Key events
There’s also an early batch of results in from the Championship …
… and League One …
… and finally League Two.
That result means Chelsea go second, for a couple of hours at least. West Ham have lost their first three home matches of the season for the first time in their 129-year history.
FULL TIME: West Ham United 0-3 Chelsea. Julen Lopetegui hasn’t had much of a honeymoon period in his new job as Hammers coach, if at all. His team have been thoroughly outclassed by in-form Chelsea, who are in no way flattered by this scoreline. It could have been more. David Tindall lays out the details in minute-by-minute style as the hosts are booed off.
GARY SHAW (1961-2024). Aston Villa have already dedicated their win at Young Boys to the beloved star of the team that won the 1981 title, the 1982 European Cup and the 1982 Super Cup. Shaw has also been honoured at Villa Park today by another club legend.
Team news: Tottenham v Brentford
Spurs are unchanged despite defeat in last weekend’s north London derby. Fabio Carvalho makes his first Premier League start for the Bees, who are without Yoanne Wissa and Christian Norgaard.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bentancur, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Son.
Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Bissouma, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Spence, Sarr, Moore.
Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, van den Berg, Pinnock, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Janelt, Yarmolyuk, Damsgaard, Carvalho, Mbeumo.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Schade, Mee, Meghoma, Konak, Trevitt, Roerslev, Kim, Yogane.
Team news: Southampton v Ipswich
Saints respond to their thumping at the hands of Manchester United by calling up Charlie Taylor, Ryan Fraser and Adam Lallana. Ipswich follow up their draw at Brighton by naming Jens Cajuste in place of the absent Kalvin Phillips.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Sugawara, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Taylor, Downes, Lallana, Dibling, Fernandes, Fraser, Archer.
Subs: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Aribo, Armstrong, Stewart, Wood-Gordon, Brereton, Cornet, Ugochukwu.
Ipswich Town: Muric, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Szmodics, Giraud-Hutchinson, Burns, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Taylor, Johnson, Ogbene, Townsend, Luongo, Hirst, Jack Clarke.
Team news: Liverpool v Bournemouth
Liverpool are without the injured Alisson so Caoimhin Kelleher makes his first start of the season … as does Darwin Nunez. Federico Chiesa is on the bench. Bournemouth make three changes after their unlucky loss to Chelsea, Dean Huijsen, Julian Araujo and Kepa Arrizabalaga replacing Mark Travers, Adam Smith and Marcos Senesi.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Nunez.
Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley.
AFC Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Araujo, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson.
Subs: Travers, Senesi, Brooks, Scott, Ouattara, Smith, Sinisterra, Hill, Unal.
Team news: Leicester v Everton
Bilal El Khannous replaces Oliver Skipp as the only change for Leicester from the 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace. Everton welcome back Jordan Pickford and James Tarkowski.
Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen, Winks, Ndidi, Ayew, El Khannous, Mavididi, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Coady, Fatawu, De Cordova-Reid, Choudhury, Ricardo Pereira, Skipp, Edouard, Buonanotte.
Everton: Pickford, Garner, Keane, Tarkowski, Young, Mangala, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Ndiaye, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Harrison, Beto, O’Brien, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Dixon.
Team news: Fulham v Newcastle
Fulham name the same XI after the draw with West Ham. Newcastle line up with Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes in attack.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Berge, Nelson, Castagne, Sessegnon, Diop.
Newcastle United: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Kelly, Willock, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Gordon, Isak, Barnes.
Subs: Dubravka, Tonali, Krafth, Osula, Hall, Livramento, Jacob Murphy, Almiron, Longstaff.
Team news: Aston Villa v Wolves
Villa make one change to the side that won 3-0 at Young Boys during the week. Diego Carlos comes in for Lamare Bogarde. Wolves name the same XI that started the 2-1 defeat to Newcastle.
Aston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Diego Carlos, Torres, Digne, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins.
Subs: Gauci, Barkley, Duran, Buendia, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Bogarde, Bailey, Young.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone, Nelson Semedo, Mosquera, Dawson, Ait Nouri, Lemina, Andre Trindade, Joao Gomes, Bellegarde, Matheus Cunha, Larsen.
Subs: Jose Sa, Doherty, Bueno, Hwang, Rodrigo Gomes, Doyle, Sarabia, Borges, Goncalo Guedes.
Preamble
Six BIG games on the 3pm card today; football just won’t stop happening! (Join a union, kids, the management classes are not your friends.)
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Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Fulham v Newcastle United
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Leicester City v Everton
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Liverpool v Bournemouth
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Southampton v Ipswich Town
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Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford
Team news coming right up.