Rangers v Aberdeen, Southampton v Fulham and more: clockwatch – live!

2.11pm BST14:11

GOAL! Genoa 0-1 Atalanta (Zapata 9)

An early goal at Stadio Luigi Ferraris. I’ve no idea what happened because I’m watching the Rangers game, but I do know Duvan Zapata scored the goal for Atalanta. You’re welcome!

2.10pm BST14:10

GOALS! Burnley 0-4 Leeds (Rodrigo 77, 79)

God bless Marcelo Bielsa.

2.09pm BST14:09

Rangers 3-0 Aberdeen There are seven minutes left at Ibrox, where Rangers are having the time of their lives.

2.06pm BST14:06

Southampton v Fulham team news

Southampton (4-4-2) McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Vestergaard, Stephens, Salisu; Minamino, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Redmond; Ings, Adams.
Substitutes: Forster, Ramsay, Djenepo, Diallo, Ferry, Tella, Obafemi, Walcott, N’Lundulu.

Fulham (4-2-3-1) Areola; Tete, Andersen, Tosin, Aina; Anguissa, Reed; Cavaleiro, Onomah, Carvalho; Cordova-Reid.
Substitutes: Rodak, Hector, Odoi, Ream, Bryan, Loftus-Cheek, Mitrovic, Lookman, Maja.

2.01pm BST14:01

It’s still Hibernian 0-0 Celtic. If it stays like that, Celtic will finish 25 (T-W-Etc) points behind Rangers.

1.58pm BST13:58

“It is a little known fact that Steven Gerrard’s managerial career is geared around following then erasing all of Brendan Rodgers’ achievements,” says Ian Copestake. “And all because he was benched for that 2014 Real Madrid match.”

What’s really impressive is that his subconscious knew about the plan even before the Madrid game, and made him do the slip so that he wouldn’t have a Rodgers Premier League title to erase.

1.49pm BST13:49

GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Leeds (Harrison 60)

Jack Harrison has scored a second for Leeds, but WHO GOT THE ASSIST FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE MAN. Find out with John Brewin.

1.48pm BST13:48

GOAL! Rangers 3-0 Aberdeen (Roofe 60)

A goal was coming – but it has arrived at the other end. Ianis Hagi did well to intercept a pass forward and poke the ball through to Roofe, who curled it emphatically past Lewis with his left foot. That was ruthless from Rangers, wno barely had a kick in the first 14 minutes of the second half.

Kemar Roofe scores the third for ‘Gers. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

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1.44pm BST13:44

Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen And now Lewis Ferguson has missed an open goal! Aberdeen have been brilliant in the first ten minutes of the second half and could easily be level. Hornby was played through on goal in the inside-left channel. He drew McGregor and then squared the ball to Ferguson, who slammed it off the underside of the bar from seven yards. That’s a shocking miss.

1.36pm BST13:36

Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen Fraser Hornby has just missed a great chance to get Aberdeen back in the match, volleying wide on the stretch from four yards. Aberdeen have made a really lively start to the second half.

1.28pm BST13:28

Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen As expected, Rangers have been too hot for Aberdeen to handle at Ibrox. They took the lead after five minutes thanks to a farcical own goal from the keeper Joe Lewis, and Kemar Roofe got the second from close range.

There’s a mass party going on outside Ibrox, which hasn’t thrilled everybody.

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May 15, 2021

Updated
at 1.31pm BST

11.38am BST11:38

Preamble

Hello. The Rangers team of 2020-21 are already immortal; in the next hour, they should become Invincibles. Steven Gerrard’s team are 2-0 up at home to Aberdeen, and barring a second-half fiasco they will become the first Rangers side since 1899 to stay unbeaten throughout a league season. It would be a helluva way to complete their nine-year ascent from rock bottom.

Rangers v Aberdeen, which kicked off at 12.30pm, is one of the highlights of a clockwatch that is almost entirely England-free. There are a couple of Premier League games, though both Burnley v Leeds and Southampton v Fulham are only really of interest to the partisan and the Fantasy League addicts. There’s nothing much riding on either.

There’s plenty at stake in Bavaria, where FC Augsburg face Werder Bremen in a crucial match at the bottom of the Bundesliga. Arminia Bielefeld, who are currently in the relegation play-off position, are also in action. And in Italy, Atalanta will hope to consolidate second place by beating Genoa.

These are our featured games:

Premier League

Scottish Premier League (both 12.30pm)

Hibernian 0-0 Celtic
Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen

Bundesliga (all 2.30pm)

Arminia Bielefeld v 1899 Hoffenheim
FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen
FC Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg v Bayern Munich

Serie A

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at 1.32pm BST

source: theguardian.com