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Championship roundup
Here’s our write-up of the early Championship games, including a ding-dong gave at Pride Park.
Peep peep! The players are back for more and so, dear reader, are we.
Championship half-times
A reminder that you can follow all the EFL games on our live scores page.
Half time: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley
Thomas Frank’s new team lead Burnley thanks to a smart early finish from Richarlison.
Half time: Brighton 0-0 Fulham
Nothing to see here.
Half time: Sunderland 0-0 West Ham
A tight first half at the Stadium of Light, where Sunderland have seven new signings in their starting XI.
42 min: Brighton 0-0 Fulham “It’s all Brighton” is the verdict of Paul Merson on Sky Sports. Sounds like Carlos Baleba is dominating midfield as usual.
Premier League latest
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Brighton 0-0 Fulham
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Sunderland 0-0 West Ham
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Tottenham 1-0 Burnley
Blackpool’s Ellis scores twice – and is sent off
League One Quite the first half at Bloomfield Road, where Blackpool lead Huddersfield 3-2 but have just been reduced to 10 men. Niall Ennis, who scored two of Blackpool’s goals, has now been sent off for a dangerous high challenge.
34 min: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley It sounds like Burnley are coming into the game, albeit without really testing Guglielmo Vicario.
30 min: Brighton 0-0 Fulham Kaoru Mitoma misses the clearest chance to date, heading off target from Matt O’Riley’s cross.
27 min: Sunderland 0-0 West Ham A neat move from West Ham ends with El-Hadji Malick Diouf’s shot being cleared off the line by Dan Ballard. It sounds like that game has been pretty even so far.
Championship
Luca Kjerrumgaard, a giant Danish forward on loan from Udinese, has scored two goals in five minutes at Vicarage Road. Watford lead QPR 2-0.
23 min: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley The possession stats – Tottenham have had 81 per cent – are grim reading for Burnley, and lovers of promoted teams more generally.
Slightly weird phrase to write, but this is a big season for the promoted teams.
Premier League latest
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Brighton 0-0 Fulham
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Sunderland 0-0 West Ham
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Tottenham 1-0 Burnley
17 min: Tottenham 1-0 Burnley A bit of Spurs-adjacent news: Eberechi Eze, a target for Daniel Levy and friends, may miss Crystal Palace’s match at Chelsea tomorrow.
You didn’t pick Richarlison, did you?
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Burnley (Richarlison 10)
The first Premier League goal of the Thomas Frank era has been scored by Richarlison. Burnley tried to play out from the back, lost the ball and were punished. Mohammed Kudus’s cross bounced up awkwardly towards Richarlison, who adjusted his body to drag an accomplished excellent finish past Martin Dubravka.
6 min: Spurs 0-0 Burnley We’ve had the first eight-second corner of the Premier League season, awarded by Michael Oliver against the Burnley keeper Martin Dubravka. Nothing came of it but you’d imagine those timewasting punishments will become a background feature of the season.
Championship match report: Wrexham 2-3 West Brom
With the spotlight fixed on their Hollywood infused opposition, it is easily forgettable that West Brom’s Ryan Mason is just lighting the touchpaper on a hopefully lengthy and fruitful managerial career. Mason will know already that he will thrive or fail on his substitutions, and a lunchtime double switch that instantly earned three precious Championship points should boost his confidence.
Championship Stoke’s Million Manhoef has put them ahead inside the first minute at Hillsborough. You can follow all the EFL goals as they go in via our live scores page.
The three Premier League games are under way. They were all preceded by a minute’s silence in memory of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.
Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo, who was racially abused at Anfield last night, has thanked his teammates, the Liverpool players and the match officials for their support last night.
Match report: Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle demonstrated how united they are without Alexander Isak but also how much they miss his goal power. Despite dominating this match, before and after Ezri Konsa was sent off for Aston Villa, Eddie Howe’s men had to settle for a draw against the side they pipped for a Champions League place.
“Hey Rob, is that the time already?” says Simon McMahon. “I’ve given up going to Dundee’s Sausage & Cider Festival XXL to be at the start of another season of clockwatch madness, though I will be having bangers and mash and some scrumpy for my tea.
“It’s the last sixteen of the Scottish League Cup this weekend, with the all premier tie Hearts v St. Mirren being the pick, with potential for upsets at Morton, who welcome Aberdeen, and in Perth, where St. Johnstone face Motherwell. European giant killers nearly men Dundee United travel to Kilmarnock tomorrow, hoping to put Thursday night’s heartbreak against Rapid Vienna behind them.”
Urgh, commiserations on Thursday; that must have been painful. I thought I heard some thunderclaps after the game, which was confusing in mid-August, but then I realised it was probably Jim McLean effing and jeffing from upstairs.
Championship results
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Derby 3-5 Coventry
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Portsmouth 1-2 Norwich
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Wrexham 2-3 West Brom
Sam Smith scored in the 94th minute for Wrexham but they couldn’t pull their second injury-time comeback of the week. Portsmouth gave Norwich a scare at Fratton Park: Adrian Segecic pulled one back before John Swift hit the crossbar with a sizzling volley.
Full time: Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
No goals at Villa Park, where the home side held on for the last quarter with 10 men after Ezri Konsa was sent off.
GOAL! Derby 3-5 Coventry (Torp 79) Viktor Torp rifles an excellent shot through the crowd to give Coventry a two-goal cushion for the first time today.
GOAL! Wrexham 1-3 West Brom (Price 81) Isaac Price has got his second goal, guiding a header into the net from Mikey Johnston’s cross.
Tottenham v Burnley team news
Mohammed Kudus starts for Spurs. the rest of their summer signings, including Joao Palhinha, are on the bench.
Kyle Walker, Quilindschy Hartman, Jaidon Anthony and Martin Dubravka all start for Burnley.
Tottenham Hotspur (poss 4-2-3-1) Vicario; Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence; Bergvall, Gray; Kudus, Sarr, Johnson; Richarlison.
Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Joao Palhinha, Tel, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert,
Bentancur, Davies.
Burnley (poss 3-4-2-1) Dubravka; Walker, Ekdal, Esteve; Sonne, Mejbri, Cullen, Laurent, Hartman; Mejbri, Anthony; Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Lucas Pires.
Referee Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
GOAL! Derby 3-4 Coventry (Mason-Clark 75)
Ephron Mason-Clark has put Coventry ahead again with a superbly deft header at the far post.
GOAL! Derby 3-3 Coventry (Thomas-Asante 72)
Brandon Thomas-Asante has equalised for Coventry in a ding-dong thriller at Derby. Hang on, there’s been a seventh goal…
GOAL! Wrexham 1-2 West Brom (Wallace 74)
Jed Wallace has given West Brom the lead at the STōK Cae Ras, splashing a shot past Wrexham keeper Danny Ward at the near post.
Sunderland v West Ham team news
New faces galore in the Sunderland team: Granit Xhaka, Habib Diarra, Simon Adingra, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Noah Sadiki and Robin Roefs all make their debuts.
West Ham’s new faces are Mads Hermansen in goal and the exciting El Hadji Malick Diouf at left wing-back.
Sunderland (poss 4-3-3) Roefs; Hume, Ballard, Seelt, Mandava; Diarra, Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Mayenda, Adingra.
Subs: Patterson, Neil, Guiu, Roberts, Rigg, Alderete, Isidor, Le Fee, Jones.
West Ham (3-4-1-2) Hermansen; Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd; Wan-Bissaka, Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez, Diouf; Lucas Paqueta; Bowen, Fullkrug.
Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Alvarez, Wilson, Mavropanos, Soucek, Scarles, Potts, Irving.
Referee Robert Jones (Merseyside)
Brighton v Fulham team news
Summer signingswatch: Maxim De Cuyper starts at left-back for Brighton. Fulham’s new back-up keeper Benjamin Lecomte is on the bench.
Brighton (4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, De Cuyper; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, O’Riley, Mitoma; Rutter.
Subs: Steele, Gruda, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Veltman, Coppola.
Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Cuenca; Berge, Lukic; Wilson, King, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Subs: Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Andreas Pereira, Castagne, Diop, Smith Rowe, Lecomte.
Referee Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire)
Read Sid Lowe on Thomas Partey’s Villarreal debut last night
There were no banners, no chants, no renewed social media campaign and neither manager was asked to comment on Partey after the game. The whistles were not sufficient to be registered by everyone. Cadena Ser radio’s local correspondent, who sat high in the main stand, reported that he had not heard any.
Red card! Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle (Konsa sent off)
Ezri Konsa has been given a straight red card for dogsoing Anthony Gordon. Barry Glendenning has more.
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley (3pm)
When I was 27 of course I thought I could do everything but I also found out that as a leader I am 1,000% better now, so he also needs to learn and become better and better, so I will do my best to guide him. His aggression is phenomenal. He is fantastic in the duels. When he gives that to the team, he can transform the team and give energy to the team so I think that’s extremely important.
GOAL! Derby 3-2 Coventry (Adams 50)
Derby are ahead for the first time in what sounds like a bit of a humdinger at Pride Park. Coventry manager Frank Lampard may not share that view after watching Ebou Adams put his old club ahead.
53 min: Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
No goals at Villa Park, where Newcastle had the better of the first half. Barry Glendenning is your man for updates on that game, and so much more.
Championship latest (12.30pm)
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Derby 2-2 Coventry
Elder 12, Morris 45+2 pen; Thomas 7, Wright 25 pen -
Portsmouth 0-2 Norwich
Darling 6, Sargent 14 -
Wrexham 1-1 West Brom
O’Brien 42, Price 20
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the first Premier League-themed clockwatch of 2025-26. There are three 3pm kick-offs, one for each hour post meridiem, and they’ll be the focus of today’s disposable nonsense coverage.
We’ll also keep two thirds of an eye on the EFL and bring you another either yellow-ticker-worthy news from elsewhere.
Premier League fixtures
