Right, thanks a lot for your company this afternoon. Yet another fine afternoon of football in the Premier League, Football League and beyond. It seems a good time to run off, with Liverpool and Leicester City just underway at Anfield. Do join the Barry Glendenning for that one. Bye!
“A little bit,” says Jack Wilshere, when asked if he was disappointed not to start against West Brom today for Bournemouth. “I spoke to the manager in the week and he’s got a plan for me and I’m happy to stick to it. I think I need a few games to get up to speed. A big reason why I came here was the manager and his philosophy, he’s been great for me and he’s a great coach. I’ve been working with him now for ten days, the training’s intense but that’s what I need now.”
It finished 5-2 at the Bernabéu, where Real Madrid beat Osasuna 5-2. There were five different scorers, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos and Danilo all finding the net.
And at the top of the Championship, err, Huddersfield Town are still there. David Wagner’s side, who spent pre-season in the wilderness, condemned Leeds United to defeat in the Yorkshire derby at Elland Road. Behind them, are Barnsley. Paul Heckingbottom’s side won away at Preston North End, with Newcastle loanee Adam Armstrong netting the winner. Elsewhere, there were good wins for Norwich City and Birmingham City over Cardiff City and Fulham respectively.
In League One, league leaders Bolton were held at home by MK Dons while Scunthorpe sent Phil Brown orange after thrashing Southend 4-0. The League Two table, meanwhile, looks eerily similar to most of last season, with Plymouth and Portsmouth soaring into first and second respectively. Elsewhere, Doncaster Rovers thrashed in-form Morecambe 5-1, with James Coppinger scoring on his 500th appearance for the club.
Well, how about that? West Ham were slowly unravelled by Walter Mazzarri’s Watford despite Dimitri Payet’s return to brilliance. The Frenchman’s Rabona to tee up Michail Antonio was nothing short of sublime.
Bournemouth have their first league win of the season, perhaps buoyed by Jack Wilshere’s appearance on the hour mark against West Brom, who played just like West Brom by all accounts. A fine day for Arsenal, in the end, who left it painfully late to put Southampton to the sword, who are still finding their feet under Claude Puel.
Elsewhere, Burnley blew it against Hull City, throwing away their one-goal lead deep into injury time at Turf Moor and Middlesbrough lost at home to Crystal Palace, who you just feel needed that. And Stoke, whose manager Mark Hughes was sent to the shiny bet365 stands, prop up the Premier League table after a rather harrowing 4-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane was back amongst the goals, too, as was Dele Alli.
And that’s not it, no, as Liverpool face Leicester City right about now:
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Scottish Premiership results
Celtic 5-1 Rangers
Aberdeen 1-1 Inverness CT
Dundee 1-1 Kilmarnock
Hearts 3-1 Hamilton
Partick Thistle 0-2 St Johnstone
Ross County 1-1 Motherwell
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Championship full-time scores
Brighton 0-2 Brentford
Fulham 0-1 Birmingham City
Leeds United 0-1 Huddersfield Town
Norwich City 3-2 Cardiff City
Preston 1-2 Barnsley
QPR 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham 2-2 Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Wolves 1-1 Burton Albion
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Full-time: Arsenal 2-1 Southampton
Laurent Koscielny’s birthday goal and a late, late, late Santi Cazorla penalty just about see off Southampton at the Emirates Stadium.
Premier League full-time scores
Bournemouth 1-0 West Brom
Burnley 1-1 Hull City
Stoke City 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Middlesbrough 1-2 Crystal Palace
West Ham 2-4 Watford
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Southampton (Cazorla)
A 94th-minute penalty converted coolly by Santi Cazorla at the Emirates.
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GOAL! Burnley 1-1 Hull City (Snodgrass)
Robert Snodgrass is full of it at the moment, isn’t he? It’s a marvellous free-kick. That’s the Scotsman’s sixth goal in as many matches, after scoring a hat-trick on international duty in midweek.
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Meanwhile, West Brom fans are feeling enthused:
Away fans sing 'Tony Pulis, your football is s***' #afcb 1 #wba 0 #utciad #ohdear
— Andy Mitchell (@sirandymitchell) September 10, 2016
Penalty to Arsenal at the Emirates! José Fonte has been penalised for a foul on Olivier Giroud, where his trailing leg appears to catch the Frenchman.
Five minutes of added time at Dean Court, where Bournemouth lead West Brom. Elsewhere, Burnley remain in front against Hull City and Arsenal are going for the jugular against Southampton.
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Osasuna have another goal against Real Madrid, but they still trail 5-2. Closer to home, Lee Novak’s found an equaliser for Charlton Athletic at Fleetwood Town and Crewe have doubled their lead over Exeter City.
Bristol City are level at the New York Stadium! It sounds better than it is. Bobby Reid’s got the Robins’ second in south Yorkshire.
Ryan Mason and Will Keane are on for their Hull City debuts at Turf Moor, but Burnley still lead. Elsewhere, Colchester are 3-1 to the good against Blackpool, Omar Bogle has scored again to put Grimsby in front and Carlisle have dug out an equaliser against Leyton Orient.
Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has been replaced by Crystal Palace striker Jonathan Benteke. Elsewhere, James Coppinger has scored on his 500th appearances for Doncaster Rovers away at Morecambe. Fitting.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 West Brom (C Wilson)
A timely strike by Callum Wilson. A fine cross from Adam Smith and Wilson brilliantly backheels towards goal. That’s his first since last September ...
SNAPSHOT: He's back amongst the goals... #afcb pic.twitter.com/YIjfzf5grz
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) September 10, 2016
Elsewhere, Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham has scored again for Bristol City. This time away at Rotherham United, where they trail 2-1. Barnsley are back in front away at Preston through another loan striker, Newcastle United’s Adam Armstrong.
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Kiko Casilla has saved a penalty at the Bernabéu, where Real Madrid are romping away to victory against Osasuna. It’s 5-1.
Southampton’s Shane Long with a half-chance at Arsenal, but he heads over. Elsewhere, Bournemouth are still struggling to break down West Brom.
Championship news: Sam Gallagher’s second in Blackburn colours has levelled things up away at QPR. Brentford have doubled their lead at Brighton through Scott Hogan.
GOAL! Burnley 1-0 Hull City (Defour)
It’s Burnley 1-0 Hull City. Back-to-back home wins on the horizon at Turf Moor, perhaps?
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GOAL! Stoke City 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur (Kane)
After plenty of lethargic performances, Kane has his first goal of the season.
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It’s still Burnley 0-0 Hull City. Yep.
Some more drama then up at Dunfermline. “Since you mentioned that Dundee United had gone 2-0 up at Dunfermline, we’ve conceded and had a man sent off,” emails Simon. “Maybe if you say we’re hanging on, we might score a third on the break?”
Wilshere watch. West Brom keeper Ben Foster’s just saved from Junior Stanislas after being fed through by none other than Jack Wilshere.
QPR are in front against Blackburn Rovers, thanks to Tjaronn Chery’s fourth goal of the season. Elsewhere in the Championship, Fernando Forestieri has put Sheffield Wednesday ahead at home to Wigan and Preston are level at Deepdale. In that red-hot A420 derby, Lloyd Jones has been sent off for Swindon Town.
GOAL! West Ham United 2-4 Watford (Holebas)
Goal number six at the London Stadium. And, a good time for José Holebas to score his first Watford goal.
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In the big news of the day, Jack Wilshere is on for Bournemouth against West Brom. Surprisingly, though, in place of Jordon Ibe.
Swindon Town are 2-0 up in arguably the biggest derby of the day, the beautifully named A420, against Oxford United. And Rotherham United are two-nil up against Bristol City, courtesy of an Aden Flint own goal.
Portsmouth are looking good for a fourth straight league win in League Two. They lead 4-2 against Wycombe, with Carl Baker scoring Pompey’s fourth. Jordan Slew has put Plymouth 2-0 up against Cambridge.
GOAL! Stoke City 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur (Dele)
Dele Alli has scored his first goal of the season to surely put the finishing touches on a good day at the office for Mauricio Pochettino.
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Leeds United are behind in that big, bad Yorkshire derby in the Championship. Manchester City loanee Aaron Mooy has put the visitors in front at Elland Road. Elsewhere, Colchester are in front against Blackpool and Bournemouth youngster Matt Butcher has scored his first senior goal for Yeovil against Hartlepool.
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GOAL! Stoke City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Son)
Spurs are in cruise control now. Mark Hughes’s dismissal from the touchline seems to have dampened any of Stoke’s hopes of victory this afternoon.
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In League One, MK Dons have found an equaliser against Bolton and Matty Taylor’s scored his second of the afternoon to help Bristol Rovers draw level against Rochdale. Elsewhere, Stevenage are 2-0 to the good against Crawley Town in League Two.
GOAL! West Ham United 2-3 Watford (Capoue)
Étienne Capoue’s third goal of the season has worsened the mood around the London Stadium. Dimitri Payet’s first-half Rabona surely cannot go to waste.
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At the second time of asking, Clayton Donaldson converts from 12 yards. Birmingham City lead at Fulham. Elsewhere, Aberdeen are one-up against Inverness CT.
Dundee United are 2-0 up at Dunfermline, courtesy of Tony Andreu’s strike within 60 seconds of the restart. Dundee goalkeeper Cammy Bell – who in case you somehow missed it saved three first-half penalties – must be feeling ruddy magnificent. A fine day.
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GOAL! Middlesbrough 1-2 Crystal Palace (Zaha)
Palace lead at the Riverside Stadium! After being left out against Bournemouth, Zaha seems to have put that Tottenham transfer tittle-tattle well and truly behind him.
Who needs Upton Park when the London Stadium is already serving up four-goal thrillers? And it’s only half time. Neither defence has been spectacular, though the good ole Deeney-Ighalo formula seems to be working again. Also in London, Arsenal are making hard work of Southampton, who seem to have turned up at the Emirates.
It’s the same old story for Bournemouth, who have seen plenty of the ball but have failed to take a couple of the chances that have come their way against West Brom, who are yet to have a shot on target. Ouch.
Back to the second-half action ...
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Half-time essential viewing:
Plenty of talk surrounding the big one today. “Stoke struggled when they lost Hughes, very hard to replace him,” emails John, referring, I think, to Stoke City manager Mark Hughes being sent to stands. “Mark Hughes looks unhappy because Spurs have scored? Nobody is watching the Stoke v Spurs game are they,” says Alex. No, no they’re not.
“Simon McMahon should make sure no one sees the tangerine laser light he is shining in the penalty takers eyes,” emails Raymond, referring to Cammy Bell’s penalty-saving antics up at Dundee.
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Elsewhere, Real Madrid have taken a 3-0 lead down the tunnel at half-time against Osasuna. In Germany, Hertha Berlin lead Ingolstadt, Gladbach are in front at Freiburg and Hamburg are being held by Bayer Leverkusen.
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Championship half-time scores
Brighton 0-1 Brentford
Fulham 0-0 Birmingham City
Leeds United 0-0 Huddersfield Town
Norwich City 1-0 Cardiff City
Preston North End 0-1 Barnsley
QPR 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United 1-0 Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Wigan Athletic
Wolves 0-0 Burton Albion
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North of the border, there’s been some proper scintillating action. In the Scottish Championship, to be precise. Just listen to this tale from Simon McMahon:
“Afternoon Ben,” he emails. “In Scotland, Dundee United are leading Dunfermline at East End Park thanks to Simon Murray’s goal. But that’s not the story of the half. United keeper Cammy Bell has saved not one, not two, but THREE penalties in the first half. And he did save them all, they weren’t off target. That’s got to be a record, right?”
GOAL! West Ham United 2-2 Watford (Deeney)
Troy Deeney’s first goal of the season has levelled things up against West Ham.
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Premier League half-time scores
Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace
Burnley 0-0 Hull City
Bournemouth 0-0 West Brom
Arsenal 1-0 Southampton
Stoke City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
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Portsmouth are in front, as predicted below and now lead 2-1 at Fratton Park.
Bournemouth should be in front against West Brom, but Callum Wilson puts a big chance over. Not so long ago the away supporters were singing, joyfully. “We’ve had shot” they sang. It doesn’t sound like Tony Pulis’s reputation will be too enhanced come full time at Dean Court.
“It’s another scintillating performance by West Brom today,” emails JR. “Of course we must tailor the meaning of ‘scintillating’ when it comes to the Baggies. For them it is defined as at least 30% possession and having a shot on target. Mission accomplished. Pulis has them absolutely purring.”
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GOAL! West Ham United 2-1 Watford (Ighalo)
The Ighalo scoop is back! It’s back ladies and gentleman. He’s pulled one back at the London Stadium for Walter Mazzarri’s side. Game on!
GOAL! Stoke City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Son)
Mark Hughes looks pretty unhappy. Tottenham move into the top four, for now at least.
Big Jon Parkin’s scored again! Newport County are level against Cheltenham! That’s his third goal of the season.
GOAL! Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace (Ayala)
All square at the Riverside. That Palace joy did not last too long.
League One news: Paddy Madden’s put Scunthorpe ahead at home to Southend. League Two news: Portsmouth are level at Fratton Park! Christian Burgess has pulled Paul Cook’s side level against Wycombe. And Cheltenham Town are back in front at Rodney Parade.
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“Is the Benteke chant to the tune of Free Nelson Mandela by the special Aka?” asks Bouncer’s Dream via Twitter. You tell me folks, you tell me.
GOAL! West Ham United 2-0 Watford (Antonio)
Michail Antonio again! Another header! Now that England call-up is beginning to make sense, although you already knew that. It’s a fine start for Slaven Bilic’s side against Watford, who are pretty erratic.
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José Mourinho’s got some kind words for Manchester City’s new numero uno:
The Steven Fletcher has scored against Wigan at Hillsborough to level things up. Fletcher, Lambert, Jerome and more in the Championship eh? Amazing. Elsewhere, Scott Hogan has put Brentford ahead at Brighton.
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GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Southampton (Koscielny)
An overhead kick. From a corner. Laurent Koscielny. Enough said. Arsenal are level then at the Emirates. It sounds absolutely spiffing. Down in the Championship, Birmingham City’s Clayton Donaldson has had his penalty at Craven Cottage saved by David Button, so it’s still goalless in that one. Barnsley, who believe it or not, are in mightily good form, are one-nil up at Preston.
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Over at the Bernabéu, Cristiano Ronaldo has put Real Madrid ahead against Osasuna in La Liga. Atlético Madrid won 4-0 at Celta Vigo earlier on today.
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Big Jon Parkin has levelled for Newport County at home to Cheltenham Town! That’s a big goal. Sheffield United are one-up at AFC Wimbledon too, courtesy of Mark Duffy. Meanwhile, Rochdale are now 2-1 up at the Memorial Stadium in Bristol.
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Bournemouth are in the ascendency at Dean Court, which is was always going to happen wasn’t it? Jordon Ibe has made a quick start in this match, after a fairly slow start to his career on the south coast. West Brom, meanwhile, are proving resolute. Unsurprisingly.
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Cameron Jerome has scored for Norwich City against Cardiff City. It’s 1-0 at Carrow Road. In League One, Bristol Rovers are behind at home to Rochdale.
GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Southampton (Cech OG)
It’s advantage to Claude Puel then at the Emirates, who played under Arsène Wenger at Monaco donkeys of years ago. It seems a little unfortunate for the Arsenal goalkeeper but Southampton will not care an inch, as they look for their first league win. Dusan Tadic’s free-kick hit the bar before bumbling over the line, via Cech’s back and shoulders. Lovely stuff.
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GOAL! Middlesbrough 0-1 Crystal Palace (C Benteke)
Woaaaaah Christian Benteke, as it goes. It’s a crashing header from the Belgium striker, who opens his account in Palace colours. Down in League Two, Cheltenham have taken the lead at Newport County through Asa Hall. Accrington Stanley are one-up at Notts County too, courtesy of John O’Sullivan.
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Portsmouth are behind against Wycombe, which most probably means Pompey will end up winning 3-1 after a sterling second-half display. Back in the Premier League, Chris Kamara’s going berserk at the London Stadium, where supposedly it’s end-to-end stuff and Odion Ighalo’s just gone close.
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To Germany, where Thorgan Hazard has been doing Eden Hazard like things:
Thorgan Hazard with a superb goal. pic.twitter.com/4HUHC2AFn5
— Alex Chaffer ⚽️ (@AlexChaffer) September 10, 2016
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In the battle of Chelsea loanees ... Rotherham United’s Izzy Brown has scored his first goal in English football, so he’s one-up on Bristol City striker Tammy Abraham, who has five goals in seven games. City are in search of their first win at Rotherham in 21 years ...
Elsewhere, Plymouth are 1-0 up against Cambridge, Bolton are in front at hom eto MK Dons and there’s already two goals at Peterborough v Port Vale, where it’s 1-1.
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GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Watford (Antonio)
Dimitri Payet finds England’s Michail Antonio, who has scored his fifth career goal against Watford. Another header, of course. Meanwhile, down in League Two Morecambe are behind early on at home to Doncaster Rovers. Andy Butler’s got that one after four minutes. Fleetwood are in front, and bloody nora, Will Grigg’s on Fire at Sheffield Wednesday!
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We’re off! Andrew Surman’s made an early foul at Bournemouth. And West Ham have made a blistering start at home to Watford. Simone Zaza’s been doing overhead kicks and everything.
Crikey, it’s almost upon us. The big kick-offs are just a couple of minutes away, barring the biggies this evening: Liverpool v Leicester City and Derby v Newcastle United.
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Remember Rickie Lambert? He starts for Cardiff City today in the Championship away at Norwich City. Cameron Jerome’s there too. What year of Premier League Years are we watching?
From that game at Old Trafford, here’s Daniel Taylor’s match report:
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Hull City could go above Manchester United today. OK, it’s only week four of the season, but you feel as though they have every chance at Turf Moore today. Goal-machine Robert Snodgrass starts for Mike Phelan’s side. Jeff Hendrick and Ryan Mason, record signings at Burnley and Hull respectively, start life at their new clubs on the bench.
Away from Jack Wilshere, who starts on the bench today, it’s a ruddy big match for both Bournemouth and West Brom. Eddie Howe’s attracted bags of praise in the week, but his team are yet to win this season. Even West Brom have managed that. But there’s ongoing speculation surrounding Pulis’s future isn’t there. “It’s more like a continental-run club. At other clubs I’ve had much more control over certain things,” said Pulis on Friday.
Also, wouldn’t it be nice for Dimitri Payet, whose back in the starting lineup for West Ham, to just have one of those Euro 2016 days again? Those were the days ...
It’s another blockbuster in the Championship again today, too. There’s Leeds Leeds Leeds against Huddersfield, Fulham v Birmingham and Preston v Barnsley, another of the early pacesetters. Bristol City travel to Rotherham United and QPR host Blackburn Rovers, who could badly do with a result. In League One, Bradford take on Gillingham and in League Two, Portsmouth host Wycombe Wanderers.
Last night, Reading moved up to third in the second-tier (for now at least) with a penalty-crazy win over Ipswich Town. Cue Mad Mick moaning, perhaps fairly this time:
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Moussa Dembélé, who scored goals for fun at Fulham, is having a similar effect north of the border:
Team news news
Right, the headlines from today’s lineups then. On the south coast, Jack Wilshere is being made to wait that little bit longer, but at least he’s got best mate Benik Afobe for company on the Cherries bench this afternoon. Tony Pulis, who coached Eddie Howe as a 14-year-old and lives down the road from Dean Court, hands record-signing Nacer Chadli his first start. Whether Pulis wanted to sign him is another question ...
Elsewhere, Arsène Wenger has given debuts to his very own new signings against Southampton, who have Jay Rodriguez up front after Charlie Austin’s dreadful performance last time out. Other talking points? Wilfried Bony starts against Spurs, Dimitri Payet makes his first start of the season for West Ham and Mathieu Flamini is back on a Premier League bench, for Crystal Palace away at Middlesbrough.
And ...
Ryan Shawcross makes his 300th league appearance while @No1shaygiven makes his 450th Premier League appearance today pic.twitter.com/9D5noDY8IX
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) September 10, 2016
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Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City
Mourinho 0-1 Guardiola
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Team news!
Bournemouth: Boruc; A Smith, Francis, Cook; Daniels; Surman, Arter; Ibe, King, Stanislas, C Wilson
Subs: Federici, M Wilson, B Smith, Gosling, Gradel Afobe, Wilshere
West Brom: Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Galloway; Field, Yacob, Fletcher; Phillips, Chadli; Berahino.
Subs: Myhill, Nyom, Olsson, Gardner, Rondon, McClean, Leko
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Cazorla, Coquelin; Walcott, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Perez
Subs: Ospina, Xhaka, Elneny, Holding, Sanchez, Giroud, Iwobi
Southampton: Forster; Cedric, van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand; Clasie, Romeu; S Davis, Tadic, Redmond; Rodriguez
Subs: McCarthy, Targett, Yoshida, Long, Ward-Prowse, Austin, Hojbjerg
Hull City: Jakupovic; Elmohamady, Livermore, Davies, Robertson; Meyler, Huddlestone, Clucas; Diomande, Hernandez, Snodgrass
Subs: Marshall, Maguire, Mason, Henriksen, Maloney, Weir, Keane.
Burnley: Heaton; Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward; Boyd, Defour, Marney, Gudmundsson; Vokes, Gray
Subs: Robinson, Arfield, Hendrick, Flanagan, Tarkowski, Bamford, Kightly
Middlesbrough: Valdés; Barragán, Ayala, Gibson, Friend; Forshaw, Clayton; Stuani, Downing, Fischer; Negredo
Subs: Rhodes, Guzan, de Roon, Ramírez, Nsue, Chambers, Traoré
Crystal Palace: Mandanda; Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Ward; McArthur, Ledley; Zaha, Puncheon, Townsend; C Benteke
Subs: Flamini, Tomkins, Hennessey, Chung-yong, J Benteke, Fryers, Dreher
Stoke City: Given; Cameron, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters; Whelan, Allen, Imbula; Walters, Bony, Arnautovic
Subs: Grant; Bardsley, Muniesa, Adam, Crouch, Bojan, Ramadan
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Wanyama; Eriksen, Alli, Son; Kane
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Carter-Vickers, Winks, Lamela, Sissoko, Janssen
West Ham United: Adrian; Byram, Collins, Reid, Masuaku; Noble, Kouyate; Antonio, Lanzini, Payet; Zaza
Subs: Randolph, Nordtveit, Obiang, Tore, Ogbonna, Fletcher, Calleri
Watford: Gomes; Cathcart, Kaboul, Britos; Janmaat, Capoue, Pereyra, Behrami, Holebas; Deeney, Ighalo
Subs: Pantilimon, Prödl, Zuniga, Watson, Guedioura, Success, Okaka
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Preamble
Good afternoon! Away from that Mourinho, Guardiola, Zlatan, Barton and Brown nonsense and fanfare, there’s plenty more wondrous football to whet your appetites on a true British muggy Saturday. Whether it’s Jack Wilshere’s pending Bournemouth debut, Claude Puel’s reunion with Mr Wenger or the small fry of Huddersfield trying to retain their lead at the top of the Championship, after David Wagner’s bonkers pre-season, it’s going to be covered. Please rest assured.
Without further ado, team news from around the grounds will be imminent!
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