Lee Angol will be suspended for Bradford’s clash with Northampton following his dismissal against Exeter midweek in the FA Cup.Although the Bantams’ FA Cup defeat will not stand after the Grecians were found to have made six substitutions – the FA has ordered the tie to be replayed – the forward’s double booking is still valid.Fellow striker Andy Cook misses out wit...Full Story »

Tottenham will be forced to make changes for the visit of Leeds with Cristian Romero and Oliver Skipp unavailable for Sunday’s Premier League fixture. Romero sustained an unspecified injury while away with Argentina and Skipp has a one-match suspension to serve after he received a fifth booking of the season at Everton two weeks ago. Giovani Lo Celso is another who has to be assessed f...Full Story »

James Hill will be a big injury doubt for Fleetwood’s League One clash with Morecambe.The in-form defender earned himself a maiden call-up to the England Under-21 squad, but was forced into a near-immediate withdrawal due to an undisclosed injury issue.The 19-year-old will hope to be back in action soon for his club, especially after missing out on his big chance with Lee Carsley’s E...Full Story »

Lee Angol’s towering second-half header earned Bradford a point in a 1-1 draw at Port Vale.The Valiants had been on course to go joint top of League Two with James Wilson’s goal 10 minutes into the second half.But substitute Angol headed home Matty Foulds’ cross 15 minutes from time to frustrate Vale, who had needed a win to move level on points with leaders Forest Green.After ...Full Story »

Boss Lee Carsley believes his England Under-21 stars rose to the challenge to boost their Euro 2023 qualifying hopes.Anthony Gordon’s debut brace and Folarin Balogun’s goal gave the Young Lions an impressive 3-1 win over the Czech Republic.They are now two points behind the Czech Republic, who top Group G, with a game in hand following victory in Burnley.Carsley had urged his men to ...Full Story »

Harvey Barnes struck a superb first-half equaliser as Leicester held firm to eke out a point in a 1-1 draw at resurgent Leeds.Barnes produced a brilliant, curling finish less than a minute after Leeds had taken a deserved lead through Raphinha’s 26th-minute free-kick.Leeds carved out enough chances to earn back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time this season, while Leicester def...Full Story »

Dennis Kutrieb felt his Ebbsfleet side’s performance deserved more in their 1-0 FA Cup first-round defeat at League Two Leyton Orient.O’s striker Aaron Drinan scored the only goal of the game in the 24th minute to end sixth-tier Ebbsfleet’s hopes of a cup upset.United boss Kutrieb said: “We were very unlucky and I thought that we were on top of our opponents for at least ...Full Story »

Leyton Orient edged into the second round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 home win but had to work hard throughout to overcome plucky National League South opponents Ebbsfleet.The deciding goal was scored by Aaron Drinan, who put the League Two side ahead in the 24th minutes after a sterile opening period that had produced little in the way of concern for either keeper.Drinan, who scored a hat-trick in...Full Story »

Shayden Morris could start for Fleetwood as they prepare to take on Burton at Highbury Stadium.The 19-year-old has missed a handful of games this season through injury but has come off the bench in Fleetwood’s last two fixtures, scoring the equaliser against Wycombe last week.Conor McLaughlin and Anthony Pilkington are in line to feature on the weekend for Simon Grayson’s side.James ...Full Story »

Leeds are assessing Jamie Shackleton and Junior Firpo ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Leicester.Shackleton was forced off with a knock during the win at Norwich last weekend, while Firpo has been out for over a month after sustaining a muscle injury during the October international break.The Whites are already without Luke Ayling (knee), Robin Koch (pelvis) and Patrick Bamford ...Full Story »

Birmingham go in search of a fourth straight Sky Bet Championship win against Reading beset by injuries.Blues loanee Tahith Chong has returned to parent club Manchester United after undergoing groin surgery which will keep him out for an estimated 16 weeks.Defender Dion Sanderson and winger Jordan Graham came off with thigh and calf injuries respectively in the Wednesday night win over Bristol C...Full Story »

Leyton Orient assistant Joe Gallen has insisted they will go as strong as they can for the visit of Ebbsfleet in the FA Cup first round on Saturday.The O’s take a break from Sky Bet League Two action following a 5-0 thrashing over Hartlepool – where Aaron Drinan scored a hat-trick – to face opposition from two divisions below.While boss Kenny Jackett could view the competi...Full Story »

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson is confident his side can get their League One automatic-promotion bid back on track after a third consecutive defeat.Having lost 1-0 at home to Charlton and 5-1 at Rotherham, the Black Cats went down 3-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.Theo Corbeanu, Florian Kamberi and Lee Gregory struck for the Owls to leave Sunderland fifth, five points off second-placed Pl...Full Story »

Birmingham head coach Lee Bowyer revealed he will not be able to keep birthday goalscorer Riley McGree in January after the midfielder paved the way for a dominant 3-0 victory against Bristol City at St. Andrew’s.McGree scored his second goal in as many home games on his 23rd birthday, before Blues’ pressure was rewarded by goals from Scott Hogan after 68 minutes and Gary Gardner nin...Full Story »

Three goals in 10 minutes completed Wigan’s 3-2 comeback win at Fleetwood to take Leam Richardson’s side back to the Sky Bet League One summit.Latics were heading for a second successive defeat as goals from Danny Andrew and Callum Morton put struggling Town in sight of a first-ever league victory over their visitors.But Callum Lang began the fightback after 62 minutes, running onto ...Full Story »

Callum Camps could make his return to action in Fleetwood’s Sky Bet League One clash with Wigan.The midfielder, having missed the previous outing with a knock, was back in the matchday squad for Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Wycombe but ended up an unused substitute.It remains to be seen if there is any involvement for skipper Jordan Rossiter, who has been edging closer to fitness.Darnell...Full Story »

Daniel Farke felt Norwich’s 2-1 defeat at home to Leeds summed up their season after their winless Premier League run extended to 20 matches.The Canaries went down to second-half goals from Raphinha and Rodrigo which sandwiched Andrew Omobamidele’s headed equaliser during a four-minute spell after the break.It leaves the Sky Bet Championship winners rooted to the bottom and while the...Full Story »

Raphinha and Rodrigo grabbed second-half goals to earn Leeds a 2-1 win that continued Norwich’s nightmare return to the Premier League.A crazy four-minute spell after the break settled the game as Marcelo Bielsa’s men picked up a second top-flight victory of the season.Raphinha opened the scoring in the 56th minute before Andrew Omobamidele levelled, but the Canaries succumbed to Rod...Full Story »

Gareth Ainsworth admitted he had mixed emotions after his Wycombe side dropped two points in a 3-3 draw at Fleetwood.The visitors had led 3-1 early in the second half, Sam Vokes adding to first-half goals from Brandon Hanlan and Adebayo Akinfenwa, but Fleetwood struck back to score twice in the space of four minutes to deny their visitors a sixth win in seven league games.“I’m disapp...Full Story »

Joe Garner and Shayden Morris netted as Fleetwood staged a fantastic fightback from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 at home to Wycombe.The struggling hosts, who began the day third-bottom in Sky Bet League One, led through Danny Andrew’s fifth-minute effort but goals from Brandon Hanlan and Adebayo Akinfenwa put Wycombe ahead at half-time.Sam Vokes extended the lead early in the second half before su...Full Story »