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Championship: Joe Gelhardt has struck in the final minute of normal time to put Hull City 2-1 ahead against Stoke City, taking advantage of a botched attempt at a clearance from Junior Tchamadeu to fire home from close range.

Championship: Jordan James has pulled a second goal back for Leicester City, who now trail Sheffield United 2-3 at the King Power Stadium with three minutes of the 90 remaining, plus whatever add-ons referee Anthony Blackhouse deems appropriate.

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola has accused Manchester City’s players of performing with fear in their 2-0 defeat by Bayer Leverkusen after the head coach made 10 changes for the Champions League match and said those selected had not taken the risks needed to win. Will Unwin reports …

The introduction of James Trafford in place of Gianluigi Donnarumma was one of 10 changes Pep Guardiola made to the Manchester City side that lost at home to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Tottenham Hotspur: Thomas Frank has said he much preferred Tottenham’s “front-footed” performance in their 5-3 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain to their cautious approach against Arsenal a few days earlier, writes Ed Aarons …

Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank was enthused by his team’s midweek performance in defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.

Sunderland v Bournemouth line-ups

Sunderland: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Mandava, Sadiki, Xhaka, Traore, Le Fee, Talbi, Isidor.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Geertruida, Brobbey, Rigg, Mayenda, Mundle, Adingra, Hume.

Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Semenyo, Tavernier, Adli, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Cook, Soler, Brooks, Kluivert, Jimenez, Junior Kroupi, Unal,
Milosavljevic.

A quartet of young Sunderland fans take up position at the Stadium of Light.

Man City v Leeds United

Man City: Donnarumma, Matheus Luiz, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Reijnders, Gonzalez, Silva, Foden, Haaland, Doku.

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Ait Nouri, Savio, Khusanov, Lewis.

Leeds United: Lucas Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Justin, Tanaka, Ampadu, Gruev, James, Nmecha, Gnonto.

Subs: Okafor, Bijol, Aaronson, Piroe, Calvert-Lewin, Gudmundsson, Meslier, Harrison, Byram.

A Manchester City fan sits alone in the stands long before kick-off.

Brentford v Burnley line-ups

Brentford: Kelleher, Hickey, Van den Berg, Henderson, Schade, Jensen, Ouattara, Collins, Damsgaard, Kayode, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Nelson, Onyeka, Yarmoliuk, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Janelt.

Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Hartman, Esteve, Tuanzebe, Foster, Florentino, Tchaouna, Flemming, Cullen, Mejbri.

Subs: Weiss, Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Anthony, Ekdal, Pires, Broja, Laurent.

Some Brentford players enjoy a pre-match game of keepy-uppy upon arrival at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Jamie Jackson

Manchester City v Leeds United: A lovely dank Mancunian afternoon with a low cloud and the whispers of bygone Manchester City matchdays in the east of town as Pep Guardiola sends out an XI in an hour or so that will not certainly show the same 10 changes as the dire Bayer Leverkusen defeat on Tuesday here at the Etihad Stadium.

Expect many of the manager’s big guns to be reinstated and intent on downing Leeds and arresting the two-game run of losses. Think Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku etc, and so on …

Championship: The King Power comeback is on! Stephy Mavidi has pulled a goal back for Leicester City, who now trail Sheffield United 3-1 at home.

Championship: Hull City have taken just three minutes of the second half to equalise against Stoke, with Semi Ajayi nodding home from close range after the ball was recycled from a corner. Stoke’s players appealed for both offside and a handball in the build-up and they might have a case on one or both counts. The goal stands.

Championship: Already in a full on funk over their side’s lowly position in the Championship table, Leicester City fans are unlikely to be impressed by the hiding being dished out to them at the King Power Stadium by Sheffield United, who lead 3-0 at half-time courtesy of goals from Tom Cannon, Callum O’Hare and Sydie Peck.

Meanwhile in Stoke, Mark Robins’ high-flyers have gone into the break with a thoroughly deserved 1-0 lead over a Hull City side who have been outplayed thus far but have every right to feel aggrieved at not being awarded a first-half penalty. Sorba Thomas put Stoke ahead with a wonderful right-footed volley that he could not have caught more sweetly.

At Fratton Park, an Anis Mehmeti strike has given Bristol City a 1-0 half-time lead over Portsmouth. It’s the 24-year-old English born Albanian international’s sixth of the season but only his first in seven games.

Anis Mehmeti opened the scoring for Bristol City in their match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Wrexham "gifted" £18m by Welsh taxpayers

Championship: Despite being owned by preposterously wealthy Hollywood movie stars, valued at the thick end of £350m and the subject of a moneyspinning Disney TV documentary, Wrexham have received almost £18m in nonrepayable grants from Welsh taxpayers. Guardian exclusive: Jasper Jolly.

Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have benefitted to the tune of £18m from the largesse of the Welsh government, via the local council, according to UK government state aid disclosures.

Today’s Scottish Premiership fixtures

Dundee v St Mirren
Motherwell v Hearts
Kilmarnock v Dundee United
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Steven Pressley’s Dundee host St Mirren in a bottom-of-the-table clash at Dens Park today.

Today’s Championship fixtures

Leicester City 0-3 Sheffield Utd (L)
Portsmouth 0-1 Bristol City (L)
Stoke City 1-0 Hull City (L)
Coventry City v Charlton
Middlesbrough v Derby County
Millwall v Southampton
Norwich City v QPR
Sheffield Wednesday v Preston
West Brom v Swansea City
Wrexham v Blackburn Rovers
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Sheffield United’s players take the plaudits from travelling fans after scoring their second goal in what’s shaping up to be a rout of Leicester City.

Today’s Premier League fixtures

Brentford v Burnley
Manchester City v Leeds United
Sunderland v Bournemouth
Everton v Newcastle (5.30pm GMT)
Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (8pm GMT)
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The Talk: Your one-stop shop for all the most interesting soundbites from the weekend’s Premier League pre-match press conferences. (Warning: may not be all that interesting, although there is an update on Cole Palmer’s stubbed toe.)

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca hinted that Cole Palmer could return from his broken toe at some point during Chelsea’s match against Arsenal tomorrow.

Saturday clockwatch

Welcome to the only place you need to be for a fully comprehensive rundown of all the football drama this Saturday. We’re glued to the action, ready to bring you news of all the goals as they go in during the Premier League’s afternoon kick-offs.

On the face of it, today’s trio of top flight three o’clockers promise the usual cocktail of thrills and spills (thrill- and spill-free tedium may also be available) and you won’t miss a thing as the net ripples and the table shifts. But our coverage doesn’t stop there – we’ll be monitoring the action in the Championship, bringing you the latest updates and breaking news from England’s second tier.

North of the border, there are three Scottish Premiership matches, while we’ll ensure you’re kept in the loop with every major twist and talking point from the length and breadth of the country. Stick with us for team news, goals, penalties, and the post-match reports from our reporters in assorted press boxes around the grounds.

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