Premier League buildup, WSL updates and more – matchday live

1.00pm GMT Team news: headline here is no Marc Guéhi for the hosts at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Muñoz, Wharton, Lerma, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta Subs: Benítez, Matthews, Pino, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Sosa, Devenny Brighton: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Minteh, Rutter, Gómez, Welbeck Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Kostoulas, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola 12.57pm GMT Team news coming in for the four Premier League 2pm kick-offs: Nottingham Forest: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Savona, Sangaré, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Ndoye, Jesus Subs: Abbott, Awoniyi, Hutchinson, Kalimuendo, John Victor, McAtee, Jair Cunha, Morato, Yates Leeds: Perri, Bogle, Gudmundsson, Rodon, Bijol, Longstaff, Ampadu, Stach, Nmecha, Aaronson, Okafor Subs: Darlow, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Gruev, James, Justin, Piroe, Struijk, Tanaka 12.51pm GMT Women’s Super League half-times: London City Lionesses 1-1 Tottenham, Liverpool 1-0 Brighton, West Ham 0-0 Leicester. (So Liverpool and West Ham on for their first WSL points of the season as it stands.) 12.49pm GMT Remarkably well-matched Premier League games today: rivals Crystal Palace v Brighton is ninth v 10th. Brentford v Newcastle pits 13th against 14th. Manchester City v Liverpool is third taking on sixth (but only a point between them). Nottingham Forest v Leeds is 19th v 16th in a possible relegation scrap. Aston Villa v Bournemouth has the biggest gap – 12th v seventh – but there’s only three points between the sides. Well done, fixture computer! More of this please. 12.37pm GMT Spurs have equalised against London City Lionesses in the WSL’s earliest game: Cathinka Tandberg staying cool from the penalty spot to make it 1-1. A point today takes Tottenham above Arsenal in the WSL table, but a long way to go! 12.29pm GMT Liverpool – yet to earn a WSL point under Gareth Taylor – are ahead against Brighton. Beata Olsson slides in to put the home side ahead from close range. That came not long after Brighton’s Carla Camacho had struck the woodwork. Liverpool have dropped nine points from winning positions this season; can this time be different? Updated at 12.34pm GMT 12.23pm GMT Couple of European half-times: Atalanta 0-1 Sassuolo, Utrecht 1-0 Ajax. The struggles go on for Ajax … defeat today would leave them eight points behind Eredivisie rivals Feyenoord and PSV at the top, despite having played a game more. Updated at 12.31pm GMT 12.15pm GMT “Currently, Rob Edwards’ Middlesbrough are second in the Championship with 31 games to go in a notoriously unpredictable league,” observes Gary Naylor via email. “Going to Wolves gives him a free hit at staying up this season and a ‘no blame’ relegation followed by the chance to play in the Championship again next season, this time with parachute payments to load the dice. Why would he not go?” Definitely see your point, Gary. But Wolves are fond of a firing – the counterargument is that if Wolves do go down, he might not even get that chance to take them back up. Of course, Edwards might fancy his chances of avoiding the drop! Updated at 12.24pm GMT 12.10pm GMT Will Unwin will be at the City Ground for Nottingham Forest v Leeds at 2pm and he’s shared his thoughts on NFFC chaos and a vital clash for the visitors, too. Nottingham Forest are without a Premier League victory since an opening weekend thrashing of Brentford. Since then they have changed head coaches twice and Sean Dyche has yet to find the formula to move his new side out of the relegation zone. Six points from 10 games is not good enough for a side who finished seventh last season and invested heavily over the summer on an impressive array of signings. Now they find themselves in a relegation battle and need something to ignite their fight for survival. Beating a rival in the battle to stay up would be very helpful heading into the international break. Leeds have stuttered recently, winning once in their past five games, that victory coming against West Ham at their very worst. If Daniel Farke’s side can rediscover the sort of performance that has seen them defeat Everton and Wolves, too, it could make it a fascinating afternoon at the City Ground. 12.05pm GMT A first goal in the lunchtime WSL games: Freya Godfrey has put London City Lionesses 1-0 ahead against Spurs after only eight minutes. It’s still goalless in Liverpool v Brighton and West Ham v Leicester. 12.02pm GMT Manchester City hosting Liverpool today is Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game as a manager. A suitably grand match for a great achievement! His win ratio is apparently a pretty staggering 71.57%. Naturally that means not many managers have a 100% win ratio against Guardiola. But Arne Slot does. Admittedly, that’s just 2-0 from their two games last season; their first ever match-ups. Can Slot make it to 3-0 against a seemingly resurgent City? Updated at 12.20pm GMT 11.51am GMT As we’re five minutes away from the first WSL kick-off – London City Lionesses v Tottenham – here’s the season standings so far. Manchester City can go top of the table if they can win at Everton in the 2.30pm kick-off. Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Chelsea Women 8 11 20 2 Man City Women 7 10 18 3 Man Utd Women 8 13 17 4 Arsenal Women 8 10 15 5 Tottenham Hotspur Women 7 1 15 6 Aston Villa Women 7 1 10 7 London City Lionesses 7 -9 9 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Women 7 0 7 9 Everton Women 7 -4 5 10 Leicester Women 7 -8 5 11 Liverpool FC Women 6 -9 0 12 West Ham Women 7 -16 0 11.45am GMT Sunderland’s Dan Ballard has been reflecting today on Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal, saying it felt like “more than a point” after Brian Brobbey’s stoppage-time goal extended their undefeated league run at the Stadium of Light to six. Ballard told the Black Cats’ in-house media, via PA: More than a point really, keeping that unbeaten run at home. We don’t want teams coming up here and having an easy game, we’ve done that so far and against the league leaders. We’ve just got to keep that strong form going. The amount of late goals we’re scoring, it’s great for the fans and there’s that togetherness that we keep going until the end. When you’ve scored a few late ones you always believe. Thankfully Brian’s popped up with a fantastic goal so I’m delighted for him.” 11.36am GMT Thanks John. As we await the midday WSL kick-offs, the earliest of today’s games in Europe’s top-five men’s leagues is under way already: Atalanta v Sassuolo. It’s 0-0 in the mid-table Serie A scrap. 11.31am GMT With that, I shall pass to the safe hands of Alex Reid. 11.26am GMT There will be no Rodri this afternoon for Manchester City, as Pep Guardiola has explained. I’m 100 per cent convinced he will be back and will play. Maybe it will take a little bit time to reach the level that he had - he has to play games, games, games - but he’s going to do it. It’s just we have to be sure the moment is there. I only want to have Rodri happy, always, to start to smile, enjoy it again. It has been tough but he’s one of the most competitive football players I have ever met in my career. The push he has made is unbelievable. The toughest period is gone. That’s the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh month of a long, long injury. Now it’s at the end. He has to try to say, ‘OK I’ll be back around the corner, and I will come back and enjoy it with the team. Nico Gonzales will deputise against Liverpool. 11.07am GMT There’s demands for VAR in the WSL. Don’t do it? Related: ‘We need justice’: Slegers calls for VAR in WSL after Arsenal denied by officials 11.06am GMT There’s WSL action kicking off in the next hour: London City Lionesses v Tottenham (11.55) Liverpool v Brighton West Ham v Leicester Everton v Manchester City Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Chelsea Women 8 11 20 2 Man City Women 7 10 18 3 Man Utd Women 8 13 17 4 Arsenal Women 8 10 15 5 Tottenham Hotspur Women 7 1 15 6 Aston Villa Women 7 1 10 7 London City Lionesses 7 -9 9 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Women 7 0 7 9 Everton Women 7 -4 5 10 Leicester Women 7 -8 5 11 Liverpool FC Women 6 -9 0 12 West Ham Women 7 -16 0 10.50am GMT Real Madrid are at Rayo Vallecano in a local derby, while Barca travel to Celta Vigo. Villarreal lost to Cyprus’s Pafos this week, but their win at Espanyol on Saturday saw them leapfrog Barcelona. Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Real Madrid 11 16 30 2 Villarreal 12 14 26 3 Barcelona 11 15 25 4 Atletico Madrid 12 13 25 5 Real Betis 11 6 19 10.36am GMT If you want a title race, look at Serie A. Atalanta v Sassuolo kicks off at 11.30 UK time but then Napoli go to Bologna, Roma host Udinese and then, in the evening game, it’s Inter v Lazio. Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Napoli 10 8 22 2 AC Milan 11 8 22 3 Inter Milan 10 12 21 4 Roma 10 5 21 5 Juventus 11 4 19 10.22am GMT Barney Ronay reminded us on Saturday that we probably need to talk about Sudan. Related: Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much? 10.19am GMT Here’s the Premier League as it stands. City or Liverpool can go second by winning. Bournemouth can go second if that game at the Etihad is a draw. Crystal Palace can go top five if they beat Brighton in that famed rivalry that nobody else understands. Pos Team P GD Pts 1 Arsenal 11 15 26 2 Chelsea 11 10 20 3 Man City 10 12 19 4 Sunderland 11 4 19 5 Tottenham Hotspur 11 9 18 6 Liverpool 10 4 18 7 AFC Bournemouth 10 3 18 8 Man Utd 11 1 18 9 Crystal Palace 10 5 16 10 Brighton 10 2 15 11 Everton 11 -1 15 12 Aston Villa 10 -1 15 13 Brentford 10 -2 13 14 Newcastle 10 -1 12 15 Fulham 11 -4 11 16 Leeds 10 -8 11 17 Burnley 11 -8 10 18 West Ham 11 -10 10 19 Nottm Forest 10 -12 6 20 Wolverhampton 11 -18 2 Related: Premier League top scorers 2025-26: who is leading race for golden boot? 10.10am GMT Politics corner, via the BBC. The culture secretary has apologised for breaking rules by failing to declare she had received donations from the man she picked to be England’s new football regulator. On Thursday, the commissioner for public appointments published a report, external which found that David Kogan had made two separate donations of £1,450 to Lisa Nandy, when she was running to be Labour leader in 2020. Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Nandy said: “We didn’t meet the highest standards - that is on me.” The Conservatives have said Nandy’s actions were “a serious breach of public trust” and called for a further investigation into Sir Keir Starmer, who also received donations from Mr Kogan. Related: Nandy breached code over appointment of donor to lead football regulator 10.07am GMT Keep the comments coming in. There’s quite a few vacancies out there – Norwich, Celtic, Southampton, Boro with Wolves’ new boss expected to be confirmed. Rob Edwards will reclaim his crown as the Premier League’s best looking man of a certain age. Wolfie78 09 November 2025 8:47am This comment has been chosen by Guardian staff because it contributes to the debate I heard yesterday that Middlesbrough head coach Rob Edwards ‘can talk to wolves,’ which is pretty cool. Made me wonder what other managers might have undocumented superpowers.If I had to guess, I’d say David Moyes shoots lasers out of his eyes and Mikel Arteta can transform into a VW Beetle. 9.33am GMT Everyone love’s a quiz, right? Today’s teaser on the app is a toughie, and I set the question… Related: If you know your Lucas Neill and Mo Salah, the Guardian’s new football game is just for you 9.23am GMT David Hytner spoke to Thomas Tuchel’s right-hand man. “Everything starts with a dream … But I’m a believer that obsession can move mountains, as well. You have the dream but then you bring it down: ‘How do we do it, day-by-day, step-by-step?’ We dream about winning the World Cup. But dreams won’t get it done. We have to build a methodical process that allows us to have the best chance.” Related: Anthony Barry: ‘The England jersey should feel like a cape, not body armour’ 9.04am GMT Saturday’s European action; Bayern stopped in their tracks, and a goalless Turin derby. Related: European football: Harry Kane’s late equaliser saves Bayern from first defeat 8.47am GMT Championship news: Eight home losses did for Liam Manning at Norwich. City have been off the ball, to say the least. Related: Championship roundup: Norwich sack Manning after defeat to Leicester Related: Coventry extend Championship lead after late Mason-Clark strike sinks Stoke 8.45am GMT Will Unwin got to sit down with Liverpool’s hottest striker. What other guidance has Slot offered Ekitiké? “Obviously keep my shirt on,” he says with a smile. “I would say he’s on my back, but not for a bad thing. He just wants to help me, so I don’t take that badly. He wants me to give more and more. Maybe sometimes you feel like it’s a little bit too much and you want to complain. It’s a good thing because I think if a coach doesn’t like you, he will not speak to you or not try to get the best of you.” Related: Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitiké on taking tips from Messi, Neymar and Mbappé 8.42am GMT Important story from Suzanne Wrack. Related: ‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma 8.31am GMT Jonathan Wilson has previewed Sunday’s big game; it’s not a title decider, more an eliminator. Never before, not even in the four years when he had Lionel Messi in his side at Barcelona, has Guardiola focused his play so much on one player. After overhauling his squad since January, everything is geared to creating chances for Erling Haaland, who has scored a preposterous 27 goals in 17 games for club and country this season. City’s leading scorer in the league this season after Haaland is Maxime Estève, who scored two own goals in City’s 5-1 win over Burnley in September. Once Guardiola would demand his side played 15 or 20 passes to deal with a potential counter before launching an attack; now everything is about trying to play Haaland in quickly behind the opposing defensive line. Related: Overhauls on hold as fixture squeeze has Liverpool and City playing it safe | Jonathan Wilson 8.28am GMT It’s looking grim for Fulham at the moment. Everton are having an Everton season, sat in 11th. Related: Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane on target as Everton sink Fulham 8.27am GMT Another win for West Ham, but more rebellion among the fans. Related: West Ham lift gloom with win over Burnley as fans fume at ownership 8.23am GMT Wolves may have a new manager soon, and Rob Edwards has a job on his hands. Related: Malo Gusto’s first professional goal sets up Chelsea cruise past winless Wolves Related: Middlesbrough give Rob Edwards permission to hold talks over Wolves job 8.22am GMT The day began with late drama at Tottenham. Related: Amorim lays into ‘too comfortable’ Manchester United after seesaw draw at Spurs Related: Explosive ending cannot mask flaws of Tottenham and Manchester United | Jonathan Wilson Related: De Ligt snatches last-gasp draw for Manchester United in chaotic finale at Spurs 8.20am GMT Let’s begin the review of Saturday’s action with Arsenal’s late slip at Sunderland. Related: Arteta frustrated and disappointed by Arsenal’s inability to see off Sunderland Related: Sunderland fight back with late Brobbey equaliser to hold leaders Arsenal 8.18am GMT Premier League fixtures today: Crystal Palace v Brighton Aston Villa v Bournemouth Brentford v Newcastle Nottingham Forest v Leeds Manchester City v Liverpool 8.04am GMT Preamble Good morning, football. A busy day awaits, and one of the blue – and red – riband fixtures of the season as Manchester City welcome Liverpool for Pep Guardiola’s 1000th game in management. All that, and a review of Saturday’s action. There’s talk the title race might be back on. Join me.