Manchester City v Sheffield United and more – live football clockwatch!

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It’s that time again! Saturday afternoon sees three Premier League matches, with Sheffield United back in Manchester and hoping to spring another surprise against City, knowing if they win they might not be bottom of the table by team-time, and West Brom hosting Fulham in a ding-dong relegation six-pointer.

Meanwhile in the Football League it’s not a classic day in the Championship, but thankfully there’s plenty of intrigue elsewhere. Doncaster are fourth in League One but have at least two games in hand on every other top-six side would top the table if they won them both. Today they visit the league leaders, Lincoln, in a match that could throw them right into the automatic promotion mix. Bottom club Burton Albion, whose recent record of one win in 10 league games is at least better than the record of one win in 12 that preceded it, have a Covid-enforced weekend off. Wigan are 23rd but could feasibly be out of the relegation places this evening if they beat 20th-placed Northampton. Oxford are 11th, and play 14th-placed Fleetwood in a superficially well-matched encounter. But Oxford have won every one of their last six games and Fleetwood haven’t won any of theirs; at the start of December Oxford were 19th and Fleetwood seventh; now Oxford are six points ahead with two games in hand. It is close at the top in League Two, where second-placed Forest Green host Cheltenham, two places behind them, while Tranmere in eighth travel to third-placed Morecambe knowing they will overtake their opponents if they win. There’s also a big match at the bottom, where 23rd-placed Grimsby host 22nd-placed Stevenage.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/jan/30/manchester-city-v-sheffield-united-and-more-live-football-clockwatch

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