That’s it for today’s clockwatch, and what an eventful one it was: six games, three new managers, 23 goals and one almighty shambles. Don’t forget to join Scott Murray for Liverpool v Arsenal. Night!
Watford 4-1 Man Utd
Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton
Norwich 2-1 Southampton
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Here’s the updated Premier League table. Wolves have sneaked up to sixth after that victory over West Ham.
Fernandes arguing with some in the away end and is brought away by Mata. Solskjaer consoles him. Solskjaer held his hands up apologetically as he accepted the boos. This is all unedifying and all preventable. But the Glazers, Woodward and Arnold call the shots.
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) November 20, 2021
Phew. After a frantic couple of hours, these are the final scores in the Premier League.
- Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton
- Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 3-3 Brentford
- Norwich 2-1 Southampton
- Watford 4-1 Man Utd (yep)
- Wolves 1-0 West Ham
Full time: Wolves 1-0 West Ham
That’s a really good win for Wolves, who are quietly having an excellent season. Raul Jimenez’s winning goal was superb, cracked into the corner from the edge of the area.
Full time: Watford 4-1 Man Utd
Watford have thumped Manchester United, who had Harry Maguire sent off at 2-1 for a frankly hilarious piece of defending. It’s over now, surely.
GOAL! Watford 4-1 Man Utd (Dennis 90+6)
F-O-U-R.
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Full time: Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton
Two late goals, the first a peach from Ollie Watkins, gives Steven Gerrard victory in his first game as Aston Villa manager.
Full time: Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
A belting game at Turf Moor ends level.
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Full time: Norwich 2-1 Southampton
Norwich come from behind to win their first game under Dean Smith. Two games ago everyone assumed they were relegated; now they’re three points from safety.
GOAL! Watford 3-1 Man Utd (Joao Pedro 90+2)
It’s all over! The substitute Joao Pedro completes a memorable win for Watford against an admittedly ludicrous Manchester United.
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It’s been a pretty good day for the new managers. Steven Gerrard and Dean Smith are winning, while Eddie Howe’s Newcastle have shared six goals with Brentford in a humdinger at St James’ Park.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton (Mings 89)
Villa are going to win their first game under Steven Gerrard! Tyrone Mings has doubled down on Ollie Watkins’ goal, and Brighton aren’t going to score twice in injury time.
Premier League latest
- Aston Villa 1-0 Brighton
- Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 3-3 Brentford
- Norwich 2-1 Southampton
- Watford 2-1 Man Utd (Maguire sent off)
- Wolves 1-0 West Ham
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Brighton (Watkins 84)
The first Villa goal under Steven Gerrard! It’s a peach, too, curled extravagantly into the net by Ollie Watkins. (Apparently, I haven’t actually seen it so I’m paraphrasing Paul Merson on Sky Sports.)
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Newcastle 3-3 Brentford Joelinton has missed a great chance to give Newcastle the lead after an electric surge from Allan Saint-Maximin.
Watford 2-1 Man Utd I wish somebody would invent technology that allows us to hear an internal monologue, specifically Roy Keane’s at the precise moment he saw Harry Maguire get sent off.
Newcastle 3-3 Brentford The third Brentford goal, originally credited to Frank Onyeka, has now gone down as a Jamaal Lascelles own goal.
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GOAL! Norwich 2-1 Southampton (Hanley 80)
Grant Hanley has headed Norwich into the lead at Carrow Road! Dean Smith is 10 minutes away from a victory in his first game as manager. More important, it would move Norwich to within three points of 17th-placed Leeds.
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Watford 2-1 Man Utd Cristiano Ronaldo has had a goal disallowed for offside. Meanwhile...
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GOAL! Newcastle 3-3 Brentford (Saint-Maximin 75)
Allan Saint-Maximin equalises for Newcastle!
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Liverpool v Arsenal is the late game, and the team news is in.
Watford 2-1 Man Utd Since coming back from injury at Leicester a month ago, Harry Maguire has had a rare old stinker. The mistakes that he led to his red card today were alarmingly brainless.
Premier League latest
- Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 2-3 Brentford
- Norwich 1-1 Southampton
- Watford 2-1 Man Utd (Maguire sent off)
- Wolves 1-0 West Ham
Dundee United 0-0 Aberdeen “No goals yet but plenty drama at Tannadice, Rob, with both sides down to 10 men,” says Simon McMahon. “United’s Butcher was shown a straight red for schoolboy nonsense, and Aberdeen’s Ojo received a second yellow after a confrontation with a fan (not me). All good fun.”
HARRY MAGUIRE IS SENT OFF!
Watford 2-1 Man Utd Oh dear. Harry Maguire, who was booked earlier in the half, has been given a second yellow card. He faffed on the ball, was robbed by Tom Cleverley and then compounded his error with a desperate lunge.
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Watford 2-1 Man Utd I’ve just seen van de Beek’s goal, which was well made by Sancho and Ronaldo. Sancho hammered a cross to the far post, which Ronaldo headed back across the six-yard box to give van de Beek an open goal.
Premier League latest
- Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 2-3 Brentford
- Norwich 1-1 Southampton
- Watford 2-1 Man Utd
- Wolves 1-0 West Ham
GOAL! Newcastle 2-3 Brentford (Onyeka 61)
The substitute Frank Onyeka puts Brentford back in front with a deflected shot!
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Watford 2-1 Man Utd Comebacks have been one of the biggest features of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time as United manager, and all of a sudden his team look in the mood for another. Cristiano Ronaldo has just forced an excellent save from Ben Foster after a nice through ball from Donny van de Beek. It won’t be a shock if United win this game 3-2. Mind you, with the way they have defended recently it won’t be much of a shock if they lose 5-1.
GOAL! Wolves 1-0 West Ham (Jimenez 58)
A deserved lead for Wolves. Nelson Semedo’s cutback is finished majestically by Raul Jimenez, who really is starting to get back to his best.
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“Surely one of the weirdest aspects of the drama at Old Trafford has been the strange reluctance of Solskjaer to give van de Beek a decent run in the side?” says Rick Harris. “I mean the lad came through the Ajax academy and United’s big and glaringly obvious lack of defensive ability in midfield and tendency to give the ball away cheaply surely can’t be any worse with Donny in there?”
Rightly or wrongly I don’t think they see him as a central midfield, except in emergencies.
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GOAL! Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace (Cornet 49)
A blistering hit from Maxwel Cornet brings Burnley level again in a pulsating match at Turf Moor.
GOAL! Watford 2-1 Man Utd (van de Beek 50)
The substitute Donny van de Beek heads Manchester United back into the game at Vicarage Road!
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“I felt sure Mary Waltz was going to serve us up with Man Utd being lucky to have nil!” weeps Ian Copestake. “There’s always the second half, though, for Ronaldo to secure that for them.”
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Watford 2-0 Man Utd Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made two half-time substitutions. Anthony Martial and Donny van de Beek are on Rashford and McTominay.
Peep peep! The second halves are under way.
“The United game is certainly a beezer: they’re 2-0 down and their keeper has already saved two penalties,” says Justin Kavanagh.
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke about recapturing United’s history, I don’t think he had Ipswich 1980 in mind.
“I have seen some pretty dreadful performances by this Manchester United team, but the level of ineptitude in the last 45 minutes is sad to watch,” says Nigel Njanina. “Solksjaer just sits and watches. I think he probably also realises this is beyond him now.”
Yeah, he’s many things but he’s not an idiot. He’s waiting for a payoff, and you can’t blame him for that.
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Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton We didn’t hear much from Villa Park, partly because of all the excitement elsewhere. It sounds like a typical Brighton performance - lots of possession, not many chances for either side.
Live scores You can keep abreast of all the other matches via our live scores page. A couple of Championship scores of note: Fulham lead Barnsley 2-0, and West Brom are 1-0 down at Huddersfield.
And this was 25 minutes ago!
Manchester United an absolute shambles here.
— Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) November 20, 2021
Watford 2-0 Man Utd “I can testify that your assessment of United’s play is accurate,” says Mary Waltz. “They are lucky not to be trailing 4-0.”
“Hiya Rob,” says Adam Kline-Schoder. “I am watching the aforementioned Watford vs Manchester United game and I can confirm that United have been pretty dreadful. That said, my rule of thumb for them has been that you must be at least 3-0 up by the half to really close them out of the game, else they’ll probably get reinvigorated at the half; see all the late comebacks over the last few months. Watford have missed a hatful of chances and United have had a few bits of dangerous quality injected from Fernandes and Rashford. Should at minimum be a fun second half with the score at 2-0. Good luck keeping up with all the goals!”
“Is Ole Gunnar Solksjaer mad?” muses Adam Roberts. “It’s a well-known definition of madness to keep doing the same thing hoping for a different result. But Ole keeps picking the same back four seemingly in the hope that they can defend at a level better than the local pub team.”
The thing is, that same back four defended really well for a long time. They’re a complete shambles now though, for whatever reason.
“Rob, OGS is there until he starts losing them money,” says Colin Mackay. “A new manager will want to win things, and do so by not starting Ronaldo and buying better, more suitable players with lower shirt sale/commercial revenue potential. Ain’t going to happen any time soon.”
I know what you mean but I think he’ll be sacked this week. It sounds like the players have given up.
Half time
Peep peep! After a dramatic 45 minutes, these are the Premier League scores.
- Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley 2-3 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 2-2 Brentford
- Norwich 1-1 Southampton
- Watford 2-0 Man Utd
- Wolves 0-0 West Ham
GOAL! Watford 2-0 Man Utd (Sarr 44)
Ismaili Sarr has doubled Watford’s lead with a cracking finish! It could be even worse for United, whose players have given up.
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GOAL! Burnley 2-3 Crystal Palace (Guehi 42)
Well I never! Marc Guehi has put Crystal Palace back in front at Turf Moor.
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Watford 1-0 Man Utd I’m not watching, as I’m a law-abiding citizen, but it sounds like Manchester United have been pretty hideous at Vicarage Road. It’s clearly over for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and he might be put out of his misery in the next 48 hours.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-2 Brentford (Joelinton 38)
Newcastle were ahead, then behind, and now they’re level - Joelinton has equalised at St James’ Park.
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“Exciting season across the table, with many a narrative still to be played out, obviously, but as to who is going to stay up?” muses Bill Hargreaves. “Brentford nailed-ons.”
GOAL! Burnley 2-2 Crystal Palace (Benteke 36)
It sounds like a cracking game at Turf Moor. Christian Benteke, who opened the scoring, has now equalised for Palace.
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“You described Che Adams as ‘in form’ but, as a Scot, I hope what we’re seeing is a maturing player with more poise,” says Ed McGuigan. “He just struck me as a rambunctious toddler in the ballpit previously but of late he has calmed down and started to convert the fruits of his argy-bargy into actual goals. He just needs to work on his Scottish accent now.”
Watford 1-0 Man Utd If it stays like this United will have lost five of their last seven Premier League games. It sounds like the scoreline flatters them - Watford have been much the better team.
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-2 Brentford (Henry 31)
A fine goal from Brentford, created and finished by their wing-backs. Sergi Canos’s cross was headed in emphatically by Rico Henry, and Brentford have come from behind to lead at St James’ Park.
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GOAL! Watford 1-0 Man Utd (King 28)
Josh King gives Watford the lead against his old club! Wan-Bissaka’s poor defensive header went straight to Emmanuel Dennis, whose low cross was finished from close range by King.
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GOAL! Burnley 2-1 Crystal Palace (Wood 27)
Burnley have come from behind to lead at Turf Moor. It was another set piece, finished off by Chris Wood.
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Premier League latest
- Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley 1-1 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 1-1 Brentford
- Norwich 1-1 Southampton
- Watford 0-0 Man Utd
- Wolves 0-0 West Ham
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10 - Christian Benteke has scored more Premier League goals in 2021 than any other Crystal Palace player (10) - his best calendar year total since bagging 11 PL goals in 2016. Reformed. #BURCRY
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 20, 2021
Newcastle 1-1 Brentford Ivan Toney has had a goal disallowed for offside. It was a tight but correct decision.
GOAL! Burnley 1-1 Crystal Palace (Mee 19)
The Burnley captain Ben Mee has equalised at Turf Moor, heading in from Ashley Westwood’s corner.
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GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace (Benteke 8)
So much was happening elsewhere that I missed a goal at Turf Moor: the rejuvenated Christian Benteke has put Crystal Palace ahead.
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After a frantic start to the 3pm games, these are the latest scores.
- Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
- Burnley 0-0 Crystal Palace
- Newcastle 1-1 Brentford
- Norwich 1-1 Southampton
- Watford 0-0 Man Utd
- Wolves 0-0 West Ham
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Brentford (Toney 11)
Ivan Toney bites the hand that didn’t want to feed him. It sounds like a mistake from Karl Darlow, though Toney won’t give a stuff about that.
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Brentford (Lascelles 10)
Jamaal Lascelles gets the first goal of Eddie Howe’s reign at St James’ Park!
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De Gea saves Sarr's penalty again!
Watford 0-0 Man Utd David de Gea didn’t save a penalty for about five years; now he can’t stop. Sarr drove the retake down the middle and de Gea saved with his legs, apparently.
Sarr’s penalty is to be retaken - Femenia was encroaching but so were two United players.
The Watford goal may be disallowed for encroachment by Femenia. It’s being checked by our friends at Stockley Park.
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GOAL! Norwich 1-1 Southampton (Pukki 8)
It’s all happening! Teemu Pukki has headed Norwich level from Max Aarons’ cross.
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GOAL! Watford 1-0 Man Utd (Femenia 8)
Ismaila Sarr’s penalty is saved by David de Gea, but Kiko Femenia follows up to score!
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Penalty to Watford! Scott McTominay has been penalised for fouling Josh King.
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GOAL! Norwich 0-1 Southampton (Adams 4)
A false start for Dean Smith. The in-form Che Adams has put Southampton ahead with a cool finish, shaped carefully into the far corner from 12 yards.
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Peep peep! The reigns of Steven Gerrard at Villa, Dean Smith at Norwich and Eddie Howe at Newcastle are officially under way.
“Hi Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Only three games in the SPL today due to League Cup semi-finals later, but there’s a beezer at Tannadice as Dundee United host Aberdeen. Both teams lost their last fixture before the international break, and United have not won in three, so will be looking for three points today against the inconsistent Dons. Calum Butcher returns to the United midfield. The other games are Hearts v Motherwell and St. Mirren v Livingston.”
‘Beezer’ is a tremendous word, new to me but one which I intend to shoehorn into as many conversations as possible from hereon in.
Leicester 0-3 Chelsea Here’s Pete Lansley’s report from the King Power Stadium.
And the early game in the Championship has finished Sheffield United 0-0 Coventry. That means Coventry stay fourth.
In the WSL, Manchester City have trounced Aston Villa to alleviate a little bit of the pressure on their manager Gareth Taylor.
Leicester 0-3 Chelsea Peep peep! Chelsea are six points clear, at least until this evening, after hammering Leicester.
Chelsea are thrashing Leicester at the King Power. They lead 3-0, and have had at least three goals disallowed.
“Ah, the fabled Champions League Second Group Stage,” says Matt Dony in reference to that Barcelona goal 20 years ago today. I remember that group had an incredibly tense last matchday. As I recall, all four clubs had their fate in their own hands, and could in theory have finished in any order. Ultimately, Barcelona and Liverpool went through, and for all the tiki-taka sanctimony, Barcelona only managed to go one round further than Liverpool. (And that was only because Ballack sold the world’s biggest dummy to Gerrard.) And in the end, we were treated to Zidane scoring the second-best volley in a final.”
You might have been. I was watching The Distance from Here at the Almeida, getting all misty-eyed when they played out with Olsen Olsen by Sigur Ros.
Wolves v West Ham team news
Wolves’ excellent wide player Daniel Podence starts for the first time since September.
Here's how we line-up to take on @WestHam. #WOLWHU
— Wolves (@Wolves) November 20, 2021
🐺📋 pic.twitter.com/J812xhx9In
⚒ 𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗦 ⚒@betway | #WOLWHU pic.twitter.com/Awx7g43mB2
— West Ham United (@WestHam) November 20, 2021
Watford v Man Utd team news
United are without Mason Greenwood, who has tested positive for Covid-19. That means a start for Jadon Sancho. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has also broken up his McFred midfield.
🚨 Here's how your Hornets line up against @ManUtd this afternoon!#WATMUN pic.twitter.com/MafT2fBl3n
— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) November 20, 2021
📋 Come on United! 👊#MUFC | #WATMUN
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 20, 2021
Norwich v Southampton team news
Dean Smith recalls Todd Cantwell, who last played against Watford in September, to the Norwich team.
🚨 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🚨
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) November 20, 2021
▪️ Dean Smith makes three changes
▪️ Hanley, Gilmour and Cantwell start
▪️ City to play in 4-3-3 formation#NCFC | #NORSOU pic.twitter.com/ts7Vtr2p3q
Returning to #PL action 👊
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 20, 2021
Your #SaintsFC side to take on #NCFC: pic.twitter.com/HX5Y2DSsP1
Newcastle v Brentford team news
Eddie Howe prefers a back three/five for his first game as Newcastle manager. Jonjo Shelvey and Joe Willock are the central-midfield pair.
🚨 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈-𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🚨
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) November 20, 2021
Eddie Howe has named his first starting XI as Newcastle United head coach.
HWTL! ⚫️⚪️ pic.twitter.com/LIVea3qHUa
🚨 𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 🚨
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) November 20, 2021
🔄 Roerslev and Ghoddos replace Zanka and Jensen
🔙 Baptiste returns to matchday squad
Teams presented by @BlueJeansNet #BrentfordFC #NEWBRE pic.twitter.com/s1BD4DHl7m
Burnley v Crystal Palace team news
📋 Here is how the Clarets line-up against Crystal Palace this afternoon 👇
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) November 20, 2021
Maxwel Cornet partners Chris Wood in attack 💥#BURCRY | #UTC | @SpreadexSport pic.twitter.com/Io0FDl3fb8
COME ON YOU PALACE 👊#CPFC | #BURCRY pic.twitter.com/LjO4CEu9h4
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) November 20, 2021
Aston Villa v Brighton team news
No real surprises in Steven Gerrard’s team selection. It looks like a 4-3-3 with Ollie Watkins playing wide.
This is how we line up for Steven Gerrard's first game in charge. 💪 #AVLBHA pic.twitter.com/uvBD172VBK
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) November 20, 2021
Come on Albion! 💪 Here's today's XI to face #AVFC in the @PremierLeague. 📝
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) November 20, 2021
📲 https://t.co/S3j1TIedJv ✘ #BHAFC 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/ohxTseudrm
Twenty years ago today, Barcelona brought tiki-taka to Liverpool.
We’ll have team news for the six Premier League games at around 2pm. It’ll be fascinating to see the XIs that the three new managers have selected, not to mention how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer responds to that mess at Old Trafford a fortnight ago.
A week is a long time in football.., except at #MUFC. @TimdeLisle on a ship that has gone adrifthttps://t.co/1ZjuNf4fDu
— United Writing (@united_writing) November 15, 2021
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This fillm looks really interesting. I was doing the live blog of that game and genuinely feared the worst.
Raul Jimenez: Code Red
— Wolves (@Wolves) November 19, 2021
Coming to @BBCiPlayer tomorrow.
🔴🎬 pic.twitter.com/SQFi6IsW2D
The leaders Chelsea are on course to go six points clear of Manchester City and West Ham. You can follow their stroll at the King Power Stadium with Scott Murray.
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Preamble
Smell that? It’s the fragrant aroma of fresh hope wafting round Carrow Road, Villa Park and St James’ Park. The arrival of a new manager stimulates a unique optimism/delusion (delete as appropriate) among football fans, so it’s a big day for supporters of Norwich, Aston Villa and Newcastle.
All three teams have awkward but winnable home games. Steven Gerrard’s Villa take on Brighton; his predecessor Dean Smith, now at Norwich, faces Southampton; and Eddie Howe - who tested positive for Covid yesterday - will be watching from a hotel room as Newcastle meet Brentford.
Those are three of the six Premier League games kicking off at 3pm. Watford play Manchester United, whose manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hoping to start again, again, after the international break. In-form Wolves play in-form West Ham, and Burnley will try to administer a dose of harsh reality to Patrick Vieira’s exciting Crystal Palace side.
Here’s the fixture list in full:
- Aston Villa v Brighton
- Burnley v Crystal Palace
- Newcastle v Brentford
- Norwich v Southampton
- Watford v Man Utd
- Wolves v West Ham
There are a gazillion other games being played across Britain and Europe. You can keep abreast of those with our live scores page.
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