Key events
League One: Lincoln take the lead against League One leaders Cardiff courtesy of an own-goal from Alex Robertson.
GOAL! Manchester City 2-0 West Ham (Tijjani Reijnders, 38)
After a quiet period for City, Tijjani Reijnders doubles the hosts’ lead with a clever strike, assisted by Erling Haaland!
It goes from bad to worse from West Ham…
Championship: Cedric Kipre breaks the deadlock for Ipswich against Sheffield Wednesday at Portman Road.
Championship: It gets worse for Leicester. The Foxes find themselves 3-0 down at Loftus Road. Karamoko Dembele with the latest strike.
Championship: Gustavo Hamer doubles Sheffield United’s lead against Birmingham with a brilliant strike into the top corner.
League One: Plymouth found themselves 1-0 down to Doncaster in the fourth minute, but they have completely turned this game around. The visitors now lead 3-1 at the Eco-Power Stadium thanks to a brace from Lorent Tolaj and a strike from Owen Oseni.
Premier League: Still just the one goal in the top division, with City 1-0 up against West Ham thanks to Erling Haaland’s early strike at the Etihad.
The deadlock is yet to be broken in any of the other games.
Championship: Birmingham are down to 10 men! Tommy Doyle sees red for a clumsy challenge on Gustavo Hamer.
Current scores: League Two
Bromley 2-0 Grimsby Town FT
Notts County 0-0 Walsall FT
Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Chesterfield
Oldham Athletic 0-0 Tranmere
Swindon Town 0-0 Crawley Town
Colchester United 0-0 Newport County
Harrogate Town 0-1 MK Dons
Barney 0-0 Salford City
Fleetwood Town 0-1 Gillingham
Current scores: League One
Stevenage 2-2 Burton Albion FT
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool FT
Lincoln City 0-0 Cardiff City
Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale 0-0 Peterborough United
Rotherham United 0-0 Huddersfield Town
Mansfield Town 0-0 Stockport County
Leyton Orient 0-0 Bradford City
Exeter City 0-0 Barnsley
Current scores: Championship
Preston North End 1-1 Norwich City FT
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Millwall FT
Southampton 1-1 Coventry City FT
Hull City 0-0 West Brom
Bristol City 0-0 Middlesbrough
Sheffield United 1-0 Birmingham City
Watford 0-0 Stoke City
Derby County 0-1 Portsmouth
Ipswich Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic 0-0 Oxford United
QPR 1-0 Leicester City
Championship: Sheffield United lead Birmingham thanks to a strike from Tyler Bindon, with Callum Lang giving Portsmouth the advantage against Derby County.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 West Ham (Erling Haaland, 5)
Erling Haaland gets the first Premier League goal of the afternoon to give City an early lead against struggling West Ham.
Championship: We have the first goal of the afternoon! QPR take an early lead against Leicester thanks to Koki Saito.
Kick-off
We’re under way in the 3pm games!
Wolves and Brentford players take part in a minute’s applause before kick-off in memory of former Wolves academy star Ethan McLeod, who tragically died at the age of 21 this week in a car accident.
With just 10 minutes to go until kick-off across the leagues, here is a reminder of today’s Premier League fixtures:
If you need a quick recap of all the top news in the Premier League this week, give this a read before kick-off!
Scottish Premiership (3pm unless otherwise stated)
Full-time: Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea
The Blues come from two goals down to steal a point from Eddie Howe’s side at St James’ Park.
Join Niall McVeigh for all the reaction…
League Two fixtures (3pm unless otherwise stated)
Bromley 2-0 Grimsby Town
Notts County 0-0 Walsall
Shrewsbury Town v Chesterfield
Oldham Athletic v Tranmere
Swindon Town v Crawley Town
Colchester United v Newport County
Harrogate Town v MK Dons
Barney v Salford City
Fleetwood Town v Gillingham
League One fixtures (3pm unless otherwise stated)
Stevenage 2-2 Burton Albion
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool
Lincoln City v Cardiff City
Wycombe Wanderers v Bolton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers v Plymouth Argyle
Port Val v Peterborough United
Rotherham United v Huddersfield Town
Mansfield Town v Stockport County
Leyton Orient v Bradford City
Exeter City v Barnsley
Championship games (3pm unless otherwise stated)
Preston North End 1-1 Norwich City FT
Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Millwall FT
Southampton 1-1 Coventry City FT
Hull City v West Brom
Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Sheffield United v Birmingham City
Watford v Stoke City
Derby County v Portsmouth
Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday
Charlton Athletic v Oxford United
QPR v Leicester City
Simon McMahon has messaged in to say:
“Season’s greetings to you and all Clockwatchers! Game of the day in Scotland is at Tannadice, where Dundee United will be in high spirits after inflicting a fourth straight defeat on Mike Basset’s Wilfried Nancy’s beleaguered Celtic side on Wednesday. It was a first win in eleven, though that run contained half a dozen draws, for Jim Goodwin’s side so they will now be hoping to build some momentum heading into the busy festive schedule with another three points today. A win would take the Tangerines within a point of visitors Hibs, and Aberdeen, who are in Glasgow to face Celtic tomorrow. Today’s other 3 o’clock ko’s are Kilmarnock v Falkirk, St. Mirren v Livingston and Motherwell v struggling Dundee.”
Team news: Bournemouth v Burnley
Bournemouth starting line-up: Petrović, Truffert, Cook, Senesi, Brooks, Evanilson, Tavernier, Diakité, Kluivert, Jiménez, Semenyo.
Substitutes: Dennis, Soler, Scott, Christie, Smith, Adli, Kroupi. Jr, Hill, Enes Ünal.
Burnley starting line-up: Dubravka, Walker, Worrall, Ugochukwu, Ekdal, Bruun Larsen, Anthony, Flemming, Pires, Cullen, Laurent.
Substitutes: Weiss, Edwards, Humphreys, Florentino, Tchaouna, Sonne, Broja, Tresor, Barnes.
Team news: Brighton v Sunderland
Brighton starting line-up: Verbruggen, Gruda, Rutter, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Ayari, Wieffer, De Cuyper, Coppola.
Substitutes: Steele, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Mitoma, Veltman, Knight, Simmonds, Oriola.
Sunderland starting line-up: Roefs, Ballard, Geertruida, Brobbey, Rigg, Alderete, Mukiele, Adingra, Le Fee, Hume, Xhaka.
Substitutes: Patterson, Cirkin, Neil, Mayenda, Mundle, Isidor, Diarra, Hjelde, Jones.
Team news: Wolves v Brentford
Wolves starting line-up: Sa, Hoever, Doherty, S Bueno, Krejci, Wolfe, Andre, J Gomes, Lopez, Hwang, Strand Larsen.
Substitutes: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, Pond, Olagunju, Rawlings, Gonzalez, Mane, Arias, Arokodare.
Brentford starting line-up: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van Den Berg, Henry, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Schade, Thiago, Lewis-Potter.
Substitutes: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Henderson, Ajer, Damsgaard, Konak, Nunes, Donovan.
Team news: Manchester City v West Ham
Manchester City starting line-up: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvadiol, O’Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland.
Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Savinho, Khusanov, Gray, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, R. Heskey.
West Ham starting line-up: Areola, Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Paqueta, Summerville, Bowen.
Substitutes: Hermansen, Igor, Wilson, Mavropanos, Rodriguez, Souček, Irving, Kanté, Mayers.
Right, it’s time for team news!
The second half has just started at St James’ Park in the match between Newcastle and Chelsea. The hosts currently lead 2-1 thanks to a brace from Nick Woltemade. Reece James got one back for Chelsea with a brilliant free-kick.
Head over to join Niall McVeigh for minute-by-minute updates.
Premier League games (3pm KO unless otherwise stated)
Preamble
Hello, good afternoon and welcome to another Saturday Clockwatch! We have four 3pm GMT fixtures to look forward to in the Premier League this afternoon, followed by another two later on this evening. We’ll also have all the reaction to the early match between Newcastle and Chelsea along with updates from across the Championship, League One and League Two.
As always, feel free to message in with any thoughts or predictions for today’s fixtures. I’ll be with you all afternoon – join me!
