Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton, Middlesbrough 0-1 Norwich and more: Saturday clockwatch – as it happened

Ten-man Brighton held on to win at Villa Park for the first time in their history, while Norwich went top of the Championship in a game of two penalties

5.12pm GMT

That’s it for today’s clockwatch, but please do join Scott Murray for the evening’s big game: Jose v Pep, Spurs v Manchester City. Goodnight!

Related: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City: Premier League – live!

5.12pm GMT

5.07pm GMT

Peep peep! Villarreal stay second, Real stay fourth.

5.00pm GMT

“A come-from-behind 2-1 win for Dundee United,” says Simon McMahon. “Plus a comedy late missed penalty from Hamilton. Happy days.”

4.59pm GMT

So, these are the final scores in our featured games (apart from Villarreal v Real Madrid, which has about five minutes remaining)

Premier League

4.57pm GMT

Peep peep! Brighton get a much needed victory in a crazily eventful game - it’s the first time they have ever won at Villa Park.

4.56pm GMT

Full time: QPR 1-1 Watford That result means Norwich are top of the Championship after their win at Middlesbrough.

4.55pm GMT

Full time: Hibernian 2-2 Celtic

Full time: Middlesbrough 0-1 Norwich

4.54pm GMT

NO PENALTY! Michael Oliver signals that March got the ball, and he has changed his original decision. Dean Smith looks nonplussed. “I’m dumbfounded by that,” says Martin Keown on BT Sport.

4.53pm GMT

Michael Oliver is going to check the pitchside monitor! I think this will be overturned.

4.53pm GMT

PENALTY TO VILLA! Trezeguet went down very dramatically after a challenge from March. He tapped Trezeguet’s shin in the follow through but he got a touch on the ball first, so I’m not sure that should be a penalty. It’s being checked by VAR. Whatever decision is made here will be controversial.

4.51pm GMT

Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton: Tariq Lamptey has been sent off! He received two yellow cards in quick succession, the second for a foul on Grealish. That looks a bit harsh.

4.50pm GMT

A penalty from Gerard Moreno has brought Villarreal level!

4.48pm GMT

Diego Laxalt has equalised for Celtic, and possibly saved Neil Lennon’s job!

4.46pm GMT

Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton Trezeguet misses a good chance to equalise, slapping a loose ball over the bar from 16 yards.

4.42pm GMT

Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton Villa have pinned Brighton back for most of the second half, though they haven’t created much since going 2-1 down. They’re missing Barkley.

4.40pm GMT

Related: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City: Premier League – live!

4.38pm GMT

It’s there! By Ilias Chair!

4.36pm GMT

A penalty from the substitute Odsonne Edouard has given Celtic a chance of grabbing a point at Easter Road.

4.34pm GMT

“Celtic are not the only ones in trouble, Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Hamilton have taken the lead at Tannadice. Still, Scotland are in the Euros. And we all know the Guardian loves the smaller European nations, eh?”

Arf.

4.33pm GMT

“I was 40 or so before I understood how mental fatigue affected me,” says Gary Naylor. “I could do pretty much everything at 90%, but summoning that last 10% was beyond me - it might as well have been in another country. So it’s not the same as tiredness - which can be pushed back with coffee or motivation - mental fatigue was more a rev limiter on the brain. You can’t get to top-level concentration, imagination, perception.”

4.32pm GMT

Middlesbrough have conceded a goal! The substitute Teemu Pukki’s penalty has put Norwich ahead at the Riverside. I didn’t realise that Boro missed a penalty earlier in the second half, when Marcus Tavernier slipped and kicked the ball twice. That rule is a wee bit harsh.

4.29pm GMT

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

4.23pm GMT

Full time: Bayern Munich 1-1 Werder Bremen Peep peep! That’s a fine result for Bremen, who withstood a second-half battering from Bayern either side of Kingsley Coman’s equaliser. Bayern stay top, a point ahead of Leverkusen.

4.21pm GMT

Middlesbrough 0-0 Norwich It’s now over seven hours since Boro last conceded a league goal.

4.17pm GMT

Celtic are in serious trouble now. Kevin Nisbet has made it 2-0 to Hibs, and if it stays like this Celtic will be nine points behind Rangers with only one game in hand.

4.16pm GMT

Solly March scores a beauty - with his right foot! Gross’s low cross came to him in space on the edge of the area, and he swept an emphatic curling shot into the top corner.

4.13pm GMT

Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton Lamptey goes on another intrepid run and forces the ball through towards Welbeck, who is just beaten to the ball by Martinez. Lamptey is the most joyful footballer.

4.12pm GMT

“In vain have I searched (until the little rubber ball on my Amstrad Em@iler melted) for coverage of the Maltese League top-of-the-table clash between Gzira and Sliema,” says James Debens. “For your information, a gloriously dramatic game ended 3-2 to Gzira, who are now in pole position. This oversight is symptomatic of the Guardian’s neglectful attitude to the smaller European nations, Scotland apart.”

Scotland apart?!

4.10pm GMT

Celtic are in trouble again. Jamie Murphy has put Hibs in front at Easter Road, following up after Kevin Nisbet’s penalty was saved by Scott Bain.

4.06pm GMT

Villa are level straight away. Bertrand Traore’s curling from the left is slid into the net at the far post by Ezri Konsa. For a centre-half, that was a really confident finish.

4.03pm GMT

There were only eight first-half goals in ten Championship matches - and five of those came at the Bet365 Stadium, where Stoke lead Huddersfield 3-2.

3.50pm GMT

A close-range header from Kingsley Coman has brought Bayern level.

3.49pm GMT

“No goals so far at Tannadice, Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “But it’s Ayr United 2 Dundee 0 so, you know.”

Oh I know.

3.49pm GMT

It’s half time in all the Championship games as well. Middlesbrough are drawing 0-0 at home to Norwich, while Watford lead 1-0 at QPR. If it stays like that, they’ll go top. You can see the rest of the scores here.

3.48pm GMT

It’s half time at Villa Park, where Danny Welbeck’s jaunty finish has given Brighton an early lead. Both teams missed good chances and Mat Ryan made a couple of fine saves. It could easily be 2-2, maybe even 3-3.

3.47pm GMT

“We may be 1-0 down but after the misery of the last ten years it’s fun being a villa fan,” says David Bertram. “Lamptey is the first player I’ve seen who has handled Grealish well. Bargain for what they paid for him.”

3.44pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton Tariq Lamptey is having another eye-catching game at right wing-back. He made a couple of good chances for Welbeck and Lallana and has been his usual irrepressible self.

3.43pm GMT

“As well as players being physically tired, I wonder if mental tiredness is just as significant a factor in the high number of injuries, some brainless goals conceded, high number of penalties, and such like so far this season,” says David Wall. “Karen Carney recently told about how she suffered a serious injury towards the end of a game during her career when she was so mentally tired she didn’t pay attention to how she was putting her feet down as she would normally do if fresher.

“If players are mentally tired it’s more difficult to concentrate so they’ll tend to make poorer decisions, or take longer to make a decision, which might lead to mistakes in how they’re moving, say, having to change direction later and more abruptly. And if anything in football takes concentration it’s defending properly (including not making challenges in the box when it’s more sensible to hold off).

3.41pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton And now Ben White makes a fantastic tackle to deny Watkins a tap-in from Grealish’s low cross.

3.40pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton Mat Ryan improvises brilliantly to volley Tyrone Mings’ looping shot off the line. It was a strange save but an extremely good one.

3.34pm GMT

Villarreal 0-1 Real Madrid “Afternoon Rob,” says Stephen Carr. “The decision to allow Real’s goal has me utterly flummoxed. The lino called offside and the replays confirmed it. Real, rightly, played to the whistle, scored and celebrated with authority – it’s almost as if that’s why the goal was given. Bonkers stuff.”

How strange. I haven’t seen it yet because of the thrill-a-minute action at Villa Park, but it sounds like another triumph for all concerned.

3.32pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton Lallana misses an excellent chance, slicing Lamptey’s cross well wide with his left foot. After a slow start, Brighton have looked really dangerous on the break.

3.32pm GMT

“Slight but strong, good close control and an energetic give and go style, can pick out the bottom corner, England’s Next Great Hope?” says Iain Chambers. “Joe Cole eventually faded and probably didn’t fulfil his potential as did so many other ENGH’s. Let’s hope Grealish goes on to great heights because he’s a joy to watch.”

Cole’s career is an intersting story. There’s a perception that Mourinho ruined him, but Cole played his best football under Mourinho and says he was the best coach he ever had. He was never the same after that cruciate injury in 2008-09.

3.28pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton An imaginative curler from Grealish is pawed away by the flying Mat Ryan. This is a really enjoyable game.

3.26pm GMT

Championship Here’s more on Bournemouth’s barnstorming comeback against Reading.

Related: Bournemouth go top after four-goal second-half blitz against Reading

3.24pm GMT

“The ten-man high press in football is like the absent third man in cricket,” says Gary Naylor. “It earns you 10% more attacking options at 90% loss of defensive capability. Jamie Vardy will play ‘til he’s 50.”

I also wonder whether teams are even more exposed this season because all the players are on their last legs.

3.21pm GMT

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

3.20pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton A double chance for Trezegeut! The first was superbly blocked, and then he somehow wafted the loose ball past the post. That was a sitter.

3.19pm GMT

“My first memory of Grealish, you ask?” says Phil Podolsky. “Him coming on as a late sub against a title-chasing Man City, and being among the hapless Villa players chasing Yaya. He looked so tiny I remember thinking good thing he knew better than to try sliding into a tackle, would’ve only got himself trampled. Trying to decide what playmakers he reminds me of stylistically: Wilshere is an obvious one but we can probably aim higher. Deco? Redondo?”

He’s not in the same class but he reminds of Zidane because of his technique in tight areas and ability to protect the ball.

3.19pm GMT

Mariano, who according to some reports might be heading to West Ham, ha given Real Madrid an early lead at Villarreal.

3.18pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton A heavy first touch costs Welbeck the chance of a second goal.

3.17pm GMT

Well I never. Maximilian Eggestein has given Werder Bremen a shock lead at the Allianz Arena.

3.15pm GMT

“Jack Grealish,” says Will Morgan. “He’s a little, how shall I put it… he has an odd relationship with gravity…”

I’ve never really seen him as a diver, I just think he’s very good at drawing fouls because of his strength and fast feet.

3.14pm GMT

Danny Welbeck gets his first goal for Brighton! That came out of nothing. Villa’s defenders were too high and Welbeck was able to run from inside his own half onto Lallana’s through pass. He moved to the edge of the area, drew Martinez and flipped the ball gently over him. Lovely finish.

3.12pm GMT

In the Championship, Ben Wilmot has given Watford an early lead at QPR. They could go top if they win that game.

3.10pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton Ben White makes a good block from Trezeguet’s vicious cross-shot. Villa have started strongly.

3.06pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton Bertrand Traore has come on to replace Ross Barkley.

3.04pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton Ross Barkley is the latest footballer to pull a hamstring. I think he did it while taking a free-kick on the left. Either way he’s going off, which is a big blow to Villa. These injuries are getting ridiculous.

3.02pm GMT

Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton The first foul on Jack Grealish comes after 35 seconds.

3.00pm GMT

Bayern Munich 0-0 Werder Bremen It’s still goalless after half an hour at the Allianza Arena. The Bayern left-back Lucas Hernandez has gone off with a back injury.

2.57pm GMT

Right, it’s time for the 3pm games to begin. Play!

2.56pm GMT

“Afternoon Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Some big games in Scotland today, as the domestic action resumes after the high of Belgrade (let’s not mention the lows of Slovakia and Israel that inevitably followed). Micky Mellon’s Dundee United host Hamilton at Tannadice, where three points for the home side would see them remain comfortably in fifth position, and move them 13 points clear of Hamilton who are bottom. Hibs in fourth welcome second place Celtic to Easter Road, and elsewhere it’s St. Johnstone v Motherwell, Kilmarnock v Ross County and Livingston v St. Mirren.

“In the Scottish Championship Dunfermline beat Hearts 2-1 last night to go top, but Raith Rovers will replace them if they win at Inverness today. Exciting times in the Kingdom of Fife. In Scottish League One leaders Cove Rangers will be hoping to make it five wins out of five as they travel to second place Falkirk.”

2.48pm GMT

Chelsea’s victory at Newcastle means that Aston Villa will only go top if they score at least four against Brighton and win by three goals or more.

2.47pm GMT

Related: Tammy Abraham strike seals victory at Newcastle and sends Chelsea to the top

2.27pm GMT

Full time: Bournemouth 4-2 Reading Bournemouth go top of the Championship after a cracking match at the Vitality Stadium. They were 2-0 at half-time but ran riot in the second half, with Lewis Cook scoring a glorious goal to put them 3-2 up.

2.26pm GMT

Villarreal v Real Madrid team news

Villarreal (4-3-3) Asenjo; Mario, Albiol, Pau Torres, Pedraza; Parejo, Iborra, Trigueros; G Moreno, Bacca, Moi.

2.23pm GMT

Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea Frank Lampard’s side go top of the table after an easy win at Newcastle.

Related: Newcastle United v Chelsea: Premier League – live!

2.20pm GMT

GOAL! Bournemouth 4-2 Reading (Solanke 89) Dominic Solanke completes a famous comeback at the Vitality Stadium. Rafael came out of his area, made a fool of himself and was robbed by Solanke, who rammed the ball into the empty net from 20 yards. Bournemouth are going top of the Championship; Reading, the leaders this morning, have lost four league games in a row.

2.17pm GMT

Bournemouth 3-2 Reading Asmir Begovic has just made an awesome save from Lucas Joao’s header. Reading thought the ball had crossed the line; they were wrong.

2.16pm GMT

Middlesbrough v Norwich team news

Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1) Bettinelli; Dijksteel, Fry, McNair, Bola; Howson, Saville; Spence, Tavernier, Johnson; Akpom.

2.12pm GMT

Hibernian v Celtic team news

Hibernian (4-3-3) Marciano; P McGinn, Porteous, Hanlon, Mackie; Gogic, Newell, Mallan; Boyle, Nisbet, Murphy.

2.08pm GMT

GOAL! Bournemouth 3-2 Reading (L Cook 77) Bournemouth’s comeback is complete! They were 2-0 down at half-time; now they are 3-2 ahead after a stunning long-range shot from Lewis Cook. That was some strike, which dipped spectacularly and gave Rafael no chance.

2.05pm GMT

Aston Villa v Brighton team news

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1) Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett; Douglas Luiz, McGinn; Trezeguet, Barkley, Grealish; Watkins.
Substitutes: Taylor, Steer, Hourihane, Traore, Nakamba, El Ghazi, Elmohamady.

1.54pm GMT

Chelsea are going top of the league, at least until 4.56pm: Tammy Abraham has put them 2-0 up at Newcastle.

Related: Newcastle United v Chelsea: Premier League – live!

1.50pm GMT

GOAL! Bournemouth 2-2 Reading (Danjuma 59)

Crikey, Bournemouth are level! Arnaut Danjuma made a fine run infield from the left, onto David Brooks’s excellent through ball, and forced the ball past Rafael at the near post.

1.48pm GMT

GOAL! Bournemouth 1-2 Reading (Solanke 56)

Bournemouth are back in the game thanks to a flying volley from Dominic Solanke. Excellent finish, that. Edit: it was actually Stanislas who volleyed the ball across goal for Solanke to turn it into an empty net. I think Stanislas was going for goal.

1.45pm GMT

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1.40pm GMT

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen team news

Bayern Munich (4-1-4-1) Neuer; Pavard, Boateng, Alaba, Hernandez; Javi Martinez; Coman, Muller, Musiala, Douglas Costa; Lewandowski.

1.29pm GMT

In the Championship, the leaders Reading look set to end their run of three consecutive defeats. An early penalty from Lucas Joao and a cool finish from Sone Aluko have put them 2-0 up at half-time away to Bournemouth.

1.25pm GMT

Chelsea are 1-0 up and in complete control at St James’ Park. You can follow that with Scott Murray.

Related: Newcastle United v Chelsea: Premier League – live!

12.22pm GMT

Afternoon. Today is a glorious day, for we get to watch Jack Grealish play football. Or read about somebody else watching him, which I appreciate might not be quite as impactful upon the soul.

Aston Villa, who can go top of the table, are at home to Brighton in the Premier League’s only 3pm kick-off. There are also big games in Scotland, Spain and Germany; these are our featured matches (all 3pms unless stated):

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