Key events
Up in Scotland, it’s still Celtic 0-0 Livingston. All is not well with King Brendan.
Norwich are suddenly 2-0 down to Middlebrough in the Championship. Tommy Conway follows up the opener from Finn Azaz.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Damsgaard has the ball in the net but Nathan Collins is penalised for a foul from a Kayode throw. Boos as it’s ruled out.
It’s 5-0 Coventry against QPR, the second week in a row Cov have scored five.
Bournemouth 1-0 Wolves
New Wolves £12.5m signing Jackson Tchatchoua with Ki-Jana (Song For) Hoever leaving the field.
Frank Lampard’s Coventry are 4-0 up on QPR on this gala day for City. Jack Rudoni got the third, Haji Wright the fourth. Could the former Ricoh be a Premier League ground next season?
Will Unwin is at Burnley v Sunderland, goalless so far: “Granit Xhaka has just passed the ball straight to the advertising hoardings. This is what I came for.”
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
Kelleher is suddenly being kept busy, asked to save shots from Tielemans and then McGinn. Villa finding their wind at last.
Oh, Sheffield Wednesday, losing 2-0 to Wrexham, Kieffer Moore tapping in after a goalkeeping error from Ethan Horvath, who has had a nightmare there.
From those earlier kick-offs, Yara El-Shaboury was at the Valley to see embattled Leicester claim an important win.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
All Brentford. Villa fans unhappy, just as they have been with the summer. This would be a huge win for Keith Andrews.
In the Championship, Mikey “Jinky” Johnston, who almost joined Flamengo in the summer, has just scored for West Brom against Portsmouth. Ryan Mason, having cut the cord with West Brom, is doing great at the Hawthorns.
Frank Lampard’s Coventry are now 2-0 up on QPR, Brendan Thomas-Assante on the mark.
Burnley 0-0 Sunderland
Lyall Thomas had the ball in the net for Burnley. The referee has given the foul, and VAR backs the referee’s call. Burnley will argue that was a 50-50 incident.
Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa
That was a familiar type of Brentford goal for Ouatarra to score, his pace was lightning in the role that was once Bryan Mbeumo’s. More bad news for Villa, Kamara off, and Buendia comes on.
Wrexham lead Sheffield Wednesday, and Kieffer Moore, recovered from injury scores.
Goal! Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa (Ouatarra, 13)
The new man scores. Thiago flicks on, and Ouatarra speeds on and finishes. Oh dear, Villa.
In the Championship, Coventry, now in charge of their own stadium, are 1-0 up on QPR. Haji Wright got it. Preston are beating Ipswich 1-0, with Osmajic winning a penalty and converting himself.
Burnley 0-0 Sunderland
Bad news for Sunderland as Daniel Ballard, such a big player for them, pulls up with a groin problem. That’s it for him today, and he will be replaced.
Goal! Bournemouth 1-0 Wolves (Tavernier, 4)
They had started brightly. Tyler Adams to Semenyo, and Tavernier’s shot is deflected in off Agbadou.
The first goals of the afternoon go in: Ethan Wheatley scores for Northampton against Exeter, and Lincoln’s Freddie Draper has scored at Bolton.
We are go in the 3pm kick-offs
The whistles sound around the grounds….
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch: “As you say, the table is embryonic, but actually this afternoon’s remaining fixtures could see any one of three teams go top overnight. A 2 – 0 for Sunderland would be enough for them, and it could happen with Burnley’s impregnable defence from last season in tatters and Le Bris’s boys brimming with joy and confidence, for now. Then either Arsenal or Leeds would need a hatful to depose them. As a Leeds fan obviously I’m dreaming, and very glad Eze doesn’t seem to be featuring just yet.
“Having grown up watching Shrewsbury Town, I’m mostly wondering whether they are actually the 91st worst team in the League, or the 92nd. Can’t see us getting any joy at “Magic Roundabout” Swindon, so Cheltenham’s home fixture v low-flying Barnet may give us the answer.”
Lunchtime scores in the Championship:
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Charlton 0-1 Leicester
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Hull 0-3 Blackburn
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Swansea 1-1 Watford
Report to follow from The Valley.
Jamie Jackson was at the Etihad to see that seismic Spurs win.
After that huge result, and ahead of this afternoon’s 3pm kick-offs, here’s the Premier League table. At this point, it has to be termed “embryonic”.
Result: Manchester City 0-2 Tottenham: Thomas Frank really is an excellent manager.
For Bournemouth, the team that started at Anfield last Friday will do for Andoni Iraola. Ben Doak signed from Liverpool, and Amine Adli, the new Moroccan winger, are substitutes, as are fit again Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie, two stars of last season.
Just one change for Wolves at a stadium they won last season in February, despite being gubbed 4-0 by crisis club Manchester City. In comes Jhon Arias for Andre.
For Burnley, in come Jacob Bruun Larsen and Lesley Oguchukwu, the former Chelsea player, who makes his first competitive start, come in for Oliver Sonne and Josh Laurent.
For Sunderland, Omar Alderete comes in for his full Premier League debut, replacing Jenson Seelt.
Ben Bloom
From Brentford’s Gtech:
Beautiful weather in west London this afternoon, but there’s a suspiciously grim smell in one corner of the media room. I won’t reveal which Aston Villa legend is sat in close proximity to the offending region…
The team news headline is there’s still no Yoane Wissa in the Brentford squad, despite him taking part in first-team training this week. The hosts look considerably stronger than last weekend though, with Mikkel Damsgaard back available, and first starts for Dango Ouattara and Jordan Henderson. Emi Martinez returns in goal for Villa.
Brentford v Aston Villa teams
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Yarmolyuk, Henderson, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago. Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Jensen, Carvalho, Onyeka, Milambo, Ajer, Peart-Harris.
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Torres, Mings, Digne, Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins. Subs: Bizot, Buendia, Malen, Maatsen, Bogarde, Guessand, Burrowes, Proctor, Rowe.
Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)
Burnley v Sunderland teams
Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ekdal, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Cullen, Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Anthony, Foster. Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Pires, Laurent.
Sunderland Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Talbi, Adringra, Mayenda. Subs: Patterson, Neil, Guiu, Roberts, Rigg, Isidor, Seelt, Masuaku, Le Fee.
Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)
AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton teams
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Semenyo, Scott, Tavernier, Brooks, Evanilson. Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Christie, Doak, Adli, Kluivert, Soler,
Junior Kroupi, Hill.
Wolverhampton: Jose Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Hoever, Arias, Joao Gomes, Wolfe, Munetsi, Larsen, Bellegarde. Subs: Johnstone, Hugo Bueno, Santiago Bueno, Andre Trindade, Hwang, Mosquera, Rodrigo Gomes, Lopez, Tchatchoua.
Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
So how are those crisis clubs doing in the Championship?
Latest scores:
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Charlton 0-1 Leicester
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Hull 0-3 Blackburn
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Swansea 0-1 Watford
It’s the second half at the Etihad where Tottenham are currently riding high.
Three matches in the Scottish Premiership
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Celtic v. Livingston
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Hearts v. Motherwell
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Kilmarnock v. Dundee
League Two 3pms
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Accrington Stanley v. Grimsby
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Bristol Rovers v. Cambridge Utd
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Cheltenham v. Barnet
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Colchester v. Barrow
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Crawley Town v. Tranmere
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Fleetwood Town v. Oldham
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Gillingham v. Crewe
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Harrogate Town v. Chesterfield
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Notts County v. Bromley
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Swindon v. Shrewsbury
League One 3pms
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AFC Wimbledon v. Barnsley
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Bolton v. Lincoln City
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Huddersfield v. Stevenage
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Mansfield v. Leyton Orient
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Northampton v. Exeter
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Peterborough v. Bradford
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Plymouth v. Blackpool
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Port Vale v. Doncaster
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Stockport County v. Burton Albion
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Wycombe v. Reading
Championship 3pms
Todays 3pm Premier League matches
Preamble
The Premier League is back, and all three 3pm kick-offs have the look of important matches. Bournemouth looked mustard in attack against Liverpool, less so in defence, while Wolves were prized apart by nu-Manchester City. Burnley’s fabled defence was a horror story in losing 3-0 at Tottenham while Sunderland lived the dream against West Ham. After last night, was that such a brilliant result? Brentford had their own nightmare last week in losing 3-1 at new crisis club Nottingham Forest and now face PSR-problematic Aston Villa, a club forced to sell to buy, and fans dissatisfied at the rulebook.
There’s no such thing as gentle beginning in the Premier League. All the latest from those matches, plus news from the EFL and the Bundesliga.
