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4 December 2025 Off

Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace: Daniel Munoz header helps Eagles return to winning ways

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace recovered from back-to-back defeats to edge past struggling Burnley and climb to fifth in the Premier League.

Beaten by Strasbourg and Manchester United in their last two games, Oliver Glasner’s side got the decisive goal before half-time when Daniel Munoz nodded Marc Guehi’s floated delivery in at the back post for his fourth goal this season.

The visitors’ only other shot of the first half came from Jean-Philippe

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27 November 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Queens Park Rangers: Paul Smyth header earns QPR Championship victory at Blackburn

By Total Football News

Off the back of an impressive 3-2 win over Hull on Saturday, QPR started on the front foot in Lancashire – although they were forced into a first-half change in goal when Ben Hamer collided with team-mate Steve Cook and was unable to continue.

Chair was denied by a sharp save from Blackburn goalkeeper Aynsley Pears, Kristi Montgomery blocked Karamoko Dembele’s goalbound shot behind for a corner and Jonathan Varane

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28 October 2025 Off

Middlesbrough 1-1 Wrexham: Hayden Hackney header cancels out Josh Windass opener

By Total Football News

Boro had claimed more points per game on home soil than any other side in the division before kick-off.

But, just as they did in their 1-0 victory against Oxford United three days earlier, Wrexham started on the front foot as Sol Brynn denied Ryan Longman in the sixth minute.

After going short from the resulting corner, George Thomason fed Windass, whose shot struck Dael Fry before sailing beyond

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1 October 2025 Off

Clarke header earns point for Rams against Addicks

By Total Football News

Charlton defender Macaulay Gillesphey will perhaps count himself lucky not to have given away a spot kick in the opening minute of the match as he had a handful of Carlton Morris’ shirt when the Rams striker tumbled in the box.

An uneventful first half sprung into life late on with a moment of quality from the Addicks attackers, all started by a long ball forward from goalkeeper Kaminski.

Charlie

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27 September 2025 Off

Wrexham 1-1 Derby County: Brereton Diaz cancels out O’Brien header

By Total Football News

Wrexham went into the match having faced more shots and had a higher xG against them than any other team in the Championship.

But the flip side was that Derby had managed the fewest number of shots in the second tier while also registering the lowest xG of any side in the division.

Parkinson’s side were also without a home league win, while the Rams had lost just one of

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12 April 2025 Off

Brighton 2-2 Leicester City: Caleb Okoli header earns Leicester rare point at Brighton

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Caleb Okoli scored the equaliser as relegation-threatened Leicester City ended their eight-game losing streak and hurt Brighton’s ambitions of qualifying for Europe with a hard-earned draw.

Okoli, starting in place of the injured Wout Faes, powered a diving header from Bilal El Khannouss’ free-kick past Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen to rescue a rare point for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side.

The Foxes had scored their first league goal since 26 January

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5 December 2024 Off

Bournemouth 1-0 Tottenham Dean Huijsen header gives Cherries victory

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Defender Dean Huijsen scored the only goal as Bournemouth beat Tottenham to climb above them in the Premier League table.

The 19-year-old was left unmarked at the back post to head home Marcus Tavernier’s inswinging corner on 17 minutes.

Huijsen’s goal extended Spurs’ poor record of dealing with set-pieces, and prompted manager Ange Postecoglou to shake his head ruefully on the touchline.

Postecoglou’s side had started well, with Dominic Solanke

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11 March 2024 0

Bristol City 1-0 Swansea City: Rob Dickie header sees Robins end losing streak

By Total Football News
Rob Dickie runs away to celebrate his third goal in his last 10 appearances
Rob Dickie runs away to celebrate his third goal in his last 10 appearances

Bristol City ended a four-game losing streak as Rob Dickie’s second-half header settled a forgettable game against Swansea City.

Dickie guided the ball inside the far post after a short-corner routine to give Liam Manning’s team a timely victory.

Bristol City look secure in mid-table having triumphed for just the third time in 13 Championship games

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