Key events
Bournemouth 1-0 Everton, 47 min: There are no changes for either side as the second half progresses.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 45 min: Hull are making two changes with Drameh on for Coyle and Gourna-Douath is on for Morita. Coventry have no changes.
Both Premier League games are back underway now. Can Bournemouth see out their win against Everton? And can someone break the deadlock between Coventry and Hull City? All to come.
Simon McMahon has got in touch with an update from Scottish football:
Hi Sarah. After a difficult start to the season, including a derby defeat last week, Dundee United are 3-0 up at Kilmarnock at half time. Travelling United fans, including diehards Evie and Ryan, with something to cheer about at last, and an enjoyable journey home to look forward to. As has United manager Jim Goodwin, who misses the game after taking unwell on Thursday. Celtic and Hearts also have comfortable half time leads against Falkirk and St. Johnstone respectively.
Some half-time reading for you:
Half-time: Bournemouth 1-0 Everton
Well Petrovic kept Everton at bay with some sensational saves with Scott doing his part by putting the hosts ahead. Everton have not been poor in this game, they just need to be clinical in front of goal. A lively second half to come.
Half-time: Coventry 0-0 Hull City
Coventry had a lot of dominance in this first half but they just haven’t been able to take advantage, some boos as the half-time whistle goes.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 45 min: Thomas and Belloumi comes together with the Hull City man at fault there. Two minutes added.
Scott will get the plaudits for the finish but it is Evanilson who did all of the hard work in the build up. He chases a ball and picks out Scott who scores from close range.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Everton (Scott, 41)
It’s a brilliant finish from Alex Scott and Pickford’s wait for 100 clean sheets goes on.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 41 min: This ground is going to erupt if Coventry can get ahead. The atmosphere has lulled somewhat.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 39 min: Awoniyi doesn’t get much warning for a ball into the box and it hits his thigh but there’s a great save by Tzolakis. He puts it behind for a corner but it’s dealt with by Hull.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 37 min: Nothing really to report from Bournemouth in terms of goals but both sides are peppering the goalkeepers with chances. Just no breakthrough yet.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 35 min: Wait, my mistake. I got ahead of myself. Drameh was ready to come on but Coyle has managed to recover so he remains in the game.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 34 min: Coyle is receiving treatment now and it does look like he is going to come off. Drameh is coming on for him.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 33 min: A fun fact for you, this is the first time these two clubs have played one another in the Premier League. Of course they have played each other before but never in the top-flight.
On pitch Coyle has remained down after an awkward stretch.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 31 min: The deadlock remains at the Vitality with George the latest to pop a chance in but it’s from long range and it goes wide.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 29 min: There is an applause from the crowd in memory of Coventry fan Harry Chattaway who died suddenly at the age of 27.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 27 min: McBurnie wins a corner for Hull and it’s delivered well but no one can target it goalward, however they get another corner. It comes in again but it’s headed clear.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 25 min: Hull want a penalty but the referee is having absolutely none of it with Stroud making the most of a shove from Thomas, much to the jeers of the Coventry fans.
Bundesliga half-time scores
Here is how the German league is shaping up at half-time.
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RB Leipzig 1-0 Monchengladbach
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Mainz 0-0 Paderbom
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Cologne 0-1 Hoffenheim
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Union Berlin 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
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SV Elversberg 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 23 min: Okay, this is definitely a match for those who love the work of a goalkeeper. Bournemouth’s Petrovic has made another absolutely cracking save. He initially spills George’s effort but manages to get to his feet to repel Barry’s effort from the rebound. Wow.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 20 min: Coventry continue to dominate possession but their execution is just not clinical in the final third at the moment.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 18 min: Both goalkeepers are making some great saves with the game starting to liven up. Rayan is the latest to take a punt but Pickford is there at the near post.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 16 min: It is proving really difficult for Hull City to make any impact at the moment, Stroud did have a chance but it was over the bar.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 14 min: It has been all Coventry so far with Hull not getting a foothold at all so far. The conditions are wet but the hosts seem unphased.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 12 min: Everton have come closest to breaking the deadlock with Branthwaite heading a corner goalward but Petrovic makes a cracking save to keep him out.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 11 min: Grimes will take the set piece and he pops it in but Coyle heads clear. The secondary play is also snuffed out.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 10 min: The referee’s mic pack needed readjusting so there was a bit of a break in play. They are now back underway and Coventry get a free kick on the edge of the box. Coyle gets a yellow card for a shirt pull on Mason-Clark.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 8 min: The atmosphere is not dying down, the crowd are in full voice. Awoniyi has been really positive early on and he gets another chance but he is offside.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 6 min: Thierno Barry took a knock and has been receiving treatment for several minutes. He is okay to continue.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 5 min: Awoniyi has a chance but it is deflected out for a corner. It’s taken by Grimes but Thomas and McBurnie miss it and it’s cleared.
Bournemouth 0-0 Everton, 4 min: The England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford will look to becoming only the fifth English goalkeeper to keep 100 clean sheets in the Premier League today.
David James, David Seaman, Nigel Martyn and Joe Hart are the other English keepers to do so.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 3 min: It may be Hull who are the more confident today despite being away from home. They beat Manchester United last weekend, while Coventry lost to Arsenal.
Coventry 0-0 Hull City, 2 min: It is Coventry’s first Premier League home game in 25 years with their opening top-flight match was away to Arsenal last week. The atmosphere sounds electrifying.
Kick-off: Coventry v Hull City
The two newly promoted sides will go up against one another with action just getting underway.
Kick-off: Bournemouth v Everton
We are underway in Bournemouth where David Moyes will want to continue his perfect start to the season and the hosts will be searching for their maiden win of the campaign.
Elversberg have had a great start to their opening Bundesliga game and their story is a good one as the smallest town to ever be promoted into the German top-flight. Do you have any fun facts like that about other football leagues? Get in touch and let me know. Up next, the Premier League kick-offs.
Jacob Steinberg
Carlo Cudicini was a very good goalkeeper. However, José Mourinho was ruthless when he became Chelsea manager in 2004. Very good was not good enough. Mourinho wanted the best and one of the main factors behind the Portuguese winning the Premier League during his first season in charge was the decision to replace Cudicini with Petr Cech.
There is an old line about a great goalkeeper being worth 15 points a season. It is not for nothing, for instance, that Brian Clough regarded Peter Shilton as one of his most important signings at Nottingham Forest. Shilton was key when Forest defied the odds by winning the Division One title in 1978 and there are plenty of other examples of promising teams taking the next step only after buying a top No 1.
GOAL! Union Berlin 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Ebnoutalib, 11)
Just one minute between his goals and Ebnoutalib puts Frankfurt ahead!
GOAL! Union Berlin 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Ebnoutalib, 10)
This is turning into a great clash in Berlin with Morocco youth international Younes Ebnoutalib equalising for Frankfurt.
GOALS! Elversberg 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Wow, oh wow. The smallest town to ever be promoted into the German top-flight are shocking 2023/24 champions Bayer Leverkusen.
Two early goals for the newbies with Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell hitting the back of the net. What a story.
GOAL! Union Berlin 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Latte Lath, 3)
The new loan signing has scored for the hosts. Ivory Coast international Emmanuel Latte Lath nets early on, he signed a temporary move from 2 August from Atalanta United.
Among the German teams who have just kicked off is newly promoted Elversberg who are playign against Bayer Leverkusen. They are the smallest town to ever be promoted into the Bundesliga and you can read more about the team here:
There has already been a goal in Germany, update to come.
Bundesliga kick-off
All five 2.30pm BST games are underway. We will bring you updates from those when we can, a reminder of the matches:
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RB Leipzig v Monchengladbach
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Mainz v Paderbom
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Cologne v Hoffenheim
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Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
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SV Elversberg v Bayer Leverkusen
Liverpool and Nottingham Forest have drawn 2-2 to give the latter their first point of the season. The Reds, meanwhile, seal their second draw from two games so far this season.
Would you like some updates from around Europe? Of course you do:
Víctor Muñoz has levelled the game for Liverpool with a brilliant finish but the question will be if either club will be able to find a winner. Around 10 minutes left at Anfield.
Some of the latest transfer news here for you:
The Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match is turning into a right battle. Alexander Isak equalised for the Reds but Morgan Gibbs-White just slotted a beautiful penalty to put Forest ahead once again. All the updates:
Hull City make one change as Matt Crooks makes way for Hidemasa Morita, who will make his full Hull debut.
Coventry, meanwhile, make three changes from their opening Premier League game against Arsenal. Ephron Mason-Clark, Jack Rudoni and Taiwo Awoniyi come in for Brandon Thomas-Asante, Frank Onyeka and Ellis Simms.
Everton make one change to their starting XI with Harry Hackney benched for James Garner. Both Harrison Armstrong and Iliman Ndiaye start despite being linked to moves to other clubs in the coming days.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, are unchanged in the starting line-up.
Coventry v Hull City team news
The team news is also hot off of the press for the other fixture.
Coventry: Rushworth, Van Ewijk, Amenda, Thomas, Dasilva, Grimes, Yirenkyi, Rudoni, Tchaouna, Awoniyi, Mason-Clark.
Bench: Bentley, Pinnock, Sakamoto, Simms, Kitching, Latibeaudiere, Thomas-Asante, Torp, Hamer.
Hull City: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Edan, Mendy, Giles, Slater, Morita, Belloumi, McBurnie, Stroud.
Bench: Phillips, Millar, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Drameh, Herrington, Targett, Gourna, Cho.
Bournemouth v Everton team news
The teams have been released for Everton’s trip to Bournemouth.
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Truffert, Cook, Hill, Scott, Evanilson, Silva, Smith, Tavernier, Kluivert, Rayan.
Bench: Di Gregorio, Soler, Brooks, Christie, Gannon Doak, Adams, Diakite, Jebbison, Rodriguez.
Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, George Barry.
Bench: Travers, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Dibling, Johnson, Alcaraz, Hackney, Iroegbunam.
The second round of the Premier League kicked off on Friday with Manchester City beating Crystal Palace 4-1, read more here:
The Bundesliga games which we will also keep across are:
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RB Leipzig v Monchengladbach
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Mainz v Paderbom
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Cologne v Hoffenheim
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Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
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SV Elversberg v Bayer Leverkusen
All of these games have a kick-off time of 2.30pm.
So what Premier League fixtures are there today I hear you ask? Well there is Bournemouth v Everton and Coventry v Hull which we will be covering here and later on there will be a separate blog for Tottenham v Newcastle.
Nottingham Forest currently lead Liverpool at Anfield 1-0, thanks to a lovely finish into the bottom right corner by Dan Ndoye. That game is just getting back underway for its second half so there is still plenty of time for the Reds to turn things around or for Forest to double their lead. Keep up to date:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to today’s clockwatch where we will have a keen focus on the two Premier League 3pm BST kick-offs. Those are Bournemouth v Everton and Coventry v Hull.
But they are not the only games that we will be bringing you updates on. There are also five 2.30pm BST Bundesliga matches which we will also keep across and bring you the main headlines from.
Of course, per the 3pm blackout rules neither Premier League game will be shown on UK TV but fear not we will bring you every goal, red card or any other important update.
There is one game that is already underway between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. We will bring you the latest from that, as well as the team news for the 3pm kick-offs as soon we have it. Let’s go.