Livingston left-back Jackson Longridge is available to face Hibernian after serving a suspension in the 1-0 defeat at home to Hearts.Manager David Martindale has a couple of players who are doubtful after picking up knocks on Sunday but he refused to name them.Scott Pittman and Sean Kelly are expected to remain on the sidelines along with long-term absentees Adam Lewis and Daniel Barden.Hibernia...Full Story »

Liam Boyce’s second-half strike earned Hearts a hard-fought 1-0 victory away to Livingston in the cinch Premiership.The Northern Irishman notched his 11th goal of the season to turn the game in the Jambos’ favour following a first half in which they were reliant on goalkeeper Craig Gordon to keep them on level terms.The win took third-placed Hearts five points clear of both Dundee Un...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola is expecting plenty more twists and turns in the title race as he hailed a “great victory” for Manchester City at Watford.Bernardo Silva scored twice in a 3-1 win that moved City to the top of the Premier League.They made the most of Chelsea’s defeat at West Ham earlier in the day with a seventh straight win in all competitions, climbing back above Liverpool who h...Full Story »

Barnsley boss Poya Asbaghi believes his struggling side are making significant progress, even though they are still to deliver the first win of his reign.The hosts came from behind to draw 1-1 with Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield on Saturday, Carlton Morris’ equaliser cancelling out Lewis O’Brien’s opener.Second-bottom Barnsley have now won just once in 19 Championship games, but...Full Story »

Portsmouth head coach Danny Cowley admitted his side deserved to lose after suffering a humiliating 2-1 FA Cup second round defeat at home to League Two Harrogate.Jack Diamond scored a dramatic added-time winner to send Harrogate into the third round for the first time in their history.Cowley said: “We are very disappointed to lose, especially with it being the FA Cup, but Harrogate played...Full Story »

Livingston left-back Jackson Longridge is suspended for the cinch Premiership clash with Hearts.Longridge drops out after picking up two yellow cards at Pittodrie on Wednesday night.Scott Pittman and Sean Kelly are closing in on returns while Adam Lewis (foot) and Daniel Barden (illness) are long-term absentees.Hearts will again be without Beni Baningime with an ankle injury.Midfielder Andy Hall...Full Story »

Boss David Martindale accepted the blame for Livingston’s poor first-half performance in a 2-0 cinch Scottish Premiership defeat to Aberdeen, but claims the action that led to Jackson Longridge’s “extremely soft” second yellow card was not a foul.Aberdeen took the lead midway through the first half thanks to a low drilled shot from Ryan Hedges before Longridge was caution...Full Story »

Ryan Hedges and David Bates netted their first cinch Scottish Premiership goals of the season to ease the pressure on Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass as the Dons overcame 10-man Livingston 2-0.Hedges drilled home a low effort midway through the first half and was on the receiving end of the challenge that saw Jackson Longridge sent off for a second booking after 61 minutes.That left the visitors ...Full Story »

Dundee secured back-to-back cinch Premiership wins for the first time this season thanks to a 1-0 victory over St Johnstone at Dens.The home side were in a confident frame of mind after beating Motherwell 3-0 at home on Saturday.And they picked up where they left off against Saints, deservedly taking another three points thanks to a first-half Danny Mullen goal.The result lifts the Dark Blues up...Full Story »

Captain Scott Brown should be fit for Aberdeen’s cinch Premiership clash with Livingston at Pittodrie after cramping up against Celtic at the weekend.Fellow midfielder Dylan McGeouch will miss out with a calf injury, although Funso Ojo returns from suspension.Calvin Ramsay, Declan Gallagher and Matty Kennedy are set to remain on the sidelines along with long-term absentees Mikey Devlin and...Full Story »

Aston Villa are again without Danny Ings as they host Manchester City in the Premier League.England striker Ings has had a minor setback on an unspecified injury which kept him out of Saturday’s 2-1 win at Crystal Palace, and Villa boss Steven Gerrard says his recovery has been put on hold “for a few days”.Trezeguet (knee) and Bertrand Traore (thigh) remain out, with the former...Full Story »

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst enjoyed a second successive win since becoming Rangers manager as his side strengthened their position at the top of the cinch Premiership with a 3-1 triumph at Livingston.Early goals from Scott Arfield and Joe Aribo set the league leaders on their way before Bruce Anderson pulled one back for the hosts.The start of the second half was delayed when Rangers fans threw sno...Full Story »

Reading boss Veljko Paunovic hailed the contribution of Andy Carroll and Danny Drinkwater after their 3-2 Sky Bet Championship win at Swansea.The former England pair notched their first Reading goals as the Royals claimed a first win since being deducted six points for breaching English Football League financial regulations.Paunovic said: “Andy and Danny are very important with their exper...Full Story »

Stephen Kingsley scored a sublime free-kick as Hearts ground out a hard-fought 2-0 victory over 10-man St Mirren at Tynecastle.The defender doubled the home side’s lead after Gary Mackay-Steven opened the scoring just after the hour mark, with Joe Shaughnessy seeing red late on.But Robbie Neilson’s side, who climbed back up to second in the Cinch Premiership, did not have it all thei...Full Story »

Reading won 3-2 at Swansea as former England pair Andy Carroll and Danny Drinkwater rolled back the years with their first goals for the Royals.Carroll struck after Tom Dele-Bashiru had cancelled out Jamie Paterson’s quickfire Swansea opener that had set the tone of a frenetic Sky Bet Championship contest.Ryan Manning equalised at the start of the second half but Drinkwater’s first g...Full Story »

Colchester manager Hayden Mullins declared that Freddie Sears is an example for all young players after the 31-year-old striker earned the Essex outfit a 1-1 home draw with Newport.Sears, who played with Mullins in the Premier League for West Ham, grabbed his eighth goal of the season for the U’s to cancel out Dom Telford’s 14th in 2021-22 for the visitors.But it was the quality of h...Full Story »

Livingston have no fresh injuries ahead of their cinch Premiership contest with Rangers.Loan player Ben Williamson is unable to face his parent club and Ayo Obileye completes a two-match suspension.Scott Pittman and Sean Kelly remain out along with Adam Lewis (foot) and Daniel Barden (cancer).Rangers have an unchanged squad for the trip to West Lothian.Neither Leon Balogun nor Kemar Roofe are re...Full Story »

An emotional Danny Cowley could not have wished for a better return to the LNER Arena after his Portsmouth side crushed Lincoln 3-0 in their Sky Bet League One clash to record a fifth successive victory.Cowley gained legendary status at the Imps, winning the Conference and League Two titles, as well as the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, while also reaching the FA Cup quarter-final.The 43-year-o...Full Story »

Danny Whitehall’s second-half strike was the difference as Eastleigh beat Dagenham 1-0.Whitehall came close for Eastleigh in the opening 20 minutes, but was unable to connect, and Elliot Justham was able to save.The Daggers had a chance to find the opener after a cross from Will Wright dipped over Joe McDonnell’s head and hit the crossbar before being cleared.The Spitfires were award...Full Story »

Reading manager Veljko Paunovic will check on the fitness of Chelsea loanee Danny Drinkwater before finalising his line-up for the Sky Bet Championship clash with Sheffield United.Midfielder Drinkwater returned in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest after missing the previous two games with a soft tissue problem but was brought off late on and, with a busy run of games coming up, Pa...Full Story »