Live Football Scores

How live football scores work

Live scores update as the match is played: goals, the half-time score and the final result all appear here within moments of being recorded. The list above shows every game currently in progress with its running score, the competition it belongs to and the current phase — first half, half time, second half or extra time.

If nothing is showing right now, football is simply between kick-offs. Use the fixture list to see when the next matches start, or the results archive for matches already completed.

What you can follow on this page

• Live scores — the current score for every match in progress, refreshed once a minute.
• Match phase — a first-half goal and a stoppage-time goal both matter, but they tell you different things about the game.
• Competition context — which league or cup each match belongs to, so you can weigh up what the result is worth.
• Kick-off times — for games that have not started yet today, so you know when to come back.
• Finished matches — everything that has already reached full time, with the final score.

When a match ends, the result stays available for the rest of the day here and then moves into the results archive, while the competition table on the relevant league page is recalculated.