Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland, Newcastle 2-1 Fulham and more football – as it happened

Late goals from Sunderland at Chelsea and Newcastle at home to Fulham earned the two north-east sides Premier League victories

Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland, Newcastle 2-1 Fulham and more football – as it happened

5.23pm BST Louise Taylor was at St James’ Park and sent this report: Related: Bruno Guimarães strikes late to give Newcastle victory against Fulham 5.20pm BST Jacob Steinberg was at Stamford Bridge for us this afternoon: There were a few boos at full time. There have been not many occasions when Chelsea have suffered without the injured Cole Palmer this season. Yet while they have managed to cope without their most influential attacker in recent weeks, the youngest side in the Premier League certainly could have done with Palmer’s ingenuity when it came to producing a moment of magic to unlock Sunderland’s outstanding defence. Related: Sunderland flying high after stunning Chelsea with injury-time Talbi winner 5.15pm BST Full-time across Europe: BundesligaAugsburg 0-6 RB LeipzigFrankfurt 2-0 St PauliHamburg 0-1 WolfsburgHoffenheim 3-1 HeidenheimBorussia M’gladbach 0-3 Bayern Munich La LigaGirona 3-3 Real OviedoEspanyol 1-0 Elche Serie AParma 0-0 ComoUdinese 3-2 Lecce Ligue 1Brest 0-2 PSG (55 mins) 5.07pm BST Full-time in the Scottish Premiership: Dundee Utd 3-1 St MirrenFalkirk 2-1 DundeeLivingston 1-2 Motherwell 5.04pm BST Full-time in the Championship: Blackburn 2-1 SouthamptonBristol City 1-0 BirminghamDerby 1-0 QPRHull 1-1 CharltonMiddlesbrough 1-1 WrexhamMillwall 1-0 LeicesterSheffield Wed 1-2 Oxford UtdSwansea 2-1 Norwich 4.59pm BST Full-time: Newcastle 2-1 Fulham Bruno Guimarães pounced at the end to win it for Eddie Howe’s side, who climb to 11th in the table. Jacob Murphy had put the hosts ahead early on before Sasa Lukic’s second-half equaliser. Either team could have won it and Newcastle did. 4.58pm BST Full-time: Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland It’s a famous win for Régis Le Bris’ side, their first at Stamford Bridge since 2014. It’s a victory that takes them into second place in the Premier League. Chemsdine Talbi’s stoppage-time winner continues their dream season. Alejandro Garnacho had given Chelsea the lead but Wilson Isidor started what was eventually a successful comeback. Updated at 5.00pm BST 4.56pm BST The home fans stream out of Stamford Bridge, with only a minute or so remaining. The away end is raucous. A minute to play and Sunderland have the ball in the Chelsea half. 4.54pm BST GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland (Talbi 90+3) Stamford Bridge is stunned! Brobbey holds the ball up on the counter and lays it back for Talbi, who guides his shot into the far corner. Sunderland are going second! Updated at 5.00pm BST 4.50pm BST Six minutes of added time at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland. 4.49pm BST GOAL! Newcastle 2-1 Fulham (Guimarães 90) Bruno Guimarães looks to have won it! Will Osula drives down the right, cuts inside and has a shot saved by Leno. Guimarães is there to follow up on the rebound! Updated at 4.54pm BST 4.45pm BST Maresca’s last throw of the dice is to send on Andrey Santos and Tyrique George, for Neto and João Pedro. 4.43pm BST The Chelsea fans cry ‘shoot’ at Caicedo, who’s on the halfway line with the ball. Roefs was off his line and the supporters were no doubt thinking of Caicedo’s goal from a similar distance against Bournemouth last year. 4.42pm BST Joelinton, Tonali and Elanga have gone close to putting Newcastle in front against Fulham. Still 1-1 there. 4.41pm BST There’s 10 minutes to go at Stamford Bridge. Sunderland go forward and Sánchez flaps at a cross that comes off Brobbey and goes out for a goal-kick. 4.40pm BST Blackburn are level against Southampton through Ryan Alebiosu and Swansea lead Norwich 2-1 thanks to Zan Vipotnik’s double. 4.36pm BST Acheampong is replaced by Tosin Adarabioyo, with Jamie Gittens coming on for Guiu. Chris Rigg and Brian Brobbey are on for Sunderland. 4.35pm BST Guimarães tries his luck for Newcastle from the edge of the box but his shot is wide. Anthony Elanga is on for the hosts, with Josh King off the bench for Fulham. 4.35pm BST Xhaka drives at the Chelsea penalty area, creates an opening and lets fly. Acheampong comes across to block the shot and Xhaka is left to apologise to Talbi, who was in a far better position. 4.32pm BST Fernández can’t trouble Roefs with a shot that goes straight at the Sunderland goalkeeper. Estêvão’s cross is then met by Fernández and again his effort is held by Roefs. Around 15 minutes to go. Updated at 4.33pm BST 4.30pm BST Enzo Le Fée gets booked after sliding in on Chalobah as Chelsea tried to play out from the back. Still 1-1. 4.27pm BST Bayern Munich are on course for their eighth win out of eight in the Bundesliga – they are 3-0 up at 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach, Kimmich, Guerreiro and the teenager Karl on target. 4.25pm BST Shouts for a penalty from the home crowd at Stamford Bridge. Roefs and Cucurella collide in the air, with the goalkeeper getting to the ball first. It’s innocuous but Cucurella has come off worse. 4.23pm BST Hull lead 1-0 against Charlton, Joe Gelhardt on target shortly after the restart there. 4.21pm BST Bruno Guimarães should have scored for Newcastle, sending a header wide from eight yards out. They are being held 1-1 by Fulham. 4.20pm BST Estêvão is straight into the action and has a shot blocked by a Sunderland defender to earn Chelsea a corner. James’ inswinger is headed away. 4.18pm BST Estêvão is on for Chelsea, replacing the goalscorer Garnacho after he sends a wayward shot off target. 4.15pm BST GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Fulham (Lukic 56) Fulham level it at St James’ Park! Kevin’s cross comes off the crossbar and Sasa Lukic is there to turn it home. Updated at 4.32pm BST 4.14pm BST Sheffield Wednesday have a goal back against Oxford: Sheffield-born Sean Fusire gets on the scoresheet. Oxford still lead 2-1. 4.13pm BST Fernández is back on after receiving treatment as Cucurella wins a free-kick inside his own half. 4.12pm BST The game is stopped with Enzo Fernández down holding his head. Sunderland’s supporters are frustrated but a couple of their players called the injury to the referee’s attention. 4.10pm BST Sunderland made Chelsea wait before coming out for the second half and they’re dictating the start of this second half as well. Their tails are up. 4.09pm BST Sunderland win a throw-in in a dangerous area (can we start saying that?) after Caicedo clears a cross. Chelsea deal with it this time as Chalobah heads clear. 4.07pm BST Jess Fishlock’s 167th and final cap for Wales ended in a 2-1 defeat to Australia in Cardiff. The 38-year-old made an emotional exit in second-half stoppage time as she calls time on an extraordinary international career. Updated at 4.12pm BST 4.05pm BST Second half begins We are back under way at Stamford Bridge (Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland) and St James’ Park (Newcastle 1-0 Fulham). 4.01pm BST Half-time scores from around the grounds: ChampionshipBlackburn 0-1 SouthamptonBristol City 1-0 BirminghamDerby 1-0 QPRHull 0-0 CharltonMiddlesbrough 0-1 WrexhamMillwall 1-0 LeicesterSheffield Wed 0-2 Oxford UtdSwansea 1-1 Norwich Scottish PremiershipDundee Utd 1-1 St MirrenFalkirk 0-1 DundeeLivingston 1-0 Motherwell Europe highlightsAusgburg 0-6 RB Leipzig (70 mins)Borussia M’gladbach 0-0 Bayern Munich (55 mins)Girona 3-3 Real Oviedo (FT)Udinese 3-2 Lecce (FT) 3.50pm BST Half-time Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland (Garnacho 4, Isidor 22)An end-to-end game at Stamford Bridge, with Garnacho’s first Chelsea goal giving them an early lead. Sunderland have grown into it, scoring from a long throw, and look comfortable at both ends. Newcastle 1-0 Fulham (Murphy 18)Murphy’s strike has been the decisive moment in the opening 45 minutes, with Newcastle hitting the post through Woltemade and Murphy. Fulham, who made six changes to their XI, are not out of it yet though. 3.47pm BST The resulting free-kick is played out to Garnacho, whose cross is looping and clutched easily by Roefs. Three minutes of added time. 3.45pm BST Roefs tips a shot from Chalobah over the bar for another Chelsea corner. The Dutchman spills the cross but Geertruida clears. Hume is then penalised for a sliding challenge on Cucurella. Updated at 3.46pm BST 3.44pm BST Leno and Pope are called into action at St James’ Park. First Murphy is played in on goal but the Fulham keeper wins the one-on-one, then Smith Rowe is denied by Pope at the other end. It’s 1-0 to Newcastle. 3.41pm BST Roefs to the rescue for Sunderland as a Chelsea corner finds its way to Garnacho at the back post and the goalkeeper gets there in time to stop the shot with his legs. Still 1-1, with five minutes to go until half-time. Updated at 3.46pm BST 3.39pm BST Oxford go 2-0 up at Hillsborough. Cameron Brannagan’s free-kick beats Joe Lumley and dampens those Sheffield Wednesday spirits a tad. 3.37pm BST In the Bundesliga, a strike partnership of Harry Kane and Nicolas Jackson is yet to yield a goal for Bayern Munich at 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach. It’s 0-0 at half-time there. RB Leipzig are 4-0 up at Augsburg. 3.35pm BST Chelsea waste a good chance to play Marc Guiu into a good position as João Pedro errs a little too long on the ball. 3.34pm BST More on early wins in the Championship for Coventry, Ipswich and Stoke: Related: Championship roundup: Coventry sink Watford to claim sixth successive win 3.29pm BST Sunderland go close! Xhaka exploits a gap between James and Chalobah and Isidor hits the side-netting. Nervy times at Stamford Bridge. 3.28pm BST Another goal in the Championship. Léo Scienza puts Will Still’s Southampton in front against Blackburn at Ewood Park. 3.26pm BST Another day, another goal from a long throw in the Premier League. Launch, flick-on, finish. It sounds simple but seems to be so hard to stop. 3.24pm BST Jacob Murphy for England? asks Chris via email. I’m surprised this conversation hasn’t started earlier to be honest. Updated at 3.29pm BST 3.23pm BST GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland (Isidor 22) Mukiele winds up a long throw, it’s flicked on by Ballard and Isidor does the rest! There are appeals for offside but Acheampong looks to be playing the striker onside. Updated at 3.27pm BST 3.20pm BST Cucurella continues to look dangerous down Chelsea’s left. Fernández picks him out within shooting range but the full-back’s first touch is poor. 3.19pm BST GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Fulham (Murphy 18) Newcastle hit the post for a third time … but this time the ball goes in! It’s Murphy again who pounces on a mistake from Calvin Bassey to put the hosts in front. Updated at 3.23pm BST 3.17pm BST Newcastle have hit the post again at St James’ Park, Jacob Murphy this time seeing his cross hit the woodwork. Still 0-0 there. 3.17pm BST Elsewhere in the Championship, Wrexham lead at Middlesbrough through Josh Windass. Carlton Morris has put Derby 1-0 up against QPR and Swansea are a goal up against Norwich. 3.14pm BST Oxford try to spoil the party at Hillsborough. Against the run of play, Will Lankshear heads the visitors in front against Sheffield Wednesday. 3.13pm BST 12 min: Both Cucurella and Caicedo have a go at converting a Chelsea corner but the ball goes behind for another. 3.12pm BST Spirits are high at Sheffield Wednesday, currently 0-0 at home to Oxford. Those in charge of the big screen at Hillsborough are enjoying their first post-Chansiri afternoon … 3.08pm BST 8 min: Certainly a nerve-settler for Enzo Maresca, that. Sunderland had looked bright in the opening exchanges but Garnacho’s first goal since May has put paid to that. Cucurella then goes close to doubling Chelsea’s lead. 3.07pm BST Newcastle hit the post! Trippier’s free-kick falls to Woltemade in the penalty area and it comes back off the upright. 3.06pm BST GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland (Garnacho 4) A first shot of the game for Chelsea and a first goal for the club for Alejandro Garnacho. Pedro Neto picks out Garnacho, who finds half a yard and shoots through the legs of Robin Roefs in goal. Updated at 3.12pm BST 3.03pm BST 2 min: Sunderland have made a fast start, putting pressure on Chelsea with a couple of dangerous balls into the box. 3.00pm BST Kick-off Chelsea (5th) host Sunderland (7th), with Newcastle (15th) at home to Fulham (16th) as well. Could it be tight? 2.55pm BST Kick-off is five minutes away. I’ll be homing in on Chelsea v Sunderland but also keeping you across the key events from Newcastle v Fulham, plus the scores from around the grounds. Updated at 3.02pm BST 2.50pm BST On the ball – guess the footballer Something to keep you busy. The Guardian has kicked off a new chapter in puzzles with the launch of its first daily football game, On the ball. It is now live in the app for both iOS and Android. Related: Upgrade your downtime with Guardian Puzzles 2.41pm BST It’s a big afternoon at Hillsborough. After Sheffield Wednesday entered administration yesterday, their fans have rallied around the club and rejoiced at the exit of owner Dejphon Chansiri. Wednesday fans reportedly spent £100,000 in the club shop yesterday – with figures approaching that today. The seats spelling out Chansiri’s name at Hillsborough are also being yanked out. Wednesday, docked 12 points yesterday and now bottom of the Championship on minus six, are at home to Oxford Utd at 3pm. Having held a boycott at previous home games, the supporters are returning to Hillsborough today. Related: Dejphon Chansiri and everything that has gone wrong at Sheffield Wednesday 2.35pm BST Results and latest scores from the early kick-offs: ChampionshipCoventry 3-1 WatfordIpswich 1-0 West BromPortsmouth 0-1 Stoke Frank Lampard’s Coventry go four points clear at the top of the Championship and seven points clear of third. League OneBolton 1-0 CardiffMansfield 1-1 Wigan League TwoCheltenham 1-0 WalsallFleetwood 2-1 Accrington La LigaGirona 1-2 Real Oviedo (75 mins) Women’s friendlyWales 0-1 Australia (35 mins) Women’s FA CupMiddlesbrough 4-0 Cheadle Town 2.22pm BST Fulham will be glad to go into this weekend with their manager still in place. Marco Silva was strongly linked with the Nottingham Forest job before Sean Dyche got it – and now he’s got to devise a plan to stop Nick Woltemade. Mourinho and Benfica managed to do that in the Champions League on Tuesday but that left Newcastle’s wide players free to roam, as Louise Taylor says: Benfica restricted the Woltemade to one touch inside their box but, ultimately, they could not handle Eddie Howe’s wingers, Anthony Gordon in particular. “We could not compete with their horsepower, their intensity, speed and physicality,” said Mourinho. “This tells me a lot about Newcastle’s true level. They are a team of giants and they have four lightning-fast wingers.” Silva, a compatriot and a friend of Mourinho, has reason to be worried, particularly as Howe says there is “much more to come” from his reshaped side. 2.17pm BST This is the first time Chelsea and Sunderland have met in the Premier League since the final day of the 2016-17 season, when Antonio Conte’s side lifted the title after a thumping 5-1 win. Sunderland have lost on five of their last six visits to the Bridge but they’ve had a couple of very notable victories there in the last 15 years or so. There was Fabio Borini’s penalty that halted Mourinho’s title charge in 2014 and a 3-0 drubbing in 2010 that included a fine solo goal from Nedum Onuoha and some spectacular dancing from Bolo Zenden. 2.10pm BST Some more on Marc Guiu from Will Unwin this week: Marc Guiu started the season at Sunderland, having found himself out of Enzo Maresca’s plans and needing to learn about life in the Premier League after a slow first year in England. As a teenager arriving from Barcelona’s La Masia, it was not a surprise that the striker needed time to adapt even if he made a few cameos along the way before the Black Cats came calling. Then Liam Delap got injured and Chelsea were in a bit of a vice, so brought back Guiu. Sunderland gave him two substitute appearances in the league and he scored only in the Carabao Cup exit to Huddersfield, suggesting he might not be primed for life at the top of the table. Since then, however, he has shown Maresca what he can do, playing a half in the win over Nottingham Forest and scoring against Ajax. He will want to continue on this trajectory. Related: Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2.03pm BST Newcastle v Fulham team news Lewis Miley keeps his place for Newcastle after playing the full 90 minutes against Benfica in midweek. Sandro Tonali is on the bench. Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Joelinton, Guimarães, Miley; Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon. Subs: Ramsdale, Schär, Tonali, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Elanga, Willock, Ramsey. Emile Smith Rowe makes his first league start of the season for Fulham, with Josh King dropping to the bench. Adama Traoré also makes the XI. Fulham (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Sessegnon; Lukic, Berge; Traoré, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jiménez. Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Cairney, Cuenca, Kusi-Asare, Castagne, Kevin, King, Amissah. 1.58pm BST Chelsea v Sunderland team news Marc Guiu starts for Chelsea. The teenage striker spent the first few weeks of the season on loan at Sunderland before being recalled after Liam Delap’s injury. Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; James, Acheampong, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernández; Neto, João Pedro, Garnacho; Guiu.Subs: Jörgensen, Adarabioyo, Fofana, Hato, Lavia, Santos, Estêvão, Gittens, George. Bertrand Traoré starts for Sunderland against his former club. The winger played 16 times for Chelsea in the 2015-16 season under José Mourinho and Guus Hiddink. Sunderland (5-4-1): Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Reinildo, Geertruida; Traoré, Sadiki, Xhaka, Le Fée; Isidor.Subs: Patterson, Neil, O’Nien, Talbi, Rigg, Brobbey, Mayenda, Jones, Masuaku. 1.50pm BST The afternoon’s fixture list (3pm BST kick-off unless stated) Premier LeagueChelsea v SunderlandNewcastle v Fulham European highlightsBorussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich (2.30pm)Brest v Paris Saint-Germain (4pm) ChampionshipBlackburn v SouthamptonBristol City v BirminghamDerby v QPRHull v CharltonMiddlesbrough v WrexhamMillwall v LeicesterSheffield Wednesday v Oxford UtdSwansea v Norwich Scottish PremiershipDundee Utd v St MirrenFalkirk v DundeeLivingston v Motherwell We’ll have coverage of Manchester United v Brighton (5.30pm) and Brentford v Liverpool (8pm) in the Premier League, as well as the Lionesses v Brazil (5.30pm), elsewhere later on. 1.45pm BST Preamble Hello and welcome to Saturday’s clockwatch. We’ve got two Premier League games coming up at 3pm (BST), with action at Stamford Bridge and St James’ Park as west London goes up against north-east England. Fresh from dispatching Ajax in the Champions League in midweek, Chelsea are at home to Sunderland this afternoon looking to gain some ground on the leaders, Arsenal. Enzo Maresca’s side can go within two points of top spot with a win – but, then again, so can the visitors after their excellent start to the campaign. Newcastle were also winners in midweek, making light work of José Mourinho’s Benfica. Today they’re up against Fulham, who are without a handful of regulars in what is approaching an injury crisis. I’ll be bringing you updates from both games, with a particular focus on Stamford Bridge, while keeping across events in the EFL, Scotland and Europe’s major leagues. Team news is on the way shortly. Do get in touch with your thoughts on today’s games (or the season as a whole) as well.