Key events
Half-time in the Championship
Bolton 1-1 Bristol City
Burnley 0-0 Portsmouth
Middlesbrough 2-0 Charlton
Millwall 3-0 Derby
Southampton 1-0 QPR
Swansea 3-0 Blackburn
West Ham 1-1 West Brom
Wolves 2-0 Cardiff
Half-time in the Premier League
Bournemouth 1-0 Leeds
Brentford 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Coventry 2-0 Sunderland
Hull 0-1 Ipswich
Manchester City 0-1 Brighton
In League Two, league leaders Salford are 1-0 down against Exeter, Sonny Cox putting the Grecians ahead. Ten-man Rotherham so far are hanging on against Swindon.
Talking of Boro, Will Lankshear has made it 2-0 against Charlton. That’s his 12th fo the season.
Swansea have scored a quickfire double to take a 3-0 lead against Blackburn. The Swans are flying high in the Championship, sitting second just behind Boro.
Goal! Coventry 2-0 Sunderland (Awoniyi 37)
Awoniyi robs O’Nien in the Sunderland half and just goes at the heart of the Black Cats defence before finding the bottom corner with a bit of a scruffy finish, great goal though.
Jarrod Bowen has equalised for West Ham against the Baggies, the England international drives in from the right and hits a low shot at the near post which sneaks past O’Leary in the West Brom goal.
Goal! Bournemouth 1-0 Leeds (Evanilson 31)
Horror show from James Trafford, he gifts it to Justin Kluivert from a goal kick, allow the Dutchman to square for Evanilson for the easiest goal he will get all season.
Goal! Brentford 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Milenković 30 OG)
Dango Ouattara does really well on right and gets to the byline, his cross is deflected off Nikola Milenković and wrong-foots Mats Sels to give the home side the lead.
In League One, Wigan have come from 1-0 down to lead 2-1 against Bromley, while Stevenage have equalised against Leicester.
Goal! Hull 0-1 Ipswich (Florentino Luis 22)
Wow, that is some finish from Florentino Luis. The Ipswich midfielder is slipped in by Abdoul Ouattara and the Portuguese powers his shot into the roof of the net.
Another Championship update, Felix Myhre has given West Brom a 1-0 lead at the London Stadium, it’s Bolton 1-1 Bristol City, Millwall are 3-0 up against Derby and Middlesbrough have taken the lead against Charlton.
Goal! Coventry 1-0 Sunderland (Sakamoto 17)
Great strike from Sakamoto as the ball falls to him on the edge of the box and he sweeps it home with his left foot. Sunderland seemingly undone by one long ball upfield.
Deeper mire for Derby, Lisbie has his second for Millwall, 2-0 there. Elsewhere in the Championship, Southampton have taken the lead against QPR, Swansea are 1-0 up against Blackburn and Wolves have already struck twice without reply against Cardiff.
11min: VAR check on a goal for Dominic Calvert-Lewin at the Vitality, the Leeds bundled it in from close range but it’s come off his bicep. That’s not going to stand.
Goal! Manchester City 0-1 Brighton (Ayari 11)
Dunk pings the ball out to Gomez who sweeps in a low cross, it ricochets off De Cuyper and falls to Ayari, who can’t miss. Brighton’s third goal at the Etihad this week.
In League Two, Accrington are 1-0 up against Northampton, Walsall have taken the lead at Colchester, while Gillingham are in front Shrewsbury. Jili Buyabu has earned an early birth at the County Ground, do they have baths? Rotherham now facing an uphill battle against Swindon.
Millwall 1-0 Derby
The Rams are in deep trouble, with just one win so far this season in the Championship and now they have gone down early at the Den. Kyrell Lisbie with the opener.
A couple more League One goals to fill you in on, MK Dons have gone 1-0 up against Doncaster and Luton are a goal to the good on the road at Luton.
Leicester 1-0 Stevenage
Sammy Braybrooke has given the home side an early lead at the King Power. The Foxes are picking up their form after a shaky start to the season.
Peeeeeep!
We are underway in the 3pm kick-offs.
The teams are coming out and we are moments away from kick-off around the grounds.
Jacob Steinberg
Get ready for another week of agonising over the sorry state of Manchester United. The legends of old will rage, clips of a fuming Gary Neville will fly around social media, the airwaves will reverberate with complaints from angry supporters and by the time United play again there is every chance a new manager will be in the dugout.
There were echoes of Erik ten Hag’s final game in charge as the walls closed in on Michael Carrick at Stamford Bridge. United missed a series of golden chances when the scores were level, just as they did when Ten Hag lost to West Ham a day before his sacking two years ago, and Chelsea made the most of the reprieve after initially delivering a performance so bad it had you worrying for the nascent Xabi Alonso project.
Read Jacob’s rull report from Stamford Bridge:
It’s all over at Stamford Bridge, Lisandro Martínez earned a moronic red card as Manchester United failed to build on a positive first half to lose 2-0. Scott Murray has the reaction:
Nottingham Forest are a strange proposition. Lots of quality players but they’ve only won one Premier League game so far this season. They’ve only conceded 10 goals – an Oliver Glasner trademark is defensive organisation – but Liam Delap is yet to fire and today they face another well-organised defence in Brentford. Every chance Forest start November in the bottom three, a position which has typically cost the manager his job. Forest fans, what do you make of the season so far?
Will Unwin
I am at the big one.
Amid a hectic day in the Premier League, I find myself sat at the AIG Stadium, the home of League Two leaders Salford City. There is not a cloud in the sky and it is unseasonably warm in Greater Manchester where the Ammies are aiming to secure an eighth straight league win. David Beckham and Gary Neville are part of the ownership and there is plenty of ambition to move up the leagues, despite having the fourth-lowest average attendance.
Former Ange Postecoglou assistant Peter Cklamovski is in charge of Salford and is redefining their style. They suffered a bumpy start, losing their first three games but they have found their way under the Australian coach and few would back against them winning the league come May.
This is one of the most pathetic episodes in Premier League history. We’re so over if clubs are taking legal action over some comments on a podcast, get a grip.
Team news: Hull v Ipswich
Hull XI: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy, Iroegbunam, Belloumi, Giles, Slater, McBurnie, Stroud.
Subs: Phillips, Morita, Gelhardt, McNair, Norton-Cuffy, Herrington, Crooks, Mouzakitis, Cho.
Ipswich XI: Walton, Diop, Ouattara, Palacios, Luis, O’Shea, Enciso, Davis, Emersonn, Fatawu, Philogene.
Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Greaves, Matusiwa, Núñez, Maeda, Clarke, Akpom, Flemming.
Team news: Coventry v Sunderland
Coventry XI: Rushworth, van Ewijk, Mfuni, Pinnock, Dasilva, Yirenkyi, Torp, Sakamoto, Rudoni, Gboho, Awoniyi.
Subs: Bentley, Kesler-Hayden, Latibeaudiere, Grimes, Mason-Clark, Hamer, Simms, Thomas-Asante, Cherif.
Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, O’Nien, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Angulo, Rigg, Le Fée, Brobbey.
Subs: Ellborg, Danso, Methalie, Meunier, Ahoka, Talbi, Isidor, Ta Bi, Fofana.
Team news: Brentford v Nottingham Forest
Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Sangare, Janelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Schade, Thiago.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Collins, Diouf, Schuster, Damsgaard, Wilson, Anthony, Nunes.
Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Cunha, Milenković, Murillo, Aina, McAtee, Schlager, Williams, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Delap.
Subs: Victor, Diomande, Netz, Muñoz, Sangaré, Yates, Hudson-Odoi, Wood, Kalimuendo.
Team news: Bournemouth v Leeds
Bournemouth XI: Petrović, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Christie, Adams, Rayan, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson
Subs: Di Gregorio, Soler, Diakite, Cook, Brooks, Gannon Doak, Adli, Kroupi, Rodriguez.
Leeds XI: Trafford, Bogle, Gudmundsson, Muharemović, Elvedi, Justin, Ampadu, Tanaka, Wilson, James, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Zetterer, Bard, Bijol, Gruev, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Bahoya, Nmecha.
Team news: Manchester City v Brighton
Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Bouaddi, Anderson, Fernández, Ndiaye, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Rulli, Guéhi, Kovačić, Cherki, Reis, O’Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis.
Brighton XI: Verbruggen; Costinha, Dunk, Vuskovic, Boscagli, Gross, Chema Andrés; Diego Gómez, Ayari, De Cuyper, Kostoulas.
Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Hinshelwood, Rutter, Minteh, Wieffer, Svoboda, O’Riley, Yalcouyé.
I know this blog is the main event, but if you want a little livener then Scott Murray is on Chelsea v Manchester United, where Morgan Rogers has just given the home side a 1-0 lead:
Preamble
A rare treat with five 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League this afternoon. There’s a Carabao Cup rematch at the Etihad as Brighton aim to get revenge for their defeat on penalties on Wednesday night. Bournemouth look to continue their good form against a resolute Leeds side, Brentford v Forest should be entertaining, there’s a basement battle between Coventry and Sunderland, while two promoted sides go at it with Ipswich on the road at Hull. In the Championship West Ham v West Brom will be worth keeping an eye on, my pick for League One is Mansfield v Notts County, and League Two leaders Salford welcome in-form Exeter to Moor Lane. I’ll be doing my best to keep you across all of it and first up is the team news, in about 15 minutes.
