Swansea v Southampton, Algeria v Burkina Faso and more: Saturday football – live

Swansea have missed two more huge chances, somehow conspiring to hit both posts when it seemed easier to score – certainly in the first instance. Despite Southampton bossing this game from virtually start to finish, it should probably be closer. Paterson and Patino will be ruing the misses.

In Scotland today … (via reader Simon McMahon on email):

It’s Scottish Cup weekend in Scotland, Dom. Two-time winners Dundee United have bigger fish to fry this season, trying to win promotion from the Scottish Championship, so are giving the cup a miss and letting others dream of Hampden glory. At least that’s what I’m telling myself after we lost to Queen of the South on penalties in the last round.

Potential cupsets today are at Airdrie, Forfar, Livingston and Ross County, who host St. Johnstone, Hibs, Raith and Partick respectively. Aberdeen beat Clyde last night, and Hearts needed a stoppage time winner to beat The Spartans in today’s early kick off.

Asian Cup: It’s finished 2-2 between Jordan and South Korea, in a result that should aid both teams’ passage to the knockout stages from Group E (they both won their openers). Bahrain v Malaysia in the same group kicks off soon.

Swansea 1-3 Southampton: Charlie Patino has just put a golden chance wide for the Swans, one which would have surely set up a grandstand finish. At the other end, Che Adams appears to be tripped in the box but Saints don’t get the penalty decision … and there’s no VAR to take a second look.

Here’s a selection of team news graphics from the Championship: from Bristol City v Watford, Norwich v West Brom and Plymouth v Cardiff.

Algeria v Burkina Faso is about to get under way in the Africa Cup of Nations. Here are your teams:

Algeria: Mandrea; Atal, Ait Nouri, Bensebani, Mandi; Bentaleb, Feghouli, Zerrouki; Mahrez, Belail, Bouedjah

Burkina Faso: Koffi; Nagalo, Kabore, Taposoba, Konate; Dayo, Tapsoba, Sangae; Toure, Guira, Yago

Swansea 1-3 Southampton: Russell Martin’s return to south Wales has gone swimmingly so far. Bar Jamie Paterson’s strike for the Swans, the visitors have been utterly dominant, scoring three times in the first and remaining dominant after the break too. With the likes of Ryan Fraser, Che Adams and the Armstrongs (Adam and Stuart), they’re a super-strong Championship side.

The following games will not be taking place today, all due a frozen pitch:

League One

• Cheltenham v Carlisle

• Oxford v Northampton

• Port Vale v Wycombe

• Stevenage v Barnsley

League Two

• AFC Wimbledon v Crawley

• Bradford v Doncaster

• Harrogate v Grimsby

• Notts County v Stockport

• Swindon v Tranmere

• Walsall v Accrington

Premier League, what Premier League? Who needs the top flight, eh? Well, not when you have Africa Cup of Nations action, a full programme of Football League thrills and spills and plenty more besides.

Well, a slight correction: there are some games in the third and fourth tier that have already fallen victim to frozen pitches, but with Swansea v Southampton already under way in the Championship, Bristol City taking on Watford and Tony Mowbray’s Birmingham going to Stoke and more there’s definitely enough to keep us footie addicts sated for a Saturday. In the WSL, Arsenal host Everton, there’s a boat-load of Scottish Cup games, the Bundesliga is on and it’s Group D all the way in Afcon this afternoon with Algeria v Burkina Faso and Mauritania v Angola a bit later.

Stick with me and we can all agree that the winter break is a load of tosh; the more football = the better. Team news and details on those pesky postponements will follow in due course.