GOAL! Union Berlin 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Ebnoutalib, 11)
Just one minute between his goals and Ebnoutalib puts Frankfurt ahead!
GOAL! Union Berlin 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Ebnoutalib, 10)
This is turning into a great clash in Berlin with Morocco youth international Younes Ebnoutalib equalising for Frankfurt.
GOALS! Elversberg 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Wow, oh wow. The smallest town to ever be promoted into the German top-flight are shocking 2023/24 champions Bayer Leverkusen.
Two early goals for the newbies with Lukas Petkov and Cole Campbell hitting the back of the net. What a story.
GOAL! Union Berlin 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Latte Lath, 3)
The new loan signing has scored for the hosts. Ivory Coast international Emmanuel Latte Lath nets early on, he signed a temporary move from 2 August from Atalanta United.
Among the German teams who have just kicked off is newly promoted Elversberg who are playign against Bayer Leverkusen. They are the smallest town to ever be promoted into the Bundesliga and you can read more about the team here:
There has already been a goal in Germany, update to come.
Bundesliga kick-off
All five 2.30pm BST games are underway. We will bring you updates from those when we can, a reminder of the matches:
RB Leipzig v Monchengladbach
Mainz v Paderbom
Cologne v Hoffenheim
Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Elversberg v Bayer Leverkusen
Liverpool and Nottingham Forest have drawn 2-2 to give the latter their first point of the season. The Reds, meanwhile, seal their second draw from two games so far this season.
Would you like some updates from around Europe? Of course you do:
Víctor Muñoz has levelled the game for Liverpool with a brilliant finish but the question will be if either club will be able to find a winner. Around 10 minutes left at Anfield.
Some of the latest transfer news here for you:
The Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match is turning into a right battle. Alexander Isak equalised for the Reds but Morgan Gibbs-White just slotted a beautiful penalty to put Forest ahead once again. All the updates:
Hull City make one change as Matt Crooks makes way for Hidemasa Morita, who will make his full Hull debut.
Coventry, meanwhile, make three changes from their opening Premier League game against Arsenal. Ephron Mason-Clark, Jack Rudoni and Taiwo Awoniyi come in for Brandon Thomas-Asante, Frank Onyeka and Ellis Simms.
Everton make one change to their starting XI with Harry Hackney benched for James Garner. Both Harrison Armstrong and Iliman Ndiaye start despite being linked to moves to other clubs in the coming days.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, are unchanged in the starting line-up.
Coventry v Hull City team news
The team news is also hot off of the press for the other fixture.
Coventry: Rushworth, Van Ewijk, Amenda, Thomas, Dasilva, Grimes, Yirenkyi, Rudoni, Tchaouna, Awoniyi, Mason-Clark.
Bench: Bentley, Pinnock, Sakamoto, Simms, Kitching, Latibeaudiere, Thomas-Asante, Torp, Hamer.
Hull City: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Edan, Mendy, Giles, Slater, Morita, Belloumi, McBurnie, Stroud.
Bench: Phillips, Millar, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Drameh, Herrington, Targett, Gourna, Cho.
Bournemouth v Everton team news
The teams have been released for Everton’s trip to Bournemouth.
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Truffert, Cook, Hill, Scott, Evanilson, Silva, Smith, Tavernier, Kluivert, Rayan.
Bench: Di Gregorio, Soler, Brooks, Christie, Gannon Doak, Adams, Diakite, Jebbison, Rodriguez.
Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, George Barry.
Bench: Travers, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Dibling, Johnson, Alcaraz, Hackney, Iroegbunam.
The second round of the Premier League kicked off on Friday with Manchester City beating Crystal Palace 4-1, read more here:
The Bundesliga games which we will also keep across are:
RB Leipzig v Monchengladbach
Mainz v Paderbom
Cologne v Hoffenheim
Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Elversberg v Bayer Leverkusen
All of these games have a kick-off time of 2.30pm.
So what Premier League fixtures are there today I hear you ask? Well there is Bournemouth v Everton and Coventry v Hull which we will be covering here and later on there will be a separate blog for Tottenham v Newcastle.
Nottingham Forest currently lead Liverpool at Anfield 1-0, thanks to a lovely finish into the bottom right corner by Dan Ndoye. That game is just getting back underway for its second half so there is still plenty of time for the Reds to turn things around or for Forest to double their lead. Keep up to date:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to today’s clockwatch where we will have a keen focus on the two Premier League 3pm BST kick-offs. Those are Bournemouth v Everton and Coventry v Hull.
But they are not the only games that we will be bringing you updates on. There are also five 2.30pm BST Bundesliga matches which we will also keep across and bring you the main headlines from.
Of course, per the 3pm blackout rules neither Premier League game will be shown on UK TV but fear not we will bring you every goal, red card or any other important update.
There is one game that is already underway between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. We will bring you the latest from that, as well as the team news for the 3pm kick-offs as soon we have it. Let’s go.
