Crystal Palace v Brighton, West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth, Ipswich 1-2 Wolves: football – live

A breathless and thoroughly entertaining second half ends with the teams on level terms. West Ham at least brought some threat in the final third after a disappointing first 45 minutes, with headed goals from Niclas Füllkrug and Jarrod Bowen, but Evanlison’s double is enough for a share of the spoils. More full time scores in the Championship: Plymouth 2-1 Norwich – a big win for the bottom club Sheff Weds 0-1 Hull – the Tigers boost their survival bid Bristol City 2-1 Watford – are Robins on course for the playoffs? Swansea 1-0 Derby – the Rams’ good run comes to an end Chaos in the A23 derby. Jan Paul van Hecke joins the red card club. Another second yellow. It’s nine versus 10 now. Championship: Who had Oxford 1-0 Sheffield United on their predictions card? It’s finished that way in a big blow for Chris Wilder’s men. It’s attack v defence at Selhurst Park now as this lengthy period of added time offers hope for Brighton. They’re not taking their chances at the moment. A vital late goal for Hull in the Championship relegation scrap! Neither the Tigers nor Sheffield Wednesday have offered much today but Charlie Hughes’ stoppage time header might have put the visitors four points clear of trouble. Marc Guehi follows Eddie Nketiah off the field and Palace are down to nine men! It’s another two yellow cards and, as 12 added minutes are signalled, we have a seriously interesting finish on our hands. In League One … Birmingham have run away with it against Barnsley. It’s 5-2 now. Stevenage might have won it late on against Crawley via Jamie Reid’s goal. Bradford have wrapped it up against Crewe and look destined for the League Two summit. Just one point will separate the top three in the fourth tier, with the chasing pack not far off either. Heartbreak for Ipswich. Wolves have done a number on them in this second half and the three points might be on their way across the country to Molineux. Jorgen Strand Larsen pokes it home … although there’s a VAR check going on. The goal will count. All three Premier League games are on a knife-edge going into the final few minutes plus stoppage time. Tasty stuff. There’s been some debate over that Nketiah red. Not sure both offences were worthy of yellows, but there you go. Paul Summers gets back in touch re Ipswich 1-1 Wolves: Got to say that Wolves goal looked marginal for offside in the build up too. Not calling it either way but that didn’t seem to be checked either. Maybe this VAR team have the attention span of a goldfish? A big goal for Swansea against in-form Derby and it’s come courtesy of Ji-Sung Eom. That would land the Rams firmly back in the mire, despite their excellent form under John Eustace. Also in the Championship, Watford have scored but still trail Bristol City 2-1 while Portsmouth have equalised at Millwall. It’s been a ding-dong second half at the London Stadium. Bournemouth saw their 1-0 lead evaporate but have struck back through Evanilson. The Brazilian is on a hat-trick now. Eddie Nketiah only came on in the 68th minute but he’s received two yellow cards and has received his marching orders. The Eagles have about 10 minutes plus added time to hang on with 10 men. Charlton have surged back in the second half against Lincoln, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 2-2 scoreline. The Valley is positively bouncing – and those faint hopes of automatic promotion are .. well, still faint, but by no means dead and buried. Fellow League One playoff hopefuls Bolton have taken the lead against Bristol Rovers. Championship: Lewis Baker slots home a penalty at Deepdale to get Stoke back on terms. That’s a very big goal for Wolves! They’ve piled the pressure on in this second half and substitute Pablo Sarabia has breached the Ipswich defence. An instinctive finish. Team news has dropped from Villa Park for our 5.30pm offering. Scott Murray is your man. Another update from north o’ t’ border via Simon McMahon: Looking likely that Dundee United will be confirmed in the top six without kicking a ball, thanks to Dundee now leading St. Mirren 2-0, and Kilmarnock doing the same to Motherwell. Rangers are still trailing 1-0 to Hibs, and looking at a fifth home defeat in a row, but with away wins at Celtic, Fenerbahce, Dundee and Kilmarnock in the same period. Go figure. Leeds fans will be hoping and praying that Oxford can hang on to that 1-0 lead against Sheffield United. One of them, Jeremy Boyce, emails in: Leeds fan here. As you said, not a great day for the Whites. The only saving grace is that Sheff U are currently 1-0 down, but i’m sure Wilder will re-establish some new order … As regards the Joy Division chanting, maybe as a variant they could try “New Dawn Fades”, as it so often does in the vicinity of Elland Road. Where will it end ? The Hammers have turned it around! Jarrod Bowen scores and this has been the second half performance Graham Potter would have been craving. Another cracking cross has been met by another good header. Bayer Leverkusen have clinched a last-gasp victory at FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga. Emi Buendia popped up in the 91st minute to score his first ever goal for the German club. That keeps them within six points of leaders Bayern. In the Championship: QPR 0-0 Cardiff Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Hull Swansea 0-0 Derby Can we get a goal for anyone there? Please? Birmingham 3-2 Barnsley. A mad game at St Andrews after that early Tykes’ red card. West Ham fans, surely that relationship between James Ward-Prowse and Niclas Füllkrug, who combined for the goal, is something to be harnessed? You have a brilliant set-piece taker and one of European football’s biggest aerial threats. Brighton need another spark so they’re bringing on Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra. The Seagulls have some serious strength in depth in attacking areas. As it stands though, another Palace goal looks more likely than Brighton making it 2-2. Plenty of noise from the home fans. There’s a trademark Niclas Füllkrug goal to get West Ham back on terms. A fine header! The deadlock is broken at The New Den and it’s Millwall’s Mihailo Ivanovic who has popped up with the goal against Portsmouth? Could Pompey get dragged back into the Championship relegation fight? Strugglers Cardiff, Hull and Derby are all involved in goalless games right now. Crewe Alexandra have given it everything at Bradford. Hosts’ goalkeeper Sam Walker has saved a penalty and now Alex have seen a goal chalked off for offside. Bradford still lead 1-0 in this one, with the outcome crucial to the automatic promotion and playoff races. Birmingham have restored their lead against Barnsley. It’s been a bit of struggle for the League One leaders against the Yorkshire side’s 10 men. The visitors have been dogged and dug in, but promotion now seems inevitable for Blues. A flowing Crystal Palace counterattack is finished by the wing-back Daniel Muñoz. Where has that goal come from? The Eagles are flying. Charlton have been one of the form sides in League One of late and even harboured hopes of an automatic promotion slot before today’s game at home to Lincoln. But James Collins’s brace for the Imps has put the hosts 2-0 down … predicting League One is as tough as League Two. Josh Sargent has scored within a minute of the restart to cut Norwich’s arrears at Plymouth to 2-1. Nerves will start jangling at Home Park now … We’re getting back under way in dribs and drabs. What does the second 45-minute period have in store for us? Here’s some halftime reading on the Lionesses, who were roaring form last night: Crystal Palace and Brighton have shown no shortage of stomach for the fight on derby day despite both teams being safely ensconced in mid-table, albeit both will believe the Europa League is within their grasp. The Seagulls responded well to JP Mateta’s early goal. Wolves haven’t really shown up at Portman Road yet and Ipswich have taken full advantage to lead 1-0. Can Kieran McKenna’s side hold on and secure a crucial three points that give them a sniff in the survival race? And the final question … can West Ham muster up any creativity and invention to get back in the game against Bournemouth? It’s been in short supply from the Hammers so far today – and all season, come to think. I’ll grab a quick cuppa before analysing those three Premier League first halves. Premier League Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton Ipswich 1-0 Wolves West Ham 0-1 Bournemouth In the Championship, the standout scorelines are bottom side Plymouth winning 2-0 at home to Norwich and playoff hopefuls Bristol City 2-0 up v Watford. Sheffield United are trailing 1-0 to lowly Oxford. League One leaders Birmingham are being held 1-1 by 10-man Barnsley, while Stockport are 2-0 up at Exeter. In League Two, Bradford are beating Crewe 1-0 after scoring in the first minute while Salford 2-2 Gillingham has been entertaining fare. West Ham are getting the runaround by Bournemouth now, with the visitors hitting the crossbar … the Hammers need half-time, as most of these games enter first half added time. Thomas Tuchel has a lovely old job, doesn’t he? He’s sat in the Selhurst sunshine this afternoon, presumably taking an interest in Dean Henderson, Ebere Eze, Adam Wharton, Marc Guehi and others. There hadn’t been much to report at the London Stadium, but a mistake from Alphonse Areola allows Evanilson to snaffle the opening goal. The West Ham keeper pushed it out into the striker’s path. A twist in the Championship promotion race? Oxford have stunned Sheffield United by taking the lead at the Kassam Stadium. Siriki Dembele bundles home for the Us after an almighty mess in the box. Well, well, well (reprise) … Barnsley have levelled virtually straight away at Birmingham via Davis Kellor-Dunn. The 10 men have something to hang onto. Well, well, well. In La Liga, Real Madrid are trailing 1-0 to Mouctar Diakhaby’s goal for Valencia. And Vinicius Jr has missed a penalty. It could be a big day in La Liga’s title race. On that Delap goal – which was checked by VAR for a long time – Paul Summers emails in an explanation: You’re right about Delap – onside. BUT VAR were checking the wrong offside! I’d love to see the lines drawn for when the ball was sent into O’Shea who then headed it to Delap. Everyone here called that offside but of course no replays and no checks. It seemed only a matter of time til Birmingham took the lead against 10-man Barnsley. Jay Stansfield converts a penalty to take Blues one step closer to promotion. 1-0. Minteh drives in a sensational cross and Danny Welbeck nips in between the defenders to steer it home. Brighton are back on level terms! That was coming, to be fair, the Seagulls have come back into this contest since making a really poor start. These two games are mirroring each other in the South West: Bristol City 2-0 Watford: Nahki Wells has doubled the hosts’ lead! Plymouth 2-0 Norwich: A second Ryan Hardie effort does the same for the Championship basement boys. Valley Parade packing them in this afternoon. More than 20,000 in League Two is incredible. The battle to avoid relegation from the Championship could get very, very interesting in the final stages of the season. As it stands the following teams are far from safe: Plymouth, Luton, Cardiff, Derby, Hull, Stoke and Oxford. Three of them will go down. Bristol City 1-0 Watford: Ross McCrorie has opened the scoring at Ashton Gate in a major boost for the Robins’ outside chances of clinching a playoff berth. Plymouth 1-0 Norwich: Ryan Hardie powers Argyle into the lead down at Home Park. Could they muster a late survival bid? Adam Wharton is controlling matters for Palace against Brighton. No surprises, there. He’s been excellent since his return from injury. How long before Thomas Tuchel copies Gareth Southgate considers him for his senior England squad? Wolves appeal for offside, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that Ipswich goal. It’s well worked. Liam Delap’s effort has put a cat among the pigeons. Preston are 1-0 up against Stoke but otherwise no goals have been scored in the Championship 3pm kickoffs. Brighton trail 1-0 at Crystal Palace and, after an awful opening 10 minutes or so, have finally turned up. Dean Henderson has just made a final double save to preserve the Eagles’ advantage. Scottish Premiership: Rangers could wrap up second spot today… but Dylan Levitt has given Hibs the lead early on to silence Ibrox. Let me tell you a little story about former Rangers and Burnley midfielder Scott Arfield. He’d not scored since September 2023 when he rejoined his boyhood team Falkirk at the start of February after spells with Charlotte FC and Bolton. In nine games since then, he’s netted seven. Falkirk’s new talisman. League One: There’s loads going on in the third tier early doors, too. Barnsley’s Maël de Gevigney has been shown a straight red card at Birmingham for a professional foul, while playoff-pushing Stockport have clinched an early lead at Exeter. Another quick goal! Jean-Phillipe Mateta is back among the goals with a super-sharp finish at Selhurst Park. Advantage Palace in the A23 derby. The quickest goal of the day goes to Bradford’s Bobby Pointon. He’s found the net inside 30 seconds at Valley Parade against Crewe. What a start – and in front of a bumper Bradford crowd. Here’s our unofficial Scottish football correspondent Simon McMahon on email: The big guns are not in action in Scotland until tomorrow, when Celtic travel to St. Johnstone before the game of the weekend at Tynecastle between Hearts and Dundee United. United need one more point from their next two games to guarantee a top six place, but it could be confirmed today depending on the results of St. Mirren and Motherwell, who are away to Dundee and Kilmarnock respectively. If either of them fail to win, United’s place in the top six, after winning the Scottish Championship last year, will be confirmed. Rangers could heap pressure on Celtic at the top guarantee that they finish second by beating Hibs at Ibrox today. LET’S GO. Almost kickoff time. Eesh, if Wolves win at Ipswich today you can safely put a line under both the title and survival races with seven games to go. Only the battle for Champions League qualification will remain. Before our attention turns to the 3pm games here’s the report from Goodison Park where Everton (again) drew 1-1 thanks to a hardy performance from David Moyes’s men (again), while Arsenal dropped points and fell further behind Liverpool (again) in the non-title-race. Andy Hunter watched it all unfold. Some normal goings-on in the Under-18s Premier League this morning, too. It’s been a very bad day for Leeds United so far. Maybe Manchester United’s future isn’t as murky as some say? Also in League Two today, Chesterfield – who had five wins in their last six – went to relegation-battling Tranmere. And Tranmere won 4-0. It’s a division that just doesn’t make sense. Meanwhile, the top of League Two is madness. Port Vale are on the brink of a 3-2 win at Walsall that would take them to the summit, leapfrogging the hosts, while Doncaster conjured up two goals in the final few minutes at Cheltenham to win 2-0 and boost their hopes of automatic promotion. Full time: Luton 1-1 Leeds, Coventry 1-2 Burnley. Sunderland still lead with a couple of minutes to go at The Hawthorns. Oooft. Plenty of good stuff to read on the ol’ website right now: Longtime Championship frontrunners Leeds are being held 1-1 by Luton. Rivals Burnley are 2-1 up at Coventry, while Sunderland – who still have an outside shot at finishing in the top two – are winning 1-0 at West Brom. Just 10 minutes to go in those Leeds and Burnley games. Is another Leeds promotion bid falling apart, again? *Joy Division plays* The most crucial aspect of that Premier League team news is the absence of Matheus Cunha for Wolves at Ipswich. The Brazilian, who has made no secret of his lofty ambitions, serves the final game of a three-match suspension and without him Vítor Pereira’s side may struggle for attacking impetus. They have actually won their past two without him, but one was a 1-0 win over a lacklustre West Ham and the other was a 2-1 victory at Southampton. Hardly inspiring stuff – and that Wolves frontline may find things a little trickier against a resurgent Ipswich, who know it’s a must-win for them today. West Ham: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles; Álvarez, Soucek, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Paquetá, Kudus. Subs: Fabianski, Soler, Coufal, Füllkrug, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Emerson, Ferguson. Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Scott, Cook; Outtara, Semenyo, Evanlison. Subs: Dennis, Senesi, Brooks, Soler, Jebbison, Araujo, Hill, Silcott-Duberry, Winterburn. Ipswich: Palmer; Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Burgess, Townsend; Morsy, Cajuste; Johnson, Broadhead, Enciso; Delap. Subs: Walton, Davis, Woolfenden, Phillips, Chaplin, Taylor, Hirst, Philogene, Clarke. Wolves: Sá; Doherty, Agbadou, T.Gomes; Semedo. J.Gomes, André, Aït-Nouri; Munetsi, Bellegarde; Strand Larsen. Subs: Bentley, Bueno, Hwang, R.Gomes, Doyle, Sarabia, Forbs, Guedes, Djiga. Crystal Palace: Henderson; Lerma, Lacroix, Guéhi; Muñoz, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze, Mateta. Subs: Turner, Ward, Nketiah, França, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Chilwell, Devenny. Brighton: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupiñán; Gomez, Baleba, O’Riley; Minteh, Mitoma, Welbeck. Subs: Rushworth, March, Gruda, Pedro, Adingra, Cashin, Ayari, Wieffer, Tasker. Before we run through the Premier League team news, I’ll nudge you in the direction of Everton v Arsenal. Simon Burnton has the updates, with the Toffees having just levelled from the penalty spot. The skies are clear, the temperature is up and … sadly there’s not much to play for at the denouement of a strange Premier League season. BUT – and it’s a big but – there are some 3pm kickoffs with at least a morsel of juicy narrative to gnaw on. There’s the bragging rights of the A23 derby to be won at Selhurst Park, while if Ipswich beat Wolves at Portman Road we might, just might, have a relegation scrap on our hands. There’s West Ham v Bournemouth too, if mid-table slugfests are your thing. The Championship, as ever, may offer us the most significant storylines. The next staging post on Sheffield United’s quest for automatic promotion is Oxford United, while the likes of Cardiff, Derby and Hull look to stave off that most dangerous of relegations – the one to League One. The third and fourth tiers are brimming with action too, of course, not forgetting the Scottish Premiership and the Bundeliga, while Real Madrid host Valencia from 3.15pm. Let’s get this one under way. Grab yourself an ice lolly and enjoy.