Your Guardian Sport Weekend: Premier League, WSL, and NFL Action
Saturday 8am BST: Matchday live led by Yara El-Shaboury covering the weekend’s football programme across Premier League, Championship, EFL and Scottish Premiership fixtures.
WSL 12pm: Everton v Arsenal at Goodison Park; Arsenal are 4th and Everton 9th; Everton beat Chelsea 1-0 at Kingsmeadow last weekend. Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers described Everton as unpredictable.
Premier League 3pm Clockwatch: Chelsea v Everton at Stamford Bridge; Chelsea under Enzo Maresca have not won in three PL matches; Everton have won four of their last five league games and kept a clean sheet in each; Chelsea sit one point behind the other Blues.
Liverpool v Brighton: Liverpool on 23 points and 24 goals conceded after 15 games; defending champions have the worst start by a defending champion in both metrics since Leicester 2016-17; Brighton beat Liverpool 3-2 in their last meeting in May.
Arsenal v Wolves 8pm: Wolves bottom; Arsenal have won eight straight PL meetings against Wolves; Wolves winless in 15 PL games this season; only QPR (16) in 2012-13 and Sheffield United (17) in 2020-21 have longer winless starts; Arsenal aiming for five consecutive home PL wins; Arsenal beat Club Brugge 3- in the Champions League midweek; injuries rising.
Sunday 8am Matchday live: Tom Bassam and Emillia Hawkins cover five WSL games, five PL games, and the Scottish League Cup final (St Mirren vs Celtic); Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Milan in action; wash-up from Saturday’s games and Monday’s Man United v Bournemouth.
Sunday 2pm Clockwatch: Crystal Palace v Manchester City; City top scorers with 35 goals; City have won their last three PL games by at least three goals; Tottenham at Nottingham Forest; Spurs away record strong (four wins, 14 points); Palace have five away wins and 16 away points this season.
Sunday 4.30pm Brentford v Leeds: Leeds have beaten Chelsea and drawn with Liverpool recently; Brentford have lost their last two league games (Arsenal and Spurs); Leeds have lost their last nine top-flight London visits.
Sunday 6pm NFL clockwatch: Patriots host Bills in Foxborough; Patriots aim to continue their season.
