Arsenal are aiming to keep the pressure on leaders Liverpool at the top as they take on Southampton Arsenal 0 Southampton 0Brentford 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1Leicester City 1 Bournemouth 0Manchester City 0 Fulham 0West Ham United 1 Ipswich Town 1 Latest updates 3:21PM
Brentford 2 Wolves 1 You don’t save those. A fine penalty from Bryan Mbuemo into the bottom right corner, 20 minutes in, and Brentford are back in front.
Wolves defender Mario Lemina had his arms around goalscorer Nathan Collins’ neck and VAR adjudged it was a penalty. Looking back, a clear foul.
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Leicester City 1 Bournemouth 0 A second of the season for Facundo Buonanotte, and it’s a peach. He cut inside from the right on his left foot, beat two hapless Bournemouth defenders and slotted it into the roof of the net. It was coming too, after good pressure from the home side.
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A familiar story for West Ham fans Julen Lopetegui named an unchanged West Ham team from the side that drew at Brentford last week. After three straight home defeats at the start of the season the Spaniard needed a win. Antonio’s goal should have settled them – but Alphonse Areola will be disappointed that Liam Delap’s shot crept past him for the equaliser. So the London Stadium is still very edgy this afternoon.
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Drama-filled start at Brentford It took 18 seconds too long but – yet again – what a start for Brentford! Their fans were singing “we’re going to score in a minute,” and they almost did. First attack and a well worked goal for the Bees which came from the right-hand side and resulted in Nathan Collins thundering a header beyond Sam Johnstone. Unbelievable!
But therein lies the problem for Thomas Frank – Wolves are level already. This time it was Wolves’ who broke down the right-hand side and Nelson Semedo who pulled the ball back for fans’ favourite Matheus Cunha. He didn’t connect cleanly, but well enough to find the far corner. You can’t take your eyes off this one.
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Havertz hits it over the bar Arsenal are pushing hard at the Emirates. Kai Havertz comes close, putting Southampton under pressure.
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West Ham 1 Ipswich 1 And Ipswich have levelled, courtesy of Liam Delap, six minutes into the game. He did well from a corner, gathering the ball, heading out of the box, turning and hitting it into the bottom corner.
They are the stalemate kings of the Premier League, with four in their first six games. Plenty of time to change that stat this afternoon.
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Brentford 1 Wolves 1 But Wolves have already levelled after the trademark breathless start from Brentford. Matheus Cunha strikes from near the penalty spot – not the cleanest hit, but it loops past Flekken into the right corner. Phew, what a flying start in west London.
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West Ham 1 Ipswich Town 0 Michail Antonio nets in the very first minute for West Ham. Weak defending from Leicester City, and he tapped a low ball in past Muric. A dream start for the Londoners.
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Brentford 1 Wolves 0 Surprise, surprise, Brentford are up early doors… but scoring after 77 seconds, it wasn’t quite inside the first minute, as they have done often this season. Still, they won’t be complaining. Nathan Collins rises at the front post to nod in the opener.
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Kick-off around the country The five 3pm matches in the Premier League are about to kick off.
Aaron Ramsdale greeted a few familiar old faces in the tunnel at the Emirates. How he would love to put in a sublime performance at the Emirates after being usurped between the sticks by David Raya in north London.
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Arsenal’s fearsome front four will test Southampton How will Southampton deal with Arsenal’s attacking firepower today? Mikel Arteta has selected a formidable front four of Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling. Between them, those four players have 279 goals and 158 assists in the Premier League.
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Guardiola and Marco Silva speak ahead of Man City v Fulham Talking to Sky Sports News before kick-off, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: “Marcos is already there, they know what to do. They’re a physical team, they know the pattern, they play really well. We spoke about how tough it will be today.”
Fulham are on a five-match unbeaten run, their best in the league since 2020.
”The boys deserve all the credit,” said Fulham manager Marco Silva. “The new ones [too], for how they’ve settled in. We have been performing well, improving game by game. It’s been a very good start, but it’s just six games. We need to improve every single game and be ready for the challenge, like this afternoon against City.”
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Bournemouth’s Lewis Cook could be Premier League’s most under-rated player After avoiding what appeared an inevitable points deduction, Leicester City are still waiting for lift-off.
Like fellow promoted clubs Ipswich and Southampton, Leicester are yet to win in the league and there is already some scrutiny on head coach Steve Cooper.
This visit of Bournemouth will not be easy, but Cooper could sorely do with a victory before the international break to ease some of the tension around the King Power Stadium.
Andoni Iraola is back in the technical area after a recent ban, but he must have enjoyed the view on Monday night in the first-half when his team ripped Southampton apart.
Antoine Semenyo has three goals and one assist already this season, while Lewis Cook gets my vote for most under-rated player in the Prem.
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“It’s normal” to be under pressure says Lopetegui after losing first three home games It’s a rocky start to life at West Ham for Julen Lopetegui in east London. The team have lost their first three home Premier League matches for the first time.
Asked about whether there was pressure on his team to take a first win at the London Stadium in his pre-match press conference, he said: “It’s normal because we want to win at home and we haven’t done that until now. We have not lost away but it is not enough – we want more.”
In fairness, West Ham have played Manchester City, Aston Villa and Chelsea at home too. No easy opponents in there.
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Arteta reflects on Ramsdale’s time at Arsenal In his pre-match press conference, Mikel Arteta spoke highly of returning Aaron Ramsdale. “I called him straight away when I got the news [of his transfer] and he was really happy,” he said. “He is a player that we loved a lot, very charismatic and he really put his fingerprints here on the club with the way that he was. It’ll be very good to see him.”
He admitted it was difficult to let him go: “He won the respect and admiration of all of us. Then the circumstances changed because this is elite sport and that can happen. It was difficult to deal with that situation in a natural way so we decided to part ways and hopefully he is grateful as well.”
There might be a hug between the two at full time, but the Spaniard will be hoping his former goalkeeper doesn’t deny them a goal before that.
Shown during the pre-match warm-up, Aaron Ramsdale plays in goal for Southampton against his old club, Arsenal. Reuters/Dylan Martinez 2:29PM
Ramsdale returns to his old club Good afternoon from the Emirates Stadium, where Aaron Ramsdale is making his return to Arsenal after his summer move to Southampton. It will be interesting to see what kind of reception he gets. He was very popular during his time here and there was a lot of sympathy for him when David Raya came into the club last summer.
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Four first-minute goals in a row for Brentford? Surely not… There had never been three Premier League games in a row where the same team had scored in the first minute. Can Thomas Frank’s breathtaking Brentford starters make it four on the bounce? As expected, Christian Norsgaard returns at defensive midfield.
Brentford: Flekken, Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Ajer, Schade, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Janelt, Lewis-Potter, Mbeumo.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmoliuk, Meghoma, Konak, Trevitt, Roerslev, Kim.
For beleaguered Gary O’Neill and bottom-of-the-table Wolves, there are two changes. Centre-back Craig Dawson recovers from illness and Santiago Bueno drops to the bench. Carlos Forbs, on loan from Ajax, makes his first Premier League start in place of Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
Wolves: Johnstone, Nelson Semedo, Dawson, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, Lemina, Joao Gomes, Cunha, Forbs, Strand Larsen.
Subs: Sa, Doherty, S. Bueno, Doyle, Gomes, Sarabia, Bellegarde, Hwang, Guedes.
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Jordan Ayew starts for Leicester; Kluivert in for Bournemouth Smooth midfield operator Jordan Ayew starts in place of Harry Winks in Leicester City’s only change. Manager Steve Cooper had suggested there were some doubts over the England-capped player’s fitness earlier in the week. In-form Jamie Vardy has scored seven in 14 games against Bournemouth during his career, he may well fancy his chances of another this afternoon.
Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen, Ndidi, Ayew, Skipp, Buonanotte, Vardy, Mavididi.
Subs: Pereira, Coady, Winks, Fatawu, El Khannouss, De Cordova-Reid, Edouard, Soumare, Ward.
Just the one tinker for Bournemouth, as Justin Kluivert comes in for Antoine Semenyo in attack. The South Coast side could make it two on the bounce in the Premier League.
Bournemouth: Kepa, Smith, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Tavernier, Semenyo, Kluivert, Evanilson.
Subs: Brooks, Scott, Ouattara, Araujo, Huijsen, Unal, Sinsiterra, Hull Travers.
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West Ham unchanged as they chase three points against Ipswich Julen Lopetegui goes with the same starters who drew at Brentford last weekend, though Edson Alvarez is back on the bench.
West Ham: Areola, Emerson, Kilman, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Rodriguez, Kudus, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Coufal, Mavropanos, Soler, Summerville, Alvarez, Guilherme, Ings.
There are two changes for Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich from their last Premier League match. Wes Burns slots into the line up while full-back Ben Johnson, signed on a free transfer after departing West Ham this summer, plays too. After spending 17 years with the east London club, don’t expect a celebration if he scores.
Ipswich Town: Muric, Davis, Greaves, O’Shea, Johnson, Phillips, Morsy, Clarke, Hutchinson, Burns, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Clarke, Townsend, Taylor, Szmodics, Woolfenden, Ogbene, Chaplin, Hirst.
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Sterling and Gabriel Jesus get first league starts for Arsenal Team news from the Emirates: there are three changes from the Arsenal side that beat Leicester 4-2. On-loan Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus make their first Premier League starts of the season, while Jorginho also comes in. Trossard and Martinelli are on the bench. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 28 home games against Southampton.
Meanwhile, Russell Martin has made four changes, bringing Joe Aribo, Ross Stewart, Kyle Walker-Peters and Ryan Manning into the starting XI.
Arsenal: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Jorginho, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Sterling, Jesus.
Subs: Neto, Lewis-Skelly, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Merino, Nwaneri, Martinelli, Trossard, Butler-Oyedeji.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Sugawara, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Walker-Peters, Downes, Manning, Aribo, Dibling, Fernandes, Stewart.
Subs: McCarthy, Bree, Taylor, Lallana, Ugochukwu, Brereton Diaz, Armstrong, Archer, Onuachu.
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One change for Man City, as Foden replaces Walker There’s one change from the draw against Newcastle for the reigning champions, as Phil Foden slots in for Kyle Walker. That ought to mean that Rico Lewis moves to right-back. Erling Haaland leads the line, looking to add to his ten league goals.
For Fulham, the only amendment is Sander Berge coming in for Emile Smith Rowe for his first league start since joining from Burnley in the summer.
Man City: Ederson, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovacic, Gundogan, Silva, Grealish, Foden, Haaland.
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Stones, Doku, Savinho, Nunes, McAtee.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Robinson, Lukic, Iwobi, Berge, Pereira, Traore, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Castagne, Diop, Reed, Cairney, Wilson, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Muniz.
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Premier League preview: Arsenal and Man City seek to maintain pressure on Liverpool Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the five matches kicking off at 3pm in the Premier League.
Arsenal are seeking to keep up the pressure on Premier League leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta has reasons to be optimistic: they are unbeaten so far, while opponents Southampton come to the Emirates Stadium on the back of their joint-worst start to a top-flight campaign, having only taken a point so far. The home side will be looking to get the job done a lot more comfortably than they did last weekend against Leicester City, mind.
Manchester City will also line up against Fulham full of confidence. They’ve enjoyed 16 consecutive wins on the bounce against the Londoners, the longest recorded by a league side against another. Kevin De Bruyne remains unavailable, but there are no new injury issues for Pep Guardiola’s team. He will be hoping to show that last weekend’s 1-1 draw away to a buoyant Newcastle was a brief winless blip.
Sixth-placed Fulham will be no pushovers though, unbeaten in five matches and enjoying one of their best starts to a Premier League season.
West Ham host Ipswich Town, looking to stop the rot under Julen Lopetegui and move up to mid-table. Fourteenth plays fifteenth and if you’re a betting person, the smart money might well be one point after four draws in the first six matches for Kieran McKenna’s side. The Londoners are still without striker Niclas Fullkrug, getting over a calf problem, while Ipswich will miss midfielder Jens Cajuste, suffering with a knee injury.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are at the bottom of the table, yet to record their first win. Manager Gary O’Neill is under fire and will be looking to change the record away to Brentford. Stopping the Premier League season’s rapid starters from scoring inside the first 60 seconds, as they have done in half their games so far, will be the first test. The west Londoners welcome defensive midfielder Christian Norsgaard back after a two-match absence.
Another team yet to register three points are Steve Cooper’s Leicester City, hovering just above the relegation zone. They have only won one of their last dozen matches against Bournemouth, who would move into the top half with a win. Goals seem likely: Leicester have faced the most shots (114) of any Premier League side this season.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are a goal to the good at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace in the early kick-off, thanks to a smart Diego Jotas finish. You can follow Kieran Crichard’s live coverage here.
Teams news for the five 3pm (GMT) kick-offs to come shortly.