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GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Everton (Son 25)
Heung-min Son nicks the ball off Jordan Pickford’s toe, and it already looks like being a long afternoon for Everton. It already looks like being a long season.
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It’s hotting up at the Women’s Open at St Andrews, by the way. An early bogey for 36-hole leader Nelly Korda, an early birdie for last year’s runner-up Charley Hull, and suddenly the lead at the top is only one. The reigning champion Lilia Vu is hovering, too! Nothing to do with the Premier League football, admittedly, but I’ll be covering the final round live tomorrow afternoon, and I wanted to advertise that while I’ve got your attention. See you tomorrow, then! It’s a date!
-7: Korda (4)
-6: Hull (4)
-5: Shin (8), Vu (4)
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Everton. More from Mary Waltz, who is following events in north London from California. “I am settling in for a long tortuous Everton Match. Spurs have Jordan Pickford under siege. We were already parking the bus before the goal. I know Sean Dyche has few options, we have to play this way, but it is still so depressing. Sigh.”
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GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Ross County (Dessers 18). The Staggies had an early chance, but it’s the hosts who take the lead at Hampden.
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GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Leicester (Smith Rowe 18)
Emile Smith Rowe impressed at Old Trafford last week on debut; now he’s opened his account for his new club on his first outing at Craven Cottage. Speaking of fast starts, those three Manchester City goals came in a three-minute-and-11-second burst.
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GOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Ipswich Town (Haaland 16)
It couldn’t last all right. Erling Haaland already on a hat-trick. Ipswich shouldn’t have made them angry.
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GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Ipswich Town (De Bruyne 14)
Nope, it couldn’t last. Arijanet Muric faffs around with the ball at his feet. Savinho strips him of possession and sets up another goal.
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GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Everton (Bissouma 14)
It had been all Spurs in N17 from the get-go. Jordan Pickford had already made a couple of big saves. He can’t rescue the Toffees a third time. Yves Bissouma gives the hosts a deserved early lead.
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GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Ipswich Town (Haaland 12 pen)
It couldn’t last. Savinho nips past Leif Davis, who was given the runaround by Mohamed Salah last weekend, and now nicks his opponent on the heel. Penalty, and Erling Haaland slots it without fuss.
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Manchester City 0-1 Ipswich Town. Some full debut for the former Blackburn striker Sammie Szmodics, who rolls the ball home slowly, dramatically. He scored 33 goals last season for Rovers in the Championship, and doesn’t look like stopping in the Premier League.
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Updated at 16.26 CEST
GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 Ipswich Town (Szmodics 7)
Now then.
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FULL TIME: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester United. “Scott, morning greetings from California.” Morning Mary Waltz. “United lost to Brighton. ‘Shocking’, the familiar reaction from pundits and outrage from the United fan base. Why is anyone surprised? This is how mid-table clubs perform. And this has been MU’s form for the last few years. Win some, lose some, not ‘shocking’ at all.”
The comments section under the match report is ticking over nicely, you’ll be unsurprised to hear.
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A couple of early goals in the Championship. Ebou Adams has given Derby a second-minute lead at Watford, while Christian Saydee has done the same thing for Portsmouth at Middlesbrough. But the most impressive second-minute goal of the day has been scored by Jack Turner for Queen’s Park at Airdrie, impressive because news of it came through just before the clock ticked over to 3.01pm. Some sort of time portal discovered in North Lanarkshire?
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It’s Saturday 3pm! Whistles ring out all across the land. Here we go, then.
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FULL TIME: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester United. Jonathan Wilson was at the Amex this lunchtime to witness Brighton, who have now won five of their last six league meetings with United, get yet another slice of revenge for the 1983 FA Cup final. Here’s his verdict.
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Let us repair to Scotland, where Simon McMahon awaits. “Hello Scott! Hello Clockwatchers! Dundee United v St Johnstone at Tannadice today. United, with draws in their opening two league games, are unchanged after their victory over St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup last week, meaning another start in midfield for Kevin De Bruyne Holt. A win would see Jim Goodwin’s men leapfrog their visitors into the top six, and dreaming of Europe. Hey, it’s still August, so dreams are allowed, right? Today’s other SPL fixtures include Rangers v Ross County and Hibs v Dundee.”
It’s not the last we’ll hear of Simon today, I’ll be bound.
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There’s also an early batch of results in from the Championship …
Bristol City 1-1 Coventry City
Hull City 0-0 Millwall
QPR 1-1 Plymouth
… and League One …
Burton Albion 0-0 Stevenage
Stockport County 2-0 Bristol Rovers
… and finally League Two.
Crewe 0-0 Swindon
Tranmere 1-0 Walsall
That’s a decent draw for Plymouth, partly because they lost their last away fixture 4-0, at Sheffield Wednesday, but mainly because they ended today’s game at Loftus Road with just nine men on the pitch.
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FULL TIME: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester United. The first Premier League result of the day is in. Joao Pedro’s injury-time winner makes it two out of two for Fabian Hürzeler. Brighton keep pulling managerial geniuses out of the hat.
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Team news: Spurs v Everton
Wilson Odobert, box fresh from Burnley, makes his Tottenham debut. Everton also have a debutant in their ranks, Roman Dixon (19) replacing the suspended Ashley Young (39) at the back.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison, Johnson, Son, Odobert.
Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Richarlison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Spence, Sarr, Davies.
Everton: Pickford, Dixon, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Gueye, Harrison, Doucoure, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Holgate, Ndiaye, Beto, O’Brien, Maupay, Lindstrom, Metcalfe, Armstrong.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).
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Updated at 15.10 CEST
Team news: Saints v Forest
Southampton are unchanged. Nikola Milenkovic and Elliot Anderson make their full debuts for Forest.
Southampton: McCarthy, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Armstrong, Brereton Diaz.
Subs: Lumley, Bree, Fernandes, Archer, Taylor, Edozie, Ugochukwu, Amo-Ameyaw, Dibling.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Sangare, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Carlos Miguel, Awoniyi, Omobamidele, Toffolo, Moreira, Jota Silva, Yates, Boly, Dominguez.
Referee: Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire).
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Updated at 15.14 CEST
Team news: Man City v Ipswich
Ilkay Gundogan is back, and he’s on the City bench. Sammie Szmodics, who came on late against Liverpool last weekend, makes his full Ipswich debut.
Manchester City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovacic, Savio, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Matheus Luiz, Kabore, McAtee.
Ipswich Town: Muric, Johnson, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Hutchinson, Morsy, Luongo, Szmodics, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Edmundson, Chaplin, Harness, Cajuste, Taylor, Burgess, Al Hamadi, Townsend.
Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire).
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Updated at 15.12 CEST
Team news: Fulham v Leicester
Both teams are unchanged. New-signing news: Fulham set aside Sander Berge and Joachim Andersen for another day, but Leicester name Jordan Ayew on the bench.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Castagne, Stansfield, Sessegnon.
Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen, Winks, Ndidi, Fatawu, Buonanotte, De Cordova-Reid, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Okoli, Mavididi, Choudhury, Ayew, Ricardo Pereira, Skipp, Soumare, McAteer.
Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire).
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Updated at 15.10 CEST
Team news: Crystal Palace v West Ham
Chadi Riad makes his debut for Crystal Palace. West Ham start with the same XI that began the home defeat to Aston Villa.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Guehi, Riad, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Edouard, Eze, Mateta.
Subs: Johnstone, Ward, Holding, Sarr, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Doucoure, Ahamada.
West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soucek, Lucas Paqueta, Kudus, Antonio.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Alvarez, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka.
Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside).
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Updated at 15.11 CEST
Preamble
Welcome to our hopefully goal-littered coverage of today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. Four delicately poised games – Ipswich Town are 18s this afternoon – for your pleasure.
Crystal Palace v West Ham United
Fulham v Leicester City
Manchester City v Ipswich Town
Southampton v Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
Team news coming right up!
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