Southampton v Manchester Metropolis, EFL and extra: soccer clockwatch – reside!

There are a lot of very excited statisticians proper now.

Crystal Palace’s punishment is over, and Liverpool have crushed them 7-0. Palace now have the worst purpose distinction outdoors the underside 4.

All of the groups from all of the 3pm kick-offs have been submitted, and these would be the line-ups at St Mary’s:

Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Walcott, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Djenepo, Ings, Adams. Subs: Stephens, Lengthy, Redmond, Armstrong, Salisu, Tella, Diallo, N’Lundulu, Forster.
Man Metropolis: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Dias, Joao Cancelo, Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Torres. Subs: Ake, Aguero, Zinchenko, Mendy, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Carson, Foden, Nmecha.
Referee: Mike Dean.

Liverpool nonetheless have 20 minutes so as to add to their purpose tally at Crystal Palace. They presently lead 5-0, and Rob Smyth is your man for that one:

Saturday afternoon brings a glut of video games, albeit with only one 3pm kick-off within the Premier League and the leaders of each the highest flight and the Championship taking part in at lunchtime. Within the Championship Norwich’s closest challengers, Bournemouth and Watford, are each taking part in away from dwelling, at Luton and Huddersfield respectively, whereas fourth-placed Swansea host Barnsley and erstwhile leaders Studying journey to Brentford in a ding-dong fifth v sixth battle. In direction of the underside, Derby will haul themselves out of the underside three in the event that they outperform Nottingham Forest (who go to Millwall) or by profitable at Rotherham, these three sides divided pre-match solely by purpose distinction.

In League One, with a number of matches known as off due to Covid instances Lincoln Metropolis (at Northampton, who’re one level from the underside 4) and Doncaster (at bottom-of-the-table Burton Albion) are the one top-six sides in motion. League Two sees second-placed Carlisle go to fourth-placed Forest Inexperienced within the recreation of the day whereas barely additional down the desk two of the perimeters flirting with the play-off locations – seventh-placed Colchester and Morecambe in eighth – play on the Colchester Neighborhood Stadium.

As for our one Premier League recreation, listed below are our predicted line-ups for Southampton v Manchester Metropolis:

Manchester Metropolis and Southampton each picked up disappointing attracts in midweek, though Pep Guardiola ought to be the extra involved contemplating his aspect proceed to wrestle to attain regardless of having ridiculously proficient gamers in assault. A lot could depend on whether or not Sergio Agüero returns. The talisman has the ability to dispel Metropolis’s funk but when he continues his absence Ralph Hasenhüttl has a full-strength squad that has misplaced solely as soon as of their previous 11. Saints could have an important probability of repeating final season’s upset.

And listed below are at present’s fixtures within the English Soccer League and Scottish Premiership (all kick-off occasions 3pm GMT until said):

Premier League

Crystal Palace v. Liverpool (12.30)
Everton v. Arsenal (5.30)
Newcastle v. Fulham (8.00)
Southampton v. Man Metropolis

Championship

Birmingham v. Middlesbrough
Brentford v. Studying
Huddersfield v. Watford
Luton v. Bournemouth
Millwall v. Nottm Forest
Norwich v. Cardiff (12.30)
Rotherham v. Derby
Sheff Wed v. Coventry
Stoke v. Blackburn
Swansea v. Barnsley
Wycombe v. QPR

League One

Accrington Stanley v. Blackpool
Burton Albion v. Doncaster
Fleetwood City v. Wigan
Northampton v. Lincoln Metropolis
Plymouth v. Milton Keynes Dons
Rochdale v. Gillingham (1.00)
Swindon v. Charlton
Wimbledon v. Crewe

League Two

Barrow v. Cheltenham
Bolton v. Tranmere
Bradford v. Cambridge Utd
Colchester v. Morecambe
Forest Inexperienced v. Carlisle
Grimsby v. Scunthorpe
Harrogate City v. Salford Metropolis
Leyton Orient v. Crawley City
Mansfield v. Southend
Newport County v. Oldham
Walsall v. Port Vale

Scottish Premiership

Hibernian v. Dundee Utd
Rangers v. Motherwell
Ross County v. Hamilton
St Mirren v. St Johnstone