Premier League 2026/27, matchday 1: every number from the 10 matches

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30 goals in 10 matches — 3.00 a game, against 2.75 across all 378 matches of 2025/26. 7 home wins, 1 draw, 2 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
Arsenal 3–0 Coventry	2–0	1.80–0.28	20–4	6–1	65%
Hull 2–0 Manchester Utd	2–0	1.26–1.81	8–21	4–5	28%
Nottingham 0–1 Leeds	0–0	0.65–0.49	12–11	2–3	55%
Ipswich 2–1 Sunderland	1–1	1.74–0.76	10–11	3–4	38%
Everton 2–0 Crystal Palace	1–0	1.16–2.04	16–11	5–4	42%
Brentford 3–0 Tottenham	0–0	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Manchester City 2–1 Bournemouth	0–1	2.36–0.63	13–5	6–4	66%
Brighton 4–0 Aston Villa	4–0	3.67–0.31	21–6	6–0	73%
Newcastle 2–2 Liverpool	1–0	1.42–2.23	13–27	4–7	39%
Fulham 2–3 Chelsea	1–2	1.35–1.70	14–18	6–6	61%

The heaviest match was Fulham 2–3 Chelsea with 5 goals. 4 of 10 matches had both clubs scoring, 7 went over 2.5 goals, and 6 clubs failed to score. 16 goals came before half-time and 14 after it; 3 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 0 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 1, the latest in minute 49. 0 of the 16 goals were penalties and 1 were own goals; the round produced 14 yellow cards and 1 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 16 of the 30 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Arsenal 3–0 Coventry 2026-08-21 19:00 UTC · half-time 2–0

Emirates Stadium

Goals

none

Best rated

8.2 Martin Ødegaard Arsenal · 1 goal, 1 shots, 4/6 duels
7.9 Ben White Arsenal · 1 assist, 4/7 duels
7.9 Bukayo Saka Arsenal · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/5 duels

Arsenal · Coventry

1.80	xG	0.28
1.29	xG first half	0.04
20	Shots	4
6	On target	1
10	Shots in the box	1
8	Blocked	1
8	Corners	2
65%	Possession	35%
613	Passes	337
561	Passes completed	265
1	Saves	2
10	Fouls	13
5	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Hull 2–0 Manchester Utd 2026-08-22 11:30 UTC · half-time 2–0 · 3-4-2-1 v 4-2-3-1

MKM Stadium

Goals

17' Semi Ajayi Hull
38' Nobel Mendy Hull assist Regan Slater

Cards

🟨 34' Patrick Dorgu Manchester Utd
🟨 42' Matt Crooks Hull

Best rated

8.2 Konstantinos Tzolakis Hull · 5 saves, 3/3 duels
8.0 Nobel Mendy Hull · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/5 duels
7.7 John Egan Hull · 2/3 duels

Hull · Manchester Utd

1.26	xG	1.81
1.16	xG first half	0.71
8	Shots	21
4	On target	5
5	Shots in the box	15
1	Blocked	8
1	Corners	6
28%	Possession	72%
252	Passes	654
177	Passes completed	574
5	Saves	2
10	Fouls	9
0	Offsides	3
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Nottingham 0–1 Leeds 2026-08-22 14:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

City Ground

Goals

none

Cards

🟨 18' Ola Aina Nottingham
🟨 32' Dominic Calvert-Lewin Leeds

Best rated

8.2 Anton Stach Leeds · 1 goal, 2 shots, 9/14 duels
7.2 James Justin Leeds · 12/16 duels
7.2 Joe Rodon Leeds · 6/9 duels

Nottingham · Leeds

0.65	xG	0.49
0.19	xG first half	0.18
12	Shots	11
2	On target	3
6	Shots in the box	6
2	Blocked	6
3	Corners	2
55%	Possession	45%
392	Passes	325
307	Passes completed	231
2	Saves	3
15	Fouls	14
3	Offsides	3
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Ipswich 2–1 Sunderland 2026-08-22 14:00 UTC · half-time 1–1

Portman Road

Goals

24' Emersonn Ipswich assist Julio Enciso
39' Nilson Angulo Sunderland

Cards

🟨 36' Daniel Ballard Sunderland

Best rated

7.9 Marcelino Núñez Ipswich · 1 shots, 4/8 duels
7.9 Emersonn Ipswich · 1 goal, 3 shots, 7/10 duels
7.7 Granit Xhaka Sunderland · 9/13 duels

Ipswich · Sunderland

1.74	xG	0.76
0.95	xG first half	0.58
10	Shots	11
3	On target	4
8	Shots in the box	5
1	Blocked	4
3	Corners	5
38%	Possession	62%
325	Passes	549
258	Passes completed	484
2	Saves	1
12	Fouls	14
1	Offsides	4
0	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Everton 2–0 Crystal Palace 2026-08-22 14:00 UTC · half-time 1–0

Hill Dickinson Stadium

Goals

42' Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Everton assist Harrison Armstrong

Cards

🟨 30' Daichi Kamada Crystal Palace

Best rated

8.7 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Everton · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/9 duels
8.3 Jordan Pickford Everton · 4 saves
7.9 Iliman Ndiaye Everton · 1 assist, 2 shots, 6/15 duels

Everton · Crystal Palace

1.16	xG	2.04
0.31	xG first half	1.65
16	Shots	11
5	On target	4
11	Shots in the box	8
7	Blocked	3
4	Corners	0
42%	Possession	58%
413	Passes	570
338	Passes completed	494
4	Saves	3
5	Fouls	15
2	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Brentford 3–0 Tottenham 2026-08-22 16:30 UTC · half-time 0–0

Brentford Community Stadium

Goals

12' K. Lewis-Potter Brentford assist M. Sangare
33' V. Janelt Brentford
49' M. Kayode Brentford

Cards

🟨 34' C. Gallagher Tottenham

Brentford · Tottenham

no match statistics

source: events only

Manchester City 2–1 Bournemouth 2026-08-23 13:00 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Etihad Stadium

Goals

26' Marcus Tavernier Bournemouth assist Evanilson

Cards

🟨 45+1' Evanilson Bournemouth

Best rated

8.2 Marc Guéhi Manchester City · 1 goal, 2 shots, 8/11 duels
8.0 Gianluigi Donnarumma Manchester City · 3 saves
7.7 Joško Gvardiol Manchester City · 1 goal, 1 shots, 5/8 duels

Manchester City · Bournemouth

2.36	xG	0.63
0.49	xG first half	0.55
13	Shots	5
6	On target	4
11	Shots in the box	4
3	Blocked	0
8	Corners	3
66%	Possession	34%
640	Passes	333
568	Passes completed	263
3	Saves	4
11	Fouls	11
2	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Brighton 4–0 Aston Villa 2026-08-23 13:00 UTC · half-time 4–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Amex Stadium

Goals

8' Victor Lindelöf (og) Brighton
18' Maxim De Cuyper Brighton assist Georginio Rutter
30' Jack Hinshelwood Brighton assist Diego Gómez
31' Jack Hinshelwood Brighton

Cards

🟨 9' João Gomes Aston Villa
🟨 9' Pascal Groß Brighton
🟨 11' Yasin Ayari Brighton
🟨 33' John McGinn Aston Villa
🟥 40' João Gomes Aston Villa

Best rated

9.0 Jack Hinshelwood Brighton · 2 goals, 2 shots, 6/6 duels
8.3 Maxim De Cuyper Brighton · 1 goal, 3 shots, 4/9 duels
8.2 Diego Gómez Brighton · 1 assist, 3 shots, 5/9 duels

Brighton · Aston Villa

3.67	xG	0.31
2.96	xG first half	0.18
21	Shots	6
6	On target	0
15	Shots in the box	2
3	Blocked	0
5	Corners	2
73%	Possession	27%
639	Passes	240
596	Passes completed	183
0	Saves	3
12	Fouls	9
6	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	1

source: full match archive

Newcastle 2–2 Liverpool 2026-08-23 15:30 UTC · half-time 1–0

Goals

none

Best rated

7.6 Anthony Elanga Newcastle · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/9 duels
7.3 Joe Willock Newcastle · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/8 duels
7.3 Lukáš Horníček Newcastle · 5 saves

Newcastle · Liverpool

1.42	xG	2.23
0.25	xG first half	0.41
13	Shots	27
4	On target	7
6	Shots in the box	16
4	Blocked	16
2	Corners	6
39%	Possession	61%
293	Passes	440
223	Passes completed	370
5	Saves	3
16	Fouls	15
2	Offsides	1
5	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Fulham 2–3 Chelsea 2026-08-24 19:00 UTC · half-time 1–2 · 4-2-3-1 v 3-4-3

Craven Cottage

Goals

1' João Pedro Chelsea assist Cole Palmer
23' Joshua King Fulham assist Timothy Castagne
41' Morgan Rogers Chelsea assist Maxence Lacroix

Cards

🟨 5' Levi Colwill Chelsea
🟨 12' Roméo Lavia Chelsea

Best rated

8.9 Cole Palmer Chelsea · 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 shots, 10/16 duels
8.5 Morgan Rogers Chelsea · 1 goal, 1 shots, 8/11 duels
7.9 João Pedro Chelsea · 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 shots, 3/9 duels

Fulham · Chelsea

1.35	xG	1.70
0.44	xG first half	1.46
14	Shots	18
6	On target	6
7	Shots in the box	13
5	Blocked	7
6	Corners	4
61%	Possession	39%
619	Passes	391
535	Passes completed	318
3	Saves	4
12	Fouls	7
0	Offsides	3
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Brighton	H	Aston Villa	4–0	3.67	21	6	15	5	73%	639	0	12	2
Arsenal	H	Coventry	3–0	1.80	20	6	10	8	65%	613	1	10	1
Brentford	H	Tottenham	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Everton	H	Crystal Palace	2–0	1.16	16	5	11	4	42%	413	4	5	0
Hull	H	Manchester Utd	2–0	1.26	8	4	5	1	28%	252	5	10	2
Chelsea	A	Fulham	3–2	1.70	18	6	13	4	39%	391	4	7	3
Ipswich	H	Sunderland	2–1	1.74	10	3	8	3	38%	325	2	12	0
Manchester City	H	Bournemouth	2–1	2.36	13	6	11	8	66%	640	3	11	1
Leeds	A	Nottingham	1–0	0.49	11	3	6	2	45%	325	3	14	1
Liverpool	A	Newcastle	2–2	2.23	27	7	16	6	61%	440	3	15	3
Newcastle	H	Liverpool	2–2	1.42	13	4	6	2	39%	293	5	16	5
Fulham	H	Chelsea	2–3	1.35	14	6	7	6	61%	619	3	12	2
Bournemouth	A	Manchester City	1–2	0.63	5	4	4	3	34%	333	4	11	2
Sunderland	A	Ipswich	1–2	0.76	11	4	5	5	62%	549	1	14	3
Nottingham	H	Leeds	0–1	0.65	12	2	6	3	55%	392	2	15	2
Crystal Palace	A	Everton	0–2	2.04	11	4	8	0	58%	570	3	15	1
Manchester Utd	A	Hull	0–2	1.81	21	5	15	6	72%	654	2	9	1
Coventry	A	Arsenal	0–3	0.28	4	1	1	2	35%	337	2	13	1
Tottenham	A	Brentford	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Aston Villa	A	Brighton	0–4	0.31	6	0	2	2	27%	240	3	9	3

Brighton had the most of the ball (73 per cent); Liverpool took the most shots (27).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Chelsea	Fulham	3	1.70	+1.30	2	1.35	-0.65
Arsenal	Coventry	3	1.80	+1.20	0	0.28	+0.28
Everton	Crystal Palace	2	1.16	+0.84	0	2.04	+2.04
Hull	Manchester Utd	2	1.26	+0.74	0	1.81	+1.81
Fulham	Chelsea	2	1.35	+0.65	3	1.70	-1.30
Newcastle	Liverpool	2	1.42	+0.58	2	2.23	+0.23
Leeds	Nottingham	1	0.49	+0.51	0	0.65	+0.65
Bournemouth	Manchester City	1	0.63	+0.37	2	2.36	+0.36
Brighton	Aston Villa	4	3.67	+0.33	0	0.31	+0.31
Ipswich	Sunderland	2	1.74	+0.26	1	0.76	-0.24
Sunderland	Ipswich	1	0.76	+0.24	2	1.74	-0.26
Liverpool	Newcastle	2	2.23	-0.23	2	1.42	-0.58
Coventry	Arsenal	0	0.28	-0.28	3	1.80	-1.20
Aston Villa	Brighton	0	0.31	-0.31	4	3.67	-0.33
Manchester City	Bournemouth	2	2.36	-0.36	1	0.63	-0.37
Nottingham	Leeds	0	0.65	-0.65	1	0.49	-0.51
Manchester Utd	Hull	0	1.81	-1.81	2	1.26	-0.74
Crystal Palace	Everton	0	2.04	-2.04	2	1.16	-0.84

Chelsea scored 1.30 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Crystal Palace scored 2.04 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 10 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Manchester City–Bournemouth +0.68, Brighton–Aston Villa -1.17, Newcastle–Liverpool -0.69, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

20 of the 30 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (8 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Jack Hinshelwood	Brighton	2	0
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	1	1
João Pedro	Chelsea	1	1
Anthony Elanga	Newcastle	1	0
Anton Stach	Leeds	1	0
Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	1	0
Cody Gakpo	Liverpool	1	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Liverpool	1	0
Emersonn	Ipswich	1	0
Gonzalo García	Fulham	1	0
Jack Clarke	Ipswich	1	0
Joe Willock	Newcastle	1	0
Joshua King	Fulham	1	0
Joško Gvardiol	Manchester City	1	0
K. Lewis-Potter	Brentford	1	0
Kai Havertz	Arsenal	1	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Everton	1	0
M. Kayode	Brentford	1	0
Marc Guéhi	Manchester City	1	0
Marcus Tavernier	Bournemouth	1	0
Martin Ødegaard	Arsenal	1	0
Maxim De Cuyper	Brighton	1	0
Morgan Rogers	Chelsea	1	0
Nilson Angulo	Sunderland	1	0
Nobel Mendy	Hull	1	0
Semi Ajayi	Hull	1	0
Thierno Barry	Everton	1	0
V. Janelt	Brentford	1	0
Rayan Cherki	Manchester City	0	2
Ben White	Arsenal	0	1
Diego Gómez	Brighton	0	1
Evanilson	Bournemouth	0	1
Georginio Rutter	Brighton	0	1
Harrison Armstrong	Everton	0	1
Iliman Ndiaye	Everton	0	1
Julio Enciso	Ipswich	0	1
M. Sangare	Brentford	0	1
Maxence Lacroix	Chelsea	0	1
Regan Slater	Hull	0	1
Riccardo Calafiori	Arsenal	0	1
Ryan Gravenberch	Liverpool	0	1
Saša Lukić	Ipswich	0	1
Timothy Castagne	Fulham	0	1
William Osula	Newcastle	0	1
Yoane Wissa	Newcastle	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 9 matches whose player detail has arrived; 360 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Jack Hinshelwood	Brighton	9.0	64	2	0	2	1	6/6	2	0	0
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	8.9	83	1	1	4	3	10/16	2	0	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Everton	8.7	89	1	0	2	2	5/9	2	0	0
Morgan Rogers	Chelsea	8.5	82	1	0	1	5	8/11	2	0	0
Maxim De Cuyper	Brighton	8.3	78	1	0	3	4	4/9	4	1	0
Jordan Pickford	Everton	8.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	4
Marc Guéhi	Manchester City	8.2	90	1	0	2	1	8/11	3	0	0
Diego Gómez	Brighton	8.2	86	0	1	3	2	5/9	3	1	0
Martin Ødegaard	Arsenal	8.2	76	1	0	1	3	4/6	3	0	0
Konstantinos Tzolakis	Hull	8.2	90	0	0	0	0	3/3	0	0	5
Anton Stach	Leeds	8.2	90	1	0	2	0	9/14	3	4	0
Gianluigi Donnarumma	Manchester City	8.0	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	3
Nobel Mendy	Hull	8.0	64	1	0	1	0	2/5	0	0	0
Luka Vušković	Brighton	7.9	90	0	0	2	0	5/7	0	0	0
João Pedro	Chelsea	7.9	90	1	1	3	2	3/9	0	0	0
Ben White	Arsenal	7.9	90	0	1	0	2	4/7	1	1	0
Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	7.9	68	1	0	1	2	3/5	1	0	0
Marcelino Núñez	Ipswich	7.9	80	0	0	1	0	4/8	2	1	0
Emersonn	Ipswich	7.9	66	1	0	3	2	7/10	1	0	0
Iliman Ndiaye	Everton	7.9	90	0	1	2	3	6/15	4	0	0
Joško Gvardiol	Manchester City	7.7	90	1	0	1	0	5/8	2	2	0
Georginio Rutter	Brighton	7.7	90	0	1	2	1	3/8	2	0	0
John Egan	Hull	7.7	90	0	0	0	0	2/3	1	0	0
Semi Ajayi	Hull	7.7	64	1	0	1	0	3/3	0	2	0
Granit Xhaka	Sunderland	7.7	90	0	0	0	2	9/13	3	2	0

Matchday 1 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 10 matches and last season was 378. Every difference below is well inside what 10 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 1	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	3.00	2.75	+0.25
Goals in the first half, per match	1.60	1.19	+0.41
Shots per club	13.4	12.5	+0.9
Shots on target per club	4.2	4.2	+0.1
xG per club	1.43	1.39	+0.04
Corners per club	3.9	5.0	-1.1
Passes per club	446	436	+9
Fouls per club	11.7	10.8	+0.9
Yellow cards per club	1.83	1.92	-0.09
Saves per club	2.8	2.8	-0.0
Home wins (share)	0.70	0.43	+0.27
Draws (share)	0.10	0.28	-0.18

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 9 of 10 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 10, player-level detail for 9. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 14 of the 30 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 1 of the 10 matches (Brentford–Tottenham) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 9 matches, not 10; attendance is published for 0 of 10 matches, so there is no average to give.

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