Aston Villa v Manchester City buildup, Premier League news, WSL, and more – matchday live

It’s a big day in the WSL, with a north London derby no less. All times (for one more day only) BST:

12.45 Tottenham v Arsenal
17.15 Brighton v West Ham

Lots of pressure on Arsenal and their under-fire boss Renée Slegers. Tom Garry sets the scene.

“It says much about Arsenal’s predicament that the team who have conceded 12 goals in two games are not the side whose head coach is under most pressure before a north London derby.”

Of those other results from Friday, a special mention for Borussia Mönchengladbach. They’d lost their first six Bundesliga games going into last night’s game at Stuttgart but came away with all three points. They’re still bottom but well done to the beaten 1977 European Cup finalists, who were namechecked here (1min 56).

Die Tabelle….

Results from last night. Every team scored, with Middlesbrough winning the goal count after blasting five at Bolton. That victory put them top of the Championship.

Premier League: Ipswich 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Bundesliga: Stuttgart 2-3 M’gladbach
Serie A: Torino 3-2 Monza
La Liga: Alaves 1-1 Malaga
Ligue 1: Brest 1-2 Nice
Championship: Bolton 1-5 Middlesbrough

Last season, after a slow and creaky start, Aston Villa went into their home fixture with Manchester City on the back of five wins from their last six games in all competitions. They won the game 1-0 thanks to an early strike from Matty Cash.

This season, after another slow and creaky start, Villa also host City on the back of five wins from six. Will history repeat? Or will 100% City continue their bid to reach the maximium 114 points, meaning they’d still finish with 64 (and a likely Champions League spot) even if docked 50 should the guilty verdict hold up?

Check out the team news and predicted starting XIs for all the weekend top-flight matches.

Arsenal v Everton could be decent but it’s those two bookend top-flight fixtures which really take the eye. Today’s Premier League offerings are below – all times BST.

• 12.30 Aston Villa v Man City

• 15.00 Arsenal v Everton

• 15.00 Coventry v Fulham

• 17.30 Chelsea v Tottenham

And don’t forget the clocks go back tonight. Or is it forward? Back I think. Anyway, it’s goodbye to BST and hello to GMT. I’ll be honest, the latter is my least favourite of the UK time zones but it is what it is.

Ipswich are up to ninth after that draw with Forest. The visitors have nudged up to 16th but, once more, should really have come away with more than a point.

Fun Ipswich fact: they’ve now won as many home points (7) as they managed in the entirety of their previous Premier League campaign in 2024/25.

Not fun Forest fact: No team have underperformed their xG more than Forest this season – just six goals from 13.4 created.

Here’s Michael Fish’s John Brewin’s report from a windy Portman Road.

“Amid a Suffolk squall, winds whipping, a constant drum of rain, an encounter full of half-chances, mistakes, the obligatory refereeing controversy and searching questions…”

Good morning! This Premier League weekend is already up and running after a 1-1 draw between Ipswich and Nottingham Forest at Portman Road last night. We’ll have reaction to that and also look ahead to today’s four top-flight matches. There are some crackers and, if it’s too windy outside, the sofa is your friend today as you enhance your televisual experience by following our various blogs and minute-by-minute offerings. You’ve made a great start by already tuning into this one so let’s mildly entertain you for the next few hours.