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Match report: Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United
Premier League: Billy Sharp popped up with a late equaliser to rescue a point for Premier League new boys Sheffield United.
Match report: Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Premier League: The deadlock remained unbroken at Selhurst Park, where Wilfried Zaha came off the bench for Palace and Everton’s Morgan Schneiderlin saw red.
Match report: Burnley 3-0 Southampton
Premier League: Ashley Barnes scored twice for Burnley, who got off to a flier on a filthy day at Turf Moor.
Match report: Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship: Tom Cairney scored a beauty for Fulham as they registered their first victory of their Championship campaign.
Match report: Motherwell 2-5 Celtic
Scottish Premiership: Leigh Griffiths was among the goals as Celtic came from behind before piling the hurt on Motherwell.
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Match report: Watford 0-3 Brighton
Premier League: Nick Ames was at Vicarage Road to see Brighton swat aside the Hornets in Graham Potter’s first Premier League match in charge of the club.
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Match report: West Ham 0-5 Manchester City
Premier League: Raheem Sterling bagged a hat-trick as the champions steamrollered West Ham at the London Stadium.
Premier League results
- West Ham 0-5 Manchester City
- Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United
- Burnley 3-0 Southampton
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
- Watford 0-3 Brighton
- Tottenham Hotspur vAston Villa (5.30pm)
Scottish Premiership results
- Motherwell 2-5 Celtic
- St Johnstone 2-2 Livingstone
- Hamilton 2-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-0 Ross County
Championship results
- Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest
- Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City
- Cardiff City 2-1 Luton Town
- Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stoke City
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-1 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-1 Brentford
- Preston 3-0 Wigan Athletic
- QPR 1-1 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Barnsley
- West Brom 1-1 Millwall
League One results
- Bolton 0-0 Coventry City
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Fleetwood Town 2-1 AFC Wimbledon
- Gillingham 1-2 Burton Albion
- Ipswich Town 1-1 Sunderland
- MK Dons 1-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough United
- Portsmouth 2-0 Tranmere Rovers
- Rochdale 1-1 Doncaster Rovers
- Rotherham 0-2 Lincoln City
- Southend United 1-3 Blackpool
League Two results
- Grimsby Town 1-1 Bradford City
- Cambridge United 0-0 Newport County
- Cheltenham Town 4-1 Scunthorpe United
- Crawley Town 2-0 Salford City
- Macclesfield Town 3-0 Leyton Orient
- Mansfield Town 2-2 Morecambe
- Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
- Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Colchester United
- Port Vale 1-1 Northampton Town
- Stevenage 0-1 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 3-2 Carlisle United
- Walsall 1-1 Forest Green
Full time: Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United
Premier League: Blades legend Billy Sharp’s late equaliser rescued a point for the visitors at the Vitality Stadium.
Full time: Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Premier League: Morgan Schneiderlin was sent off for Everton, while Wilf Zaha came off the bench for Palace but was unable to provide a spark.
Full time: Burnley 3-0 Southampton
Premier League: Southampton face a miserable journey home after seeing their side thumped on a wet and windy day at Turf Moor.
Full time: Watford 0-3 Brighton
Premier League: Graham Potter got off to a dream start as manager of Brighton, with his side battering Watford at Vicarage Road.
Championship: It’s all square between QPR and Huddersfield at Loftus Road, where Grant Hall has scored a late equaliser for the home side.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Sheffield United (Sharp 88)
Premier League: Sheffield United score a late equaliser courtesy of their pocket rocket frontman Billy Sharp.
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Championship: Equalisers for Bristol City and Luton Town against Birmingham and Cardiff City respectively.
Championship latest
- Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (result)
- Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City
- Cardiff City 1-1 Luton Town
- Charlton Athletic 2-1 Stoke City
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-1 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-1 Brentford
- Preston 3-0 Wigan Athletic
- QPR 0-1 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Barnsley
- West Brom 1-1 Millwall
League Two latest
- Grimsby Town 1-1 Bradford City (result)
- Cambridge United 0-0 Newport County
- Cheltenham Town 3-1 Scunthorpe United
- Crawley Town 2-0 Salford City
- Macclesfield Town 3-0 Leyton Orient
- Mansfield Town 2-2 Morecambe
- Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
- Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Colchester United
- Port Vale 1-1 Northampton Town
- Stevenage 0-0 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 2-1 Carlisle United
- Walsall 0-1 Forest Green
Championship: Alexandar Mitrovic gets on the end of a cross from the left to score with a tap-in and make it Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers at Craven Cottage.
Championship: Charlton 2-1 Stoke City, West Brom 1-1 Millwall. Chuks Aneke restores Charlton’s lead at the Valley, while Matt Smith restores parity for Millwall against West Brom at the Hawthorns.
Red card! Everton down to 10 men
Premier League: Everton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has just been given his marching orders at Selhurst Park after picking up his second yellow card.
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GOAL! Burnley 3-0 Southampton (Gudmundsson 75)
Premier League: It’s turning into a rout at Turf Moor, where Johann Gudmundsson has put the game beyond Southampton.
Premier League latest
- West Ham 0-5 Manchester City (result)
- Bournemouth 1-0 Sheffield United
- Burnley 3-0 Southampton
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
- Watford 0-3 Brighton
- Tottenham Hotspur vAston Villa (5.30pm)
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GOAL! Watford 0-3 Brighton (Maupay 77)
Premier League: Neal Maupay scores his first Premier League goal after coming off the bench. What a start for Graham Potter in his first Premier League game as Brighton manager.
League One latest
There have been a few more goals in the third tier, but the only one you need to know about is Lynden Gooch’s equaliser for Sunderland against Ipswich at Portman Road.
- Bolton 0-0 Coventry City
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Fleetwood Town 2-1 AFC Wimbledon
- Gillingham 1-2 Burton Albion
- Ipswich Town 1-1 Sunderland
- MK Dons 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough United
- Portsmouth 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
- Rochdale 1-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Rotherham 0-2 Lincoln City
- Southend United 0-3 Blackpool
League Two latest
- Grimsby Town 1-1 Bradford City (result)
- Cambridge United 0-0 Newport County
- Cheltenham Town 2-1 Scunthorpe United
- Crawley Town 2-0 Salford City
- Macclesfield Town 2-0 Leyton Orient
- Mansfield Town 1-2 Morecambe
- Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
- Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Colchester United
- Port Vale 1-1 Northampton Town
- Stevenage 0-0 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 2-1 Carlisle United
- Walsall 0-1 Forest Green
GOAL! Burnley 2-0 Southampton (Barnes 70)
Premier League: It’s a brace for Ashley Barnes, who scores on the half volley to double Burnley’s lead on a dirty day weather-wise at Turf Moor.
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Championship latest
A flurry of goals as West Brom open the scoring in their match against Millwall and Reading pull a goal back against Hull through Lucas Joao. Steven Fletcher has doubled Sheffield Wednesday’s lead against Barnsley at Hillsborough.
- Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (result)
- Birmingham City 1-0 Bristol City
- Cardiff City 1-0 Luton Town
- Charlton Athletic 1-1 Stoke City
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Fulham 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-1 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-1 Brentford
- Preston 3-0 Wigan Athletic
- QPR 0-1 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Barnsley
- West Brom 1-0 Millwall
GOAL! Burnley 1-0 Southampton (Barnes 63)
Premier League: Ashley Barnes gets off the mark for the season, putting Burnley ahead against Southampton after a Saints defender had misjudged a long ball from the back that was caught in the wind.
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GOAL! Watford 0-2 Brighton
Premier League: About 30 seconds after coming on as a substitute, Florin Andone scores with his first touch to double Brighton’s lead.
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Sheffield United (Mepham 62)
Premier League: Chris Mepham fires home after a goalmouth scramble in the wake of a free-kick to put Bournemouth ahead against Sheffield United.
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Championship: Paul Gallagher curls one into the corner from distance to make it Preston 3-0 Wigan Athletic.
Championship: Middlesbrough trail by the only goal of the game against Brentford after Ollie Watkins gets Bees fans buzzing. At Loftus Road, Huddersfield Town’s Karlan Grant has scored from the spot to give his side a one-goal advantage against QPR.
Championship: Aden Flint scores his first goal for Cardiff City, converting a Josh Murphy free-kick. They lead Luton Town 1-0.
Scottish Premiership latest
- Motherwell 2-5 Celtic (result)
- St Johnstone 2-2 Livingstone (result)
- Hamilton 2-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-0 Ross County
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Scottish Premiership half-times
- Motherwell 2-5 Celtic (result)
- St Johnstone 2-2 Livingstone (2pm kick-off)
- Hamilton 1-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-0 Ross County
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Premier League half-times
- West Ham 0-5 Manchester City (result)
- Bournemouth 0-0 Sheffield United
- Burnley 0-0 Southampton
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
- Watford 0-1 Brighton
- Tottenham Hotspur vAston Villa (5.30pm)
Championship half-times
- Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (result)
- Birmingham City 0-0 Bristol City
- Cardiff City 0-0 Luton Town
- Charlton Athletic 1-1 Stoke City
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Fulham 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-0 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-0 Brentford
- Preston 2-0 Wigan Athletic
- QPR 0-0 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley
- West Brom 0-0 Millwall
League One half-times
- Bolton 0-0 Coventry City
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Fleetwood Town 0-1 AFC Wimbledon
- Gillingham 1-2 Burton Albion
- Ipswich Town 1-0 Sunderland
- MK Dons 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough United
- Portsmouth 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
- Rochdale 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Rotherham 0-1 Lincoln City
- Southend United 0-3 Blackpool
League Two half-times
- Grimsby Town 1-1 Bradford City (result)
- Cambridge United 0-0 Newport County
- Cheltenham Town 0-0 Scunthorpe United
- Crawley Town 1-0 Salford City
- Macclesfield Town 1-0 Leyton Orient
- Mansfield Town 1-2 Morecambe
- Oldham Athletic 1-2 Crewe Alexandra
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Colchester United
- Port Vale 1-1 Northampton Town
- Stevenage 0-0 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 0-0 Carlisle United
- Walsall 0-1 Forest Green
Championship: Martyn Waghorn misses a penalty for Derby County after right-back Jayden Bogle was fouled in the Swansea City penalty area.
Championship: Preston 2-0 Wigan after Louis Molt rises unchallenged to double the home side’s lead with a header.
League One: Southend United 0-3 Blackpool. Nathan Delfounso scores his second and Blackpool’s third of the game to pile the hurt on Southend at Roots Hall.
Championship: Stoke’s Tom Ince scores with a left-footed drive from 20 yards out to restore parity in their game against Charlton at The Valley.
Championship: Tom Cairney rifles a shot past Blackburn’s Christian Walton and into the top corner from distance to give Fulham the lead at Craven Cottage.
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Scottish Premiership latest
- Motherwell 2-5 Celtic (result)
- St Johnstone 1-2 Livingstone
- Hamilton 1-0 Kilmarnock
- Hearts 0-0 Ross County
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League One: It’s Close and a cigar at Fratton Park, where Ben Close has fired Portsmouth into the lead against Tranmere Rovers.
League Two: Macclesfield Town are 1-0 up against Leyton Orient, courtesy of a goal from Theo Archibald purler from distance into the top corner after 30 minutes.
GOAL! Watford 0-1 Brighton (Doucoure 28og)
Abdoulaye Doucoure turns a shot into his own goal to give Brighton the lead at Vicarage Road.
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Championship: Lyle Taylor picks up where he left off last season, putting newly promoted Charlton Athletic one goal ahead of beleaguered Stoke at The Valley.
League One latest
No they’re not, because Crewe have just equalised through Chris Porter. It’s Oldham 1-1 Crewe at Boundary Park.
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League Two latest
Morecambe lead Mansfield Town by two goals, while Oldham are one up against Crewe.
- Grimsby Town 1-1 Bradford City (result)
- Cambridge United 0-0 Newport County
- Cheltenham Town 0-0 Scunthorpe United
- Crawley Town 0-0 Salford City
- Macclesfield Town 0-0 Leyton Orient
- Mansfield Town 0-2 Morecambe
- Oldham Athletic 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Colchester United
- Port Vale 0-0 Northampton Town
- Stevenage 0-0 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 0-0 Carlisle United
- Walsall 0-0 Forest Green
League One latest
Luke Garbutt scores past Jon McLaughlin to give Ipswich the lead against Sunderland at Portman Road. Gah! Meanwhile at Southend, Nathan Delfouneso has doubled Blackpool’s lead. Oxford United lead Peterborough United courtesy of a Cameron Brannagan strike after 12 minutes.
- Bolton 0-0 Coventry City
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Wycombe Wanderers
- Fleetwood Town 0-0 AFC Wimbledon
- Gillingham 1-0 Burton Albion
- Ipswich Town 1-0 Sunderland
- MK Dons 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
- Oxford United 1-0 Peterborough United
- Portsmouth 0-0 Tranmere Rovers
- Rochdale 0-0 Doncaster Rovers
- Rotherham 0-0 Lincoln City
- Southend United 0-2 Blackpool
Championship latest
- Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (result)
- Birmingham City 0-0 Bristol City
- Cardiff City 0-0 Luton Town
- Charlton Athletic 0-0 Stoke City
- Derby County 0-0 Swansea City
- Fulham 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Hull City 2-0 Reading
- Middlesbrough 0-0 Brentford
- Preston 1-0 Wigan Athletic
- QPR 0-0 Huddersfield Town
- Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley
- West Brom 0-0 Millwall
Premier League: Burnley get the ball in the net against Southampton, but the linesman flags for offside. It goes to VAR, but the original decision is upheld.
Premier League latest
- West Ham 0-5 Manchester City (result)
- Bournemouth 0-0 Sheffield United
- Burnley 0-0 Southampton
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
- Watford 0-0 Brighton
- Tottenham Hotspur vAston Villa (5.30pm)
League One: Gillingham 1-0 Burton Albion, Southend United 0-1 Blackpool.
Championship: Hull take the lead against Reading, while Preston are one up on Wigan. Jarrod Bowen and Sean Maguire getting the goals there.
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League One: Playing against Coventry City, Bolton are without their senior players after failing to pay their wages. The average age of their first team today is 19 years old.
League Two: Oldham go ahead against Crewe Alexandra, with Christopher Missilou getting off the mark after two minutes.
Championship: Jacob Murphy scores to put Sheffield Wednesday a goal to the good against Barnsley.
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Today's three o'clock kick-offs are go!
Premier League: Making his debut in goal for Bournemouth, Aaron Ramsdale gets down early to make a good save from Sheffield United’s David McGoldrick.
Match report: West Ham 0-5 Manchester City
Premier League: Barney Ronay was at the London Stadium to see “a breathtaking show of controlled strength” from Manchester City. Read on ...
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Match report: Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Premier League: Dave Tindall was at Elland Road to see Nottingham Forest come from behind to nick a point against Leeds.
Crystal Palace v Everton line-ups
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, van Aanholt, Townsend, Milivojevic, McArthur, Meyer, Benteke, Ayew.
Subs: Victor Camarasa, Cahill, McCarthy, Kouyate, Zaha, Hennessey, Wickham.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Schneiderlin, Andre Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Holgate, Walcott, Tosun, Gbamin, Davies, Kean, Lossl.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Watford v Brighton line-ups
Watford: Foster, Femenia, Dawson, Cathcart, Holebas, Capoue, Doucoure, Hughes, Deulofeu, Deeney, Gray.
Subs: Gomes, Janmaat, Cleverley, Sema, Success, Kabasele, Pereyra.
Brighton: Ryan, Duffy, Dunk, Burn, Montoya, Propper, Stephens, Gross, March, Locadia, Murray.
Subs: Trossard, Webster, Maupay, Mooy, Andone, Button, Bernardo.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Full time: Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Championship: Forest have made off with the point they came to Elland Road for and it’s Leeds fans who are unhappy.
Bournemouth v Sheffield United line-ups
AFC Bournemouth: Ramsdale, Mepham, Steve Cook, Ake, Smith, Billing, Lerma, Rico, King, Fraser, Callum Wilson.
Subs: Boruc, Surman, Solanke, Ibe, Daniels, Harry Wilson, Simpson.
Sheffield Utd: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, McGoldrick, Robinson.
Subs: Besic, Luke Freeman, McBurnie, Sharp, Jagielka, Osborn, Moore.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Full time: West Ham 0-5 Manchester City
Premier League: Following Liverpool’s drubbing off Norwich City last night, Manchester City embarrass West Ham in their own manor. The Best League in the World (™) is back ... now with added VAR.
GOAL! West Ham 0- 5 Manchester City (Sterling 90)
Premier League: Raheem Sterling slots past Lucasz Fabianski to notch his hat-trick and an emphatic opening day win for Manchester City.
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Burnley v Southampton line-ups
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.
Subs: Hendrick, Gibson, Rodriguez, Hart, Lennon, Bardsley, Long.
Southampton: Gunn, Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard, Valery, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Bertrand, Adams, Redmond, Ings.
Subs: McCarthy, Cedric, Yoshida, Djenepo, Boufal, Obafemi, Hojbjerg.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
GOAL! West Ham 0-4 Manchester City (Aguero 85pen)
Premier League: Aguero makes no mistake this time, slotting past Fabianski to put City four ahead.
More VAR at the London Stadium
Premier League: On as a substitute, Sergio Aguero pulls rank on Raheem Sterling to take a penalty for Manchester City and misses. Cue more VAR intervention and Mike Dean orders a retake. Declan Rice was encroaching. This is ridiculous.
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GOAL! Leeds United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Grabban 78)
Championship: Lewis Grabban scrambles one over the line for Nottingham Forest to level proceedings at Elland Road.
GOAL! West Ham 0-3 Manchester City (Sterling 74)
Premier League: Raheem Sterling chips over Fabiaski from close range to increase Manchester City’s lead. There’s a lengthy pause for a VAR check, as he looked a mite offside. The goal stands and ... my word, these post-goal interruptions aren’t at all tedious, types reporter in sarcastic font.
GOAL! Leeds United 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship: Pablo Hernandez puts Marcelo Bielsa’s side ahead just before the hour mark at Elland Road.
Full-time: Motherwell 2-5 Celtic
Scottish Premiership: Liam Donnelly scores his second of the game for Motherwell just before the final whistle, but it’s not enough to prevent his side getting a hiding.
GOAL! Motherwell 1-5 Celtic (Christie 86)
Scottish Premiership: It’s turned into a rout at Fir Park, where Ryan Christie has put Celtic 5-1 up against their hosts as the match enters its knockings. .
VAR! Manchester City's goal ruled out
Premier League: There’s a huge roar at the London Stadium after Gabriel Jesus’s second goal was chalked off through the intervention of VAR. Referee Mike Dean was advised of a possible offside in the build-up and a video replay shows it was tight as a drum. We’re talking millimetres!
GOAL! West Ham 0-3 Manchester City (Jesus 54)
Premier League: Sterling turns provider for Gabriel Jesus to tap home his second following a crisp passing move from Manchester City.
GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Manchester City (Sterling 52)
Premier League: Kevin De Bruyne slips Raheem Sterling in behind West Ham’s defence and the Manchester City winger slots the ball home past Lucasz Fabianski. Follow the rest of the game here ...
GOAL! Motherwell 1-4 Celtic
On as a substitute, Odsonne Edouard rifles Celtic’s fourth shot on target into the bottom left-hand corner, to score their fourth goal of the game at Fir Park. There are 15 minutes remaining.
GOAL! Motherwell 1-3 Celtic
James Forrest has just made it 3-1 to Celtic at Fir Park, where they’ve had three shots on target and scored with each one.
Meanwhile in Scotland ...
Motherwell host Celtic in today’s noon kick-off and the visitors have come from behind to lead 2-1 at half-time. Liam Donnelly opened the scoring for Motherwell with a sweet right-foot volley from outside the box, only for Kristoffer Ajer to quickly cancel out his opener before Leigh Griffiths put the champions ahead with a free-kick. There are three other Scottish Premiership matches to look forward to this afternoon.
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League Two
Grimsby Town and Bradford City got this afternoon’s action underway at Blundell Park, where it’s currently scoreless after 15 minutes.
League One
With such obscene amounts of money sloshing around the Premier League, spare a thought for the plight of fans of Bolton and Bury fans. Both teams are rock bottom of the division with -12 points, with the latter side yet to play a game and in danger of being expelled from the Football League before the end of the month. While Bury’s match against Accrington has been postponed, broke Bolton will host homeless Coventry City in English football’s latest Derby of Despair.
And in the Championship ...
Leeds are up against Nottingham Forest in this afternoon’s early kick-off and the deadlock remains unbroken at Elland Road, although Patrick Bamford has just gone close to putting the home side ahead. Follow the action here with Ben Fisher ...
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Today’s Premier League fixtures
Play is already underway at the London Stadium, where Manchester City lead West Ham courtesy of Gabriel Jesus’s near post flick after 24 minutes . We have four three o’clock fixtures to look forward to. Sheffield United mark their return to the Premier League with a trip to Bournemouth, Burnley entertain Southampton and Crystal Palace host Everton in a game where Wilfried Zaha is unlikely to feature for either team following his failure to secure a move on transfer deadline day. Meanwhile at Vicarage Road, Watford entertain Brighton & Hove Albion, whose manager Graham Potter takes charge of the visitors for his first ever Premier League game.
And the big wheel keeps on turning ...
Welcome one and all, to the first Premier League clockwatch of the new season. Liverpool have already got three points on the board following last night’s win over Norwich City at Anfield, while Manchester City are currently playing catch-up against West Ham at the London Stadium.
Throughout a very busy afternoon of football we’ll bring you team news and build-up, as well as news of all the goals as they go in around grounds the length and breadth of the UK. We’ll cover all the major talking points – with the introduction of VAR to the Premier League there’s bound to be a few –then deliver post-match reaction and reports from our reporters around the grounds shortly after the final whistle. Don’t touch that dial.
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