Score Roundup 30/10/10

English Premier League :

Arsenal 1 West Ham United 0

Alex Song's late header gave Premier League title chasers Arsenal a narrow victory over West Ham to deny the bottom club a deserved point at Emirates Stadium.

Blackburn Rovers 1 Chelsea 2

Branislav Ivanovic nodded home a late winner for Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea as Blackburn squandered a golden chance to upset the odds at Ewood Park.

Everton 1 Stoke City 0

Ayegbeni Yakubu struck his first goal since April to maintain Everton's Premier League revival at the expense of Stoke.

Fulham 2 Wigan Athletic 0

Clint Dempsey struck twice as Fulham avoided a third successive Premier League defeat to rocket up the table.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Manchester City 1

David Edwards scored his first goal for 14 months to earn Wolves a shock win over Manchester City and boost their Premier League survival hopes.

City went ahead through Emmanuel Adebayor's penalty and dominated the early part of the match.

But Wolves equalised through Nenad Milijas and then Edwards earned Mick McCarthy's side their first victory since the opening day of the campaign.

Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0

A controversial late goal from Nani and a first-half header by Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic ensured Tottenham's 21-year wait for victory at Old Trafford continued.

English League Championship :

Cardiff City 3 Norwich City 1

Cardiff replaced long-time leaders QPR at the the top of the Championship following a comfortable 3-1 victory.

Crystal Palace 0 Swansea City 3

Swansea kept the pressure on the Championship pacesetters ahead of next weekend's much-anticipated derby with Cardiff with a comfortable 3-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Derby County 4 Watford 1

Derby produced a clinical all-round performance to claim a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Watford.

After a poor start to the season, the Rams have been rampant in recent weeks and they claimed their fifth league win in seven npower Championship games as goals from John Brayford and Shefki Kuqi added to Tomasz Cywka's double.

Ipswich Town 2 Millwall 0

A goal apiece from Jason Scotland and Grant Leadbitter earned Ipswich a comfortable 2-0 home win over Millwall in the npower Championship.

Leicester City 1 Preston North End 0

Leicester claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over fellow strugglers Preston in a forgettable npower Championship clash at the Walkers Stadium.

Middlesbrough 1 Bristol City 2

Tony Mowbray was unable to enjoy a fairytale return to management with Middlesbrough as his new charges slumped to their fourth defeat in as many league games, 2-1 to Bristol City.

Portsmouth 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Portsmouth extended their unbeaten run to seven games as they narrowly overcame Nottingham Forest 2-1.

Pompey confirmed the sale of the club to businessmen Balram Chainrai, Levi Kushnir and Deepak Chainrai last week and the players rewarded their new owners with all three points.

Queens Park Rangers 1 Burnley 1

Graham Alexander was back on the spot as Burnley knocked QPR off their perch at the top of the Championship.

Reading 4 Doncaster Rovers 3

Simon Church hit a late winner as Reading fought back from 3-1 down to claim a stunning Championship win at home to Doncaster.

Scunthorpe United 1 Leeds United 4

Jonny Howson produced the ultimate captain's contribution as his second-half, 15-minute hat-trick helped Leeds cruise to a 4-1 win at Scunthorpe.

Sheffield United 0 Coventry City 1

Gary McSheffrey's first-half header was enough to condemn Sheffield United to another home defeat and lift Coventry up to fourth place in the npower Championship courtesy of a 1-0 win.

Barnsley 1 Hull City 1

Kevin Kilbane scored his first league goal of the season to earn Hull a deserved 1-1 draw from their npower Championship clash against Barnsley at Oakwell.

English League One :


AFC Bournemouth 1 Colchester United 2

A goal in each half by Tommy Williams and substitute Ian Henderson shattered Bournemouth's unbeaten home record and enhanced Colchester's own promotion ambitions with a 2-0 win.

Bristol Rovers 1 Carlisle United 1

A brilliant injury-time penalty save from Mikkel Andersen denied Carlisle a dramatic victory in a 1-1 draw.

Charlton Athletic 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Scott Wagstaff's first-half goal earned Charlton all three points against Sheffield Wednesday at The Valley.

Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Hartlepool United 1

Mark Arber scored a 95th minute own goal to give Hartlepool a deserved point at Dagenham in a 1-1 draw.

Exeter City 2 Brentford 4

Brentford ended Exeter's unbeaten home record with an impressive 4-2 victory at St James' Park.

Huddersfield Town 1 Walsall 0

Winger Anthony Pilkington scored his sixth goal in five games as 10-man Huddersfield condemned struggling Walsall to another defeat. Pilkington, who seemed to have little on when he collected a loose ball in midfield on 35 minutes, romped forward and belted a 30-yard strike past keeper James Walker.

Leyton Orient 2 Rochdale 1

Leyton Orient came from behind to earn three valuable points with their fourth home win of the season from an entertaining 2-1 win against adventurous Rochdale.

Notts County 1 Southampton 3

Paul Ince's tenure as Notts County manager began in a 3-1 defeat as Southampton came from behind to claim all three points at Meadow Lane.

Oldham Athletic 4 Plymouth Argyle 2

Oldham beat 9 men Plymouth at home.

Peterborough United 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 3

Table-topping Brighton cruised past 10-man Peterborough 3-0 in a battle of the League One big guns.

Tranmere Rovers 4 Milton Keynes Dons 2

Tranmere chalked up a second home win of the season with a frantic 4-2 win over MK Dons where both sides ended the game with 10 men.

Yeovil Town 3 Swindon Town 3

Two goals in the last five minutes rescued Swindon from what seemed a certain defeat as they earned a 3-3 draw in a pulsating game.

English League Two :

Accrington Stanley 2 Cheltenham Town 4

Cheltenham moved into the play-off places with a comfortable 4-2 win at Accrington.

Aldershot Town 1 Bury 3

Bury winger Michael Jones scored twice as the Shakers came from behind to beat nine-man Aldershot 3-1.

Bradford City 5 Oxford United 0

Bradford scored five goals and three players were sent off in an extraordinary second half at Valley Parade as Oxford were thumped 5-0.

Macclesfield Town 2 Burton Albion 1

Algerian midfielder Hamza Bencherif bagged a brace to beat Burton 2-1.

Northampton Town 2 Gillingham 1

Leon McKenzie was spot on to end Northampton's run of five straight defeats in a 2-1 win at home to Gillingham.

Port Vale 2 Crewe Alexandra 1

Port Vale won a pulsating local derby 2-1 with 10 men to register their first victory in five games and inflict Crewe's first defeat in 12 matches.

Shrewsbury Town 2 Barnet 1

Goalkeeping errors by Jake Cole gifted Shrewsbury two goals in three minutes as Barnet were beaten 2-1.

Southend United 1 Rotherham United 0

Southend halted their three-match losing streak in a 1-0 win over Rotherham thanks to an early goal from striker Blair Sturrock.

Stevenage 0 Chesterfield 0

Chesterfield remain on top of the League Two table after securing a creditable 0-0 draw at Stevenage.

Stockport County 0 Hereford United 5

Hereford moved off the bottom of the Football League with an emphatic 5-0 victory at Stockport.

Torquay United 3 Morecambe 1

Torquay top scorer Elliot Benyon's double sandwiched a super strike from on-loan QPR winger Romone Rose as Torquay ended a nine-match wait for a League Two win by beating nine-man Morecambe 3-1.

Wycombe Wanderers 2 Lincoln City 2

Ben Hutchinson was the Lincoln savour as the Imps shared the points on the road for the first time this season in a 2-2 draw at Wycombe.

Scottish Premier League :

St Johnstone 0 Celtic 3

A Niall McGinn double helped take Celtic level on points with Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders Rangers in a comfortable win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

Dundee United 1 Hibernian 0

David Goodwillie netted an 87th-minute winner as Dundee United ended a run of three straight losses with a 1-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League victory over hapless Hibernian.

Motherwell 0 Hamilton Academical 1

Nigel Hasselbaink's 15th-minute goal was enough to give Hamilton a Lanarkshire derby win at Fir Park but once again a controversial refereeing decision was the main talking point of a Clydesdale Bank Premier League game.

Rangers 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1

Rangers' 100% record in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League came to an end at the hands of Inverness Caledonian Thistle as they earned a draw at Ibrox.

St Mirren 2 Aberdeen 1

Jure Travner scored an injury-time winner to give St Mirren a long-awaited victory over Aberdeen in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League.

Spanish Primera Division :

Valencia 1 Real Zaragoza 1

Maurizio Lanzaro scored at both ends as bottom club Real Zaragoza held high-flying Valencia to a creditable 1-1 draw at the Mestalla, despite being reduced to 10 men for the fourth successive league game.

Hercules 1 Real Madrid 3

Cristiano Ronaldo struck two late goals and had a hand in the other as Real Madrid fought back from an early deficit to down giant-killers Hercules and ensure Jose Mourinho's in-form side remain top of the Primera Division standings.

Barcelona 5 Sevilla 0

Lionel Messi and David Villa bagged two goals apiece as Barcelona cruised to an impressive 5-0 win at home to 10-man Sevilla at the Nou Camp to stay within a point of leaders Real Madrid.

Italian Serie A :

AS Roma 2 Lecce 0

Roma moved into the top half of Serie A on the back of a convincing victory over Lecce which was overshadowed by a red card for Francesco Totti.

AC Milan 1 Juventus 2

Juventus joined the race for the Serie A title by narrowing the gap on third-placed AC Milan to two points with a win at the San Siro.

German Bundesliga :

FC Cologne 3 Hamburg SV 2

Milivoje Novakovic had been banished to the bench by former Cologne coach Zvonimir Soldo, but scored a hat-trick in his first Bundesliga game under interim coach Frank Schaefer as Cologne beat Hamburg.

Kaiserslautern 3 Borussia Monchengladbach 0

Kaiserslautern snapped a five-game losing streak in convincing fashion with a home win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

St Pauli 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 3

Theofanis Gekas continued his fine goalscoring form with a crucial brace as Eintracht Frankfurt recorded an impressive away win at St Pauli.

VfL Wolfsburg 2 VfB Stuttgart 0

Wolfsburg picked up a crucial victory at home to Stuttgart to boost their bid to move back up the Bundesliga table.

Werder Bremen 2 Nurnberg 3

Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Nurnberg continued their strong season with victory at Werder Bremen.

Schalke 04 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1

Sidney Sam's second half goal pushed Bayer Leverkusen into third place in the Bundesliga with an away victory over Schalke, whose nightmare season continues.

French Ligue 1 :

AJ Auxerre 2 Nice 0

Valter Birsa and Benoit Pedretti scored to give Auxerre the lift they were looking for at the expense of Nice.

Brest 2 St Etienne 0

Newly-promoted Brest surged to the top of the Ligue 1 table after they scored twice in the final 15 minutes to down fellow high-flyers St Etienne.

Caen 2 AS Nancy Lorraine 3

Nancy came from behind to record a hugely creditable away win against Caen.

Lorient 2 Arles 0

Second-half goals from Kevin Gameiro and Lynel Kitambala gave Lorient three points at the expense of rock bottom Ligue 1 side Arles.

Lyon 2 Sochaux 1

Lyon bounced back from their Coupe de la Ligue exit in midweek with a home win over struggling Sochaux.

Toulouse 1 Lens 1

Lens produced a battling display to claim a draw at Toulouse and a put a little more distance between themselves and the foot of the Ligue 1 table.

Ronaldinho recalled by Brazil

Brazil coach Mano Menezes has handed Ronaldinho a recall to the national side ahead of next month's friendly against Argentina.

Ronaldinho, currently at AC Milan, missed out on a place in the 2010 World Cup squad after failing to convince previous boss Dunga, but Menezes has ended the player's 18-month international exile.

"He is a player in good form in a position we need," Menezes said. "We want to see the Ronaldinho who was admired as one of the best in the world."

Santos starlet Neymar, considered to be a key part of the new-look side, also makes his return. Neymar had been left out of the squad that took on Iran and Ukraine in October due to disciplinary problems.

Brazil squad to face Argentina in Doha on November 17:

Goalkeepers: Victor (Gremio) Jeferson (Botafogo), Neto (Atletico-PR).

Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Rafael (Manchester United), Adriano Correa (Barcelona), Andre Santos (Fenerbahce), Thiago Silva (Milan), David Luiz (Benfica), Alex Costa (Chelsea), Rever (Atletico-MG).

Midfielders: Lucas (Liverpool), Ramires (Chelsea), Sandro (Tottenham), Jucilei (Corinthians), Douglas (Gremio), Philippe Coutinho (Inter), Ronaldinho (AC Milan), Elias (Corinthians).

Forwards: Robinho (AC Milan), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Andre (Dinamo Kiev), Neymar (Santos).

Gremio win sends Fluminense three clear

Fluminense are three points clear at the top of Brazil's Campeonato after a 2-0 home win over mid-table Gremio.

Dario Conca got both goals which came after 19 and 81 minutes.

Marcos Santana gave Atletico Goianiense the lead against Ceara with a goal after 25 minutes but the visitors earned a draw when Michel netted with 15 minutes left.

Joao Miranda secured victory for Sao Paulo who won 2-1 against Atletico Paranaense.

Ricardo Oliveira gave Sao Paulo the lead, Joffre Guerron equalised before Miranda netted the winner.

UEFA awards 3-0 win to Italy after Serbia trouble

UEFA has awarded Italy with a 3-0 victory after their Euro 2012 qualifier against Serbia in Genoa was abandoned due to crowd trouble. Serbia will also have to play their next two home games behind closed doors.

The game on October 12 was delayed for 35 minutes following crowd trouble and when it finally did start, the referee called off proceedings after only seven minutes when Serbian supporters hurled flares onto the pitch and in the direction of Italian fans.

Serbian supporters were also filmed attempting to smash Perspex barriers at Stadio Luigi Ferrari and cutting through protective nets separating them from the pitch.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has said in a statement that UEFA has awarded a 3-0 win to Italy and imposed further sanctions on Serbia, though this has not yet been confirmed officially by UEFA.

Italy have also incurred a suspended one-match stadium ban, according to the FIGC.

A statement from the governing body detailed "a 3-0 victory in favour of Italy and two games behind closed doors for Serbia, of which one is conditional. Italy have been given a conditional one game behind closed doors.

"This is the decision of the disciplinary commission of UEFA which met today [Friday] in Nyon, based on the abandonment of the game between Italy and Serbia on October 12 in Genoa following the crowd unrest by Serbian fans."

Serbia have been fined €120,000 and Italy €100,000. Serbian fans will also not be allowed to buy tickets for their national team's away games. Both federations have six days to appeal against the decision.

The news means the Azzurri will be three points clear in Group C after four matches. Serbia are second bottom, above Faroe Islands, with four points from four games.

Moritz Leitner to join Dortmund in January

Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of coveted midfielder Moritz Leitner from 1860 Munich for an undisclosed fee.

Leitner, 17, will officially make the move when the market reopens on January 1, but he will remain with the second division club on loan until the end of the season.

The youngster, who has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Bundesliga high-flyers, had also been linked with a move to Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich after impressing in the second division in this, his first season as a professional.

"I am proud that Borussia Dortmund have faith in me making the step up to the Bundesliga,'' Leitner said. "For me, I now have to justify this faith. At the moment, though, it is important for me to develop step by step here with the Lions.''

The Munich side are currently struggling financially, which is why they have been forced to listen to offers for their talented midfielder.

"I am glad that I can support the Lions in this difficult time and give something back to the club which gave me a home and an education,'' said Leitner.

Miki Stevic, 1860's director of sport, was also satisfied with the deal he had struck with Dortmund.

"They really wanted to integrate Moritz into their Bundesliga squad from the coming winter break and we are glad that we have been able to agree on acceptable terms for the transfer and that Moritz can end the season with us,'' he said.

"Moritz is without a doubt one of the biggest talents in his age group. His confident way of playing football has quickly aroused the interest of several Bundesliga clubs.''

Score Roundup 29/10/10

Italian Serie A :

Genoa 0 Internazionale 1

A fortuitous goal from Sulley Muntari took Inter Milan up to second in Serie A thanks to a 1-0 win at Genoa.

The Ghana midfielder came on early in the game as a replacement for the injured Esteban Cambiasso and his seemingly harmless shot deep into first-half stoppage time skidded past Genoa goalkeeper Eduardo.

German Bundesliga :

Bayern Munich 4 Freiburg 2

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich continued building towards top form with a convincing win over Freiburg that Toni Kroos capped with a stunning strike from 25 yards.

After a woeful start to the campaign, Bayern are beginning to find their feet and are now unbeaten in five matches across three competitions.

Carling Cup Quarter Final Draw

Holders Manchester United will continue their defence of the Carling Cup with a trip to West Ham in the quarter-finals.

In the tie of the round, second city rivals Birmingham and Aston Villa have been drawn to meet at St Andrew's.

Arsenal are bidding to win their first piece of silverware since 2005 and they welcome Wigan to the Emirates Stadium.

Championship side Ipswich, the only non-Premier League club remaining, are rewarded for their win over Northampton with a home tie against West Brom.

Arsenal, who beat Newcastle 4-0 in round four, were first out of the hat and they will entertain Wigan, 2-0 winners against Swansea, in a repeat of their fourth-round encounter in 2008.

A youthful Gunners side triumphed 3-0 on that occasion, but three seasons earlier the Latics came out on top over two legs to reach the first major final in their history.

Wigan were beaten by Manchester United in the showpiece and Sir Alex Ferguson's men, who battled to a 3-2 win against Wolves on Tuesday, will look to take a step closer to Wembley once more when they travel to Upton Park.

West Ham claimed an extra-time victory over Stoke to reach this stage but they are currently bottom of the Premier League and have a poor recent record against United - losing each of their last six meetings, with just one goal scored and 17 conceded.

For Birmingham, who edged past Brentford on penalties, and Aston Villa it is a chance to renew their fierce local rivalry after this Sunday's Premier League meeting.

Villa, 2-1 extra-time winners over Burnley, have won each of the last six derbies and four of the six League Cup matches between the pair.

Following their 4-1 win at Leicester, a trip to Portman Road awaits for 1966 winners West Brom.

Ipswich are struggling in the Championship but they proved too strong for Northampton in the fourth round and will be keen to reach a first League Cup semi-final since 2001.

Quarter-finals draw:

Arsenal v Wigan
Birmingham v Aston Villa
West Ham v Manchester United
Ipswich v West Brom

Barcelona's Pinto banned for 2 match in UCL

Barcelona goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto has been banned for two games by UEFA after the governing body found him guilty of "gross unsporting conduct" when whistling to halt an attack from FC Copenhagen.