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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth
Decent chance for Bournemouth as Lewis Cook delivers a great cross but Ryan Christie can't direct his header on target.
Dominic Solanke eats those chances for breakfast, just saying.
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
Wolves make a triple change as Craig Dawson, Chiquinho and Pablo Sarabia come on with Joao Gomes, Rayan Ait-Nour and Jorgen Strand Larsen heading off.
Arsenal also make a change, Declan Rice taken off as a precaution after suffering a bit of cramp. Gabriel Jesus replaces him.
Image source, ReutersNewcastle 1-0 Southampton
Eilidh Barbour
Commentator on Final Score
Southampton keep pressing and keep looking for that equaliser.
Newcastle 1-0 Southampton
Good block by Dan Burn to stop Adam Armstrong getting onto a low cross. Newcastle have been so solid today.
Image source, ReutersNottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth
Double change for Forest. Chris Wood and Callum Hudson-Odoi are replaced by Elliot Anderson and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Newcastle 1-0 Southampton
Teenager Sam Amo-Ameyaw and Carlos Alcaraz replace Kyle Walker-Peters and Jan Bednarek for Southampton.
Two attacking players for two defensive players.
Newcastle 1-0 Southampton
Taylor Harwood-Bellis' long-range effort takes a huge deflection off Dan Burn and loops wide. A load of half-chances for Southampton today. A million blocks.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth
New signing Daniel Jebbison is on for Bournemouth, replacing Dango Ouattara.
There's still a good 20 minutes plus stoppages to go in this one, that's because of a long delay after Danilo picked up a leg injury in the first half.
Image source, Getty ImagesNewcastle 1-0 Southampton
Adam Armstrong, once of Newcastle, shoots and Tino Livramento, once of Southampton, blocks with his knee. It's a Saints corner but comes to nothing.
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
A standing ovation for Bukayo Saka after an excellent performance. He goes off to be replaced by Leandro Trossard.
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
Into the final 10 minutes and Arsenal are looking for a third as Kai Havertz steps inside to open up a bit of space inside the box, but his effort hits a Wolves player.
Everton 0-2 Brighton
Brighton make a switch at the back. Adam Webster is replaced by Lewis Dunk.
Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin is off for Beto.
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New Season, Same old Bukayo Saka. He has been excellent today.
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Everton 0-2 Brighton
Everton can't get out their own half. Brighton are dominating with ironic cheers every time they pass the ball.
No boos from the Everton fans, only silence. What might have been had that early second-half penalty decision stood....
Image source, ReutersNewcastle 1-0 Southampton
Newcastle defender Dan Burn is booked for throwing the ball in the direction of Will Smallbone. Silly thing to do.
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live
Rayan Ait-Nouri gets nowhere near Bukayo Saka yet again and he takes advantage. He cuts inside on his left foot, the whole stadium knows he is going to do that, but instead of using the defender to whip the ball into the far corner he cleverly reverses the finish into the near post.
That is exactly what Arsenal needed, you can feel how the mood has changed in the stadium.
Newcastle 1-0 Southampton
Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis pulls back Alexander Isak by the arms and gets a yellow card.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal 2-0 Wolves
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at the Emirates Stadium
Bukayo Saka has been so good today. Everything he's done has been so sharp and he deserves the goal.
He turns and celebrates with his arms outstretched in front of the crowd as his teammates walk away.
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Bournemouth
Bournemouth make a triple change. Ryan Christie, Justin Kluivert and Julian Araujo come on.
Off go Adam Smith, Alex Scott and Luis Sinisterra.
Back to the action and Antoine Semenyo has another pop. This time his effort is easily saved.
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on Final Score
Its a wonderful finish and we know Saka is such a skilful player.
I blame Ait-Nouri though. You can't let him inside where he is at his strongest.
Image source, Reuters| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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Manager: Julen Lopetegui
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Julen Lopetegui
Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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West Ham have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Aston Villa (W6 D5), a 4-1 loss at Villa Park last season.
Aston Villa are winless in their last nine Premier League away games against West Ham (D5 L4), since a 2-1 victory at Upton Park in April 2011.
West Ham have lost on five of the six occasions they’ve begun a Premier League campaign against a side who finished in the previous season’s top four. The only exception was a 2-0 away win at Arsenal in 2015-16.
West Ham have won their opening Premier League match in just one of the last eight seasons (D1 L6), beating Newcastle 4-2 in 2021-22. Indeed, the Hammers have lost their opening game in the Premier League more often than any other side (15).
Aston Villa have lost their opening Premier League match in each of the last three seasons, conceding 10 goals in these games. They also lost the last time they faced West Ham in their first game, going down 1-0 at Upton Park in 2012-13.
West Ham have conceded at least once in each of their last 18 Premier League games – only once have they had a longer run without a clean sheet in the competition, going 24 games between March and November 2008.
Aston Villa failed to win any of their last four Premier League games in 2023-24 (D2 L2), their longest run without a win under Unai Emery. Indeed, the Spaniard last had a longer run without a league win between May and September 2021 with Villarreal (D4 L1).
This will be Julen Lopetegui’s first game in charge of West Ham. He won his first Premier League game in charge of Wolves (2-1 v Everton), while his last victory in the competition was a home game against Aston Villa (1-0 in May 2023).
West Ham’s new signing Crysencio Summerville was involved in 28 Championship goals last season for Leeds United (19 goals, 9 assists excluding play-offs). Only Southampton’s Adam Armstrong (34) and Blackburn’s Sammie Szmodics (31) were involved in more.
Ollie Watkins is Aston Villa’s highest ever Premier League goalscorer in games played in London, with 13 goals in the capital so far. He has 59 overall in the competition, behind only Gabriel Abgonlahor (74) and Dwight Yorke (60) for the Villans.
