FT: Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal: Trossard opens scoring with first touch, Partey doubles lead
FT: Brighton 2-1 Man Utd: Welbeck gives Brighton lead against old club, Diallo levels before late Joao Pedro goal
FT: Palace 0-2 West Ham: Soucek & Bowen for visitors
FT: Fulham 2-1 Leicester: Smith Rowe & Iwobi earn Fulham win
FT: Spurs 4-0 Everton: Son double for hosts, Romero & Bissouma
FT: Man City 4-1 Ipswich: Haaland hat-trick for champions
FT: Southampton 0-1 Forest: Gibbs-White scores for visitors
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Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
Danny Welbeck gets a standing ovation as he is replaced by Julio Enciso. Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire have been replaced by Scott McTominay and new signing Matthijs de Ligt.
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Mark Warburton
Former Nottingham Forest boss on BBC Radio 5 Live
A tremendous game to watch for the neutral.
It's end-to-end here with both teams having good chances and both teams attacking with intent.
Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
It started off slowly but this game has really come alive. Disallowed goals, the bar has been rattled...and there is still time for a winner.
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I have no words.
Nathan, baffled Red, Manchester
Tottenham v Everton (15:00 BST)
Winger Wilson Odobert has been handed his debut by Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou as he makes three changes to side which drew 1-1 at Leicester City in their opening game.
Odobert joined Spurs from Burnley for £25m earlier this month.
Dejan Kulusevski and Yves Bissouma are also given their first starts of the season. Striker Dominic Solanke and midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur both miss out through injury while Pape Sarr drops to the bench.
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Udogie, Van de Ven, Romero, Porro, Johnson, Bissouma, Maddison, Odobert, Son, Kulusevski.
Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Richarlison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Spence, Sarr, Davies.
Image source, BBC SportEverton manager Sean Dyche makes one changes from the side which lost 3-0 to Brighton at Goodison Park last weekend.
Ashley Young is suspended so 19-year-old defender Roman Dixon makes his debut for the Toffees.
Everton XI: Pickford, Dixon, Mykolenko, Keane, Tarkowski, Dixon, Gueye, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Doucoure, Harrison, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Holgate, Ndiaye, Beto, O'Brien, Maupay, Lindstrom, Metcalfe, Armstrong.
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Kieffer Sutton: That’s the most Man United disallowed goal you will ever see
Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
Mark Chapman
Presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live
They made a right mess of that Man Utd.
Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
NO GOAL!
The ball did hit Joshua Zirkzee, who was offside, before it crossed the line.
It's back to 1-1.
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HANG ON!
Is that going to be chalked off? Did the ball come off Joshua Zirkzee - who was offside - before it crossed the line?
VAR has a decision to make.
Southampton v Nottingham Forest (15:00 BST)
Southampton are unchanged from the side who were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Newcastle in their first fixture back in the Premier League last weekend.
New signing Cameron Archer came off the bench in the defeat at St James' Park last Saturday.
Southampton XI: McCarthy, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Armstrong, Brereton Diaz.
Subs: Lumley, Taylor, Bree, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling, Edozie, Amo-Ameyaw, Archer.
Image source, BBC SportNuno Espirito Santo has made two changes to the Nottingham Forest side who drew 1-1 with Bournemouth in their opening day fixture last Saturday.
New signings Nikola Milenkovic and Elliot Anderson come into the starting XI for Willy Boly and the injured Danilo.
Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Sangare, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Miguel, Awoniyi, Omobamidele, Toffolo, Dominguez, Jota, Da Silva Moreira, Yates, Boly.
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Alejandro Garnacho
Manchester United have turned it around!
Brighton are carved open at the back and substitute Alejandro Garnacho scores from an angle.
Incredible scenes.
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Liz Tray: Classic modern Utd performance. Absolutely terrible, should be 2-0 down after Welbeck missed a virtually open goal, a deeply lucky own goal, and now they'll probably win. You can get away with it, but you can't actually win the PL playing this way.
Crystal Palace v West Ham (15:00 BST)
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner makes three changes to the Eagles side that started last weekend’s defeat at Brentford.
Debutant Chadi Riad, Jefferson Lerma and Odsonne Edouard come in, replacing Daichi Kamada, Will Hughes and Joachim Andersen, who joined Fulham on Friday.
Defender Marc Guehi captains the side on his 100th Premier League appearance for the club.
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Riad, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Edouard, Eze, Mateta.
Subs: Johnstone, Ward, Holding, Sarr, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Doucoure, Ahamada.
Image source, BBC SportJulen Lopetegui keeps faith with the West Ham team that lost 2-1 at home to Aston Villa last Saturday.
Fit-again Edson Alvarez is on the bench, as are summer signings Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Fullkrug, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
West Ham XI: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soucek, Paqueta, Kudus, Antonio.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Alvarez, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka.
Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
We've reached the midway point of the second half. This is delicately poised. Will there be a winner? Much better by Manchester United who are looking the more likely to score again.
Fulham v Leicester (15:00 BST)
Fulham boss Marco Silva names an unchanged side to the one that fell to a late 1-0 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford last week.
Neither of the Cottagers' big signings from this week - Sander Berge or Joachim Andersen - make the bench.
Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Muniz, Adama, Iwobi, Pereira, Lukic, Diop, Smith Rowe, Robinson.
Subs: Benda, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Castagne, Stansfield, Sessegnon.
Steve Cooper also goes with the same Leicester team that clinched a 1-1 draw with Tottenham on Monday.
Jordan Ayew, who joined the Foxes on Friday, is named among the substitutes.
Leicester XI: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Ndidi, Fatawu, Winks, Vardy, Decordova-Reid, Kristiansen, Vestergaard, Buonanotte.
Subs: Ward, Okoli, Mavididi, Choudhury, Ayew, Pereira, Skipp, Soumare, McAteer.
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Another tough game for Rashford. Unlucky with that early goal being disallowed but he just looks like he lacks confidence.
Jack, St Albans
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An ambitious attempt from Casemiro from outside the box and out wide. It doesn't dip enough.
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Channelling my inner Tom from the first half.... 88th minute Utd winner incoming!
Tim
Brighton 1-1 Man Utd
Manchester United have the momentum and now they're sending on Alejandro Garnacho for Marcus Rashford.
Man City v Ipswich (15:00 BST)
Gary Rose
BBC Sport at Etihad Stadium
Ilkay Gundogan is named on the Manchester City bench following his return to the club from Barcelona.
Savinho is fit enough to start for Pep Guardiola's side, making his home debut for the champions.
Man City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Savinho, Doku, Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Nunes, Kabore, McAtee
For Ipswich, summer signing Sammie Szmodics makes his full debut, while Liam Delap starts against his former club.
Ben Johnson also makes his first start after coming off the bench against Liverpool last weekend, while goalkeeper Arijanet Muric is fit enough to start after missing the opening defeat because of a calf injury.
Ipswich XI: Muric, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Johnson, Szmodics, Hutchinson, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Walton, Edmundson, Burgess, Townsend, Cajuste, Taylor, Harness, Chaplin, Al-Hamadi
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
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| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
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| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
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Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Unai Emery
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Aston Villa did the double over Arsenal last season, accounting for 40% of the Gunners’ Premier League defeats (2/5). They’ve beaten Arsenal in three consecutive Premier League meetings twice before – November 1993 and February 2021.
Arsenal have won 14 away Premier League games against Aston Villa, with those 14 wins at Villa Park their joint most at a single away venue in the competition (also 14 at Selhurst Park).
Aston Villa have won five of their last nine Premier League meetings with Arsenal (L4), keeping a clean sheet each time. It’s as many wins as they’d managed in their previous 46 against the Gunners (D14 L27).
Arsenal have scored 98 Premier League goals against Aston Villa, only netting more against Everton (124), West Ham (109) and Tottenham (105). Only Liverpool and Manchester United (5 opponents each) have netted 100+ Premier League goals against more different sides.
Aston Villa are looking to win their opening two Premier League matches in a season for a fourth time, also doing so in 1995-96, 1999-00 and 2020-21.
Arsenal have won eight of their nine Premier League away games so far in 2024 (D1), scoring 28 goals, conceding three and keeping seven clean sheets. Indeed, the Gunners have kept 21 away clean sheets over the last two seasons (10 in 2022-23, 11 in 2023-24), more than they had in the four previous campaigns combined (20).
Aston Villa are the only side to beat Arsenal in the Premier League in 2024, winning 2-0 in April. The Gunners have won 17 of 19 games this calendar year (D1 L1); in Football League history, the most wins by a side in their first 20 matches in a year is 18, won by Liverpool in 1982 and Man City in both 2019 and 2021.
Since February 17 when Arsenal beat Burnley 5-0, no player in the Premier League has more goals and assists combined than Kai Havertz (10 goals, 7 assists). However, Havertz is yet to score or assist in seven games against Aston Villa, the most he has faced an opponent without doing so.
Among all Premier League players with 5+ goals, Aston Villa’s Jhon Durán has the second-best minutes per goal ratio (six goals, one every 103 mins), behind only Erling Haaland (one every 85 mins). Five of his six goals have been as a sub (83%), the second-highest ratio by a player in Premier League history (min. 5 goals), behind Matt Derbyshire, who scored nine of his 10 goals as a sub.
Bukayo Saka has been on the winning side in 99 of his 171 Premier League games for Arsenal. Victory here will see him become the fourth player to win 100 in the competition before turning 23 after Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fàbregas and Phil Foden.
