Team from town of 13,000 shock 2024 championsNkunku returns as RB Leipzig beat MönchengladbachBundesliga newcomers Elversberg began their first top-flight campaign in style, stunning Bayer Leverkusen with an impressive 3-2 home victory on Saturday.Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell scored within 60 seconds of each other to put Elversberg 2-0 up before the 10-minute mark. David Mokwa added another early in the second half in front of 9,307 delirious fans. Continue reading...
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...
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).
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