26 sport Monday, January 18, 2010 D barclays premier league Chelsea ...........7 Sunderland .... 2 Anelka 8, 65 Zenden 56 Malouda 17 Bent 90 A Cole 22 Att 41,776 Lampard 34, 90 Ballack 52 Everton ...........2 Man City ......... 0 Pienaar 36 Att 37,378 Saha 45 (pen) Man Utd ..........3 Burnley ........... 0 Berbatov 64 Att 75,120 Rooney 69, Diouf 90 Portsmouth ... P Birmingham ...P Stoke ...............1 Liverpool ........ 1 Huth 90 Kyrgiakos 57 Att 27,247 Tottenham ......0 Hull ................. 0 Att 35,729 Wolves ............0 Wigan ............. 2 Att 27,604 McCarthy 60 NZogbia 73 Yesterday Aston Villa ......0 West Ham ...... 0 Att 35,646 Blackburn .......2 Fulham ........... 0 Samba 25 Att 21,287 Nelsen 54 Bolton .............0 Arsenal ........... 2 Att 23,893 Fabregas 28 Merida 78 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 21 15 3 3 52 18 48 Man Utd 22 15 2 5 49 19 47 Arsenal 21 14 3 4 55 23 45 Tottenham 21 11 5 5 42 22 38 Man City 21 10 8 3 42 30 38 Aston Villa 21 10 6 5 29 18 36 Liverpool 21 10 4 7 38 26 34 Birmingham 21 9 6 6 21 19 33 Fulham 21 7 6 8 26 24 27 Everton 21 6 8 7 30 34 26 Stoke 21 6 7 8 19 26 25 Blackburn 22 6 6 10 23 39 24 Sunderland 21 6 5 10 30 38 23 Wigan 20 6 4 10 23 44 22 Burnley 21 5 5 11 22 43 20 West Ham 21 4 7 10 28 37 19 Wolves 21 5 4 12 17 38 19 Hull 21 4 7 10 20 42 19 Bolton 19 4 6 9 26 38 18 Portsmouth 20 4 2 14 18 32 14 coca-cola championship Barnsley ..........1 Sheff Wed ....... 2 Hallfredsson 7 Spurr 3, Johnson 21 Blackpool .......2 QPR ................ 2 Adam 9 Taarabt 55 (pen) Taylor-Fletcher 77 Connolly 84 Bristol City ......4 Preston ........... 2 Haynes 2 Brown 27 Fontaine 12 Wallace 90 Carey 58, Sno 90 Doncaster .......2 Watford .......... 1 Shiels 50 Helguson 90 (pen) Roberts 83 Ipswich ...........3 Coventry ......... 2 John 42, Colback 52 Morrison 2, Wood 90 Counago 90 Nottm For .......2 Reading .......... 1 Anderson 11 Kebe 90 Earnshaw 41 Peterboro .......0 Derby .............. 3 Davies 45 (pen) Campbell 48, 75 Plymouth ........0 Crystal Pal ..... 1 Moses 17 Scunthorpe .....1 Cardiff ............ 1 OConnor 11 Whittingham 82 Sheff Utd ...........1 Middlesboro .....0 Cresswell 56 Swansea .........1 Leicester ........ 0 Pintado 32 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 24 15 6 3 39 14 51 Nottm Forest 26 13 10 3 39 20 49 West Brom 24 13 6 5 49 25 45 Swansea 25 10 10 5 22 19 40 Cardiff 25 11 6 8 44 29 39 Sheff Utd 25 10 8 7 36 33 38 Leicester 24 10 8 6 29 26 38 Crystal Palace 25 9 10 6 29 27 37 Blackpool 24 9 9 6 38 28 36 Bristol City 25 8 11 6 33 31 35 QPR 25 8 10 7 40 38 34 Doncaster 24 8 9 7 31 28 33 Middlesbrough 25 9 5 11 34 30 32 Watford 25 8 8 9 34 39 32 Coventry 26 8 7 11 31 39 31 Barnsley 24 8 6 10 31 39 30 Preston 24 7 8 9 28 33 29 Derby 26 8 5 13 28 39 29 Ipswich 25 5 13 7 30 36 28 Scunthorpe 25 7 6 12 30 46 27 Reading 25 5 8 12 27 41 23 Sheff Wed 24 5 7 12 27 40 22 Plymouth 24 6 3 15 21 35 21 Peterborough 25 3 9 13 31 46 18 league one Brentford ........3 Carlisle ........... 1 Colchester ......0 Norwich .......... 5 Exeter ..............2 Leeds .............. 0 Hartlepool .......0 MK Dons ........ 5 Huddersfield ...2 Southend ........ 1 Leyton O ........ P Bristol R .........P Millwall ............1 Southmpton ... 1 Stockport ....... P Oldham ...........P Swindon ..........3 Gillingham ...... 1 Tranmere ....... P Yeovil ..............P Walsall ............1 Brighton ......... 2 Wycombe ........1 Charlton ......... 2 league Two Accrington S . P Rotherham .....P Barnet .............1 Lincoln City .... 2 Bournemth .....1 Bury ................ 2 Bradford ........ P Notts Cnty ......P Burton A .........1 Shrewsbury .... 1 Chesterfield ....1 Torquay .......... 0 Dag & Red ......2 Crewe ............. 0 Darlington ...... P Aldershot .......P Grimsby ..........0 Cheltenham ... 0 Hereford ......... P Morecambe ...P Macclesfld ..... P Northmpton ...P Rochdale ....... P Port Vale .........P clydesdale bank premier league Celtic ...............1 Falkirk ............ 1 Samaras 40 Finnigan 19 Att 50,000 Dundee Utd ....1 Hibernian ....... 0 Hamilton .........0 Rangers .......... 1 Att 5,343 Novo 78 Hearts .............1 St Mirren ........ 0 Kilmarnock .....0 Motherwell ..... 3 St Johnstone . P Aberdeen .......P P W D L F A Pts Rangers 20 14 5 1 48 13 47 Celtic 19 11 5 3 38 20 38 Dundee Utd 20 9 7 4 24 23 34 Hibernian 19 9 6 4 26 16 33 Hearts 20 7 6 7 19 20 27 Motherwell 19 5 8 6 24 29 23 Aberdeen 18 5 6 7 13 19 21 St Mirren 19 5 5 9 20 26 20 St Johnstone 17 5 4 8 24 30 19 Hamilton 18 4 4 10 15 28 16 Kilmarnock 19 3 5 11 12 26 14 Falkirk 18 2 7 9 15 28 13 RESULTS ROUND-UP TODAYS FIXTURES SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE GOLF EUROPEAN TOUR JOBURG OPEN (Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC, Johannesburg) Final rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71): 261 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 63 68 64 66. 267 Keith Horne (Rsa) 68 65 70 64, Darren Clarke 63 69 67 68. 270 Danny Willett 65 67 70 68, James Kamte (Rsa) 67 66 69 68. 272 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 67 66 69 70, Peter Whiteford 66 69 70 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 66 70 68 68, Joost Luiten (Ned) 66 69 69 68. Irish scores: 275 Simon Thornton 70 65 71 69. 277 Michael Hoey 68 69 67 73. RUGBY UNION HEINEKEN CUP POOL 1 Treviso .............. 7 Munster.......... 44 Northampton .. 34 Perpignan......... 0 P W D L F A Pts Munster 5 4 0 1 173 85 20 Northampton 5 4 0 1 129 92 18 Perpignan 5 1 0 4 74 117 6 Treviso 5 1 0 4 62 144 5 POOL 2 Gloucester...... 23 Biarritz.............. 8 Glasgow ......... 29 Newport-G D.. 25 P W D L F A Pts Biarritz 5 4 0 1 147 77 18 Gloucester 5 3 0 2 87 106 12 Glasgow 5 2 0 3 100 99 9 Newport-G D 5 1 0 4 85 137 6 POOL 3 C Auvergne..... 27 Ospreys............ 7 Leicester......... 47 Viadana............ 8 P W D L F A Pts Leicester 5 3 1 1 175 106 17 Ospreys 5 3 1 1 171 109 16 CAuvergne 5 3 0 2 142 100 16 Viadana 5 0 0 5 63 236 0 POOL 4 S Francais....... 15 Bath ............... 13 Ulster.............. 21 Edinburgh....... 13 P W D L F A Pts Stade Francais 5 4 0 1 117 86 17 Ulster 5 3 0 2 99 84 13 Edinburgh 5 2 0 3 55 87 9 Bath 5 1 0 4 74 88 7 POOL 5 Cardiff Blues... 36 Sale................ 19 Toulouse ......... 33 Harlequins...... 21 P W D L F A Pts Toulouse 5 4 0 1 124 79 19 Cardiff Blues 5 3 0 2 104 84 13 Sale 5 3 0 2 113 134 13 Harlequins 5 0 0 5 82 126 2 POOL 6 Leinster........... 27 Brive............... 10 Scarlets........... 31 London Irish... 22 P W D L F A Pts Leinster 5 4 0 1 143 49 20 London Irish 5 3 0 2 129 83 15 Scarlets 5 3 0 2 96 130 13 Brive 5 0 0 5 51 157 0 EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP POOL 2 Worcester ....... 54 O Madrid.......... 3 Connacht........ 20 Montpellier..... 10 P W D L B F A Pts Connacht 5 5 0 0 1 133 63 21 Montpellier 5 3 0 2 3 150 89 15 Worcester 5 2 0 3 4 137 75 12 O Madrid 5 0 0 5 0 44 237 0 Fot football results, tables and all this weeks fixtures metro.co.uk/footystats TODAY SOCCER (7.45pm unless stated) Africa Cup of Nations Group A Angola v Algeria..................(4pm) TV Eurosport Mali v Malawi........................... (4pm) Coca-Cola Championship Newcastle v West Brom ...............TV Sky Sports 1 Active Nation Scottish Cup Fourth Round Kilmarnock v Falkirk ......................... Forfar v St Johnstone....................... Ross County v Inverurie Loco Works Inverness CT v Motherwell............... Ayr v Brechin .................................... Albion v Stirling................................. Edinburgh City v Montrose............... HORSE RACING Fakenham,Wolverhampton, Plumpton TENNIS (all week) Australian Open (Melbourne Park) KEVIN DOYLE has told former Reading team-mate Stephen Hunt he would be a welcome arrival at Molineux as Wolves fight to stay in the Premier League. Boss Mick McCarthy has reportedly had a 3million bid for the Hull midfielder turned down, but Doyle said of his Republic of Ireland team-mate: Hunty would be a good signing. I know him very well. He would add quality to the squad. Weve got a decent squad but you always need more. Huntys style of play would suit us because we all try to keep going to the very end. The manager signs players like that. Meanwhile, Ireland Under-21 midfielder James McCarthy was celebrating his first goal for Wigan after netting the opener in Saturdays 2-0 win at Wolves. McCarthy, 19, who joined the Latics last summer, said: It is a dream come true for me to go and play in the Premier League and get a goal in my first start. footballdigest Welcome mat: Doyle Doyle eager for reunion with former Royal Hunt CELTIC manager Tony Mowbray claims his team will soon hand out a thrashing after they again failed to make their pressure count during a 1-1 draw against Falkirk. Georgios Samaras cancelled out Carl Finnigans shock opener five minutes before the break and Mowbray said: The team was good. If I thought there was major surgery to do, I would be more concerned. I think the players have enough quality to turn these games into victories. Somewhere along the line we are going to score a lot of goals, Im sure. GABON added a goalless draw with Tunisia to their opening win against Cameroon to move within touching distance of the African Nations Cup last eight. The best chance of the first half fell to Tunisia striker Amine Chermiti but he missed the target after rounding keeper Didier Ovono. Tunisian substitute Ahmed Akaichi then hit the bar in the 81st minute from close range before Gabons Daniel Cousin headed wide late on as neither side failed to find a barely-deserved winner. Mowbray: I wont panic Gabon close on last eight ONeill tries to keep Villa dispute in the family Martin Oneill was involved in a verbal spat with aston Villa fans after watching his side held to a goalless draw by West Ham. the Villa manager and Seamus McDonagh, his goalkeeping coach, appeared to have words with several spectators as the game finished. When the final whistle blew around half a dozen stewards were placed alongside and at the back of the home dugout but Oneill was adamant what occurred was not a big issue. the former Celtic boss tried to laugh off the incident, claiming: it was my brother. He was giving me a bit of advice. ill see him when i get home. i didnt know about Seamus and im not so sure this is really a big issue. it does not concern me. the issue today was we were una- ble to score a goal but it was a big ef- fort by my players considering we played in the Carling Cup semi-final only on thursday. it is disappointing the win didnt materialise and when you drop points at home it can be considered a missed opportunity. West Ham defended stoutly after rookie striker Frank nouble spurned an early chance but Oneill felt only the fair play of Stiliyan Petrov prevented the visitors being reduced to ten men when radoslav Kovac fouled the Villa captain after the break. Oneill said: Stiliyan kept Kovac on the pitch by getting up so quickly. Hopefully this idea we have a couple of divers in our team like Gabriel agbonlahor and ashley Young gets washed away with the rest of the nonsense. ASTON VILLA 0 WEST HAM 0 By Paul Murphy Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Petrov, A Young, Milner, Downing, Agbonlahor, Heskey (Carew 57). Booked: Petrov. West Ham: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Spector, Noble, Kovac (Stanislas 62), Parker (Diamanti 57), Behrami, Collison, Nouble (Da Costa 90). Booked: Kovac, Collison, Stanislas. Att: 35,646 Ref: M Jones. Zola happy to draw comfort WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola hailed his teams battling display as a point at Aston Villa lifted them out of the bottom three. A string of fine saves from England keeper Robert Green helped to keep the hosts at bay and Zola said: The way we played in the second half deserved a point. Im proud of our performance. We were up against a team in good form and we have important players missing. It is massive to be out of the bottom three and this result here will also give the players real confidence. Cover up: Aston Villa midfielder James Milner cannot look after squandering another chance Picture: Reuters index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html