Saturday Sport Preview

Liverpool, Everton and Manchester City are all aiming for top spot in the Premier League.

SOCCER

Liverpool can move to the top of the Premier League for a few hours at least today.

The Reds will overtake Chelsea and current league leaders Manchester United if they avoid defeat to Crystal Palace at Anfield.

Kick off is at 3 o'clock.

Arsenal will look to build on last week’s win over Norwich when they go to Burnley.

Manchester City, who also have their sights set on top spot, seek a fourth consecutive win with Southampton visiting the Etihad.

And Norwich remain without a point ahead of their meeting with Watford.

Wolves playing host to Brentford in the lunchtime game.

Everton, who trail Liverpool on goal differance, are away to Aston Villa in the late game.

Newcastle and Leeds are both still waiting for their first wins of the new season.

They played out a 1-1 draw last night at St. James’s Park.

There was plenty of drama among last night’s FAI Cup quarter-finals.

Ten-man Finn Harps came from 3-1 down to force a replay with Dundalk.

Sean Boyd struck in the fifth minute of added time to level the game at 3-3, and they’ll meet again at Oriel Park on Tuesday.

Prince Mutswunguma struck five-minutes into injury-time to give Waterford a 3-2 win away to UCD.

St. Pat’s and Wexford both had a man sent off at Richmond Park, but a Darragh Burns brace handed a 3-nil victory to the hosts.

The most straight-forward match of the night was at Dalymount, where Bohemians beat ten-man Maynooth University Town by 4-goals to nil.

Shamrock Rovers may be out of the Cup, but they can open up a six-point lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division this evening.

They welcome Sligo Rovers to Tallaght Stadium, where kick-off is at 8.

GOLF

Niall Kearney goes into the weekend at the Dutch Open just two shots off the lead.

The Dubliner tees off from 10-under par today, alongside Germany’s Max Kieffer.

Kristoffer Broberg of Sweden is the man to catch on 12-under.

Graeme McDowell begins the day tied for 11th on 7-under par.

On the PGA Tour, Maverick McNealy leads the Fortinet Championship on 12-under par.

He’s two strokes clear of Beau Hossler.

RACING

There’s an eight-race card at Navan today with the first off at 1.15.

Twenty minutes later, an eight-race programme gets underway at Gowran Park.