Crystal Palace v Sheffield United, EFL and more – football clockwatch – live!

Wycombe have taken an early lead against Middlesbrough, the team with the division’s worst defence playing the one with the third-best defence, and it was very lovely from Uche Ikpeazu, who cuts in from the right before curling a left-footer in at the far post!

Zaha gets down the left before pulling back to Benteke, whose lovely first-time touch finds Schlupp bursting into the area, and he sidefoots it in!

Mansfield score the league’s earliest goal, Ollie Clarke giving them a first-minute lead over Port Vale.

I may be a little distracted by goings-on at the Liberty Stadium, where Watford play Swansea in the Championship’s match of the day. The Swans have been forced into a last-minute team tweak, after Joel Latibeaudiere got injured in the warm-up. Ryan Manning comes in.

Here’s Ewan Murray on Rangers’ victory in the Old Firm derby:

It seems odd to point towards January defining moments in a title race where, even before kick-off in this Old Firm game, Rangers held a 16-point lead. Still, victory for Steven Gerrard’s team here – assisted in no small part by the sending off of Nir Bitton – surely eliminates any lingering Celtic hope of a 10th title in a row. Celtic hold three games in hand but they need snookers now; or, more specifically, an unlikely Rangers implosion.

Celtic were the better team before Bitton’s moment of rashness, which arrived just after the hour mark. With the hitherto ineffectual Alfredo Morelos running to chase a long ball, just outside the angle of the penalty area, the Israeli hauled him to the ground. Neil Lennon and his Celtic players offered little complaint as Bobby Madden issued a red card. It was hard to avoid the sense that, there and then, Celtic’s dreams of title retention had been dashed.

Much more here:

Team sheets have been handed in across the land, and here are the starting XIs for the one Premier League fixture. Sheffield United have nine players missing and a 16-year-old on the bench:

Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Kouyate, Mitchell, Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp, Zaha, Benteke. Subs: Butland, van Aanholt, Dann, Ayew, Sakho, McCarthy, Batshuayi, Eze, Riedewald.
Sheff Utd: Ramsdale, Basham, Egan, Stevens, Bogle, Norwood, Ampadu, Fleck, Osborn, McGoldrick, Mousset. Subs: Baldock, Lowe, Verrips, Brewster, Bryan, Hackford.
Referee: Stuart Attwell.

It’s that time again! 3pm on a Saturday afternoon is nearly upon us, and with it just the one Premier League fixture, and not as many in other divisions as you’d have expected. Chilly weather has caused several postponements, and Coronavirus outbreaks several more – they’re all marked on this big list of today’s fixtures.

Beyond Sheffield United’s latest attempt to actually win a game, standout fixtures include Watford, having beaten the Championship leaders, Norwich, in their first game under new manager Xisco Muñoz, travelling to second-placed Swansea for the second; another new manager in League Two as Paul Hurst takes charge of his first match as relegation-threatened Grimsby host Cambridge, who will move into the play-off places if they win; it’s third v sixth in League One as Charlton visit Hull; and the bottom four in the Scottish Premiership play each other.

Here’s the full list (all 3pm GMT kick-offs unless stated):

Premier League

Brighton v. Wolverhampton (5.30pm)
Crystal Palace v. Sheffield United
Tottenham Hotspur v. Leeds (12.30pm)
West Brom v. Arsenal (8pm)

Championship

Birmingham v. Blackburn

Brentford v. Bristol City
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Bristol City)
Huddersfield v. Reading

Luton v. QPR
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Luton)
Millwall v. Coventry
Norwich v. Barnsley
Preston North End v. Nottm Forest
Rotherham v. Cardiff
Stoke v. Bournemouth (7.45pm)
Swansea v. Watford
Wycombe v. Middlesbrough

League One

Accrington Stanley v. Portsmouth
(Postponed because of a frozen pitch)
Bristol Rovers v. Blackpool
Burton Albion v. Oxford Utd

Fleetwood Town v. Ipswich
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Fleetwood)
Hull v. Charlton
Northampton v. Sunderland

Peterborough v. Doncaster
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Peterborough)
Plymouth v. Gillingham

Rochdale v. Milton Keynes Dons
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Rochdale)

Shrewsbury v. Crewe
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Shrewsbury)

Swindon v. Wigan
(Postponed because of a frozen pitch)
Wimbledon v. Lincoln City

League Two

Barrow v. Exeter
(Postponed because of a frozen pitch)
Bolton v. Crawley Town

Bradford v. Morecambe
(Postponed because of a Covid outbreak at Morecambe)
Colchester v. Tranmere
Forest Green v. Oldham
Grimsby v. Cambridge Utd
Harrogate Town v. Cheltenham
Leyton Orient v. Salford City
Mansfield v. Port Vale
Newport County v. Southend
Stevenage v. Scunthorpe
Walsall v. Carlisle

Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen v. Dundee Utd
Hamilton v. Motherwell
Hibernian v. Livingston
Kilmarnock v. St Mirren
Rangers v. Celtic (12.30pm)
Ross County v. St Johnstone