Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest, Hull 2-2 Everton, Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth – as it happened

Thanks for reading. Join us for Liverpool v Manchester City. It’s kind of a big deal. And here’s Ed Aarons on Pierre Sage’s first home win as Palace manager. The irony that Daichi Kamada, who won the Europa League under Glasner while they were at Eintracht Frankfurt before he brought him to Selhurst Park on a free transfer, should score his first Premier League goal to equalise in his 68th appearance was surely not lost on the Austrian. Here’s the Hull 2-2 Everton report. And how about Hull and Everton after that draw? Where did that Palace win leave them and Forest in the table? Where does that leave the golden boot race? That big match at Anfield is likely to change things, too. At 40 minutes in, Palace looked lost, and yet they entered half-time 2-1 up, and for all the chances that Forest have created, Palace showed it pays off to take them. A huge win for Pierre Sage, and Oliver Glasner’s tough start continues. It was hearty stuff and Hull continue to show plenty of heart. When Thierno Barry put Everton in the lead, the Tigers found a way back in, with Mohamed Belloumi smashing the equaliser. The word is out: Hull is a tough away trip. Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Four minutes to play at Selhurst. Hull 2-2 Everton: Five added minutes in which to find a winner. Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: If Forest could find a goal then Palace might start to panic. The problem is that Forest are struggling to score good chances. They will not want to watch back today’s collection of blown opportunities. Hull 2-2 Everton: Both teams fancy victory here, and Elliot Stroud whips up the crowd when Hull win a corner. Sorba Thomas departs the scene, for Robinio Vaz, as do Jack Grealish and Barry. Charly Alcaraz and Tyler Dibling come on. Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: The chances, the missed chances, just pile up for Forest. This time, the guilty party is Chris Wood. Kari Tulinius gets in touch: “Thierno Barry looks like he’s on course to have a twenty-goal season. Last season he got eight. If his good form isn’t just a blip, that bodes well for the Toffees. Barry wasn’t Moyes’s first, second or third choice, but it seems like it’s working out for both of them.” Hull 2-2 Everton: Hayden Hackney, previously the best player in the Championship, comes on for Maitland-Niles. Harrison Armstrong has departed for Jake O’Brien. Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Animation on the sidelines from a visibly annoyed Glasner. He’s made a raft of subs. Dan Ndoye goes off for Callum Hudson-Odoi. Chris Wood replaces Liam Delap, and Ibrahim Sangare replaced Xaver Schlager. Wood seems to be the emergency option; he was just that against Coventry. It didn’t work then. The Algerian has scored from the bench, having started as a sub because he was tired. Lovely work from Stroud, who squeezes past two defenders, and Belloumi, the form man, who scores. Leo Addor gets in touch: “In Brazilian Serie A news, Corinthians just announced Clarence Seedorf as its new manager. They fired Fernando Diniz midweek after a 7th loss in a row got them close to the relegation zone. Rumors in the Brazilian press that several managers had been approached and refused to consider the job made it a running joke. One pundit even said, “I’m afraid of answering my phone at home and ending up as Corinthians’ manager.” Seedorf did play in Brazil towards the end of his career, so it’s not completely random, but it is very surprising...” Hull 1-2 Everton: Barry is one of those strikers who will miss plenty but keep going so that he eventually knocks a few in. A bad pass from Sorba Thomas sets away an Everton attack, and Thierno Barry holds his cool, and slots home after Dewsbury-Hall plays him in. The ball squirms to Barry who smashes it straight away. Hull 1-1 Everton: Some Hull changes, as Belloumi comes on for Gelhardt, the scorer, who can at least think on his first Premier League goal since 2022. Those changes in full: Stroud, Mohamed Belloumi and Iroegbunam replace Gelhardt, Giles and Crooks. David Moyes makes a change of his own: Tyrique George replacing Brennan Johnson, the thwarted goalscorer. Crystal Palace 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Pierre Sage, we may yet to get to know you better. That first 40 minutes looked like mortal danger. Instead, it’s Forest who are falling apart. The Palace fans will be loving this. When Strand Larsen goes close again, his finish too weak to beat Sels, then they might have celebrated four goals. It is three! Like Palace’s first goal, they were allowed to pass their way through, exposing Sels, who makes a save from Strand Larsen, and Pino can convert the rebound. Oh Forest! And here’s VAR….and it’s still a goal. Franklyn Hyde gets in touch: “I notice that Hull have a well known biscuit manufacturer as a secondary shirt sponsor, which is the kind of thing that warms the heart of an ex-pat like me. And gives me a Proustian recollection of seeing Mike Dean as the fourth official at White Hart Lane demolishing an entire packet of Chocolate Hob Nobs in the tunnel with his halftime cup of tea...” Crystal Palace 2-1 Nottingham Forest: It was almost 3-1, with Lerma forcing a save from Sels, and then Forest scuff the ball away. Two most vulnerable teams here. It makes for decent entertainment. After John Egan clears the ball behind, Everton have a corner, and they recycle the ball, with Maitland-Niles making up for his previous mistake to find Dewsbury-Hall, who knocks in. VAR again? No, not this time. Dewsbury-Hall was onside. Crystal Palace 2-1 Nottingham Forest: A quieter beginning to the half at Selhurst but Forest are still making chances. Munoz creates space, and Gibbs-White skews wide. Hull 1-0 Everton: Hull will go fourth if this stays the same, and they want more, with Branthwaite asked to knock the ball behind. Hull 1-0 Everton: No Premier League opposition has scored at Hull this season. Everton paying for their mistakes, and that goal owed much to the skill and persistence of Ollie McBurnie. Quick transition from Hull as Maitland-Niles makes a mistake, and Joe Gelhardt steals on to Sorba Thomas’s pass, and the finish is perfect. There’s a delay as an officials’ communication check takes place at Hull. The referee has to call over the captains, and the game can resume. The Premier League match centre says this about that disallowed Everton goal at Hull: “After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Everton – with Johnson in an offside position and deemed to be challenging an opponent for the ball. “REF: ‘Everton No.22 is in an offside position and challenges Hull No.3. Final decision is offside.’” Get your top scorers, fully up to date. How the hell did that happen? Palace were all over the shop, Pierre Sage headed down the dumper and now Selhurst is rocking. Forest did not score the many goals they might have scored, Walter Benitez standing tall in the Palace nets. And so that’s why that’s where we are. The story of the half was the disallowed goal, Brennan Johnson in an offside position. Everton had struggled to break the deadlock, and once they had their “goal” ruled out, started to come under Hull pressure. Palace somehow rampant. Wharton’s corner comes in, and Lerna bundles home. Disaster for Forest, all those missed chances now rued. Matz Sels had just made a brilliant save from Tyrick Mitchell. Here’s VAR, but no, given. Niall Fogarty gets in touch: “It seems that VAR wants to find reasons to punish Everton. This is the second time in three games VAR has disallowed an EFC goal for incredibly petty reasons… happened last season too.” Hull 0-0 Everton: Two chances for Hull, first for Joe Gelhardt, firing just wide, and then Nobel Mendy heading wide from a corner. Hull have pushed onwards since that disallowed goal. Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Palace had been battered, and had not had a shot for 30 minutes. And yet here we are. It’s been a tough season so far for Glasner at Forest though he took time at Palace, with historic results following by the end. Where did that come from? Palace put together a passing move, and Kamada slots in, so coolly. Strand Larsen’s flick finds the Japan player, and then Quinten Timber finds the final assist. and Oliver Glasner is aghast. Here’s VAR…and it stands…. Norrie gets in touch: “Incredibly annoying to see the continued trend today of pundits, players and managers dead-batting with “let’s wait for the appeal.” Let’s not. A three-year process concluded with an emphatic result of overwhelming guilt. If any of these people have any reason as to why an appeal will overturn that - let alone for why City should be allowed to further delay - they should say so.” Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: While all that VAR was rolling on in Hull, Forest should have had another goal. Morgan Gibbs-White hit the crossbar and Liam Delap cannot beat Walter Benitez when he might have done better. Palace living very dangerously. The goal does not stand… Tzolakis dropped the ball … and was Johnson behind him? “Everton no 22 is in an offside position,” says the ref. And that gets huge cheers. Grealish and Branthwaite get the ball into the Hull box and following a ricochet, Johnson stabs home. Was the keeper impeded? Hull are raging. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Forest may be disappointed they do not have a greater advantage. Can Palace be this organised for the full 90? Perhaps they can … Gibbs-White smashes the latest decent Forest chance wide. There are great spaces in the Palace half to exploit. Hull 0-0 Everton: Garner, who spent the international break with England, flashes over a corner that Branthwaite smashes back into the area. Hull are doing well enough, holding off the threat of their visitors. And here’s our Scottish roundup. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Ndoye has a header saved by Walter Benitez, and then there’s one hell of a scramble in the Palace box. All problems caused by playing out from the back. Pierre Sage would seem to employ that Russell Martin ideal. Steve Parish, in the stand, looks unimpressed. Palace perhaps lucky to be only a goal behind. Hull 0-0 Everton: Some afters in Hull, where Tarkowski and McBurnie fight out a running battle, the Hull striker getting booked. VAR looked at the Tarkowski challenge that set off the rancour. Here’s Billy Munday’s report from that south coast derby. Hull 0-0 Everton: Branthwaite, the auxialiary left-back, looks to be walking slowly. He’s had his injury problems, some of which possibly prevented him from being sold off. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Gibbs-White is doing the usual, given the free role he likes by his manager, and looking for openings. James McAtee almost finds one, only to be fouled by Jefferson Lerna, who is booked. Not a red, as there was cover between McAtee and goal. Hull 0-0 Everton: Jack Grealish is fouled by Matt Crooks after a poor first touch from the Hull player. That’s his fourth booking of the season. What’s that joke? His second touch is a tackle. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Quinten Timber fires a shot wide. Palace have looked capable of creating chances. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Palace might have pulled level, though Strand Larsen might have done better to have hit the ball at Matz Sels, the Forest keeper. Hull 0-0 Everton: Branthwaite goes on the overlap as he receives a pass from Dewsbury-Hall. Everton are dominating possession, which is all part of Sergej Jakirovic’s plan. Crystal Palace 0-1 Nottingham Forest: Ndoye did well for Switzerland in the Nations League and has taken his confidence into club football. Forest’s away form continues to look better than at the City Ground. What a goal. Palace concede possession and Ndoye makes hay, Khalali the guilty party, and the Forest fans can sing for Oliver Glasner. Hull 0-0 Everton: Jarrad Branthwaite is lining up at left-back for Everton; the latest example of the club’s failings in the summer transfer window. Good player, but he’s a centre-back by design. To the Premier League we revert, with Hull v Everton, and Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest. And we are underway in both. What does that mean for the Championship table? Report and reaction to follow. This was a case of Saints toughing it out. Portsmouth have not proved capable of finding a way back from James Bree’s goal, and even after Cameron Bragg’s first-half red card. The Portsmouth fans will be kept back for a while yet and they do so in disappointment. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Marko Milovanovic fires a late chance wide for Portsmouth but he was at the wrong angle in any case. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Daniel Peretz climbs up to claim a Bailey cross to loud cheers from the home fans. Portsmouth look to have run out of ideas. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Nothing much being created by Pompey, for all their efforts, with the ball falling to Abou Kamara in the box, though he loses the flight of it. Saints clear their lines. As they have done all afternoon. Big cheers when Azaz buys a foul, and Portsmouth’s Poole takes a chunk out of the Ireland player. There’s five minutes to be added on here. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Having threatened to boil over further following the dismissal of Cameron Bragg, Saints have been tighter, more controlled, but as soon as that is said, Nico Schlotterbeck is booked. James Bree is in a bandage, having taken a bang to the head. He then concedes a soft corner that is cleared away after a couple of swings and misses from both sides. Niall Mullen gets in touch: “It’s funny how having let a bull into the china shop in 2008 the Premier League has finally determined that the bull did in fact, contrary to the rules, break all of the china. Meanwhile the bull has evidence (dare I say, irrefutable evidence) that the china remains intact and that they are not even a bull but a porcelain enthusiast who has been excluded from the trade by big Delft. Meanwhile, pending a check to make sure the china was actually broken, the bull continues to terrorise the high street.” Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Down on the south coast, Pompey are going at it but Saints can see the finishing line. Caspar Jander has replaced Cyle Larin with Finn Azaz asked to lead the line in the Canadian’s stead. Oliver Glasner spoke to Ben Fisher ahead of his return to Crystal Palace. Glasner was on holiday in the serene Austrian lakes with his wife, Bettina, the sun beating down on the water, when the interest from Forest ramped up. “She said: ‘Why are you always looking at your phone?’ [I said:] ‘I’m going to Athens tomorrow.’ She said: ‘Are you crazy? We are here on vacation.’ There were many, many different options in the summer. The one I thought I would do is staying at home, which is why my family was not really pleased with my early decision to leave again … but in that moment when I looked in detail, into the [Forest] squad, and [gathered] my thoughts, I started to get butterflies.” Last time out for the 2pm Premier League kickoffs. The prelims to Palace v Forest saw Oliver Glasner and Daniel Munoz get a warm reception when returning to Selhurst Park. Forest’s better performances have come away from home, including their sole win, at Aston Villa. That’s very Glasner, as Palace fans would recognise. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Terry Devlin, Marko Milovanovic and Odin Bailey arrive as Pompey subs, with Devlin getting involved almost immediately and getting booked for a hacking challenge on Ryan Manning. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Zak Swanson has the latest of growing stack of chances for Portsmouth. Saints are back in numbers, with Jack Stephens leading the defensive effort, throwing in the blocks. Up in the Scottish Premiership, by the way, Celtic are leading 2-0 at Motherwell, Benjamin Nygren getting the second, after Carmelo Duran got the first. That would take Celtic top. Mary Waltz gets in touch: “Good morning John. It’s pitch dark in California. But for this Everton fan it been sunny so far . Until the news of a possible sell of the team. Pessimistic thoughts fill the air. Hedge fund group buying the club on a sea of debt. “ Belt tightening “ follows. Young talent sold off. Replaced with bargain basement has-beens. The life of a Toffee fan. Sigh.” Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Eckert has seen enough and made a sub, sacrificing Leo Scienza makes way for Kuryu Matsuki. It’s not long until the new arrival takes a whack from a Swanson tackle. On Everton, David Moyes was asked this week if he’d still have agreed to be manager if he had know the Friedkin group were not long-term owners: ““No, because I love this club. They could have sold me it at any time and I’d still have taken it. But it’s for Evertonians that I am more disappointed. They have been through so many difficult periods and the last thing they really wanted to hear was this.” Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Talking of discipline, Azaz smashes into a tackle that in the Premier League, with VAR, that would surely be given a second look. Ebou Adams was the recipient again. Portsmouth are coming into this, and look capable of finding a way back. Meghoma’s shot is followed by an effort from Segecic. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Now Larin is booked for Saints, having asked for an opponent to be booked. Discipline is an issue perhaps. The big news for Everton this week is the club being up for sale. Moyes’s squad was left short on numbers and a centre-forward on deadline day after Beto’s sale to Fiorentina and the collapse of Folarin Balogun’s mooted £40m move from Monaco. Everton have plans to address those weaknesses in January but they could be affected by a potential takeover. TFG believed it could work around Uefa regulations on multi-club ownership should Everton and Roma qualify for the same European competition. That is not the case and, with Uefa enforcing rules on such ownership structures strictly, TFG faces having to put one club in a blind trust to avoid any sanctions. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Azaz, supplier of the Saints goal, almost supplies another, as Scienza escapes and Nic Schmid made a fine save. Azaz is such a talent, one of those players who is cut above in the Championship. Back underway Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Adrian Segecic came on at half-time, John Mousinho looking to the creative player to unpick the lock on Saints, who seem likely to sit deeper. Tonda Eckert, rather surprisingly, has made no changes. AnhTuan Nguyen Huynh gets in touch: “The game might be nothing new in the tactical term, but it takes on heightened significance as fans and analysts recalculate how past Premier League tables and fortunes were shaped by City’s rule breaches. Stepping out of Liverpool’s long shadow, the Toffees have to rise above themselves and seize their moment. Will they? This is eighth v 10th. The Toffees have to be counted on the pitch, while the club navigates turbulent waters off the pitch. This is one of Everton’s season-defining moments.” No pressure, the Ev. Reminder of the Premier League table Everton: Pickford; Maitland-Niles, Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite; Armstrong, Garner; Johnson, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry. Subs: Travers, O’Brien, George, Dibling, Norgaard, Alcaraz, Hackney, Rohl, Graham. Hull: Tzolakis; Ajayi, Egan, Mendy; Coyle, Crooks, Slater, Giles; Gelhardt, McBurnie, Thomas. Subs: Phillips, Morita, Belloumi, McNair, Norton-Cuffy, Stroud, Herrington, Iroegbunam, Vaz. Crystal Palace Benitez, Mitchell, Canvot, Lerma, Pino, Kamada, Wharton, Strand Larsen, Timber, Khalaili, Richards. Subs: Matthews, Sarr, Nketiah, McNeil, Hughes, Ahanor, Doucoure, Guessand, Mingueza. Nottingham Forest: Sels, Diomande, Williams, Murillo, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Delap, Schlager, McAtee, Munoz, Aina. Subs: Victor, Sangar, Hudson-Odoi Dominguez, Wood, Kalimuendo, Yates, Cunha, Netz. Big half-time for Tonda Eckert. His team took the lead through a flash of a quality but a rush of blood means Pompey will have the man advantage for the second half. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Bragg, the local lad, just 21, lost the ball then lost his cool. Portsmouth, almost immediately, begin to dominate possession and push forward. Cameron Bragg commits a second yellow, having given away that tactical foul earlier, he hauls back Ebou Adams. He seemed to forget himself. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Scienza is fouled after a long, snaking run forward. The ref plays advantage then, mistakenly, gets in the path of the ball. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Pompey are struggling to put much attacking football together, their best hope may lie in Southampton’s rather dithery defence. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Saints asked to do some defending as Cameron Bragg gets a booking, for a tactical foul and then James Bree gets clear a ball headed to the back post. Next, James Ward-Prowse has to knock the ball behind. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Leo Scienza is the creative threat for Saints, and when he’s given space down the left, Portsmouth begin to struggle. One hell of a melee occurs when Larin barges into the box and then Downes fights Pompey’s Adams for the ball. Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth Saints have not lost the last 31 games where they have scored first. Eckert has done a remarkable job there, with many happy to make remarks on it. Lovely pass by Finn Azaz, and James Bree stays cool with his control and finish. Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth “One team in Hampshire,” they’re singing. Presumably both sets of fans. Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth It’s been Portsmouth who have played some of the better football, only for Saints to lift the pressure, with Flynn Downes and James Ward-Prowse to the fore. They’re looking for Cyle Larin at all times. Jayden Meghoma lashes a shot wide for Pompey when he had better options in the middle. Our weekend previews of the Premier League matches today: In Sergej Jakirovic and David Moyes, Hull City and Everton boast two of the more “pragmatic” managers in the Premier League. Renowned for their safety-first defensive styles, both teams are happy to surrender possession, rank among the top flight’s lowest sides in pass completion rates, and rely on rapid transitions and set pieces for a major share of their total expected goals. A game featuring two defences that pride themselves on their obduracy may well be settled by a well-delivered dead ball into a packed penalty area. While it may not be aesthetically pleasing, expect to see the massed ranks of defenders on both sides spending much of Sunday afternoon bracing themselves for rearguard action while peering towards the sky. The last time these sides met in the Premier League, Everton ran out easy 4-0 winners. A decade on, the aerial traffic is unlikely to be quite so one-way. All eyes will be on Oliver Glasner as he returns to Selhurst Park with Nottingham Forest on an afternoon that will be emotionally charged for both sets of supporters and in the boardroom. The Crystal Palace chair, Steve Parish, sought to defuse tensions last week when he urged fans to “buck the trend” by welcoming the manager who led the south London club to the first three major trophies in their history in the space of 12 months. “I would be mortified if he gets anything other than the roof blown off,” said Parish. But given the strength of feeling towards Forest and their owner, Evangelos Marinakis – who is still blamed by some for Palace’s demotion to the Conference League at the expense of Forest last season – many have still not forgiven Glasner for joining their rivals and could still make their feelings known when the Austrian takes his seat in the dugout before kick-off. Southampton 0-0 Portsmouth It’s mostly Saints as the game is in its early stages. The fans are supplying plenty of noise and colour. Last season saw the first league fixtures between the south coast clubs since the 2011-12 season, Nigel Adkins and all that, of a derby played since 1899. They finished 0-0 and 1-1. As you might expect, it’s one hell of a noise at St Mary’s. This is big. It begins with boos as soon as Pompey touch the ball. A Southampton fan of my acquaintance – a pal – drove all the way south from Old Trafford last night to be there. This is huge, not just for these reasons. Good afternoon, and welcome to coverage of the Premier League action from the 2pm (all times BST) kick-offs, and more besides, with a keenly awaited south coast derby taking place between Southampton and Portsmouth being played before those from 12pm. In the top division, both Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest have begun slowly, and there’s history between the clubs, with the added spice of Oliver Glasner now being the manager of Forest. Hull have been an early delight this season, while Everton have returned to their state of perpetual limbo, having been put up for sale – again – this week. The Premier League games get under way at 2pm. Before that, updates from St Mary’s and team news. Join me.