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Francesco Farioli has never managed a Champions League match, and his first is against Manchester City

Porto have won all five league games and conceded once. Manchester City arrive at the Dragao without Pep Guardiola for the first time since 2015-16.

Sep 8, 2026

Gudmundsson came on in the 80th minute on his Lazio debut, and headed the winner in the 88th

Three wins from three for Gennaro Gattuso, and only four goals scored in them. Lazio’s deadline-day loan signing from Fiorentina settled a Serie A mat...

Sep 8, 2026

Aston Villa have not scored a league goal all season, and tonight the Champions League starts

The Europa League holders begin their league phase in Bruges at 22:15 IST, sitting 17th in England with one point and an empty goals column.

Sep 8, 2026

Real Sociedad lost a two-goal lead and a man at Elche, and Sucic won it in the last minute

Job Ochieng and Yangel Herrera put the visitors 2-0 up before Jon Martin was sent off and Elche drew level. Luka Sucic settled it in the 90th minute.

Sep 7, 2026

Königsdörffer left Hamburg on a free in June, and he scored their fifth against them

Mainz won 5-0 at the Volksparkstadion, and the last goal went to a forward whose Hamburg contract had expired ten weeks earlier.

Sep 7, 2026

Troyes had conceded one goal in two games, and then Strasbourg’s substitutes scored three

Strasbourg were behind after nine minutes at the Stade de l’Aube and won 6-2. Samuel Amo-Ameyaw and Conrad Harder came on with the game already settle...

Sep 7, 2026

Barcelona have scored 17 goals and conceded two, and Valencia have scored one

Lamine Yamal scored twice and Fermin Lopez had a hand in three goals as Barcelona won 5-0 at the Mestalla on Sunday. Valencia finished the weekend bot...

Sep 7, 2026

Sinayoko scored after 25 seconds, and Paris FC had never won at Marseille before

Lassine Sinayoko scored inside half a minute, headed a second and won it from the spot late on as Paris FC beat Marseille 3-2 at the Velodrome on Sund...

Sep 7, 2026

Milan had not scored a league goal against Juventus since 2023, and a 19-year-old substitute ended it in eight minutes

Alphadjo Cisse came on in the 60th minute and scored in the 68th. Federico Gatti headed Juventus level two minutes into stoppage time.

Sep 7, 2026

Arsenal conceded after 77 seconds, and it is still the only goal they have let in

Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead inside two minutes at the Emirates. Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard turned it round, and Arsenal are three wins from t...

Sep 6, 2026

Maitland-Niles’ last Premier League goal was in 2018, and his next one rescued Everton in the 96th minute

Manchester United led twice at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and came away with a point. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, making his Everton debut, curled in the...

Sep 6, 2026

Mitchell scored his first Premier League goals in 36 games, and then his replacement won it

Tyrick Mitchell scored twice at Craven Cottage, came off on 74 minutes, and watched Ben Chilwell finish the comeback three minutes later.

Sep 6, 2026

PSV had not won at Ajax since 2022, and a defender’s first start ended it

Lutsharel Geertruida had never started for PSV before Saturday. His half volley in first-half stoppage time settled the Eredivisie’s biggest fixture.

Sep 6, 2026

Forlan’s first Uruguay squad has 46 names in it, and the last stop is Kolkata

Luis Suarez is not among the 46 Uruguay named on Saturday. Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur are, and the tour finishes at Salt Lake on 6 Octobe...

Sep 6, 2026

Atletico had 62 per cent of the ball at San Mames, and lost 3-0

Atletico Madrid’s first defeat of the season drops them to seventh, and the summer signing they expected to hand a debut to woke up on the morning of...

Sep 6, 2026

Bayern had scored in 59 straight games, and then Loris Karius kept them out for 90 minutes

Schalke, promoted in the summer and beaten 3-0 a week earlier, took a point off the champions in front of 62,094 at the Veltins-Arena. Two long Bayern...

Sep 6, 2026

Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick last time out, and Manchester United still sit two places below Everton

Everton have not lost a match yet and Manchester United have already been beaten by a promoted side. They meet at the Hill Dickinson Stadium at 6.30pm...

Sep 6, 2026

Napoli were two up after 53 minutes, and Inter had never come back from that against them before

Inter trailed 2-0 at San Siro with 40 minutes left and won 3-2, Lautaro Martinez scoring twice including a winner in stoppage time. Opta says the fixt...

Sep 5, 2026

Mandragora scored against the club that sold him, and Fiorentina are bottom of Serie A with one goal in three

Rolando Mandragora equalised in the 74th minute and Che Adams won it in the 82nd, leaving Fiorentina without a point and with a single goal after thre...

Sep 5, 2026

Bournemouth led 2-0 at St James’ Park, and Jacob Ramsey levelled it in the 88th minute

Jacob Ramsey came off the bench to equalise with two minutes of normal time left, and Newcastle recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Bournem...

Sep 5, 2026

Ramon Hendriks came on in the 78th minute, and in the 81st he scored Köln’s goal

Stuttgart beat Köln 4-1 on Friday, a week after Bayern put five past them. The visitors’ only goal was turned in by a Stuttgart substitute who had bee...

Sep 5, 2026

Como beat Genoa 4-1 with a debut assist from Moise Kean, and they are top of Serie A

Genoa scored first and then conceded four at the Ferraris. Como have seven points from three games, and Moise Kean’s first act as a Como player was to...

Sep 5, 2026

Isak scored twice in nine minutes, and Liverpool led for the first time this season

Alexander Isak scored in the sixth minute and again in the ninth at Portman Road, and Andoni Iraola has his first win as Liverpool manager at the thir...

Sep 5, 2026

Parrott had never scored for Betis, and his first goal beat Real Madrid

Jose Mourinho’s first defeat of the season came at the one ground Real Madrid have not won at since 2021, and it turned on a save from the penalty spo...