Sunday, September 29, 2024
🎂 🇮🇹 Silvio Piola would’ve been 111, 🇺🇦 Andriy Shevchenko turns 48, 🇩🇪 Per Mertesacker turns 40, 🇷🇸 Adem Ljajić turns 33.
(spanish la liga) :
Celta Vigo ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Girona
Athletic Club ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Sevilla
Real Betis ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Espanyol
Atlético Madrid ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Real Madrid
🇪🇸 Celta Vigo managed to secure a point at home after suffering back-to-back league defeats. Iago Aspas found the equalizer in the 81st minute, denying Girona all three points. For Girona, this result marks consecutive league draws following a string of two league losses, including a Champions League defeat. Last season’s standout campaign for Girona, where they contended in the La Liga title race, now seems a distant memory.
🇪🇸 An own goal deep into stoppage time spared Sevilla from defeat and denied Athletic Club a home victory. On the balance of play, a draw seemed fair. Athletic Club took the lead in the 36th minute, but their task became harder when goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala received a red card in the 82nd minute, reducing them to 10 men. The late drama came in the 93rd minute when Alex Padilla’s own goal canceled out the earlier lead.
🇪🇸 Abde Ezzalzouli missed a penalty at the end of the first half that could have given Real Betis the lead, but they ultimately found the breakthrough in the 85th minute through a goal from Giovani Lo Celso, granting Real Betis a 1-0 victory over Espanyol.
🇪🇸 An eventful Madrid derby ended in a 1-1 draw, with Atletico Madrid coming from behind to share the points with Real Madrid. Eder Militão opened the scoring for Real Madrid in the 64th minute, but Atletico leveled the match in dramatic fashion with Ángel Correa’s goal in the sixth minute of added time.
(english premier league) :
Ipswich Town ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Aston Villa
Manchester United ( 0 ) – ( 3 ) Tottenham Hotspur
🏴 Liam Delap scored two goals—one to put Ipswich Town in the lead in the 8th minute, and another to equalize the score in the 72nd minute after Aston Villa came from behind to take a 2-1 lead into the halftime break. The game ended a 2-2 draw, leaving Ipswich Town without a league win, as Aston Villa dropped points that could’ve had them in the top two of the league standings.
🏴 Brennan Johnson put Tottenham in the lead in the third minute of the first half, and Dejan Kulusevski doubled the lead in the second minute of the second half, helping Tottenham secure a 3-0 win at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes’ red card in the 42nd minute left Manchester United playing the remainder of the match with 10 men. Dominic Solanke scored the final goal in the 77th minute, handing Tottenham back-to-back league wins after consecutive defeats.
(italian serie a) :
Torino ( 2 ) – ( 3 ) Lazio
Como ( 3 ) – ( 2 ) Hellas Verona
Roma ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) Venezia
Empoli ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) Fiorentina
Napoli ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Monza
🇮🇹 Lazio needed all their goals to secure a win against Torino, having held a 2-0 lead after an hour of play. Tijjani Noslin’s 89th-minute goal proved crucial, as Lazio earned a 3-2 victory. Saul Coco pulled one back for Torino with a goal in the second minute of added time, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the loss.
🇮🇹 Patrick Cutrone scored twice as Como followed their first win of the Serie A season with another. Como built on their 3-2 away win against Atalanta with a 3-2 home victory against Hellas Verona. Andrea Belotti, who replaced Cutrone, scored the eventual game-winning goal in the 89th minute, before Mathis Lambourde pulled one back for Hellas Verona in the fourth minute of added time.
🇮🇹 Roma and Venezia were both coming off their first league win of the season, and it was Roma that found another victory to extend their streak. Roma followed a 3-0 home win in the league against Udinese with a 2-1 home win against Venezia. Bryan Cristante leveled the score for Roma in the 75th minute, canceling out Joel Pohjanpalo’s goal for Venezia in the 44th minute. Niccolò Pisilli, who entered the game in the 58th minute, found the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to seal the win for Roma.
🇮🇹 After starting their Serie A season with a 3-0 defeat against Hellas Verona, Napoli has turned things around, going unbeaten and winning four of their last five league matches. Their latest success came in a 2-0 victory over Monza, with goals from Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the first half sealing the win.
(german bundesliga) :
Holstein Kiel ( 2 ) – ( 4 ) Eintracht Frankfurt
Hoffenheim ( 3 ) – ( 4 ) Werder Bremen
🇩🇪 Holstein Kiel remain without a league win, losing their fourth game in five after a 4-2 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt. Omar Marmoush scored twice and assisted the two other goals for Eintracht Frankfurt.
🇩🇪 Marius Bülter scored two in the opening 10 minutes, before Adam Hložek added another in the 12th minute to get Hoffenheim off to a flying start at home. Things took a turn when Stanley N’Soki picked up a red card in the 18th minute, leaving Hoffenheim defending a 3-0 lead with 10 men. Werder Bremen took full advantage of the numerical superiority from that point onwards and climbed back from their three-goal deficit to pick up three points with a 4-3 win. Jens Stage scored a hat-trick to help Werder Bremen recover from 3-0 down in the first 12 minutes to a 4-3 lead by the 50th minute, securing their second league win of the season.
(french ligue 1) :
Toulouse ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) Lyon
Angers ( 1 ) – ( 3 ) Reims
Nantes ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Saint-Étienne
Strasbourg ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Marseille
🇫🇷 The late strike proved crucial as Lyon continued their momentum in the league. Both Lyon and Toulouse entered the match with a win in their league campaign. It was Malick Fofana’s goal in the fifth minute of added time that secured a 2-1 victory for Lyon in Toulouse, following a 1-1 draw at halftime.
🇫🇷 Angers is stuck without a league win by adding a 3-1 home defeat against Reims to their record.
🇫🇷 Ibrahima Sissoko scored both goals for Saint-Etienne to come from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw in Nantes.
🇫🇷 Marseille suffered their first league defeat of the season against Strasbourg, who ended a run of three league games without a win. Diego Moreira scored the only goal of the match in the 40th minute, securing three points for Strasbourg at Marseille’s expense. This result denied Marseille the opportunity to keep pace with Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco in the early title race.
(dutch eredivisie) :
PEC Zwolle ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Almere City
Groningen ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) Go Ahead Eagles
Twente ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) NAC Breda
RKC Waalwijk ( 0 ) – ( 2 ) Ajax
AZ Alkmaar ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) Utrecht
🇳🇱 RKC Waalwijk extended their 100% losing start to the Eredivisie season with a 2-0 defeat at home against Ajax.
🇳🇱 In a match that could be considered against the run of play, Utrecht kept themselves unbeaten in the league by coming from a goal down to secure a 2-1 away victory against AZ Alkmaar.
(portuguese primeira liga) :
Famalicão ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) Nacional
Santa Clara ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Boavista
Porto ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Arouca
Braga ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Rio Ave
🇵🇹 Porto secured a comfortable 4-0 victory at home against Arouca, scoring all four goals after a goalless first half. Porto remains in second place, with their only defeat of the season coming against Sporting CP in the Clasico, which currently sees Sporting CP sitting at the top of the table.
