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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Henderson back on Merseyside, Farke threatens more misery for Carrick and Forest are a threat to ArsenalPremier League top scorers | Follow us on TikTokA lively reception awaits the former Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Xabi Alonso at Everton and, in the case of the former, any jeers can be considered an unintentional tribute. They will speak of what the 36-year-old is able to produce now as much as what, and where, he delivered in the past. With two goals and an assist against Bournemouth last Saturday, Henderson became the oldest player to contribute directly to three goals in a Premier League game, and demonstrated his role at Chelsea is not simply to elevate standards off the pitch. His midfield partnership with Moisés Caicedo gave Alonso’s team balance and enabled the front three of Morgan Rogers, João Pedro and Cole Palmer to flourish. Their confrontation against an Everton defence that had impressed this season, only to litter the draw at Hull with costly mistakes, will provide a stern test of the hosts’ unbeaten start and may well be dictated by the veteran behind them. Andy HunterEverton v Chelsea, Saturday 12.30pm (all times BST)Brentford v Liverpool, Saturday 3pmFulham v Hull, Saturday 3pm Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/16/premier-league-10-things-to-look-out-for-this-weekend
Evanilson shocks Sturm Graz to spark Bournemouth’s first home win in Europe
An impossible dream realised in the Vitality staging European football, and the Europa League is becoming an oasis for Bournemouth. No wins yet in the Premier League but in beating Sturm Graz to follow victory at Real Sociedad should ease the domestic pressures on Marco Rose. A pair of Brazilians secured club history on the gala night, Evanilson’s first-half header followed by Rayan’s close-range drive, a clincher arriving as the Austrian visitors had pushed hard for an equaliser. Álvaro Rodríguez’s injury-time penalty furthered the celebrations.Flag day at the Vitality. Elvis Presley’s high baritone and Andy Williams’ tenor replacing the usual dance hits on the public address system marked a different type of occasion. Bournemouth have come a long way. “Minus 17 to European dreams” read a banner in the Steve Fletcher stand, marking the journey from the foot of the Football League to a model, continental club. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-sturm-graz-europa-league-match-report
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Simon8.10pm: Duran heads wide as Benfica go in search of a second.And Duran makes no mistake from the spot, lifting a cheeky Panenka over Sinisalo! Pretty harsh that penalty call, I fear. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Simon8.10pm: Duran heads wide as Benfica go in search of a second.And Duran makes no mistake from the spot, lifting a cheeky Panenka over Sinisalo! Pretty harsh that penalty call, I fear. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Lyon 3-2 Crystal Palace, Torreense 1-2 Sunderland, and more: Europa League – live reaction
⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Michael3 min: Torreense 0-0 SunderlandO’Nien, who knows a little bit about lower-league football having joined Sunderland in League One back in 2018, heads just wide from a corner. The 31-year-old really should have done better. Sunderland are playing in their pink away kit that they sported in the defeat to Ipswich. Régis Le Bris is donning something of a pre-season vibe – t-shirt and trackies – in the Sunderland dugout. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/lyon-v-crystal-palace-torreense-v-sunderland-and-more-europa-league-live
Lyon v Crystal Palace, Torreense v Sunderland, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Michael3 min: Torreense 0-0 SunderlandO’Nien, who knows a little bit about lower-league football having joined Sunderland in League One back in 2018, heads just wide from a corner. The 31-year-old really should have done better. Sunderland are playing in their pink away kit that they sported in the defeat to Ipswich. Régis Le Bris is donning something of a pre-season vibe – t-shirt and trackies – in the Sunderland dugout. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/lyon-v-crystal-palace-torreense-v-sunderland-and-more-europa-league-live
Lyon v Crystal Palace, Torreense v Sunderland, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 5.45pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email MichaelLet’s unpack those line-ups:A crucial injury to forward Loïs Openda, on loan from Juventus, during the defeat to Lens at the weekend means Lyon have had to reshuffle their attack. Nakamura will lead the line but most likely as a false nine in a fluid attack. Tyler Morton has been excellent for the last few months and linked with a return to the Premier League and starts in central midfield, while Football Manager heads will notice former Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Julien Duranville is on the bench for Lyon. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/lyon-v-crystal-palace-torreense-v-sunderland-and-more-europa-league-live
Giovanni Leoni’s return from injury delayed in fresh blow to Liverpool
Defender sustained ACL injury on debut for clubIraola: ‘It is taking more time than we wanted’Giovanni Leoni’s Liverpool return has been delayed because of the severity of the knee injury sustained on his debut, Andoni Iraola has revealed.The central defender had been expected to resume team training during the recent international break but that schedule has been put back by about a month. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/giovanni-leonis-return-from-injury-delayed-in-fresh-blow-to-liverpool
Vinícius claims he is targeted by referees and says flair players need protection
Madrid forward banned for four games after recent red‘In the end, the yellow cards always seem to go to Vini’Vinícius Júnior is not happy with how he is being treated by referees and wants more protection for talented players such as himself, Lamine Yamal and Julián Álvarez. Vinícius spoke out after Real Madrid’s 4-3 come-from-behind win at Roma in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Brazil forward also acknowledged he was going through a slump, but said he had “no doubt” he would regain his best form soon.The match against Roma came hours after he was handed a four-game suspension in the Spanish league after being sent off for pulling the hair of an opponent and for protesting against the referee. “I don’t recall any other player receiving a four-match suspension,” he said. “I tried to move the player in front of me out of the way, and I ended up getting caught in his hair. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/vinicius-junior-referees-real-madrid
FA spending on Wembley hospitality and free tickets for FA Council rises by 25%
Expenditure rises to £564,000 in 2025-26 seasonCost of hosting FA Council meetings also almost doublesThe Football Association spent 25% more on Wembley hospitality and freebies for FA Council members last season, the Guardian can reveal. Latest accounts show expenditure on tickets and hospitality rose from £452,300 in the 2024-25 season to £564,400 in 2025-26.While fans across the country have staged protests and walkouts in recent years over ticket price rises, and the cost-of-living crisis has made football increasingly unaffordable, the FA has upgraded the hospitality it offers to VIPs. Liverpool scrapped plans to increase ticket prices over three successive seasons following widespread unrest from supporters at the end of last season. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/fa-spending-wembley-hospitality-free-tickets-fa-council-rises-25-percent
Southgate ‘hardly watches’ football and does not envisage Premier League return
Former England manager last went to game in May 2025He says he got only brief enjoyment from wins by the endGareth Southgate has all but ruled out a return to Premier League management and revealed he “didn’t even enjoy the wins” for more than a couple of minutes towards the end of his time in charge of England.Southgate, who has moved away from football since stepping down as the manager of the England men’s team after defeat by Spain in the Euro 2024 final, said he had not attended a game since watching his boyhood club Crystal Palace beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final last year. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/gareth-southgate-premier-league-return-manager-hardly-watches-football
After struggles v Spain, the USWNT’s midfield puzzle won’t be easily solved
The lack of cohesion in the center of the park is evident for the US, with Emma Hayes continuing to try different combinationsThe discourse around the US women’s national team may have been a harsh one if not for a fourth-half surge against Spain.In the latest of their back-to-back bookings, where Emma Hayes’ team plays the same opponent twice, Spain looked far more confident and effective than the four-time champions. Both teams were missing a handful of crucial players; Naomi Girma and Sam Coffey headlining the US’s absentees, while Aitana Bonmatí, Mariona Caldentey and Clàudia Pina were among Spain’s. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/uswnt-midfield-spain-womens-world-cup
Martínez has drawn back the curtain on Manchester United’s ruinous ownership | Jonathan Liew
Defender may not be blameless in team’s struggles but his criticism goes to the heart of what has gone wrong at the clubHeartbreaking: the worst defender you know just made a great point. And no, nobody would describe Lisandro Martínez as the ideal person to scrutinise Manchester United’s indifferent start to the season, given that his high-profile defensive errors against Fulham and Tottenham are partly responsible for it. “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this,” Martínez burbles on Amazon Prime after United’s 2-0 defeat by Atlético Madrid on Tuesday night, dressed in a hot dog costume and throwing his arms out in mock innocence.For those with no interest in engaging with what Martínez actually had to say, this alone will be sufficient grounds to ignore him. Already you can sense the squeamishness of former players for whom the violation of an omertà is the real cardinal sin here, a phantom limb that still tingles years after they last stepped into a dressing room. “Disrespectful,” reckoned Wayne Rooney. “I don’t feel like he’s got the right,” agreed Ashley Young. “These things don’t end well, man,” Rio Ferdinand observed on his podcast. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/lisandro-martinez-criticism-jason-wilcox-jim-ratcliffe-glazers
Champions League: Mourinho’s Real Madrid stage crazy comeback on Roma return
Mourinho’s side score three late goals from 3-1 deficitDortmund latest team beaten in Norway by Bodø/GlimtJosé Mourinho enjoyed a Roma reunion to remember as Real Madrid completed an astonishing comeback by scoring three late goals to claim a 4-3 away win in the Champions League on Wednesday.Marten de Roon gave the hosts a deserved opener before Kylian Mbappé struck back on his 100th Champions League appearance to level the scores at the break. Two Donyell Malen strikes in the space of six minutes early in the second half seemed to take the game away from the 15-time European champions as Roma ran rampant. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/14/champions-league-mourinhos-real-madrid-stage-crazy-comeback-on-roma-return
Quickfire Doué and Dembélé inspire PSG to wild win at Manchester City
A penny for Pep Guardiola’s thoughts. The legendary Manchester City manager was back at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since his departure at the end of last season and, well, the announcement of you-know-what.Sporting a flat cap, Guardiola took his seat in the stands behind the City chair, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, and the chief executive, Ferran “Not” Soriano, and, certainly, the TV director seemed intent on scrutinising him – if the number of cutaway shots to him were any guide. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/14/manchester-city-psg-champions-league-league-stage-match-report
Evanilson, Rayan and Rodríguez goals seal Bournemouth’s historic home win in Europe
An impossible dream realised in the Vitality staging European football, and the Europa League is becoming an oasis for Bournemouth. No wins yet in the Premier League but in beating Sturm Graz to follow victory at Real Sociedad should ease the domestic pressures on Marco Rose. A pair of Brazilians secured club history on the gala night, Evanilson’s first-half header followed by Rayan’s close-range drive, a clincher arriving as the Austrian visitors had pushed hard for an equaliser. Álvaro Rodríguez’s injury-time penalty furthered the celebrations.Flag day at the Vitality. Elvis Presley’s high baritone and Andy Williams’ tenor replacing the usual dance hits on the public address system marked a different type of occasion. Bournemouth have come a long way. “Minus 17 to European dreams” read a banner in the Steve Fletcher stand, marking the journey from the foot of the Football League to a model, continental club. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-sturm-graz-europa-league-match-report
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Simon8.10pm: Duran heads wide as Benfica go in search of a second.And Duran makes no mistake from the spot, lifting a cheeky Panenka over Sinisalo! Pretty harsh that penalty call, I fear. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email Simon8.10pm: Duran heads wide as Benfica go in search of a second.And Duran makes no mistake from the spot, lifting a cheeky Panenka over Sinisalo! Pretty harsh that penalty call, I fear. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Europa League: Lyon take down Crystal Palace, Cissè’s Milan hat-trick sinks Salzburg
Sage loses 3-2 to former side; Leverkusen go topAlphadjo Cissè lights up 4-0 away victoryCrystal Palace’s Pierre Sage suffered a frustrating Europa League defeat as his side lost 3-2 to his former employers Lyon at the Groupama Stadium.Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring for the hosts and Ernest Nuamah doubled Lyon’s advantage late in a first half void of any shots on target for the visitors. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/europa-league-lyon-crystal-palace-cisse-milan-salzburg-leverkusen-benfica-celtic
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email SimonMore team news, this time from Bournemouth. If the name of the referee rings a bell, it may be because he was the VAR who angered the whole of Egypt at this summer’s World Cup and prompted Marca to run through his “long history of controversies” (actually not long):Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Silva, Diakite, Soler, Tavernier, Cook, Adams, Doak, Rodriguez, Evanilson. Subs: Di Gregorio, Allan, Truffert, Hill, Brooks, Christie, Kluivert, Adli, Toth, Rayan.
Sturm Graz: Khudyakov, Malic, Quarshie, Petrovic, Balbo, Heil, Stankovic, Matoshi, Hodl, Seidl, Beganovic. Subs: Helac, Lorenz, Vallci, Kayombo, Diakite, Mate Grgic, Koller, Peinhart, Weinhandl, Halwachs, Petritsch.
Referee: Jerome Brisard (France). Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
⚽ Europa League updates from the 8pm BST kick-offs
⚽ Live scoreboard | Read Football Daily | Email SimonHello world! We have 10 late Europa League games to get our teeth into tonight, plus eight in the Conference League and a token effort from Mansfield and Oxford in League One, any of which we might get distracted by if they look exciting enough. Bournemouth’s Marco Rose is hoping his team recover from the “real slap” they suffered at the hands of Chelsea at the weekend against Sturm Graz, while Celtic’s fans wait to find out if Camilo Duran’s child has been born in time for the Colombian to make it to Lisbon to play Benfica. Elsewhere, two classic names of European club football face each other as Anderlecht, former Uefa Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup winners, head to Dinamo Zagreb, former Fairs Cup winners and Cup Winners’ Cup semi-finalists, for what surprisingly is only a fifth meeting, while Celta Vigo and Juventus play for the third time, with both previous encounters having ended in home wins.Tonight’s fixtures in full, then (all 8pm unless they obviously aren’t): Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/oct/15/bournemouth-v-sturm-graz-benfica-v-celtic-and-more-europa-league-live
Chelsea are the Premier League’s most fun team but is it sustainable?
Xabi Alonso’s side are scoring and conceding at a remarkable rate. It’s great for neutrals but not necessarily the best way to qualify for EuropeBy WhoScoredWatching Chelsea this season ought to come with a health warning. Goals arrive in abundance, leads are established before spectators have settled into their seats and clean sheets have become an alien concept. Xabi Alonso has transformed Chelsea into one of the Premier League’s most thrilling spectacles. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 13. That’s 4.7 goals per game in six matches. Chelsea are a neutral’s dream, but is it sustainable?They have scored 15 goals from an expected goals total of just 8.4, an over-performance of 6.6. An 18.3% conversion rate is second only to Manchester City’s 19.1%, while eight of their 15 goals have come from shots with xG below 0.13. The five goals against Bournemouth last weekend came from an xG of just 0.75. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2026/oct/15/chelsea-premier-league-fun-team-sustainable-xabi-alonso-europe
David Squires on … the A-League’s return from the wilderness to face awkward questions
Our cartoonist looks at the start of the A-League Men season with Melbourne City and South Melbourne in the news for all the right – and wrong – reasons Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/picture/2026/oct/16/a-leagues-season-return-david-squires-cartoon
PSG pummel Manchester City while Villa and Liverpool hit six | Football Weekly Extra – video
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nick Ames and Nicky Bandini as PSG thrash Manchester City in their first home game since the Premier League’s guilty verdict Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2026/oct/15/psg-pummel-manchester-city-while-villa-and-liverpool-hit-six-football-weekly-extra-video
FC Copenhagen Women have a ‘startup-like’ brand. Now they need results
A famous name and record attendances have given FCK a platform but a difficult start in Denmark’s top-flight shows success on the pitch is not guaranteedOn an August day in 2024, 5,165 fans gathered at Vanløse Idrætspark to watch FC Copenhagen (FCK) take on B73 Slagelse in their first league match. For Denmark’s most successful men’s club, with 16 league titles, it marked the realisation of their desire to establish a women’s team, through collaboration with the existing FC Damsø, and an ambitious project with aims of having a wide-reaching impact on and off the pitch.The 26 months since have brought a whirlwind of success, the club securing back-to-back promotions to reach the A-Liga. Now they are in the top division and “playing with the big dogs”, as their head of women’s football, Romaney Pinnock, coins it, and they must adapt to stay there. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/fc-copenhagen-denmark-womens-football-moving-the-goalposts
European football leaders confident of finding candidate to stand against Infantino
Fifa president hoping to be re-elected in MarchOpponent may declare hand at last minuteEuropean football leaders are increasingly confident they will find a candidate to stand against Gianni Infantino in next year’s Fifa presidential election.One European football association head told the Guardian they were “positive” that Infantino will face an opponent in March, a sentiment echoed by senior figures at Uefa and other national associations before Thursday’s crucial meeting of the Fifa council. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/fifa-gianni-infantino-council
My old teammate Miroslav Klose is bucking a trend in German coaching | Philipp Lahm
‘Miro’, now in charge at Nürnberg, knows the value of consistency and identity in an era of tinkering coaches who did not play professionallyYou learn the most from the best. The Champions League winners are Paris Saint-Germain, and they could achieve a historic hat-trick this season. Since the tournament’s rebrand in 1992, they would be only the second club to accomplish this feat, after Real Madrid’s run from 2016 to 2018.I see clear parallels between the two. For Madrid, nine players started in all three of their final victories. Similarly, PSG won their two finals with virtually identical lineups. The only change came during their title defence in Budapest, where Gianluigi Donnarumma no longer featured in goal, Luis Enrique having parted ways with the Italian European champion.core players: about 70 to 85% eachremaining regular starters: 50 to 60% eachsquad players: 40 to 45% eachfringe squad places: sharing the remaining maximum of 20% Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/my-old-teammate-miroslav-klose-is-bucking-a-trend-in-german-coaching
Manchester City are suddenly box-office in age of charge-rage and mega defiance | Barney Ronay
This is by far the most interesting this club have ever been and they faced PSG, a kind of twin entity in all this as oil state glove puppetsAnother day, another note of unreality; another vivid and brilliant spectacle that feels as though it has been whipped together out of meringue and burnt sugar. Time flies when the world is closing in. Two weeks on, this was Manchester City’s first home game since the verdict dropped, the irrefutable body of evidence was refuted, and English football entered its state of ongoing whiplash.In the stadium this felt like watching someone dance while the world burns. This was a brilliant game pegged out around six goals, a collapse, a comeback, posts and bars struck, saved penalties, and a performance of state-of-the-art omni-football from this brilliantly high-grade PSG team. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/15/manchester-city-paris-saint-germain-psg-champions-league
Championship roundup: Soucek doubles up as West Ham hit nine-man Lincoln for six
Tomas Soucek rounds off big victory after two redsPortsmouth strike late to beat 10-man Sheffield UnitedWest Ham returned to winning ways after they cruised to a 6-0 Championship victory against nine-man Lincoln at the ProAmpac Stadium.The hosts had Tom Hamer sent off after just three minutes and Conor McGrandles followed him off the pitch 20 minutes later, with Konstantinos Mavropanos heading West Ham ahead on the stroke of half-time. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/14/championship-roundup-soucek-doubles-up-as-west-ham-hit-nine-man-lincoln-for-six
Millwall’s Alex Neil criticised for his comments on stoppage for alleged racism
Kick It Out statement: managers should ‘set the tone’Head coach said delay in Swansea game ‘killed momentum’The Millwall head coach, Alex Neil, has been criticised by the anti-racism campaign group Kick It Out after complaining that a stoppage in play over alleged racist abuse “killed the momentum” in Tuesday’s home defeat to Swansea City.The Championship fixture was suspended for around seven minutes after reports of abusive chants being aimed at the Swansea midfielder Eom Ji-sung. The referee, Edward Duckworth, halted the match in the 65th minute before speaking with both teams’ managers, the fourth official and a safety officer. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/14/millwall-alex-neil-criticised-by-kick-it-out-statement