Sunday 15 November 2020

Scotland end long finals wait to set up Wembley clash

EURO 2020 PLAYOFFS

[A]SF1ICELAND2-1ROMANIA
Reykjavik


Sigurdsson 16, 34

Maxim 63(p)


SF2BULGARIA1-3HUNGARYSofia


Yomov 89


Orban 17, Kalmar 47
Nikolic 75


FINALHUNGARY2-1ICELANDBudpaest


Nego 88, Szoboszlai 90+2

Sigurdsson 11

(Q) HUNGARY qualified for Euro 2020+1

[B]SF1BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA1-1NORTHERN IRELAND
Sarajevo


Krunic 14

3-4
pens

McGinn 53



SF2SLOVAKIA0-0IRELANDBratislava



4-2
pens



FINALNORTHERN IRELAND
1-2SLOVAKIABelfast


Skriniar 87 (og)

Kucka 17, Duris 110


(Q) SLOVAKIA qualified for Euro 2020+1


[C]SF1SCOTLAND0-0ISRAELGlasgow



5-3
pens




SF2NORWAY1-2SERBIAOslo


                      Normann 88
aet
Milinkovic 82, 102


FINALSERBIA1-1SCOTLANDBelgrade


Jovic 90

4-5
pens

Christie 52



(Q) SCOTLAND qualified for Euro 2020+1


[D]SF1GEORGIA1-0BELARUSTblisi


Okriashvili 7(p)




SF2NORTH MACEDONIA
2-1KOSOVOSkopje


Kololli 16 (og), Velkovski 33

Hadergjonaj 29


FINALGEORGIA0-1NORTH MACEDONIA
Tblisi




Pandev 56

(Q) NORTH MACEDONIA qualified for Euro 2020+1


SCOTLAND qualified for their first major tournament appearance this century after beating Serbia on penalties in Belgrade.

Derby County goalkeeper David Marshall was the Scottish hero after he saved the decisive spot-kick from Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic.

And so, following so many false dawns and a few embarrassments down the years, Scotland have finally made it to their first major championship finals since Morocco dumped Craig Brown's side out of the World Cup on 23 June 1998.

Even taking this qualifying campaign in isolation, though, Scotland have taken a rather torturous, circuitous route to Euro 2020+1.

Steve Clarke's men missed out in the regular qualifiers to Belgium and Russia but gave themselves a second chance by winning their inaugural Nations League group against Israel and Albania.

The oddities of the decision by UEFA to combine the European qualifiers with the Nations League resulted in the Scots being quickly reunited with Israel in a one-off semi final at Hampden Park last month.

And, in a sign of things to come, the Scotland players collectively held their nerve, firing in five perfect penalties after a tense 0-0 draw.

Meanwhile, Serbia themselves had surprisingly removed the big threat posed by Norway and Borussia Dortmund hotshot Erling Haaland in their own semi final.

The final was played in skiddy conditions - and in a quiet first half, Sasa Lukic had the best Serbian chance, striking narrowly wide, before John McGinn called Predrag Rajkovic into action for just about the first time.

Scotland were much brighter after the interval and really should have taken the lead when Lyndon Dykes squared the ball to skipper Andy Robertson, only for the Liverpool full-back to blaze wildly over the bar. 

No matter. From their very next attack, Scotland did go 1-0 up after Celtic midfielder Ryan Christie turned and hit a low shot in-off the post from the edge of the box.

That might have been the cue for Scotland to hold on to what they had - but, instead, Clarke's men continued to play positively as chances came and went for Scott McTominay and Callum McGregor.

However, the second goal was not forthcoming and, inevitably, the tide eventually turned in the Serbs' favour as the regulation 90 minutes drew to a close. 

Still, even then, it looked like Scotland might have done enough when Luka Jovic's header sailed inches wide from Filip Mladenovic's cross.

But, as the the match headed towards stoppage time, danger man Jovic found himself completely unmarked and just six yards out.

He simply could not fail to score and his downward header duly forced the match into extra time - with Serbia suddenly carrying all of the momentum.

Despite this, the hosts fashioned only one major scare for Scotland when Marshall was forced to tip Nemanja Gudelj's viscous shot around the post.

And so, for only the second time ever, came a penalty shootout for Scotland.

Of course, their first occasion had come just a month prior - and, as mentioned, the Scots scored a perfect five out of five to beat Israel and reach this final.

Remarkably, they repeated the feat against Serbia as Leigh Griffiths, McGregor, McTominay, Oli McBurnie and Kenny McLean all converted and left Marshall to do the rest.

Sadly, the Home Nations joy from Scotland in Belgrade was not matched by similar scenes in Belfast, at least not from Northern Ireland who were beaten by Slovakia.

Ian Baraclough's men were looking to make it to back-to-back European Championships and made it to their final in a similar style to Scotland by beating Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalties.

In the final, though, the Northern Irish made a poor start in front of the 1,060 fans who had been allowed to attend Windsor Park - and Juraj Kucka gave a lead to the visitors after just 14 minutes following a bad giveaway by George Saville.

Deficits are nothing new for Northern Ireland in recent times - and, having come back from 1-0 down to get a draw against Bosnia in the semi, Baraclough's side set about producing a repeat performance.

Rather worryingly, it looked as if the Northern Irish might be leaving it too late - but, with three minutes left, Paddy McNair sent a low cross into the box and Milan Skriniar could only slice into his own net.

Incredibly, Northern Ireland might have won the tie inside the 90 minutes as substitute Kyle Lafferty went close.

However, the Reggina man's shot clipped the outside of the post and the action moved into extra time as the tension ratcheted up another notch.

By this point, both teams had weary legs and the match appeared to be meandering towards a penalty shoot-out.

But suddenly, with 10 minutes left, Slovakia regained the lead after Michal Duris beat Bailey Peacock-Farrell at his near post.

It was a heartbreaking blow for Northern Ireland and one from which they ultimately failed to recover - but there was, of course, still one more chance for the hosts in the final seconds.

Peacock-Farrell pumped the ball forwards and a cross from the right found Jonny Evans, entirely free and just six yards out.

For once, though, there was to be no late drama and no penalty shoot-out as the Leicester City centre-back headed straight into the grateful arms of Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodak.

Elsewhere in the playoffs, Hungary also left it late as they ended Icelandic hopes of a third successive major finals appearance.

Gylfi Sigurdsson's early goal from an awful goalkeeping error by Peter Gulacsi looked like it might be enough for Iceland as the clock ticked into the 88th minute.

But France-born Loic Nego then equalised for Hungary from close range and an extra 30 minutes at the Puskas Arena in Budapest beckoned.

The brightest star of this young Magyar team, Dominik Szoboszlai, had other ideas, though - and he ended the contest in stoppage time with a sweet strike in-off the post from 25 yards.

Now, of course, whatever happened in Playoff Path D was bound to be a piece of football history, as Georgia, Belarus, Kosovo and North Macedonia all began with the same ambition of reaching a first ever major finals.

The campaign ended with celebrations in Skopje as the North Macedonians beat Georgia in the final in Tbilisi after Genoa veteran Goran Pandev finished off a beautifully-worked move for the only goal of the game.

North Macedonia went on to spurn several opportunities to kill off the tie completely but, as the Georgians struggled to mount any sort of response, the single goal from Pandev always looked like it would be enough.

The draw for Euro 2020+1 has eventually been completed then.

Scotland slot into Group D alongside Croatia, Czech Republic and England with the mouthwatering clash against the Three Lions scheduled for a potentially sultry Friday night at Wembley on 18 June at 8pm.

North Macedonia will make their major finals debut in Group C against Austria - and also take on Ukraine and Netherlands - while, in Group E, Slovakia face neighbours Poland as well as Spain and Sweden.

Finally, in Group F, Hungary's reward for beating Iceland will be three titanic matches against defending champions Portugal, current world champions France, and recent world champions Germany.

In Group A, Wales meet Switzerland, Turkey and Italy - while the last of the 24-team line-up to be mentioned here are Belgium, Russia, Denmark and debutants Finland in Group B.

Currently scheduled to take place from 11 June to 11 July next year, UEFA still intends for the 60th anniversary edition of the tournament to be hosted by 12 venues across the continent.

Unfortunately, it remains a worrying possibility that the coronavirus pandemic may yet still force a change of plans.

EURO 2020+1 FINALS DRAW
11 June 2021 - 11 July 2021
 

GROUP A 
Rome
Baku


GROUP B
Copenhagen
St Petersburg


GROUP C 
Amsterdam
Bucharest


GROUP D
London
Glasgow



[A1]TURKEY  [B1]DENMARK  [C1]NETHERLANDS  [D1]ENGLAND

[A2]ITALY  [B2]FINLAND  [C2]UKRAINE  [D2]CROATIA

[A3]WALES  [B3]BELGIUM  [C3]AUSTRIA  [D3]SCOTLAND

[A4]SWITZERLAND  [B4]RUSSIA  [C4]N MACEDONIA
  [D4]CZECH REP














GROUP E 
Bilbao
Dublin


GROUP F
Munich
Budapest







  [E1]SPAIN  [F1]HUNGARY





  [E2]SWEDEN  [F2]PORTUGAL





  [E3]POLAND  [F3]FRANCE





  [E4]SLOVAKIA  [F4]GERMANY





GROUP A
11-June(8pm)TURKEY v ITALYRome
12-June(2pm)WALES v SWITZERLANDBaku
16-June(5pm)TURKEY v WALESBaku
16-June(8pm)ITALY v SWITZERLANDRome
20-June(5pm)SWITZERLAND v TURKEYBaku
20-June(5pm)  ITALY v WALESRome

GROUP B
12-June(5pm)DENMARK v FINLANDCopenhagen
12-June(8pm)BELGIUM v RUSSIASaint Petersburg
16-June(2pm)FINLAND v RUSSIASaint Petersburg
17-June(5pm)DENMARK v BELGIUMCopenhagen
21-June(8pm)RUSSIA v DENMARKCopenhagen
21-June(8pm)  FINLAND v BELGIUMSaint Petersburg

GROUP C
13-June(5pm)AUSTRIA v N MACEDONIA
Bucharest
13-June(8pm)NETHERLANDS v UKRAINEAmsterdam
17-June(2pm)UKRAINE v N MACEDONIA
Bucharest
17-June(8pm)NETHERLANDS v AUSTRIAAmsterdam
21-June(5pm)N MACEDONIA v NETHERLANDSAmsterdam
21-June(5pm)  UKRAINE v AUSTRIABucharest

GROUP D
13-June(2pm)ENGLAND v CROATIALondon
14-June(2pm)SCOTLAND v CZECH REPUBLICGlasgow
18-June(5pm)CROATIA v CZECH REPUBLICGlasgow
18-June(8pm)ENGLAND v SCOTLANDLondon
22-June(8pm)CROATIA v SCOTLANDGlasgow
22-June(8pm)  CZECH REPUBLIC v ENGLANDLondon

GROUP E
14-June(5pm)POLAND v SLOVAKIADublin
14-June(8pm)SPAIN v SWEDENBilbao
18-June(2pm)SWEDEN v SLOVAKIADublin
19-June(8pm)SPAIN v POLANDBilbao
23-June(5pm)SLOVAKIA v SPAINBilbao
23-June(5pm)SWEDEN v POLANDDublin

GROUP F
15-June(5pm)HUNGARY v PORTUGALBudapest
15-June(8pm)FRANCE v GERMANYMunich
19-June(2pm)HUNGARY v FRANCEBudapest
19-June(5pm)PORTUGAL v GERMANYMunich
23-June(8pm)PORTUGAL v FRANCEBudapest
23-June(8pm)GERMANY v HUNGARYMunich

LAST 16
26-June(5pm)[38]  RUNNER-UP A v RUNNER-UP BAmsterdam
26-June(8pm)[37]  WINNER A v RUNNER-UP CLondon
27-June(5pm)[40]  WINNER C v THIRD D/E/FBudapest
27-June(8pm)[39]  WINNER B v THIRD A/D/E/FBilbao
28-June(5pm)[42]  RUNNER-UP D v RUNNER-UP ECopenhagen
28-June(8pm) [41]  WINNER F v THIRD A/B/CBucharest
29-June(5pm)[44]  WINNER D v RUNNER-UP FDublin
29-June(8pm)  [43]  WINNER E v THIRD A/B/C/DGlasgow

QUARTER FINALS
02-July(5pm)(45)  WINNER [41] v WINNER [42]Saint Petersburg
02-July(8pm)(46)  WINNER [39] v WINNER [37]Munich
03-July(5pm)(47)  WINNER [40] v WINNER [38]Baku
03-July(8pm)  (48)  WINNER [43] v WINNER [44]Rome

SEMI FINALS
06-July(8pm)WINNER (46) v WINNER (45)London
07-July(8pm)  WINNER (48) v WINNER (47)London


NATIONS LEAGUE

A1
(Q) Italy
(R) Bosnia-Herzegovina


Italy 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Netherlands 1-0 Poland
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-2 Poland
Netherlands 0-1 Italy
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-0 Netherlands 
Poland 0-0 Italy 
Italy 1-1 Netherlands
Poland 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Netherlands 3-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Italy 1-0 Poland
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-2 Italy
Poland 1-2 Netherlands

A2
(Q) Belgium
(R) Iceland


Iceland 0-1 England
Denmark 0-2 Belgium
Belgium 5-1 Iceland
Denmark 0-0 England
England 2-1 Belgium
Iceland 0-3 Denmark
England 0-1 Denmark
Iceland 1-2 Belgium
Belgium 2-0 England
Denmark 2-1 Iceland
Belgium 4-2 Denmark
England 4-0 Iceland

A3
(Q) France
(R) Sweden


Portugal 4-1 Croatia
Sweden 0-1 France
France 4-2 Croatia
Sweden 0-2 Portugal
Croatia 2-1 Sweden
France 0-0 Portugal
Croatia 1-2 France
Portugal 3-0 Sweden
Portugal 0-1 France
Sweden 2-1 Croatia
Croatia 2-3 Portugal
France 4-2 Sweden

A4
(Q) Spain
(R) Ukraine


Germany 1-1 Spain
Ukraine 2-1 Switzerland
Spain 4-0 Ukraine
Switzerland 1-1 Germany
Spain 1-0 Switzerland
Ukraine 1-2 Germany
Germany 3-3 Switzerland
Ukraine 1-0 Spain
Germany 3-1 Ukraine
Switzerland 1-1 Spain
Spain 6-0 Germany
Switzerland 3-0* Ukraine

B1
(P) Austria
(R) Northern Ireland


Norway 1-2 Austria
Romania 1-1 Northern Ireland  
Austria 2-3 Romania
Northern Ireland 1-5 Norway
Norway 4-0 Romania
Northern Ireland 0-1 Austria
Norway 1-0 Northern Ireland
Romania 0-1 Austria
Austria 2-1 Northern Ireland
Romania 3-0* Norway
Austria 1-1 Norway
Northern Ireland 1-1 Romania

B2
(P) Czech Republic
(R) Slovakia


Scotland 1-1 Israel
Slovakia 1-3 Czech Republic
Czech Rep 1-2 Scotland
Israel 1-1 Slovakia
Israel 1-2 Czech Republic
Scotland 1-0 Slovakia
Scotland 1-0 Czech Rep
Slovakia 2-3 Israel
Slovakia 1-0 Scotland
Czech Republic 1-0 Israel
Czech Republic 2-0 Slovakia
Israel 1-0 Scotland

B3
(P) Hungary
(R) Turkey


Russia 3-1 Serbia
Turkey 0-1 Hungary
Hungary 2-3 Russia
Serbia 0-0 Turkey
Russia 1-1 Turkey
Serbia 0-1 Hungary
Russia 0-0 Hungary
Turkey 2-2 Serbia
Turkey 3-2 Russia
Hungary 1-1 Serbia
Hungary 2-0 Turkey
Serbia 5-0 Russia

B4
(P) Wales
(R) Bulgaria


Bulgaria 1-1 Ireland
Finland 0-1 Wales
Wales 1-0 Bulgaria
Ireland 0-1 Finland
Ireland 0-0 Wales
Finland 2-0 Bulgaria
Finland 1-0 Ireland
Bulgaria 0-1 Wales
Bulgaria 1-2 Finland
Wales 1-0 Ireland
Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria
Wales 3-1 Finland

C1
(P) Montenegro
(R-playoff) Cyprus


Azerbaijan 1-2 Luxembourg
Cyprus 0-2 Montenegro
Cyprus 0-1 Azerbaijan
Luxemb'rg 0-1 Montenegro
Luxembourg 2-0 Cyprus
Montenegro 2-0 Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan 0-0 Cyprus
Montenegro 1-2 Luxemb'rg
Azerbaijan 0-0 Montenegro
Cyprus 2-1 Luxembourg
Luxembourg 0-0 Azerbaijan
Montenegro 4-0 Cyprus

C2
(P) Armenia
(R-playoff) Estonia


North Macedonia 2-1 Armenia
Estonia 0-1 Georgia
Armena 2-0 Estonia
Georgia 1-1 North Macedonia
Armenia 2-2 Georgia
Estonia 3-3 North Macedonia
Estonia 1-1 Armenia
North Macedonia 1-1 Georgia
North Macedonia 2-1 Estonia
Georgia 1-2 Armenia
Armenia 1-0 North Macedonia
Georgia 0-0 Estonia

C3
(P) Slovenia
(R-playoff) Moldova


Moldova 1-1 Kosovo
Slovenia 0-0 Greece
Slovenia 1-0 Moldova
Kosovo 1-2 Greece
Greece 2-0 Moldova
Kosovo 0-1 Slovenia
Greece 0-0 Kosovo
Moldova 0-4 Slovenia
Moldova 0-2 Greece
Slovenia 2-1 Kosovo
Greece 0-0 Slovenia
Kosovo 1-0 Moldova

C4
(P) Albania
(R-playoff) Kazakhstan


Lithuania 0-2 Kazakhstan
Belarus 0-2 Albania
Kazakhstan 1-2 Belarus
Albania 0-1 Lithuania
Kazakhstan 0-0 Albania
Lithuania 2-2 Belarus
Lithuania 0-0 Albania
Belarus 2-0 Kazakhstan
Albania 3-1 Kazakhstan
Belarus 2-0 Lithuania
Albania 3-2 Belarus
Kazakhstan 1-2 Lithuania

D1
(P) Faroe Islands


Latvia 0-0 Andorra
Faroe Islands 3-2 Malta
Andorra 0-1 Faroe Islands
Malta 1-1 Latvia
Faroe Islands 1-1 Latvia
Andorra 0-0 Malta
Latvia 0-1 Malta
Faroe Islands 2-0 Andorra
Malta 3-1 Andorra
Latvia 1-1 Faroe Islands
Andorra 0-5 Latvia
Malta 1-1 Faroe Islands
D2
(P) Gibraltar


Gibraltar 1-0 San Marino
San Marino 0-2 Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein 0-1 Gibraltar
Liechtenstein 0-0 San Marino
San Marino 0-0 Gibraltar
Gibraltar 1-1 Liechtenstein






*Romania v Norway was awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after being cancelled as Norway could not travel to the match due to a member of the squad testing positive for COVID-19
*
Switzerland v Ukraine was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive COVID-19 tests in the team

Sunday 8 November 2020

Biden rebuilds Blue Wall as Trump cries foul play

Credit: Vasco Gargalo @vascogargalo

11Indiana9South Carolina
6Mississippi3Montana
7Oklahoma9Alabama4Idaho1Maine-2
8Kentucky6Utah18Ohio3Alaska
11Tennessee8Louisiana29Florida15North Carolina
5West Virginia
2Nebraska-state6Iowa

6Arkansas10Missouri38Texas

3South Dakota
6Kansas1Nebraska-1

3North Dakota
3Wyoming1Nebraska-3


Democratic Joe BIDEN [306] [232] Donald TRUMP Republican

FINAL RESULT
NOTE: highlighted states/districts have changed hands compared to 2016


3Vermont9Colorado1Nebraska-220Pennsylvania
11Massachusetts5New Mexico
4Rhode Island
6Nevada
10Maryland4New Hampshire
10Minnesota11Arizona
3Delaware20Illinois4Hawaii16Georgia
3Washington DC
55California2Maine

29New York
7Oregon1Maine-1

14New Jersey
12Washington16Michigan

7Connecticut13Virginia10Wisconsin



DESPERATE Donald Trump ordered in the lawyers in an attempt to cling to power despite Joe Biden finally reaching the required 270 Electoral College votes in the Presidential election.

At 16.25 GMT (11.25 ET) yesterday, more than 92 exhausting hours after its polls closed, Scranton-born Mr Biden's home state of Pennsylvania was projected for him by NBC and other networks

This was enough to push Mr Biden over the top to 273 votes against the 214 for Mr Trump - but, in this extraordinary election, it seems as if that alone will not be enough to secure the presidency. 

Instead, it now feels inevitable that this contest will be concluded in the courts.

Holed up in the White House in Washington DC, Mr Trump filed lawsuits earlier this week in an attempt to stop and investigate the counts in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.

The incumbent President has suggested there have been multiple instances of electoral fraud in those states but has failed yet to provide any evidence to substantiate his claims.

Unsurprisingly, so far, Mr Trump has not got anywhere in his bellicose litigation with judges baffled by the cases brought before them.

Meanwhile, Mr Biden felt confident enough to make his first address to the United States as President-elect last night at 1am GMT (8pm ET) in Wilmington, Delaware.

"Let's give each other a chance," Biden said. "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again. Stop treating our opponents as enemies.

"I will work as hard for those who didn't vote for me as for those who did."

Nevertheless, Mr Trump remains adamant, for now, that his defeat has come as a result of illegitimate means.

His latest unhinged rant on Twitter, written all in capital letters, reads: "The observers were not allowed into the counting rooms. I won the election, got 71 million legal votes.

"Bad things happened which our observers were not allowed to see. Millions of mail-in ballots were sent to people who never asked for them!" 

Even a basic analysis of the election results rather debunks Mr Trump's pathetic howls of an injustice, though - and Republican officials have confirmed they have been able to observe the counts.

After all, any genuine attempts at widespread fraud by the Democrats presumably did not exactly go as planned. 

For a start, Mr Trump himself did not actually have a particularly bad election - he outperformed the polls and won the perennial swing states of Ohio and Florida on election night itself. 

The New Yorker media mogul and failed businessman received more than 70 million votes, the most ever by a sitting US President and over seven million more votes than he received in 2016.

Additionally, in the down-ballot races, the Republicans made some wholly unexpected gains in the House of Representatives - and, while the Democrats still retained their majority in the lower chamber, they do not appear likely to match that feat in the Senate. 

Mr Biden may have rebuilt the Blue Wall in the Mid West with victories in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania but this was certainly not a Blue Wave election. 

Under the terms of American politics, this means Mr Biden will be forced to negotiate and make deals with his political opponents in Congress. 

This was something with which recent Democrat President Barack Obama struggled at times but Mr Biden has already signalled his intention to end what he referred to as a "grim era of demonisation" in political discourse. 

Hopefully, on that front, Mr Biden's 36-year tenure in the upper house, and his strong professional relationship with sometimes obstinate Senate majority leader - Republican Mitch McConnell - will serve him well. 

Following yet another divisive election campaign, American politics could well do with a bipartisan effort to heal the open wounds which threaten still to rip apart the country.

And, in line with this, Mr Trump and his supporters will soon simply have to accept he has become the first one-term President since George HW Bush in 1992, and only the second since Jimmy Carter in 1980. 

Rather than fade into obscurity, though, it would be a surprise if, even outside of the office of the presidency, Mr Trump did not curate some sort of mythical legacy for his supporters to lap up.

He will undoubtedly remain active on his Twitter account, which has 88.8 million followers - and, recently, Donald Trump Jr. has been extremely vocal in support of his father on his own social media profile

Mr Trump Jr favours his father's aggressive style and, by readily spreading various disparate conspiracy theories, operates from exactly the same playbook as the outgoing President by intentionally confusing fact with fiction.

President Trump may have been defeated by Mr Biden in this election but Trumpism has not been defeated - and, for now, the fabric of American society remains torn asunder. 

Mr Biden's presidency will be judged on how well he repairs it, if indeed he can at all.

 CONGRESS
Democrats [222] House [213] Republicans
Democrat gains
(-12)


GA-07 NC-02 NC-06


 
CA-21 CA-25 CA-39
CA-48 FL-26 FL-27
IA-01 IA-02 MI-03
MN-07 NM-02 NY-11
NY-22 OK-05 SC-01
UT-04
Republican gains
(+13)


218 required for a majority. MI-03 was a Republican gain from Libertarian
 

Democrats
[50] Senate [50] Republicans
Democrat gains  
(+3)
AZ
CO
GA
GA(s)



AL   Republican gains
(-3)
In the case of a 50-50 tie, Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat) casts the deciding vote
NOTE: GA(s) = Georgia special election. Democrats total includes two indepedents in ME and VT