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Scottish Premiership: Kilmarnock person gone a extremity up astatine St Mirren, who are successful threat of being forced into a relegation playoff by rivals hopeless to debar finishing 2nd from bottommost of nan table, conscionable supra already-relegated Livingston.

Premier League: It’s scoreless astatine nan Stadium of Light, wherever Sunderland are successful nan ascendency early doors. Noah Sadiki recovered himself successful a one-on-one pinch Senne Lammens but couldn’t hit nan United goalkeeper, while a fewer moments antecedently Chemsdine Talbi sent a changeable from region fizzing narrowly wide of nan upright.

GOAL! Brighton 2-0 Wolves (Dunk 5)

Premier League: Maxime De Cuyper turns supplier again, sending nan shot towards nan acold station from a corner, wherever Lewis Dunk scores pinch a header from 4 yards out.

Dunk doubles nan Seagulls lead! Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Wolves (Hinshelwood 1)

Premier League: Jack Hinshelwood has headed Brighton into an highly early lead against Wolves from six yards out. Maxime De Cuyper provided nan transverse and Hinshelwood steered nan shot location to make it 3 goals successful his past 3 games. He has different 89 minutes and 22 seconds to amended that tally successful this match.

Jack Hinshelwood heads nan opener for Brighton against Wolves. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Tick-tock: Kick-off successful our 3 o’clock games is conscionable a mates of minutes away. Prediction time: Enzo Le Fee to people nan first of nan apical formation goals astatine nan Stadium of Light, wherever Sunderland’s big Manchester United.

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

Premier League: The last whistle astatine Anfield was greeted by a large chorus of boos arsenic Liverpool were held by a Chelsea broadside who came from down to extremity a tally of six consecutive defeats. Ryan Gravenberch opened nan scoring for Liverpool pinch a good onslaught from nan separator of nan Chelsea punishment area, only for Liverpool’s lead to beryllium cancelled retired erstwhile Wesley Fofana sewage nan faintest of touches to an Enzo Fernandez free-kick that was almost surely going successful anyway.

Virgil van Dijk applauds location fans pursuing Liverpool’s tie pinch Chelsea astatine Anfield. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Middlesbrough 0-0 Southampton

Championship playoff semi-final first leg: Boro dominated nan crippled but survived a precocious Southampton onslaught. This necktie will beryllium settled astatine St Mary’s connected Tuesday night, though Saints will beryllium sweating complete nan result of an independent disciplinary committee investigation into alleged misconduct successful nan build-up to today’s game.

Samuel Edozie (left) and Riley McGree conflict for nan shot during nan Championship playoff semi-final betwixt Southamppton and Middlesbrough astatine nan Riverside Stadium. Photograph: Andy Commins/PA

Scottish Premiership

League leaders Hearts person a tricky duty astatine Motherwell tonight, while second-placed Celtic big Rangers tomorrow. In nan meantime, location are a number of different matches taking spot astatine 3 o’clock.

Scottish Premiership fixtures

• Aberdeen v Dundee United

• Falkirk v Hibernian

• Dundee v Livingston

• St Mirren v Kilmarnock

• Motherwell v Hearts (8pm BST)

• View nan Scottish Premiership table

Sunderland v Manchester United line-ups

Sunderland: Roefs, Hume, Geertruida, Alderete, Mandava, Sadiki, Xhaka, Mukiele, Le Fee, Talbi, Brobbey.

Subs: Ellborg, Cirkin, Angulo, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Isidor, Diarra, Bi.

Manchester United: Lammens, Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Mount, Mainoo, Diallo, Fernandes, Cunha, Zirkzee.

Subs: Bayindir, Dalot, Malacia, Dorgu, Yoro, Mbeumo, Heaven, Jack Fletcher, Tyler Fletcher.

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Sunderland defender Reinildo Mandava rocks up astatine nan Stadium of Light for his team’s assignment pinch Manchester United. Photograph: Craig Cowan/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

Brighton v Wolves line-ups

Brighton: Verbruggen, Kadioglu, van Hecke, Dunk, De Cuyper, Baleba, Gross, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Mitoma, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, March, Rutter, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Ayari, O’Riley, Veltman.

Wolves: Bentley, Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Toti Gomes, Pedro Lima, Andre Trindade, Joao Gomes, Hugo Bueno, Armstrong, Mane, Hwang.

Subs: Gracey, Doherty, Wolfe, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Bellegarde, Krejci, Tchatchoua, Angel Gomes.

Referee: John Brooks (Leicestershire)

A Brighton instrumentality keeps his eyers peeled for unattended chips extracurricular nan Amex Stadium. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

Fulham v Bournemouth line-ups

Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Cairney, Lukic, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze, Rodrigo Muniz.

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Reed, Jimenez, Bobb, Berge, Kevin, King, Diop.

Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Christie, Rayan, Junior Kroupi, Tavernier, Evanilson.

Subs: Mandas, Brooks, Doak, Adams, Diakite, Kluivert, Adli, Unal, Toth.

Referee: Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire)

Fulham’s players return successful nan outpouring aerial astatine Craven Cottage. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

WSL: Arsenal person seen disconnected Aston Villa 3-0 successful their WSL lucifer astatine Villa Park. Alessia Russo scored either broadside of Frida Maanum’s onslaught to guarantee Arsenal a spot successful adjacent season’s Champions League qualification rounds but pinch a crippled successful manus complete second-placed Chelsea, they tin still decorativeness 2nd and book their automatic spot successful nan convention stage.

Middlesbrough 0-0 Southampton: Boro are successful nan ascendency but it remains scoreless astatine nan Riverside Stadium successful nan Championship playoff semi-final first leg. Billy Munday is keeping that tabs connected that 1 …

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea: Now Liverpool person a extremity ruled retired for offside, pinch nan emblem correctly going up astatine Cody Gakpo’s disbursal arsenic he teed up Curtis Jones to motion location from adjacent range. Replays show he had strayed offside but it was sloppy connected his part. We’re approaching nan hr astatine Anfield, wherever nan tackles are flying successful and an entertaining brushwood could spell either measurement …

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea: Cole Palmer thought he had capitalised connected a protect mix-up betwixt Virgil van Dijk and Giorgi Marmadashvili to occurrence Chelsea into a deserved lead astatine Anfield soon aft half-time, only for his effort to beryllium ruled retired because Marc Cucurella was a smidgen offside successful nan build-up. Liverpool are 2nd champion astatine Anfield but person sewage disconnected nan hook acknowledgment to VAR. Scott Murray has nan latest …

WSL: Manchester City won nan title without playing and pinch a crippled to spare erstwhile Arsenal grounded to hit Brighton successful midweek. This afternoon, Aston Villa are hosting Arsenal successful nan only Women’s Super League lucifer being played this weekend.

Alessia Russo and Frida Maanum person struck 3 goals betwixt them to springiness nan visitors a commanding lead astatine Villa Park, wherever a triumph for Arsenal will guarantee them a spot successful adjacent season’s Champions League qualification rounds. With a crippled successful hand, they will fancy their chances of overtaking second-placed Chelsea and going consecutive into nan convention stage.

Frida Leonhardsen-Maanum (left) and Alessia Russo person scored 3 goals betwixt them for Arsenal astatine Villa Park this afternoon. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

Premier League: With their destiny successful their ain hands, Arsenal person nan advantage successful nan Premier League title title but will they clasp disconnected Manchester City’s challenge? Harry Paterson investigates …

Arsenal: Having forged a caller tone of togetherness and defiance among his players successful caller weeks, Mikel Arteta has laughed disconnected nan tut-tutting of nan ‘celebration police’ and urged each concerned to clasp their attraction up of tomorrow’s important lucifer against relegation-threatened West Ham. Ed Aarons reports …

Arsenal person attracted disapproval from nan ‘celebration police’ aft their caput coach, players and fans were each spotted acting successful a suspiciously exuberant mode aft qualifying for their first Champions League last successful 20 years. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Bournemouth: The nine person confirmed Álex Jiménez has been omitted from their squad for today’s crippled astatine Fulham aft they opened an investigation relating to societal media posts, writes Ben Fisher.

Bournemouth person launched an investigation into alleged societal media exchanges betwixt Alex Jimenez and an individual who appears to authorities that they are a 15-year-old girl. Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images

Southampton: On nan eve of their Championship playoff semi-final first limb against Middlesbrough, Southampton were charged pinch misconduct by nan English Football League aft a man alleged to beryllium a personnel of Tonda Eckert’s coaching unit was caught spying connected a Boro training session. Louise Taylor reports …

Middlesbrough 0-0 Southampton: It’s scoreless astatine half-time successful nan first limb of nan playoff semi-final and Billy Munday is hiding successful immoderate bushes, binoculars successful manus monitoring proceedings from nan Riverside Stadium …

West Ham: David Sullivan, nan nine chair, said nan move to nan London Stadium showed they were not a ‘tinpot club’ but West Ham are circling nan Premier League drain and now a very existent relegation threat looms. Words: Jacob Steinberg.

Premier League fixtures

• Liverpool v Chelsea (12.30pm)

• Fulham v Bournemouth

• Sunderland v Manchester United

• Brighton v Wolves

• Manchester City v Brentford (5.30pm)

• View nan Premier League table

Saturday clockwatch

While nan prime of today’s English apical formation matches doesn’t commencement nether nan clockwatch … em, watch, we person respective Premier League encounters to support america ammused earlier each eyes move to events astatine nan Etihad Stadium. Liverpool and Chelsea sewage nan day action nether way, pinch Liverpool knowing a triumph will guarantee them Champions League shot adjacent season. Ryan Gravenberch struck successful nan sixth minute to put them 1-0 up, only for Wesley Fofana to thief a poorly-defended Enzo Fernadez free-kick complete nan statement to propulsion Chelsea level 10 minutes earlier nan break.

In 1 of trio of 3 o’clock kick-offs, Bournemouth recreation to Fulham, hoping to boost their hopes of Champions League qualification pinch a triumph complete mid-table hosts who are besides successful nan hunt for a European place. Brighton are besides successful nan European qualification operation and invited already-relegated Wolves.

At nan Stadium of Light, Sunderland big Manchester United pinch nan visitors each but guaranteed a 3rd spot decorativeness successful nan convention if they tin hit Wearside hosts whose Premier League grounds against United is small short of dismal. We’ll person squad news, build-up and updates from nan Scottish Premiership and nan League One playoff semi-final first limb betwixt Stevenage and Stockport County arsenic nan home play hurtles towards its conclusion.