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WSL clockwatch: Spurs v Brighton, London City Lionesses v Liverpool and more – live

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Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Aston Villa (Wilms, 66)

A special free kick from Lynn Wilms. The Aston Villa defender stands over the ball on the edge of the box, slightly right of centre. Wilms decides to hit the ball on the keeper’s side and she beats Szemik with pace and precision. That was right in the top corner!

GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Aston Villa (Hanson, 49)

Screamer! Aston Villa win a corner and work it well on the right hand side. The ball is rolled into Hanson’s path outside of the area. The midfielder lets it run across her body and rifles the ball into the top corner with her left foot.

Updated at 14.27 CEST

Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

Spurs 1-0 Brighton

GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Everton (Vignola, 49)

It’s not taken long for Everton to get off the mark in the second half. The ball is clipped over the top to Ornella Vignola who takes down the ball brilliantly. She flicks it round a defender before jinking past another. Maintaining her balance, the Everton midfielder rolls the ball with her right foot and finishes with her left. Great goal.

Updated at 14.23 CEST

Check out the only goal from the first half of WSL action.

The second half starts across the WSL.

Half time: Ipswich 2-1 Norwich

A lively end to the first half in the East Anglia derby. It’s shaping up very nicely for the second half.

GOAL! Ipswich 2-1 Norwich (Philogene, 44)

What a goal! That was brilliant from Jaden Philogene. He picks up the ball outside of the centre circle with a lovely turn away from his man. He carries the ball forward before smashing the ball over the keeper from about 35 yards out. Wow.

Half time: WSL

That’s half time around the grounds. Here are the scores:

Spurs 1-0 Brighton

London City Lionesses 0-0 Liverpool

West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa

Leicester v Everton 0-0

GOAL! Ipswich v Norwich (Schwartau, 35)

An immediate response from Norwich! This time Norwich win a corner. An outswinging ball comes in from the right and Ipswich manage to half clear it away. It’s only as far as Oscar Schwartau who hits it on the volley past the keeper.

Updated at 13.41 CEST

GOAL! Ipswich v Norwich (Kipré, 32)

What a finish! Ipswich swing the ball into the box from a corner. Vladan Kovačević tries and fails to punch the first ball, causing chaos in the Norwich box. It falls for Cédric Kipré, who smashes the ball into the top corner like a striker.

Updated at 13.37 CEST

West Ham v Aston Villa

GOAL! Spurs 1-0 Brighton (Tandberg, 25)

Spurs take the lead! Jess Naz and Amanda Nildén link up well on the left hand side. The Swedish midfielder sets Naz free and the winger delivers a wicked cross to Cathinka Tandberg at the back post. The Tottenham forward calmly taps the ball into the back of the net.

Updated at 14.24 CEST

Spurs v Brighton

Updated at 13.19 CEST

Kick off

We’re under way in the East Anglia derby!

Kick off

We’re under way in the Women’s Super League!

Ipswich v Norwich team news

Ipswich: Palmer, Davis, Kipré, O’Shea, Furlong, Cajuste, Matusiwa, Philogene, Szmodics, Egeli, Hirst

Subs: Akpom, Azón, Clarke, Greaves, McAteer, Núñez, Taylor, Walton, Young

Norwich: Kovačević, Fisher, Córdoba, Darling, Stacey, McLean, Topić, Crnac, Schwartau, Mattsson, Sargent

Subs: Mahovo, Gibbs, Grimshaw, Jurásek, Makama, Marcondes, Medić, Schlupp, Wright

Udinese v Cagliari has kicked off in Serie A. The two teams are level on points with Cagliari 10th and Udinese 11th in the league respectively.

West Ham v Aston Villa team news

West Ham women: Szemik, Denton, Zadorsky, Nyström, Endo, Gorry, Siren, Asseyi, Ueki, Morgan, Martinez

Subs: Brasero-Carreira, Csiki, Hanshaw, Houssein, Paví, Piubel, Tysiak, Walsh, Wandeler

Aston Villa women: D’Angelo, Wilms, Patten, Deslandes, Grant, Kendall, Kearns, Maltby, Daly, Salmon, Hanson

Subs: Kelly, Clark, Parker, Sallaway, Mayling, Tomás, Taylor, Mullett

Spurs v Brighton team news

Spurs women: Kop, Nildén, Hunt, Koga, Neville, Spence, Summanen, Holdt, England, Naz, Tandberg

Subs: Ahtinen, Graham, Grant, Gunning-Williams, Heeps, Oroz, Rybrink, Thomas, Vinberg

Brighton women: Nnadozie, Olislagers, McLauchlan, Hayes, Rule, Čanković, Symonds, Kafaji, Noordam, Seike, Agyemang

Subs: Baggaley, Camacho, Carabalí, Heron, Milner, Mpome, Poulter, Rayner, Tsunoda

London City Lionesses v Liverpool team news

London City Lionesses women: Lete, Corrales, Linari, Sangaré, Fernández, Parris, Geyoro, Kumagi, Asllani, Franssi, Goodwin

Subs: Brown, Godfrey, Hillyerd, Imuran, Kennedy, Lindström, Pérez, Roddar, Zelem

Liverpool women: Borggräfe, Fisk, Bonner, Clark, Shimizu, Nagano, Kapocs, Kerr, Höbinger, Holland, Enderby

Sub: Evans, Kirby, Lundgaard, MacLean, Olsson, Haug, Silcock, Szymczak

Leicester v Everton team news

Leicester women: Leitzig, Thibaud, Kees, Swaby, Ale, McLoughlin, Tierney, Cayman, van Egmond, Rantala, Cain

Subs: Ayane, Clark, Eiríksdóttir, Las, Mouchon, O’Brien, Payne, Sherwood, Wellesley-Smith

Everton women: Ramsey, Kitagawa, Fernández, Stenevik, Holmgaard, Wheeler, Mace, Hayashi, Momiki, Robinson, Vignola

Subs: Startup, van Gool, Payne, Ladd, Weir, Pacheco, Jones

Updated at 12.46 CEST

Thank you, Tom. I’ve got the team news from the 11:55am WSL games and the East Anglican derby coming right up.

Ok, that’s it from me. I’m going to hand over to Xaymaca Awoyungbo who will have the team news from the WSL games and the East Anglian derby for you shortly.

Henry messages keep Saka sharp as he makes 200th Premier League appearance

Bukayo Saka’s second-half penalty ensured the Gunners downed London rivals West Ham 2-0, it was also his 200th appearance in the Premier League, an occasion he marked with his 100th goal involvement in the competition.

Asked about those stats and Henry, Saka told broadcasters he got a message from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry ahead of the game: “Thierry always messages me. He messaged me this (Saturday) morning as well to remind me we lost the last two games to West Ham at home.

“He is always pushing me and I think he wants me there with him. It is nice to have that encouragement from him and of course me, I want it as well.

“I’m really happy on these records. I’m just going to keep pushing and try and get some team trophies, which is what we have been searching for.”

The penalty was Saka’s 55th goal in the Premier League to go with 45 assists.

“I don’t really like to linger on these things, but you said it - it’s a beautiful achievement and I’m really proud of it,” Saka said.

“Obviously 200 games for Arsenal in the Premier League is a really big moment. I’m going to enjoy it and it was nice to get the goal as well and the win.”

Quotes via PA Media.

More on Ange from Jeff Sax via email (keep those coming in):

After last season’s disaster at Spurs, it was obvious Ange wasn’t suited for the Premier League. His hiring to manage Nottingham Forest says everything about their owner.

Your words, jamesofwalsh…

The first game of the day is Udinese v Cagliari and here’s the team news…

Udinese XI: Sava, Goglichidze, Kabasele, Solet, Zanoli, Piotrowski, Karlstrom, Atta, Kamara, Zaniolo, Davis.

Subs: Bayo, Bertola, Buksa, Ehizibue, Ekkelenkamp, Gueye, Lovric, Miller, Modesto, Padelli, Palma, Venuti, Zarraga, Zemura.

Cagliari XI: Caprile, Palestra, Deiola, Prati, Felici, Mina, Borrelli, Zé Pedro, Obert, Folorunsho, Esposito.

Subs: Ciocci, Serno, Idrissi, Mazzitelli, Luperto, Adopo, Kilicsoy, Di Pardo, Cavuoti, Pavoletti, Luvumbo

While we’re discussing managers on the brink, Russell Martin is remarkably still in a job at Ibrox. His side head to Falkirk today, where anything other than win will spell the end, right? Right?

I love the phrase ‘shagged himself’ here. Some very lively debate over the Forest situation going on below the line, keep it coming, great stuff:

A lot of money was spent in the Premier League this summer. Not all of it well, but some of the new arrivals are starting to shine. Benjamin Sesko has two in two, Mohammed Kudus also bagged and Estevao got the late winner for Chelsea against Liverpool. How are you feeling about your club’s new signings?

This piece from the Guardian Sports Network looks at the progress of a few of the league’s new arrivals:

My contacts in the Tractor Boys community are very confident, too confident?

In La Liga, Real Madrid brushed aside Villarreal yesterday but Barcelona will go back to the summit if they can win at Sevilla. This not a vintage Sevilla team, although an ageing Alexis Sanchez will get a chance to play against his od club, which is nice.

I mentioned Genoa are at Napoli today, amongst their ranks is Brooke Norton-Cuffy, who played a part in England Under 21s defending their European crown thgis summer. He has been chatting Ed Aarons about life in Serie A:

You would have to say the best of the Euro action is coming from Serie A today. Roma, Napoli and AC Milan are all tied on 12 points, as are Inter but they have played a game more. Roma travel to Fiorentina after a Europa League defeat at home against Lille, Napoli beat Sporting in midweek and host Genoa at 5pm, then Juventus play Milan in Turin. Woof. Nicky Bandini’s Serie A column should be a cracker this week.

Do you know who won again yesterday? Only bloody Hearts. Jambos do you think this is sustainable? Celtic host Motherwell today and cut the gap to two points but Derek McInnes’s side cannot stop winning right now, even if they keep leaving it very late. Fascinating stuff happening north of the border and not all of it in Glasgow.

PeterPrincey hits on an interesting point here. My theory is because the Premier League is a league of managers, where players are secondary. All the narrative comes from the men in the dugout and therefore anytime their teams take a dip they are the fall guys. Liverpool play badly and it is Slot’s fault, City play well because Pep Guardiola is a genius and so on. While there is certainly some truth in that, they are also a vector through which we compute our understanding of the game. I’ve swalled a thesaurus this morning.

Coming up at 11.55am (BST, yes it’s still technically summer time) we’ll be bringing you live updates from the full slate of Sunday fixtures in the WSL. My colleague Xaymaca Awoyungbo will be in the chair be then. Here’s a reminder of the fixture list:

Leicester v Everton

London City Lionesses v Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton

West Ham v Aston Villa

There were some pretty unhappy scenes in the EFL yesterday, namely at Hillsborough where play was stopped for five minutes due to the latest fan protest against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri. It was a miserable afternoon for Owls fans as their side was shellacked 5-0 by visitors Coventry. Steve Bruce also had a bad day. Blackpool’s poor start to the season continued with a 2-0 home defeat against AFC Wimbledon and afterwards Bruce was dismissed from his position at Bloomfield Road. Blackpool fans, who do you want to see come in? Still plenty of time to turn the season around. Wednesday fans, I’m sorry, you have my deepest sympathies.

On the subject of doing the opposite, how are Ipswich fans feeling about today? Will the Old Farm hoodoo finally be broken? Get in touch via the link above or below the line the comment section.

This is a textbook case of the football fan reverse anxiety complex, it’s commonly associated with the great philosopher George Costanza, who said that if everything is telling me one thing, then I must do the opposite:

Jonathan Wilson

Some fixtures just don’t sound right. Maybe it’s just about conceivable that, had things gone slightly differently in the 70s, Malcolm Allison or Terry Venables could have been leading their side behind the Iron Curtain for a crack at Valeriy Lobanovskyi’s cybernauts, but Dynamo Kyiv against Crystal Palace is still a clash that provokes a double-take. It feels like a category error: how can those two clubs possibly be in the same competition?

But this is the modern world. Ukraine is battling invasion, its teams diminished. The Premier League is extremely rich. And Crystal Palace are managed by one of the rising talents of the European game. They didn’t just play each other on Thursday, but Palace won with a degree of comfort. It was their third straight win, their 19th consecutive game without defeat.

And so, because no mid-size club can even just be allowed to enjoy a good run, all the talk is of where Oliver Glasner might go next. His contract expires at the end of the season and he has refused to sign an extension. He is 51; if he is going to take over a major club with the possibility of an extended spell in charge, he doesn’t have a huge amount of time to secure a move. Could he then be the solution for Manchester United? He does, after all, play the same 3-4-2-1 as Ruben Amorim, just rather more successfully.

Read Jonathan Wilson’s column in full here:

Have you got Erling Haaland in your fantasy team? Of course you have, he already has eight goals in the Premier League and is running away in the golden boot race. Here’s the full list of the Premier League’s top scorers:

After Estevao’s late winner at Stamford Bridge last night Chelsea Enzo Maresca set off on a manic touchline dash to celebrate with his team. It was maybe the most fun thing Maresca has ever done and he was sent off, meaning he will watch Chelsea’s next match from the stands, but Barney Ronay writes that it is his opposite number yesterday, Arne Slot, who has bigger issues to address when he is next on the touchline:

At Old Trafford, the dark clouds lifted lifted on Saturday as Benjamin Sesko clicked with his teammates and as he Mason Mount got themselves on the scoresheet. Post-match Mount insisted that the club are “100% behind” embattled boss Ruben Amorim:

Arsenal, the latest team to inherit the moniker of champions in waiting, handily saw off West Ham on Saturday but they are counting the cost of that victory. Martin Ødegaard picked up a knee injury and had to come off before half time again. Declan Rice, who scored the game’s first goal, also departed early with a back injury.

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Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live

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Leeds drew 2-2 with Bournemouth last weekend. In fact they very nearly beat them. A result that is maturing better than fine wine. Look!

As a result, they’re unchanged. Spurs by contrast have made three changes to their starting XI from the 1-1 draw with Wolves last weekend. Mathys Tel, Pedro Porro and Wilson Odobert come in for Richarlison, Lucas Bergvall and Djed Spence, all of whom drop to the bench.

Preamble

The team lying fifth plays one sitting comfortably in 12th at the start of play … so given the lack of any significant historical enmity between the two clubs, there can’t be too much jeopardy in this one, can there?

Well perhaps not. However. Tottenham have won their last four matches against Leeds, scoring four goals in each of the last three. Widen the focus, and they’ve won nine of the last 11 meetings in the Premier League. If they score another four today, they’ll become the first club in history to notch that number in three consecutive visits to Elland Road.

So there’s plenty of pride on the line for Leeds, who will lean on their excellent home form: they’ve gone a full year without losing a league game on their own turf, a run that takes in 23 matches. One sequence or another has to snap today, then. Or maybe both. We’ll find out what’s what from 12.30pm UK time. It’s on!

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Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Tottenham, Chelsea 1-0 Benfica and more: Champions League – as it happened

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Catch up on all the action with our reports from the Aspmyra Stadion, Stamford Bridge and Rams Park plus our Champions League roundup of the rest.

And that concludes our live coverage tonight. Join us tomorrow for as Barcelona take on the holders, PSG, while Newcastle head to Union Saint-Gilloise, Arsenal host Olympiakos and Manchester City take on Monaco.

José Mourinho speaks to TNT Sports after Benfica’s loss:

We played four matches, two game in between matches. I have never trained. I just do recovery. One of my strengths is training, we haven’t had time for that … Some difficulties and big pressure on the players with elections at the club, they cannot escape that.

We were organised, we studied Chelsea well. We coped well with the designs they put on the pitch. Cucurella in between the lines or out wide. And then a difficult moment with three midfielders on a yellow card in a match with quick transactions. Today, we did enough to get a point and we must now find points elsewhere.

As a coach that arrived 10 days ago it is a positive feeling. But the next two matches: Porto away and Newcastle away. It is what it is. I told the guys that Chelsea is better than Porto. The boys did OK.

Sheffield United 1-2 Southampton: The Blades’s manager Chris Wilder was sent off after booting a ball into the crowd (in reaction to his side conceding a penalty which Southampton ended up missing) and hitting one of his own supporters. He went to apologise but he was shown a red regardless.

The visitors came from behind to win all three points after Ross Stewart’s scored in the 51st and 58th minute.

Updated at 23.08 CEST

Full-time results in the Football League

Championship

Birmingham 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Blackburn 1-2 Swansea

Bristol City 1-1 Ipswich

Hull 2-2 Preston North End

Leicester 1-1 Wrexham

Middlesbrough 0-0 Stoke

Sheffield United 1-2 Southampton

Derby 1-1 Charlton

League One

Blackpool 2-2 Luton

Cardiff 0-1 Burton Albion

Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Spurs: Frank’s side will be thanking their lucky stars. They were outclassed for most of the match but another late equaliser, an own goal, secured the visitors a point. It will be disappointing for Bodø/Glimt after tremendous goals from Hauge the home town hero.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Mourinho’s homecoming ends in defeat after an own goal from Ríos in the first half. It is a very important win for Maresca’s side, who have struggled as of late. It was crucial for them to grind out the win after going ahead and luckily for the hosts, João Pedro’s red card came too close to full-time to make a significant difference on the game.

Full-time results in the Champions League

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

Bodø/Glimt 2-2 Spurs

Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool

Atlético Madrid 5-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Pafos 1-5 Bayern Munich

Inter 3-0 Slavia Prague

Marseille 4-0 Ajax

RED CARD! Cheslea 1-0 Benfica (João Pedro 90+6)

Three out of four games in which a Chelsea player gets sent off. João Pedro, who came on in the second half, is shown a second yellow for a high boot.

Updated at 22.59 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: A yellow card is shown towards the direction of the Benfica bench … Uefa confirm it is to Mourinho. Classic.

Bodø Glimt 2-2 Spurs: After a very long VAR check, the goal stands! Big goal for the visitors.

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-2 Spurs (Gundersen 89og)

Richarlison has barely had a kick of the ball but he gets their equaliser. Gray has a shot that is saved and it is ricocheted off of either the Brazilian or the defender Gundersen … but another VAR check. Was there an offside?

Updated at 22.55 CEST

Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs: Great play from the visitors as they counter after a Spurs corner that ends with Helmersen hitting the woodwork. That is their 16th attempt on the Tottenham goal tonight. Worrying stat for Frank.

Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs: Odobert hits the post after diving on to head Kudus’s cross. So close!

GOAL! Atlético Madrid 5-1 Frankfurt (Alvarez 82)

An absolute hammering in the Spanish capital. Amenda is judged to have committed a foul after a VAR check and Alvarez makes no mistake from the spot despite Santos getting a hand on his paneka.

Updated at 22.44 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Mourinho makes three substitutions. Schjelderup, Ivanovic and Leandro Barreiro come on. Chelsea breaks and Fernández puts a great ball in for Estêvão, who heads it goalwards. Trubin is full stretch as he jumps and tips it over the bar. So close!

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The whistle blows after João Pedro fouls Otamendi but the replay shows the defender going down and holding his face. João Pedro did not touch his face.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The medics are on the pitch for Silva, who was caught by Trubin on the back of the head. He is up on his feet but he will be substituted off for Araújo.

Atlético Madrid and Bayern are running away with wins, the former having just scored through Simeone (their forward not their manager) to make it 4-1 while the German giants are 5-1 up after Olise fired into the roof of the net, having earlier assisted twice.

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-1 Spurs (Van de Ven 68)

It is not over until it is over. A fantastic cross from Porro finds Van de Ven, whose fantastic header is fired into the back of the net. Can Frank’s side kick on now?

Updated at 22.37 CEST

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 2-0 Spurs (Hauge 66)

What a finish! Great little turn and on to his right foot before smashing it past Vicario. A home town hero. But so poor from Spurs who lost the ball moments earlier.

Updated at 22.30 CEST

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Gittens, who came on a few minutes ago alongside João Pedro dribbles past a few red shirts but his cross to the right is slightly overhit.

Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs: Spurs win a set-piece in a dangerous area … Porro slams it into the box and Bentancur tries to get it goalward but it is cleared.

Some more goals went in during that VAR drama. Marseille are 4-0 up after Aubameyang goes from provider to goalscorer and Burkardt has smashed one in for Frankfurt.

GOAL DISALLOWED! Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs

Huge cheer as the referee rules that there is no goal. Van de Ven is furious. He is judged to have fouled Bjørtuft by pulling his shirt. Moments later the Spurs captain gets a yellow card for another foul, this time on Auklend. He needs to keep his head here.

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 1-1 Spurs (Bentancur 55)

Spurs immediately respond! It is from a set piece and the hosts are caught sleeping. Johnson gets the ball back into the area after it is half cleared and Bentancur flicks it in. But here we go … a VAR check. The referee heads to the screen.

Updated at 22.14 CEST

GOAL! Bodø Glimt 1-0 Spurs (Hague 53)

It has been coming! Bodø Glimt have their first ever goal in the Champions League and what a finish from Hague. On the left, he skips past a few Spurs shirts and then curls one into the net. Huge noise from the yellow-donning supporters.

Hague was born and raised in the city and played every minute of their European campaign last season. What a moment for him.

Updated at 22.14 CEST

Bodø Glimt 0-0 Spurs: The home fans cheer as Spence miscontrols a ball that goes out. Very indicative of their performance so far.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: The visitors come close! Aursnes is through on goal from the left hand side but he is tripped over by Sánchez. He was judged to be in an offside position anyway.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: An early yellow card for Buonanotte thought the replay shows he did get the ball before Barrenechea did. The commentators are saying Fernández – who is also on a yellow – was cautioned by the referee to “be careful” in the second half.

We are back underway across the grounds! More goals? Yes, please!

Half-time: I missed a couple goals during a massive rush. Griezmann scored Atlético’s third, his 200th for the club, but it was all made possible due to Alvarez, who beat his man on the left before picking out Griezmann to finish it.

Inter are 2-0 up with their second coming from Dumfries. Thuram found the full-back and all he needed to do was poke it home at the near post.

Bayern are 4-1 up at Pafos, with Kane scoring his second shortly after Jackson scored his first goal for the club. The hosts got one back on the brink of half-time with a sensational top corner shot from Mislav Orsic, who managed to wrongfoot Neuer.

And in the Football League, with Jeremy getting in touch to tell me the Championship is “SERIOUS”. Hard agree. But hard to keep up with on a European night.

Championship

Birmingham 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Blackburn 1-1 Swansea

Bristol City 1-0 Ipswich

Hull 1-2 Preston North End

Leicester 1-0 Wrexham

Middlesbrough 0-0 Stoke

Sheffield United 1-0 Southampton

Derby 0-1 Charlton

League One

Blackpool 1-0 Luton

Cardiff 0-0 Burton Albion

Half-time scores in the Champions League

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

Bodø/Glimt 0-0 Spurs

Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool

Atlético Madrid 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt

Pafos 1-4 Bayern Munich

Inter 2-0 Slavia Prague

Marseille 3-0 Ajax

Bodø Glimt 0-0 Spurs: Hague hits the side netting from a low effort after cutting inside. Fet then almost gets the opener after skying a chance from just outside the six-yard box. Spurs getting lucky here.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: A well-worked free-kick routine that lands to Badiashile but his header goes over the bar. The offside flag saves his blushes as he probably should do better from that chance.

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: Fernández goes over for a corner kick and he applauds the Benfica fans – the midfielder played there for half a season – but the feeling is not reciprocated. The fans start chucking things his way and Mourinho is forced to walk down the touchline to tell the supporters to stop. The corner leads to nothing.

GOAL! Atlético Madrid 2-0 Frankfurt (Le Normand 33)

The defender is the quickest to react at the back post after Antoinne Griezmann has his flick saved by the goalkeeper. A dominant performance from the Spanish club after their 5-2 hammering of Real Madrid at the weekend.

Updated at 21.41 CEST

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Tottenham v Wolves: Premier League – live

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Today's Premier League results

Sunderland have continued their brilliant start to the season with a 1-0 win at the City Ground. Omar Alderete scored the only goal to move Sunderland up to third in the table.

Brentford 3-1 Man Utd

Chelsea 1-3 Brighton

Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool

Leeds 2-2 Bournemouth

Man City 5-1 Burnley

Nottm Forest 0-1 Sunderland

Team news

Two changes for Spurs from the side that started last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Brighton: Djed Spence and Xavi Simons are preferred to Pedro Porro and Wilson Odobert.

Wolves bring in Joao Gomes for Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. That’s the only change from the XI that beat Everton in the Carabao Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3) Vicario; Spence, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Joao Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Richarlison, Simons.

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Gray, Johnson, Porro, Odobert, Sarr, Scarlett.

Wolves (4-3-3) Johnstone; Doherty, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno; Munetsi, Andre, Joao Gomes; Arias, Strand Larsen, Hwang.

Subs: Jose Sa, Wolfe, Agbadou, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Toti Gomes, Bellegarde, Lopez, Tchatchoua.

Referee Michael Salisbury.

Updated at 20.25 CEST

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Arsenal, Spurs, Man City and Newcastle win, plus Carabao Cup fourth-round draw – as it happened

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… and that, dear reader, brings us to the end of an evening of underwhelming matches followed by a promising fourth-round draw. Thanks for reading this Clockwatch.

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Grimsby Town v Brentford

Swansea City v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

All fixtures to be played week commencing 27 October.

Match report: Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

Here’s Louise Taylor’s verdict on a comfortable night for the holders.

That’s a decent draw with some tasty ties upcoming. A big showdown between the holders Newcastle and Spurs, both teams having slaked their long trophy thirst last season and now in the mood for more. The league champions Liverpool host the FA Cup winners Crystal Palace. Chelsea have a tricky tie at Wolves, who look a different proposition in the League Cup as opposed to the League. Arsenal won’t fancy facing Brighton, who came to the Emirates and knocked them out of this competition three years ago. Grimsby, Swansea and Wycombe all host Premier League opposition. And then there’s the all-Welsh tie between Wrexham and Cardiff. Not a bad draw at all. Looking forward to it already.

The fourth-round draw in full

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Grimsby Town v Brentford

Swansea City v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham

All fixtures to be played week commencing 27 October.

Updated at 23.38 CEST

… and the final tie is Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

Swansea City v Manchester City

Grimsby Town v Brentford

The fourth-round draw

… begins now, and the first tie is Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion.

Match report: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

David Hytner was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to witness a spectacular goal from João Palhinha.

Match report: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

Jamie Jackson was in town as Phil Foden continued to play his way back into top form.

Match report: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Will Unwin on a tight game in which Vale gave everything.

Tonight’s classified results. For the completists and purists.

Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

A reminder that the fourth-round draw will be made within the half-hour or so. No flipping!

FULL TIME: Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Arsenal join Grimsby Town, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Swansea City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Fulham, Chelsea, Wycombe Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16.

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal. Trossard might have been offside, as he chased after William Saliba’s pass, but there’s no VAR, so no magic rulers, and we’ll never know. And now here we are. Vale Park was all noise a couple of hours ago. Now you could hear a pin drop. Their lads have given it a good go this evening, with a couple of half-chances coming late on, but it’s all relative and Arsenal were never seriously in bother.

GOAL! Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal (Trossard 86)

Just as Port Vale were beginning to wonder, Arsenal strike the killer blow. First up, Viktor Gyökeres should score when put through, but takes too much time and his shot is blocked. But not long after, Leandro Trossard is found down the inside-left channel. He reaches the edge of the box, takes a touch infield, and fizzes a low drive into the bottom left. Game over!

Updated at 22.56 CEST

FULL TIME: Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City

The reigning League Cup champions are in the velvet bag as well.

FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

… Spurs are into the fourth-round draw.

GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Doncaster Rovers (Johnson 90+4)

Brennan Johnson finally gets his reward for an impressive shift. He’s sent bombing down the middle by Lucas Bergvall. He draws the keeper and dinks home, and …

Updated at 22.59 CEST

FULL TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

The Terriers gave it a good go, but it’s the eight-time champions who are into the hat for the fourth round.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. A cross comes in from the left. Lucas Bergvall taps it home. But he’s not going onto the scoresheet, because Brennan Johnson had made a lunge for the ball as well, and he was clearly offside. There goes that opportunity to perform his dressing-room tap-dance atop the moral high ground.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The Gunners ship possession cheaply again, and this time Devante Cole manages to get a shot away for the hosts. A decent effort from distance that screams over the bar. Kepa probably had it covered, to be fair.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Cristhian Mosquera plays an appalling pass across the face of his own box. He’s fortunate that when Ben Garrity intercepts, he then dillies and dallies, before laying off to Rhys Walters, who does exactly the same. What a waste.

GOAL! Newcastle United 4-1 Bradford City (Osula 87)

Two for Joelinton, now two for William Osula, and any hope of an unlikely City comeback is put to bed.

Updated at 23.03 CEST

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Bukayo Saka is out of harm’s way, incidentally. He’s been replaced by Max Dowman.

GOAL! Newcastle United 3-1 Bradford City (Cook 79)

A stylish consolation for Bradford, as Andy Cook latches onto a poor clearance on the edge of the Toon D and launches a thriker towards the top-left corner, off the underside of the bar and in. Unstoppable! Cook a boyhood Newcastle fan as well. What a moment!

Updated at 23.11 CEST

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brennan Johnson has been electric down the right wing tonight. Another speedy dribble, another tempting cross that a team-mate fails to bundle home from close range. Richarlison the guilty man this time. Johnson should have had a hat-trick of assists this evening. He’s got the right to clamber atop the moral high ground in the dressing room afterwards, finger-wagging furiously. A fine performance.

GOAL! Newcastle United 3-0 Bradford City (Joelinton 75)

… and it’s certainly all over at SJP, Joelinton threading home his second for the holders.

Updated at 22.33 CEST

GOAL! Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City (Savinho 74)

Phil Foden adds an assist to his goal, by teeing up Savinho, who roofs home. All over.

Updated at 22.32 CEST

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Glenn Middleton takes the resulting free kick, and whips it inches wide of the right-hand stick. Antonín Kinský was rooted to the spot; had that been on target, it wasn’t getting stopped. Spurs got away with a couple of potential red cards against Villarreal last week, Micky van de Ven and Xavi Simons the fortunate men. Kevin Danso can join that lucky list.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Brandon Hanlan barrels after a long pass down the inside-right channel. Just before he enters the box, Kevin Danso hooks a leg around him and pokes the ball away … but also brings down his man. It’s a free kick, just to the right of the D, and you’ve seen red cards given for less. No VAR tonight.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Leo Castledine, a young winger on loan from Chelsea, purchases a ticket to the raffle from the best part of 30 yards. The ticket floats a similar distance over the bar. But if you don’t buy one, etc.

Tottenham 2-0 Doncaster. Mathys Tel took a fresh-air swipe at a Brennan Johnson right-wing cross in the first half … and he’s just done exactly the same thing again in this second period. Another big chance spurned. Two decent connections – half-decent would probably have been enough – and Spurs would be out of sight.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. A moment of worry for Arsenal as Bukayo Saka goes down, slapping the turf and grimacing, having come off second-best in a fair 50-50 midfield challenge. But fears dissipate as the pain of impact subsides, and Saka springs back up again. For a second, though … oh my.

Updated at 22.36 CEST

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli is sent scampering clear down the middle, but Vale keeper Joe Gauci has spotted the danger, and races out of his box to block-tackle and clear. That needed to be timed perfectly, and it was.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. A poor clearance drops to Divine Mukasa on the penalty spot. Mukasa volleys straight at keeper Lee Nicholls. So close to the second goal that would put paid to Huddersfield’s resistance.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. The second half begins in Burslem.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Huddersfield nearly equalise with a goal made in Aston. The on-loan Villa duo of Josh Feeney and Zépiqueno Redmond combine, the former heading down for the latter to lash fiercely over the bar. That would have made things interesting.

Newcastle 2-0 Bradford. Bobby Pointon crosses from the left. Stephen Humphrys muscles himself into a little pocket of space at the far post, but his header is a weak slap. Big change to get the Bantams back into this.

Spurs 2-0 Doncaster. Some head tennis on the edge of the Spurs box. The ball drops to Owen Bailey, who swipes a volley goalwards. Accurate, but without power, and easy for Antonín Kinský.

Huddersfield 0-1 Man City. Some pinball in the Town box. Rico Lewis can’t prod towards the bottom-right corner, and the hosts eventually clear their lines. Close to a scrappy second for City. “Arsenal looked like a person sleepwalking around the house, picking things up and putting them down again, making random progress from room to room,” yawns Charles Antaki. “That’s all very well, but the sleepwalker risks stubbing their toe on something hard, falling over and discovering that things are not very much as they should be. Another two or three goals please.”

The second halves at the Kirklees Stadium, St James’ Park and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium are back under way. No early drama to report.

A reminder that the draw for the fourth round will take place after the full-time whistles tonight. It’s expected to start at 10.20pm, and we’ll be around for that, don’t you fret.

HALF TIME: Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal

Given the overall balance of play, this could have been worse for Port Vale. But currently it’s League One nil, Premier League four (or six, depending on whether you’re totting up winning positions or goals).

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Connor Hall should have done better with that header, truth be told. Free on the penalty spot, he slapped his header straight down. Anything whistled with proper conviction towards the net would have given Kepa something to act upon.

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. … so having said that, Vale finally show some fight. A corner. Connor Hall can’t get a header on target; then his shot is blocked. Arsenal fail to clear their lines properly, and Connor’s namesake George sends a dangerous low cross in from the right. That’s blocked too, and cleared, but it’s also so much better from the hosts.

HALF TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Doncaster Rovers

… stretches out ahead of us.

HALF TIME: Newcastle United 2-0 Bradford City

… that looks unlikely to deliver any drama, never mind a shock …

HALF TIME: Huddersfield Town 0-1 Manchester City

An evening of cup football …

Port Vale 0-1 Arsenal. Vale enjoy a little possession in the Arsenal half for the first time this evening. They do very little with it, Arsenal keeping them at arm’s length comfortably, but small acorns and all that, and the home fans seem to appreciate their team’s efforts.

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Brighton 2-2 Tottenham, Wolves 1-3 Leeds, West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace and more: football – as it happened

Submitted by daniel on Sat, 20/09/2025 - 13:33

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Manchester United v Chelsea is next! Team news for the 5.30pm (BST) kick-off is here:

Man Utd (3-4-2-1): Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire; Dorgu, Casemiro, Fernandes, Shaw; Mbeumo, Amad; Sesko.

Subs: Lammens, Yoro, Ugarte, Heaven, Fredricson, Mainoo, Mount, Cunha, Zirkzee.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; James, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Fernández, Caicedo; Estêvão, Palmer, Neto; João Pedro.

Subs: Jörgensen, Adarabioyo, Hato, Gusto, Santos, Gittens, George, Guiu, Garnacho.

Scott Murray will be helming our live coverage. Enjoy!

Premier League full-time reports:

Brighton 2-2 Tottenham – Thomas Frank certainly would have taken a point at 2-0 down in this one. Xavi Simons made a difference coming off the bench as Brighton struggled to see out the game. John Brewin has the lowdown:

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest – Ange Postecoglou picks up his first point as Forest manager in the pouring rain but his wait for a first win goes on. Scott Parker can add another point to towards survival. Dominic Booth was there:

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace – The pressure grows ever further on Graham Potter and the West Ham board after pre-match protests. Tyrick Mitchell on the scoresheet is a rarity. Jacob Steinberg watched on:

Wolves 1-3 Leeds – Not a great day for Vítor Pereira, who signed a new three-year contract this week. His side have now lost all five of their league games this season. Dominic Calvert-Lewin helped Leeds towards three precious points. Ben Fisher reports:

Updated at 18.17 CEST

Blackburn v Ipswich has been abandoned due to a wet pitch. Must have been some deluge. Blackburn were leading 1-0, with Ipswich down to 10 men.

A couple of scores from Scotland:

Premiership

Dundee 3-2 Livingston

League Cup

Aberdeen 0-1 Motherwell

Championship full-time scores

Derby 0-1 Preston

Hull 3-1 Southampton

Norwich 2-3 Wrexham

Portsmouth 0-2 Sheffield Wed

Sheffield Utd 0-1 Charlton

Blackburn 1-0 Ipswich has still not restarted after the referee brought the players off due to a wet pitch.

“It’s 1.30 in the morning here in Brisbane,” writes Phil. “I’ve been up for 21 hours, worked a ten hour day, seen one of the greatest punk bands live for the first time in forty years and have the recurring disappointment of Norwich City being not entirely good to accompany me to sleep.” Ah, football.

Full-time scores

Brighton 2-2 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43, Van Hecke 82og)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50; Mateta 38, Mitchell 68)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: The Spurs corner that comes to nothing. Goal-kick to Brighton.

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: Two minutes of stoppage time remain at the Amex as both Brighton and Spurs go for a winner. The visitors have a corner …

Rain has stopped play at Ewood Park. Blackburn 1-0 Ipswich has been paused with 10 minutes to play due to a wet pitch.

Sheffield United, minutes away from their first points of the season, have conceded. Isaac Ofaofe seems to have snatched it for Charlton! 1-0 in the Championship at Bramall Lane.

No penalty.

Brighton 2-2 Spurs: Huge shouts for a penalty after Simons goes down under the challenge of Coppola in the Brighton box. The referee gives a goal-kick but VAR is having a look …

Updated at 17.46 CEST

GOAL! Brighton 2-2 Tottenham (Van Hecke 82og)

Spurs are level! Kudus sends a curling cross into the penalty area. Palhinha goes for it but it comes off Van Hecke and goes in at the near post! Not much the defender could do about that.

Updated at 17.55 CEST

And at Molineux, there is plenty of mumbling and grumbling among the home crowd with Wolves still trailing Leeds 3-1. There has been talk this week of a new deal for their manager Vítor Pereira, who is yet to get a point on the board this season.

Still 1-1 between Burnley and Nottingham Forest at Turf Moor after goals from Anthony and Williams in the first half. The bucketing rain has been the talking point of the second half, by all accounts.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Danny Welbeck and Diego Coppola are on for Brighton.

Latest Premier League scores with 15-20 minutes to go:

Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50; Mateta 38, Mitchell 68)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Brennan Johnson comes on for Wilson Odobert, who didn’t really get going this afternoon on his first start of the season.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Great chance for Simons! The Dutchman can only drag his shot wide though. You’d expect him to hit the target.

Updated at 17.31 CEST

GOAL! West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace (Mitchell 68)

Palace’s left wing-back powers a volley past Alphonse Areola to give Oliver Glasner’s side the lead once more! He hadn’t scored since the season before last.

Updated at 17.41 CEST

Kylian Mbappé is on the scoresheet at the Bernabéu – Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Xavi Simons is on for Bentancur as Frank looks to add a creative spark to his side. James Milner has also emerged from the bench to make his 641st Premier League appearance – 12 behind Gareth Barry’s record now.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Kadioglu goes down holding his throat after bumping into Richarlison as a ball came down from the sky. Brighton are trying to rile up their opponents and even Frank appears a touch rattled.

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Lewis Dunk goes for goal from a free-kick inside his own half! It doesn’t sail too far over Vicario’s crossbar, clipping the roof of the net. Audacious!

I probably could have written those two previous posts this morning …

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Cristian Romero gets involved in some argy-bargy.

Harry Kane completes his hat-trick at Hoffenheim. Bayern 3-0 up. Two penalties from England’s captain today.

Updated at 17.19 CEST

GOAL! West Ham 1-1 Crystal Palace (Bowen 50)

Jarrod Bowen heads in Malick Diouf’s corner to level the scores at the London Stadium. Maybe that will lift the mood.

Updated at 17.13 CEST

Brighton 2-1 Spurs: Fabian Hürzeler has made a change at half-time, with Diego Gómez on for Carlos Baleba.

Second half begins

All four Premier League games are back under way. There were 10 goals in the first half – more where that came from?

Harry Kane has scored both of Bayern Munich’s goals at Hoffenheim – they lead 2-0 midway through the second half.

Real Madrid are one goal to the good in the first half against Espanyol thanks to Éder Militão.

Half-time in the Championship

Blackburn 0-0 Ipswich

Derby 0-1 Preston (Devine 29)

Hull 1-0 Southampton (Joseph 22)

Norwich 1-0 Wrexham (Stacey 39)

Portsmouth 0-1 Sheffield Wed (Bannan 12)

Sheffield Utd 0-0 Charlton

Half-time scores

Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Minteh 8, Ayari 31; Richarlison 43)

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Anthony 20; Williams 2)

West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace (Mateta 38)

Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Krejci 8; Calvert-Lewin 31, Stach 39, Okafor 45+1)

We’re certainly not lacking for goals. I need a cuppa.

Updated at 16.51 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Leeds (Okafor 45+1)

It gets worse for Wolves at Molineux. Noah Okafor finds some space on the counterattack and beats Sá left-footed for his first Leeds goal! What a response to going behind from Farke’s side.

Updated at 17.11 CEST

GOAL! Brighton 2-1 Tottenham (Richarlison 43)

Spurs find a way through! Richarlison manages to get a shot away while on the floor in the Brighton area and Verbruggen cannot keep it out. Bentancur and Kudus were involved in the buildup. Game on!

Updated at 17.08 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 1-2 Leeds (Stach 39)

Leeds have turned it around at Molineux! Big Anton Stach smashes a free-kick from 25 yards out and José Sá has no answer.

Updated at 17.07 CEST

“The Hammers are especially frustrating,” says Kári Tulinius via email. “They look like a good team, with lots of smart movement that sets up interesting passing angles, but when it comes time to pull the trigger, it’s either a pass backwards or to nobody.”

GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace (Mateta 38)

That will not help the mood at the London Stadium. It’s been coming – Jean-Philippe Mateta reacts first at a corner after Marc Guéhi’s header comes off the crossbar.

Updated at 16.56 CEST

West Ham 0-0 Crystal Palace: Not a classic so far. Daichi Kamada has fluffed a golden chance for visitors, heading wide from four yards out.

GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Leeds (Calvert-Lewin 31)

It’s a first Leeds goal for Dominic Calvert-Lewin! He heads in Bogle’s cross as the visitors score their first goal since the opening weekend.

Updated at 17.18 CEST

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Tottenham v Villarreal: Champions League – live

Submitted by daniel on Tue, 16/09/2025 - 18:30

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Tottenham Hotspur’s bonus prize for winning last season’s Europa League begins here. They open their Champions League campaign against the 2021 Europa League winners Villarreal. The two clubs can share their war stories of seeing off Manchester United later, but for now there’s a match to be played. The first meeting of the pair kicks off at 8pm UK time. It’s on!

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West Ham v Tottenham: Premier League – live

Submitted by daniel on Sat, 13/09/2025 - 16:30

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Tottenham attempt to attack early with a long throw into the box, but the ball runs behind for a goal kick.

Kick-off

We’re under way at the London Stadium!

The teams are out. Kick-off is just a few minutes away.

Former West Ham star Mohammed Kudus returns to the London Stadium today for the first time since his £54.5million transfer to Tottenham.

The 25-year-old starts for the visitors.

As always, feel free to email in with any thoughts, feelings or score predictions today. Will Spurs get back to winning ways this evening? Or will the Hammers take all three points?

Today’s Premier League results

Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton

Newcastle 1-0 Wolves

Everton 0-0 Aston Villa

Crystal Palace 0-0 Sunderland

Fulham 1-0 Leeds

Speaking of Levy, take a look at this from David Squires…

Jacob Steinberg

“It will not only be fans of Tottenham looking on with interest when the architects of one of English football’s most astonishing acts of corporate brutality watch life after Daniel Levy begin with a game against rivals where most supporters are waiting for something similar to happen at their club…”

As I briefly mentioned earlier, West Ham have banned half-and-half scarves for today’s match. The move is among a number of increased security measures aimed at preventing away supporters from getting into the home sections at the London Stadium for a potentially volatile match.

A statement on the club website read: “West Ham United would like to make supporters aware that enhanced security measures will be in place for Saturday’s match against Tottenham Hotspur. This includes additional checks at turnstiles, restrictions on half-and-half scarves or items illustrating the colours/crests of both clubs and steps to ensure home areas remain for West Ham United fans only.

“We would like to kindly ask all supporters for patience when entering the stadium to allow our staff to perform these checks, especially during the busiest times in the 45 minutes ahead of kick-off.”

Today marks Tottenham’s first match since Daniel Levy’s sudden departure last week. Head coach Thomas Frank revealed yesterday that he held constructive talks with Spurs’ owners following the chairman’s exit and hopes that he will be given a say in the club’s long-term strategy.

Team news

West Ham starting line-up: Mads Hermansen; Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Max Kilman, El Hadji Malick Diouf; James Ward-Prowse, Mateus Fernandes, Tomáš Souček; Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (C), Lucas Paquetá.

Substitutes: Alphonse Areola, Igor Julio, Callum Wilson, Niclas Füllkrug, Luis Guilherme, Soungoutou Magassa, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Freddie Potts, Andy Irving.

Tottenham starting line-up: Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero (C), Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence; Pape Matar Sarr, Palhinha, Lucas Bergvall; Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Xavi Simons.

Substitutes: Antonín Kinský, Kevin Danso, Richarlison, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ben Davies, Randal Kolo Muani.

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the Premier League clash between West Ham and Tottenham. There is always a buzz around a London derby and this occasion is no different - we even saw half-and-half scarves banned a few days ago, more on that a bit later on.

West Ham go into the match off the back of their first win of the season, a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Meanwhile, Spurs’ last Premier League outing saw them lose 1-0 to Bournemouth at home.

This is bound to be a fiery one. Kick-off is at 5:30pm BST - join me!

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