Key events
Manchester United v Wolves line-ups
Manchester United: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Varane, Shaw; Casemiro, Eriksen; Antony, Fernandes, Sancho; Martial.
Subs: Butland, Maguire, Malacia, Fred, Dalot, Weghorst, Pellistri, Elanga, Garnacho.
Wolves: Bentley; Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Toti; Nunes, Neves, Lemina, Neto; Cunha, Costa.
Subs: Sa, Collins, Jimenez, Podence, Hwang, Sarabia, Gomes, A. Traore, Bueno.
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest line-ups
Chelsea: Mendy, Badiashile, Fernandez, Silva, Kovacic, Félix, Chalobah, Sterling, Gallagher, Madueke, Hall.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Mudryk, Ziyech, Datro Fofana, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Fofana.
Nottingham Forest: Navas, Worrall, Mangala, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White, Niakhate, Yates, Aurier, Danilo, Lodi, Felipe.
Subs: Hennessey, Lingard, Toffolo, Surridge, Johnson, Kouyate, Freuler, Boly, Ayew.
GOAL! Leeds 2-2 Newcastle (Kristensen 79)
Premier League: Newcastle fail to clear a Leeds corner properly and Rasmus Kristensen sees a shot on the volley from the edge of the area deflected past Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal. Scott Murray has the latest …
Southampton v Fulham line-ups
Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Lyanco, Maitland-Niles, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Walcott, Alcaraz, S Armstrong, Onuachu.
Subs: Bazunu, Caleta-Car, Bree, Sulemana, Elyounoussi, Djenepo, Mara, Aribo, A Armstrong.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Adarabioyo, Diop, Robinson, Joao Palhinha, Reed, Wilson, Cairney, Willian, Vinicius.
Subs: Rodak, Duffy, Soares, Lukic, Harris, Kebano, Solomon, Decordova-Reid, Mitrovic.
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth line-ups
Crystal Palace: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Eze, Doucoure, Hughes; Olise, Ayew, Zaha.
Subs: Guaita, Lokonga, Mateta, Clyne, McArthur, Edouard, Richards, Ahamada, Riedewald.
Bournemouth: Neto; Mepham, Zabarnyi, Kelly, Vina; Rothwell, Lerma; Ouattara, Billing, Christie; Solanke.
Subs: Travers, Stephens, Cook, Brooks, Smith, Stacey, Moore, Senesi, Anthony.
GOAL! Leeds United 1-2 Newcastle (Wilson 69pen)
Premier League: Junior Firpo stuck his arm in the air while contesting a high ball into the Leeds box and it caressed his outstretched fingers as it sailed over his head.
Having initially missed the handball, referee Neil Swarbrick awarded Newcastle a penalty after consulting with his pitchside monitoron the advice of his video assistant referee. Callum Wilson stepped up and scored his second spot-kick of the game. Somewhat weirdly, Firpo wasn’t sent off for his handball despite being on a yellow card for an earlier foul on Bruno Guimaraes. Leeds are in a big, big trouble.
Women’s FA Cup final: Filling Wembley for a game of club football marks the point at which it is legitimate to talk about women’s football as a national ritual, a genuine mass entertainment product, writes Jonathan Liew ahead of tomorrow’s showdown between Chelsea and Manchester United.
National League final: Having lost out to Wrexham in the race for the sole automatic promotion spot from the fifth tier despite amassing an astonishing 107 points, Notts County meet Chesterfield in today’s Wembley showdown, which kicks off at 3.30pm (BST). Both teams emerged victorious from thrilling semi-finals last weekend but only one can prevail today.
Notts are the favourites and it would probably benefit every other team in the National League, bar the Spirites, if the moneyed side from Meadow Lane weren’t in it next season but they are unlikely to have it all their own way this afternoon.
Bow born Malta international Jodi Jones, who has endured several years of injury hell on the back of three successive ACL injuries, scored the winner for Notts last weekend and was good enough to take time out from obsessively watching replays of his decisive strike to speak to the Guardian’s Ben Fisher.
Today’s Premier League fixtures
Saturday clockwatch …
There’s no shortage of mouthwatering action in the Premier League and beyond this afternoon. The top flight action got under way at Elland Road in today’s lunchtime kick-off between Leeds United and Newcastle, with both teams eager to take the points for very different reasons. Qualification for the Champions League is Newcastle’s goal, while the ambitions of Leeds are far less lofty.
Survival is the name of the game for Sam Allardyce’s men and they started well. Luke Ayling put them ahead on six minutes but Patrick Bamford squandered the opportunity to double their lead with a weak spot-kick after Joelinton had fouled Junior Firpo. Moments later, Max Wober lunged in to foul Alexander Isak in the Leeds penalty area and Callum Wilson showed Bamford how it’s done, coolly levelling proceedings from 12 yards. The scores remain level at half-time but Newcastle have the upper hand.
Away from the English top flight, we’ll keep tabs on the League One playoff semi-final first leg between Bolton and Barnsley, who look like they’ll be duking it out to face a Peterborough United side that convincingly thrashed Sheffield Wednesday last night. Meanwhile at Wembley, Notts County take on Chesterfield in the National League final, with the prize of a place in the Football League up for grabs.
Further north in Scotland, Celtic won the title last weekend and will be hoping to rub the noses of Rangers fans in their success during today’s Old Firm derby at Ibrox. They’ll need to up their game as Rangers currently lead 2-0 thanks to goals from Todd Cantwell and John Souttar.
