BETWEEN MATCHWEEKS · Tue, Sep 8
Soccer
The World Cup is archive. The Premier League is three games old and already rude.
After three games: City and Arsenal on 9, Hull on 7 without conceding.
The table after three
Pin a club. Matchweek 4 starts 12 September. No results invented.
Source: Premier League table updated 6 September 2026.
World Cup 2026 is finished. Spain are champions. Archive
What just happened
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea: champions pass the first real test
Morgan Rogers scored after 77 seconds. Kai Havertz equalised. Martin Odegaard won it. David Raya saved Estevao late.
Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa, and the table looks strange already
Own goal, a first-half red card, a high press that Villa could not play through. 4-0 at the Amex on 23 August.
Hull City 2-0 Manchester United on the night they came back
Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy score. Hull, everyone's favourites to go down, punch the season in the mouth.
From this desk
Why matchweek 4 matters: Hull vs Chelsea, Sunderland vs Arsenal
Chelsea host Hull, the only side without a goal conceded. Sunderland host Arsenal. Spurs host Everton. Nothing has been played.
Three weeks in: City and Arsenal on 9, Hull on 7, Spurs on 1
Manchester City 9, Arsenal 9, Hull City 7 with a clean sheet. Tottenham 1 point. Fulham and Coventry 0. Matchweek 4 starts 12 September.
Alonso's Chelsea: 3-2, 4-3, then 2-1 at the Emirates
Chelsea beat Fulham 3-2 and Brighton 4-3, then lost 2-1 at Arsenal. Rogers scored after 77 seconds in all three? No: inside five minutes in each of the first three.
Opening weekend: Hull, Brighton, Brentford, and a league that did not ease in
Brighton 4-0 Villa. Hull 2-0 United. Brentford 3-0 Spurs. Arsenal 3-0 Coventry. The 2026/27 Premier League arrived loud.
Hull City 2-0 Manchester United, and the season already has a scar
Semi Ajayi 17', Nobel Mendy 38'. Hull, everyone's favourites to go down, beat Manchester United 2-0 on 22 August.