Key events
Fulham v Crystal Palace team news
Fulham Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Charles, Iwobi, Bobb, King, Palacios, Garcia.
Subs: Lecomte, Rodrigo Muniz, Kevin, Larsson, Berge, Angel, Affengruber, Sessegnon, Smith Rowe.
Crystal Palace Henderson, Canvot, Richards, Disasi, Khalaili, Wharton, Timber, Mitchell, Pino, Kamada, Nketiah.
Subs: Benitez, Gozo, Tomiyasu, Hughes, Larsen, Osorio, Doucoure, Mingueza, Chilwell.
Referee Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire)
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham team news
Nottm Forest Sels, Jair Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Schlager, McAtee, Williams, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Delap.
Subs: John Victor, Diomande, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Wood, Igor Jesus, Yates, Netz, Munoz.
Tottenham Hotspur Kinsky, Porro, van Hecke, van de Ven, Udogie, Bentancur, Tonali, Savio, Gallagher, Tel, Marmoush.
Subs: Dubravka, Robertson, Senesi, Gray, Bergvall, Fernandes, Solanke, Kudus, Mudryk.
68 min: Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa Keira Walsh has just wobbled the crossbar at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea are pushing incessantly for a second goal.
Brighton v Leeds team news
Brighton Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli, Gross, Ayari, Gomez, Yalcouye, De Cuyper, Kostoulas.
Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Struijk, David, Andres, Osman, Costinha, O’Riley, Oriola.
Leeds Trafford, Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic, Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson, Stach, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Zetterer, James, Longstaff, Wilson, Aaronson, Nmecha, Bijol, Bahoya, Bard.
Referee Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
“Friday night games still feel a little newfangled (and, let’s face it, only psychopaths actually enjoy change), but there’s is something to be said for seeing your team win on a Friday, and being able to simply relax and enjoy a weekend’s football without The Fear,” writes Liverpool fan Matt Dony. “I don’t care who what happens today. It’s freeing. (Especially after the first two weekends.)”
Newfangled? Tell that to Arthur Graham.
EFL latest
Plenty of early kick-offs across the Championship, League One and League Two. You can see all the details on our live scores page. The most eyecatching scoreline is in Staffordshire, where Stoke lead Charlton 4-0.
Justin Devenny, who signed from Crystal Palace in the week, is on a debut hat-trick – as is his new teammate Ethan Galbraith. Charlton had 10 points from four games going into the game.
WSL half-time: Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
For the first time since 2019, Chelsea are beginning a WSL season as Not Champions. Their attempt to win it back is under way; they lead Aston Villa at half-time thanks to a solo goal of frightening simplicity* from Lauren James.
* At least that’s how she made it look. In reality it was anything but.
Premier League half-time: Newcastle 1-2 Bournemouth
Bournemouth, who have won their last two Premier League at St James’ Park, could be about to make it three in a row. They were 2-0 up through Marcus Tavernier and an own-goal from his initialsake Malick Thiaw before Harvey Barnes got one back. Join David Tindall for more.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to a bumperlicious Saturday clockwatch. No post-Europe matches tomorrow, which means our old friend, the Saturday 3pm kick-off, accounts for half of this weekend’s Premier League fixtures. These are the games we’ll be following today:
There’s also Chelsea v Aston Villa in the WSL, a full EFL programme and much else besides. Let’s get it on.