Atlético Madrid, Utrecht, and Feyenoord bounce back from first league defeats with wins. – Atletico Madrid defeated Las Palmas 2-0 in La Liga, Utrecht won 4-1 away against Sparta Rotterdam in the Eredivisie, and Feyenoord secured a narrow 3-2 victory over AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.
Real Madrid’s game against Valencia was postponed, meaning they will have to wait to attempt a recovery after their unbeaten run in La Liga ended with an El Clasico defeat at home to Barcelona.
Lens and Monaco both follow up first league defeats in Ligue 1 with another loss – Monaco was beaten at home by Angers, while Lens suffered a defeat in Paris against PSG.
Manchester City (Premier League), PSV Eindhoven (Eredivisie), and RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) all suffered their first league defeats of the season, while Southampton (Premier League), Holstein Kiel (Bundesliga), and RKC Waalwijk (Eredivisie) picked up their first league wins of the season.
Bochum (Bundesliga), Ipswich Town (Premier League), and Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League) are now the three remaining teams in Europe’s top seven leagues without a league win.
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), Juventus (Serie A), Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1), and Sporting CP (Primeira Liga) extended their unbeaten runs with wins this weekend – Bayern Munich triumphed 3-0 over Union Berlin in the Bundesliga, Juventus defeated Udinese 2-0 in Serie A, Paris Saint-Germain edged Lens 1-0 at home, and Sporting CP maintained their 100% record with a 5-1 victory over Estrela da Amadora in the Primeira Liga.
Angers, Almere City, and Crystal Palace were all coming off their first league wins of the season, hoping to build a streak. Angers succeeded in Ligue 1, following up with a 1-0 victory over Monaco. Crystal Palace, however, dropped points in the Premier League with a draw, while Almere City suffered a defeat in the Eredivisie.
Friday, November 1, 2024
🇪🇸 Alavés ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Mallorca (spanish la liga) :
Jon Guridi scored the only goal of the game in the 76th minute, giving Alaves a home win over Mallorca and ending a run of five league defeats.
🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen ( 0 ) – ( 0 ) Stuttgart (german bundesliga) :
A goalless draw between Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart marked the fourth draw in nine league games for both clubs—far from ideal for a Bayer Leverkusen side competing as the reigning league champion.
🇫🇷 Monaco ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) Angers (french ligue 1) :
Monaco, coming off their first defeat of the season (2-1 against Nice), failed to bounce back with a win over an Angers side eager to build on their first victory of the season (4-2 against Saint-Étienne). Jean Aholou scored the only goal in the 29th minute, giving Angers back-to-back league wins while handing Monaco their second consecutive league defeat.
🇫🇷 Lille ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Lyon (french ligue 1) :
It’s two points dropped in back-to-back games for Lyon, as Malick Fofana scored in the first minute of added time (90+1’) to salvage a 1-1 draw for them in Lille. Lille came off a 2-0 win that ended Lens’s unbeaten start, while Lyon arrived following a 2-2 draw with Auxerre.
🇵🇹 Sporting CP ( 5 ) – ( 1 ) Estrela da Amadora (portuguese primeira liga) :
Viktor Gyökeres found the back of the net on four occasions before Maximiano Araújo added his goal, helping Sporting CP secure a 5-1 win over Estrela da Amadora. This victory made it 10 wins from their first 10 matches of the Primeira Liga season.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Five unbeaten clubs from Europe’s top seven domestic leagues were in action this Saturday.
PSV Eindhoven’s perfect start in the Eredivisie was snapped in Amsterdam with a defeat to Ajax.
Manchester City’s undefeated start in the Premier League came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Bournemouth.
Juventus secured a win over Udinese to remain unbeaten in Serie A.
Bayern Munich also kept their unbeaten record intact in the Bundesliga with a victory over Union Berlin, while RB Leipzig’s unbeaten run was ended by Borussia Dortmund.
Three teams in the English Premier League—Ipswich Town, Southampton, and Wolverhampton Wanderers—were without a league win heading into Saturday’s fixtures, all backed by home support. Southampton managed to secure their first win of the season by beating Everton, while Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers had to settle for a point each from home draws against Leicester City and Crystal Palace, respectively. In the German Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel earned a 1-0 victory over Heidenheim to end their winless start to the season, while Bochum remained without a win after suffering a heavy 7-2 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.
(spanish la liga) :
Osasuna ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Valladolid
Girona ( 4 ) – ( 3 ) Leganés
🇪🇸 Ante Budimir’s penalty goal in the 19th minute secured a 1-0 win for Osasuna over Valladolid.
🇪🇸 An own goal proved to be the decisive factor in a thrilling seven-goal encounter between Girona and Leganes. The first half saw Leganes come from behind twice to level the score at 2-2, but they couldn’t fully replicate that comeback in the second half, ultimately falling 4-3.
(english premier league) :
Newcastle United ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Arsenal
Bournemouth ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) Manchester City
Ipswich Town ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Leicester City
Liverpool ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) Brighton & Hove Albion
Nottingham Forest ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) West Ham United
Southampton ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers ( 2 ) – ( 2 ) Crystal Palace
🏴 Arsenal followed their 2-2 draw with Liverpool by dropping points again in this defeat to Newcastle. Alexander Isak’s goal in the 12th minute was all Newcastle United needed to secure three points at home at Arsenal’s expense. The win also ended Newcastle’s five-game league winless streak.
🏴 Joško Gvardiol scored in the 82nd minute to reduce the deficit to a single goal, but that was the best Manchester City could manage, losing 2-1 to Bournemouth and ending their status as the only unbeaten team left in the English Premier League this season.
🏴 Ipswich Town was on the verge of securing a point in their previous league game but conceded late in a 4-3 loss to Brentford. Despite going down to 10 men in the 77th minute after Kalvin Phillips picked up a second yellow card, Ipswich appeared close to their first league win of the season until Jordan Ayew, who entered the game in the 86th minute, scored a stoppage-time equalizer for Leicester City, resulting in a 1-1 draw.
🏴 Liverpool found two second-half goals through Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah to overturn a first-half deficit and secure a 2-1 home win over Brighton. With both Arsenal and Manchester City losing their matches on the day, it was a crucial victory for Liverpool in the Premier League title race.
🏴 A 3-0 home victory for Nottingham Forest over West Ham made it three consecutive league wins for Forest.
🏴 Adam Armstrong scored the only goal of the match in the 85th minute, giving Southampton their first Premier League win of the season with a 1-0 result over Everton. The loss marked Everton’s first defeat in six league games.
🏴 Crystal Palace followed their first league win of the Premier League season with a 2-2 away draw against Wolverhampton. The result kept Wolverhampton without a league win.
(italian serie a) :
Bologna ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Lecce
Udinese ( 0 ) – ( 2 ) Juventus
Monza ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) AC Milan
🇮🇹 Riccardo Orsolini’s goal in the 85th minute handed Bologna back-to-back league wins after three consecutive draws, securing a 1-0 victory over Lecce.
🇮🇹 After dropping points with draws in their last two league games, Juventus returned to winning ways with a 2-0 away victory over Udinese, maintaining their status as the only unbeaten side left in Serie A this season.
🇮🇹 Tijjani Reijnders headed in the game’s only goal in the 43rd minute, earning AC Milan an away win over Monza.
(german bundesliga) :
Bayern Munich ( 3 ) – ( 0 ) Union Berlin
Eintracht Frankfurt ( 7 ) – ( 2 ) Bochum
Hoffenheim ( 0 ) – ( 2 ) St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Heidenheim
Borussia Dortmund ( 2 ) – ( 1 ) RB Leipzig
🇩🇪 Harry Kane scored twice, opening the scoring in the 15th minute with a penalty and adding a second goal in the 51st minute. Kingsley Coman also scored, securing a comfortable 3-0 win for Bayern Munich over Union Berlin.
🇩🇪 Bochum, winless with just one point from seven games, endured a heavy 7-2 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. Frankfurt surged to a 4-0 lead by the 32nd minute. Hugo Ekitike and five other players found the net to help Frankfurt dismantle Bochum.
🇩🇪 St. Pauli secured their second league win of the Bundesliga season with a 2-0 away victory over Hoffenheim. St. Pauli remains without a home win this season.
🇩🇪 Patrick Erras scored the game’s only goal in the 28th minute, giving Holstein Kiel their first league win of the season in a home victory over Heidenheim.
🇩🇪 An unbeaten RB Leipzig headed to Dortmund to face a team reeling from three consecutive losses across competitions: the Champions League, Bundesliga, and DFB-Pokal. But Borussia Dortmund broke their losing streak by coming from behind to claim a 2-1 win over RB Leipzig, becoming the first team to hand Leipzig a league defeat this season. Benjamin Šeško gave Leipzig the lead, but Maximilian Beier scored the equalizer in the 30th minute, just three minutes later. Serhou Guirassy then netted the winning goal in the 65th minute.
(french ligue 1) :
Paris Saint-Germain ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Lens
Brest ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) Nice
Saint-Étienne ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Strasbourg
🇫🇷 Lens, coming off a 2-0 defeat to Lille—its only league loss of the season so far—faced a tough challenge in Paris against an unbeaten PSG side fresh from a 3-0 Le Classique victory over Marseille. Ligue 1 teams hoped Lens could slow PSG’s momentum, but an early goal from Ousmane Dembélé in the 4th minute was all PSG needed to secure a 1-0 win and the three points.
🇫🇷 Nice clinched back-to-back victories with a 1-0 win over Brest, thanks to Even Guessand’s goal in the 42nd minute.
🇫🇷 Two second-half goals secured a 2-0 home win for Saint-Etienne over Strasbourg. All three of Saint-Etienne’s league wins this season have come at home.
(dutch eredivisie) :
Ajax ( 3 ) – ( 2 ) PSV Eindhoven
Feyenoord ( 3 ) – ( 2 ) AZ Alkmaar
🇳🇱 Current Eredivisie leaders and reigning champions PSV Eindhoven remain firmly at the top of the standings, despite a 3-2 defeat in Amsterdam that ended their perfect winning start to the season. Ajax came from behind twice to ultimately secure a 3-2 victory, marking their seventh league win in a row and snapping PSV’s flawless run. The result puts Ajax in a position to close within two points of the league leaders if they can earn maximum points from their game in hand,
🇳🇱 Feyenoord bounced back from their first league defeat of the season with a win over AZ Alkmaar. In a closely contested match, Feyenoord emerged victorious with a 3-2 scoreline, recovering well from their midweek 2-0 loss to Ajax.
(portuguese primeira liga)
Farense ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) Benfica
🇵🇹 Benfica came from a goal down to secure a 2-1 away win against Farense, but the narrow margin highlights how Benfica have yet to hit full stride this season.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
(spanish la liga) :
Atlético Madrid ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Las Palmas
Barcelona ( 3 ) – ( 1 ) Espanyol
Sevilla ( 0 ) – ( 2 ) Real Sociedad
Athletic Club ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Real Betis
🇪🇸 After suffering their first league defeat in the previous round with a 1-0 loss in Seville against Real Betis, Atletico Madrid made a recovery at home this weekend, defeating relegation-threatened Las Palmas 2-0.
🇪🇸 Top of the La Liga table and fresh off a 4-0 El Clásico win in Madrid, Barcelona carried their momentum into another derby, securing a 3-1 Catalan derby victory over Espanyol. Barcelona were three goals up within the opening 30 minutes, with Dani Olmo finding the back of the net twice.
🇪🇸 Sevilla’s first home game after their Seville derby win over Real Betis ended in a 2-0 defeat to Real Sociedad. The result allowed Real Sociedad to match Sevilla’s points tally in the league.
🇪🇸 Alex Berenguer scored in the 68th minute to help Athletic Club avoid defeat at home to Real Betis, who had taken the lead in the 52nd minute. The 1-1 draw kept both teams level on points in the standings.
(english premier league) :
Tottenham Hotspur ( 4 ) – ( 1 ) Aston Villa
Manchester United ( 1 ) – ( 1 ) Chelsea
🏴 Three games without a win for Aston Villa, as they followed a 1-1 league draw and a 2-1 defeat in the EFL Cup with a 4-1 league loss to Tottenham. Dominic Solanke scored twice as Tottenham netted four in the second half, overturning a first-half deficit to secure the three points.
🏴 Once dominant title contenders in English football, Manchester United and Chelsea now view securing European football spots as a measure of success. Despite the shift in stakes, the two teams met at Old Trafford for crucial Premier League points, ending in a 1-1 draw. Moises Caicedo scored the equalizing goal in the 74th minute for Chelsea, canceling out Bruno Fernandes’ earlier goal.
(italian serie a) :
Napoli ( 0 ) – ( 3 ) Atalanta
Torino ( 0 ) – ( 1 ) Fiorentina
Hellas Verona ( 3 ) – ( 2 ) Roma
Inter Milan ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Venezia
🇮🇹 After reclaiming the Serie A title in the 2022/23 season for the first time in 33 years, Napoli’s determination to avoid another lengthy title drought seemed to be on track. However, Atalanta put a dent in Napoli’s dream this weekend, leaving Naples with three points and a +3 goal difference after thrashing Napoli 3-0. Napoli remains at the top of the Serie A table, though with a reduced lead. Ademola Lookman scored two goals within the opening half-hour of the match. Mateo Retegui, who came on when Lookman was subbed out in the 76th minute, sealed the victory with a goal in the 90+2′.
🇮🇹 Moise Kean’s goal in the 41st minute secured a 1-0 victory for Fiorentina in Turin against Torino, extending Fiorentina’s unbeaten streak to nine games across all competitions, with six league wins and a draw included. Fiorentina has just one win from their last six league games, a victory against Como, while losing the other five.
🇮🇹 Hellas Verona snapped a three-game losing streak in Serie A with a late win over Roma. Abdou Harroui scored the decisive goal in the 88th minute, after his side twice surrendered a lead to Roma. The 3-2 home win moved Hellas Verona to within a point of Roma in the Serie A standings.
🇮🇹 Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal of the match in the 65th minute, giving Inter Milan a 1-0 home win over Venezia.
(german bundesliga) :
Borussia Mönchengladbach ( 4 ) – ( 1 ) Werder Bremen
🇩🇪 Monchengladbach surged to a four-goal lead before Werder Bremen managed to pull one back. The 4-1 win lifted Monchengladbach a point above Werder Bremen.
(french ligue 1) :
Toulouse ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Reims
Auxerre ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Rennes
Le Havre ( 1 ) – ( 0 ) Montpellier
Nantes ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) Marseille
🇫🇷 Back-to-back wins for Toulouse, who followed a 3-0 away win against Montpellier with a 1-0 home victory over Reims. Zakaria Aboukhlal scored the lone goal in the 84th minute.
🇫🇷 Gaetan Perrin scored twice in the first half, laying the foundation for Auxerre’s commanding 4-0 win over Rennes.
🇫🇷 Abdoulaye Toure converted a penalty in the 73rd minute, securing a 1-0 win for Le Havre over Montpellier.
🇫🇷 Mason Greenwood scored the game-winning goal in the 61st minute, securing a 2-1 victory for Marseille in Nantes. The win helped Marseille bounce back from their Le Classique defeat, while extending Nantes’ winless run in the league to seven games.
(dutch eredivisie) :
NEC Nijmegen ( 6 ) – ( 0 ) Groningen
Sparta Rotterdam ( 1 ) – ( 4 ) Utrecht
RKC Waalwijk ( 2 ) – ( 0 ) Almere City
🇳🇱 Koki Ogawa scored twice in the opening half-hour, setting NEC Nijmegen on the path to a 6-0 thrashing of Groningen.
🇳🇱 Utrecht rebounded from their first defeat of the season (a 2-0 loss to Feyenoord) with a 4-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam.
🇳🇱 Richard van der Venne and Silvester van der Water scored for RKC Waalwijk, securing their first league win of the Eredivisie season with a 2-0 home victory over an Almere City side that had just earned their first league win of the season, a 1-0 triumph against NEC Nijmegen.
(portuguese primeira liga) :
Arouca ( 1 ) – ( 2 ) Braga
Porto ( 4 ) – ( 0 ) Estoril
🇵🇹 Arouca scored a late consolation goal, but Braga secured all three points with a goal in each half, finishing with a 2-1 win.
🇵🇹 Wenderson Galeno entered the match in the 69th minute and scored both goals in the second half to extend Porto’s 2-0 lead from the first, sealing a 4-1 victory over Estoril on the day.
