Key events
It was a right-foot finish for the Ukrainian star which we all should have predicted as Brentford has scored first in every league game they have played this season so far.
GOAL: Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford (Yarmolyuk, 10)
Brentford break the deadlock in Birmingham.
Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth, 10 min: Just to correct mistake, Rogers has now been credited with the goal. It flipped back and forth between crediting the England international and an own goal but the Blues man gets it.
Sunderland 0-0 Brighton, 9 min: Roefs has made a great save in Sunderland’s battle against Brighton with the visitors looking the brighter so far this afternoon.
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In the upper tier of the Stretford End, on the far right, in front of the bottom row of seats, can be seen the banner, now restored, post-Manchester City being found guilty of 114 breaches of Premier League financial rules, that denotes “how long” since the team in blue from across town have won any silverware.
It says: “51 years” – a reference to the 1975-76 season when the League Cup was theirs. Doubly cheeky, of course, as this suggests any of the trophies accrued post- the time frame of the charges (2009-18) should not be acknowledged; and, of course, as we stand all those claimed from ‘09-’18 remain City’s. Interesting to note that United have allowed this banner to be put back in place (it was removed after the 2010-11 FA Cup triumph).
All three other 3pm BST games stand at 0-0. Barely a breath between those two.
For that second Chelsea goal, Petrovic had save a chance from Neto but Chelsea recirculated the ball. Palmer was key again in the build-up and Rogers passed it one before Silva got a head to it. Wow.
GOAL STANDS: Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth
Rogers was not offside but I believe it will go down as an own goal by Silva, he looks like he got a head to it. Crazy opening few mintues.
GOAL CHECK: Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth
Was Rogers offside?
Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth (Rogers, 3)
My word, Bournemouth are being smashed.
That is Jordan Henderson’s first goal for Chelsea but the goal was expertly set up by Cole Palmer. He made a great run into the box before laying it back to his England teammate who slotted it home. Great start for the Blues.
Chelsea 1-0 Bournemouth (Henderson 1)
That didn’t take long.
Kick-off
We are underway in the four 3pm BST kick-offs. All of the goals and any other headline news from all of the matches to come.
Ronaldo provisionally suspended by Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo has been provisionally suspended as the Portuguese football federation opened disciplinary proceedings against the 41-year-old after his decision to walk out on the national team.
Ronaldo apologised to supporters on Tuesday while criticising the Portugal coach, Jorge Jesus, and said he would serve any “suspension that is imposed” on him.
Ronaldo gave his account of the dispute that prompted his departure from Copenhagen before Portugal’s Nations League match against Denmark last week.
Today’s later game will see Manchester United host Tottenham and there is pressure for both sides:
There has been quite the dramatic game at the Emirates as Arsenal have clawed a comeback win to seal all three points against Leeds, the reaction to that is here:
A good piece to sink your teeth into here:
The Lionesses beat Greece last night 3-1 in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying play-off and our very own Suzy Wrack has analysed the performance:
Rayo v Athletic suspended
Rayo Vallecano supporters stopped their team’s La Liga match against Athletic Bilbao by throwing paper airplanes and other objects onto the field, forcing the game to be suspended.
The fans, who are unhappy with the management of club owner and president Raúl Martín Presa, forced Saturday’s match to stop in the 13th minute. The stadium announcer said the game would be suspended in the 20th if the protests continued, which they did.
The players and officials left the field and the fans chanted against Presa. It’s Rayo’s first league game of the season in its home ground since city authorities closed the stadium over safety concerns.
Aston Villa v Brentford team news
Aston Villa host Brentford in todays’ Premier League round with supporters feeling positive about the impact from the bench with players such as Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Aston Villa: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Mings, McGinn, Kamara, Buendia, Jackson, Ruggeri, Gomes, Manzambi.
Bench: Bizot, Barkley, Pau, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Wan-Bissaka, Alysson.
Brentford, meanwhile, give a first Premier League start to El Hadji Malick Diouf.
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Schuster, Ajer, Diouf, Lewis-Potter, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Schade, Anthony, Thiago.
Bench: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Van den Berg, Jensen, Ouattara, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Fredrick.
Ipswich Town v Fulham team news
Ipswich Town could propel themselves into the top seven with a win today.
Ipswich Town: Walton, Ouattara, Diop, O’Shea, Davis, Florentino, Lukic, Maeda, Enciso, Philogene, Emersonn.
Bench: Scherpen, Furlong, Greaves, Matusiwa, Palacios, Walle Egeli, Clarke, Akpom, Flemming.
Fulham, meanwhile, have put out a strong team who will push to get themselves out of the relegation zone.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Affengruber, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Charles, King, Bobb, Gonzalo, Iwobi.
Bench: Lecomte, Andersen, Castagne, Larsson, Manuel Angel, Smith Rowe, Palacios, Kevin, Muniz.
Sunderland v Brighton team news
Sunderland are hosting Brighton today and supporters have aired their grieveances at Regis Le Bris’ defensive set up.
Sunderland: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Danso, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Le Fee, Angulo, Isidor.
Bench: Ellborg, Methalie, O’Nien, Alderete, Talbi, Juan Riquelme, Rigg, Fofana, Jocelin.
Brighton, meanwhile, welcome back all of their stars from the international break with a strong line up.
Brighton: Verbruggen, Struijk, Gross, Chema, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Ayari, De Cuyper, Vuskovic.
Bench: Steele, Hadjam, Dunk, Georginio, Promise, Osman, Costinha, O’Riley, Yalcouye.
Chelsea v Bournemouth team news
The teams have been announced for the match at Stamford Bridge. For Chelsea, they start Cole Palmer who has committed his future to the club and Moises Caicedo is back in the team after recovering from injury.
Chelsea: Martinez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Chavarria, Henderson, Caicedo, Neto, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro.
Bench: Penders, Fofana, Gusto, Hato, Palestra, Lavia, Quenda, Estevao, Wellbeck.
For Bournemouth, David Brooks starts with some fans frustrated that Ben Gannon-Doak is on the bench.
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Truffert, Hill, Brooks, Evanilson, Christie, Adams, Silva, Smith, Tavernier, Rayan
Bench: Di Gregorio, Cook, Soler, Gannon-Doak, Diakite, Juanlu, Toth, Jebbison, Rodriguez.
This weekend will be the first time Manchester City have played since the guilty verdict on their Premier League charges. The club deny any wrongdoing and they are appealing the verdict. Manager Enzo Maresca, however, hasn’t confirmed or denied if he will stay if the appeal is unsuccessful, read more here:
Chelsea take on Bournemouth at 3pm BST and earlier today their star man Cole Palmer signed a new deal until 2034.
He said: “Chelsea means a lot to me and I think the club is going in the right direction, so I’m delighted to sign and I’m obviously very happy.
“Speaking to the owners, to the sporting directors and obviously the manager, they gave me a lot of confidence so it was only right to sign.
“Speaking to players as well, everyone has the same ambitions. I feel like we win major trophies here consistently and I want to be a part of that and play a big role in it too.”
Arsenal are currently drawing 0-0 with Leeds and the second half has just begun, you can keep up to date here:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to today’s Premier League clockwatch. The action in the English top-flight has returned after an international break and a game is already underway with Arsenal hosting Leeds, a score update on that game to come shortly.
Fans then have a batch of four 3pm BST kick-offs which we will be updating all of you on here as the goals come in. Those matches are:
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Aston Villa v Brentford
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Ipswich Town v Fulham
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Chelsea v Bournemouth
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Sunderland v Brighton
The team news for those games will be dropping soon and we will bring you that but first up let’s see how Arsenal and Leeds are getting on.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/10/chelsea-v-bournemouth-sunderland-v-brighton-and-more-football-live
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