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Barry Glendenning

Wolves 2-1 Manchester City, Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace: Premier League and more –as it happened

Hwang scores
Hwang Hee-Chan beats Ederson to give Wolves the lead. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Getty Images

Match report: Everton 1-2 Luton

Premier League: Wild celebrations in one small corner of an otherwise deserted Goodison Park told the story of a momentous day for Luton Town, writes Andy Hunter on the occasion of the Hatters’ first ever Premier League win.

Match report: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton

Premier League: Ollie Watkins continued his ongoing torment of Brighton by scoring a hat-trick as Roberto Di Zerbi’s side were subjected to a rare schooling. John Brewin reports from Villa Park …

Match report: West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United

Premier League: “Sheffield United were insipid beyond belief on an afternoon devoid of any drama or intensity, their defensive foundations crumbling under the slightest pressure,” writes Jacob Steinberg from the London Stadium.

Match report: Newcastle 2-0 Burnley

Premier League: Miguel Almiron and ALexander Isak scored the goals as Newcastle ran out fairly comfortable winners against Burnley. Louis Taylor reports from St James’ Park.

Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League: Joachim Andersen scored the only goal of the game to consign Manchester United to their fourth league defeat of the season. Jamie Jackson reports from Old Trafford.

Match report: Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal

Premier League: Kai Havertz opened his account for Arsenal account from the penalty spot, consigning winless Bournemouth to another top flight defeat.

Match report: Wolves 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League: Manchester City suffered a shock defeat at Wolves, their flawless start to defending their crown coming to an abrupt end with Pep Guardiola watching from the stands. Ben Fisher reports from Molineux …

Scottish Premiership: Mick Beale’s days at Rangers manager look numbered after his side lost 3-1 at home to Aberdeen. They remain third in the table but are already seven points behind Celtic after just seven games of the season.

Premier League results

  • Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton

  • Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal

  • Everton 1-2 Luton Town

  • Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace

  • Newcastle United 2-0 Burnley

  • West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United

  • Wolves 2-1 Manchester City

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (5.30pm BST)

  • View the Premier League table

Championship results

  • Southampton 3-1 Leeds United

  • Bristol City 2-3 Stoke City

  • Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United

  • Huddersfield Town 1-1 Ipswich Town

  • Hull City 1-1 Plymouth Argyle

  • Millwall 0-3 Swansea City

  • Norwich City 2-0 Birmingham City

  • Preston 0-4 West Brom

  • QPR 1-3 Coventry City

  • Watford 2-3 Middlesbrough

  • View the Championship table

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Full time: West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United

Premier League: Sheffield United are also without a top flight win this season after going down to goals from Jarrod Bowen and Thomas Soucek.

Full time: Newcastle 2-0 Burnley

Premier League: Burnley lose their fifth game in six and remain without a Premier League win as Newcastle swat them aside with a minimum of fuss at St James Park.

Full time: Everton 1-2 Luton Town

Premier League: Luton secure their first ever Premier League win at Goodison Park, where Everton demonstrate that the recent signs of life they’ve shown may have been misleading.

Luton players celebrate the win
Joy for the Hatters at the final whistle! Photograph: John Clifton/Action Images/Reuters

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Full time: Bournemouth 0-4 Arsenal

Premier League: Bournemouth remain winless under Andoni Iraola after shipping four goals against Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium.

Full time! Wolves 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League: The champions have dropped points for the first time this season, losing to Wolves at Molineux in a turn of events few could have predicted. That’s a superb win for Gary O’Neil’s side.

GOAL! Arsenal 4-0 Bournemouth (White 90+4)

Premier League: Ben White completes Arsenal’s rout of Bournemouth, who remain without a win in the Premier League this season.

Ben White’ heads a fourth goal for Arsenal
The Gunners fourth comes via Ben White’s noggin. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

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Full time: Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League: Sound the crisis klaxon! Crystal Palace take all three points back to London after beating Manchester United at Old Trafford through a Joachim Andersen goal.

Championship: Stoke come from two goals down to the take the lead against Bristol City through a Nathan Lowe goal in the 89th minute.

Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace: United have an optimistic penalty appeal turned down after a deflected shot hits Marc Guehi’s hand, which was by his chest and not in an “unnatural” position.

Championship: Ipswich Town equalise against Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium, where Brandon Williams has headed Ciaran McKenna’s side back on terms. Meanwhile at Deepdale, West Brom have gone 4-0 up against unbeaten Preston through Kyle Bartley.

Scottish Premiership: Jack McKenzie scores Aberdeen’s third goal of the afternoon at Ibrox, where they lead 10-man Rangers 3-1.

Championship: Mykola Kukharevych scores Swansea’s third without reply against Millwall at the Den as the Welsh side wrap up only their second league win of the season. It’s the Ukrainian’s first league goal of the season.

Everton 1-2 Luton Town: On as a substitute, Beto heads a decent chance over when he should have at least hit the target for Everton in their desperate search for an equaliser.

Scottish Premiership: Abdallah Sima pulls a scrappy goal back for 10-man Rangers, who trail Aberdeen 2-1 with 15 minutes to go at Ibrox.

GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Burnley (Isak 76pen)

Premier League: Ameen Al-Dakhil fouls Anthony Gordon in the Burnley box and Anthony Isak slots home from 12 yards to double Newcastle’s lead.

Alexander Isak scores a penalty
Alexander Isak slots home a penalty to give the Magpies a two goal lead. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters

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Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace: United are piling the pressure on their visitors as they search for an equaliser but haven’t scored yet. They go close through Tyrick Mitchell, who shins the ball narrowly wide of his own goal.

Scottish Premiership: Rangers substitute Scott Wright gets booked for the second time since coming on at half-time and is sent off at Ibrox, where Rangers trail Aberdeen 2-0.

Championship: Former Everton striker Ellis Simms puts Coventry City 3-0 up against QPR at Loftus Road with a far post shot from a corner.

Scottish Premiership: Abnerdeen have just gone 2-0 up against Rangers at Ibrox, where calls for the under-pressure home manager Mick Beale’s head are growing in volume.

GOAL! Wolves 2-1 Manchester City (Hwang 66)

Premier League: Craig Dawson clears a Phil Foden shot off the goal line and moments later, Hwang Hee-chan arrows the ball into the roof of the net at the other end of the pitch to round off a fine Wolves counter-attack. Manchester City’s perfect start to the season is in grave danger of coming to a most unexpected end.

Hwang celebrates his goal.
Joy for Wolves as Hwang restores their lead over the Champions! Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images/Reuters

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Championship: The Championship goals continue to fly in – Wesley Hoedt has just equalised for Watford against Middlesbrough at Vicarage Road, where it’s 2-2.

Championship: Kion Etete puts Cardiff one up against Rotherham in the Welsh capital, while John Rowe has given Norwich a 2-0 lead against Birmingham City at Carrow Road.

At the Den, Millwall trail Swansea City by the same scoreline and Coventry have just gone 2-0 up against QPR at Loftus Road through Josh Eccles.

Delano Burgzorg has given Huddersfield an unlikely 1-0 lead against table-topping Ipswich Town at the John Smith’s Stadium, while West Brom have just gone 3-0 up against Preston at Deepdale through Matt Phillips. And breathe.

GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Manchester City (Alvarez 58)

Premier League: Julian Alvarez equalises for the champions with a sensational whipped free-kick over the wall and into the top corner. Jose Sa got a fingertip or two to the ball but was powerless to keep it out.

Julian Alvarez equalises.
Julian Alvarez beats the Wolves wall to equalise for City. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

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Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace: Palace goalkeeper Sam Johnstone makes two excellent saves in quick succession, denying Bruno Fernandes and Rasmus Hojlund.

GOAL! Bournemouth 0-3 Arsenal (Havertz 53pen)

Premier League: Back in the Arsenal side, Kai Havertz scores from 12 yards after a Ryan Christie foul on Martin Odegaasd. That’s Arsenal’s second penalty of the game and Havertz’s first goal in 20 club games.

Kai Havertz scores for Arsenal.
Kai Havertz finally gets on the scoresheet for Arsenal. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images/Reuters

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Championship: Stoke come from two goals down to equalise against Bristol City, with Haksabanovic converting a cross to make it all square.

Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal: Neto saves well from Bukayo Saka, who latched on to a Martin Odegaard backheel early in the second half but couldn’t increase Arsenal’s lead at the Vitality Stadium.

Championship half-times

  • Southampton 3-1 Leeds United (FT)

  • Bristol City 2-1 Stoke City

  • Cardiff City 0-0 Rotherham United

  • Huddersfield Town 0-0 Ipswich Town

  • Hull City 1-1 Plymouth Argyle

  • Millwall 0-1 Swansea City

  • Norwich City 0-0 Birmingham City

  • Preston 0-2 West Brom

  • QPR 0-0 Coventry City

  • Watford 1-2 Middlesbrough

  • View the Championship table

Premier League half-times

  • Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton (FT)

  • Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal

  • Everton 1-2 Luton Town

  • Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace

  • Newcastle United 1-0 Burnley

  • West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United

  • Wolves 1-0 Manchester City

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (5.30pm BST)

  • View the Premier League table

GOAL! Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal (Odegaard 44pen)

Premier League: Martin Odegaard scores from the spot after Max Aarons had fouled Eddie Nketiah with a late tackle in his own penalty area.

Martin Ødegaard cores a penalty for Arsenal
Martin Ødegaard on the mark for the Fluorescents. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

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GOAL! Everton 1-2 Luton (Calvert-Lewin 41)

Premier League: Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores in his third consecutive game, nudging the ball home from an inch out after Abdoualye Doucoure had steered an effort goalwards. The goal survives a VAR check for a possible offside.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores
Dominic Calvert-Lewin grabs one back for Everton. Photograph: John Clifton/Action Images/Reuters

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Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace: Casemiro squanders a good chance to restore parity for Manchester United. Unmarked at the near post, he got on the end of a corner but sent his effort wide.

GOAL! West Ham 2-0 Sheffield United (Soucek 37)

Premier League: Gustavo Hamer coughs up cheap possession inside his own half and West Ham break upfield towards the Sheffield United penalty area. Tomas Soucek rounds off the move with a low finish past Wes Foderingham.

Tomas Soucek scorees for West Ham
Big Tom battles his way to a second goal for the Hammers. Photograph: Rob Newell/CameraSport/Getty Images

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Championship latest

  • Southampton 3-1 Leeds United (FT)

  • Bristol City 2-1 Stoke City

  • Cardiff City 0-0 Rotherham United

  • Huddersfield Town 0-0 Ipswich Town

  • Hull City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle

  • Millwall 0-1 Swansea City

  • Norwich City 0-0 Birmingham City

  • Preston 0-2 West Brom

  • QPR 0-0 Coventry City

  • Watford 1-2 Middlesbrough

GOAL! Everton 0-2 Luton Town (Morris 32)

Premier League: It seems that rumours of Everton’s resurgence have been greatly exaggerated. They’re 2-0 down against Luton Town after Carlton Morris connected with a Alfie Doughty free-kick to steer the ball past Jordan Pickford. The Hatters are on course for their first win of the season.

Carlton Morris celebrates his goal for Luton
Carlton Morris celebrates in front of some glum looking Evertonians. Photograph: John Clifton/Action Images/Reuters

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Championship: Stoke pull a goal back against Bristol City, with Mehdi Leris getting them back into the game. It’s now 2-1 at Ashton Gate. Meanwhile at Deepdale, West Brom have doubled their lead against Preston through Alex Mowatt.

GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Sheffield United (Bowen 24)

Premier League: West Ham break on the counter and Jarrod Bowen sweeps a Vladimir Coufal pull-back into the bottom corner with a neat first-time finish.

Jarrod Bowen scores for West Ham
Jarrod Bowen scores as the Irons lead the Blades. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

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GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 Crystal Palace (Andersen 26)

Premier League: Eberchi Eze sends a free-kick into the Manchester United box, where a side-footed volley from Joachim Andersen takes a wicked deflection on its way past Andre Onana.

Joachim Andersen is congratulated by Joel Ward after giving Palace the lead at Old Trafford.
Joachim Andersen is congratulated by Joel Ward after giving Palace the lead at Old Trafford. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

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GOAL! Everton 0-1 Luton Town (Lockyer 23)

Premier League: Having weathered an early Everton storm, Luton have gradually got a foothold in the game at Goodison Park and now lead though Tom Lockyer’s opener. It’s a scrappy finish after Everton failed to clear a corner but Luton’s fans won’t care.

Tom Lockyer scores for Luton
Tom Lockyer turns to celebrate as the Hatters lead the Toffees! Photograph: John Clifton/Action Images/Reuters

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Championship: Nahki Wells doubles Bristol City’s lead over Stoke at Ashton Gate, where it’s 2-0 to the hosts.

Championship: Having gone 2-0 down to a second goal from Middlesbrough’s Riley McGree, Watford pull a goal back through Vakoun Bayo. The hosts trail 2-1 after 19 minutes.

GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 Arsenal (Saka 17)

Premier League: Bukayo Saka is on hand to tap in from a couple of yards out after a Gabriel Jesus header hits the bar and drops kindly for him.

Bukayo Saka scores for Arsenal.
Bukayo Saka arrives to give the Gunners the lead. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images/Reuters

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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Burnley (Almiron 14)

Premier League: Miguel Almiron advances on goal after receiving a pass from Kieran Trippier and rifles the ball into the top corner to put Newcastle ahead.

Almiron celebrates his goal.
Wor Miggy wears a big grin. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

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GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Manchester City (Dias 13og)

Premier League: Wolves take the lead against the Champions at Molineux, where Ruben Dias has turned a Pedro Neto cross into his own net.

Ruben Dias scores an own goal
Ruben Dias slides in to give Wolves the lead. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

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Manchester United 0-0 Crystal Palace: Tyrick Mitchell hacks one away from near the goal-line moments after Marc Guehi came within inches of putting Crystal Palace ahead with a flicked header.

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Everton 0-0 Luton: James Garner misses another chance for Everton, firing across the face of goal and wide.

Championship: Bristol City go a goal up against Stoke City courtesy of Sam Bell’s satrike on five minutes. At Deepdale, Preston trail West Brom, who have gone ahead through Darnell Furlong. Riley McGree has put Middlesbrough ahead against Watford at Vicarage Road.

West Ham 0-0 Sheffield United: It’s close but no cigar for West Ham as Thomas Soucek blazes a shot from eight yards over the bar after getting on the end of a Jarrod Bowen pull-back.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester City: Matheus Nunes is getting booed by the home fans on his return to Molineux as a Manchester City player, while Pep Guardiolas is sitting in the stand as he serves a touchline ban after getting three yellow cards.

Our three o’clock kick-offs are under way. Dwight McNeil goes close to giving Everton an early lead against Luton, but volleys narrowly wide of an upright.

Match report: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton

Premier League: “Two aspirant clubs, a pair of transformative managers, both aiming to crash the elite,” writes John Brewin from Villa Park. “Both coaches deeply admire the other, but it was Roberto De Zerbi, lately linked with Real Madrid, who received a lesson from the greater wiles of Unai Emery, and a masterclass in centre-forward play by Villa’s Ollie Watkins.”

Scottish Premiership: Motherwell thought they’d rescued an excellent point against Celtic when Blair Spittal cancelled out Luis Palma’s opener in the sixth minute of added time at Fir Park. Brendan Rodgers’ side were having none of it, however, and scored a late, late winner courtesy of Matt O’Riley within 60 seconds. Celtic stay top, five points clear of St Mirren. Motherwell remain in fourth place.

Championship: Southampton have halted a run of four consecutive defeats with a 3-1 win over Leeds United, who dropped into the Championship with them last season. Leeds stay in sixth place with 13 points, while Southampton are three places behind them in ninth on goal difference.

Full time: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton

Premier League: It’s all over at Villa Park, where Brighton have been battered by Unai Emery’s side. Ollie Watkins bagged himself a hat-trick, while Jacob Ramsey and Douglas Luiz got one each and Pervis Estupinan scored an own goal as Villa routed the Seagulls to move up to third in the Premier League table.

GOAL! Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton (Luiz 90+7)

Premier League: Douglas Luiz adds his name to the scoresheet, pouncing on a breaking ball after Luke Steele had denied Ollie Watkins and steering it into the net. Aston Villa have hit Brighton for six on a humbling day for the visitors.

Douglas Luiz celebrates scoring the sixth Aston Villa goal
No sweat for Villa as Douglas Luiz finishes off the Seagulls. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

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GOAL! Aston Villa 5-1 Brighton (Ramsey 85)

Premier League: “He’s one of our own!” chant the Aston Villa crowd after seeing their youth academy graduate Jacob Ramsey curl home a splendid effort from distance to cap a fine afternoon for rampant Aston Villa. Rob Smyth has the latest …

Everton v Luton Town line-ups

Everton: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Onana, Gueye, McNeil, Doucoure, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Patterson, Keane, Danjuma, Harrison, Virginia, Beto, Godfrey, Chermiti, Dobbin.

Luton: Kaminski, Burke, Lockyer, Bell, Kabore, Mpanzu, Nakamba, Doughty, Brown, Ogbene, Morris.

Subs: Andersen, Berry, Woodrow, Adebayo, Chong, Mengi, Krul, Giles, Johnson.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin arrives at Goodison Park for Everton’s match against Luton Town.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin arrives at Goodison Park for Everton’s match against Luton Town. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC/Getty Images

West Ham v Sheffield United line-ups

West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson Palmieri, Soucek, Alvarez, Bowen, Ward-Prowse, Lucas Paqueta, Antonio.

Subs: Fabianski, Fornals, Kudus, Mavropanos, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Kehrer.

Sheffield United: Foderingham, Ahmedhodzic, Egan, Robinson, Bogle, Hamer, Vinicius Souza, McAtee, Thomas, Archer, McBurnie.

Subs: Adam Davies, Trusty, Basham, Brewster, Traore, Norwood, Tom Davies, Ben Slimane, Larouci.

Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

Inside the Sheffield United dressing room at the London Stadium.
Inside the Sheffield United dressing room at the London Stadium. Photograph: SportImage/Sheffield United FC/Getty Images

Bournemouth v Arsenal line-ups

Bournemouth: Neto, Aarons, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Billing, Cook, Tavernier, Christie, Kluivert, Solanke.

Subs: Brooks, Rothwell, Ouattara, Smith, Sinisterra, Andrei Radu, Moore, Traore, Semenyo.

Arsenal: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Rice, Havertz, Saka, Nketiah, Gabriel Jesus.

Subs: Ramsdale, Smith-Rowe, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, Trossard, Jorginho, Vieira, Nelson, Elneny.

Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)

Outside the Vitality Stadium ahead of this afternoon’s match between Bourneouth and Arsenal.
Outside the Vitality Stadium ahead of this afternoon’s match between Bourneouth and Arsenal. Photograph: Vince Mignott/EPA

Wolves v Manchester City line-ups

Wolves: Jose Sa, Dawson, Kilman, Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Lemina, Joao Gomes, Ait Nouri, Pedro Neto, Matheus Cunha, Hwang.

Subs: Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Traore, Silva, Kalajdzic, Jonny, Sarabia, Bentley, Hodge.

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Matheus Luiz, Kovacic, Foden, Alvarez, Doku, Haaland.

Subs: Phillips, Grealish, Ortega, Gomez, Gvardiol, Carson, Bobb, Lewis.

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)

Matheus Cunha alights from the Wolves team coach ahead of his team’s match against Manchester City at Molineux.
Matheus Cunha alights from the Wolves team coach ahead of his team’s match against Manchester City at Molineux. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Wolves/Getty Images

Newcastle United v Burnley line-ups

Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Burn, Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Anderson, Almiron, Isak, Gordon.

Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Joelinton, Tonali, Ritchie, Targett, Hall, Livramento, Murphy.

Burnley: Trafford, Roberts, Al Dakhil, Beyer, Taylor, Cullen, Ramsey, Koleosho, Brownhill, Berge, Amdouni.

Subs: O’Shea, Cork, Rodriguez, Zaroury, Vitinho, Ndayishimiye, Bruun Larsen, Odobert, Muric.

Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)

Vincent Kompany and his Burnley players enjoy a stroll on the St James’ Park pitch ahead of their match against Newcastle.
Vincent Kompany and his Burnley players enjoy a stroll on the St James’ Park pitch ahead of their match against Newcastle. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images

Manchester United v Crystal Palace line-ups

Manchester United: Onana, Dalot, Lindelof, Varane, Amrabat, Mount, Casemiro, Pellistri, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Hojlund.

Subs: Bayindir, Maguire, Martial, Eriksen, Garnacho, van de Beek, Evans, McTominay, Mejbri.

Crystal Palace: Johnstone, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Doucoure, Hughes, Ayew, Schlupp, Eze, Mateta.

Subs: Holding, Clyne, Ebiowei, Richards, Matthews, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi, Ola-Adebomi, Ozoh.

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire)

Manchester United’s Hannibal Mejbri waves to fans upon his arrival at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s Hannibal Mejbri waves to fans upon his arrival at Old Trafford. Photograph: Ash Donelon/Manchester United/Getty Images

GOAL! Aston Villa 4-1 Brighton (Watkins 65)

Premier League: Against the run of second-half play, Ollie Watkins wraps up his hat-trick to leave Brighton with another mountain to climb if they are rescue anything from this game. Rob Smyth has the latest …

GOAL! Aston Villa 3-1 Brighton (Fati 50)

Premier League: On loan from Barcelona, Ansu Fati has pulled a goal back for Brighton early in the second half at Villa Park. His first strike for the Seagulls survives multiple VAR checks for a variety of possible infractions and Brighton are back in the game.

Key event

Women’s Super League: On Sunday, up to 95 of the players that travelled to Australia and New Zealand to compete in the Women’s World Cup will kick off the new season of the Women’s Super League hoping they have brought you with them. Suzy Wrack reports …

Today's Championship fixtures

Beleaguered Sheffield Wednesday remain winless and rock-bottom of the Championship table after losing 3-0 against a youthful Sunderland side at Hillsborough last night. Tony Mobray’s Mackems moved up to fourth in the table courtesy of their impressive display and are five points behind pace-setters Leicester City and Ipswich Town, having played one game more. Southampton host Leeds United in today’s lunchtime kick-off and lead their visitors 3-0 at the break.

  • Southampton 3-0 Leeds United (L)

  • Bristol City v Stoke City

  • Cardiff City v Rotherham United

  • Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town

  • Hull City v Plymouth Argyle

  • Millwall v Swansea City

  • Norwich City v Birmingham City

  • Preston v West Brom

  • QPR v Coventry City

  • Watford v Middlesbrough

  • View the Championship table

Sunderland’s Dan Ballard contests a high ball with Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Devis Vasquez during last night’s match between the sides at Hillsborough.
Sunderland’s Dan Ballard contests a high ball with Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Devis Vasquez during last night’s match between the sides at Hillsborough. Photograph: Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC/Getty Images

Today's Premier League fixtures

  • Aston Villa 3-0 Brighton (L)

  • Manchester United v Crystal Palace

  • Newcastle United v Burnley

  • Wolves v Manchester City

  • Bournemouth v Arsenal

  • West Ham v Sheffield United

  • Everton v Luton Town

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (5.30pm BST)

  • View the Premier League table

Saturday clockwatch ...

There’s a bumper afternoon of Premier League action ahoy, with no fewer than six three o’clock kick-offs scheduled ahead of this evening’s potential humdinger between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane.

Aston Villa and Brighton got the weekend’s top flight activities under way in today’s lunchtime game at Villa Park, where the ruthless home side lead 3-0 at half-time courtesy of a brace scored by Ollie Watkins inside 20 minutes, followed by a Pervis Estupinan own goal.

As ever, we’ll be here to bring you team news, flag up all the goals as they go in and stay across any major talking points throughout the afternoon, before posting match reports from our journalists around the grounds.

Ollie Watkins (left) celebrates his opener against Brighton with Matty Cash (centre) and Dougas Luiz. The Aston Villa striker went on to score a second, his sixth goal against Brighton in five consecutive games between the sides.
Ollie Watkins (left) celebrates his opener against Brighton with Matty Cash (centre) and Dougas Luiz. The Aston Villa striker went on to score a second, his sixth goal against Brighton in five consecutive games between the sides. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

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