Match reports: Ed Aarons was at the Emirates to watch Arsenal ease to victory against Everton.

And why not read up on Fulham’s win at Coventry while you’re at it.

That’s all from me today, thanks for reading.

Premier League table: Arsenal have bridged the gap at the top and Fulham have moved clear of the bottom three.

João Pedro misses out today for Chelsea after picking up an injury in training yesterday. Tottenham leave Dominic Solanke on the bench. The starting XIs …

Chelsea: Penders, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Hato, Henderson, Caicedo, Quenda, Rogers, Pedro Neto, Palmer.
Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Palestra, Fofana, Barco, Welbeck, Gusto, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Lavia.

Tottenham: Kinsky, Gray, van Hecke, van de Ven, Robertson, Fernandes, Tonali, Kudus, Maddison, Tel, Marmoush.
Subs: Dubravka, Senesi, Gallagher, Solanke, Kulusevski, Porro, Davies, Olusesi, Williams-Barnet.

Follow that live with Scott Murray …

Tony Harrington visits the Emirates dugouts again. Both Arteta and Moyes have already been booked – and this time it’s one of Arteta’s assistants who goes into the book. Priorities.

Gabriel celebrates a block with the Arsenal crowd. His afternoon has taken a turn for the better after his injury scare at the start of the second half. Three minutes of stoppage time remain.

Eight minutes added on at the Emirates. Arsenal still lead Everton 2-0.

Five for QPR! Jimmy Dunne’s has got another with a poacher’s finish at an attacking free-kick. Swansea could have gone top of the Championship with a win. Unlikely now.

Arsenal substitute Martin Zubimendi is being treated for a very bloody nose. He only came on a few minutes ago, so he’s soaked to the bone too.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall goes close for Everton with a flicked header that drops just the wrong side of the post. David Raya’s clean sheet is still intact with five minutes of normal time to play. Still 2-0.

Preston were on course for a second win of the season but the Championship’s bottom club have seen Andrew Hughes’s opener cancelled out by West Brom’s Aune Heggebo after four minutes – it’s 1-1 at Deepdale.

Fulham fans get what they wanted and that is an appearance for Rodrigo Muniz off the bench. The Brazilian is on in place of Gonzalo García after being an unused substitute as Álvaro Arbeloa finished the game without a recognised striker last weekend against Hull.

“Dundee United started the second half poorly and conceded a second equaliser,” writes Simon McMahon, “but have just had one of the best goals I’ve seen at Tannadice in a long time ruled out by a contentious VAR for a player interfering in an offside position, despite the Aberdeen keeper having a clear view of the strike from Sapsford and not making the save in a million years. Not happy.”

He’ll be happy now as Zachary Sapsford has scored again and it does count, 3-2.

It is not going well for Nicky Hayen at Burnley. His side, who are slipping into the bottom three as it stands, are now 4-1 down to Lincoln thanks to Ladefoged’s second.

Tony Harrington goes towards the Arsenal dugout in search of a sheepish Mikel Arteta, and the yellow card comes out. He’s been treating the limits of his technical area with his usual disdain.

Lincoln have turned it around against Burnley at Sincil Bank and lead 3-1 with goals from Mikkel Ladefoged and Dom Jefferies since half-time. Swansea have not made any inroads on their four-goal deficit at Loftus Road while Southampton still lead West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium.

“Random fact of the day …” teases Simon McMahon. “… Aberdeen goalscorer Nesta Guinness-Walker is the great grandson of Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Sir Alec Guinness. The force was clearly with him today, but Dundee United still lead 2-1.”

The mood at the Emirates lifts as Gabriel gets to his feet and signals his intention to carry on. Cristhian Mosquera was ready to come on in his place, so let’s see how this pans out.

Gabriel is down for Arsenal and it doesn’t look good. He just twisted his knee while clearing the ball and immediately signalled for medical treatment. Arsenal are already without William Saliba due to injury.

How about QPR, eh? Swansea have made two changes at the break to try to at least leave Loftus Road with their dignity still intact. It’s still 4-0.

Speaking of QPR, Angelo Balanta has scored for Hornchurch at Hartlepool in the National League.

Arsenal get a fright at the start of the second half as Merlin Rohl’s cross flies closer to the far post than David Raya would have liked. Rohl is called into action at the other end and stops Eberechi Eze to concede a corner which Thierno Barry heads out.

Thanks David, go do a few lengths in the pool garden. The whistle goes for the start of the second half at the Emirates – no changes from either side.

I’ll hand you back to Billy Munday for all the second-half action.

Here’s Simon McMahon with an update from Scotland…

“A cracking first half hour at Tannadice with United’s Zidane Iqbal opening the scoring, and then Dylan Tait restoring their lead after Guinness-Walker had equalised for the Dons. Elsewhere, St. Mirren have taken the lead at home to Dundee.”

A nightmare first half for Swansea. They’re now 4-0 down at QPR as Jimmy Dunne adds to Richard Kone’s hat-trick.

Elsewhere, a long throw in the gusty conditions helps Lincoln pull level at 1-1 against Burnley. Ben House gets the goal.

Big chance for Everton at Arsenal. Ben White’s header back to Raya doesn’t have enough oomph and Barry anticipates. The Toffees striker is first to the ball but goes for a poke rather than bringing it down and rounding the Arsenal goalkeeper and Raya saves.

Still goalless at Coventry. The hosts have gone close though with Thomas-Asante twice having chances. Fulham dominating possession but Coventry looking a threat on the break.

Burnley are desperate for points in the Championship. And they have three coming their way as it stands after Andreas Hountondji puts them ahead against Lincoln at a very windy Sincil Bank.

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya is having a few skittish moments today. He takes too long with a clearance and is penalised by the ref, who awards Everton a free corner. Nothing comes of it though.

Wolves go in front against Watford. Adam Armstrong gets the goal at Molinuex and Wolves currently sit fourth in the live league table behind Middlesbrough, Swansea and West Ham.

West Ham pushing for an equaliser against Southampton. Going 2-0 down after 11 minutes was a shock for the Hammers but they’re now forcing Southampton back again and again. Can the Saints reach half-time still in front?

More chances for Arsenal. Noni Madueke drags a great chance horribly wide when he should have at least tested Pickford. Then, a Rice dummy sets up a shooting chance for Merino but Everton block.

Arsenal racking up the corners. That’s five so far. Everton have won just one of their last 30 away Premier League matches against Arsenal (D5 L24) by the way while David Moyes is winless in 13 league road trips against the Gunners.

Fulham within a whisker at Coventry. Still 0-0 but the visitors so close to breaking the deadline as Oscar Bobb finds Josh King, who smashes his shot off the woodwork.

Everton go close again. David Raya makes a mess of a punch after coming for a corner and Gabriel has to clear off the line.

Everton go close to an equaliser at Arsenal. The Toffees have responded well since going behind and Tyrique George curls an effort not far wide after his shot deflects off Ben White. Mikel Arteta looks agitated.

Richard Kone has a hat-trick for QPR! Just 15 minutes gone and Swansea, who had conceded just eight goals this season, are 3-0 down. Kone, by the way, hadn’t scored since April! Remarkable scenes at Loftus Road!

Fantastic start for QPR against Swansea. The Swans have the chance to go top but QPR have struck twice in the opening 10 minutes, Richard Kone scoring both goals.

At Arsenal, the pattern has already been set. The home side are on the attack, with Everton hoping to hit on the break. Gyokeres will be hoping to make the most of a rare start today and he almost gets in a the near post from an Eze cross but Jake O’Brien does well to turn the ball behind for a corner. But…

Thanks Billy. Peeeeeep! Let’s go!

David Tindall is here to walk you through the first half.

Before kick-off, Arsenal pay tribute to their former managing director and life president Ken Friar, who died two weeks ago at the age of 92. Friar played a huge part in Arsenal’s move from Highbury to the Emirates, where there is a footbridge named after him and a statue of him as a boy outside. The rain is coming down and kick-off against Everton is next.

Before the 3pm games get under way, here are the starting lineups from the other game in the Premier League at the CBS Arena.

Coventry (4-2-3-1): Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Thomas, Pinnock, Dasilva; Grimes, Yirenkyi; Sakamoto, Rudoni, Thomas-Asante; Cherif.
Subs: Bentley, Mason-Clark, Mfuni, Awoniyi, Onyeka, Kesler-Hayden, Torp, Gboho, Hamer.

Fulham (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson; Larsson, Charles; Bobb, King, Iwobi; Garcia.
Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Andersen, Palacios, Muniz, Cairney, Kevin, Berge, Manuel Angel.

Scotland: Simon McMahon welcomes us to a soggy, windswept Fitba Corner …

“Currently in Frews Bar about to walk through a literal storm to Scotland’s game of the day at Tannadice, where Dundee United ‘welcome’ Aberdeen. After a tricky start to the season, United have started to click recently, with seven points from the last nine, thanks largely to midfield trio of Cameron, Iqbal and Tait pulling the strings. Though the wind and rain might suit Aberdeen more, so anything could happen ... Other games include Rangers v St Johnstone and St Mirren v Dundee.”

If they hop on a lime bike, those celebrating Arsenal Women fans in the away end at Tottenham might just make it to the Emirates for kick-off in the Premier League. The champions take on Everton knowing that the leader Manchester City have gone down to Aston Villa in the early kick-off. A 6-0 win will send them top – just saying.

In the Premier League’s other 3pm game, Fulham travel to Coventry after picking up their first league win under Álvaro Arbeloa against Hull last weekend. It’s not a six-pointer just yet – or is it?

Intrigue in the Championship’s 3pm games is at Loftus Road as QPR take on Swansea and at the London Stadium where West Ham host Southampton.

WSL: Spurs do not look like finding an equaliser here. Shekiera Martinez has been a bright spark since she came on but there’s little threat elsewhere. Three minutes of stoppage time to go.

WSL: Seven minutes added on in the north London derby, with Arsenal still leading 2-1. Much of that was for the treatment for Alice Sombath’s serious-looking injury at the start of the half.

at the Emirates Stadium

It’s a big day for Viktor Gyokeres as he makes his first Premier League start of the season after setting up Arsenal’s equaliser against Bayern Munich in midweek. The Sweden striker found the net 21 times last season but has yet to score for his club this season in nine appearances, albeit mainly as a substitute. With Bukayo Saka absent, Eberechi Eze comes in on the left flank and Noni Madueke is back on the right. Mikel Merino also makes a rare start in midfield on a rainy day in north London.

Everton are without Jack Grealish due to sickness, while Jarrad Branthwaite is not in the squad due to concussion protocols. David Moyes’s side haven’t beaten Arsenal in their last seven meetings home or away and are winless at the Emirates since April 2021.

WSL: We’re into the final 10 minutes at Spurs, who have thrown on winger Olivia Holdt for Summanen in an attacking change. Arsenal have withdrawn Catley for Elisa de Almeida in a defensive one.

WSL: Big chance for Arsenal to finish this off! Smith’s cross from the left is perfect for Baum to run and volley but the winger makes no contact with the ball whatsoever.

Championship: We have a couple of late goals in the second tier – Patrick Bamford has equalised for Sheffield Utd at home to Derby, that’s 1-1. And it’s chaos at Fratton Park as Millwall’s Jake Cooper clears the ball into Thomas Waddington to give Portsmouth a 2-1 lead.

WSL: Ona Batlle is on in place of Emily Fox for Arsenal. Spurs have taken off their goalscorer Cathinka Tandberg for Shekiera Martinez.

Championship: Norwich are well on their way to ending a six-match losing streak because they are now 3-1 up at Charlton! Anthony Musaba brought out the stepovers on the right before his teasing low cross was poked over his own goalkeeper by Ivan Mesik.

Premier League: There are 10 minutes to go at Villa Park and Nicolas Jackson’s double means Aston Villa are defending a 2-1 lead against Manchester City. Erling Haaland equalised for City just after half-time. Follow it live with Rob Smyth.

Championship: Derby are defending their 1-0 lead at Bramall Lane with 10 men after Dion Sanderson was shown his second yellow for bringing down Femi Seriki on halfway. They still lead Sheffield Utd through Bobby Clark’s first-half strike, but Chris Wilder has brought on Jordan Ayew so, you know, watch out.

That’s Alessia Russo’s second WSL goal of the season in eight games – she scored more than a goal every two games last campaign. Relief.

WSL: Penalty to Arsenal! Kop pulls off a miraculous save at her near post to deny Russo. At the resulting corner, Baum hits the post and the Spurs sub Morris is unfortunate to see the ball come off her outstretched arm as Tottenham tried to clear.

WSL: The north London derby has restarted but there are worrying scenes for Tottenham. Right-back Alice Sombath has been stretchered off after she challenged Caitlin Foord for the ball in midfield. It looks it could be a serious knee injury. Ella Morris comes on in Sombath’s place.

Championship: A bit of confusion as Charlton have an equaliser ruled out. Charlie Kelman was just offside when Tyreece Campbell swung the cross in but it was Norwich’s Ruairi McConville who headed into his own net. They were both challenging for the ball and I think it’s correctly been ruled out.

Championship: Norwich have come from behind to lead at the Valley as Mathias Kvistgaarden heads in Ruairi McConville’s cross. Charlton respond with a triple sub – Nathan Jones is not happy, or even less happy than usual.

WSL half-time: Tottenham 1-1 Arsenal

Arsenal did well to respond so quickly to Tandberg’s headed opener with Stanway finding a way past Kop four minutes later. Neither side are playing with loads of confidence, which is understandable given neither of them are in form.

WSL: Arsenal win a corner after Blakstad crunches in, cleanly, on Baum near the corner flag. Catley’s cross is plucked out of the sky by Kop, who does well to hold on up against a few bodies in the six-yard box. One minute added.

WSL: The rain is coming down ever steadier at Tottenham. Spurs’ Summanen goes into the book for a lunge on Stanway around halfway.

EFL half-time scores

Championship

• Charlton 1-1 Norwich (Kelman 10; Maghoma 35)

• Portsmouth 1-1 Millwall (Dykes 16og; Metcalfe 6)

• Sheffield Utd 0-1 Derby (Clark 37)

League One

• Huddersfield 1-0 Wigan (Bronkhorst 34)

• Luton 1-0 Leicester (Wells 39)

League Two

• Bristol Rovers 0-0 Swindon

• Cheltenham 1-0 Newport (McCann 5)

• Northampton 1-0 Colchester (Warhurst 9)

And Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City in the Premier League.

WSL: Former Gunner Pelova finds room to shoot on the edge of the box for Spurs and her strike is true but flies over the bar. She had more of the goal to aim at than perhaps she thought. It’s not quite clicking between Russo, Stanway, Smith and Cooney-Cross in those midfield areas for Arsenal.

WSL: It’s gotten a bit scrappy in the north London derby. Pelova shakes her head in the referee’s direction after being pulled up for a foul on Russo on halfway. Fifteen minutes until the break.

Premier League: Aston Villa lead Manchester City heading towards half-time at Villa Park thanks to Nicolas Jackson’s early goal. You can follow that minute-by-minute with Rob Smyth.

Championship: A fine finish into the roof of the net from Paris Maghoma brings Norwich level against Charlton at the Valley. Meanwhile Bobby Clark has given Derby the lead at Bramall Lane, following up after Ryan Hedges hit the foot of the post.

at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

It had been a little shaky for an under-pressure Arsenal in the opening stages of a critical north London derby. They settled a little but again failed to capitalise in the final third and Spurs punished them. Some rogue passing has seen the Gunners put the ball out of play on several occasions already and Tottenham took advantage from a corner.

The visiting team sold out their allocation of 4,000 tickets and the fans are making a lot of noise, that the Tottenham drummer has been working hard to cut across, but they really need the players in red to match their energy and at the moment that doesn’t seem to be the case.

It was Georgia Stanway and Emily Fox that were marking scorer Cathinka Tandberg on the corner but they don’t seem to even try to jump while she does. Stanway made up for it up the other end though, picking up her goalscoring form of the international break to crash it in off the bar and settle nerves a little. Just a little.

What a leap from Tandberg, who is a lifelong Spurs fan. She beat several Arsenal defenders to Victoria Pelova’s corner and Misa didn’t have much chance of stopping the header.

WSL: Arsenal launch their first attack into the Spurs box as Russo and Stanway combine nicely, with the midfielder stubbing a shot at Kop, who scrambles to get it clear and out for a corner. Stanway’s shot from the edge of the box is then blocked.

Championship: Oh, Lyndon Dykes. Portsmouth are level against Millwall as the striker scrambles to meet a free-kick at his near post and ends up smothering it past his own goalkeeper. 1-1.

WSL: Tottenham’s Eveliina Summanen gets a nasty early one off Olivia Smith – studs on foot. It was an accident as they fought for the ball in midfield and, well, it’s a derby. Carry on.

WSL: The teams are out at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s a bit drizzly in London today after the carnage of storm Austen yesterday. Thankfully the wind has dropped, for the moment anyway.

Spurs go into a north London derby ahead of Arsenal for the first time in WSL history.

Championship: Jenson Metcalfe has given Millwall the lead at Fratton Park after a howler from the Portsmouth keeper Nicolas Schmid, who gave the ball straight to him on the edge of the box.

Charlton are in front against Norwich too thanks to Charlie Kelman’s lovely finish after rounding the keeper. He pulls the John Stones ‘oh my shoulder hurts’ celebration. Sheffield Utd v Derby is the other early kick-off.