Hull Beat Manchester United and Brighton Hit Villa for Four on the Premier League's Opening Weekend
Nine of the ten matchweek one fixtures are played and only Arsenal, Brighton and Brentford won by three or more. Marcus Rashford returned after 618 days and Fulham v Chelsea closes the round tonight.
The Premier League opened on 21 August and nine of the ten matchweek one fixtures are done. Fulham v Chelsea on Monday night closes the round.
The results
- Arsenal 3-0 Coventry (Havertz, Saka, Odegaard)
- Hull City 2-0 Manchester United (Ajayi 17, Mendy 38)
- Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace (Dewsbury-Hall, Barry)
- Ipswich 2-1 Sunderland (Emersonn 24, Clarke; Angulo 39)
- Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds (Stach, free-kick)
- Brentford 3-0 Tottenham (Lewis-Potter 12, Janelt 33, Kayode 49)
- Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa
- Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth (Guehi 84, Gvardiol 90+2; Tavernier 26)
- Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool (Elanga, Willock; Gakpo, Szoboszlai pen 90+9)
Three results worth a second look
Hull, promoted this summer, beat Manchester United 2-0 and led inside 40 minutes. Marcus Rashford came on at half-time for United - his first competitive appearance in 618 days.
Brighton put four past Aston Villa inside 31 minutes, with Jack Hinshelwood scoring twice in 90 seconds in the 30th and 31st. Villa had Joao Gomes sent off on 40 minutes. Unai Emery's side are bottom on goal difference after one game.
Manchester City needed two late goals to beat Bournemouth. Marc Guehi, deployed in central midfield by Enzo Maresca, scored the 84th-minute equaliser, and Rayan Cherki assisted both. Erling Haaland missed several clear chances.
Four new managers, four different starts
Enzo Maresca won on his Manchester City debut. Andoni Iraola salvaged a point for Liverpool at Newcastle through a 99th-minute Szoboszlai penalty. Roberto De Zerbi lost 3-0 at Brentford with Tottenham missing Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro. Matthias Jaissle drew at Newcastle.
Crystal Palace also have an injury concern in Chadi Riad, who picked up a serious knee problem at Everton.
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Scorelines, scorers and disciplinary details as published on 24 August 2026; Fulham v Chelsea had not been played at the time of writing, so no league table is given.