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Key events
GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth (Jensen 7)
Premier League: Neto concedes a free-kick and is subsequently unable to keep Matheus Jensen’s whipped effort from crossing the line, despite appearing to keep it out. Referee Andy Madley thought the goalkeeper had prevented the ball from crossing the line, but his magic wrist buzzer didn’t appear to be working. His assistants soon set him straight and the goal was awarded.
GOAL! Burnley 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Foster 4)
Premier League: Lyle Foster gives Burnley an early lead, scoring his second goal in successive games to put them one up against Spurs. He gets in front of a defender to steer home a cross from Luca Koleosho.
Our three o’clock kick-offs are under way: And Chelsea are straight out of the blocks. Nicolas Jackson squanders an early chance before Ola Aina does superbly to block what looked a certain tap-in for Raheem Sterling, who’d got on the end of a Ben Chilwell cross.
Match report: Sheffield United 2-2 Everton
Premier League: A massively entertaining game finished all square at Bramall Lane, largely down to the last-ditch heroics of Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Sam Dalling reports from Sheffield …
Those Premier League selections …
New signing Cole Palmer starts on the bench for Chelsea.
Orel Malanga comes into the Nottingham Forest line-up for Brennan Johnson, who left the club for Tottenham Hotspur yesterday.
Back from injury, Ben Mee replaces Nathan Collins in the heart of Brentford’s defence.
Lewis Cook and Marcos Senesi come into Bournemouth’s line-up.
Jack Grealish is not in Manchester City’s squad and is believed to have a minor thigh injury.
City manager Pep Guardiola is still recuperating from back surgery and will not be at the Etihad Stadium today.
Jordan Beyer and Johann Berg Gudmundsson come into Burnley’s line-up in place of Hannes Delcroix and Manuel Benson.
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou drops Richarlison and gives Manor Solomon his first start for the club.
Neither Eric Dier nor Tanguy N’Dombele are included in Tottenham’s squad, having failed to get moves away from the club in the transfer window.
Early Championship results
Full time: Sheffield United 2-2 Everton
Premier League: It’s finished all square at Bramall Lane, where a thrilling battle ended with Jordan Pickford saving a point for Everton with a sensational triple save right at the death.
Championship: It’s finished Sunderland 5-0 Southampton at the Stadium of Light, where Saints fans face a long, long trek home after seeing their team get battered from start to finish. Chris Rigg wrapped up the scoring for Sunderland in the sixth minute of added time, bagging his first ever league goal at the age of 16.
Brentford v Bournemouth line-ups
Brentford: Flekken, Hickey, Mee, Pinnock, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade.
Subs: Ghoddos, Onyeka, Ajer, Strakosha, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Roerslev, Yarmolyuk, Olakigbe.
Bournemouth: Neto, Aarons, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Semenyo, Billing, Kluivert, Solanke.
Subs: Mepham, Brooks, Rothwell, Smith, Tavernier, Andrei Radu, Moore, Traore, Kilkenny.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest line-ups
Chelsea: Sanchez, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Gusto, Gallagher, Caicedo, Chilwell, Sterling, Fernandez, Jackson.
Subs: Palmer, Deivid Washington, Petrovic, Cucurella, Mudryk, Madueke, Ugochukwu, Maatsen, Bergstrom.
Nottingham Forest: Turner, Boly, Worrall, McKenna, Aurier, Mangala, Danilo, Aina, Yates, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi.
Subs: Tavares, Aguilera, Kouyate, Wood, Felipe, Niakhate, Elanga, Montiel, Horvath.
Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur line-ups
Burnley: Trafford, Roberts, Al Dakhil, O’Shea, Beyer, Gudmundsson, Cullen, Berge, Koleosho, Amdouni, Foster.
Subs: Cork, Brownhill, Rodriguez, Benson, Redmond, Bruun Larsen, Delcroix, Odobert, Muric.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Sarr, Bissouma, Kulusevski, Maddison, Solomon, Son.
Subs: Skipp, Hojbjerg, Sanchez, Richarlison, Emerson, Perisic, Forster, Davies, Phillips.
Referee: Darren England (South Yorkshire)
Manchester City v Fulham line-ups
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Akanji, Ake, Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, Alvarez, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Phillips, Ortega, Bernardo Silva, Gomez, Gvardiol, Matheus Luiz, Carson, Bobb, Lewis.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Cairney, Reed, Andreas Pereira, Wilson, Jimenez, Reid.
Subs: Rodak, Bassey, Traore, Rodrigo Muniz, Willian, Castagne, Vinicius, Francois, Harris.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Championship: Sam Bell fires home at the Liberty Stadium, where Bristol City have come from behind against Swansea City to lead by the odd goal of three.
GOAL! Sheffield United 2-2 Everton (Danjuma 55)
Premier League: Arnaut Danjuma stretches to get on the end of a Nathan Patterson cross from the right and make it all square in an excellent game at Bramall Lane.
Championship: Sunderland are running amok against Southampton at the Stadium of Light, where Bradley Dack has put Tony Mowbray’s side 4-0 up with his first goal for the club early in the second half.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Mark Sykles has restored parity for Bristol City in their game against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium, where it’s all square at one goal apiece. In today’s other early kick-off, Birtmingham City have just equalised against Millwall at St Andrew’s, where it’s also 1-1.
Sheffield United v Everton: The Blades came from behind to lead Everton 2-1 at half-time in a game that didn’t promise a great deal on paper but has been very exciting on the grass at Bramall Lane. The second half has just started and you can follow the action with Rob Smyth …
Today’s Championship fixtures
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Birmingham City 0-1 Millwall (L)
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Sunderland 3-0 Southampton (L)
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Swansea City 1-0 Bristol City (L)
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Coventry City v Watford
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Ipswich Town v Cardiff City
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Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday
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Leicester City v Hull City
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Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers
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Plymouth Argyle v Blackburn Rovers
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Rotherham United v Norwich City
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Stoke City v Preston
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West Bromwich Albion v Huddersfield Town
Today’s Premier League fixtures
Saturday clockwatch
Following last night’s win for West Ham over Luton Town at Kenilworth Road, it’s a big day in the top flight ahead of the first international break of the season. Sheffield United and Everton got the day’s action under way at Bramall Lane, where thr hosts have come from behind to lead at half-time.
Abdoulaye Doucoure poked Everton ahead with his side’s first Premier League goal of the season, a goal that was cancelled out by a fine strike from Jordan Archer on his Premier League debut for the Blades. Archer helped increase his team’s lead, forcing an own goal off Jordan Pickford with an even better effort that struck thge post deep in first-half added time.
Later this afternoon, free-spending Chelsea, league leaders Manchester City and born again Tottenham are among the big name sides kicking off at 3pm. Having spent over £1bn under their new ownership regime, Chelsea host a Nottingham Forest side who are without a league win on the road since their victory at Southampton in early January.
City, the reigning Champions, host Fulham and Spurs will try to put their midweek Carabao Cup defeat behind time by consigning Burnley to a third consecutive defeat. In today’s other 3pm fixture, Brentford will look to continue their excellent start to the season against Bournemouth.
We’ll bring you team news, updates on all the major talking points and flag up all the goals as they go in, before bringing you on-the-whistle reports from our correspondents at the grounds.
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