Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa
Leon Osman
Former Everton and England midfielder on BBC Final Score
Ollie Watkins is so underrated in the air. You would always fancy him in a one versus one, he uses the contact from Emile Smith-Rowe to make space for himself and it is a brilliant header. He had to use the power on the ball to guide it into the net, managed to reach it from behind him to smash it in.
Southampton 2-1 Leicester
Leicester, in scoring with their first shot on target today, maintain their record of netting in every league game this season.
Southampton remain without a clean sheet all campaign.
Newcastle 0-1 Brighton
Image source, PA MediaNewcastle still can't find that equaliser.
Alexander Isak's deflected shot is palmed away by Bart Verbruggen and Bruno Guimaraes' follow-up is blocked by a wall of Brighton defenders.
Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa
Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Final Score
Ollie Watkins was struggling for goalscoring form at the start of the season but that goal shows how good he is. He just used Emile Smith-Rowe's contact on the edge of the six yard box to leap higher and he smashed his header into the back of the net.
Facundo Buonanotte (65 mins)
Image source, ReutersGame changer?
Abdul Fatawu makes a big difference after coming off the bench, beating his man down the right before a low cross which Facundo Buonanotte bundles home from six yards.
A nervy ripple goes around St Mary's.
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Thanks Nacho for pulling Ten Hag out the mire......again. Looks like he's going to get another lucky result to stay in charge longer. Sigh.
Paul
Southampton 2-0 Leicester
Tyler Dibling, 18, looks the real deal.
The winger cuts in from the right, shooting left footed just inside the area to the keeper's near post. Mads Hermansen is down quick to smother that shot.
Southampton 2-0 Leicester
Facundo Buonanotte brings down Mateus Fernandes, and becomes the SEVENTH player booked today.
Five to Southampton, now two for Leicester.
Ipswich Town 0-2 Everton
John Bennett
BBC Final Score at Portman Road
The big talking point here at half-time is the overturned Ipswich penalty. The Ipswich fans aren’t happy of course but there are mixed views in the press box. The VAR explanation was that Clarke clipped McNeil, not the other way round.
Meanwhile I said the words “Michael Keane with a finish like Erling Haaland” live on the Final Score show and I have no regrets. An incredible instinctive strike from a tight angle by the defender. See you if agree with me or decide to ridicule me when you watch the goal on Match of the Day later.
Ollie Watkins (59 mins)
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd from the resulting corner, Aston Villa take the lead!
It just had to be Ollie Watkins who meets the cross at the near post and nods it in against the underside of the bar.
It seems a long time ago since Fulham were awarded a penalty at 1-1.
Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
It's all Villa now. Lucas Digne's wide free-kick eventually falls to Jacob Ramsey whose shot from a tight angle is batted away by Bernd Leno.
Southampton 2-0 Leicester
A first change for the home side, as Ryan Fraser replaces Yuki Sugawara.
That will mean a few players changing position for Southampton - Kyle Walker-Peters to right back, Ryan Manning to left back, and Fraser into left midfield.
Manchester United 1-1 Brentford
Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford
Alejandro Garnacho looks in the mood today.
He had a couple of first-half efforts saved he should have done better with, has scored an outstanding goal and then forced Mark Flekken into a fingertip save.
The stadium is tingling with excitement.
Manchester United need to get the ball to Garnacho.
Ipswich Town 0-2 Fulham
British heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley, fresh from his one-round brutal destruction of Frazer Clarke in Saudi Arabia, is an Ipswich supporter and holding his boxing belts as he speaks to the Portman Road fans.
Can Ipswich show some fight in this second half, or will they tamely throw in the towel?
Bournemouth v Arsenal (17:30 BST)
The headline team news from Bournemouth before Saturday's late game is that Arsenal are without winger Bukayo Saka following the injury he sustained on international duty with England.
Bournemouth have made three changes as they aim to bounce back from defeat to Leicester before the international break, with Alex Scott, Dango Ouattara and Julian Araujo replacing Justin Kluivert, Adam Smith and Ryan Christie - who are all on the bench.
Bournemouth XI: Kepa, Kerkez, Cook, Senesi, Scott, Evanilson, Ouattara, Tavernier, Araujo, Semenyo, Zabarnyi.
Subs: Travers, Huijsen, Brooks, Christie, Adams, Smith, Sinisterra, Kluivert, Unal.
Saka is one of three Arsenal changes, as summer signing Mikel Merino makes his first Premier League start and is joined in the starting 11 by the returning Ben White and Leandro Trossard.
Gabriel Jesus and Jorginho both drop to the bench, alongside Gabriel Martinelli. Kai Havertz is fit to start.
Arsenal XI: Raya, Saliba, White, Partey, Gabriel, Trossard, Merino, Havertz, Sterling, Calafiori, Rice.
Subs: Setford, Jesus, Martinelli, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Kabia, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri.
Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
Pau Torres feeds in Ollie Watkins but again the England forward can't beat Fulham keeper Bernd Leno.
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I'm not sure Steve Copper will last till December. There is any identity with his team. Tactically he is inept and has been very lucky with results so far.
Bups
Southampton 2-0 Leicester City
A second change for the Foxes, and it is an attacking one.
Left back Victor Kristiansen is replaced by winger Abdul Fatawu, who scored a hat-trick against Southampton last season in the Championship.
Manchester United 1-1 Brentford
Chris Sutton
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Man Utd are pummelling Brentford in this second half. We have seen United players chase back and win the ball back.
Where was this fire in the first half? Man Utd have gone up a level in terms of intensity. They have played with ferocity in this second half.
Manchester United 1-1 Brentford
Leon Osman
Former Everton and England midfielder on BBC Final Score
With the state of the game as it was, going behind just before half time, frustrations rising in the team and among the fans, what you want is a quick start to the second half. Get the fans up and go out and be positive. Wonderful reaction from Manchester United.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
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| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
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| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
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| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
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| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
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| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
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| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
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| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
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| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
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| 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
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| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 10 |
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| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 9 |
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| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 8 |
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| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 |
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| 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 4 |
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| 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 1 |
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| 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 1 |
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Manager: Andoni Iraola
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Andoni Iraola
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Bournemouth have lost 11 of their 14 Premier League games against Arsenal, though all three exceptions have been in home games (3-3 in January 2017, 2-1 in January 2018, 1-1 in December 2019).
Since Bournemouth returned to the Premier League in 2022, Arsenal have won all four of their meetings with the Cherries by an aggregate score 13-2, netting 3+ goals each time.
Each of Bournemouth’s last 10 Premier League wins have been against sides in the bottom half of the table. The Cherries are winless in their last 11 against sides in the top half since beating Manchester United 3-0 in December last year (D4 L7).
Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Southampton last time out was their 1,999th top-flight win. Victory here will see them become the second side to reach 2,000, after Liverpool (2,065).
Arsenal are unbeaten in all 10 of their games in all competitions so far this season (W7 D3) – they last had a longer unbeaten run from the start of a campaign in 2007-08 (first 21).
Bournemouth have had more shot ending high turnovers than any other side in the Premier League this season (18), while only three sides have faced fewer such shots than the Cherries (6).
Arsenal have won 10 of their 12 away Premier League games so far in 2024, with their only two failures both coming away against Manchester City (0-0 in March, 2-2 in September).
Bukayo Saka has scored 49 Premier League goals for Arsenal. Aged 23 years and 44 days on the day of this game, a goal against Bournemouth would make him the youngest to net 50 for the club in the competition (11th player overall).
Kai Havertz has been involved in 20 goals in his last 21 Premier League appearances (13 goals, 7 assists). His first goal for Arsenal came in this exact fixture last season, netting a penalty in a 4-0 victory.
No player has more secondary assists (the pass before the assist) in the Premier League this season than Arsenal’s Thomas Partey (3).
