Solent Soccer Saturday Live Blog: 2/12/23

17:07pm: The other full-time scores in the EFL Championship are as follows: West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leicester City, Birmingham City 0-0 Rotherham United, Hull City 1-2 Watford, Ipswich Town 2-1 Coventry City, Leeds United 3-2 Middlesbrough, Millwall 1-1 Sunderland, Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Stoke City, Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn Rovers and Swansea City 1-1 Huddersfield Town.

17:00pm: It’s full-time at Saint Mary’s and Southampton are now 11 games unbeaten! A brace from Adam Armstrong capped off a brilliant all-round display for the Saints.

16:54pm: Wolves have pulled one back, but is it too little too late for the Midlands side? Matheus Cunha scored the goal and it’s now Arsenal 2-1 Wolves.

16:51pm: Here’s some more content from today’s show some thirty minutes ago… Just when it looked like Saints had a third goal, here’s what really happened!

16:45pm: Burnley are also continuing to thrash Sheffield United at Turf Moor! Clarets skipper Josh Brownhill has added that goal for the home side and it’s an absolute screamer! Here was panelist Baxter Wilson’s reaction to it:

16:43pm: And just as I’ve given you that update, Brentford have restored their two-goal advantage and Baptiste is the man to have made it Brentford 3-1 Luton Town.

16:40pm: More goals are flying in! The Premier League is the gift is the gift that keeps on giving. Burnley have made it 4-0 thanks to goals from Amdouni and Koleosho! Luton have also pulled a goal back thanks to Scotsman Jacob Brown and it’s 2-1 there at the Gtech Community Stadium.

16:37pm: Despite a number of postponements, there has been action taking place in the National League! The current scores are Bromley 0-0 Rochdale, Kidderminster 2-0 Ebbsfleet United and Oxford City 1-4 Maidenhead United.

16:29pm: Brentford have been off to a flier at the start of the second half, with Neal Maupay and Ben Mee scoring goals in the 49th and 56th minutes, respectively. Meanwhile the other scores are Arsenal 2-0 and Burnley 2-0 Sheffield United, so no goals as of yet in the second half.

16:22pm: And just as I’ve provided that update for you, Morecambe have doubled their advantage – Wycombe 0-2 Morecambe.

16:20pm: Elsewhere in the country, the second round of the FA Cup has been well and truly underway. The scores currently are as follows: Wycombe 0-1 Morecambe, Newport County 1-0 Barnet, Gillingham 2-0 Charlton Athletic, Maidstone United 1-1 Barrow, Bolton 5-1 Harrogate Town, Peterborough 2-0 Doncaster, Cambridge United 3-0 Fleetwood Town, Oxford United 1-0 Grimsby Town, Sutton United 0-0 Horsham and Stevenage 0-0 Port Vale

16:10pm: The second half is underway in both in the Premier League and the EFL Championship!

16:00pm: The scores in the EFL Championship are as follows: FT – West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Leicester City and at HT – Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Blackburn Rovers, Southampton 2-0 Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Stoke City, Ipswich Town 2-0 Coventry City, Birmingham City 0-0 Rotherham United, Swansea City 0-1 Huddersfield Town, Millwall 1-0 Sunderland, Leeds United 3-2 Middlesbrough and Hull City 1-1 Watford.

15:54pm: The half-time scores in the Premier League are: Brentford 0-0 Luton Town, Burnley 2-0 Sheffield United and Arsenal 2-0 Wolves

15:51pm: It’s half-time in the Premier League and as it came to a close in the Burnley vs. Sheffield United match, Oli McBurnie was sent off! The Blades will play the second half with 10 men,

15:39pm: Is it a penalty? Is it a penalty? Is it a penalty? Nobody knows! Check out this clip from the ever-entertaining Liam Harding! He’s at AFC Totton’s home ground the Snows Stadium, where they’re currently 0-2 down to Chesham.

15:35pm: Michael Ryder, another one of panelists, is also enjoying himself covering Leeds United vs. Middlesbrough. Here’s his reaction to them Leeds’ second goal to put them 2-1 ahead!!

15:31pm: Score updates to bring you from the Premier League, as Arsenal currently lead 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Bukayo Saka and captain Martin Odegaard. Elsewhere further up north Burnley lead 1-0 against Sheffield United thanks to a Jay Rodriguez effort in the very first minute! One of our own TV panelists Dan Baverstock predicted the Burnley vs. Sheffield United match would be the most entertaining. Check out his prediction here:

15:23pm: Callum Pearman has travelled to Basingstoke’s match with Sholing just down the road and has demolished two ‘Stoke Stacks, which are supposedly the highest rated burger in all football grounds across the country. Here’s two clips of him smashing the burger down his gullet for the content!

15:17pm: AND A GOAL FOR THE SAINTS! It’s 1-0 and Adam Armstrong adds another goal to his impressive tally for this season. He also made it 2-0 five minutes later in the 15th minute. He is on fire!

15:05pm: And the Saints going marching into another EFL Championship fixture, facing Cardiff City at St. Mary’s Stadium. Southampton haven’t beaten Cardiff at St. Mary’s since February 2009 and are looking to get one back over them this time round. The teams for both sides are as follows: Southampton (4-3-2-1): Bazunu; Manning, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Walker-Peters; Downes, Alcaraz, Charles; S. Armstrong, A.Armstrong; Adams. Cardiff City (4-2-3-1): Runarsson; Collins, McGuinness, Goutas, Ng; Wintle, Bowler; Meite, Siopis, Robinson; Grant.

14:41pm: And the finally… the big relegation clash between Burnley and Sheffield United! It’s a northern rivalry which will bring the heat on this particularly cold winter’s day. Team news is as follows for both sides: Burnley (4-4-2): Trafford; Vitinho, O’Shea, Beyer, Taylor; Larsen, Berge, Brownhill (c), Koleosho; Rodriguez, Amdouni. Sheffield United (3-4-2-1): Foderingham; Trusty, Robinson, Baldock; Thomas, Fleck, Norwood (c), Ahmedhodzic; Hamer, McBurnie; Archer.

14:25pm: Brentford welcome Luton Town to Gtech Community Stadium. The lineups are as follows: Brentford (4-3-3): Flekken; Janelt, Mee, Pinnock, Ajer; Yarmolyuk, Norgaard (c), Onyeka; Wissa, Maupay, Mbuemo. Luton Town (3-4-2-1): Kaminski; Mengi, Lockyer (c), Osho; Kabore, Mpanzu, Barkley, Bell; Chong, Ogbene; Morris.

14:18pm: The Premier League is also on today live from 3pm: Top of the table Arsenal play host to Wolves at the Emirates. Here are the teams for you! Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba, Tomiyasu; Trossard, Rice, Odegaard (c); Martinelli, Jesus, Saka. Interesting decision to start Belgian winger Trossard in midfield, despite having the likes of Havertz and Jorginho on the bench for The Gunners. Wolves (3-5-2): Sa; Dawson, Kilman (c), Gomes; Semedo, Bellegarde, Traore, Doyle, Bueno; Cunha, Hwang.

14:15pm: Our live Radio show is also underway, with presenter Tom Goward and his group of panelists consisting of James Regan, Tom Humphrey, Callum Bates and Luke John-Buckle bringing you all the action!

13:58pm: Our live TV show is starting now! Join presenter Reece Barrett and his team of esteemed panelists Dan Baverstock, Ethan Moss-Wills, Michael Ryder and Baxter Wilson covering all the games from “The Den to Denmark”

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12:34pm: Today’s first matches which kicked off a few minutes ago are in the EFL Championship and the FA Cup. In the EFL Championship in the early kick-off currently ongoing is West Bromwich Albion vs. Leicester City at Hawthorns. The lineups are as follows: West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1): Palmer; Townsend, Ajayi, Kipre, Furlong; Mowatt, Yokslu; Sarmiento, Phillips, Diangana; Thomas-Asante. Leicester City (4-3-3): Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Pereira; Ndidi, Winks, Dewsbury-Hall; McAteer, Iheanacho, Mavididi.

12:31pm: Hello and welcome to the live blog for today’s Solent Soccer Saturday! I am your lead web production man Liam Warren and I’m here to bring you all the latest updates across our social media channels throughout the day! We have journalists going to the games up and down the country and across Europe, as well as two live TV and Radio shows on both our YouTube channels.