two,” reports Simon McMahon. “And you’ll never believe it, but the current score is East Fife 4 Forfar 5 East Fife 1 Forfar 0.”
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea (Mateta 82)
Just as Chelsea close in on their first Premier League victory in four, Jean-Philippe Mateta meets Eberechi Eze’s cross to level for Palace!
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Everton (Brooks 77)
Milos Kerkez volleys a cross … then David Brooks volleys home. One hell of a goal, and after those staunch draws with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, Everton are getting pulled back into the relegation fight.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester (Bailey 76)
Leon Bailey finds the corner to put Villa back in front. A fifth defeat in a row for Ruud van Nistelrooy coming up.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton. No shots on target for Everton yet. Jordan Pickford with a couple more big saves. Sean Dyche not a wholly popular figure with the away fans.
Brighton v Arsenal (5.30pm). The teams are in, and Martin Odegaard is surprisingly allowed to put his feet up on the bench. Barry Glendenning has all the details.
GOAL! Manchester City 4-1 West Ham (Fullkrug 71)
Is the comeback on? No. But West Ham have scored, Niclas Fullkrug with his second goal for his new club into the bottom-left corner.
GOAL! Southampton 0-3 Brentford (Mbeumo 69 pen)
Sepp van den Berg is yanked to the ground in the box. The referee points to the spot. VAR has a good check but the decision stands. Bryan Mbeumo slots past Aaron Ramsdale, and it’s more St Mary’s misery for the Saints. A sixth defeat in a row there coming up.
GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Brentford (Mbeumo 62)
There’s no chalking this one off, as Yoane Wissa slips a pass to Bryan Mbeumo, who drives into the corner. It’s hardly breaking news, but Saints are doomed.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester (Mavididi 63)
Jamie Vardy attempts to convert a Jordan Ayew cross. The shot’s blocked, but drops to Stephy Mavididi who equalises with aplomb.
Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian (3pm tomorrow). We again turn to a game that’s not being played until tomorrow, because here’s Simon McMahon. “Happy New Year Dr Scotty! That medicinal Islay you prescribed a few weeks ago after a 4-3 defeat at Motherwell did the trick, and then some, because this member of Jim Goodwin’s Tangerine Army has had quite the festive season. An unexpected point at home to Celtic before Christmas, followed by a 2-1 win at St. Johnstone on Boxing Day, a 94th-minute winner at home to Aberdeen last Sunday, and then, to top it all, a come from behind win at Dens on January 2nd, Sam Dalby’s glorious last-minute winner featuring three of the finest touches you will see all season. But apart from all that, pretty quiet really. Hope you, and all Clockwatchers, had a good one. Long live Clockwatch, long live football! Cheers!”
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester (Barkley 58)
Second time lucky for Ross Barkley, who pearls one home from the edge of the area.
GOAL! Manchester City 4-0 West Ham (Foden 58)
This is no way to follow up a five-goal reverse at home. West Ham gave it a good go in the first half but they’re falling to bits now. The Julen Lopetegui experiment looks kaput.
NO GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Brentford
Yoane Wissa is penalised for holding onto Jan Bednarek, who was trying to compete with Sepp van den Berg. VAR chalks the goal off.
GOAL! Manchester City 3-0 West Ham (Haaland 55)
Erling Haaland clinically dinks his second of the afternoon into the net, and Julen Lopetegui’s coat is hanging on a shoogly peg.
GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Brentford (van den Berg 53)
A corner. Sepp van den Berg crashes a header home. Saints abject.
Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester. Ross Barkley barges his way through the middle of the park, only for James Justin to block his shot. It’s not been a classic at Villa Park.
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea. Palace were very much second best in the first half, but they’ve started the second vigorously. Eberechi Eze is presented with a half-chance but sends it wide from 12 yards.
Second halves ahoy! “Thank God for Pickford,” writes Clockwatch’s official Everton correspondent Mary Waltz. “Since we can’t seem to score (one goal from open play in the last 16 hours), the only thing keeping us from the bottom of the table is England’s number one.”
Championship half-times.
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Bristol City 1-0 Derby County
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Hull City 1-0 Leeds United
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Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City
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Norwich City 0-1 Coventry City
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Preston North End 0-1 Oxford United
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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Millwall
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Watford 1-1 Sheffield United
