Match report: Burnley 0-0 Norwich City
Premier League: Burnley and Norwich saw their winless starts to the league season continue as they fought out a goalless draw which at least provided a first point of the season for the Canaries.
Match report: Wolves 2-1 Newcastle
Premier League: Hwang Hee-chan scored twice to make it three wins in four top flight games for Wolves, leaving Newcastle without a victory after seven games.
Match report: Chelsea 3-1 Southampton
Premier League: James Ward-Prowse was sent off for the first time in over six years as Chelsea put Southampton to the sword at Stamford Bridge.
Match report: Leeds United 1-0 Watford
Premier League: Diego Llorente returned to score the winner for Leeds United against a Watford team who offered little.
Match report: Manchester United 1-1 Everton
Premier League: Andros Townsend cancelled out Anthony Martial’s opener as the points were shared at Old Trafford.
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Brighton v Arsenal
Premier League: The Amex Stadium in Falmer is the venue for the last of today’s Premier League encounters between Brighton and Arsenal. Are Arsenal any good, or have their supporters lost the run of themselves after last week’s easy win over abject Tottenham Hotspur. Find out with Scott Murray ...
Championship full-times
- Coventry City 4-1 Fulham
- Bournemouth 2-1 Sheffield United
- Barnsley 0-1 Millwall
- Birmingham City 0-3 Nottingham Forest
- Blackpool 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Cardiff City 0-1 Reading
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Hull City 2-0 Middlesbrough
- Luton Town 0-0 Huddersfield Town
- Peterborough United 2-3 Bristol City
- QPR 3-2 Preston
- View the Championship table
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Premier League full-times
- Manchester United 1-1 Everton
- Burnley 0-0 Norwich City
- Chelsea 3-1 Southampton
- Leeds United 1-0 Watford
- Wolves 2-1 Newcastle United
- Brighton v Arsenal (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
GOAL! Chelsea 3-1 Southampton (Chilwell 89)
Premier League: Ben Chilwell scores with a sensational volley after Chelsea had hit the cross-bar twice in quick succession. Alex McCarthy got behind his effort but couldn’t prevent the ball from crossing the line at his near post.
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Championship: Having been 2-1 down against Preston, QPR now lead 3-2. Meanwhile at Barnsley, Millwall have just gone 1-0 up through Murray Wallace.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Southampton (Werner 84)
Premier League: Not even Timo Werner can miss at the far post, the German tapping in from close range at the far post after getting on the end of a Cesar Azpilicueta cross on the half-volley. On as a substitute, Ross Barkley’s ball to the far post from deep was sublime.
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Championship: Hull go 1-0 up against Middlesbrough as the ball goes in off the shoulder of Middlesbrough goalkeeper Joe Lumley.
Manchester United 1-1 Everton: When Ollie’s not moaning, he’s bemoaning. Jamie Jackson reports ...
Red card! Southampton down to 10 men
Premier League: After a pitchside look at the monitor on the advice of his VAR Mike Dean, Martin Atkinson sends off James Ward-Prowse for a foul on Jorginho in the game between Chelsea and Southampton. The midfielder played every Premier League minute for Southampton last season but he’ll miss at least 194 of them in this campaign. It remains 1-1 but the Saints are down to 10 men.
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Leeds 1-0 Watford: Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier drops the ball, Christian Kabasele pokes home for Watford and his “equaliser” is disallowed for reasons that remain unclear.
Championship: Jimmy Dunne equalises for QPR against Preston at Loftus Road.
Chelsea 1-1 Southampton: Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saves superbly from Timo Werner, played in by a Romelu Lukaku backheel, to keep Chelsea at bay.
League One: In the only game that matters in the third tier, Portsmouth have gone 4-0 up against high-flying Sunderland. But what’s this? The pitch is looking increasingly unplayable. It’s sodden! A morass! Abandoning this game and replaying it at a later date would be the quite obviously fair and just thing to do.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Southampton (Ward-Prowse 61)
Premier League: James Ward-Prowse slots home from the spot to restore parity for Southampton.
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GOAL! Wolves 2-1 Newcastle (Hwang 58)
Premier League: Hwang scores his second against Newcastle to put Wolves in front at Molineux. He turns Isaac Hayden and shoots low into the corner with his left foot.
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Penalty for Chelsea ...
Premier League: Ben Chilwell fouls Tino Livaremento and Southampton have a spot-kick.
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Championship: Morgan Gibbs-White puts Sheffield United a goal up at Bournemouth after 56 minutes but Bournemouth have just been awarded a penalty for a foul on Dominic Solanke by Enda Stevens. More news as we get it ...
Championship: After a disastrous start to the season, Nottingham Forest are set fair for their third win in four games after Djed Spence puts them 3-0 up at Birmingham City.
Premier League: It’s Wolves 1-1 Newcastle, where Jose Sa has just saved brilliantly from Allan Saint-Maximin. The Newcastle man gave it the full gun from six yards but Sa somehow kept his effort out.
An email: “I’m not somebody that enjoys seeing people complain about VAR constantly, but how far back did they go for that decision against Chelsea?” asks Benjamin Park, who is about to complain about VAR. “I know there’s a bias here on my behalf, but come on.”
The Var review to disallow Werner's goal at Chelsea rewound so far into the move it felt like Lampard might have been manager when the alleged foul was committed
— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) October 2, 2021
Championship: Josh Earl takes advantage of a deflected cross to poke Preston into a 2-1 lead over QPR at Loftus Road.
An email: “Tuchel was booked for complaining when a goal by Werner was disallowed for a foul 18 seconds before,” writes Jon Rogers. “VAR is supposed to be staying out of things this season but it seems Mike Dean just can’t help himself.”
Apologies, I had a “Kammy at Portsmouth” moment and missed that.
“I don’t know, Jeff!!!”
Premier League half-times
- Manchester United 1-1 Everton (result)
- Burnley 0-0 Norwich City
- Chelsea 1-0 Southampton
- Leeds United 1-0 Watford
- Wolves 1-1 Newcastle United
- Brighton v Arsenal (5.30pm)
Championship half-times
- Coventry City 4-1 Fulham (result)
- Bournemouth 0-0 Sheffield United
- Barnsley 0-0 Millwall
- Birmingham City 0-2 Nottingham Forest
- Blackpool 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Cardiff City 0-1 Reading
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Hull City 0-0 Middlesbrough
- Luton Town 0-0 Huddersfield Town
- Peterborough United 2-2 Bristol City
- QPR 1-1 Preston
Premier League: At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been booked for complaining about a Kyle Walker-Peters foul that went unpunished. At Molineux, Wolves manager Bruno Lage also sees yellow, for complaining about Newcastle being allowed to play on while his goalkeeper was lying injured on the floor. A nonsensical complaint.
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GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Newcastle
Premier League: Francico Trincao misses a sitter for Wolves at one end and Jeff Hendrick scores with a long range effort for Newcastle at the other. Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa was on the deck to one side of his goal, injured after making a save and couldn’t get back in position in time to save Hendrick’s effort from 25 yards.
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Championship: The pressure ramps up on Cardiff City manager Mick McCarthy, as Junior Hoilett fires Reading 1-0 up in Wales.
Premier League: In the game between Chelsea and Southampton, Romelu Lukaku runs on to a pass from Antonio Rudiger and slots the ball past Alex McCarthy. Offside!!! It remains 1-0 to Chelsea.
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League One: In the only third tier game that matters, Portsmouth are clipping the wings of high flying Sunderland and lead 2-0. Gah!
Premier League: From the byline at Stamford Bridge, Kyle Walker-Peters stands the ball up for Theo Walcott, who gets the better of Ben Chilwell but heads a sitter wide. That’s an awful miss for Southampton, who trail Chelsea by Trevoh Chalobah’s opener.
Championship: Ryan Yates doubles Nottingham Forest’s lead at Birmingham City.
Championship: Emil Jakobsen nutmegs QPR goalkeeper Seny Dieng to restore parity for Preston at Loftus Road.
St Johnstone in the blue tops and white shorts against Dundee in the, er, blue tops and white shorts pic.twitter.com/OpbDjRIdLt
— alan pattullo (@alan_pattullo) October 2, 2021
Championship: On as a substitute for the injured Shayne Lavery, who opened the scoring for Blackpool, Jerry Yates scores on the follow-up after Gary Madine had a shot saved. It’s Blackpool 2-0 Blacklburn Rovers.
GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Newcastle
Premier League: Hee-Chan Hwang scores his second goal for Wolves to put them ahead at Molineux after being set up by Raul Jimenez.
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GOAL! Leeds United 1-0 Watford (Llorente 18)
Premier League: Diego Llorente shoots on the turn to fire home a knockdown from a corner from 10 yards out.
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Championship: It’s QPR 1-0 Preston, with Lyndon Dykes prodding home to finish a lightning fast end-to-end counter attack.
Premier League: Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul comes to punch the ball clear, misses it completely and catches Burnley’s Matej Vydra full force in the face. How on earth is that not a penalty?
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Championship: It’s Birmingham 0-1 Nottingham Forest, as Lewis Grabben scores his fourth goal of the season.
Burnley 0-0 Norwich City: James Tarkowski is somewhat fortuitous to avoid a red card for taking out Teemu Pukki when the striker looked through on goal. A good lawyer might argue there was a covering defender who might have prevented the Finn from getting off a shot.
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Leeds 0-0 Watford: Leeds are having the better of proceedings at Elland Road, where Watford skipper and goalkeeper Ben Foster has had to save with his feet twice.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Southampton (Chalobah 9)
Premier League: Completely unmarked at the far post, Trevoh Chalobah bends low at the far post, almost dropping to his knees to nod home a flick-on from a corner.
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Championship: Shayne Lavery has taken just four minutes to open the scoring for Blackpool in their Championship game against Blackburn at Bloomfield Road.
Red card! Hats off to Alloa’s Mouhamed Niang, who has been sent off for violent conduct after 25 seconds of his team’s Scottish League One encounter against Cove Rangers.
Play is under way in our 3pm kick-offs. Following tributes at assorted grounds for the late Roger Hunt, the former Liverpool, Bolton and England striker, who died during the week, the games get under way.
Match report: Coventry City 4-1 Fulham
Championship: Viktor Gyokeres scored twice as Coventry maintained their 100% home record in the Championship with a 4-1 win over Fulham.
Match report: Manchester United 1-1 Everton
Premier League: For Manchester United, this was the same tale as last Saturday’s reverse to Aston Villa and Wednesday’s smash-and-grab win over Villarreal – bright beginnings turning to a fade of any consistently potent force, writes Jamie Jackson from Old Trafford.
Ronaldo watch: Mr CR7 has stormed off down the tunnel in what looks like a bit of a huff at the conclusion of the Manchester United v Everton game. You love to see it.
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Full time: Manchester United 1-1 Everton
Premier League: It’s finished all square at Old Trafford, where Manchester United have now failed to keep a clean sheet for nine consecutive league games.
Manchester United v Everton: They’re well into added time at Old Trafford, where the sides are level after Andros Townsend cancelled out Anthony Martial’s opener for Manchester United. Yerry Mina has just had what he thought was a late winner for Everton ruled out for offside after a VAR intervention. You can follow the closing moments of that game with Scott Murray ...
Burnley v Norwich City line-ups
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Collins, Taylor, Lennon, Brownhill, Westwood, McNeil, Vydra, Wood.
Subs: Cork, Gudmundsson, Barnes, Hennessey, Rodriguez, Pieters, Norris, Bardsley, Long.
Norwich: Krul, Aarons, Kabak, Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis, Lees-Melou, Normann, McLean, Sargent, Pukki.
Subs: Rupp, Gilmour, Dowell, Rashica, Tzolis, Williams, Gunn, Idah, Omobamidele.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Wolves v Newcastle United line-ups
Wolves: Jose Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Joao Moutinho, Neves, Marcal, Hwang, Jimenez, Trincao.
Subs: Hoever, Ait Nouri, Daniel Podence, Boly, Silva, Ruddy, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle.
Newcastle: Darlow, Manquillo, Fernandez, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden, Almiron, Willock, Longstaff, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.
Subs: Schar, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Fraser, Murphy, Gillespie, Anderson, Gayle.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Leeds United v Watford line-ups
Leeds: Meslier, Shackleton, Llorente, Cooper, Firpo, Phillips, Raphinha, Dallas, Klich, James, Rodrigo.
Subs: Hjelde, Roberts, Klaesson, Struijk, Harrison, Gelhardt, Cresswell, McKinstry, Greenwood.
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Rose, Kucka, Sissoko, Sarr, Tufan, Bonaventure, King.
Subs: Ngakia, Cleverley, Joao Pedro, Masina, Sema, Gosling, Bachmann, Kabasele, Hernandez.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Chelsea v Southampton line-ups
Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, Hudson-Odoi, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah, Kovacic, Chilwell, Lukaku, Werner.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Christensen, Jorginho, Saul, Barkley, Mount, Ziyech, Havertz.
Southampton: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Walcott, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Tella, Redmond, Adam Armstrong.
Subs: Lyanco, Long, Adams, Perraud, Stuart Armstrong, Djenepo, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Forster.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
WSL match report: Chelsea 3-1 Brighton
Fran Kirby masterminded Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Brighton with three assists, for Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr and Beth England, to lift the Blues to the summit of the Women’s Super League table for for a few hours at least, writes Suzanne Wrack.
Exclusive interview: Richard Keogh
In a fascinating chat with the Blackpool defender and former Derby County captain, our chief football correspondent David Hytner gets the lowdown on the infamous night on which Keogh, a backseat passenger in a car driven by his drunk former team-mate Tom Lawrence, was abandoned by the Welshman and other team-mates following a collision after – irony of ironies – a team bonding session at the pub.
Subsequently sacked by Derby while Lawrence and his fellow drink driver Mason Bennett were not, Keogh suffered a serious knee injury in the crash which left him sidelined for a year and sinking into depression.
He discusses how his wife Charlie helped get him through the dark times, his return to action with Huddersfield and then Blackpool, as well as his subsequent £2.6m victory in a court case over his former club. He also explains the state of his current relationship with various former team-mates who, to all intents and purposes, left him for dead.
Women’s Super League: Chelsea hosted Brighton in the first of the weekend’s WSL fixtures and Emma Hayes’s side went top of the table courtesy of a 3-1 win at Kingsmeadow. Aston Villa entertain Arsenal tonight, with the visitors flying high under the stewardship of their new Swedish manager Jonas Eidevall.
Today's Premier League fixtures
- Manchester United v Everton
- Burnley v Norwich City
- Chelsea v Southampton
- Leeds United v Watford
- Wolves v Newcastle United
- Brighton v Arsenal (5.30pm)
- View the Premier League table
Today’s Championship fixtures
- Coventry City v Fulham (12.30pm)
- Bournemouth v Sheffield United
- Barnsley v Millwall
- Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest
- Blackpool v Blackburn Rovers
- Cardiff City v Reading
- Derby County v Swansea City
- Hull City v Middlesbrough
- Luton Town v Huddersfield Town
- Peterborough United v Bristol City
- QPR v Preston
- View the Championship table
Saturday clockwatch ...
Manchester United and Everton got the Premier League ball rolling in today’s early game at Old Trafford, where Cristiano Ronaldo was a conspicuous absentee from the home side’s starting line-up.
Once the final whistle has blown, we can look forward to four top flight three o’clockers before Brighton and Arsenal bring the curtain down on the day’s action with one of the day’s more intriguing fixtures.
We’ll bring you team news, goal updates and word of major talking points from the top two divisions and beyond, followed by post match reaction and reports from our boys and girls at the grounds. Don’t touch that dial!
