Match report: Crystal Palace 2-0 Wolves
Premier League: Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher put talk over their international futures to one side to fire Crystal Palace to a 2-0 victory over Wolves with a little help from VAR.
Match report: Chelsea 1-1 Burnley
Premier League: “The game could hardly have been more one-sided and yet Thomas Tuchel’s side somehow found a way to blow it, their profligacy punished when Matej Vydra came off the bench to burgle a late point for Sean Dyche’s defiant Burnley side,” writes Jacob Steinberg from Stamford Bridge.
Match report: Brentford 1-2 Norwich City
Premier League: A magnificent solo goal from Mathias Normann and Teemu Pukki’s penalty secured a first win of the season for Norwich City and moved them off the foot of the table.
Eddie Howe takes his seat with Amanda Staveley just as Brighton v Newcastle is about to kick off. He's sitting about 20 rows behind me so better watch what I write!
— Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) November 6, 2021
Match report: Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League: “After the 5-0 humiliation against Liverpool, this was another Theatre of Screams occasion for Ole Gunnar Solskjær, another big game when the gap to the very best yawned like a chasm, when his Manchester United team were an incoherent mess.,” writes David Hytner from Old Trafford
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Barney Ronay on the Manchester derby: “At times you wondered, what was the point of this game of football? Did it ever stand a chance? Alas, the Manchester derby, transformed in the Solskjær era into an extended exercise in how to lose slowly. City were excellent. But they were also barely stretched in any part of the pitch.”
Barcelona throw away three-goal lead ...
La Liga: Barcelona have blown it against Celta Vigo in their first game since the appointment of Xavi Hernandez as their new manager. Leading 3-0 at half-time, they shipped three goals in the second half to come away from the game with just a point. Liverpool old boy Iago Aspas popped up to equalise for Celta Vigo with a late, late, late equaliser in the seventh minute of added time.
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Neil Warnock leaves Middlesbrough
Championship: The man who has managed more games than anyone else in English professional football – 1,603 – has parted company with Middlesbrough by “mutual consent” after his side’s draw at West Brom today.
Meanwhile at St Andrews, Reading have come from a goal down to lead Birmingham City 2-1 in today’s delayed kick-off.
FA Cup first round: Hats off to Northern Premier side Buxton, who have knocked out York City of the National League North. From the sixth tier, Kidderminster have knocked out Grimnsby from a division above. Seventh tier sides Bowers & Pitsea, Harrow Borough, Hayes & Yeading and Horsham have all been knocked out
In a replica of last year’s first round, Sunderland have gone out to Mansfield Town by a 1-0 scoreline at the Stadium of Light. National League South outfit Guiseley have lost by a similar scoreline to League One side AFC Wimbledon.
Scottish Premiership results
- Aberdeen 0-2 Motherwell
- Hearts 5-2 Dundee United
- St Johnstone 0-0 St Mirren
- View the Scottish Premiership table
Championship reults
- Bournemouth 4-0 Swansea City
- Barnsley 0-2 Hull City
- Birmingham City 1-0 Reading (late kick-off)
- Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Sheffield United
- Cardiff City 2-1 Huddersfield Town
- Coventry City 3-2 Bristol City
- Luton Town 0-1 Stoke City
- Millwall 1-1 Derby County
- Nottingham Forest 3-0 Preston
- Peterborough United 0-1 Fulham
- West Brom 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Blackpool v QPR (5.30pm)
- View the Championship table
Premier League results
- Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City
- Chelsea 1-1 Burnley
- Crystal Palace 2-0 Wolves
- Brentford 1-2 Norwich City
- Brighton v Newcastle United (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
Full time: Crystal Palace 2-0 Wolves
Premier League: Wilf Zaha and Conor Gallagher scored the goals as Palace won their second league game in a row.
Championship: Cardiff City look to have scored a late winner against Huddersfield, with Kieffer Moore heading home his second of the game at the back post to make it 2-1 to the hosts.
Full time: Brentford 1-2 Norwich City
Premier League: Norwich City lift themselves off the bottom of the table with their first win of the season, consigning Brentford to their fourth defeat in a row. Newcastle go bottom and are the only team in the top fligfht who have yet to win a game. They play Brighton in this afternoon’s late kick-off and Scott Murray has the latest ...
Championship: Bournemouth go 4-0 up against Swansea City, while the 10 men of Coventry have taken a late 3-2 lead over Bristol City.
Full time: Chelsea 1-1 Burnley
Premier League: An outstanding draw for Burnley at Stamford Bridge. Kai Havertz put Chelsea ahead in the first half, but Matej Vydra came off the bench to equalise for the visitors, who had a couple of chances to nick all three points at the end.
Chelsea 1-1 Burnley: A long ball from Pope, Chelsea’s two defenders each leaves the other to deal with it and Matej Vydra steals in to try to lob Edouard Mendy. Wide.
Chelsea 1-1 Burnley: Oof! Jay Rodriguez is played in behind the Chelsea defence but doesn’t have the pace to bear down on goal before he’s shepherded wide by a defender.
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Scottish Premiership: Aaron McEneff makes it Hearts 5-2 Dundee United at Tynecastle.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Wolves (Gallagher 78)
Premier League: Conor Gallagher extends Palace’s lead against Wolves, his shot from the edge of the penalty area taking a deflection off Conor Coady on it’s way past the wrong-footed Jose Sa.
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Championship: Callum O’Hare equalises for 10-man Coventry City against Bristol City to make it 2-2 at the Coventry Building Society Arena. At the Cardiff City Stadium, Kieffer Moore heads Cardiff level with Huddersfield Town.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Burnley (Vydra 79)
Premier League: Matej Vydra stretches to poke home a Jay Rodriguez knockdown across the edge of the six-yard box. Burnley are level against the league leaders!
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Scottish Premiership: It’s Hearts 4-2 Dundee United, with Stephen Kingsley extending the home side’s lead at Tynecastle.
Championship: Aleksandar Mitrovic nods Fulham ahead against Peterborough with his 14th goal in nine games. He’s on 20 for the season already.
FA Cup: Charlton go a goal up against Havant & Waterlooville, while it’s now Halifax 7-4 Maidenhead at the Shay. Harrogate have just equalised against non-League Wrexham.
NO PENALTY AT SELHURST PARK!
Premier League: It’s as you were, although Wolves have a free-kick in a dangerous area.
PENALTY AT SELHURST PARK!
Premier League: Wolves have been awarded a penalty but there’s a VAR check to see if Joel Ward’s foul was inside or outside the penalty area.
Championship: Ian Poveda scores at Ewood Park to give Blackburn Rovers a two goal buffer over Sheffield United - it’s 3-1 in Lancashire. Meanwhile at the Hawthorns, Grady Diangana has equalised for West Brom against Middlesbrough. At the City Ground, Lewis Ground has scored his second of the afternoon to make it Nottingham Forest 3-0 Preston.
Scottish Premiership: Kevin Van Veen shoots on the turn to double Motherwell’s lead over Aberdeen with his second goal of the afternoon.
Championship: Jaidon Anthony makes it Bournemouth 3-0 Swansea City at the Vitality Stadium, where Swans super fan, comedian and friend of the Guardian Football Weekly podcast Elis James is unlikely to be enjoying his birthday treat.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Wolves (Zaha 61)
Premier League: After a long wait for an offside VAR check, Wilf Zaha puts Crystal Palace one up with his fourth goal of the season.
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Chelsea 1-0 Burnley: Nick Pope gets down to save brilliantly from Callum Hudson-Odoi, whose low effort from close range looked goalbound.
FA Cup: It’s Halifax 6-4 Maidenhead in the game of the round so far and there are still 29 minutes to go at the Shay Stadium.
Scottish Premiership: Dundee United score their second of the afternoon against Hearts through Nicky Clark but still trail by the odd goal of five.
GOAL! Brentford 1-2 Norwich City (Henry 60)
Premier League: Rico Henry slides in to score at the far post to pull a goal back for Brentford. Tim Krul should have done better there, misjudging the cross.
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Championship: Ben Brereton Diaz scores to put Blackburn 2-1 up against Sheffield United.
Scottish Premiership: Motherwell are one up against Aberdeen courtesy of Kevin Van Veen’s opener on 50 minutes. Meanwhile at Tyncastle, Ben Woodburn has scored his second of the afternoon to put Hearts 3-1 up against Dundee United.
Championship: Down to 10 men, and trailing by a goal, Coventry City win a penalty against Bristol City. Matt Godden scores to make it all square with his fifth goal of the season.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Wolves: Wilf Zaha appeals for a penalty after being fouled by Max Kilman. It goes to a VAR check but Wolves get away with it.
Chelsea 1-0 Burnley: Kai Havertz fires over from seven yards out after running on to another inch-perfect Reece James cross from the right.
Championship: Bournemouth double their lead against Swansea City, with Dominic Solanke scoring his second goal of the afternoon to make it 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium.
Chelsea 1-0 Burnley: Thiago Silva connects with a cross from the right, his header isn’t clean but takes a deflection off a Burnley defender and hits the post.
Brentford 0-2 Norwich City: Brentford have a Bryan Mbeumo goal disallowed for offside.
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— Stenhousemuir FC (@StenhousemuirFC) November 6, 2021
Apologies for the lack of updates, our Twitter man has just had a pie chucked at him by the @Stirling_Albion young team.
FA Cup first round ...
AFC Wimbledon lead non-League Guiseley by the only goal of the first half, while Charlton are being held 0-0 by Havant & Waterlooville from the Conference South, 64 places behind the League One side in the league ladder.
FC Halifax lead Maidenhead 4-3 at half-time, Wrexham lead Harrogate by 1-0 while Lincoln are being held by non-League side Bowers & Pitsea, who are 98 places below them. Portsmouth lead Harrow Borough by the only goal of the game, while Sunderland are trailing Mansfield Town 1-0 at the Stadium of Light.
And in Spain ...
Barcelona are off to a flyer under Xavi Hernandez and lead Celta Vigo 3-0 after 40 minutes. Ansu Fati, Sergio Busquets and Memphis Depay have got the goals at the Estadio Balaidos.
Scottish Premiership half-times
- Aberdeen 0-0 Motherwell
- Hearts 2-1 Dundee United
- St Johnstone 0-0 St Mirren
Championship half-times
- Bournemouth 1-0 Swansea City
- Barnsley 0-1 Hull City
- Birmingham City 1-0 Reading (late kick-off)
- Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Sheffield United
- Cardiff City 0-1 Huddersfield Town
- Coventry City 0-1 Bristol City
- Luton Town 0-1 Stoke City
- Millwall 1-1 Derby County
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Preston
- Peterborough United 0-0 Fulham
- West Brom 0-1 Middlesbrough
- Blackpool v QPR (5.30pm)
Premier League half-times
- Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City (result)
- Chelsea 1-0 Burnley
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Wolves
- Brentford 0-2 Norwich City
- Brighton v Newcastle United (5.30pm)
Championship: Millwall and Derby County exchange quick-fire goals at the Den. Derby opened the scoring through Festy Obesele but Millwall equalised within two minutes through Scott Malone.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Wolves: Wolves have a half-hearted appeal for a penalty turned down but have to settle for a corner instead.
Chelsea 1-0 Burnley: Ross Barkley tries his luck from distance for Chelsea but sends his effort high over the bar.
Championship: The goals are flying in around the Championship, where Jack Colback has just scored to double Nottingham Forest’s lead against Preston.
Championship: Blackburn Rovers have been denied a clear penalty and had a goal disallowed in their game against Sheffield United. They equalise through Reda Khadra, who is on loan from Brighton and is helped by a big deflection.
In the delayed kick-off at St Andrew’s, Scott Hogan has given Birmingham City an early lead against Reading. Meanwhile at the Hawthorns, Josh Coburn spanks one home to put Middlesbrough one up against West Brom.
Championship: It’s Barnsley 0-1 Hull, with George Honeyman opening the scoring at Oakwell. Meanwhile at Kenilworth Road, Jacob Brown has put Stoke City one up against Luton Town.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Burnley (Havertz 33)
Premier League: The floodgates are open at Stamford Bridge, where Kai Havertz has recovered sufficiently with his brush with Joe Public to head home an unbelievable cross from Reece James. It was on a plate and Havertz guided a terrific header to Nick Pope’s right.
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Championship: Lewis Grabban has put Nottingham Forest a goal up against Preston with a spot-kick at thge City Ground.
Chelsea 0-0 Burnley: Kai Havertz is on the floor the wrong side of the advertising hoarding behind the Burnley goal after being shoved off the ball and into the crowd while sprinting down the inside left. He is eventually extricated with the help of fans and the Chelsea medics and looks OK, if a little winded. That could have been nasty.
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GOAL! Brentford 0-2 Norwich City (Pukki 29pen)
Premier League: It’s nosebleed time for Norwich as they go two up courtesy of Pukki’s spot-kick.
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Brentford 0-1 Norwich: Norwich have a penalty at the Brentford Community Stadium, where Charlie Goode looks to have prevented a clear goalsacoring opportiunity for Teemu Pukki. He gets away with a yellow card.
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Championship: Bournemouth are a goal up against Swansea at the Vitality Stadium, where the in-form Dominic Solanke has slid the ball home.
FA Cup: Doncaster Rovers beat Scunthorpe United by the only goal of the game at Glanford Park to advance to the second round.
Chelsea 0-0 Burnley: Big news from Stamford Bridge, where Burnley have got the ball out of their own half and won themselves a corner. Nothing comes of it.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Wolves: There’s not a lot to report from Selhurst Park, where Odsonne Eduoard has come closest to scoring. His shot on the turn was saved by Jose Sa in the Wolves goal.
Championship: Luxembourg international Danel Sinani fires Huddersfield Town ahead at Cardiff City, who have taken one point from the last 30 available.
Brentford 0-1 Norwich City: Tim Krul keeps Norwich ahead, doing well to block a close range effort from Christian Norgaard.
Chelsea 0-0 Burnley: Chelsea continue to pile the pain on Burnley but the deadlock remains unbroken. Ross Barkley, making a rare start of Chelsea, sends a volley wide.
Chelsea 0-0 Burnley: Chelsea are battering Burnley and miss another chance to get their noses in front from a corner. Chilwell played the ball to Hudson-Odoi, whose cross was flicked inches wide of the far post by Andreas Christiansen. Moments latewr, Nick Pope is forced into action again, putting the ball out for another corner. Antonio Rudiger heads over from the subsequent set-piece.
GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Norwich City (Normann 6)
Premier League: Matthias Normann gives Norwich City their first Premier League lead of the Premier League season with his first goal for the club. The Norwegian waltzes unchallenged into the Brentford penalty area and slots into the corner.
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Chelsea 0-0 Burnley: Nick Pope has just pulled off an excellent save from Callum Hudson-Odoi, who shot from a tightish angle. The Chelsea midfielder fired wide of the far post on the follow-up.
Championship: Rhian Brewster has scored his first league goal for Sheffield United at the 35th time of asking, volleying his side ahead against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park after just two minutes following good work down the wing by BIlly Sharp.
Our 3pm kick-offs are under way ...
Well, most of them are. Kick-off in Birmingham City’s game against Reading at St Andrews has been delayed by 30 minutes due to unspecified “technical issues” at the ground.
Match report: Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League: Manchester United suffered another humiliation at Old Trafford, going down to a Manchester City side that went in two goals up at the break and spent the entire second half toying with their hosts and bitter rivals.
You’ve got United’s three most hated teams; Liverpool, Leeds and City, singing Solskjaer’s name. It’s a total embarrassment - the club is rotting.
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) November 6, 2021
WSL: Chelsea have held on to beat Aston Villa 1-0 in Walsall courtesy of Jessie Fleming’s goal. The go level on points with Arsenal at the top of the Women’s Super League.
Full-time: Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League: Don’t be fooled by a scoreline which doesn’t even come close to doing Manchester City’s dominance justice. They have completely embarrassed their neighbours at Old Trafford, barely giving them a kick of the ball in the second half after going in at the break with a two-goal lead.
Bernardo Silva took advantage of some slapstick defending just before the break to double their advantage after Eric Bailly had shinned the ball into his own net early doors. If this doesn’t mark the end for Ollie Gunnar Solskjær, it’s difficult to know what will. We’ll have a report from Old Trafford shortly.
Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City: We’re into the final three minbutes at Old Trafford, where Manchester United are being slaughtered 2-0 by neighbours who appear to be taking pity on them, perhaps in the hope of keeping Ole Gunnar Solskjær in a job. “A calm annihilation,” says Gary Neville of the second half on Sky Sports. Following the knockings with Scott Murray ...
Brentford v Norwich City line-ups
Brentford: Fernandez, Jorgensen, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Janelt, Norgaard, Jensen, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney.
Subs: Thompson, Goode, Forss, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Bidstrup, Roerslev, Stevens, Cox.
Norwich City: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Omobamidele, Williams, Dowell, Normann, Lees-Melou, McLean, Rashica, Pukki.
Subs: Rupp, Gilmour, Placheta, Tzolis, Sorensen, Sargent, Gunn, Giannoulis,
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Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
Crystal Palace v Wolves line-ups
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Gallagher, Kouyate, McArthur, Zaha, Benteke, Edouard.
Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Olise, Ayew, Schlupp, Clyne, Kelly, Riedewald.
Wolves: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ait Nouri, Trincao, Hwang, Jimenez.
Subs: Hoever, Daniel Podence, Moulden, Boly, Silva, Ruddy, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
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Chelsea v Burnley line-ups
Chelsea: Mendy, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Havertz.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Saul, Mount, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Sarr.
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Cornet, Wood.
Subs: Cork, Barnes, Hennessey, Roberts, Rodriguez, Collins, Pieters, Vydra, Long.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
Newcastle United: The Mirror is reporting that Eddie Howe’s apparently imminent appointment as Newcastle manager is in doubt because his potential new employers have not agreed a deal for him to bring in his own backroom staff. As I recall, that was the deal-breaker which led to him turning down the Celtic job.
Women’s Super League: A bad weekend for Aston Villa is showing no sign of improving. Following the defteat of their men’s team at Southampton last night, Aston Villa’s women are a goal down against Chelsea in today’s early kick-off. Jessie Fleming’s first-half strike has the champions ahead with less than half an hour to go.
Premier League: Adam Armstrong scored the only goal of the game at St Mary’s last night as Southampton consigned Aston Villa to their fifth consecutive league defeat, ramping up the pressure on Dean Smith. Ben Fisher was there for the Guardian ...
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FA Cup: Scunthorpe United host Doncaster Rovers in the day’s early kick-off and the visitors from League One have just gone a goal up against the side from a division below. Scunthorpe’s Ryan Loft has put the ball into his own net.
Roy's had enough of this shit pic.twitter.com/3HjkcLXq0V
— Jim (@Barcajim3) November 6, 2021
FA Cup first round ...
The lowest ranked team left in the competition, AFC Sudbury from the Isthmian League Division One North (English football’s eighth tier) were knocked out by their League Two neighbours Colchester United last night. There are no fewer than 32 FA Cup first round matches today and we’ll be sure to bring you news of any giantkillings that take place this afternoon.
Meanwhile in Spain ...
Six years after playing his last game for Barcelona, Xavi Hernandez is back at the Camp Nou as manager. The club he joined as a 12-year-old play at Celta Vigo today, where the action kicks off at 3.15pm (GMT).
Today’s Premier League fixtures
- Manchester United 0-0 Manchester City
- Chelsea v Burnley
- Crystal Palace v Wolves
- Brentford v Norwich City
- Brighton v Newcastle United (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
Today’s Championship fixtures
- Bournemouth v Swansea City
- Barnsley v Hull City
- Birmingham City v Reading
- Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield United
- Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town
- Coventry City v Bristol City
- Luton Town v Stoke City
- Millwall v Derby County
- Nottingham Forest v Preston
- Peterborough United v Fulham
- West Brom v Middlesbrough
- Blackpool v QPR
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View the Championship table
Today’s Scottish Premiership fixtures
- Aberdeen v Motherwell
- Hearts v Dundee United
- St Johnstone v St Mirren
- View the Scottish Premiership table
Saturday Clockwatch
Following last night’s defeat at the hands of Southampton, Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has been handed the Premier League Manager In Crisis baton but may have the heat taken off him by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer depending on the outcome of this afternoon’s Manchester derby.
It’s not looking good for Manchester United, who have been absolutely battered in the first half and find themselves extremely lucky to be only two goals down to the team in blue from down the road in this afternoon’s early kick-off. Eric Bailly opened the scoring, slicing a Joao Cancelo cross into his own net, before some slapstick defending from Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and the otherwise excellent David De Gea allowed Bernardo Silva to double City’s lead just before the break.
Once the all important local bragging rights have been claimed at Old Trafford we have three three o’clock games ahead of Newcastle’s intriguing late afternoon visit to Brighton. They’re all in London, where Chelsea hosat Burnley at Turf Moor, Crystal Palace welcome Wolves to Selhurst Park and Brentford take on Norwich City. We’ll bring you team news, build-up, all the major talking points and post-match reaction from the top flight and beyond.
