Leeds v Swansea, Bayern Munich v St Pauli, and more: football – live

Key events

Birmingham 1-0 Shrewsbury: Ben Davies breaks the deadlock for the League One leaders with his first goal for the club.

Over in the Scottish Premiership, Celtic lead Hearts 2-0 thanks to goals from Daizen Maeda and Jota. St. Mirren also have a two-goal advantage over Kilmarnock.

Sunderland 1-0 Millwall: Trai Hume has put the hosts ahead at the Stadium of Light.

It’s half-time in the Bundesliga and here are the current scorelines…

Bayern Munich 1-1 St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel 0-1 Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-0 RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg 0-1 Heidenheim
Hoffenheim 0-0 Augsburg

Bayern fans. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters

PENALTY SAVED!

Meslier saves a spot-kick from Tymon! The winger steps up to take the penalty, won by O’Brien who collided with Rodon, and looks to place his shot into the bottom-right corner. However, Meslier gets across to parry it away.

Newport 0-1 Notts County: And in League Two, Charlie Whitaker kicks off the goalscoring, breaking the deadlock for Notts County at Rodney Parade.

Bristol Rovers 0-1 Mansfield: Meanwhile, the first goal of the day has been scored in League One. Caylon Vickers fires Mansfield into the lead at the Memorial Stadium.

GOAL! Leeds 1-0 Swansea (Brenden Aaronson, 1)

Leeds break the deadlock through Aaronson just 35 seconds into the match! Bogle sends a low cross into the box after making a run and receiving possession on the right. Aaronson is there and goes for goal but takes a few scrappy attempts to put the ball in the net. What a start!

Leeds United’s Brenden Aaronson celebrates scoring their side’s first goal of the game. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 St. Pauli (Elias Saad, 27)

Saad equalises for the visitors! Saliakas drills a low cross into the box and Saad is there to tap it in.

St. Pauli’s Elias Saad scores their first goal. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters

GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 St. Pauli (Harry Kane, 17)

It had to be him! Kane fires Bayern into a 1-0 lead at the Allianz Arena.

Musiala steals the ball from Van Der Heyden before making his way into the box. The St. Pauli defender attempts to win back possession but instead deflects the ball straight to the feet of Sané, who sends a pass straight across goal to Kane. The England star is then given plenty of space to place his shot into the bottom corner.

Harry Kane of Bayern Munich scores his team’s first goal. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

As promised, here is Simon Burnton’s match report from Craven Cottage…

Five Bundesliga fixtures have just kicked off…

Bayern Munich v St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg v Heidenheim
Hoffenheim v Augsburg

Team news: Bayern Munich v St. Pauli

Bayern Munich starting line-up: Urbig, Minjae, Kimmich (C), Goretzka, Kane, Sané, Dier, Olise, Guerreiro, Laimer, Musiala. Substitutes: Peretz, Gnabry, Palhinha, Itō, Boey, Vidović, Mũller, Kusi-Asare, Stanišiċ.

St. Pauli starting line-up: Vasilij, Nameth, Dźwigała, Van Der Heyden, Saliakas, Irvine (C), Smith, Treu, Sinani, Saad, Weißhaupt. Substitutes: Voll, Ceesay, Eggestein, Boukhalfa, Afolayan, Ahlstrand, Ritzka, Metcalfe, Wagner.

Team news: Leeds v Swansea

Leeds starting line-up: Meslier, Bogle, Byram, Struijk, Rodon, Ampadu (C), Rothwell, Solomon, Aaronson, James, Piroe. Substitutes: Darlow, Firpo, Schmidt, Gruev, Tanaka, Guilavogui, Ramazani, Joseph, Gnonto.

Swansea starting line-up: Vigouroux, Key, Fulton, Cabango (C), Darling, O’Brien, Tymon, Franco, Cullen, Delcroix, Ronald. Substitutes: McLaughlin, Allen, Vipotnik, Eom, Bianchini, Christie, Naughton, Cooper, Parker.

Ligue 1

Reims v Marseille (4pm GMT)
St Étienne v PSG (6pm GMT)
Monaco v Nice (8:05pm GMT)

La Liga

Real Sociedad 1-0 Valladolid (live)
Espanyol v Atlético Madrid (3:15pm GMT)
Alaves v Rayo Vallecano (5:30pm GMT)
Real Madrid v Leganes (8pm GMT)

Crystal Palace through to FA Cup semi-finals

Crystal Palace have booked a spot in the FA Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. The Eagles are off to Wembley!

We’ll have the match report for you shortly…

Crystal Palace players celebrate after scoring against Fulham. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Bundesliga

Five of today’s Bundesliga fixtures kick off at 2:30pm GMT.

Bayern Munich v St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg v Heidenheim
Hoffenheim v Augsburg

Of course, we also have some FA Cup action to enjoy this weekend. Crystal Palace currently boast a 3-0 lead over Fulham in the first match of the quarter-finals. Brighton then host Nottingham Forest this afternoon.

Tomorrow, Aston Villa travel to face Preston and Bournemouth take on Manchester City.

Championship

Watford 0-0 Plymouth Argyle (live)
Hull 0-1 Luton (live)
Sunderland v Millwall
Norwich v West Brom
Burnley v Bristol City
Cardiff v Sheffield Wednesday
Portsmouth v Blackburn
Middlesbrough v Oxford United
Stoke v QPR
Leeds v Swansea

League One

Charlton 3-0 Huddersfield (live)
Stockport 1-0 Burton (live)
Wycombe v Lincoln
Rotherham v Crawley
Bristol Rovers v Mansfield
Birmingham v Shrewsbury
Exeter v Wrexham
Wigan v Barnsley
Blackpool v Bolton
Cambridge United v Northampton
Reading v Peterborough

League Two

Accrington Stanley 0-0 Bradford (live)
Crewe Alexandra 0-0 Port Vale (live)
Barrow v Chesterfield
Walsall v Wimbledon
Newport County vs Notts County
Bromley v Salford
Doncaster v Carlisle
Harrogate v Gillingham
Morecambe v Swindon
MK Dons v Fleetwood

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to another Saturday clockwatch. With no Premier League action lined up for today we’ll be focusing on the rest of the Football League, as well as some fixtures from across Europe’s top leagues.

In the Championship, Leeds will be looking to leapfrog Sheffield United and return to the top of the table when they host Swansea at Elland Road. Elsewhere, playoff hopefuls Sunderland face mid-table Millwall and third-placed Burnley take on seventh-placed Bristol City.

In League One, it’s top vs bottom as high-flying Birmingham face Shrewsbury while fourth-placed Charlton host sixth-placed Huddersfield.

And in League Two, it’s third on the road against first as Wimbledon travel to meet Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

Elsewhere across Europe, Bayern Munich are in action against St Pauli in the Bundesliga while Atlético Madrid travel to face Espanyol in La Liga.

I’ll be with you all the way – join me!

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