That’s the blog done for today. Thanks, as always, for reading. As I wave goodbye, Arsenal have taken the lead at West Ham. Bye!

And the final Premier League match report from the 3pm games. A record-breaking day for Justin Kluivert but a troublesome one for Wolves boss Gary O’Neill.

A round-up of today’s action in the Championship. Burnley up to second after Leeds lost at Blackburn.

Some unlikely headline makers in the Premier League today. Daniel Muñoz was one of them as Ed Aarons explains.

Mayne emails with an alternative to the potential ‘Ruud awakening’ headlines. “Cue ‘Schade Freude’ puns in the papers tomorrow.”

It was a landmark day for Chris Wood, whose penalty gave Nottingham Forest a 1-0 win over Ipswich. Will Unwin was there.

Here’s the first of our Premier League reports. A good day for Kevin Schade. A bad day for Ruud van Nistelrooy. Yara El-Shaboury was at the Gtech.

Ben Fisher was there to see Frank Lampard’s first game as Coventry boss. It almost went very wrong.

West Ham v Arsenal is not the only MBM in town. Oh no. Because it’s England v the USA. It’s Sarina Wiegman v Emma Hayes. Scott Murray will guide you through this one which kicks off in about 10 minutes.

An eventful day in the Premier League and we’ll have match reports shortly.

Attention now turns to the London Stadium where it’s West Ham v Arsenal. Emillia Hawkins is on the MBM for this one.

More penalty hat-trick news in this one from the archives. Morrissey a figure of interest for quirky reasons in those days.

It’s a bad day for Wayne Rooney with Plymouth losing 4-0 at Bristol City. In more positive Rooney news, Colleen is second favourite for I’m A Celebrity. Meanwhile, better news for Frank Lampard’s Coventry as they pull level at 2-2 with Cardiff thanks to an 86th-minute penalty.

Kluivert won’t be scoring another penalty however as his work here is done. Claps to the away fans. What a day for Patrick’s boy.

As for his fellow hat-trick hero today, Kevin Schade is only the fourth German to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.

Harry Kane got a hat-trick of penalties for Bayern recently I think. Although it’s easy to lose count. The England skipper is in action in the big one in Germany soon as Bayern take on Borussia Dortmund at 5.30pm.

And OptaJoe is indeed on the case…

Justin Kluivert is the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single match, with teammate Evanilson also the first to win three penalties in the same game in the competition. Spotted.

Not a good day for famous footballers turned managers. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester are losing 4-1 at Brentford, Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth are 3-0 down at Bristol City and Frank Lampard’s Coventry trail 2-1 at home to Cardiff.

Crystal Palace piling on the pressure against Newcastle as they chase an equaliser. Sarr’s shot is saved by Pope and Dan Burn, who sounds like a security guard for a US president, hurls himself in front of the bullet to block Munoz’s follow-up effort.

Table news. If results stay the same, Forest would go sixth, Newcastle seventh and Brentford eighth.

It looks like another miserable away day for Wayne Rooney and Plymouth as they go 1-0 down at Bristol City. If they lose this one, Rooney’s away points tally will be two from 30. They’ve only lost once at home though to be fair. #discrepancy

Burnley can go second in the table with victory at Stoke and they’re on target to do so as Smiths fan Jay Rodriguez find the net. Some goals are bigger than others.

And read here how Barcelona were stunned 2-1 at home by Las Palmas. That’s now just one point in the last nine for the leaders.

Scenes at Molineux at the break as goalkeeper Jose Sa goes into the crowd to confront a fan, who is then removed.

Simon McMahon is back. “Maybe Celtic will score 36? They’re 5-0 up now and look like scoring every time they have the ball.”

Spotter’s badge for Rob Moore. “In Where Are They Now? news, in the 92nd minute of their big win, Las Palmas brought on a certain Oli McBurnie.”

News from our resident fitba correspondent, Simon McMahon. “Afternoon David. In the Scottish Premier Celtic have taken an early lead at home to Ross County, the other games, including Dundee United v St. Mirren, remain goalless. It’s also Scottish Cup third round day, but not much to report so far, other than to say I doubt Arbroath will be winning 36-0, as they are currently goalless at home to Queen of the South. Still plenty time, I suppose.”

Some feedback from reader Kári Tulinius on Barcelona’s shock 2-1 home defeat to Las Palmas.

“Everyone who I consider smarter than me about football, a long list, thinks otherwise, but I’ve long been skeptical of Hansi Flick as a manager. I also realize his six trophy season in charge of Bayern is a point against me, but then he benefited from following a disciplinarian who’d whipped FC Hollywood into shape, and so that collection of brilliant talent was pulling in the same direction. His tenure as Germany manager was a disaster, and I suspect his Barcelona team will fade away. Now that I’ve said it out loud, I’ve probably reverse jinxed the Blaugrana into another six trophy season.”

Still 0-0 at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest have managed seven shots to Ipswich’s three although both have had two on target and the visitors are starting to look much more threatening. One concern for Ipswich is that two of their defenders – O’Shea and Tuanzebe – are on yellow cards after early bookings.

An incredible miss at Selhurst Park! Munoz arrives at the far post to tap home from three yards following a cross from Sarr and great work from Eze but somehow fluffs his lines. How are Crystal Palace not in front? Relief for Newcastle.

FT: Blackburn 1-0 Leeds. Even with 10 minutes of added time, Leeds can’t find the net and it’s defeat at Ewood Park. They stay second, three points behind Sheffield United, while Blackburn are up to eighth in the live table thanks to Todd Cantwell’s penalty. A missed opportunity for Leeds, who had a late ‘goal’ ruled out.

Bad news for Newcastle – and fantasy managers – as Isak can’t continue and is replaced by Harvey Barnes.

As for those other Premier League games, Forest started brightly at home to Ipswich but the visitors are finding their way back into it, Brentford are turning up the heat on Leicester although can’t find a breakthrough and lots of Newcastle players seem to be needing treatment at Crystal Palace. Isak is one of them although he seems fine to continue.

Bournemouth have been given a second penalty at Molineux! A dithering Jose Sa takes fouls Evanilson, who earlier missed a sitter, and the Cherries are on the brink of a 3-1 lead.

Brentford 0-0 Leicester. It’s Brentford, not Bournemouth, who have made a reputation for early goals but they haven’t managed one yet against Leicester. That said, it took a brilliant save from Foxes goalkeeper Mads Hermansen to keep out Kevin Schade’s fifth-minute header.

Coventry 1-1 Cardiff. And quite a start in Frank Lampard’s first game in charge of Coventry. Cardiff take the lead through Yakou Meite but Ephron Mason-Clark has Frank smiling again just 90 seconds later.

Wow! Barcelona have lost 2-1 at home to Las Palmas. Barca were 1/10 to win that.

A penalty at Molineux! It’s to Bournemouth although there’s a check going on. Evanilson is the man brought down. Groans in the Wolves crowd as it’s given.

Hopefully, that ‘text message’ news below will answer Frank from Missouri’s curiosity. “As the only Leicester fan I know, I’m wondering what, if any, influence Ruud will have on today’s game, given that (1) he only got appointed hours ago and (2) he’ll be watching from the stands. I’m looking for a ray of hope here, after the blah start to the season.”

Jeremy Boyce is back in touch. “I am beginning to wonder if Leeds shouldn’t officially change their name to Leeds 69% Possession United. It’s the same every match every week, and they either score a hatful or none at all.” They’ve actually had 76% in the second half, Jeremy, but remain 1-0 down to Blackburn at Ewood Park. Soz.

A relaxed Ruud van Nistelrooy has arrived at Brentford and will take his place up in the stands. Apparently, he exchanged text messages with stand-in Ben Dawson last night, presumably to do with Leicester’s line-up rather than any good Netflix recommendations.

In the Bundesliga, what are fourth-placed Leipzig playing at? Less than 20 minutes gone and they’re 3-0 down at home to Wolfsburg.

Barcelona are seven minutes away from a shock 2-1 home loss to Las Palmas. If is stays like that, Real Madrid can go top by winning their two games in hand. The first of those is at home to Getafe on Sunday.

Como v Monza is a top-flight game in Italy. No, really (18th v 19th). That’ll cause furrowed brows to those who loved Serie A in the 90s but are a bit sketchy on who’s in the top-flight now. For such people, have a read of this and the others in the series. Oh, Como are leading 1-0 by the way.

Jeremy Boyce gets in touch via email.

“Leeds fan here, so “thanks” for the update from Ewood Park. The Forest - Ipswich match looks pretty tasty, and plenty riding on it for both teams. Ipswich desperately need to turn their agreeable playing style into points, Forest have already turned their agreeable style into surprisingly many points but need to get back on track after two reversals. Could be fun. 0-0 then."

Barcelona 1-2 Las Palmas. As I was saying, plenty of time for the hosts. Although I wasn’t thinking of a sentence ending ‘to ship another shock goal’. Good grief, the visitors are back in front. Fabio Silva with the goal to get the locals muttering again.

Barcelona 1-1 Las Palmas. Barca are level and it’s a tidy goal from Brazilian forward Raphinha. Still around half an hour to go there so plenty of time for the hosts.

As for Raphinha’s former team Leeds, they trail 1-0 at the break against Blackburn at Ewood Park. The visitors have had 69% possession but just haven’t done enough with it. The second half about to start.

Results from the early kick-offs in the Championship and League Two. Middlesbrough jump to fifth, edging (on goal difference) above Watford, who are held at home by second-bottom QPR.

Championship:

• Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull

• Oxford 1-1 Millwall

• Watford 0-0 QPR

League Two:

• Carlisle 1-1 Crewe

• Fleetwood 0-0 Colchester

Oxford 1-1 Millwall. Tyler Goodrham looks to have rescued a point for Oxford with an equaliser four minutes from time.

Barcelona 0-1 Las Palmas. Yikes. The visitors take the lead in the 49th minute via Sandro Ramirez. What madness is this.

Just under 26 hours until Liverpool v Manchester City. Some previews to whet the appetite:

Barcelona 0-0 Las Palmas. Barca are dominant (68% possession, 10 shots to 3) but they’re drawing 0-0 at the break against Las Palmas.

Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull. After their glut of recent goals dried up in a 1-0 defeat to Blackburn, Middlesbrough are back at it and now have three against Hull. Tommy Conway’s second of the game with 11 minutes left looks likely to secure all three points.

Premier League team news. So, digesting some of those starting XIs, it’s good news for Crystal Palace with Eberechi Eze returning following a hamstring injury. Jefferson Lerma also comes back. Nottingham Forest have made five changes from the team that lost at Arsenal, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson among those returning. Antoine Semenyo and Lewis Cook are suspended for Bournemouth – that’s a blow – so Ryan Christie and David Brooks get the call. But perhaps the biggest eyebrow raising is at Leicester where first-team coach Ben Dawson, likely prompted by Ruud van Nistelrooy (sitting in the stands), has given first Premier League starts of the season to Conor Coady and Luke Thomas.

Blackburn 1-0 Leeds. Bad news for the 7,000 travelling Leeds fans as Rovers go ahead via Todd Cantwell’s 22th-minute penalty.

Here’s the match report of Wycombe’s FA Cup win at Wealdstone. Our Simon Burnton was there.

As we await the starting XIs, here’s Will Unwin’s piece on how Liverpool have gone to the toppermost of the poppermost in both the Premier League and Champions League.

Premier League team news now drops 75 minutes before kick-off so (counts fingers, thumbs and toes) we’ll bring it to you very shortly.

Here’s a thing – Barcelona are in action right now too! Yes, you heard that right. The Catalans are top of La Liga but have stuttered recently with a draw and a loss in two away games. They remain perfect at home though and are looking to make it six wins out of six with victory over 17th-place Las Palmas. Nothing doing just yet though and it’s 0-0 with 30 minutes gone.

Half-times in the early kick-offs around the country below. We’ve already had one result in the FA Cup with League One Wycombe winning 2-0 at National League Wealdstone. Wycombe reach the third round for the first time since 2020/21.

Championship:

• Middlesbrough 2-0 Hull

• Oxford 0-1 Millwall

• Watford 0-0 QPR

League Two:

• Carlisle 1-0 Crewe

• Fleetwood 0-0 Colchester