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Palace had their best xG in a Premier League game without scoring since 2018, and lost 2-0 at Everton

Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on the opening Saturday of the season, with goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Bar...

Aug 23, 2026

Stach’s free-kick beat Sels at his near post, and Glasner’s first Forest match ended with nothing

Anton Stach’s free-kick two minutes from the end beat Matz Sels at the near post and gave Leeds United a 1-0 win at the City Ground on the opening Sat...

Aug 23, 2026

Espi had been on for ten minutes, and his 90th-minute goal won Mourinho’s first league game back

Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday, with Carlos Espi scoring in the final minute on his debut. Jose Mourinho then used the...

Aug 23, 2026

Tottenham’s £237 million summer opened with no first-half shot on target and a 3-0 at Brentford

Brentford beat Tottenham 3-0 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday, their first Premier League home win in the fixture. Four of Tottenham’s six s...

Aug 23, 2026

Isak returns to St James’ Park a year after forcing his exit, and both teams have a new manager

Alexander Isak plays at Newcastle for the first time since his British record move to Liverpool, in a Premier League opener that is also the first lea...

Aug 22, 2026

Hull had never beaten Manchester United in the Premier League, and they did it with 28 per cent of the ball

Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy scored inside 38 minutes at the MKM Stadium as Hull marked their first top-flight match in nine years by beating Manchester...

Aug 22, 2026

Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper made five saves, and they still opened La Liga with nothing

Alex Remiro was the busier of the two goalkeepers at La Cartuja and still finished on the losing side. One Betis goal decided the opening night of bot...

Aug 22, 2026

Arsenal were asking about Quansah a week ago, and have now paid Villa £51m for Konsa

A fortnight of £20m standoffs ended on Thursday, a day before the opener Ezri Konsa could not be registered for. His Arsenal debut may come at Villa P...

Aug 22, 2026

Hojbjerg lost the Marseille armband over the summer, and scored the last goal of a 4-0 opening night

Ligue 1 restarted at the Orange Velodrome with a goalless first half and then four goals inside 45 minutes. Amine Gouiri took two of them, and a 59th-...

Aug 22, 2026

Coventry’s first Premier League half in 25 years brought no tackles and no touches in Arsenal’s box

Arsenal started their title defence with a 3-0 win at the Emirates through Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, with debutant Christos Tzolis...

Aug 22, 2026

Mourinho’s first Real Madrid league match in 13 years is at Espanyol, six days after everyone else started

Madrid are six days behind the rest of La Liga because of the World Cup, and Jose Mourinho begins his second spell without Eder Militao, Rodrygo, Raul...

Aug 21, 2026

Diego Moreira played 45 minutes for Chelsea, and his Milan move could earn them €26m

AC Milan have signed the Belgium winger from Strasbourg for a reported €50 million plus add-ons. Because Chelsea sold him to their own sister club in...

Aug 21, 2026

India gave up a FIFA tournament for one friendly, and the AIFF is talking about legal action

India pulled out of the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup to host Brazil in Kolkata on 3 October. After Bhaichung Bhutia questioned the cost, the federation ha...

Aug 21, 2026

Cancelo has won four of Europe’s top five leagues, and Barcelona got him for nothing

A free transfer, a contract to 2029, and a full-back who has now won the title in four of Europe’s five biggest leagues. Barcelona’s fifth signing of...

Aug 21, 2026

Curtis Jones has been at Liverpool since under-9s, and Inter are paying 30 million to end it

He is 25, in the final year of his contract, and fourth in line for two midfield places under Andoni Iraola. Inter have a hole where Davide Frattesi u...

Aug 21, 2026

Kaith saves two, and Kolkata gets its first Durand Cup derby final since 2023

Vishal Kaith kept out Robin Yadav and Parthib Gogoi as Mohun Bagan beat holders NorthEast United 4-3 on penalties in Shillong. They play East Bengal a...

Aug 21, 2026

Hull are back in the Premier League after nine years, and they have never beaten Saturday’s opponents in it

Hull City host Manchester United at 5pm IST on Saturday in their first Premier League game since May 2017. They have played United ten times in the co...

Aug 20, 2026

Diamond Harbour climbed four tiers in three seasons, and 55 lakh rupees stopped them at the last one

The AIFF has confirmed the Indian Super League will run with 13 clubs in 2026-27. The club that won promotion is not one of them, and nobody takes the...

Aug 20, 2026

Coventry sign a 19-year-old from Fenerbahce, two days before their first Premier League game in 25 years

Sidiki Cherif arrives for a reported 24.5 million euros as the seventh signing of a summer that has already cost Coventry more than 83 million pounds...

Aug 20, 2026

Manchester United are close to a full agreement for Baleba, a year after Brighton wanted £100m

United walked away from a nine-figure valuation twelve months ago. After a season in which the Cameroon midfielder’s form fell away, they are closing...

Aug 20, 2026

Gill saves twice, and East Bengal are 90 minutes from ending a 22-year Durand Cup wait

A goalless semi-final at Salt Lake went to penalties, where East Bengal won 5-3. Their goalkeeper had already kept Sporting Club Delhi out from the sp...

Aug 20, 2026

Lee Kang-in’s first Atletico goal broke Malaga, 70 minutes into their return to La Liga

Malaga’s first top-flight match since 2018 was goalless until the 70th minute, when Atletico’s summer signing from PSG scored on his debut. Alex Baena...

Aug 19, 2026

Aston Villa sign a goalkeeper and a left-back in one day, and Emi Martinez’s future is still open

Zion Suzuki becomes the first Japanese goalkeeper in Premier League history, and Matteo Ruggeri replaces Lucas Digne. Villa spent 55 million euros on...

Aug 19, 2026

Monaco tear up Pogba’s contract four days before their first match of the season

Six appearances, one start, and a deal that had another year to run. Monaco and the 2018 World Cup winner have agreed to part before a ball is kicked...