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Brighton play Liverpool at the AMEX, where Brighton have won the last two meetings both of those in January. Out of the past six meetings Liverpool ave only won once, drawing three and losing two. However out of 14 home games against the Reds the Seagulls have only won two, with six Draws and six losses.

Brighton have made their best start to a Premier League season winning 5 of the opening seven. However last weeks 6-1 loss to Aston Villa was the first time they have conceded six in the top flight.

Liverpool could lose two away games in a row for the first time since April when they were beaten by Bournemouth and Manchester City. Liverpool have been shown four red cars in the past six matches, more than any in their past 178 top flight matches.

West Ham United play Newcastle United, West Ham have only won, one of the last eight against Newcastle, a 4-2 away win back in August 2021. Newcastle have won four of the last six visits to the London Stadium drawing one and losing the other.

West Ham have made their best start to a Premier League season for eight Years with 13 points.

Newcastle are on a six game unbeaten run in all competitions winning 5, scoring 16 and only conceding one.

There’s a Midlands derby at Molineux as Wolverhampton take on Aston Villa. Wolves are unbeaten in the last four winning three times. Villa have last five of the last six matches at Molineux.

Wolves are looking to win consecutive games for the first time since April.

Villa have taken 15 points from their first seven these last time they did better was 1998/99 when they got 17 points.

Arsenal and Manchester City go head to head at the Emirates, Arsenal have lost 15 of the last 16 meetings including 12 consecutive Premier League defeats.

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League this season with five wins and Two draws.

If Manchester City lose it will be the first time they have lost back to back Premier League games since 2018 when they lost to Crystal Palace and Leicester.

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10 man Tottenham beat Luton 1-0 at Kenilworth Road thanks to Micky Van de Ven. Tottenham had Yves Bissouma sent off just before half time. Luton had a Tom Lockyer goal ruled out when Elijah Adebayo had been deemed to have fouled Cristian Romero in the build up. Tottenham remain unbeaten so far in the league.

Chelsea came from behind to win at Burnley 4-1, Burnley opened the scoring after 15 minutes thanks to Wilson Oderbert. Chelsea would go on at half time level thanks to an own goal from Ameen Al-Dakhil. Cole Palmer put the blues on front from the spot, before Raheem Sterling added a third and Nicolas Jackson sealed the points for the away side by adding a fourth.

Everton got their first home win of the season with a 3-0 won over Bournemouth. James Garner put the Toffees in the lead after 8 Minutes and Jack Harrison sent the home side in 2-0 at the break, Abdoulaye Doucoure added a third on the hour mark and give the home team all three points.

Sheffield United remain without a win this season after losing 3-1 away to Fulham, there was a 13 minute delay in the first half due to an injury. Bobby De Cordova-Reid put the home side in front in the second half, Antonee Robison scored an own goal to level for the Blades. Wes Foderingham also scored an own goal to put the home side back in front, Willian made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

Scott McTominay scored two stoppage time goals to give Manchester United the points against Brentford at Old Trafford. Mathias Jensen had put the visitors in the lead in the first half. The win saved United from losing three home games in a row for the first time since 1979.

Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest shared the points in a goalless draw at Selhurst Park, in Roy Hodgson’s 400 Premier League game as manager.

Brighton and Liverpool shared the points in a 2-2 draw, Brighton took the lead after 20 minutes Simon Adingra putting the home side in the lead. Mo Salah scored two goals in five minutes to put Liverpool 2-1 up at half time. Lewis Dunk made it 2-2 12 minutes before the end to earn a point for the home side.

Newcastle were denied all three points as an 89th minute equaliser from Mohammed Kudus rescued a point for the Hammers at the London Stadium. Tomas Soucek had put the home side in the lead after eight minutes, Alexander Isak scored two goals to put the Magpies 2-1 up in the second half before the 89th minute goal from West Ham.

It was also all square as Wolves and Aston Villa shared the points, Hwang Hee-chan put the home side in the lead in the second half but two minutes later it was all square again thanks to Pau Torres. The result means Villa stay fifth and wolves up to 14th.

Arsenal final beat Manchester City for the first time since December 2015 thanks to a late goal by Gabriel Martinelli, the goal came in the 86th minute. Man City should have been down to 10 but Mateo Kovacic managed to stay on the pitch despite two late tackles which he only received one yellow card for.

Stephanie Frappart, who became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup fixture during Qatar 2022, will this week also become the first female official to oversee a men's international match at Wembley.when she takes charge of Friday's friendly between England and Australia,

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The Premier League returns this weekend after the international break with the Merseyside Derby between Liverpool and Everton kicking off at lunchtime at Anfield.

In the last 28 meetings Liverpool’s only defeat against Everton was a 2-0 loss at Anfield back in February 202. Out of 62 Premier League meeting Everton have failed to score in 26 of them which is their worst against and team. The Derby has produced the most red cards out of any match which is 22. Everton have only won three Premier League games at Anfield 2-1 in 1995, 1-0 in 1999 and 2-0 2021.

Bournemouth will be looking for their first win when they take on Wolves. Out of six meetings Bournemouth have only won once and that was last season away at Molineux. Wolves have only one once at Bournemouth drawing three and losing two.

Brentford take on Burnley at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford won the last meeting between the two sides back in March 2022. Brentford haven’t won in their last six games loosing three and drawing three.

Manchester City will be looking to get back to winning ways at the Ethihad against Brighton. City have never lost at home to Brighton in the Premier League winning 11 and drawing two with an aggregate score of 24-3.

It’s Magpies v Eagles at St James Park where Newcastle play Crystal Palace. Palace haven’t won in four against Newcastle drawing three and losing one. Both games last season ended 0-0, in the last 14 meetings between the two there has only been 15 goals scored.

Nottingham Forest play Luton Town at the City Ground, Luton have only won one of 14 away to Forest drawing six and losing seven. Luton’s only away win in the top flight was in March 1983.

There’s a London Derby at Stamford Bridge in the Tea Time game as Chelsea take on Arsenal. Out of the last seven Arsenal have won six against Chelsea. Arsenal will be looking to win four consecutive games against Chelsea for the first time.

Sheffield United will be hoping for their first win when they take on Manchester United at Bramall Lane in the late game. The last time Sheffield United beat Manchester United at home was a 2-1 victory in the FA Cup fifth round in 1993, the blades have only won two Premier League games against their opponents the last back in January 2021.

There’s one game on Sunday Aston Villa take on West Ham United, West Ham are unbeaten in 10 Premier League games against Villa winning six and drawing four, and have won the last three at Villa Park.

On Monday night Tottenham face Fulham, out of the last eight meetings Spurs have won seven and drawn one. In the most recent meeting Fulham beat Spurs 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the EFL cup second round back in August.

Fixtures kick offs in GMT

Saturday

Liverpool v Everton 12:30
AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00
Brentford v Burnley 15:00
Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion 15:00
Newcastle United v Crystal Palace 15:00
Nottingham Forest v Luton Town 15:00
Chelsea v Arsenal 17:30
Sheffield United v Manchester United 20:00

Sunday

Aston Villa v West Ham United 16:30

Monday

Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham 20:00

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Two Mo Salah goals helped Liverpool win the Merseyside Derby against Everton 2-0 at Anfiled, Everton had Ashley Young sent off sort 2 yellow cards in the first half with the game At 0-0. Liverpool had to wait till the 75th minute to go ahead and a 97 minute penalty seal the Win for the Reds.

Bournemouths search for their first win goes on after a 2-1 home loss to Wolverhampton. Dominic Solanke put the Cherries in the lead in the first half. Wolves equalised two minutes after the restart with a goal from Matheus Cunha, then the home side went down to 10 men after Lewis Cook saw red. Sasa Kalajdzic scored the winner in the 88th minute to give the Wolves boss a win against his old side.

Brentford got their first home win of the season with a 3-0 over Burnley, goals from Yoana Wissa put the home side in the lead after 25 minutes. Goals in the second half from Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos gave the home side all three points and leave the away side in the bottom three.

Manchester City got back to winning ways with a 2-1 home win against Brighton, Julian Álverez and Erling Halaand put the home side up 2-0 at half time, the away side pulled a goal back from Ansu Fati, but the home side held on but had Manuel Akanji sent off for a second yellow card deep into stoppage time.

Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at St James Park, Jacob Murphy opened the scoring after just 4 minutes, Anthony Gordon added a second in the 44th minute then it was 3-0 at half time when Sean Longstaff scored in first half stoppage time, Callum Wilson finished the scoring with the 4th goal.

Arsenal came from 2-0 down to rescue a point at Stamford Bridge, Cole Palmers penalty in the first half put Chelsea in the lead Mykhailo Mudryk added a second in the second half to make it 2-0. Declan Rice pulled a goal back for the Gunners 13 minutes before the end then Leandro Trossard gave the away side a point with a 84th minute equaliser.

Goals from Scott McTominay and a spectacular shot from Diogo Dalot gave Manchester United a 2-1 away win against Sheffield United. McTominay had given the away side the Lead before Ollie McBurnie converted a penalty to sent the sides in 1-1 at the break, before the 77th minute winner from Dalot sealed the Win for the away side.

Aston Villa came out 4-1 winners against West Ham United Douglas Luiz opened the scoring after half an hour and sent the Home side in 1-0 at the break. Luiz added a second from the spot before Jarrod Bowen pulled one back for the Hammers. Ollie Watkins added a third before Leon Bailey sealed the win for the home side.

Tottenham returned to the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Fulham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Heung-min Son and James Maddison with the goals for Spurs.

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Crystal Palace take on Tottenham in a London derby on Friday night, the home side have only won, one in the last sixteen, losing 13 and drawing two. Spurs have won their last three against Palace without conceding.

Another London derby on Saturday lunch time as Chelsea take on Brentford, Brentford have won the last two meetings at Stamford Bridge and are looking to make it three, where no team has win their first three away at the Bridge. In the last three meetings Brentford have won two and drawn one, scoring six and conceding just one.

Arsenal take on bottom club Sheffield United, Arsenal are unbeaten at home against Sheffield United since 1971, which is 18 home league games. Out of the last 19 meetings the way sure have won two both coming at Sheffield United Bramall Lane.

Bournemouth take on Burnley with both teams needing a win, Bournemouth have lost six of their last eight league games against Burnley, including each of the last four. Bournemouth are yet to win this season. Burnley have lost seven of their opening nine top-flight matches for the first time since the inaugural Football League season 135 years ago. Vincent Kompany's side have conceded three or more goals in five of their nine league games, and have yet to keep a clean sheet.

The Tea time game on Saturday is Wolverhampton v Newcastle, wolves have only won Two of the last 16 against the Magpies drawing ten and losing four. Six of Newcastle's eight Premier League games at Molineux have ended 1-1 - the other two both finished 2-1, with Newcastle winning in October 2011 and Wolves triumphing in October 2021. The Magpies have scored 24 goals in nine Premier League matches, their most at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1994.

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West Ham take on Everton at the London stadium, West Ham have won four of the last six meetings against Everton. If West Ham win it will be the third consecutive win against the toffees for the first time since 1974. West Ham have lost three of the last 14 at home winning seven and drawing four. This is Everton’s 1,200 Premier League game and their 600th away from home.

Luton travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa, it’s the first meeting since 2016 when Luton beat Villa 3-1 in the League Cup First Round, it’s the first league meeting since April 1992 which Luton won 2-0.

Brighton play Fulham, Brighton have never beaten Fulham in the Premier League, they have played each other six times with three draws and three defeats for Brighton. If the Cottagers win it will be the first time in 37 years they have won three consecutive games against the Seagulls.

Liverpool face Nottingham Forest at Anfield, the home side haven’t lost in the previous 26 home games again Forest, the last time Forest won at Anfield was a 2-0 win back in February 1969, the last time they got a point at Anfield was a 0-0 draw in February 1993.

It’s the Manchester derby at Old Trafford and it’s the 190th Manchester derby, United are looking to win back to back home derby games. City’s eight wins at Old Trafford is the most by any side in the Premier League. The only win in the last four though was a 2-0 win back in November 2021.

Sunday fixtures

West Ham v Everton 13:00
Aston Villa v Luton 14:00
Brighton v Fulham 14:00
Liverpool v Nottingham Forest 14:00
Manchester United v Manchester City 15:30

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Goals from Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo gave Brentford their third win of the season with a 2-0 away at Chelsea, the home side had 17 shots on goal compared to Brentford’s the win moves Brentford up to 10th and Chelsea in 11th.

Eddie Nketiah scored a hat trick as Arsenal beat Sheffield United 5-0 to remain unbeaten so far this season, Fábio Vieira and Takehiro Tomiyasu also on the score sheet for the Gunners, the defeat also leaves Sheffield United bottom of the league without a win this season.

Bournemouth won their first game of the season against fellow strugglers Burnley, Philip Billing scored a stunning goal with the game at 1-1. Burnley had taken an early lead in the 11th minute with a goal from Charlie Taylor his first for the club.

Wolves and Newcastle shared the points with a 2-2 draw, two goals from Callum Wilson had given Newcastle a 2-1 half time lead but a Hee-chan Hwang goal in the second half made the scores 2-2.

Everton got a vital win away to West Ham thanks to Dominic Calvert-Lewin goal in the second half. The win moves the toffees five points clear of the relegation zone.

John McGinn, Moussa Diaby and a Tom Lockyer own goal gave Aston Villa a 3-1 win over Luton, the defeat leaves Luton one point from safety and leaves Aston Villa in 5th.

Brighton and Fulham shared the points thanks to a 1-1 draw at the AMEX, Evan Ferguson gave the seagulls the lead in the first half. João Palhinha pulled a goal back for Fulham in the second half. The result leaves Brighton in 7th and Fulham in 14th.

Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 at Anfield with goals from Diogo Jotta, Darwin Núñez and Mo Salah.

Manchester City won the Manchester derby with a dominant 3-0 win at Old Trafford, Erling Haaland scored two goals and Phil Foden added the third for and easy win for the away side.

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The lunch time game on Saturday sees Fulham take on Manchester United, Fulham have won just three of their 32 Premier League games against Manchester United.

The Cottagers are winless in 15 league meetings since they recorded back-to-back victories in March and December 2009 (D3, L12).

The Cottagers have not scored a first-half goal in a league match at Craven Cottage so far this campaign. Unsurprisingly, their first-half record is the worst in the division, with Manchester United 18th.

Manchester United have suffered as many as eight losses in their opening 15 fixtures in all competitions for the first time since registering nine defeats at the same stage in 1962-63.

A London derby sees Brentford take on West Ham, Brentford have won all four of their top-flight matches against West Ham, including the last three by a 2-0 scoreline.

West Ham have only won two of their 12 league away matches versus Brentford, with the second of those coming back in March 1953 in the second tier.

Burley face Crystal Palace at Turf Moor, Burnley are unbeaten in their five most recent games against Crystal Palace, winning three times.

The Eagles have won three Premier League matches at Turf Moor - the only away venue they have a better record at is Goodison Park, where they have claimed four victories.

The Clarets are in danger of becoming the first team in English top-flight history to lose each of their opening six home games in a season.

Everton Take on Brighton, The four most recent Premier League meetings were all won by the away team, including 4-1 for Brighton at Goodison Park in January and 5-1 for Everton at Amex Stadium in May.

Brighton can earn a third successive victory at Goodison Park; the only team they've beaten in three successive top-flight away games is Wolves.

Everton have won three of their past five league fixtures, as many as they had in their previous 20 attempts.

Brighton are winless in four league games (D2, L2). It's their longest run without a victory since Roberto De Zerbi's first five matches in charge in October last year.

Manchester City play Bournemouth, Manchester City have never lost to Bournemouth in 19 competitive meetings, winning each of the last 13.

Bournemouth have only avoided defeat in two of the 18 league encounters, drawing 3-3 away in the second tier in May 1989 and 0-0 at home in the third tier in February 1999.

City's 100% winning streak in their 12 Premier League fixtures against Bournemouth is a top-flight record.

Manchester City have won all 21 home league and cup games in 2023 by an aggregate score of 67-10. They last dropped points at the Etihad in a 1-1 draw with Everton on 31 December 2022.

Sheffield United will be hoping for their first win of the season when they take on Wolverhampton. Sheffield United have lost three of their past five home league games against Wolves, as many defeats as in the previous 22 meetings at Bramall Lane (W10, D9).

Wolves are vying to win three consecutive league fixtures against the Blades for the first time since a run of four between 1954 and 1955.

With one point from 10 games and a goal difference of minus 22, the Blades have made the worst ever start by a Premier League team.

Wolves have only lost one of their past 14 Premier League away fixtures against newly-promoted opposition, though that was a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United in July 2020 when John Egan headed a 93rd-minute winner.

Saturdays tea time game is Newcastle v Arsenal, Arsenal have won 19 of their last 22 matches against Newcastle in all competitions, including a 2-0 league victory at St James' Park in May this year (D1, L2).

Newcastle have failed to score in eight of the nine most recent league meetings, with the exception a 2-0 home victory in May 2022.

Arsenal have kept 30 Premier League clean sheets against Newcastle, the most one side has kept against another in the competition's history.

Saturday fixtures

Fulham v Man Utd 12:30
Brentford v West Ham 15:00
Burnley v Crystal Palace 15:00
Everton v Brighton 15:00
Man City v Bournemouth 15:00
Sheffield United v Wolves 15:00
Newcastle v Arsenal 17:30

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Both Arsenal and Tottenham lost their unbeaten with defeats against Newcastle and Chelsea respectively. Tottenham lost 4-1 at home to Chelsea, Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring for Spurs but, they had Cristian Romero sent off and then Cole Palmer equalised from the spot. Tottenham were reduced to 9 after Destiny Udogie was shown a second yellow card are received his marching orders. Chelsea took full advantage with Nicolas Jackson scoring a hat trick with goals in the 75th, 94th and 97th minute. Tottenham move down to second, while Chelsea move to 10th.

Arsenal fell to a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle, Anthony Gordon with the winner, Arsenal felt the ball had gone out off play, and also felt there was a foul on Gabriel and that Gordon was off side VAR checked all three and felt there was nothing to disallow the goal so it stood. Kai Havertz cold have received a red card but only received a yellow as was Bruno Guimaraes for a forearm to the head of the Arsenal player.

Manchester United got a stoppage time winner against Fulham to ease the pressure on the United manager, Bruno Fernandes with the goal in the 91st minute.

Brentford beat West Ham 3-2, Neal Maupay opened the scoring for Brentford before Mohammed Kudus equalised and then Jarrod Bowen put the Hammers in the lead. A Konstantinos Mavropanos own goal levelled the game at 2-2, Nathan Collins scored his first Brentford goal to make the score 3-2 and give the home side all three points.

Burnley’s search for their first home win continues after losing 2-0 to Crystal Palace, Jeffrey Schlupp and a 94th minute goal from Tyrick Mitchell gave the three points to the way side.

Everton and Brighton shared the points at Goodison Park and Ashley Young own goal in the 84th minute rescuing a point for Brighton, Vitaliy Mykolenko gave the home side the lead after just seven minutes but the own goal denied the a toffees the win they needed.

Jeremy Doku was involved in five goals as Manchester City hammered Bournemouth 6-1 at the Etihad, Doku got the opening goal then had four assists as Bernardo Silva scored two, he also assisted Phill Foden and Akanji, Nathan Aké also on the score sheet, Sinisterra with the goal for Bournemouth.

Sheffield United got their first win of the season Cameron Arcer with a goal which the Blades though might me the winner but wolves got a 89th minute equaliser which they thought might be enough to gain a point but a 90+10 minute penalty from Ollie Norwood gave the home side all three points.

Nottingham Forest got their first win in 7 with a 2-0 win against Aston Villa, Ola Ania with a goal after just 5 minutes, The home side doubled their lead in the second half with a goal from Orel Mangala.

Luis Diaz rescued a point for Liverpool in the 95th minute, Luton took the lead in the 80th minute with a goal Tahith Chong, this would have been a remarkable win for Luton but they were unable to hang on and good see this as 2 points dropped, even though Liverpool were clear favourites before the game and a draw would have been seen as a good result otherwise.

Northern Irish football club Coleraine knocked their local rivals Ballymena out of the League Cup this week in a game that featured 45 penalties Coleraine scored a penalty in normal time in a 1-1 draw before winning the penalty shootout 18-17!

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All Club will observe a 2 minutes silence before the start of the game to commemorate Armistice Day on the 11th and 12th



Tottenham travel to Wolverhampton, wolves will be looking for successive home win against sours for the first time since 1968, spurs have win 5 of there last 9 visits to Molineux with 2 draws and 2 defeats. Wolves have only one one game of the last six at home and that was against Manchester City. Spurs are unbeaten in seven away game winning five and drawing two.

Arsenal take on Burnley, Burnley won 1-0 at the Emirates back in December 2020 their only win in 18 with 4 draws and 13 defeats. The gunners haven’t lost to a newly promoted side since 2010 when they lost to Newcastle winning 32 and 5 draws.

Crystal Palace face Everton, Palace have only beaten Everton once in 17 meetings when they won 3-1 in December 2021, 8 draws and 8 losses. The toffees have only won one of the last seven visits to Selhurst Park that was a 2-1 win in September 2020.

Manchester United will be looking for a win against Luton, United have won 18 consecutive home games against Luton dating back to 1899. This will be the first meeting since 1992 when the sides met at Kenilworth Road in 1992 which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Bournemouth play Newcastle, Bournemouth haven’t beaten Newcastle in seven matches drawing four and losing thee. Bournemouth have won two premier league games against Newcastle and that was under now Newcastle boss Eddie Howe.

Wolves v Tottenham 12:30
Arsenal v Burnley 15:00
Crystal Palace v Everton 15:00
Man Utd v Luton 15:00
Bournemouth v Newcastle 17:30

Sunday

Aston Villa take on Fulham, Fulham have only one victory in the past 19 visits to Villa Park that was back in April 2014 with seven draws and 11 defeats. Villa are looking for their 13th straight top flight home win for the first time in 40 .

Sheffield United travel to Brighton, The Seagulls have only won one of the last 12 league meeting that was in January 2005 when the sides met at Bramall Lane in the Championship. The seagulls only home victory was a 2-0 win back in 1987.

Liverpool take on Brentford at Anfield, Brentford have only one victory at Anfield in the last 11 that was a 4-3 win back in November 1937. In the last seven at Anfield Brentford have only scored once and conceded 16. Liverpool have won all five home games this season by an aggregate score of 14-2.

West Ham take on Nottingham Forest, Forests haven’t won a Premier League game away to West Ham since January 1st 1997, that was a 1-0 win at Upton Park. The Hammers have won all of the last four home meetings including a 4-0 win in February.

Manchester City travel to Chelsea, City have won 1-0 in the past four meetings, Chelsea have lost the last five against Manchester City . Chelsea have won three of their last five league games, Manchester City’s 27 points is their height after 11 games since they got 29 back in 2018/19. Since losing to Chelsea and Brighton city have only lost once in 68 games when they have scored first winning 61 and drawing six.

Aston Villa v Fulham 14:00
Brighton v Sheffield United 14:00
Liverpool v Brentford 14:00
West Ham v Nottingham 14:00
Chelsea v Manchester City 16:30

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Wolves scored two late goals to beat Tottenham. Tottenham took the lead after just three minutes with a goal from a Brennan Johnson. Pablo Sarabia equalised for Wolves in the 91st minute before Mario Lemina scored the winner in the 97th minute.

Arsenal beat Burnley 3-1 at the Emirates Leandro Trossard scored the opening goal in first half stoppage time, it was also Arsenal’s 1,000 goal at Emirates. Josh Brownhill scored the equaliser for Burnley eight minutes into three second half. Arsenal retook the lead three minutes later through William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko added the third Arsenal had Fábio Vieira sent off seven minutes from time.

A late goal from Idrissa Gueye gave Everton a 3-2 win away to Crystal Palace. Vitaliy Mykolenko headed in after just one minute for the visitors, the home side were level four minutes later through Eberchi Eze. Abdoulaye Doucouré put the visitors back in the lead after 49 minutes before Odsonne Édouard levelled again for the home side. Everton got the winner in the 86th minute.

Victor Lindelöf got the only goal as Manchester United beat Luton 1-0 at Old Trafford, it was Lindelöfs first goal since December 2020.

Dominic Solanke scored a brace as Bournemouth beat Newcastle 2-0 at the Vitality, Bournemouth had the better of the chances with 19 shots with 10 on target.

Aston Villa continued their winning start of the season at home against Fulham with a 3-1 win, Antonee Robison scored an own goal to open the scoring, John McGinn sent Villa in 2-0 at the break, Ollie Watkins added a third before Raul Jiménez scored a consolation goal for Fulham 20 minutes from time.

Brighton and Sheffield United shared the points after a 1-1 draw, Brighton opened the scoring through Simon Adingra after six minutes but the seagulls had Mahmoud Dahoud sent off in the second half, United goal came from an own goal from Adam Webster the point moves Sheffield United off the bottom of the table.

West Ham beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 at the London Stadium with a goal from Tomas Soucek, West Ham took the lead after three minutes from Lucas Paquetá, forest went in level after Taino Awoniyi equalised just before the break. The away side took the lead through Anthony Elanga after 63 minutes but West Ham were back level two minutes later through Jarrod Bowen, West Ham scored the winner in the 88th minute.

There was a eight goal thrills at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester City played out a 4-4 draw, Erling Haaland scored the first goal to put the away side ahead before Thiago Silva levelled for the home side, Raheem Sterling then put the home side in front Man City equalised from Manuel Akanji to send the teams in 2-2 at the break. Haaland scored is second from the spot to make it 3-2 to the visitors. Nicolas Jackson made it 3-3, City thought they had won it when Rodri scored in the 86th minute but Chelsea were awarded a penalty in the 95th minute witch Cole Palmer put away.

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The Premier League returns after the international break and what better way to kick off than a lunch time game between the top two Manchester City and Liverpool. Manchester City will be hoping to beat Liverpool in consecutive league games for the first time since a fun of four between 1935 and 1937. Liverpool have only won once in 14 away at city that was 4-1 back in November 2015, they’ve drawn five and lost eight. If Manchester City win it will be a 24th consecutive home win and will equal Sunderland’s record set back in 1890-1982. Liverpool’s only defeat in 23 was away to Tottenham in September they’ve won 15 and drawn 7, but are winless in the last three away games and have failed to keep a clean sheet in seven conceding 12.

There’s a claret and blue derby as Burnley entertain West Ham at Turf Moor, Burnley are winless in the last four meetings with West Ham drawing 2 and losing 2, but the Hammers have failed to score in three or the last four visits to Turf Moor. West Ham have only kept 2 clean sheets in 31 away games against the Clarets. If Burnley lose it will be the first time ind 128 years they’ve lost six consecutive games. West Ham have lost five of the last eight games drawing one and losing two.

Luton take on Crystal Palace in the first meeting between the two since February 2007, four of the six meetings in the top flight have ended in a 1-1 draw including the last top tier meeting in 1991-92. Luton have made their worst start to a season with only one win on 12 losing 8 and drawing 3. Crystal Palace have lost three of the last four premier league games but have won three of the last six away games.

Newcastle take on Chelsea, the Magpies avoided defeat in both games last season winning one and drawing one, a win for Newcastle will be the second time in 116 years they’ve won five consecutive home games without conceding a goal.

Nottingham Forest play Brighton, Forest have won the last two home games against Brighton including 3-1 last season. The Seagulls haven’t beaten forest in eight top flight meetings losing six and drawing two. Forest have only won once in eight games drawing four and losing three, but are unbeaten at home this season with two wins and three draws. Brighton haven’t won in six games drawing four and losing two.

Sheffield united take on Bournemouth, Bournemouth’s only away win at Sheffield was a 1-0 win back in August 1987, and have lost six and drawn two of 10 away games against the blades.

Arsenal travel to Brentford in the tea time game, Brentford’s first Premier League game was against Arsenal which they won 2-0 but haven’t beaten them since drawing one and losing three. The Bees are unbeaten in 14 London derbies in the league since a 3-0 home loss to the Gunners, winning eight and drawing six. The Gunners are also unbeaten in 16 London derbies winning 11 and Drawing 5.

Saturday fixtures

Man City v Liverpool 12:30
Burnley v West Ham 15:00
Luton v Crystal Palace 15:00
Newcastle v Chelsea 15:00
Nottm Forest v Brighton 15:00
Sheffield United v Bournemouth 15:00
Brentford v Arsenal 17:30

Premier League Preview Sunday/Monday games

Three games remaining this weekend with Tottenham playing Aston Villa on Sunday, Villa beat Spurs home and away last season. Spurs haven’t lost consecutive home games against Villa since August 1995. Tottenham have suffered back to back defeats against Wolves and Chelsea despite scoring the first goal in both matches. Aston Villa have equalled a club record 21 Premier League wins in a calendar year set back in 1998. Villa have taken 19 points from eight games since September international break the highest in the division.

Everton will be looking for a win after their 10 points deduction when they face Manchester United at Goodison Park. Everton have only won two of the past 19 meetings both at home and if they lose today they will become the first team to lose 40 games to a single opponent. The 10 point deduction dropped them from 14th to 19th on 4 points.

On Monday Fulham play Wolves, Wolves haven’t lost to Fulham since their return to the top flight in 2018 with 3 wins and 3 draws. Fulham have only won one of the last 14 league games against Wolves that was a 2-0 home win in the Championship.

Fixtures

Tottenham v Aston Villa 14:00
Everton v Man Utd 16:30

Monday

Fulham v Wolves 20:00

Premier League Review

Man City and Liverpool shared the points in the top of the table clash, Man City opened the scoring through Erling Haaland, Haaland became the fastest player to score 50 premier league goals in his 48th appearance. Ruben Dias though the had given City a second but it was ruled out for a foul. With 10 minutes left Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the equaliser.

Two late goals gave West Ham all three points away against Burnley, Burnley had taken the lead through a Jay Rodríguez penalty in the second half, a Dara O’Shea own goal in the 86th minute made the score 1-1 then Tomas Soucek scored the winner in the 91st minute. The defeat leaves Burnley bottom of the league.

Luton got their second win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace, Teden Mengi opened the scoring in the 72nd minute, two minutes later Palace were level through Michael Olise. Luton’s winner came in the 83rd minute Jacob Brown with the winning goal. The win leaves Luton 4 points above the relegation zone.

Newcastle returned to winning ways with a 4-1 win against Chelsea, Alexander Isak opened the scoring for the Magpies, Raheem Sterling pulled one back for the Blues as the team went in 1-1 at the break, two goals in two minutes from Jamaal Lascelles and Joelinton put the home side 3-1 up, Anthony Gordon added a fourth for Magpies.

Brighton edged out Nottingham Forest 3-2, Nottingham Forest opened the scoring through Anthony Elanga after just 3 minutes, Evan Ferguson pulled one back for the away side before João Pedro scored in first half stoppage time the send the away side in front at half time. João Pedro scored his second from the spot. Brighton had Lewis Dunk sent off and three minutes later Forest had a second after Morgan Gibbs-White converted from the spot to make it 3-2. Brighton managed to hold on to claim all three points.

Bournemouth moved seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 3-1 win at Sheffield United. Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring before Justin Kluivert added a second to send the away side 2-0 up at the break. Tavernier scored his second of the match to make it 3-0, Ollie McBurnie scored a consolation goal in the 97th minute, the defeat leave Sheffield United in the relegation zone.

A late Kai Havertz gave Arsenal the win in Mikel Arteta’s 200th game in charge of Arsenal in the 89th minute. The win means Arsenal go top of the League.

Aston Villa game from behind to beat Tottenham, Giovani Lo Celso put Spurs in front after 22 minutes, Pau Torres levelled just before half time, Ollie Watkins put the away side in the lead in the 61st minute, the win moves Aston Villa into the top 4.

Alejandro Garnacho scored a sensational overhead kick to as Manchester United won 3-0 away against Everton. Garnacho opened the scoring after just three minutes, Marcus Rashford made it 2-0 from the spot before Anthony Martial added a third, United move up to 6th while Everton remain in 19th.

Willian scored two penalties as Fulham beat Wolves 3-2, Alex Iwobi opened the scoring for Fulham after 7 minutes. Matheus Cunha then equalised for Wolves, the teams went in 1-1at the break. Fulham were awarded a penalty in the 59th minute which was converted by Willian, Wolves Were awarded a penalty of their own which was converted by Hee-chan Hwang, Fulham were awarded a second penalty in the 94th minute and Willian scored his second of the match.

Me Trent

a few news articles I've seen

About a local footballer who was a pioneer (who until recently I'd never heard of )
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67418972

WSL takeover: WSL and Championship clubs to move from FA to club-owned structure
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67557863

Mary Earps: England & Man Utd goalkeeper named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2023
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67500679

I read about this one