That’s all from this afternoon’s Clockwatch. Mr Nick Miller is in the hot-seat of minute-by-minute reportage for Aston Villa’s match against Manchester City, which kicks off shortly. Read his scribblings here. Thanks for your time and your emails, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

And finally ... Having gone 3-0 up against champions Atletico Madrid, Valencia ran out 3-1 winners in the end. Mario Mandzukic in the 29th minute for Atletico, for whom Guilherme Siqueira missed a penalty in the 45th minute. Alessio Cerci put the tin hat on a miserable afternoon for Diego Simeone’s team by getting himself sent off shortly before the final whistle. Read all about it here.

Scottish fitba: Dundee 2-3 Aberdeen, Partick Thistle 3-1Motherwell, St Johnstone 1-2 St Mirren. Click on this link to view the Scottish Premiership table.

League Two results: Bury 2-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-3 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-2 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth. Click on this link to view the League Two table.

League One results: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United, Bradford 2-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 1-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 1-2 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 2-2 Oldham Athletic, Preston 4-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 1-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-2 MK Dons. Click on this link to view the League One table.

Championship results: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 1-2 Bournemouth, Brentford 3-1 Reading, Charlton 1-1 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall (latest score), Middlesbrough 2-0 Fulham, Norwich 1-1 Rotherham, Watford 1-1 Brighton, Wolves 2-2 Wigan, Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday. Click on this link to view the Championship table.

More bad news for Burnley: They’re losing 2-1 against Leicester and their star full-back Kieran Trippier has just gone off with what sounds like a bad ankle injury.

At the Liberty Stadium: It’s all Newcastle as the game enters its closing stages. They’re dominating a match Swansea could have had wrapped up by half-time. They’ve had the chances, but lack of composure in front of goal has cost them.

Scottish fitba latest: Dundee 2-3 Aberdeen, Partick Thistle 3-1 Motherwell, St Johnstone 1-2 St Mirren.

More Championship news: Middlesbrough lead 2-0 against Fulham, whose recent resurgence appears to be coming to a rather abrupt end. At Griffin Park, Jonathan Douglas has headed Brentford into a 3-1 lead against Reading.

Championship news: As is becoming increasingly customary, Norwich wait until they go behind before flicking the switch. It’s 1-1 between them and Rotherham, with Cameron Jerome doing the honours after 77 minutes.

Some near misses in the Premier League: West Brom, Burnley and Swansea all go close in the space of a couple of minutes. Said Berahino headed straight at Simon Mignolet, when he should have done better. Liverpool make their third and final substitution, bringing on Lucas for Philippe Coutinho to add a bit of muscle in midfield.

League Two latest: Bury 1-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-1 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth.

Championship news: Bournemouth, who are down to 10 men, go 2-1 up against struggling Bolton Wanderers. Callum Wilson with the goal there, after 68 minutes.

League One latest: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-2 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 2-2 Oldham Athletic, Preston 4-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons.

Championship latest: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 1-1 Bournemouth, Brentford 2-1 Reading, Charlton 1-1 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 1-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-1 Rotherham, Watford 1-0 Brighton, Wolves 2-2 Wigan.Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday is a result.

A change at Anfield: With West Brom looking dangerous on the break, Brendan Rodgers has brought off Rickie Lambert and replaced him with Mario Balotelli. Glen Johnson has also been sent on in place of Javier Manquillo.

Another goal at Deepdale: Preston now lead Colchester United 4-2 in this thrilling League One encounter.

Scottish fitba news: Dundee equalise against Aberdeen courtesy of a David Clarkson penalty after 55 minutes. It’s 2-2 at Dens Park.

Back in the Championship: Reading have pulled a goal back against Brentford, with Simon Cox scoring after 49 minutes.

The second times are under way: And in the Championship Adam Reach has put Middlesbrough one goal up against Fulham. Meanwhile in League One, Preston have gone 3-2 ahead against Colchester in what sounds like a cracking game at Deepdale.

What wizardry is this?

League Two half-times: Bury 0-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-1 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-0 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 1-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 1-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-1 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth.

League One half-times: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 2-2 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-1 Swindon Town, Notts County 1-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 1-1 Oldham Athletic, Preston 2-2 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-1 Doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons.

Championship half-times: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 0-0 Bournemouth, Brentford 2-0 Reading, Charlton 1-0 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 0-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-1 Rotherham, Watford 0-0 Brighton, Wolves 1-2 Wigan.Leeds 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday is a result.

Premier League half-times: Hull City 0-0 Crystal Palace, Leicester City 2-1 Burnley, Liverpool 1-0 West Brom, Sunderland 2-1 Stoke City, Swansea City 1-1 Newcastle.

Championship news: Rotherham have gone one up at Carrow Road, with Paul Green scoring from the spot after Canaries goalkeeper Jon Ruddy had brought down Matt Derbyshire in the penalty area, earning himself a yellow card in the process. Norwich have won 10 points from losing positions already this season.

Meanwhile in the SPL: With this afternoon’s three games nearing half-time, it’s Dundee 1-2 Aberdeen, Partick thistle 1-0 Motherwell, St Johnstone 0-1 St Mirren.

Championship news: Bournemouth’s Yann Kermorgant gets a straight red card for serious foul play after clattering into Mark Davies.

Championship latest: David Edwards nodded Wolves ahead in the 30th minute, but James Perch equalised two minutes later, rising to head home from a free-kick. Meanwhile at Griffin Park, Brentford have gone two up against Reading.

League Two latest: Bury 0-0 Tranmere, Cheltenham Town 1-0 AFC Wimbledon, Hartlepool 0-0 Carlisle, Mansfield Town 0-1 Accrington Stanley, Oxford United 0-0 Newport County, Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Shrewsbury, Southend United 0-1 Morecambe, Stevenage 0-1 Luton Town, Wycombe 0-0 Northampton Town, York City 0-0 Portsmouth.

League One latest: Chesterfield 3-2 Sheffield United (result), Bradford 0-0 Crewe, Coventry 1-0 Crawley Town, Fleetwood Town 0-0 Port Vale, Leyton Orient 0-0 Swindon Town, Notts County 0-0 Gillingham, Peterborough 1-1 Oldham Athletic, Preston 1-1 Colchester United, Rochdale 0-1 Barnsley, Scunthorpe United 1-0 doncaster Rovers, Walsall 0-1 Bristol City, Yeovil Town 0-0 MK Dons.

Championship latest: Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Huddersfield, Bolton 0-0 Bournemouth, Brentford 1-0 Reading, Charlton 1-0 Birmingham, Derby 0-0 Millwall, Middlesbrough 0-0 Fulham, Norwich 0-0 Rotherham, Watford 0-0 Brighton, Wolves 0-0 Wigan.

Big news from Spain: Reigning champions Atletico Madrid are getting a right shoeing from Valencia. Diego Simeone’s men are 3-0 down after just 19 minutes.

News from Hull City: Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann has been stretchered off with some manner of injury and been replaced by Adrian Mariappa.

League Two news: Luke Wilkinson has put Luton Town one goal ahead against Stevenage at Broadhall Way. Elsewhere in the division: Cheltenham Town lead AFC Wimbledon 1-0 and Oldham are one up at Peterborough.

News from Anfield: The piece of paper wrapped around the leg of the carrier pigeon that’s just landed on a nearby window ledge outside Guardian Towers brings news that Liverpool have roared out of the traps against West Brom and putting some serious hurt on the Baggies early doors.

Meanwhile in Scotland II: Dundee have taken less than a minute to equalise against Aberdeen, with Gary Harkins restoring parity.

Meanwhile in Scotland: Dundee are a goal behind against Aberdeen, who are unbeaten in their last four games. Andrew Considine put the Dons ahead.

An email from Patrick Cullen: “I’m basing my plans for the weekend around a West Midland double of victories for West Brom and Villa,” he writes. “In the build-up, between imagining investing future winnings, I’m watching Sky Sports News. Paul Merson´s analysis of almost every situation is based upon its adherence to the idea of 442, two fast wingers, get at them with pace from the start, get the crowd on your side/silence the crowd, home/away. He is a master of this tactical position, and able to express it in a multiplicity of seemingly similar yet always slightly different ways.”

Peeeeeeeep! That was the sound of whistles being blown the length and breadth of the UK as today’s 3pm kick-offs get under way.

Meanwhile at Elland Road: The Yorkshire derby between Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday finished all square: 1-1. Click on this link for a report.

An email from Fraser Thomas: “I’m currently touring Tanzania,” he says, snapping a photo of the Manchester City team bus, which appears to have got lost on its way to Birmingham for this afternoon’s match against Aston Villa. “Yep, football is everywhere.”

Cattermole-watch ...

With tough-tackling Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole almost certainly seething after being overlooked by England manager Roy Hodgson, who picked Swansea City’s Jonjo Shelvey ahead of him, who will you be betting on to get a red card in this match?

Steve Bruce reverts to 3-5-2

Hull City manager Steve Bruce recalls centre-back James Chester and reverts to a 3-5-2 system for the visit of Crystal Palace. Full-back Liam Rosenior makes way in the tactical switch, with 39-year-old goalkeeper Steve Harper returning in place of Allan McGregor, who is out with a shoulder injury. Palace are unchanged from their 2-0 win over Leicester last week.

Cisse starts for Newcastle

Under-fire Newcastle manager Alan Pardew hands Papiss Cisse his first start of the season against Swansea. Senegal striker Cisse fractured a patella in April and has made only two substitute appearances since, while Pardew also recalls winger Gabriel Obertan with Remy Cabella and Emmanuel Riviere dropping to the bench following Monday night’s 1-0 defeat at Stoke.
Swansea also made two changes from last weekend’s goalless draw at Sunderland, Jazz Richards replacing the suspended Angel Rangel and Wilfried Bony back in attack with Bafetimbi Gomis on the bench.

Johnson and Rodwell dropped by Gus Poyet

Adam Johnson and Jack Rodwell appear to have paid the price for Sunderland’s toothlessness in front of goal, with Jordi Gomez and Steven Fletcher coming into Gus Poyet’s team to face Stoke City at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland have drawn five of their six Premier League matches so far this season, losing the other one to QPR.

An amazing goal scored by Ipswich Town

This fine team goal was scored by Ipswich Town’s academy (Under-14s) against Millwall is well worth a look! Tiki-tractor, anyone?

Brendan Rodgers speaks: Asked by a Sky Sports reporter if leaving out Mario Balotelli was a difficult decision, the Liverpool manager said it was not. “It wasn’t hard,” he said. “It’s for me to use the squad. Obviously Mario’s played a lot recently. Rickie has been excellent in training, he scored the winner against West Brom for Southampton in their 1-0 win last season and is full of confidence.” He goes on to say that Lambert has been excellent in training, “waiting patiently to get the opportunity and he gets that opportunity today”.

Swansea City v Newcastle United line-ups

Swansea: Fabianski, Richards, Williams, Fernandez, Taylor,
Shelvey, Ki, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Bony.

Subs: Emnes, Carroll, Gomis, Montero, Tremmel, Bartley, Shephard.

Newcastle: Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Obertan, Tiote, Sissoko, Colback, Gouffran, Cisse.

Subs: Anita, Perez, Haidara, Cabella, Elliot, Ameobi, Riviere.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Hull City v Crystal Palace line-ups

Hull: Harper, Chester, Davies, Dawson, Elmohamady, Diame, Livermore, Huddlestone, Robertson, Jelavic, Hernandez.

Subs: Rosenior, Bruce, Brady, Jakupovic, Ramirez, Quinn, Ben Arfa.

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Ward, McArthur, Jedinak, Ledley, Puncheon, Campbell, Bolasie.

Subs: Mariappa, Guedioura, Doyle, Zaha, Hennessey, Gayle, Chamakh.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

Sunderland v Stoke line-ups

Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Vergini, Van Aanholt, Gomez, Larsson, Cattermole, Buckley, Fletcher, Wickham.

Subs: Pantilimon, Bridcutt, Brown, Johnson, Altidore, Mavrias,
Rodwell.

Stoke: Begovic, Bardsley, Shawcross, Wilson, Muniesa, Nzonzi, Whelan, Arnautovic, Adam, Moses, Crouch.

Subs: Pieters, Huth, Ireland, Walters, Assaidi, Bojan, Sorensen.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)

Leicester City v Burnley line-ups

Leicester: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan, Moore, Konchesky, Hammond, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Vardy, Ulloa, Schlupp.

Subs: James, King, Hamer, Knockaert, Wasilewski, Wood, Nugent.

Burnley: Heaton, Trippier, Duff, Shackell, Mee, Boyd, Arfield, Ward, Kightly, Barnes, Jutkiewicz.

Subs: Lafferty, Wallace, Sordell, Gilks, Keane, Long, Hewitt.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Liverpool v West Brom line-ups

Liverpool: Mignolet, Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Henderson, Gerrard, Sterling, Coutinho, Lallana, Lambert.

Subs: Brad Jones, Johnson, Toure, Lucas, Borini, Balotelli, Markovic.

West Brom: Foster, Gamboa, Dawson, Lescott, Pocognoli, Gardner,
Morrison, Dorrans, Sessegnon, Brunt, Berahino.

Subs: Baird, Yacob, Myhill, Mulumbu, McAuley, Blanco, Samaras.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

News from Anfield: Mario Balotelli is on the bench for Liverpool’s match against West Brom. Rickie Lambert starts for the home side. We’ll have the full line-ups shortly.

Championship news: Giuseppe Bellusci has just calmly side-footed home from about 12 yards to put Leeds United on level terms with Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road after 79 minutes. Chris Maguire had put Wednesday a goal up in the Yorkshire derby earlier in the second half. You can follow the final 10 minutes with Niall McVeigh’s minute-by-minute report.

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Hull City v Crystal Palace preview

Neil Warnock’s Crystal Palace are still unbeaten this season under his management and have been steadily improving by winning their last two Premier League games. Warnock will be keen to continue this run of form by repeating last season’s away win. Steve Bruce’s Hull have not struggled to score goals but he will want better defensive performances from the Tigers to secure a first win at the KC Stadium this campaign. Graham Searles

Leicester City v Burnley preview

Leicester aim to take advantage of fellow newcomers Burnley, who have found it very difficult in the opening stages of their return to the Premier League. Nigel Pearson will hope that their in-form new striker Ulloa can again provide the difference as he has done so often this season. Burnley, however, are desperate for goals and will need to bag a couple to get a result against free-scoring Leicester. Graham Searles

Liverpool v West Brom preview

Brendan Rodgers made some disparaging remarks about Mario Balotelli’s recent performances after losing away to Basel in midweek in the Champions League. Maybe the Liverpool boss will regret not picking up Danny Welbeck instead. However if Balotelli turns around Liverpool’s recent run of poor form by spearheading a first league win in four games against an improving West Brom side then, you can be sure, Rodgers and Liverpool fans will be smiling again. Graham Searles

Sunderland v Stoke preview

While attention focuses on Alan Pardew’s travails up the road at Newcastle it has almost gone unnoticed that Sunderland, too, have still to win a league game this season. This leaves Gus Poyet’s side doubly anxious to atone for Stoke’s recent 2-1 League Cup win on Wearside but whatever happens Mark Hughes is likely to cast covetous glances at Lee Cattermole. Poyet says persuading his board not to sell Sunderland’s enforcer to Stoke last January ranks as his best piece of transfer business. Louise Taylor

Swansea City v Newcastle United preview

Considering the turmoil surrounding Newcastle United it is difficult to look past a solid Swansea side who will aim to capitalise on their opponents’ complete lack of confidence. Alan Pardew has lost the support of the Newcastle fans but if he manages to produce an improbable first win away against Swansea then there still could be a glimmer of hope for his tenure on Tyneside. Graham Searles

Meanwhile in Iceland: FH Hafnarfjordur take on Stjarnan in the final game of their season, with the title at stake. With both sides unbeaten after 21 games, the hosts lead the league by two points. Should the match finish in a draw, Stjarnan will suffer the ignominy of going an entire season unbeaten without winning the title. Kick-off is at 5pm and you can read more about the game by clicking on this link.

Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to this afternoon’s thrilling installment of Clockwatch, featuring such stellar 3pm kick-offs as Hull City v Crystal Palace, Leicester City v Burnley, Liverpool v West Brom, Sunderland v Stoke City and Swansea City v Newcastle. From shortly before 2pm, we’ll be bringing you team news and build-up, followed by all the goals, penalty shouts, sendings-off and other incidents of note as the goals start fizzing in round the UK. Time and excitement levels permitting, we’ll also be keeping an eye on the major happenings in the Football League and Scotland.Catch all of the constantly happening football HERE!