Arsenal 2-0 Everton, Coventry 0-1 Fulham, EFL, and more – football clockwatch live

Match reports: Ed Aarons was at the Emirates to watch Arsenal ease to victory against Everton.

And why not read up on Fulham’s win at Coventry while you’re at it.

That’s all from me today, thanks for reading.

Premier League table: Arsenal have bridged the gap at the top and Fulham have moved clear of the bottom three.

João Pedro misses out today for Chelsea after picking up an injury in training yesterday. Tottenham leave Dominic Solanke on the bench. The starting XIs …

Chelsea: Penders, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Hato, Henderson, Caicedo, Quenda, Rogers, Pedro Neto, Palmer.

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Palestra, Fofana, Barco, Welbeck, Gusto, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Lavia.

Tottenham: Kinsky, Gray, van Hecke, van de Ven, Robertson, Fernandes, Tonali, Kudus, Maddison, Tel, Marmoush.

Subs: Dubravka, Senesi, Gallagher, Solanke, Kulusevski, Porro, Davies, Olusesi, Williams-Barnet.

Follow that live with Scott Murray …

Premier League

Aston Villa 2-1 Man City – match report

Arsenal 2-0 Everton

Coventry 0-1 Fulham

5.30pm Chelsea v Tottenham

Championship

Charlton 1-3 Norwich

Portsmouth 2-1 Millwall

Sheff Utd 1-1 Derby

Blackburn 2-0 Wrexham

Cardiff 1-0 Birmingham

Lincoln 4-1 Burnley

Preston 1-1 West Brom

QPR 5-0 Swansea

Stoke 0-0 Bristol City

West Ham 2-3 Southampton

Wolves 1-0 Watford

League One

Huddersfield 2-1 Wigan (FT)

Luton 2-1 Leicester (FT)

AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Wycombe

Blackpool 1-4 Mansfield

Bromley 1-1 Peterborough

Burton 2-1 Leyton Orient

Cambridge 2-3 Plymouth

Doncaster 2-0 Sheff Wed

Notts County 1-1 Stockport

Oxford Utd 0-0 Bradford

Reading 2-1 Barnsley

Stevenage 0-1 MK Dons

League Two

Bristol Rovers 0-0 Swindon

Cheltenham 1-0 Newport

Northampton 2-0 Colchester

Barnet 1-1 Oldham

Chesterfield 5-1 Crewe

Crawley 1-1 Tranmere

Exeter 2-1 Fleetwood

Gillingham 1-4 Grimsby

Rochdale 0-5 Accrington

Rotherham 3-3 Shrewsbury (latest score)

York 2-0 Port Vale

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United 3-2 Aberdeen

Falkirk 3-0 Kilmarnock

Rangers 4-0 St Johnstone

St Mirren 2-1 Dundee

Women’s Super League

Tottenham 1-2 Arsenal – match report

5.15pm Brighton v West Ham

Derek McInnes’s side move to within one point of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a comfortable win against 10 men.

Arsenal win a ninth game in a row at home to move level on points with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League. Ezri Konsa and Gabriel get the goals in familiar fashion.

The Saints hold on to move into the playoff places.

It’s two wins on the bounce for Alvaro Arbeloa! Oscar Bobb’s 80th-minute strike wins it and Fulham climb up to 12th. Coventry take their place in 19th.

Tony Harrington visits the Emirates dugouts again. Both Arteta and Moyes have already been booked – and this time it’s one of Arteta’s assistants who goes into the book. Priorities.

Gabriel celebrates a block with the Arsenal crowd. His afternoon has taken a turn for the better after his injury scare at the start of the second half. Three minutes of stoppage time remain.

Tomas Soucek turns in from close range to make Tonda Eckert sweat at bit at the London Stadium.

Rangers have a fourth at Ibrox against opponents who are now playing with 10 men after Kai Fotheringham’s red card on 74 minutes. Tochi Chukwuani finds a gap at the near post to finish.

Eight minutes added on at the Emirates. Arsenal still lead Everton 2-0.

Five for QPR! Jimmy Dunne’s has got another with a poacher’s finish at an attacking free-kick. Swansea could have gone top of the Championship with a win. Unlikely now.

Arsenal substitute Martin Zubimendi is being treated for a very bloody nose. He only came on a few minutes ago, so he’s soaked to the bone too.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall goes close for Everton with a flicked header that drops just the wrong side of the post. David Raya’s clean sheet is still intact with five minutes of normal time to play. Still 2-0.

Preston were on course for a second win of the season but the Championship’s bottom club have seen Andrew Hughes’s opener cancelled out by West Brom’s Aune Heggebo after four minutes – it’s 1-1 at Deepdale.

Big goal at the CBS Arena! Oscar Bobb breaks the deadlock as he cuts inside, leaves Jack Rudoni chasing shadows and finds the bottom left corner – Álvaro Arbeloa is on course for another crucial three points. He reacts by hauling Bobb off for right-back Kenny Tete. What they have, they hold.

Fulham fans get what they wanted and that is an appearance for Rodrigo Muniz off the bench. The Brazilian is on in place of Gonzalo García after being an unused substitute as Álvaro Arbeloa finished the game without a recognised striker last weekend against Hull.

“Dundee United started the second half poorly and conceded a second equaliser,” writes Simon McMahon, “but have just had one of the best goals I’ve seen at Tannadice in a long time ruled out by a contentious VAR for a player interfering in an offside position, despite the Aberdeen keeper having a clear view of the strike from Sapsford and not making the save in a million years. Not happy.”

He’ll be happy now as Zachary Sapsford has scored again and it does count, 3-2.

It is not going well for Nicky Hayen at Burnley. His side, who are slipping into the bottom three as it stands, are now 4-1 down to Lincoln thanks to Ladefoged’s second.

Rangers are surely going to close the gap to Celtic to one point at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Kevin Kelsy gets his second of the afternoon with a tap-in at the back post.

Gabriel gets off the mark for the season to double Arsenal’s lead! It’s a straightforward header, of course, at the back post from Ben White’s cross.

Rangers have doubled their lead at Ibrox despite St Johnstone starting the second half very well indeed. Ryan Naderi has it.

Dundee Utd have been pegged back by Aberdeen at Tannadice as Connor Ronan makes it 2-2. He’s presumably not related to a legendary Star Wars actor.

Tony Harrington goes towards the Arsenal dugout in search of a sheepish Mikel Arteta, and the yellow card comes out. He’s been treating the limits of his technical area with his usual disdain.

Lincoln have turned it around against Burnley at Sincil Bank and lead 3-1 with goals from Mikkel Ladefoged and Dom Jefferies since half-time. Swansea have not made any inroads on their four-goal deficit at Loftus Road while Southampton still lead West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium.

“Random fact of the day …” teases Simon McMahon. “… Aberdeen goalscorer Nesta Guinness-Walker is the great grandson of Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Sir Alec Guinness. The force was clearly with him today, but Dundee United still lead 2-1.”

The mood at the Emirates lifts as Gabriel gets to his feet and signals his intention to carry on. Cristhian Mosquera was ready to come on in his place, so let’s see how this pans out.

Gabriel is down for Arsenal and it doesn’t look good. He just twisted his knee while clearing the ball and immediately signalled for medical treatment. Arsenal are already without William Saliba due to injury.

How about QPR, eh? Swansea have made two changes at the break to try to at least leave Loftus Road with their dignity still intact. It’s still 4-0.

Speaking of QPR, Angelo Balanta has scored for Hornchurch at Hartlepool in the National League.

Arsenal get a fright at the start of the second half as Merlin Rohl’s cross flies closer to the far post than David Raya would have liked. Rohl is called into action at the other end and stops Eberechi Eze to concede a corner which Thierno Barry heads out.

Thanks David, go do a few lengths in the pool garden. The whistle goes for the start of the second half at the Emirates – no changes from either side.

I’ll hand you back to Billy Munday for all the second-half action.

As you head for a cuppa, here are all the latest scores plus the full-times from the early games.

Premier League

Aston Villa 2-1 Man City (FT) – match report

Arsenal 1-0 Everton

Coventry 0-0 Fulham

17.30 Chelsea v Tottenham

Championship

Charlton 1-3 Norwich (FT)

Portsmouth 2-1 Millwall (FT)

Sheff Utd 1-1 Derby (FT)

Blackburn 1-0 Wrexham

Cardiff 1-0 Birmingham

Lincoln 1-1 Burnley

Preston 0-0 West Brom

QPR 4-0 Swansea

Stoke 0-0 Bristol City

West Ham 1-3 Southampton

Wolves 1-0 Watford

League One

Huddersfield 2-1 Wigan (FT)

Luton 2-1 Leicester (FT)

AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Wycombe

Blackpool 1-1 Mansfield

Bromley 1-0 Peterborough

Burton 0-1 Leyton Orient

Cambridge 0-1 Plymouth

Doncaster 2-0 Sheff Wed

Notts County 1-0 Stockport

Oxford 0-0 Bradford

Reading 0-1 Barnsley

Stevenage 0-0 MK Dons

League Two

Bristol Rovers 0-0 Swindon (FT)

Cheltenham 1-0 Newport (FT)

Northampton 2-0 Colchester (FT)

Barnet 1-0 Oldham

Chesterfield 5-0 Crewe

Crawley 0-0 Tranmere

Exeter 0-0 Fleetwood

Gillingham 1-1 Grimsby

Rochdale 0-3 Accrington

Rotherham 2-1 Shrewsbury (45+12 mins, first half still going)

York 0-0 Port Vale

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United 2-1 Aberdeen

Falkirk 2-0 Kilmarnock

Rangers 1-0 St Johnstone

St Mirren 1-0 Dundee

Women’s Super League

Tottenham 1-2 Arsenal (FT)

17.15 Brighton v West Ham

Women’s FA Cup, first round

17.30 Harrogate v Bolton

The adverse weather has had an impact with a couple of games today being abandoned. Here’s how the timeline unfolded in Cumbria…

Barrow v Forest Green

2:30pm: Pitch inspection passed.

3pm: Kick-Off.

3.01pm: 1-0 Barrow.

3:14pm: Game abandoned.

Storm Boelo 1, National League 0!!!

A similar story in Scottish League One at Cove Rangers, except there it was the visitors, East Kilbride, who were ahead when the weather won.

Here’s how it stands at the break in the two 3pm top-flight games.

Premier League

Arsenal 1-0 Everton

Coventry 0-0 Fulham

Here’s Simon McMahon with an update from Scotland…

“A cracking first half hour at Tannadice with United’s Zidane Iqbal opening the scoring, and then Dylan Tait restoring their lead after Guinness-Walker had equalised for the Dons. Elsewhere, St. Mirren have taken the lead at home to Dundee.”

A nightmare first half for Swansea. They’re now 4-0 down at QPR as Jimmy Dunne adds to Richard Kone’s hat-trick.

Elsewhere, a long throw in the gusty conditions helps Lincoln pull level at 1-1 against Burnley. Ben House gets the goal.

Big chance for Everton at Arsenal. Ben White’s header back to Raya doesn’t have enough oomph and Barry anticipates. The Toffees striker is first to the ball but goes for a poke rather than bringing it down and rounding the Arsenal goalkeeper and Raya saves.

Still goalless at Coventry. The hosts have gone close though with Thomas-Asante twice having chances. Fulham dominating possession but Coventry looking a threat on the break.

Burnley are desperate for points in the Championship. And they have three coming their way as it stands after Andreas Hountondji puts them ahead against Lincoln at a very windy Sincil Bank.

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya is having a few skittish moments today. He takes too long with a clearance and is penalised by the ref, who awards Everton a free corner. Nothing comes of it though.

Wolves go in front against Watford. Adam Armstrong gets the goal at Molinuex and Wolves currently sit fourth in the live league table behind Middlesbrough, Swansea and West Ham.