Updates from 5.30pm (BST) kickoffEmail Barry and follow us on BlueskyFun fact: Tottenham and Newcastle have met 61 times in the Premier League era without ever playing out a scoreless draw. Today could be the day for a dreary stalemate but it seems unlikely – fingers crossed for a glut of goals.Premier League: Hull City have made it back-to-back wins upon their return to the top flight, with Liam Millar scoring the only goal of their game at Coventry City to deposit another three precious points in the bank. James Tarkowski left it until added time to cancel out Alex Scott’s opener as Bournemouth were held by Everton at the Vitality Stadium. In today’s early game, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest served up an entertaining 2-2 draw at Anfield, where the hosts had to come from behind twice to rescue a point. Continue reading...
So far this season, Andoni Iraola's team have survived on moments. Four times in two games they have trailed, against Newcastle and Forest, and four times they have recovered to take draws.
Everton have avoided defeat in their first away match of a Premier League campaign for the first time since August 2021 (v Leeds United), prior to this afternoon, the Toffees had lost their last four on the road to start a league campaign. Everton managed five shots on target in the first half, their most in the opening half of a Premier League game since managing six against Tottenham Hotspur in January 2025, whilst the Toffees' non-penalty xG of 1.06 was their most in the first half of a league match since September 2025, when they managed 1.17 v Aston Villa.
Listen to more from Sergej Jakirovic on BBC Sounds here. Hull's Konstantinos Tzolakis is the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a promoted side's opening two games of a Premier League season since David Raya in 2021-22 (for Brentford). Hull's Liam Millar became just the ninth Canadian player to score a Premier League goal, while he was the first Canadian to score the winning goal in a top-flight match since Daniel Jebbison for Sheffield United in May 2021 (v Everton).
Bournemouth have failed to win each of their last two home matches against Everton in the Premier League (D1 L1), this after going unbeaten across their previous eight against the Toffees (W6 D2). Bournemouth are unbeaten in each of their last 10 home matches in the Premier League (W3 D7), which is their outright longest unbeaten run at home in the top-flight and their longest run overall since a run of 11 between February and August 2022, with 10 of those matches coming in the Championship and one in the Premier League.
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