2023/24 FPL Pre Season: All Clubs Friendlies Fixtures & Updates

Premier League clubs are already planning for the next season with a host of friendlies scheduled to get the team to full tilt before the 2023/24 season begins on August 11th, 2023. In this blog, we’ll list all the confirmed friendlies of premier clubs and the lineups, results, and updates from each of the games as and when it happens. Note: Click on the respective clubs in the table below to go to the friendlies that you want to check. If you click the summary option on the table you’ll find all the goals and assists for each club from the friendlies. Similarly, If you click the upcoming friendlies option on the table you’ll find all the upcoming friendlies for each club. The full table of 2023/24 Pre-season friendlies sorted by date will show the friendlies schedule by date.

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2023/24 PL Clubs Friendlies List

AFC Bournemouth

13 July: AFC Bournemouth vs Hibernian, 4-0 Bournemouth Win

• Final Score: 4-0, Bournemouth win
• GOALS– Brooks, Anthony, Billing(2)

Starting 11:

AFC Bournemouth: Travers (Randolph, 31, Neto, 61), Smith (Zabarnyi, 54), Mepham (Bevan, 61), Senesi (Hill, 48), Greenwood, Cook (Sadi, 61), Kilkenny, Brooks (Ouattara, 61), Christie, Moore (Billing, 61), Anthony (Kluivert, 48).

• The match was played over three 30-minute periods with new signing Justin Kluivert chipping in with two assists.
• And the first goal under the new head coach was a beauty, Brooks rifling a left-foot shot into the top corner from around 25 yards.
• Anthony doubled the Cherries’ lead with another finely-taken goal after 13 minutes, the frontman finding the bottom corner of the net.
• Billing’s deft finish made it 3-0 after 67 minutes, the Denmark international clipping the ball past Hibs goalkeeper having been set up by Kluivert.
• Billing had the final say when he unleashed a low drive into the back of the net four minutes from time with Kluivert again the provider.
• FT: Bournemouth 4-0

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16 July: AFC Bournemouth 0-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv

AFC Bournemouth: Neto (Randolph, 35, Travers, 62)), Hill, Senesi (Smith, h/t), Zabarnyi (Mepham, 62), Greenwood (Bevan, h/t), Cook (Sadi, 62), Christie (Kilkenny, h/t), Ouattara (Anthony, 62), Kluivert (Moore, 62), Traorè (Brooks, h/t), Solanke (Billing, h/t).

• 22 players featured for AFC Bournemouth in the game
• Sayd Abu Farhi’s deflected effort four minutes from time earned the Israeli Premier League outfit victory at the Marbella Football Center.
• Kluivert, Ouattara, and Zabarnyi all played 60 mins
• Solanke, Billing, Traore, Brooks, and Christie all played 45 mins

Some key moments from the game via AFCB Website

• Dango Ouattara was picked out by Justin Kluivert’s delicate hanging cross, the Burkina Faso man’s volley clearing the crossbar.
• A free-kick from David Brooks, one of five substitutions made by Iraola at the break, just eluded Phil Billing at the far post at the start of the second half.
• Brooks fired wide after working an opening in the 76^th minute before goalkeeper Roi Mishpati dived full length to his left to keep out Jaidon Anthony’s thunderous drive

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25 July: AFC Bournemouth v Southampton(A), 3-2 Bournemouth win

Bournemouth Lineup:

• Christie has lined up in the advanced midfield role with Billing in the deeper eight role.
• Christie’s deep ball lands on the head of Ouattara, who makes no mistake and glides his effort past McCarthy. 1-0 Bournemouth in the 15th minute
• Solanke’s cross is missed by Anthony, who initially won it back, but Christie is there to slot home with ease. 2-0 Bournemouth in the 18th minute
• Southampton score just before halftime
• HT:2-1
• Bournemouth close to getting their 3rd goal: Ouattara does brilliantly to win the ball inside the area and pick out Solanke in front of goal. The pass is slightly out of Solanke’s reach so he has to reach out and take a touch. By the time he can get his shot off, Smallbone is there to make the block.
• Another chance missed for Bournemouth: Anthony does well on the left and picks out Christie, who cleverly moves the ball on to Ouattara. He perhaps telegraphs his intentions as he opens up to use his left foot and a Southampton man does well to make the stoppage.
• Stuart Armstrong pulls one back for Southampton to make it 2-2 in the 64th minute
• 68th minute: Kluivert, Zabarnyi, Moore, Brooks and Traorè are on; Mepham, Billing, Anthony, Solanke and Ouattara are off.
• 77th minute: Joe Rothwell, James Hill, Gavin Kilkenny and Ben Greenwood come on. Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Milos Kerkez and Adam Smith make way.
• 86th minute: Traorè played an inch-perfect pass to release Brooks, who was clean through on goal. Under pressure, he shows great composure to slide the ball home!
• FT: 3-2 Bournemouth win

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29 July: FC Bournemouth v Atalanta, 3-1 Atalanta Win

Bournemouth lineup:

• 6th minute: Goal for Atalanta. Maehle from close range.
• 9th minute: Senesi wins it back on the halfway line and feeds Brooks, but his low shot is held by Musso. Moments before, Kluivert was brought down after a marauding run, but the set piece came to nothing.
• 34th minute: Smith’s cross picks out Solanke perfectly, but the striker’s effort goes just wide of Musso’s post.
• 36th minute: Atalanta double their lead through Koopmeiners.
• Senesi blasts it into the roof of the net after a corner from Brooks. Senesi hammered home the loose ball after Dom Solanke’s header had been cleared off the line.
• HT:2-1
• Radu comes on for Neto at HT
• Ouattara, Traore and Mepham on for Brooks, Kluivert and Sensei in the 65th minute
• Kilkenny, Rothwell, Moore, Hill on for Solanke, Cook, Christie, and Smith in the 77th minute
• Latte Lath fires home to make it 3-1 for Atalanta
• FT: 3-1 Atalanta

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5 August: AFC Bournemouth v FC Lorient , 2-0 Bournemouth Win

AFC Bournemouth Lineup

• Brooks makes it 1-0 for Bournemouth assisted by Ouattara. A flick on from Moore sends Ouattara blistering down the left flank for the Cherries. His cut across goal then finds the feet of Brooks and he applies and impressive first-time finish.  
• HT: 1-0
• Traorè replacing Billing for the 2nd half
• Radu, Kilkenny and Kluivert replace Neto, Rothwell and Brooks in the 62nd minute
• Jaidon Anthony and Lewis Cook are subbed off for James Hill and Marcos Senesi come on.
• Hill played at right-back and Senesi played in midfield.
• Traore with a great shot and he was denied by a good save
• Senesi loops a brilliant cross towards the back post. Moore meets the cross and powers a header into the back of the net. 2-0 Bournemouth
• Kluviert made an excellent run in the end and hit the post, would have been a great goal
• FT: 2-0 Bournemouth

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Bournemouth Friendlies Summary:

• Billing ⚽️⚽️
• Brooks ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️
• Anthony ⚽️
• Ouattara ⚽️A
• Kluivert A A
• Christie ⚽️ A A
• Moore ⚽️A
• Traore A
• Sensei ⚽️A
• Solanke A A

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Arsenal

08 July: Arsenal vs Watford

Data from Arsenal Website

• Final Score: 1-1
• Goal Scorer for Arsenal: Marquinhos(No actual Assist but FPL assist for Amario Cozier-Duberry, scored of rebound from a keeper save)
• “Arteta named a strong starting XI, consisting of the players who returned to training at the start of the week, before turning to his youth players in the second half” – This indicates the main players played the first 45 mins
• Video highlights of the game -> Link

Starting XI: Arthur Okonkwo, Ben White, Gabriel, Rob Holding, Cedric, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Mauro Bandeira, Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah.

Subs: James Hillson, Marquinhos, Mika Biereth, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Jimi Gower, Jack Henry-Francis, Alex Kirk, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ethan Nwaneri, Ismail Ouland-M’hand, Charles Sagoe Jr, Lino Sousa, Reuell Walters.

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13 July: Arsenal vs FC Nurnberg, 1-1 draw

• Final Score: Arsenal 1-1 FC Nurnberg
• GOAL– Saka, ASSIST– Ben White

Starting 11: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Partey, Trossard, Viera; Saka, Nketiah, Nelson

• Odegaard was initially named in the starting lineup. But was taken off due to a knock in the warm-up and was replaced by Viera.
• Hein, Havertz, Jesus, Cedric, Tierney, Jorginho IN
  Ramsdale, Partey, Saka, Saliba, Kiwior, Nelson OUT at 50′
• Balogun(4.5 million in FPL) came on for Trossard at 55′ and hit the post as well.

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19 July: Arsenal vs MLS All-Stars, 5-0 Arsenal Win

Playing 11 & Subs:

Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior, Jorginho, Trossard, Vieira, Saka, Nketiah, Jesus.

Subs: Hein, Runarsson, Tomiyasu, Timber, Holding, Trusty, Tierney, Rice, Havertz, Odegaard, Martinelli, Marquinhos, Cozier-Duberry, Balogun.

Arsenal: Ramsdale (Hein 46), White (Trusty 80), Saliba (Timber 65), Gabriel (Tomiyasu 65), Kiwior (Tierney 65), Jorginho (Rice 65), Trossard (Martinelli 56), Vieira (Marquinhos 65), Saka (Havertz 46), Nketiah (Odegaard 46), Jesus (Balogun 65).

• Arsenal won the game 5-0 with goals from Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Jorginho (penalty)
• Jesus scored the first goal from the edge of the box with an assist from Saka
• Trossard scored a banger from outside the box once again assisted by Saka
• Trossard also took a free kick in the first half
• HT: 2-0
• Penalty to Arsenal from a handball, Jorghino took and converted the penalty while Jesus was on the pitch, and Saka was off at the half time
• Odegaard produced a brilliant pass with great vision, and Martinelli made no mistake with his finishing
• Marquinhos assisted Havertz to make it 5-0 for Arsenal, great assist and a good finish by Kai Havertz
• Full time: 5-0
• Game highlights video

Minutes summary:

• White 80 mins
• Gabriel 65 mins
• Saliba 65 mins
• Kiwior 65 mins
• Vieira 65 mins
• Jesus 65 mins
• Jorginho 65 mins
• Trossard 56 mins
• Havertz 45 mins
• Ramsdale 45 mins
• Nketiah 45 mins
• Saka 45 mins
• Odegaard 45 mins
• Martinelli 34 mins
• Marquinhos 25 mins
• Balogun 25 mins
• Rice 25 mins
• Timber 25 mins

They are and we have to find that fluidity within the game, and those relationships. That’s something that is difficult to predict as a coach what’s going to work, but sometimes whether it’s on the pitch or sitting at the table, and they find that chemistry between them. Especially, in the first half, the way we started, we were a bit suffocated with the weather, and we started to give too many simple balls away, and we could not really control the game. But it was true that we were exceptional in both boxes today; every time we were in the final third in good positions, we put the ball in the back of the net, and we have to defend moments in those transitions when we give the ball away. I think we defended really well, as well.

Arteta on the new signings via Arsenal website

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22 July: Arsenal vs Man Utd, 2-0 Man United Win

Playing 11: Ramsdale, Timber, Gabriel, Saliba, Tomiyasu, Rice, Havertz, Odegaard, Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli

• In the early minutes of the game Martinelli cuts inside from the left, he shoots from 25 yards and his shot is just over the bar.
• Heaton prevents Martinelli from putting the Gunners ahead with an excellent double save in the 11th minute
• HT: 2-0, Arsenal concede two goals(Bruno and Sancho) in the first half. Ramsdale was poor for the first goal, and Gabriel was at fault for the second goal!
• Tomiyasu is off for White at HT
• Subs: Timber, Rice, Martinelli off and White, Partey, Jesus on at the 60th minute
• 66th minute: Odegaard clips a clever cross to the back post to find Havertz, whose looping header beats Heaton but is onto the roof of the net.
• 73rd minute Subs: OFF: Saliba, Havertz, Saka, Nketiah and ON: Jorginho, Smith Rowe, Vieira, Trossard
• 83rd minute: Jesus booked for a foul on Forson
• FT: 2-0 Man United win

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26 July: Arsenal vs Barcelona, 5-3 Arsenal Win

• Ben White’s pass into the box was cut out, but Saka stole the ball off Andreas Christensen, and finished well inside the near post.
• A cut back from the byline skips up off Trossard and hits the hand of Araujo which gets Arsenal a penalty
• Saka then missed an opportunity to level the scoring through a penalty as he couldn’t convert the penalty and puts it wide
• Arsenal eventually drew level, 2-2 just before the end of the first half with Martin Odegaard’s header being diverted home by the lurking Kai Havertz.
• Trossard scored two goals in the 2nd half with Vieira adding the 5th goal of the night as Arsenal emerged winners 5-3.
• 3rd goal: Jesus superbly chested down a long pass into the path of Trossard. He took the ball on before rifling a low left-footed shot inside the corner from just inside the area.
• 4th goal: Kieran Tierney fired in a cross which Trossard met the first time to thump past Pena.
• 5th goal: Vieira made it 5-3 with an amazing long-range goal
• FT-: 5-3 Arsenal win
• Goals: Saka, Havertz, Trossard(x2), Vieira
• Assists: Odegaard, Jesus, Tierney

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2 August: Arsenal vs AS Monaco 1-1 Draw, Arsenal won on penalties(5-4)

Arsenal lineup:

Arsenal: Ramsdale, Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, Partey, Rice, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Vieira, Nketiah.
Subs: Turner, Hein, Tierney, White, Gabriel, Holding, Jorginho, Havertz, Odegaard, Marquinhos, Saka, Trossard

• No Jesus who has been ruled out for a few weeks following an injury
• Monaco took the lead in the 31st minute through Fofana
• Nketiah scored the only goal of the match following a Martinelli corner in the closing stages of the first half
• HT: 1-1
• 63rd min changes: Off-Tomiyasu, Timber, Saliba, Partey, Rice, Smith Rowe, Martinelli. On-White, Tierney, Gabriel, Jorginho, Havertz, Odegaard, Trossard
• 83rd min change: Nketiah off for Marquinhos
• FT:1-1 Draw
• There was also penalties after the 90 mins with Arsenal scoring all five of them
• Odegaard, Jorginho, Havertz, Vieira and Gabriel were the goal scorers from the spot. Ramsdale saved the penalty from Minamino resulting in Arsenal winning the shootout 5-4

on Gabriel Jesus’ injury:
Unfortunately, he has had a little procedure this morning, he had some discomfort in his knee that has been causing some issues and they had to go in and resolve it. It’s not something major, but he’s going to be out for a few weeks I think.

on how big a blow Jesus’ injury is:
Yeah, it’s a big blow because we had him back to his best, especially with the way he played against Barcelona, and he was in good condition, and we’ve lost him. He’s been feeling some discomfort in the last few weeks, we had to look at it and we had to make a decision and the best one is to protect the player and get him back as quickly as possible, so we decided to do it.

on if it’s a new injury for Jesus:
No, it’s something related to the previous injury that he had and the surgery. He had some irritation in the knee and we had to get it resolved.

on why Bukayo Saka didn’t feature:
He was fine, but afterwards he wasn’t feeling great on the bench, and we didn’t want to use him. I think he had some sickness or some illness, so we could not use him

Arteta on Jesus’ Injury after the game vs Monaco

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6 August: Arsenal v Man City 1-1 Draw, Arsenal win on penalties

Arsenal lineup

• 25th minute: Ben White cut inside on the right and picked out Havertz in the box. Havertz spun and got a shot away which was saved by the outstretched boot of Ortega, and then Gabriel Martinelli’s rebound was blocked by the chest of John Stones.
• Another chance this time Bukayo Saka’s cutback from the byline allowed Havertz to pull the trigger, but he was again denied by the reaction of Ortega.
• HT: 0-0
• Timber, Martinelli off for Tierney and Trossard in the 75th minute
• Palmer made it 1-0 in the 77th minute
• 81st minute: Rice off for Nketiah
• 88th minute: Gabriel, Havertz off for Smith Rowe, Vieira
• 1-1 in the 101st minute, Trossard tried his luck from the edge of the area, and saw his shot cannon off Akanji and deceive Ortega to hand us a shot at glory via a penalty shootout.

Penalties Summary:

1-0 Odegaard scores
1-0 De Bruyne hits bar
2-0 Trossard scores
2-1 Silva scores
3-1 Saka scores
3-1 Ramsdale saves from Rodri
4-1 Vieira scores

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Arsenal Friendlies Summary:

• Saka ⚽️⚽️AAA
• Marquinhos ⚽️A
• Nketiah ⚽️
• Jorginho ⚽️
• Odegaard A A
• Trossard ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Havertz ⚽️⚽️
• Vieira ⚽️
• Jesus ⚽️ A
• Martinelli ⚽️A
• Tierney A
• Amario Cozier-Duberry A (FPL Assist)
• Ben White A

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Aston Villa

15 July: Aston Villa 1-1 Walsall(Highlights link)

Starting 11 and Subs: Marschall (Sinisalo 65’), Cash (Bogarde 65’), Carlos (Revan 65’), Feeney (Konsa 45’), Digne (Chrisene 65’), Luiz (Patterson 65’), Iroegbunam (Chambers 45’), A.Ramsey (Sanson 45’), Philogene (Kellyman 65’), Buendia (T.O’Reilly 65’), Watkins (Young 65’).

Goals: Watkins(Penalty)[Tielemans was not on the pitch]

Key Notes

• Ollie Watkins slammed a penalty, which had been won by Jaden Philogene, into the bottom corner.
• Head coach Unai Emery handed minutes to 22 players, and Academy youngster Tommi O’Reilly came closest to a winner in the second half, skimming the post in the final ten minutes.
• A sliding Ramsey was inches away from opening the scoring after 23 minutes when he just failed to connect with Watkins’ pass across the face of the goal.
• Philogene enticed two defenders into mistimed tackles, bringing the winger down in the box. Watkins converted the penalty.

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23 July: Aston Villa 3-3 Newcastle

Aston Villa Lineup

Goals– Watkins, Buendia(2)
Assists– Buendia, Luiz, Omari

Key Notes:

• 7′- GOAL 1– Emi beats Tonali with ease, turns and feeds Ollie, who makes no mistake with the finish
• 11′- GOAL 2– Emi Buendia scores a brilliant goal. He beats his man before firing in at the near post with his left foot.
• 33′- Jaden wins the ball back high up the pitch, before his powerful effort is saved and held by Dúbravka.
• Half Time Subs: Martínez, Konsa, Mings, McGinn OUT
  Olsen, Diego Carlos, Pau, Kellyman IN
• 48′- GOAL 3– Omari’s shot is tipped onto the post, with Buendia on hand to tap home the rebound
• 63′- Digne, Kamara, Buendía, Watkins OUT
  Revan, Tielemans, A. Ramsey, Archer
• 73′- Douglas Luiz, Philogene OUT
  Chambers, Young IN

FPL Notes:

• Mings, Konsa played as Centre backs first half. Torres, Carlos played Center backs second half. Wait and watch the other games to confirm who will be the first choice defenders.

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26 July: Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham

Aston Villa Lineup vs Fulham

Aston Villa: Olsen (Martínez 46), Konsa (Chambers 69), Carlos (Cash 46), Torres (Mings 46), Digne (Revan 61), Kamara (Luiz 46), Tielemans, Philogene (Kellyman 61), McGinn (Diaby 46), Buendía (Coutinho 61), Archer (Watkins 61).

Goals- Philogene, Diaby
Assists- Digne, Douglas Luiz

• Konsa slotted in at RB which makes Cash not surely nailed in the RB spot
• 31′- Cameron Archer has his penalty well saved by Bernad Leno
• Konsa-Carlos- Torres- Digne started as the back four. Mings and Cash replaced Carlos and Torres at Half time which meant that was Cash-Konsa-Mings- Digne for the second half before the subs later on
• 40′- GOAL 1– Lucas Digne crosses low into the centre and Philogene is there to fire home from close range.
• Half time subs: Olsen, Diego Carlos, Pau, Kamara, McGinn OUT, Martínez, Cash, Mings, Douglas Luiz, Diaby IN
• 62′- Digne, Buendía, Philogene, Archer OUT, Revan, Coutinho, Kellyman, Watkins IN
• 69′- Konsa OUT, Chambers IN
• 73′- GOAL 2– The new signing Diaby was introduced at half-time and wasted little time getting on the scoresheet as he raced on to Douglas Luiz’s throughball and drilled home a low strike.

30 July: Aston Villa 3-3 Brentford

Goals- Konsa, Diaby, Cash
Assists- Luiz, McGinn

Key Notes(Villa only):

• 15′- McGinn wins the ball high up the pitch and it falls to Ollie, but the ball rolls inches wide as he tries to take it around Flekken.
• 27′- GOAL 1– Ezri Konsa picks up the ball inside his own half, beats everyone, and then curls one into the top corner. Brilliant solo goal.
• 28′- Jaden Philogene right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matty Cash with a cross.
• 32′-  GOAL 2- Moussa Diaby left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
• 37′- GOAL 3- Matty Cash left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
• 44′- John McGinn right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
• 45′- Diego Carlos replaces Ezri Konsa.
• 50′- Ollie Watkins right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Moussa Diaby following a fast break.
• 60′- Digne, Tielemans, Bailey, Buendía IN. Pau, Kamara, McGinn, Philogene OUT
• 71′- Three subs- Cameron Archer replaces Ollie Watkins. Calum Chambers replaces Matty Cash. Philippe Coutinho replaces Moussa Diaby.

FPL Notes(Villa only):

• Torres- Mings- Konsa- Cash started as the back 4. Torres filled in more like a third centre back while attacking while Cash was going really forward when Villa had the ball.
• “Alex Moreno had a surgery and he is going to be ready at the end of August or the beginning of September” – this was the quote from Emery few days back. Like today, Torres could start the season at LB/third cb with Mings and Konsa playing as natural center backs.
• Carlos replaced Konsa at HT. Digne came in for Torres at 60 minutes.
• Diaby(5.5 mid) looked really good almost playing like a second striker with Watkins.

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3 August: Aston Villa 3-0 Lazio

Aston Villa: Olsen, Chambers, Konsa (Mings 45’), Pau Torres (Cash 45’), Digne (Revan 70’), Kamara (Luiz 45’), Tielemans (Kellyman 70’), Bailey (Philogene 45’), Buendia (Coutinho 45’), Diaby (McGinn 45’), Watkins (Archer 45’).

Goals: Watkins, McGinn, Mario Gila(Own goal)

Assists: Tielemans, Cash, Revan

Penalty miss: Watkins

Key Notes:

• 13′- PENALTY MISS– High pressing from Kamara saw the Frenchman win possession and drive into Lazio’s box before he was hacked down by Romagnoli. Watkins, who scored from the spot against Walsall in Villa’s pre-season opener, couldn’t repeat the trick and saw his spot kick saved by the feet of Provedel.
• 16′- Tielemans’ long range strike comes back off the crossbar.
• 7 changes at Half Time
  Konsa, Pau, Kamara, Bailey, Buendía , Diaby, Watkins OFF
  Cash, Mings, Douglas Luiz, Philogene, Coutinho, McGinn, Archer ON
• 36′- GOAL 1- Tielemans feeds Ollie on the left-flank who makes his way into the penalty area before cutting inside and smartly tucking it away.
• 55′- GOAL 2– Matty Cash fed McGinn, who moved into the penalty area before driving a placed shot into the far corner to double Villa’s lead.
• 70′- Digne, Tielemans OFF and Revan, Kellyman ON
• 85′- GOAL 3– Youngster Seb Revan created the third goal of the night, with his whipped cross turned in by Lazio defender Mario Gila after 83 minutes.

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5 August: Aston Villa vs Valencia, 2-1 Aston Villa win

Aston Villa lineup:

• A very strong lineup for Aston Villa in their last pre-season friendly
• Watkins drives forward after the ball is won high up the pitch before firing low into the bottom corner. 4th pre-season goal for Aston Villa
• HT: 1-0 Aston Villa
• Changes for second half: Off – Pau, Bailey. On – Digne, Buendía
• 64th-minute changes: Off – Kamara, McGinn, Diaby. On – Tielemans, Coutinho, Philogene
• Philippe Coutinho darts inside before feeding Emi Buendia, who finds the bottom corner with a superb, precise finish. 2-0!
• 72nd min changes: Off – Cash, Watkins On – Chambers, Archer
• Valencia pull one back in the 2nd half
• FT:2-1

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Aston Villa Friendlies Summary:

Aston Villa Pre-Season Goal Scorers/Assists

• Watkins ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Philogene A⚽️ (£4.5m mid)
• Diaby ⚽️⚽️
• Buendia ⚽️⚽️⚽️A
• Douglas Luiz AAA
• Cash ⚽️A
• Konsa ⚽️
• McGinn A⚽️
• Coutinho A
• Tielemas A
• Digne A
• Omari A
• Revan A

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Brentford

12 July: Brentford vs Boreham Wood, 1-1 Draw

• Two separate playing 11s were used for each half of the game. Left(First half lineup) and Right(Second half lineup)
• New signing Ji-Soo Kim featured for the first time as a Brentford player
• International players Schalde, Wissa, and Mbeumo were not involved as they have not yet returned to training after the June internationals.

• 4.5 Million striker Dervisoglu scores the first goal of the game after an excellent assist from popular 4.5 million defender Rico Henry. Goal video
• Boreham Wood equalized through Timmy Abraham in the 68th minute

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23 July: Brentford vs Fulham, 3-2 Fulham Win

Brentford lineup:

• Jensen’s in-swinging corner is helped on by Lewis-Potter at the front post and Wissa pokes home from close range!
• Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) hits the left post with a left-footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter.(Video)
• HT: Fulham 2 – 1 Brentford
• Subs for 2nd half: Flekken, Mbeumo, Jensen and Wissa are replaced by Raya, Olakigbe, Onyeka and Baptiste. 
• 50th minute: Collins, Zanka, and Ajer are ON for Pinnock, Mee, Roerslev
• Damsgaard drives forward and releases Henry, and the full-back’s cross is finished first time by Ajer. Fulham 3 – Brentford 2
• 73rd minute: On: Pressley, Peart-Harris, Bech, Yarmolyuk, Off: Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Henry, Janelt 
• 75th min: Raya with a superb fingertip save to deny Willian from 20 yards.(Video)
• Zanka tees Collins up on the edge of the box but his sweet volley is too close to Leno who makes the save
• FT: 3-2 Fulham win

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26 July: Brentford vs Brighton, 2-0 Brighton Win

Brentford lineup vs Brighton

Brentford: Flekken (Strakosha 61); Ajer (Roerslev 78), Zanka (Pinnock 61), Collins (Mee 70), Henry (Bech 78); Onyeka (Damsgaard 61), Janelt (Jensen 46), Dasilva (Baptiste 46); Lewis-Potter (Olakigbe 70), Wissa, Mbeumo (Peart-Harris 78)

• Raya is not in the squad for this game after being linked with a move to Bayern Munich
• 39th minute: Mbeumo drops a shoulder to beat Webster and sees his low strike fly narrowly wide of Steele’s right post. 
• 45th minute: Wissa is in down the side of the box and pulls it across the face of goal, Lewis-Potter is at the back post for a tap in, but Veltman is on the line to put it behind for a corner. Wonderful defending. Four minutes added time.
• HT: 1-0
• Jensen and Baptiste replace Janelt and Dasilva. 
• 61st minute: Flekken, Zanka and Onyeka off; Strakosha Pinnock and Damsgaard on. 
• 63rd minute: There was an appeal for a penalty after Mbeumo went down under the challenge of Webster, but it was not given
• 70th minute: Olakigbe and Mee replace Lewis-Potter and Collins. 
• 80th minute: ON: Peart-Harris, Roerslev, Bech and Off: Mbeumo, Ajer, Henry 
• FT:2-0 Brighton Win

30 July: Brentford 3-3 Aston Villa (FedExField) 

Goals- Mbeumo(pen), Dasilva, Baptiste
Assists- Schade, Mee, Wissa

Key notes(Brentford only):

• 7′- Mbeumo advances to the byline and cuts back for Schade who miscues his effort from close range. 
• 8′- Schade latches onto Onyeka’s through ball and is brought down by Konsa, who receives a yellow card. Penalty
• 9′- GOAL 1- Penalty. Mbuemo takes a short run-up and sends Martinez the wrong way. 
• 22′- GOAL 2- Dasilva brings down a diagonal ball from Mee, takes a touch to set himself and bends into the far corner. Martinez was at full stretch but couldn’t get a hand to it. Top class goal.
• 45′- Subs– Henry, Lewis-Potter and Wissa on; Hickey, Schade and Dasilva off. 
• 57′- Mbeumo advances down the right and shoots into the side netting via a deflection off Mings. 
• 61′- Subs– Baptiste, Janelt and Strakosha replace Damsgaard, Onyeka and Flekken. 
• 66′- GOAL 3– Lewis-Potter’s long-range strikes bounces back out off the underside of the crossbar, Wissa’s effort on the rebound is blocked by Mings and Baptiste is most alive to seize on the loose ball and crash home from close range. 
• 68′- Henry lifts a cross to the back post, which is headed onto the roof of the net by Mbeumo. 
• 75′- Wissa has an opportunity to pull the trigger from a central position, 20 yards from goal, but scuffs wide of Martinez’s left post having been picked out by Baptiste. 
• 77′- SUBS- Olagikbe and Yarmolyuk on, Mbeumo and Jensen off.  

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05 August: Brentford 11 vs Lille 11 (Behind Closed Door Friendly, 75 mins game)

Brentford 5 – 1 Lille

Brentford: Strakosha (Balcombe 55); Ajer, Collins, Zanka, Bech; Norgaard (Brierley 60), Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard; Baptiste, Olakigbe, Schade

Subs not used: Laidlaw, Adedokun, Yogane, Ji-soo

Lille: Jakubech; Mbamba, Toure, Ousmane, Gudmundsson (Burlet 65); Vanbaleghem, Baret; Virginius (Ferrah 65), Yazici, Malouda; Bayo (Messoussa 36)

A Brentford XI beat a Lille XI 5-1 in a behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of the main friendly

Goals: Kevin Schade(2), Christian Norgaard, Michael Olakigbe(2)

Assist: Mads Bech, Nathan Collins, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Olakigbe

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05 August: Brentford vs Lille, 0-0 draw

Brentford Lineup:

• 30th minute: Mbeumo and onyeka had to subbed off due to injury concerns
• Pinnock is dispossessed by Haraldsson on the right byline, he cuts inside and shoots from 10 yards but Flekken gets strong hands to the ball and then claims the loose ball
• HT: 0-0
• Another fine Flekken save. Santos’ drive from 15 yards takes a nick off KLP on it’s way through, Mark plunges to his right and gets a big hand to turn it away
• 75th minute: Ji Soo on for Mee
• Keane perfectly controls Pinnock’s pass down the line, leaves Ismaily in his wake, and then fires past Chevalier only for Alexsandro to get back onto the line and clear superbly. Still 0-0
• Adedokun on for Hickey in the closing stages of the game
• FT: 0-0

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Brentford Friendlies Summary:

• Mbeumo ⚽️
• Dasilva ⚽️
• Baptiste ⚽️
• Dervisoglu ⚽️
• Norgaard ⚽️
• Olakigbe ⚽️⚽️A
• Wissa ⚽️ A
• Ajer ⚽️
• Lewis Potter A
• Rico Henry A A
• Schade ⚽️⚽️A
• Mee A
• Collins A
• Bech A
• Yehor Yarmoliuk A

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Brighton & Hove Albion

22 July: Brighton 3-4 Chelsea  

Lineup:

Key Notes(Brighton only):

Goals: Welbeck, Pedro(Penalty), Undav
Assists: Mitoma, Pedro

• 13′- GOAL 1– Gilmour sends in a cross towards the back post, Mitoma nods it back across and Welbeck is able to fire home from the edge of the six-yard box!
• 16′- Lovely move that as Lallana pulls the ball back from the byline, it takes a deflection and Welbeck hits it well on the volley, but it’s straight into the arms of Kepa!
• 34′-  March cuts in from the left and gets an effort away from 18-yards on his right foot, that’s straight into the arms of Kepa
• 41′- Two good chances for Albion there as Lallana pulls it back for Weblz who has his shot palmed away by the diving Kepa, before Albion recycle the ball, Mitoma cuts in but bends his effort tamely into the arms of the Chelsea keeper.
• Half Time Subs: Verbruggen, Undav, Adingra and Veltman come on for Lallana, March, Dahoud and Steele.
• 55′- Gross plays a cutting pass through the Chelsea defence for Pedro who skips past a Chalobah challenge before taking it wide, lobbing it over Kepa, but it’s not quite got the direction on it and bounces wide of the post before it’s cleared!
• 60′- van Hecke takes out Cesare Casadei on the right flank and receives his second booking of the evening. 
• 66′- Subs: Gross and Hinshelwood are replaced by Weir and Samuels.
• 78′- GOAL 2: Pedro goes on a lovely run into the box before he’s tripped by a certain Levi Colwill. Penalty. Pedro takes a few little steps before stroking it into the bottom right corner. Kepa dives the right way but it’s beyond his reach.
• 89′- GOAL 3: Undav spins away from Cucurella and fires past Kepa with a minute of normal time to play. 

Key FPL Notes:

• Steele and Verbruggen played one half each. So we are still not sure who will be the nailed first choice keeper. Wait and Watch
• Joao Pedro looked really good. He won his own penalty. He took the penalty and scored(Gross was not on the pitch). Should be on everyone’s watchlist. Could be an excellent option at just 5.5 million
• Mitoma and March both really attacking and threatening like usual.
• Brighton really entertaining and attacking despite playing last 30 minutes with just 10 men.

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26 July: Brighton vs Brentford, 2-0 Brighton Win

Brighton lineup vs Brentford:

• Joao Pedro had the early chance in the game but narrowly missed scoring the first goal of the game
• Simon Adingra(5.0 Million Mid) who started in the LW position opened the scoring for Brighton, Steele with the assist(YES!). Steele played a long ball straight down the middle, it evades the Brentford defence, Adingra takes a lovely touch to bring it down and fire past keeper Flekken.
• Pedro sent Enciso through on goal but Enciso couldn’t finish the chance in the 36th minute
• HT: 1-0 Brighton
• One change for the 2nd half with Ferguson replacing Enciso
• Evan Ferguson’s pass on the edge of the box is intercepted but it falls for Alzate, who picks out Adingra on the left of the box. The winger cuts it onto his right and finds the bottom corner, with the ball taking a touch off the inside of the post to make it 2-0!
• 59th min: Buonanotte and Gross are replaced by Estupinan and Mitoma.
• 65th min: Hinshelwood, Alzate and Adingra are replaced by Undav, Caicedo and Weir.
• 71st Min: Dahoud, Turns, Samuels, and Peupion replace Webster, Veltman, Gilmour and Pedro.
• 82nd min: Caicedo counters through the middle and picks out the run of Undav who gets the ball caught under his feet a little, but manages to sort them out to attempt to lob substitute keeper Strakosha from the edge of the box, but it’s marginally wide of the goal!
• FT: 2-0 Brighton win

Summary:

Joao Pedro played up front in the first half with Simon Adingra(5.0 Million Mid) on the LW and Buonantte on the RW. Enciso was the number 10. Enciso was then replaced by Evan Ferguson for the 2nd half.

Adingra was excellent, Steele picked up an assist and made some good saves as well. Pedro was lively for Brighton and should have scored early in the game

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28 July: Brighton 1-2 Newcastle

Brighton lineup vs Newcastle:

Albion line-up: Verbruggen, Gross (Weir 62), Veltman (Turns 59), van Hecke (Lamptey 80), Estupinan Samuels 62), Caicedo (Ayari 59), Dahoud (Gilmour 71), Buonanotte (Peupion 58), Lallana (Ferguson 59), Mitoma (Adingra 62), Welbeck (Pedro 71).

Goal: Welbeck
Assist: Mitoma

Key notes(Brighton only):

• No Undav in the team as he’s being linked with a loan move, this means Pedro/Enciso have less competition in the 2nd striker spot!
• A well-timed challenge by Matt Targett denied Facundo Buonanotte a clear shot at goal early on before Adam Lallana dragged wide a glorious opportunity from just inside the box.
• Buonanotte’s claims for a penalty were waved away just after Pervis Estupinan had smashed wide on the half volley to bring an end to an entertaining, but goalless, first 45 minutes
• 49′- GOAL 1– Magic from Mitoma on the wing sees the Japanese star burst into the box and play a ball across goal, which Welbz happily taps home!
• 58′- Substitutions- Ed Turns replaces Joël Veltman. Evan Ferguson replaces Adam Lallana.Yasin Ayari replaces Moisés Caicedo.Cameron Peupion replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
• 61′- Attempt missed. Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Paul van Hecke following a corner.
• 62′- Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Kaoru Mitoma.Jensen Weir replaces Pascal Groß. Imari Samuels replaces Pervis Estupiñán.
• 80′- Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey replaces Jan Paul van Hecke because of an injury.
• 85′- Attempt missed. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross following a corner.
• 88′- Attempt missed. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a cross following a corner.

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06 August: Brighton vs  Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Draw

• March and Dunk back for Brighton. Welbeck ahead of Evan Ferguson, Steele ahead of Verbruggen No Caicedo in the Squad due to a small injury concern in training
• Pedro had started up front alongside Danny Welbeck and immediately looked a threat, teasing a cross to the far post which Welbeck headed against the post after 11 minutes.
• But a rare error by Jason Steele gifted Vallecano the lead two minutes later. The keeper sliced his clearance when a ball was played through giving Alvaro Rivera the simple job of side-footing into an empty net.
• HT: 1-0
• Verbruggen, van Hecke and Veltman replace Steele, Webster and Gilmour for the 2nd half
• Estupinan was brought down by Oscar Valentin in the box and Pedro confidently stroked home his second successful spot kick in pre-season. 1-1
• FT: 1-1

Albion: Steele (Verbruggen 45), Gross, Webster (van Hecke 45), Dunk (Igor Julio 63), Estupinan (Milner 71), Gilmour (Veltman 45), Dahoud (Alzate 77), March (Adingra 63), Mitoma (Enciso 71), Welbeck (Lallana 63)), Joao Pedro (Ferguson 71).

Subs not used: McGill, Buonanotte.

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Brighton Pre-Season Goals + Assists Summary:

• Simon Adingra ⚽️⚽️ (5.0 Million Mid)
• Steele A
• Alzate A
• Joao Pedro ⚽️⚽️A(5.5 million forward in FPL)
• Mitoma A A
• Welbeck ⚽️⚽️
• Undav ⚽️
• Estupinan A

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Chelsea

19 July: Chelsea vs Wrexham, 5-0 Chelsea Win

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cumming (Bergstrom, 75); Gusto (Gilchrist, HT), Chalobah (Cucurella 85), Humphreys, Cucurella (Chilwell, HT); Casadei, Santos (Hall, 62); Moreira (Angelo, HT), Chukwuemeka (Gallagher, HT), Maatsen(Sterling, HT); Jackson (Nkunku, HT)

Unused subs: Kepa, Silva

Chelsea 11: Jamie Cumming started in goal behind a back four of Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Bashir Humphreys and Marc Cucurella. Andrey Santos and Cesare Casadei were used as a double pivot with Diego Moreira, Carney Chukwuemeka and Maatsen deployed behind summer signing Nicolas Jackson, who needed very little time to make an impact.

• Chelsea lineup in a 4-2-3-1 formation and won the game 5-0 with goals from Maatsen(two), Gallagher, Chilwell and Nkunku
• Andrey Santos played as a number 6, deeper of the midfield pivot (Casadei partnered him as number 8 in the first half, Gallagher in 2nd)
• Jackson bursts forward into the box and tees up former Burnley loanee Maatsen for a composed finish to make it 1-0 for Chelsea in the 3rd minute
• Maatsen doubled Chelsea’s advantage just before half-time after a gorgeous one-two with Carney Chukwuemeka(4.5 Million mid on FPL)
• Sterling set up Gallagher to make it 3-0 for Chelsea
• Nkunku scored on Chelsea debut by rounding off the keeper after an excellent pass from Casadei
• Chilwell made it 5-0 after a fine run and assist from Angelo Gabriel. 
• FT: 5-0
• Casadei only player to play full 90, Cucurella was subbed off at HT but was subbed back in for the last bit of the game. Chalobah(85 mins), Cumming(75 mins), and Hall(65 mins) only other players to play more than 45 mins, the rest all played one half!
• 4.0 Million defender Gusto was impressive in the absence of Reece James

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22 July: Chelsea 4-3 Brighton

Chelsea: Kepa; Gusto (Humphreys, 70), Silva (Chalobah, HT), Colwill (Hall, 80), Chilwell (Cucurella, HT); Santos (Fernandez, 62), Gallagher; Sterling (Angelo, 62), Chukwuemeka (Casadei, HT), Maatsen (Mudryk, HT); Nkunku (Jackson, 62)

Brighton: Steele; Gross, Van Hecke, Webster, March; Gilmour, Dahoud, Hinshelwood, Lallana; Mitoma; Welbeck

Key Notes(Chelsea only):

Goals: Nkunku, Mudryk, Gallagher, Jackson
Assists: Jackson(2), Chukwuenka, Cucurella

• 19′- GOAL 1- Carney Chukwuemeka does well to play a one-two with Ian Maatsen, and while his shot was saved by Jason Steele, the rebound comes back to Nkunku on the doorstep.
• 40′- Chelsea drive forward and Raheem Sterling’s cross just barely evades Ian Maatsen on the doorstep, who should have made contact but appeared to be put off by the whiff from Jack Hinshelwood.
• Half time Subs:  Mykhaylo Mudryk, Marc Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, and Cesare Casadei IN
  Maatsen, Chilwell, Chukwuemka, Silva OUT
• 64′- GOAL 2– Mykahylo Mudryk scores a brilliant goal to put Chelsea in front! He plays two consecutive give-and-go’s with Nicolas Jackson, who is only just onto the field, and the Ukrainian finishes it with a low blast!
• 72′- GOAL 3– Cesare Casadei carries the ball into the penalty area, shrugging off multiple Brighton defenders. He is dispossessed but it falls right to Nico Jackson, who controls it brilliantly and pokes to Conor Gallagher for a calm finish.
• 76′- GOAL 4– Jackson makes an inch-perfect run and receives a ball from deep by Cucurella, and one-on-one with the goalkeeper finishes calmly by lifting it over Bart Verbruggen.

Key FPL Notes

• First start for 4.5 Million defender Colwill, Gusto(4.0 Million defender) also starts with no James on the bench
• Chukwuemeka also starts(4.5M midfielder)
• 2 goals in 2 games for Nkunku. Looked good and improved link up with the team
• 2 assists and 1 goal for Jackson in just 30 minutes for Jackson who is showing brilliant composure. Impressive pre-season so far after getting an assist last game.
• Colwill important to Chelsea. Good defending and switching the play.

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26 July: Chelsea vs Newcastle 1-1 Draw

Chelsea: Kepa; James (Gusto, 64), Chalobah, Humphreys, Cucurella (Chilwell, 64); Fernandez (Santos, 64), Casadei (Moreira, 77); Maatsen (Chukwuemeka, 64), Nkunku (Burstow, 77), Mudryk (Sterling, HT), Jackson (Gallagher, HT)

Chelsea substitutes: Slonina, Bergstrom, Silva, Gilchrist, Hall, Angelo

• Reece James captains Chelsea in this game
• Jackson scored early in the game brilliantly assisted by Maatsen
•  HT Changes: Conor Gallagher replaced Jackson, a move that saw Christopher Nkunku pushed forward from his No.10 role, and Raheem Sterling came on for Mudryk
• After four months, Reece James played 60 minutes
• Pope then saved a powerful drive from Nkunku and moments later, Gallagher forced Pope into a full-length dive to keep the score level.
•  60th minute: Malo Gusto, Ben Chilwell, Andrey Santos and Carney Chukwuemeka were introduced. The centre-back pairing remained academy graduates Trevoh Chalobah and Bashir Humphreys, both of whom performed well.

‘I think he has showed his quality and talent: he is good in front of the goal, very relaxed when he has the chances,’ said Pochettino. ‘He has shown that in the games. I am happy because a striker needs to score to build confidence and trust.’

Poch on Jackson

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30 July: Chelsea vs Fulham, 2-0 Chelsea win

Chelsea lineup vs Fulham:

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Slonina (Bergstrom 61); Gusto (James h/t), Thiago Silva (c) (Chalobah h/t) (Gilchrist 60), Humphreys (Colwill h/t), Chilwell (Cucurella h/t); Fernandez (Gallagher 46), Santos (Casadei 46); Sterling (Maatsen 46), Chukwuemeka (Angelo 47), Nkunku (Hall 61); Burstow (Jackson 46)

• Thiago Silva scored the first goal of the game heading home from a Chilwell corner
• Nkunku with his third pre-season goal. Excellent from Chukwuemeka (4.5 Mid, 3rd preseason assist) whose shot is saved by Leno before Nkunku scores on the rebound!
• Chilwell was brilliant for Chelsea taking up attacking positions often and also had a shot saved by Leno(Video)
• HT: 2-0
• James, Colwill, Chalobah, Cucurella, Jackson, Gallagher and Maatsen are coming on at half-time.
• Nkunku was the only outfielder to remain on the pitch once a flurry of substitutions had been made at the start of the second half, although he would be replaced by Lewis Hall on the hour.
• Jackson was impressive once again after coming on for the 2nd half (Jackson shot)
• FT:2-0

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02 August: Chelsea 1-1 Borussia Dortmund

Chelsea: Kepa; James (Gusto, 72), Thiago Silva (Humphreys, 72), Colwill, Chilwell (Cucurella, 72); Enzo, Gallagher; Sterling (Hall, 82), Chukwuemeka (Maatsen, 72), Nkunku (Mudryk 22); Jackson (Burstow, 82)

Borussia Dortmund: Meyer; Ryerson (Wolf, 61), Sule (Papadopoulos, 61), Hummels, Bensebaini (Bueno, 71); Ozcan (Can, 71), Sabitzer (Brandt, HT), Reus (Nmecha, 71); Malen (Bamba, HT), Moukoko (Haller, 61), Adeyemi (Hazard, HT)

Goal: Burstow, Assist: Enzo Fernandez

Key Notes:

• Chelsea fielded a very strong team almost giving us a glimpse of what their GW1 squad can be when everyone is fit.
• Several chances were created. The first fell to Jackson. He twice exchanged passes with Nkunku to advance Chelsea into the Dortmund penalty area and then fired powerfully toward goal. Unfortunately, goalkeeper Alexander Meyer blocked the shot.
• Colwill, then had a huge opportunity to open the scoring. But from close range, the academy graduate was unable to keep down a corner delivered by Chilwell and flicked on by Silva.
• INJURY SCARE: There was reason for concern midway through the first half as Nkunku dropped to the turf and clutched his knee. He was replaced by Mudryk.
• Chilwell had a shot from an acute angle saved by Meyer and Sterling flashed an effort across goal and wide after a deft Fernandez pass.
• Shortly before the interval, Silva produced a perfectly-timed pass forward for Jackson, who was able to round Meyer just outside the penalty area. The Chelsea striker couldn’t keep his shot down, however.
• GOAL- A free-kick was kept alive in the Dortmund penalty area, Fernandez headed the ball towards Burstow, who guided his effort into the corner to earn the Blues a more than deserved draw.

Pochettino on Nkunku injury:

‘The doctors are checking him and I hope it is not a big issue. He fell in the action which was maybe a penalty and he feels something in his knee but we hope it is nothing big,’ . ‘We hope he can be back quickly with the team. We need a few days to assess him.’

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Chelsea Pre-Season Goals + Assists Summary:

• Maatsen ⚽️⚽️A
• Gallagher ⚽️ ⚽️
• Chilwell ⚽️ A
• Nkunku ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️
• Jackson ⚽️⚽️ AAA
• Mudryk ⚽️
• Thiago Silva ⚽️
• Burstow ⚽️
• Chukwuemeka AAA(4.5 million mid in FPL)
• Sterling A
• Enzo Fernandez A
• Angelo Gabriel A
• Casadei A
• Cucurella A

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Crystal Palace

11 July: Crystal Palace vs Barnet,1-0 Barnet Win

Palace first-half XI: Matthews (GK); Clyne, Tomkins, O’Brien, Rodney, Phillips, Ahamada, Riedeald, Ebiowei, Mateta, Banks

Palace second-half XI: Whitworth (GK); Ward, Balmer, Grehan, Mitchell, Hughes, Ozoh, Wells-Morrison, Edouard, Rak-Sakyi, Plange

• Senior scored the only goal of the game for Barnet as they won 1-0 against Palace
• The full match report can be found on this link
• Senior Palace players all got 45 minutes in their first pre-season game of the season
• Mathews and Whitworth both 4 million on FPL started as Goalkeepers for Palace, Johnstone/Eze were not involved as he was on England duty last month and is having time off before joining the pre-season squad.

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15 July Crystal Palace 2-2 Brondby

Starting 11: Johnstone (GK) (Matthews, 45), Clyne (O’Brien, 71), Richards (Ward, 45), Tomkins (Guéhi, 45), Mitchell (Ozoh, 62), Doucouré (Hughes, 45), Riedewald, Ahamada (Gordon, 74), Eze (Edouard, 45), Mateta (Ayew, 62), Rak-Sakyi (Boateng, 86)

Goals- Rak-Sakyi, Mateta

Assists- Ahamada(2)

Key Notes:

• England representatives Sam Johnstone and Ebere Eze, Mali’s Cheick Doucouré, and United States’ Chris Richards all started the game, whilst the Three Lions’ Marc Guéhi and Ghana’s Jordan Ayew entered the fray during the second half.
• 45 minutes for Johnstone, Guehi, and Eze
• Goal 1: Ahamada – peeling out to the right wing – played a reverse pass which fell kindly for Rak-Sakyi. The 20-year-old had time to steady himself, look up, and hammer home from the angle on his favored left foot.
• Goal 2: Ahamada – impressive once again – did superbly to collect the ball on a Palace counter-attack, beat his man to the by-line, and clip it back for Mateta to turn home from close range.

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19 July: Crystal Palace vs Crawley Town, 4-0 Palace win

Lineup

• Johnstone, Eze, and Riedewald were off at half time and Matthews, Mitchell, and Ayew on for the 2nd half
• Richards, Doucouré, Ahamada, and Mateta were off in the 72nd minute for Gordon, Rak-Sakyi, Tomkins, and Ozoh
• Eze was involved in all goals registering 3 assists and grabbed a goal in a 4-0 win over Crawley Town. Mateta scored two goals and Ahamada was the other goal scorer for Palace. Jairo Ridewald assisted Eze for his goal.
• Eze was massively impressive in his first pre-season game, he played only the first half and played a part in all the goals in the game.

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22 July: Crystal Palace vs Watford, 2-1 Palace win

Crystal Palace Team vs Watford:

Johnstone, Clyne, Tomkins, Andersen, Mitchell, Doucouré, Lerma, Ahamada(4.5 Mid), Ayew, Mateta, Eze Subs: Matthews, Ward, Richards, O’Brien, Rïedewald, Schlupp, Hughes, Gordon, Edouard, Rak-Sakyi Lerma Palace debut!

• HT: 0-0
• Johnstone made couple of good saves to deny Watford in the 1st half
• Remi Mathews(GK) and Edouard replaced Johnstone and Mateta respectively
• Odsonne Édouard made it 1-0 in the early stages of the 2nd half assisted by Ayew
• Lerma and Andersen were replaced by Richards and Schulpp in the 60th minute
• Watford made it 1-1 in the 68th minute
• Edouard made it 2-1 in the 75th minute assisted by Doucoure
• Ayew, Doucoure, and Clyne were all replaced by Hughes, Ward, and Rak-Sakyi in the 77th minute
• Ahamada, Tomkins were replaced by Riedewald and Jake O’Brien in the 80th minute
• Eberechi Eze was on free kicks and corners for Palace
• Eze was subbed off in the 86th minute for Kymani Gordon
• FT:2-1 Palace win

Stats from Palace Website:

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26 July: Crystal Palace 1-2 Millonarios

Crystal Palace Lineup:

Goal- Jake O Brien
Assist- Eze

Key notes:

• 15′- Palace work it from right to left with Ahamada carrying the ball across the pitch, exchanging passes with Lerma and feeding Hughes in an advanced area. The midfielder takes a touch and slides it in behind for Mateta to run onto… he’s running away from goal, and his dinked finish is deflected behind off the sliding defender and out for a corner.
• 33′- It’s an open enough game so far at SeatGeek Stadium, with both sides enjoying plenty of touches in their opponents’ respective final thirds – but no real clear chances of note… yet. Ayew leads a charge down the right, Mateta attempts to turn… it’s lovely footwork… but just as he looks to get the shot away, in steps Arias on the cover to clear.
• 45′- Three changes for Palace at half-time: Mateta, Guehi and Andersen off – Edouard, Tomkins and O’Brien on.
• 56′- Millonarios’ wingers are proving a tricky pair to handle, and this time it’s left winger, Valencia who initially skips past Ward, driving into the box and closing in on goal… but the Palace full-back scampers back, wins the ball on the slide, blocks the follow-up and comes away with it before booting it away.
• 62′- Mitchell, Schlupp, Doucouré and Eze ON, Lerma, Riedewald, Ward and Hughes OFF
• 64′- GOAL– It’s a teasing delivery from Eze towards the penalty spot, the O Brien is unmarked – and he heads home into the bottom corner!
• 70′- Ayew comes off and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi comes on.
• 81′- Mitchell is off, it appears with a minor injury, and JK Gordon is on.
• 89′- Catano clips a cross in and it strikes Jeffrey Schlupp – the referee awards handball. Penalty and scored. Palace down 2-1

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30 July: Crystal Palace vs Sevilla 1-1 Draw

• Goal: Eze
• Assist: Doucoure

Palace: Johnstone (GK); Ward, Andersen, Guéhi, Clyne, Lerma, Doucouré, Eze, Schlupp, Edouard, Ayew

Subs: Matthews (GK); O’Brien, Tomkins, Richards, Rïedewald, Ahamada, Mateta, Gordon, Rak-Sakyi

• Eze was once again absolutely crucial for Crystal Palace and was involved heavily in the attack, taking up goal scoring positions and also creating chances. He was also on corners!
• Johnstone started in the goal for Palace
• 4.5 Million mid Ahamada did not start this game
• Sevilla took the lead in the first half through Rakitic. HT: 1-0
• Eze produced a piece of individual brilliance to level the score. 1-1(Goal video)
• FT: 1-1
• There was a penalty shootout(Sudden death) to determine the winner, Andersen missed the first one and Rakitic converted the first one making Sevilla the winners.

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5 August: Crystal Palace vs Lyon (H), 2-0 Palace win

Palace: Johnstone (GK); Ward, Andersen, Guéhi, Clyne, Lerma, Doucouré, Eze, Schlupp, Edouard, Ayew

Subs: Matthews (GK), Whitworth (GK), O’Brien, Tomkins, Richards, Rïedewald, Ahamada, Mateta, Gordon, Rak-Sakyi

• Ahamada(4.5 M) dream seems to be over. Schulpp is ahead of him in back-to-back friendlies now!
• 14th minute: Palace win a free-kick over on the right-hand side, Ebere Eze delivers, and Schlupp is unmarked 12 yards out to nod home.
• That’s a seventh goal involvement in five pre-season appearances for Eze (two goals, five assists).
• 19th minute: A couple of dangerous crosses in quick succession from Lyon, with Johnstone forced to punch away one fizzing delivery from Tagliafico on that far side in particular.
• HT: 1-0 Palace
• Ward off for Riedewald
•  59th minute: Eze’s corner is headed by Joachim Andersen and forces a save. Edouard pounces on the rebound to make it 2-0 for Crystal Palace
• 69th minute: Doucoure off for Ahamada
• 77th minute: Edouard off for Mateta
• 80th minute: Schulpp off for Rak Sakyi
• Sam Johnstone with couple of unbelievable saves
• FT: 2-0 Palace win

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Crystal Palace Friendlies Summary:

Crystal Palace Goals+ Assists in Pre-season

• Eze ⚽️ ⚽️ A A A A A
• Ahamada⚽️ A A
• Mateta ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️
• Edouard ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️
• Rak-Sakyi ⚽️
• Schulpp ⚽️
• O Brien ⚽️
• Andersen A
• Doucoure A A
• Ayew A
• Ridewald A

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Everton

14 July: Everton 2-1 Stades Nyonnais

Everton starting XI(4-4-2): Virginia, Godfrey, Tarkowski, Keane, Patterson, Iwobi, Gana, Warrington, McNeil, Maupay, Cannon.

Everton substitutes: Lonergan, Crellin, Astley, Hunt, Welch, Onyango, Doucoure, Kouyate, Okoronkwo.

Second Half Team(4-4-2)- GK: Virginia; LB: Hunt, RB: Warrington, CB: Keane & Godfrey; LM: Kouyate, RM: Iwobi, CM: Doucoure & Onyango; FW: Maupay & Okoronkwo

• Goals- Kouyate, Maupay(Penalty)
• Assists- Iwobi, Okoronkwo

Key Notes: McNeill and Doucoure had big chances which they failed to convert

22 July: Everton 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Note: Everton played two games simultaneously at the same time with the team playing Wigan Athletic consisting of senior players and the team playing Tranmere Rovers consisting of U21 players.

Lineup vs Wigan:

GOAL- Young

Key Notes:

• 18′- Maupay’s shot is blocked by the defender, Then McNeill takes a powerful shot which is palmed away by the keeper
• Half time: 0-0
• 56′- Doucoure hits the post after great work by Pickford to find Patterson who puts in a cross for Doucoure.
• 63′- Ashley Young scores on the rebound after his initial shot from just inside the box is blocked
• 72′- Young is replaced by Metcafle
• Full time- Everton win 1-0. McNeill looked lively, Doucoure was taking up good positions inside the box. Young(Listed as a 4.5 Defender) was playing the front 3- On the right side, well linking up with Patterson and also switching positions between them.

22 July: Everton 1-1 Tranmere (Prenton Park)

Lineup vs Tranmere:

Stan Mills scored a late penalty which helped the under-21 Everton side draw the game 1-1.

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25 July: Everton vs Bolton, 0-0 Draw

Everton lineup

Starting XI: Virginia, Tarkowski, Patterson, Keane, McNeil, Onana, Iwobi, Young, Maupay, Gomes, Dobbin.

Substitutes: Lonergan, Astley, Warrington, Mills, Hunt, Onyango, Welch, Higgins, Sherif, Kouyate, Dixon, Metcalfe, Okoronkwo. 

• 5th minute: An excellent counter-attacking move with superb technical ability from Dobbin and Iwobi. The latter charges forward on the right, cuts inside but his shot is saved by the Bolton goalkeeper.
• 36th minute: Exquisite dribbling from McNeil who does enough to break away from the Bolton defence and drag his shot towards the bottom right corner. Baxter dropping low to deny Everton an opener.
• Good opportunities from Dobbin, McNeil, and Young, but Everton remain goalless at the interval. 

Changes for the second half:

• ON: Godfrey, Warrington, Mills, Hunt, Higgins, Onyango, Okoronkwo, Kouyate.
• OFF: Maupay, Gomes, Tarkowski, Patterson, Iwobi, Young, Onana, McNeil.

• 68th minute: Change for Everton. Astley comes on for Keane.
• 77th minute: Sherif comes on for Dobbin.
• FT: 0-0

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Everton vs Stoke City, 1-0 Stoke win

Starting XI: Pickford, Patterson, Keane, Tarkowski (c), Young, Gana, Garner, Doucoure, Iwobi, Danjuma, McNeil.

Substitutes: Virginia, Crellin, Onana, Maupay, Godfrey, Branthwaite, Hunt, Dobbin, Onyango

• Danjuma starts his first game for Everton. He’s also playing up front as a forward after being listed as a midfielder in FPL due to the absence of DCL
• 17th minute: Big chance for Doucs but his effort is blocked!
• 18th minute: Garner then sees a strike saved by Travers after good play from Iwobi on the right.
• HT: 0-0
• 2nd half changes: Branthwaite, Onana, and Maupay are all on as the second half begins. They come on for Danjuma, Keane, and Garner.
• 54th minute: Smart save from Pickford to deny Brown
• 69th minute: Fourth change of the afternoon sees McNeil forced off after picking up a knock. Dobbin comes on in his place.
• 83rd minute: Onyango replaces Doucs in the middle.
• 84th minute: Onana spots the run of Dobbin and curls in an early cross from the right. The young forward moves onto the ball well but just can’t get his touch right and his effort goes wide.
• Dobbin wins a corner, Onana managed to follow in, bundling the ball into the back of the net, assisted by James Tarkowski. 1-0 Everton
• FT: 1-0 Everton

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Everton vs Monza, 2-2 Draw

• Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Vitalii Mykolenko returned from injury and played 45minutes
• Lewis Dobbin capped an impressive display with Everton’s opening goal, while Neal Maupay came in at HT and was also on the scoresheet for the Blues in the second half.
• Summer signing Arnaut Danjuma played 75 minutes following his first appearance for Everton at Stoke on Saturday.
• No assist details are available for this behind close door friendly

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05 August: Everton vs Sporting Lisbon, 1-0 Everton win

• Starting XI: Pickford (GK), Patterson, Tarkowski (C), Godfrey, Young, Iwobi, Onana, Doucoure, Gana, Garner, Calvert-Lewin  
•  Subs: Virginia, Lonergan, Keane, Maupay, Mykolenko, Gomes, Branthwaite, Hunt, Dobbin, Onyango  

• No Danjuma after he picked up a minor injury in training
• No McNeil after he was injured in the friendly vs Stoke City
• 32 min: An Iwobi cross finds Doucoure in the box but his volley is well-saved. Calvert-Lewin is first to react to the goalkeeper’s parry but Adan again pulls off a great stop to keep Everton out.
• 33rd min: Gyokeres meets a great cross into the box and directs his header goalwards but Pickford pulls off a great save. 
• Garner plays a great ball behind the defence for Calvert-Lewin to run onto. He cuts the ball back into the path of Doucoure. The midfielder fires a shot goalward and it’s blocked by the hand of Quaresma on the floor. Penalty to Everton and DCL converts 1-0
• HT: 1-0
• Maupay and Branthwaite join the action, replacing Calvert-Lewin and Godfrey. We are about to restart for the second half. 
• 64th minute: Young makes way to be replaced by Mykolenko
• 74th minute: Superb play from Onana! Quick passing between the Belgian, Gana and Iwobi sees it open up on the edge of the box, but Onana’s curling effort cannons off the post.
• 75th minute: Another change for the Blues sees Dobbin introduced for Iwobi.
• 79th minute: Gomes replaces Doucs in the middle of the park.
• FT: 1-0 Everton win

Sean Dyche is hopeful James Tarkowski had “just a knock” against Sporting. Danjuma back on grass next week. McNeil “facing a little period out”.

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Everton Friendlies Summary:

• Maupay ⚽️⚽️
• DCL ⚽️
• Onana ⚽️
• Lewis Dobbin ⚽️
• Doucoure A
• Tarkowski A
• Stan Mills ⚽️
• Ashley Young ⚽️(4.5 million defender in FPL)
• Iwobi A
• Kouyate ⚽️
• Okoronkwo A

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Fulham

23 July: Fulham vs Brentford 3-2 Fulham Win

Fulham Lineup:

• Fulham take the lead thanks to a Harry Wilson goal assisted by Harrison Reed in the 3rd minute
• Harry Wilson could have made it 2-0 after picking up a stunning pass by João Palhinha.
• Yoane Wissa scored from very close range guiding the ball to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter following a corner. 1-1
• Bobby De Cordova-Reid makes it 2-1 for Fulham once again Assisted by Harrison Reed.
• João Palhinha was forced off after a nasty shoulder injury, he was replaced by Kevin Mbabu
• HT: 1-1
• Vinicius, Stansfield, and Bernd Leno replace Rodrigo Muniz, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Marek Rodák

• Carlos Vinícius makes it 3-1 for Fulham in the early stages of the 2nd half. Assisted by Harry Wilson.
• Harry Wilson was down injured after a horrible fall after colliding with Rico Henry. He was then subbed off
• Subs in the 65th minute: Willian, Luc De Fougerolles, and Luke Harris are on for Harry Wilson, Tete and Cairney
• Sasa Lukic and Antonee Jedi are replaced by Matt Dibley-Dias and Idris Odutayo in the 83rd minute
• FT: 3-2 Fulham win

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26 July: Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa

Fulham Lineup vs Aston Villa

• No Mitrovic once again with Robinson, Muniz, and Palhinha (shoulder injury) joining Ream, Pereira, and Tosin on the sidelines.
• Vinicius thought he’d nodded in a quick equaliser, but Bobby De Cordova-Reid had strayed offside before popping a cross onto the Brazilian’s head.
• 31′- Penalty Save: LENO, Penalty missed: Archer. Villa are awarded a penalty but our keeper gets down low to his right and pushes away Cameron Archer’s effort!
• Half time: Willian IN, Reed OUT
• Vinicius had another headed chance shortly after the break when Kevin Mbabu’s perfect left footed centre found him unmarked, but he got under the ball and it ballooned over.
• 61′-Game time for Marek Rodák and Matt Dibley-Dias as they replace Leno and Reid
• 69′- Vinicius and Cairney OFF, Stanno and Harris ON
• 73′- Villa score again. 2-0

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30 July: Fulham vs Chelsea, 2-0 Chelsea win

Fulham (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete (Mbabu 66), Diop, De Fougerolles (Bassey h/t), Robinson; Reed, Lukic; Wilson, Cairney (c) (Decordova Reid 18), Willian (Andreas 66); Vinicius (Jimenez h/t)

Fulham substitutes Rodak, Borto, Harris, Parkes, Odutayo, McCoy-Splatt, Godo, Amissah, Dibley-Dias, Stansfield

• No Mitrovic yet in the Fulham squad, Andreas got his first minutes for Fulham this pre-season following a return from an injury
• Reid had to replace Cairney following an injury to Cairney
• HT: Chelsea 2 – 0 Fulham
• Raul Jimenez and Calvin Bassey came on for their debuts in place of Vini and Luc de Fougerolles for the second half
• Pereira and Kevin Mbabu come in to replace Willian and Kenny in the 66th minute
• 81st minute: Sasa Lukic, Harrison Reed and Harry Wilson make way for Matt Dibley-Dias, Jay Stansfield, and Luke Harris.
• FT: 2-0 Chelsea Win

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05 August: Fulham vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2-1 Fulham Win

Fulham Lineup:

• 9th minute: Raúl gets on the end of a Willian corner, but can’t quite divert his header on target
• 19th minute: Raúl almost gets himself on the end of a dangerous bobby reid cross, before Antonee Jedi attempts an audacious half-volley from the edge of the box.
• HT: 0-0
• A pinpoint cross from Antonee Jedi allowed Raúl to tuck the ball into the net from close range and give Fulham the opener. 1-0 Fulham
• 57′ Prömel gets Hoffenheim level.
• 68th minute: Pereira and Mitrovic come on for Raul and Willian
• Basey heads home from an Pereira corner in the 78th minute
• Basey replaced by Ream in the 85th minute
• FT: 2-1 Fulham minute

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Fulham Friendlies Summary(Goals + Assists)

• Harry Wilson ⚽️ A
• Bobby De Cordova-Reid ⚽️
• Jimenez ⚽️
• Pereira A
• Basey ⚽️
• Jedi A
• Carlos Vinícius ⚽️
• Harrison Reed A A

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Liverpool

19 July: Liverpool vs Karlsruher, 4-2 Liverpool Win

Lineups:

• Mo Salah slips in Darwin Nunez on goal, The Uruguayan instead of shooting passes it back to Salah. The ball is behind Salah, so he passes back to Nunez, who eventually scores. 1-0 for Liverpool in the early stages of the match
• Lars Stindl absolutely wallops a side-footed volley straight from a corner in the 39th minute.
• HT: 1-1
• Second half 11: Jaros; McConnell, Gomez, Matip, Tsimikas; Quansah, Scanlon, Mac Allister; Jota, Gakpo, Doak
• Sebastian Jung powers the ball home after Stindl found him with an excellent pass to make it 2-1 for Karlsruher.
• Joe Gomez crosses into the box, where Diogo Jota is there to head down into the path of the unmarked Cody Gakpo who levels for Liverpool. 2-2
• Jota wriggles through the defence and stabs past the goalkeeper after a cute pass from Gakpo. 3-2 Liverpool
• Mac Allister wins the ball well on debut, feeds Jota, and the Portugal forward slides the ball home. 4-2 Liverpool
• FT: 4-2 Liverpool win, all players played 45 minutes!

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24 July: Liverpool vs SpVgg Greuther Furth, 4-4 Draw

Lineup for the first half:

Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Doak, Diaz, Jota.

Subs: Adrian, Pitaluga, Gomez, Nunez, Salah, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Matip, Clark, Scanlon, McConnell, Koumas, Quansah, Frauendorf.

Lineup for 2nd half:

• Trent once again played in midfield as a CDM(6) and not in an inverted role which was the case in the closing stages of last season
• Luis Diaz scored a brilliant goal to open the scoring for Liverpool. (Goal video)
• Nunez was sharp once again with two goals and an assist combing well with Salah. In two pre-season games(90 mins), he has 3 goals and 1 assist. He also has a 100% shot-on-target rate. Hitting 5/5 shots on target(First goal video, Second goal video)
• Salah with his first pre-season goal adding to his three pre-season assists(Goal video)
• 45 mins for all players with Liverpool fielding two separate 11s for each half
• Defence is still a big problem with Liverpool continuing to leak goals

Summary from the game:

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30 July: Liverpool vs Leicester, 4-0 Liverpool win

Liverpool lineups:

• Jota’s effort is pushed away by the keeper and Nunez turns it in at the far post. 1-0 Liverpool, 4th pre-season goal for Nunez
• Salah assists Liverpool youngster Clark to make it 2-0
• Salah crosses it for Jota and he makes no mistake with his header. 3-0!
• HT: 3-0
• 10 changes for the 2nd half
• Doak makes it 4-0 following a corner from Szoboszlai which is headed by Matip on to Doak who finished it

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2 August: Liverpool vs Bayern Munich 4-3 Bayern win

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Jones, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Jota, Salah, Gakpo.

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Mrozek, Gomez, Konate, Diaz, Nunez, Elliott, Tsimikas, Clark, Scanlon, Doak, McConnell, Koumas, Quansah, Frauendorf.

• Liverpool made it 1-0 within in the first 10 minutes with Jota assisting Gakpo
• Liverpool doubled their lead with a Van Dijk header following a corner from Robertson
• Bayern scored two goals to level things up before HT, Gnarby, and Sane were the scorers. Both the goals came from the right flank of Liverpool
• Liverpool had another blow with Mac Allister going off injured before HT
• HT Changes: ON: Konate, Diaz, Nunez, OFF: Matip, Mac Allister, Jota
• Nunez had a big chance early in the first half and he headed wide
• 60th-minute changes: ON: Gomez, Tsimikas, Elliott OFF: TAA, Robertson, Gakpo
• Another chance for Nunez who scoops wide off the near post in the 64th minute, set up by Salah
• Diaz makes it 3-2 following an excellent finish, setup by Salah
• Alisson made a big save to deny Gravenberch in the 74th minute
• 75th-minute changes: ON: Quansah, Doak, Clark, McConnell OFF: VVD, Dom, Jones, Salah
• Nunez had another big chance towards the end and he missed the opportunity to score
• Stanisic and Kratzig score late to give Bayern the win

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7 August: Liverpool vs SV Darmstadt 98, 3-1 Liverpool win

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Diaz, Salah, Jota.

Subs: Adrian, Kelleher, Gomez, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Matip, Clark, Scanlon, Doak, McConnell, Quansah.

• Nunez missing from the lineup for the 2nd game in a row, and Gakpo starting in midfield more as a number 8 with Mac Allister playing the number 6 role.
• Attacking front three of Diaz, Jota and Salah
• Mo Salah gave the early lead for Liverpool following a corner from Szoboszlai which was flicked onto the path of Mo Salah by Van Dijk (Goal video)
• Mo Salah then minutes later won the ball high up the pitch and squared it to Jota who made no mistakes to make it 2-0 for Liverpool. (Goal video)
• Darmstadt pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the first 10 minutes
• HT: 2-1 Liverpool
• In the 58th minute, Liverpool made it 3-1 with a fantastic finish from Diaz at the front post to meet Szoboszlai’s corner (Goal Video)
• 59th-minute subs: ON: Gomez, Nunez, Tsimikas, Elliott, Doak, Matip OFF: Van Dijk, Salah, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Konate
• 73rd minute subs: ON: Jones, Scanlon, McConnell, Quansah. Off: Diaz, Gakpo, TAA, Mac Allister
• FT: 3-1 Liverpool win

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Liverpool Pre-Season Goals & Assists Summary:

• Darwin ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️A
• Salah A A A A A AA ⚽️⚽️
• Luis Diaz ⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Gakpo ⚽️ ⚽️A
• Jota ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️AAA
• Doak ⚽️
• Clark ⚽️
• Van Dijk ⚽️A
• Szoboszlai A
• Robertson A
• Matip A
• Trent Alexander Arnold A
• Mac Allister A

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Man City

23 July: Man City 5-3 Yokohama F Marinos

Playing 11: Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Ake, Phillips, Kovacic, McAtee, Palmer, Grealish, Alvarez

Substitutes: Ederson, Carson, Dias, Cancelo, Haaland, Laporte, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Gomez, Perrone, Foden, Bobb, Lewis

Goals: Stones, Alvarez, Haaland(2), Rodri
Assists: Alvarez, Foden, Laporte, Cancelo

Key Notes/Summary:

• KDB on the bench for Man City
• 23′- Palmer pulls off a save from distance and Ichimori saves cleanly
• 28′- City down 1-0. Lopes shoots from inside the area. Ortega saves, the striker takes the rebound and puts it in from the corner
• 33′- Kalvin Phillips has a side-footed effort saved by Jun Ichimori.
• 35′- All of City’s named substitutes are currently warming up, except for Kevin De Bruyne (injured)
• 37′- City down 2-0. Matsubara receives a cross from Nagato and hits to extend the lead
• 40′- GOAL 1– Álvarez crosses and Stones shoots into the corner, giving Ichimori no chance
• 43′- GOAL 2- GK Ichimori misses in time and makes an error with the ball in his feet, Alvarez takes advantage and hits first time and leaves everything equal
• Half time Subs:
  Full 11 is replaced except keeper Ortega.
• Second Half 11: Ortega; Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Gomez; Lewis, Rodri, Bernardo; Bobb, Haaland, Foden.
• 52′- GOAL 3– Haaland is set up by Foden and hits a left-footed shot into the right corner
• 66′- Cancelo shoots from the edge of the area, he is stopped and the ball goes out over the back line
• 72′- GOAL 4– Laporte finds Rodri who takes a fierce shot from the edge of the box and stamps out the corner
• 85′- City concede. Lewis vies with Ortega. Inoue picks up the rebound and completes it on goal. 4-3
• 90+2′- GOAL 5– Haaland brace. Cancelo with an excellent ball to Haaland who does what he does best.

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26 July Man City 2-1 Bayern Munich

Starting 11:

Man City 1st half (4-3-3 right to left): 31-Ederson (GK) — 2-Kyle Walker, 3-Ruben Dias, 5-John Stones, 6-Nathan Ake (25-Manuel Akanji) — 82-Rico Lewis, 8-Mateo Kovacic, 20-Bernardo Silva — 87-James McAtee, 19-Julian Alvarez, 10-Jack Grealish

Man City 2nd half (3-2-4-1 right to left): 31-Ederson (GK) — 7-Joao Cancelo, 14-Aymeric Laporte, 25-Manuel Akanji — 16-Rodri, 4-Kalvin Phillips, 52-Oscar Bobb, 47-Phil Foden, 20-Bernardo Silva (32-Maximo Perrone), 21-Sergio Gomez — 9-Erling Haaland

Bayern Munich 1st half (4-2-3-1): 27-Yann Sommer (GK) — 40-Noussair Mazraoui 2-Dayot Upamecano, 5-Benjamin Pavard, 19-Alphonso Davies — 24-Konrad Laimer, 6-Joshua Kimmich — 11-Kingsley Coman, 42-Jamal Musiala, 10-Leroy Sane — 7-Serge Gnabry

Bayern Munich 2nd half (4-2-3-1): 26-Sven Ulreich – 20-Bouna Sarr, 44-Josip Stanisic, 47-Antonio Tikvic, 13-Frans Kratzig – 38-Ryan Gravenberch, 8-Leon Goretzka – 14-Paul Wanner, 32-Gabriel Vidovic, 17-Sadio Mane -39-Mathys Tel

Goals: McAtee, Laporte
Assists: Alvarez, Foden

Key notes:

• 22′- GOAL 1- Lewis was the architect getting behind the Bayern defence on the right flank. From his cutback Julian Alvarez’s close range shot was saved by Sommer but McAtee was there on the follow up to fire the ball home for his first senior City goal.
• 28′- Injury scare for Ake. City aren’t going to take any chances with Ake. Manuel Akanji will be on in his place shortly.
• HALF TIME SUBS:  Bayern have put out an entirely new XI including Leon Goretzka and Sadio Mane. Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Rodri are among eight City alterations. They already sent on Akanji in place of the injured Ake remember.
• 57′- Almost 2-0! Silva’s cutback towards Haaland is blocked and then Rodri follows up to have a shot blocked on the line
• 71′-  City’s latest change sees Bernardo Silva replaced by Maximo Perrone. It means Ederson is the only man remaining from the starting XI.
• 84′- Haaland has had a quiet half but that’s quality. A first touch and a snapshot on the end of Foden’s free-kick is blocked by Goretzka. From the resulting corner, Ulreich is at full stretch to brilliantly deny Laporte.
• 86′- GOAL 2– Foden drives towards goal, Ulreich saves but Foden has the presence of mind to touch the ball towards Laporte to volley home.

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30 July: Man City 1-2 Atletico Madrid

• XI | Ederson, Walker (C), Stones, Dias, Laporte, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez, Haaland

Man City from 55th minute (3-2-2-3 right to left): 18-Stefan Ortega (GK) — 7-Joao Cancelo, 3-Ruben Dias, 25-Manuel Akanji — 4-Kalvin Phillips, 8-Matteo Kovacic — 82-Rico Lewis, 87-James McAtee — 52-Oscar Bobb 19-Julian Alvarez  21-Sergio Gomez

Goal- Dias, Assist- Gomez

• SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Ake, Cancelo, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Gomez, Akanji, Perrone, Bobb, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee
• 7′- Alvarez slides a reverse pass into Haaland, who outmuscles Witsel to get a shot away. Oblak holds on in relative comfort.
• 30′- Bernardo Silva drills a pass into Foden and he pulls a strike just beyond Oblak’s far post.
• 43′- Alvarez is teed up by Grealish and lines up a curler from 25 yards. Oblak reads it all the way.
• 46′- Ortega Moreno replaces Ederson
• 52′- Walker’s 25-yard volley smashes against the crossbar
• 52′- City subs- Kovacic, Phillips, McAtee, Lewis, Gomez, Akanji, Cancelo, Bobb IN,
  Haaland, Laporte, Grealish, Bernardo, Walker, Stones, Rodrigo, Foden OUT
• 66′- Sloppy from City as they give the ball away playing out form the back and Ortega is forced into fantastic save to deny Barrios. Memphis retrieves the loose ball, plays a one-two with Correa and curls a sumptuous strike into the top corner. from outside the box. Atletico lead 1-0
• 75′- Lewis makes a fairly tame challenge in midfield, Carrasco surges into space and drills a fabulous strike into the bottom corner. Atletico lead 2-0
• 85′- GOAL– Gomez gets this delivery right. Dias gets up and powers a header that Grbic can’t keep out. Full time- City lose 2-1

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6 August: Arsenal v Man City (1-1, Arsenal win on penalties)

Man City Lineup:

• 25th minute: Superb from Ortega Moreno and then John Stones to keep the ball out of the net after Havertz and Martinelli’s efforts!
• 41st Minute: Another big save from Ortega Moreno to deny Havertz!
• HT: 0-0
• 53rd minute: John Stones goes close with a header from a corner but it’s saved by Ramsdale
• 59th minute: Foden on for Grealish
• 66th minute: KDB and Palmer on for Haaland and Kovacic
• 79th minute: Cole Palmer bends a beautiful left-footed strike into the far top corner from the edge of the box. 1-0 Man City
• 90+11 minute: Trossard scores to make it 1-1
• Penalties: KDB and Rodrigo missed their penalties and Arsenal scored all four of their penalties to win the community shield

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Manchester City Friendlies Summary:

Man City Pre-Season Goal + Assists Scorers:

• Alvarez ⚽️A A
• Haaland ⚽️⚽️
• Stones ⚽️
• Dias ⚽️
• Rodri ⚽️
• Foden A A
• Laporte A⚽️
• Gomez A
• Cancelo A
• McAtee⚽️(4.5 mid in FPL, Good option if he is loaned to Sheffield)
• Palmer ⚽️
• KDB A

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Man Utd

12 July: Man United vs Leeds, Man United win 2-0

• Two separate playing 11s for each half, players who featured in June internationals are yet to return back to training and weren’t involved in this game(Bruno, Rashford, Shaw, etc)
• First half 11: Heaton; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Fernandez; Mainoo, Mount, Hannibal; Amad, Sancho, Forson.
• Second half 11: Kovar; Jurado, Bennett, Fish, Williams; Gore, Hansen-Aaroen, Savage; Shoretire, Emeran, Hugill.
• Mount played in an advanced #8 role and took set pieces in the first half. Mainoo was impressive as well.
• Emeran scored the first goal of the pre-season for Man United with an excellent finish assisted by young Norwegian talent Hansen-Aaroen.
• Hughill makes it 2-0 for Man United with Emeran now assisting the goal scorer.

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19 July: Man United vs Lyon, 1-0 Man United win

• LINE-UPS: FIRST HALF
• United: Kovar; Wan-Bissaka, Varane (c), Martinez, Fernandez; Hannibal, Mount, Mainoo; Antony, Sancho, Amad.
• LINE-UPS: SECOND HALF
• United: Kovar; Jurado, Fish, Evans, Williams; Gore, Fred (c), van de Beek; Forson, Hugill, Hansen-Aaroen.
• Subs not used: Bishop, Harrison, Emeran.
• Kovar only player to play full 90, all other players played 45 minutes!

First Half:

• The returning Antony was denied by the legs of Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes after a measured lay-off from Jadon Sancho inside the box before Raphael Varane headed over from the resulting corner.
• Amad had a one-on-one opportunity but he dragged his finish wide of the far post, before the 21-year-old stung the palms of Lyon keeper Lopes after meeting a low cutback from the lively Antony.
• Mount had a few chances to score but missed out. Overall he had an excellent 45 mins

Second half

• Gore did brilliantly to keep the ball alive from Marc Jurado’s throw-in and drive a controlled cross from the right into the box for van de Beek to guide past Lopes. 1-0 United
• Kovar was impressive for Man United the whole game, international players Rashford, Bruno, and Casemiro did not feature in this game.

Match highlights video

Mount vs Lyon

• 95% Pass Accuracy
• 3 Key Pass
• 2 Accurate Crosses
• 2 Shots on Target
• 1/3 Ground Duels Won
• 1/2 Ariel Duels Won

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22 July: Man United vs Arsenal, 2-0 Man United Win

First Half 11: Heaton, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, Mainoo, Mount Fernandes, Antony, Garnacho, Sancho.

Subs | Bishop, Vitek, Dalot, Fernandez, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, Casemiro, Eriksen, Gore, Hannibal, McTominay, Van de Beek, Amad, Forson, Pellistri, Rashford.

XI for the second half: Heaton, Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, McTominay, Casemiro, Eriksen, Amad, Forson, Rashford

• Sancho started the game down the middle again
• Antony had the early chance of the game but missed scoring(Video)
• Heaton’s kick went to Mainoo, who laid it off to Fernandes and the newly appointed Man United captain scores past Ramsdale who could have done better. 1-0 Man United(Goal video)
• A mistake from Gabriel and Sancho makes him pay for it with an excellent finish past Ramsdale. 2-0 Man United.(Goal video). Mainoo with the ball and it could be an FPL assist, Gabriel misjudged it and did not touch the ball.
• Lisandro Martinez receives a Yellow card in the closing stages of the first half.
• HT: 2-0, Mainoo very impressive for Man United

• A completely new set of outfield players for Man United for the 2nd half with only Heaton retaining his spot. Amad initially came in but was injured and then replaced by Pellistri.
• FT: 2-0

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25 July: Man United (U21s)vs Wrexham Wrexham won 2-1

Man United Lineup v Wrexham

Bishop
Jurado
Fish
Evans
Fernandez
Gore (c)
Collyer
Hansen-Aaroen
Hannibal
Shoretire
Hugill

Subs: Harrison, Mee, Vitek, Aljofree, Pye, Kambwala, Oyedele, McNeill, Mejia.

• Elliot Lee and Aaron Hayden were the goal scorers for Wrexham as they took a 2-0 lead
• Alvaro Fernandez assisted Marc Jurado as Man United pulled one back in the closing stages of the first half
• HT: 2-1
• Man United captain Gore was dismissed in the early stages of the 2nd half and Man United played with 10 men after that
• FT: 2-1 Wrexham win, No senior players were involved as Man United play Real Madrid tomorrow.

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26 July: Man United vs Real Madrid, 2-0 Real Madrid Win

Man United lineup:

Man United Lineup: Onana; Wan-Bissaka (Dalot 61), Varane (Maguire 61), Martinez (Lindelof 61), Shaw (Williams 61); Casemiro (McTominay 61), Mainoo (Eriksen 6 (Van de Beek 61); Fernandes (c), Mount (Antony 61), Garnacho (Pellistri 61); Rashford (Sancho 61).

• Onana and Bruno were the two players who played the full game for Man United
• Goals from Bellingham and Joselu meant Man United lost their first pre-season game
• Rashford, Shaw, Martinez, Varane, AWB, Mount, Garnacho had 60 minutes
• Mainoo was subbed off in the first half due to an injury
• Onana’s debut game vs Real Madrid: 95% passing accuracy 39/41 passes completed 17 forward passes 5 long passes 3 saves

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30 July: Man United vs Dortmund 3-2 Dortmund Win

• Goals: Dalot, Antony
• Assists: Van de Beek(2)

Man United Lineup: Heaton (Onana 46); Dalot (Casemiro 61), Lindelof (Martinez 61), Maguire (Evans 61), Williams (Shaw 61); Eriksen (Wan-Bissaka 61), McTominay (c) (Mount 61); Pellistri (Rashford 61), van de Beek (Fernandes 61), Forson (Antony 38); Sancho (Hugill 77).

• Omari Forson saw an early left-footed shot tipped wide by Gregor Kobel
• Donny van de Beek laid the ball off for Dalot to curl a delicious shot beyond Kobel from 20 yards. 1-0 Man United
• A quickfire double saw Dortmund take the lead. Firstly, a ricochet in the box fell kindly to Malen to volley home from close range and then a minute later, Victor Lindelof could only clear as far as former United loanee Marcel Sabitzer, who fed Malen to slot past Heaton.
• HT: 2-1 Dortmund
• Onana came in place of Heaton for the 2nd half
• Antony drew United back on level terms with a composed finish into the bottom-left corner. 2-2
• 8 changes at the 60th minute with Casemiro, Martinez, Maguire, Shaw, Wan Bissaka, Mount, Rashford, and Bruno all coming in
• Marco Reus squared for Moukoko to poke in despite Luke Shaw’s best efforts. 3-2 Dortmund
• Rashford looked great after coming on and had a great chance to make it 3-3. (Video)
• FT: 3-2 Dortmund win

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05 August: Man United vs RC Lens 3-1 Man United win

Man United lineup

Onana
Dalot
Varane
Martinez
Shaw
Casemiro
Mount
Antony
Fernandes (c)
Garnacho
Rashford

Substitutes: Heaton, Kovar, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Eriksen, Pellistri, Hannibal, Van de Beek, Forson, Sancho

• Mount had a great chance to score but he mishits it. Garnacho with an excellent ball
• Bruno Fernandes was dropping deep and making defence-splitting passes, Mount slightly more advanced than Mount
• RC Lens took the lead after Onana was lobbed
• HT: 1-0 Lens
• 1-1. Antony and Rashford combine to level. Antony with a defence-splitting pass to Rashford and his shot is deflected in
• 2-1 Garnacho with an excellent ball to Antony who makes a brilliant finish to give United the lead
• 3-1, Casemiro scores the third goal after hitting a header from Marcus Rashford on a free kick
• Garnacho replaced by Sancho after 60 minutes
• Antony was replaced by Omari Forson in the closing stages of the game

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6 August: Man United vs Athletic Bilbao 1-1

Man United lineup:

Heaton (c), Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Fernandez, Gore, Eriksen, Forson, Van de Beek, Pellistri and Sancho
Subs: Kovar, Wooster, Evans, Jurado, Collyer, Hannibal, Emeran, Hugill

• A weakened Man United team drew 1-1 vs Athletico Bilbao in Dublin after winning the game vs Lens on Saturday
• Harry Maguire’s error gave Athletico Bilbao the lead in the first half
• Pellistri made it 1-1 in the closing stages of the game
• FT: 1-1

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Man United Friendlies Summary:

Man United Pre-Season Goal + Assists Scorers:

• Bruno Fernandes ⚽️
• Antony ⚽️⚽️A
• Rashford ⚽️A
• Dalot ⚽️
• Sancho ⚽️
• Emeran ⚽️
• Hugill ⚽️
• Casemiro ⚽️
• Garnacho A
• Donny Van De Beek ⚽️AA
• Jurado ⚽️
• Pellistri ⚽️
• Harry Maguire A
• Alvaro Fernandez A
• Mainoo A A
• Hansen-Aaroen A
• Emeran A
• Gore A

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Newcastle United

15 July:  Newcastle 3-2 Gateshead(Highlights link)

Starting 11 and Subs: Darlow(Karius 46), Trippier (Ashby 65), Manquilo (Michael Ndiweni 72), Remi Savage (Alex Murphy 46), Dan Burn (Jamie Miley 84), Matt Targett (Lewis Miley 65), Jamal Lewis (Charlie Wiggett 77), Sean Longstaff (Lucas De Bolle 65), Elliot Anderson (Jay Turner-Cooke 72), Matt Richie (Ben Parkinson 65), Allan Saint-Maximin (Joe White 65).

Goals: Anderson, Saint-Maximin, Turner-Cooke

Assists: Saint Maximin, Anderson, Lewis Miley

Key Notes:

• The game was played under heavy rain. Newcastle went 2-0 down
• Saint-Maximin and Anderson were the stars. Both got a goal and an assist
• Goal 1- Five minutes after the restart, they pulled a goal back as Saint-Maximin slipped a pass inside to Anderson. The youngster managed to cut inside his marker and keep his footing, sending a low sidefooted effort beyond Mair to cut the deficit.
• Goal 2- The hosts gave the ball away cheaply, Longstaff played in Anderson. He showed composure to pick out his teammate in the middle, with the Magpies’ number ten(ASM) applying the finish.

18 July: Newcastle 2-1 Rangers

• Starting 11: Karius, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Targett, Longstaff, Anderson, Tonali, Almiron, Lewis, Wilson
• Goals- Almiron, Ashby Assists- Anderson, Isak
• A nice one-two between Tonali and Anderson in the middle before the latter slides Almiron in who makes no mistake to put Newcastle ahead.
• Cantwell with a clever run behind as his former Norwich team-mate Dowell finds him. Karius rushes out and Cantwell’s rushed shot is well wide.
• Changes at HT for Newcastle: OFF: Targett, Tonali, Botman, Longstaff, Trippier, Wilson, Karius ON: Isak, Gordon, L. Miley, Burn, Bruno, Manquillo, Darlow
• Great debut for Tonali who was impressive in his first 45 minutes for the Magpies
• 62′- OFF : Lewis, Anderson, Schar, Almiron ON: Ashby, Murphy, Dummett, White
• 64′- Newcastle concede. Sam Lammers scores
• 66′- Bruno’s whipped free-kick is headed towards goal by Dummett but Butland holds.
• 87′- Great work from Isak on the left as he waits for support in the middle and he picks out Ashby whose header loops over Butland and into the net! Goal- Ashby, Assist- Isak

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23 July: Newcastle 3-3 Aston Villa

Lineup:

Newcastle United: Martin Dúbravka; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Paul Dummett, Matt Targett; Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Elliot Anderson; Miguel Almirón, Alexander Isak, Jacob Murphy.

Substitutes: Loris Karius, Karl Darlow, Javier Manquillo, Harrison Ashby, Jamaal Lascelles, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Matt Ritchie, Joelinton, Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon, Jay Turner-Cooke, Ben Parkinson, Anthony Gordon, Callum Wilson.

Goals: Anderson, Isak, Wilson
Assists: Murphy, Anderson, Gordon

Key Notes:

• 1′- Early effort for Matt Targett from the edge of the box after being set up by Isak but his shot is held low by Martinez.
• 28′- GOAL 1– A great ball in behind from Murphy finds Anderson who is in on goal and takes his time before slotting past Martinez!
• 45′- GOAL 2– Wonderful work from Elliot Anderson as he drives into the box before getting a shot away which is saved, but it falls eventually to Isak who fires home!
• Second Half team(9 changes):

• 61′- GOAL 3– Lascelles picks out Gordon who made a terrific run through the middle – his shot is saved but Wilson is on hand to tap home the rebound!
• 70′- Barnes IN, Targett OUT
• 88′- Harvey Barnes cuts in off the left and tries to whip the ball into the far corner but Olsen keeps it out.

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26 July: Newcastle vs Chelsea, 1-1 draw

Newcastle lineup vs Chelsea:

Newcastle United: Martin Dúbravka (Nick Pope 46); Kieran Trippier (Harrison Ashby 85), Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Dan Burn; Joelinton (Jay Turner-Cooke 85), Sandro Tonali, Lewis Miley; Miguel Almirón (Ben Parkinson 77), Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.

Substitutes: Mark Gillespie, Alex Murphy, Remi Savage.

• Schar was injured and substituted in the 1st half and was replaced by Murphy
• Almirón latched on to Gordon’s pass and accelerated beyond the Blues’ defence before placing a low left-footed shot beyond the reach of Kepa. 1-1 Newcastle
• HT: Chelsea 1 – 1 Newcastle
• Nick Pope entered the fray for his first appearance of pre-season after recovering from injury ans made some good saves to keep Newcastle in the game
• FT: 1-1

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28 July: Newcastle 2-1 Brighton

Newcastle United lineup:

Goals- Anderson(2)
Assists- Murphy

• Barnes makes his first Newcastle United start.
• Elliot Anderson also starts, the 4.5 Million midfielder has 2 goals and 3 assists in pre-season already
• 11′-Barnes picks up the ball on the left and gives it back to Anderson who gets a shot away but it’s held by Verbruggen.
• 30′ Bruno goes into the book after a challenge on Van Hecke.
• 35′- Direct running from Barnes to try and create an opportunity but he just can’t quite get a clean shot away from inside of the box and Brighton deal with the danger.
• 53′ Great stop from Nick Pope as he gets down low at his near post to push Buonanotte’s shot behind for a corner.
• 59′- SUB- Lewis Miley replaces Harrison Ashby.
• 60′ Crossbar! United break forward with Murphy who plays in Wilson but his strike hits the bar and goes over.
• 66′ Bruno slides the ball into the path of Barnes who tries to curl the ball into the far corner but it’s blocked by Van Hecke.
• 68′ CLOSE! Anderson almost brings Newcastle level as he wins the ball high up the pitch, before being set teed up by Wilson but his shot is pushed behind.
• 74′- SUBS- A double change as Ben Parkinson and Alex Murphy replace Callum Wilson and Paul Dummett.
• 80′- SUBS- Jay Turner-Cooke and Remi Savage replace Matt Ritchie and Jamaal Lascelles.
• 84′ Big chance for Parkinson to level after Anderson wins the ball high up the pitch but his first-time effort is held.
• 88′- GOAL 1– Elliot Anderson brings us level as he pounces on some hesitant defending before slamming into the net!
• 90+2′ GOAL 2– Elliot Anderson left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Murphy with a through ball.

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05 August: Newcastle vs Fiorentina, 2-0 Newcastle Win

Newcastle United: Martin Dúbravka; Kieran Trippier, Alex Murphy, Sven Botman, Matt Targett; Lewis Miley, Sandro Tonali, Elliot Anderson; Miguel Almirón, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.

Substitutes: Mark Gillespie, Jude Smith, Remi Savage, Charlie McArthur, Jordan Hackett, Nathan Carlyon, Jamie Miley, Lucas De Bolle, James Huntley, Jay Turner-Cooke, Ben Parkinson, Amadou Diallo, Michael Ndiweni.

• In-Form 4.5 midfielder Elliot Anderson starts for Newcastle
• 9h minute: Trippier plays an excellent ball down the right to find the run of Isak who drives into the box and shoots but it’s kept out by Cerofolini.
• 13th minute: Anthony Gordon cuts in off the left and goes for goal from range but his low shot is just wide of the target.
• 25th minute: Isak threads a wonderful ball through for Anderson who takes it forwards before finding Gordon in the box but his strike hits the post and bounces clear.
• 39th minute: Isak causes havoc as he drives at the Fiorentina defence before sliding a pass through for Almirón who takes a touch and slots past Cerofolini!
• 45th minute: Big chance for Gordon to make it two as he runs through the Fiorentina defence but his shot is kept out.
• HT: 1-0 Newcastle
• 52nd minute: Tonali goes for goal with a free-kick but it’s just inches wide of the post.
• 58th minute Big chance for Miggy to add a second as he robs a Fiorentina defender of the ball high up the pitch before running on on goal but his shot is saved.
• 74th minute: Almirón plays the ball down the right for Trippier who fires it across the face of goal towards Gordon who puts it over the bar.
• 80th minute: Lewis Miley off for Ben Parkinson
• Trippier’s corner is flicked into the far corner by Alexander Isak. 2-0 Newcastle
• 88th minute: Goal scorers Isak and Almiron off for Jay Turner-Cooke and Michael Ndiweni.

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06 August: Newcastle vs Villarreal, 4-0 Newcastle Win

Newcastle United: Nick Pope, Jacob Murphy, Jamaal Lascelles (c), Paul Dummett, Dan Burn, Matt Ritchie, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Harvey Barnes, Joelinton, Callum Wilson

Substitutes: Mark Gillespie, Nathan Carlyon, Remi Savage, Jordan Hackett, Charlie McArthur, Lucas De Bolle, Jamie Miley, James Huntley, Jay Turner-Cooke, Amadou Diallo, Michael Ndiweni, Ben Parkinson 

• A rotated team featuring players who did not play against Fiorentina on Saturday
• A free-kick on the left is cleared as far as Murphy on the edge of the box and he takes on his man before slamming the ball high into the net – a superb strike. 1-0 Newcastle
• 33rd minute: Barnes takes the ball forward and plays it inside to Wilson who then finds Matt Ritchie in space but his shot is kept out by Reina.
• HT: 1-0
• 52nd minute: Joelinton gives Barnes the ball inside the box and Barnes slams the ball into the net to make it two!
• Joelinton takes on his man and drives through midfield before firing into the top corner, in off the post. 3-0 Newcastle
• Wilson does brilliantly down the right and he fires it across the face goal for Barnes who was arriving late to finish off the move. 4-0 Newcastle
• 83rd minute: Ben Parkinson on for Barnes
• Amadou Diallo and Remi Savage on for Lascelles and Wilson
• FT: 4-0 Newcastle Win

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Newcastle United Friendlies Summary(Goals and Assists):

• Anderson ⚽️AA⚽️A⚽️⚽️(4.5 million midfielder)
• Saint-Maximin ⚽️A
• Miguel Almiron ⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Isak AA⚽️⚽️
• Barnes ⚽️⚽️
• Joelinton ⚽️A
• Wilson ⚽️AA
• Ashby ⚽️
• Turner Cooke ⚽️
• Trippier A
• Gordon AA
• Murphy ⚽️AA
• Lewis Miley A

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Nottingham Forest

15 July: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Notts County

First Half 11: George Shelvey; Joe Worrall (C), Moussa Niakhate, Josh Powell, Neco Williams; Orel Mangala, Remo Freuler, Brandon Aguilera; Emmanuel Dennis, Alex Mighten, Taiwo Awoniyi

Second Half 11: George Shelvey; Scott McKenna, Willy Boly, Aaron Donnelly, Mohammed Drager; Danilo, Ryan Yates; Joe Gardner, Dale Taylor, Josh Bowler, Hwang Ui-Jo

GOAL– Hwang Ui-Jo 

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18 July: Nottingham Forest v Valencia, Valencia 1-0 win

• Moussa lands awkwardly following an aerial battle with Foulquier and has to be replaced by Josh Powell. Steve Cooper later said that Moussa Niakhaté will be assessed after suffering a suspected dislocated elbow.
• Forest lost the game 1-0 with Javi Guerra scoring the only goal of the game for Valencia.

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22 July: Nottingham Forest v Levante 2-1 Forest win

Forest Lineup

• First-half goals from Ryan Yates and Danilo secured the win for Forest in their third friendly of the pre-season campaign.
• Yates played in a more advanced role for Forest
• Remo Freuler intercepts a pass as Levante look to play out from the back before slotting in Yatesy who finishes calmly beyond the goalkeeper. 1-0 Forest (Goal video)
• Dani plays in Yates whose shot ricochets into the Brazilian’s path and he finishes emphatically from close-range. 2-0 Forest (Goal video)
• Levante pulled one back in the 25th minute.
• HT: 2-1
• Subs around the 75th minute, On: Donnelly, Panzo, Aguilera, Bowler Off: Worrall, McKenna, Freuler, Danilo
• Awoniyi was sent off after receiving a red card which made it tough for Forest to play with 10 men in the second half but they still won the game 2-1!

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27 July: Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United, Leeds win 2-0

Nottingham Forest Lineup:

• Scott Mckenna was replaced by Remo Freuler in the lineup before kick-off due to illness
• 7th minute: Taiwo wins possession high up the field and slips in Yatesy who hits the side-netting from a tight angle.
• 13th minute: Remo floats in a cross from the right and Danilo’s header has to be tipped behind by Meslier.
• HT: 0-0
• Subs before the second half with Hwang replacing Taiwo Awoniyi
• Subs at the 60th minute: On: G.Shelvey, Wood, Scarpa, Elanga, Aurier, Aguilera, Off: Horvath, Mangala, Powell, Kouyaté, Yates, Danilo
• Second-half goals from Patrick Bamford and Ian Poveda score to make it 2-0 for Leeds
• FT: 2-0

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30 July: Nottingham Forest v PSV Eindhoven 1-0 PSV Win

Nottingham Forest Lineup

• 27th minute: MGW, whose wonderful curling effort had to be tipped over the crossbar by Benítez.
• HT: 0-0
• Neco Williams on for Ola at the break
• Four changes at the 60th minute. On: Kouyaté, Elanga, Freuler, Hwang Off: Mangala, Gibbs-White, Wood, Yates
• 66th minute: Bakayoko makes it 1-0 for PSV
• Serge Aurier makes way for Powell as we approach the final 15 minutes
• FT: 1-0 PSV Win

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2 August: Nottingham Forest v Stade Rennais, 5-0 Rennais win

• Elanga made his first start in pre-season for Forest. No Johnson and Awoniyi due to injury
• Chris Wood’s header hits the crossbar from close range following a dangerous MGW corner in the early stages of the game
• Forest conceded two penalties and Rennais scored both to make it 2-0
• HT: 2-0
• 60th-minute changes- On: Mangala, Scarpa, Yates, Danilo, Aguilera, Powell Off: Kouyaté, Gibbs-White, Wood, Elanga, Freuler, Aina
• 77th-minute change: On: Biancone, Panzo Off: Worrall, McKenna
• 83rd minute change: On: Esapa Osong Off: Hwang Ui-jo
• FT: 5-0 Rennais win
• Forest lost the game 5-0, they have conceded 10 goals in total in pre-season and scored only 3 goals

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5 August: Nottingham Forest v Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Draw

Nottingham Forest lineup

• Forest playing three at the back in what looks like a 3-4-1-2/3-4-3 formation.
• Johnson appears for the first time in pre-season, and Boly is also fit again. O’Brien is included on the bench following his return from the MLS. No Horvath in the squad, with Shelvey playing in goal.
• HT: 0-0
• Brennan and Ola making way for Neco and Wood with 20 minutes remaining.
• Forest come close to scoring through Wood and Danilo, with the latter seeing his powerful right-footed effort tipped over the crossbar by Trapp.
• Elanga replaces Yatesy as we enter the closing stages in Frankfurt.
• Forest GK, Shelvey making a couple of good saves in the match
• FT: 0-0

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Nottingham Forest Friendlies Summary(Goals & Assists):

• Ryan Yates ⚽️A
• Hwang Ui-Jo ⚽️
• Danilo⚽️
• Freuler A

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Sheffield United

15 July: Sheffield 2-0 Chesterfield (Technique Stadium) 

Starting 11(First Half): Foderingham, Lowe, Fleck, Basham, Marsh, Egan, Norwood, Trialist, Osula, Brooks, Seriki

Starting 11(Second Half): Davies, Sachdev, Berge, McBurnie, Ahmedhodžić, Robinson, Neal, Osborn, Freckleton, Ndiaye, Buyabu.

Goals- Ndiaye, Osborn

Assists- Berge, McBurnie

Key Notes:

• Sheffield’s second-half XI was led out by McBurnie and he was involved in the game’s opening goal on 52 minutes. He cleverly dummied a Berge pass which put NDIAYE in the clear to coolly round Tyrer before slotting into the empty net in front of the traveling Blades fans.
• Ndiaye and McBurnie linked up again soon after but Osborn’s effort was snuffed out but he was not to be denied. On 59 minutes, McBurnie went clear and did the hard work before laying off to OSBORN to slot into the unguarded goal.
• McBurnie’s endeavors were almost rewarded with a goal as his header was pushed away by Tyrer, who also saved another shot after an Osborn step-over. The Scottish striker was involved in a lot of United’s attacking prowess in the second period.

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19 July: Sheffield vs Estoril (A) 0-0 draw

Sheffield United Lineups:

• Sheffield United played two lineups in each half
• The match ended 0-0 with John Egan and Osula hitting the post for the blades
• Popular 4.0 Million defender played the 2nd 45 minutes

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25 July: Sheffield United vs Rotherham; 1-0 Rotherham win

Sheffield United playing 11:

 Foderingham, Baldock, Basham, Robinson, Larouci, Neal, Norwood, Brooks, Osborn, Ndiaye, Jebbison.
Subs: Amissah, Gomis, Maguire, Hackford, Buyabu, Barratt, Stainland, Dickinson, Sachdev, Smith, Blacker.

• Rotherham take the lead in the 11th minute 1-0
• Ollie Norwood replaces Charlie in the early stages of the game, enforced change
• HT: 1-0
• Lot of changes in the 75th minute and this is the lineup for the last 15 minutes

• FT: 1-0 Rotherham win

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26 July Sheffield 0-2 Girona (Manchester)

Sheffield United: Davies, Seriki, Ahmedhodžić (Sachdev 76), Egan (Barratt 76), Freckleton (Gomis 76), Lowe (Buyabu 76), Slimane (Maguire 63), Berge (Dickinson 76), Fleck (Smith 18), Marsh (Macedo 76), Osula (Hackford 76)

• Egan captained a strong Blades XI for the behind-closed-doors friendly against their Spanish opponents in Manchester, as those senior players not involved against the Millers got the chance to impress boss Paul Heckingbottom.
• Ahmedhodžić fired into the side-netting after Slimane had fashioned some space inside the area, before Osula burst clear and fired over the bar as he looked to lift the ball over the advancing Gazzaniga.
• Girona scored two goals at 74′ and 90′ to seal the game 2-0. Savio and Torre scored.

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29 July: Sheffield United vs Derby 3-1 Sheffield Win

• Sheffield 3-1
• Goals- Slimane, Baldock, Ndiaye
• Assists: Ndiaye, Lowe, Basham

Sheffield United lineup vs Derby:

• Anis Slimane scores his first goal for Sheffield united, Ndiaye assist
• HT: 1-0
• 59th minute: Goal for Derby. Korey Smith brings the home side level.
• 75th minute: Basham for Anis is United’s first change with 15 left to play.
• Baldock(4.0 Million defender)fires home at the near post, 2-1 Sheffield United, Lowe with the assist
• Iliman Ndiaye with a sublime finish to make it 3-1 for Sheffield United, Basham with the assist
• FT: 3-1 Sheffield United win

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5 August: Sheffield United  v VfB Stuttgart 3-0 Stuttgart win

Sheffield United lineup

• Start for 4.5 Million forward Osula along with 4.0 Million defender Baldock
• Guirassy fires in to give Stuttgart the lead
• Guirassy doubles his tally in the 15th minute
• HT: 2-0
• Guirassy gets his hattrick in the 58th minute
• 70 minutes for Bénie Traoré on his Blades debut with Hackford replacing him
• FT: 3-0 Stuttgart win

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Sheffield United Friendlies Summary:

Sheffield United Pre-Season Goal Scorers and Assists:

• Ndiaye ⚽️⚽️A (Left the club)
• Basham A
• Lowe A
• Baldock ⚽️
• Slimane ⚽️
• McBurnie A
• Osborn ⚽️
• Berge A

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Spurs

18 July: Spurs 2-3 West Ham (Perth) 

Starting 11: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Tanganga, Reguilon; Skipp, Bissouma, Maddison; Solomon, Kane, Kulusevski

Subs: Austin, Whiteman, Emerson, Sanchez, Udogie, Davies, Sarr, White, Devine, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Lo Celso, Richarlison

Goals: Lo Celso, Udogie(4.5 million DEF in FPL)

Assists: Sanchez, Perisic

Key Notes(Only Spurs): [All Updates from Football London]

• Tanguy Ndombele(4.5 mid in FPL) is one of seven players missing from today’s matchday squad to take on West Ham. He picked up a knock in training on Monday.
• 30 shots for Spurs compared to West Ham’s 4 as Spurs looked good in second half
• First chance falls to Spurs as Reguilon plays in Solomon who puts the ball into the run of Skipp. He takes a touch on the move and his shot is saved by Fabianksi.
• Another Spurs chance as Solomon finds the run of Kulusevski but his shot is saved by the keeper.
• Swift move from Spurs all the way from the back which ends with Maddison finding Solomon and he cuts inside and curls a shot that Fabianski pushes out. Soon after Maddison has a header saved from a Porro cross.
• That would have been such a good goal. Bissouma played the ball to Skipp, who backheeled it and Kane dummied it for Bissouma to run on but his shot was deflected wide by the keeper.
• Half Time: Spurs 0-2 West Ham
• 11 changes for Spurs at Half time

• Woodwork : Lo Celso plays a through ball into the path of Richarlison but his shot hits the outside of the right-hand post.
• Goal 1: Alfie Devine’s shot is pushed behind. Perisic whips the ball in and Sanchez’s header finds Lo Celso who volleys home. Finally Spurs put one of their many chances home.
• Goal 2: Spurs quickly score a second goal. Destiny Udogie flicks a lovely header over the keeper from Perisic’s corner. 2-2.
• Post Match Updates from Ange Postecoglou- “Tanguy took a knock in training yesterday and Son has only had two sessions. He had a good session today with Eric Dier, Djed Spence and Joe Rodon so they joined us late but will be getting better”

23 July: Spurs vs Leicester

Spurs Lineup:

Match cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch and adverse weather conditions.

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26 July: Spurs 5-1 Lion City Sailors (Singapore) 

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison; Kulusevski, Kane, Son

Substitutes: Austin, Emerson, Dier, Tanganga, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Lo Celso, White, Perisic, Devine, Richarlison, Solomon

Goals: Kane, Richarlison(3), Lo Celso

Assists: Sarr, Perisic, Solomon, Emerson

Key Notes:

• 1′- The first shot on goal comes from Pape Matar Sarr as he volleys over from the edge of the box a minute in.
• Big chance for Harry Kane who volleys across goal from Udogie’s run and low ball.
• 14′- Lion City Sailors take the lead through Anuar. The ball is swung into the back post and the attacker nips in behind Porro to convert past Vicario.
• Two shots from James Maddison, one deflected just wide and one saved, before Cristian Romero heads over from a corner.
• Spurs should have levelled there. Kulusevski finds Maddison, his shot is saved and Kane balloons over the loose ball.
• Sarr volleys a shot on to the top of the crossbar and over.
• 45′- GOAL 1– Sarr is brought down in the box in added time and Harry Kane scores the penalty with the last kick of the half.
• Second Half line up:

• 48′- GOAL 2– Richarlison fires it home! Perisic’s shot is blocked and it falls for Richarlison to side-foot home.
• 52′- GOAL 3– Richarlison throws himself in to head home a poor back header from a defender from a bouncing long throw.
• 55′- Nearly a quickfire hat-trick for Richarlison but the keeper saves his header.
• Richarlison head it in off the right-hand post but again he’s flagged offside.
• Solomon volley hits the post from Reguilon’s cross.
• 74′- GOAL 4– Giovani Lo Celso, who has been bright again, scores his second goal of pre-season. Solomon’s ball across the box is deflected to the Argentine and he buries it from close range. 4-1.
• 90′ GOAL 5– It’s a Richarlison hat-trick. He is put through by Emerson and dinks it past the keeper. 5-1.

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06th July: Spurs v Shakhtar Donetsk (H), 5-1 Spurs win

Spurs Lineup:

• Goals: Kane(x4 Goals), Scarlett
• Assists: Maddison(2), Kulusevski(2), Solomon

Spurs (4-3-3): Vicario, Royal, Romero, Davies, Udogie, Hojbjerg, Sarr (Skipp 87), Maddison (Lo Celso 77), Kulusevski, Kane (c) (Scarlett 80), Son (Solomon 77). Substitutes (not used): Austin, Gunter, Pedro Porro, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Bissouma, Perisic.

• Spurs were close to taking the lead in the early stages of the game, Andrii Piatov saved from Kane and Emerson Royal’s follow-up from close range flicked off Mykola Matviienko and over the bar.
• Maddison was brought down in the penalty box and Kane subsequently converted the penalty. (Goal video)
• Shaktar then equalized before half time
• HT: 1-1
• Maddison picked out Kane with a perfect cross towards the six-yard box and Kane headed home. 2-1 Spurs in the 50th minute. (Goal Video)
• Kulusevski found Kane and Harry completes his hattrick in the 55th minute (Goal video)
• Madders and Sonny are replaced by Lo Celso and Solomon in the 77th minute
• Solomon’s shot is saved by the keeper before Kane taps in the rebound to bag his fourth goal of the game (Goal video)
• Kane and Sarr makes way for Dane Scarlet and Skipp
• Scarlet made it 5-1 in the closing stages of the game (Goal video)
• Richarlison is absent from Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham squad for Sunday afternoon’s pre-season friendly against Shakhtar Donetsk. Making his mark on the club’s Asia-Pacific tour with a hat-trick against Lion City Sailors, football.london understands that the Brazilian is unavailable due to a knock. (Via Football. London)
• FT: 5-1

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08 August: Spurs 2 – 4 Barcelona

Spurs lineup

Goals: Skipp(x2). Assist: Lo Celso, Perisic

• Spurs played a heavily rotated slide which lost 4-2 against Barcelona
• Barcelona took the early lead through Lewandoski but Spurs game back through a Skipp brace to lead 2-1 at half time
• Spurs however conceded 3 goals in the last 10 minutes to lose the game 4-2
• Porro and Lo Celso played 90 minutes
• Skipp and Perisic played 72 mins each while Richarlison played 76 minutes

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Spurs Pre-Season Summary:

Spurs Pre-Season Goal Scorers and Assists:

• Kane ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️(Two Penalties)
• Richarlison ⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Lo Celso ⚽️⚽️A
• Skipp ⚽️⚽️
• Destiny Udogie ⚽️(4.5 million DEF in FPL)
• Scarlett ⚽️
• Maddison AA
• Solomon AA
• Kulusevski AA
• Emerson A
• Sanchez A
• Perisic AAA
• Sarr A

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West Ham

10 July – West Ham vs Boreham Wood, 4-1 West Ham Win

West Ham United Team: Fabiański (Anang 46), Laing (Luizão 62), Zouma (Emerson 46), Ogbonna (Kasey 62), Cresswell (c) (Potts 46), Downes (Chester 79), Coventry (Forson 87), Swyer (Earthy 46), Fornals (Kodua 79), Ings (Bowen 46), Scamacca (Mubama 46)
Subs: Hegyi (GK), Scarles.

• Goals: Ings, Kamarai Swyer, Bowen, Gideon Kodua
• Assists: Levi Laing, Pablo Fornals, Conor Coventry, Bowen
• First-half changes: Lukasz Fabianski, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Kam Swyer, Gianluca Scamacca, and Danny Ings(Subbed Off)
• Joseph Anang in goal, Freddie Potts, Emerson Palmieri, Jarrod Bowen, George Earthy, and Divin Mubama(Subbed On)
• 62 mins: Luizão & Kaelan replace Oggy & Levi
  80 mins: Gideon Kodua & Dan Chesters replace Flynn Downes & Pablo Fornals
• 87 mins: Coventry off for Appiah-Forson

Minutes summary:

• 45 mins for Lukasz Fabianski, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Kam Swyer, Gianluca Scamacca, Bowen, and Danny Ings
• Ogbonna played 62 mins whereas Flynn Downes & Fornals played 70 mins

15 July – West Ham 6-2 Perth Glory (Perth), Highlights link

Starting 11: Fabiański (Anang 71), Laing, Zouma (Ogbonna 46), Luizão (Cresswell 46), Emerson (Swyer 71), Downes (Earthy 71), Potts, Chesters, Fornals, Scamacca (Bowen 46), Ings (Mubama 46)

Goals- Scamacca (Pen), Bowen(2), Emerson, Mubama

Assists- Fornals, Emerson, Bowen, Chesters

18 July – West Ham 3-2 Spurs

Starting 11 and Subs:

Goals- Ings, Mubama, Scamacca

Assists- Bowen, Emerson, Fornals

Key Notes(West Ham only):

• 30 shots for Spurs compared to West Ham’s 4 but it ends 3-2 in favour of West Ham
• 18′- GOAL 1– Jarrod puts in a brilliant cross onto Ings’ head and he heads home
• 23′- GOAL 2- It’s another cross and header – Emerson sets up Mubama and it’s two for the West Ham
• Half Time: Spurs 0-2 West Ham
• 58′- Mubama and Ings OUT, Scamacca and Sweyer IN
• 78′- GOAL 3- Fornals feeds Scamacca with a great forward pass, and Scamacca holds his nerve to slot it past the ‘keeper!
• 85′- Zouma and Bowen are taken off

22 July – West Ham 2-2  Dagenham & Redbridge (A) 

West Ham United Team vs Dagenham & Redbridge: Areola, Coufal, Aguerd, Kehrer, Scarles, Souček, Orford, Swyer, Cornet, Benrahma, Marshall

Goals- Mubama, Cornet
Assists- Benrahma, Cornet

• The team mostly features international players who did not travel to Australia! First team players Bowen, Zouma, Fabianksi, Ings who were involved in Australia were fully rested and did not make the squad.
• This 11 doesn’t mean Areola is the 1st choice, Fabianski was involved in the Australian trip hence he’s not even on the subs today!
• It looks like Cornet is playing centrally alongside Marshall in attack, with Benrahma wide left and Swyer wide right. Soucek and Orford are in central midfield, with a back four of Coufal, Kehrer, Aguerd and Scarles.
• 11′- GOAL 1– Cornet.  Benrahma opens up the Dagenham defence and gets to within about 12 yards of the goal before squaring low to his right and Cornet beats Longe. King to the ball and sweeps in left-footed from near the penalty spot.
• Half-time changes: Divin Mubama, Freddie Potts, Regan Clayton and Kaelen Casey IN
  Coufal, Scarles, Orford and Marshall OUT
• 52′- GOAL 2– Mubama- Cornet robs Johnson inside the penalty area and squares for Mubama to sidefoot past Justham from close range.
• 63′- 5 changes for West Ham
  Luizao, Laing, Chesters, Forson and Kodua IN
  Aguerd, Kehrer, Soucek, Cornet and Benrahma  OUT
• Full Time – Match ends in a draw 2-2

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29 July – West Ham 1-3 Rennes

West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd (c), Emerson, Souček, Downes, Paquetá, Fornals, Benrahma, Ings.

Subs: Fabiański (GK), Kehrer, Ogbonna, Coventry, Cornet, Bowen, Scamacca, Mubama

Goal: Soucek
Assist: Emerson

• Start for 4.0 million keeper Areola in a strong West Ham side barring Bowen.
• 9th minute: Baptiste Santamaria collects the ball all of 35 yards from goal and catches the ball sweetly. His effort rockets into the top far corner. 
• 16′- Great feet from Ings but Mandanda makes the save.
• 35′- Fornals’ corner is met perfectly by Paquetá on the volley, but Mandanda puts a stop to it.
• HT: 1-0
• 2nd half changes: Mubama on for Ings, Bowen for Fornals and Fabiański for Areola.
• 47′- Paquetá starts a move off with a clever flick, which ends with Benrahma side-footing a volley over the bar.
• 62′- SUBS: Double change at the hour mark, as Ogbonna and Kehrer replace Zouma and Aguerd.
• 66′- GOAL- Emerson whips in a delightful free-kick which Tomáš heads home
• 71′- SUBS: Paquetá is withdrawn for Scamacca, while Cornet replaces Benrahma.
• 75′- Kalimuendo scores as Rennes regain the lead. Rennes lead 2-1
• 89′- Rennes get their third as Ogbonna turns a cross into our net. Rennes lead 3-1. Full time.

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5 Aug – West Ham v Bayer Leverkusen, 4-0 Bayer Win

• 4.5 Million forward Mubama starts for West Ham(3 goals in pre-season) Scammaca has also moved to Atalanta which improves his xMins potential this season!
• HT: 3-0
• HT changes: Off: Fabiański, Zouma, Paquetá, Mubama. On: Areola, Coufal, Aguerd, Antonio
• 72nd minute: Bowen is withdrawn for Cornet, Fornals replaces Benrahma, and Johnson is on for Emerson.
• 75th minute: A change in midfield as Coventry replaces Downes.
• West Ham lost the game 4-0

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West Ham Friendlies Summary:

West Ham Pre-Season Goal Scorers and Assists:

• Bowen ⚽️⚽️⚽️AAA
• Ings ⚽️⚽️
• Scamacca ⚽️⚽️
• Emerson ⚽️AAA
• Mubama ⚽️⚽️⚽️(4.5 forward in FPL)
• Kamarai Swyer ⚽️
• Soucek ⚽️
• Gideon Kodua ⚽️
• Cornet ⚽️A
• Benrahma A
• Levi Laing A
• Pablo Fornals A AA
• Conor Coventry A
• Chesters A

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Wolves

9 July: Wolves vs Vitoria SC, 2 – 1 Wolves

The game was for 60 mins with two 30 mins halves. A fresh 11 was used for each half!

Wolves won their first pre-season friendly, 2-1 against Vitoria SC in a behind-closed-doors friendly. Matheus Cunha and Owen Farmer scored for Wolves.(Data from Vavel)

• Goals: Matheus Cunha, Owen Farmer
• Assists: Sarabia, Chiquinho(4.5 Million mid on FPL)

Playing 11:

12 July: Wolves vs SCFarense, 1-0 Wolves win

A first-half goal from Nathan Fraser was enough to secure a 1-0 pre-season friendly win over SC Farense. This marks the 2/2 pre-season wins for Wolves. No further info was posted about this game!

19 July: Wolves vs Blackpool; 2-0 Wolves win & 4-0 Blackpool win

Wolves played Blackpool in two 60-minute games and won the first one 2-0 with goals from Cunha and Sarabia. Wolves lost the second game 4-0.

Pablo Sarabia curled a free-kick into the top corner before Matheus Cunha added a second moments later. Nathan Fraser held the ball off the Blackpool defence, before laying it into Cunha’s path, who struck a low effort into the net from the edge of the box. Sarabia goal video

No lineups have been published, but it was mentioned that the second game was played largely by U21 players and the first one featured the senior Wolves team.

Sasa Kalajdzic returned to the pitch for the first time since September.

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25 July: Wolves vs Porto 1-0 Wolves win

Wolves lineup vs Porto

• Wolves lined up in a 4-2-3-1. Nunes on the right flank, Pedro Neto on the left flank and Sarabia playing behind Cunha
• Neto is picked out in space by Matheus Nunes at the back post after a well-worked move and he fires home the first time to give Wolves the lead. 1-0 Wolves. Goal video
• HT: 1-0
• Matt Doherty is in for the 2nd half replacing Semedo in the RB slot
• Sa makes a good save to deny Porto in the early stages of the 2nd half
• Fabio Silva, Nathan Fraser and Owen Farmer replace Pedro Neto, Matheus Cunha and Pablo Sarabia in the 70th minute.
• 80th minute changes On: Boubacar Traore, Toti Gomes, Joao Gomes, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Alfie Pond. Off: Mario Lemina, Maximilian Kilman, Hugo Bueno, Craig Dawson & Matheus Nunes.

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Wolves 1-1 Celtic

Wolves lineup:

GOAL– Cunha(Penalty)
ASSIST– Doherty

Wolves | Sa, Semedo (Doherty 79), Dawson, Kilman, Bueno (Ait-Nouri 46), Lemina (Silva 79), Hodge, Nunes, Sarabia (Toti 71), Neto (Hwang 71), Cunha.

• Another start for 4.5 Million midfielder Hodge(Plays CDM)
• Celtic take the lead through Kyogo Furuhashi in the 9th minute
• HT: 1-0 Celtic
• 58′- Matheus Cunha flicks it on and the ball rebounds off the post
• 86′- GOAL- Cunha calmly slots home from the penalty spot after Doherty is brought down in the box. Hwang, Nunes were also on the pitch which confirms that Cunha should be the first choice penalty taker.

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02 August: Wolves vs Luton Town, 0-0 Draw

Wolves | Bentley, Doherty (Semedo 74), Kilman (Dawson 68), Toti, Ait-Nouri (Bueno 68), J. Gomes (Hodge 74), Traore (Griffiths 82), Nunes (Sarabia 68), Silva (Cunha 68), Hwang (Neto 68), Kalajdzic (Fraser 68).

Unused subs | Sa, King, Pond, Esen, Farmer.

• Kalajdzic had the best chance in the first half, firing just wide after chasing down a ball over the top.
• 60th minute changes: On: Sarabia, Dawson, Neto, Cunha, Fraser & Bueno. Off: Kalajdzic, Nunes, Kilman, Ait-Nouri, Hwang & Silva.
• Nelson Semedo and Joe Hodge come on for Matt Doherty and Joao Gomes with 20 to play.
• Traore was replaced by Harvey Griffiths in the 82nd minute
• FT: 0-0 draw
• 4.5 Mid Traore played 82 mins, 4.0 Million keeper Bentley started too for Wolves

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5 August: Wolves vs Stade Rennais, 3-1 Wolves win

Wolves lineup:

• Goals: Ait Nouri, Gomes, Hwang
• Assist: Sarabia, Nunes(x2)

• 4.5 million midfielder Hodge starting in a strong Wolves lineup
• Ait-Nouri makes it 1-0. Sarabia finds the full-back in space at the back post from a corner and he fires a first-time volley back across goal and beyond the keeper.
• Benjamin Bourigeaud scores from the spot to make it 1-1
• HT: 1-1
• HT Changes: 𝗢𝗻: Hugo Bueno, Joao Gomes, Hee Chan Hwang & Fabio Silva. 𝗢𝗳𝗳: Rayan Ait-Nouri, Joe Hodge, Pedro Neto & Pablo Sarabia.
• Joao Gomes fires us back in front after a well-worked move down the right flank. 2-1 Wolves
• Triple-change as Toti, Matt Doherty and Sasa Kalajdzic replace Maximilian Kilman, Nelson Semedo and Matheus Cunha.
• 67th minute: Nunes finds Hwang in space on the left, the forward takes a touch and finds the bottom corner across goal.
• Boubacar Traore and Jonny replace Matheus Nunes and Mario Lemina.
• Gomes made a powerful effort which strikes the crossbar and bounce clear.
• FT: 3-1 Wolves win

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Wolves Friendlies Summary:

Wolves Pre-Season Goal Contributions Summary:

• Matheus Cunha ⚽️⚽️⚽️(5.5 million FWD)
• Ait Nouri ⚽️
• Joao Gomes ⚽️
• Hwang ⚽️
• Neto ⚽️
• Matheus Nunes AAA
• Sarabia ⚽️AA
• Owen Farmer ⚽️
• Nathan Fraser ⚽️A
• Doherty A
• Chiquinho A

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Burnley

01 July 2023: Burnley vs Fleetwood Town

Goals: Jay Rodriguez, Jez Davies, and Michael Mellon

Playing 11: Different starting XI for each half against The Cods.

Burnley won their first pre-season game 3-2 against League One opposition Fleetwood Town earlier today. Vincent Kompany used a different starting XI for each half against The Cods.

Manager Vincent Kompany was happy with the runout: “We love being here together – we love being at the training ground and we keep working.

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08 July 2023: Burnley vs Burton Albion

Burnley beat Burton Albion in their latest pre-season friendly match at Gawthorpe this afternoon.

New signing Basilio Rieno Socoliche scored the only goal of the game in the second half.

Nothing more has been published about this game.

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11 July 2023: Burnley vs Port Vale

Goals: Brownhill(2), Westley

Burnley won their third pre-season friendly of the summer with a 3-1 victory against Port Vale at the Gawthorpe Training Ground on Tuesday afternoon.

Vale took the lead, before midfielder Josh Brownhill struck twice for the hosts and academy youngster Joe Westley added a third.

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14 July 2023: Burnley vs Sheffield Wednesday

Goals: Brownhill, Twine, Dara Costelloe

Scott Twine gave the hosts the lead in the first minute before Josh Brownhill added a second seven minutes into the second-half for his third goal in two pre-season friendlies after bagging a brace on Tuesday against Port Vale. Substitute Dara Costelloe scored a third goal of the game

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July 22: Burnley 0-1 Genk

Starting XI: Trafford, Roberts, Al-Dakhil, Beyer, Taylor, Cullen, Brownhill, Twine (Zeki 76), Vitinho (Trialist 60), Zaroury Foster (Weghorst 79)

• Starts for 4.0 defender Beyer and new keeper signing Trafford.
• 8′- Sor Yira scores for K.R.C. Genk.
• 14′: Anass Zaroury’s well-worked cross eventually fell into the path of Josh Brownhill, but the midfielder’s effort was denied by the legs of a Genk defender in the six-yard area.
• 43′: Jordan Beyer is booked for a foul on Mike Tresor
• 51′: The first real chance of the second half fell to Twine, as the forward saw his half-volley fizz wide of the target
• 70′: Scott Twine has just had another shot from just outside the area
• 89′: Tolu Arokodare scores for Genk to double their lead.
• Full time: Genk 2-0 Burnley

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July 25: Burnley vs Benfica, 2-0 Burnley Win

Burnley lineup vs Benfica:

• 8th minute: Gudmundsson fires a ball in from the left-hand side for Weghorst but he narrowly misses the pacey cross.
• 23rd minute: Fantastic double save by Muric as Benfica have two headers blocked by him
• 45+1: Muric makes another save and tips Ramos’ shot over the bar
• HT: 0-0
• HT Changes: ON: Taylor, Amdouni & OFF: Al-Dakhil, Weghorst
• 53rd Minute: Benfica’s Neres is through on goal but Charlie Taylor runs across to block the shot
• 55th minute: Owen Dodgson finds the net with a brilliant left foot effort on the edge of the box which nestles right in the corner. Twine Assist. (Goal video)
• 59th minute: Muric saves again from Tengstedt!
• Roberts, Zaroury on for Twine, Dodgson
• 71st minute: Jay Rodriguez has a brilliant header saved by the Benfica keeper
• Jez Davies On for Jay Rodriguez
• 81st minute: Ekdal doubles our lead after scoring a rebound from Townsend’s shot(Goal video)
• FT: 2-0

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July 28th: Burnley vs Real Betis, 1-1 draw

Burnley lineup:

• Goal: Beyer
• Assist: Al-Dakhil

• 11th minute: Lyle Foster fires a shot on goal from outside the area. It’s a great effort but it’s saved by the Betis keeper
• 26th minute: Jordan Beyer(4.0 Million defender) opens the scoring after he pokes home at the back post, Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s corner was flicked on well by Ameen Al-Dakhil for Beyer to steer it home into the bottom corner and give the visitors the lead in Spain.
• 44th minute: Luiz Felipe(Real Betis) has been sent off after the Real Betis man headbutted JBG, JBG is shown the red card too. Both teams down to 10 men
• HT: 1-0
• Changes for 2nd half: ON: Ekdal, Cork, Taylor, Twine, Koleosho OFF: Al-Dakhil, Brownhill, Amdouni, Zaroury, O’Shea
• 49th minute: Marc Bartra scores from the halfway line with an extraordinary effort to level for Real Betis. 1-1
• 59th minute: Koleosho flashes a shot just wide of the post
• 73rd minute: A great save from Trafford who stops Aitor Ruibal’s shot
• Change: ON: Trialist(Townsend) and OFF: Vitinho
• FT: 1-1 draw

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August 5th: Burnley vs FSV Mainz 05, 3-0 Mainz Win(120 minutes game)

• 4.0 Million defenders Beyer and Al-Dakhil both start for Burnley
• 11th minute: Lyle Foster comes close with a header but it’s wide of the target
• 12th minute: Action at the other end now as FSV Mainz have a close range effort but Trafford saves
• 25th minute: A FSV Mainz 05 corner is headed away by Al-Dakhil as the home side enjoy a spell of good chances
• 35th minute: A break in play here at the MEWA Arena as a Mainz player is receiving treatment on the pitch.
• 41st minute: Mainz take the lead through Anthony Caci.
• HT: 1-0 Mainz
• A change at half-time as Twine comes on for Redmond
• 53rd minute: Luca Koleosho has a chance but his looping effort is just beyond the crossbar
• 60th minute: ON: Muric, Ekdal, Taylor, Cork, Vitinho, Rodriguez, Amdouni OFF: Trafford, Beyer, O’Shea, Al-Dakhil, Brownhill, Foster, Koleosho
• 71st minute: Twine almost equalises for the Clarets but his shot is just wide
• 76th minute: Zaroury makes way for Bruun Larsen
• 120 minutes game
• 91st minute: Owen Dodgson has replaced Connor Roberts as we enter the final 30 minutes. Dara Costelloe has also been brought on with Johann Berg Gudmundsson going off
• 95th minute: Mainz score another as Dominik Kohr finds the net
• 100th minute: Costelloe forces the Mainz keeper into a save with a forceful shot on goal
• 113th minute: Brajan Gruda scores to make it 3-0 to Mainz

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Summary of Burnley Friendlies (Goals/Assists)

Burnley Pre-Season Goal + Assists:

• Josh Brownhill ⚽️⚽️⚽️(5.0 million mid in FPL)
• Owen Dodgson ⚽️
• Jay Rodriguez ⚽️
• Jez Davies ⚽️
• Michael Mellon ⚽️
• Joe Westley ⚽️
• Basilio Rieno Socoliche ⚽️
• Jordan Beyer ⚽️ (4.0 Million defender)
• Ameen Al-Dakhil A (4.0 Million defender)
• Scott Twine ⚽️A
• Townsend A
• Ekdal ⚽️
• Dara Costelloe ⚽️

No assists data available from the first four Burnley pre-season games

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Luton Town

14 July 2023: Luton Town 3-1 Peterborough United

First Half XI: Shea, Doughty, Burke, Andersen, Potts, Onyedinma, Clark, Berry, Campbell, Adebayo, Morris.

Second Half XI: Macey, Pereira, Francis-Clarke, Bateson, Odell-Bature, Johnson, Nelson, Watson, McAtee, Taylor (Luker, 89), Woodrow.

Goals: Morris 28’, McAtee 68’, Pereira 70’

Assists- McAtee, Berry

Key Notes:

• Last season Top scorer Morris(5.5 million in FPL) opened the scoring at 28 minutes
• Adebayo(5.0 million in FPL) hit the post
• 4.5 million FPL Forward McAtee was lively throughout the same getting a goal and assist. McAtee found the top corner with a beautiful curling effort from the edge of the box. He then set up Pereira

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21 July: Luton Town vs FC Ashdod 2-2 Draw

It was a 120-minute match divided into quarters against FC Ashdod and the final score is mentioned as 2-2 without any further details. No goal scorers or assist stats could be found for this game!

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25 July: Luton Town v Ipswich Town 1-1 draw

Lineup vs Ipswich Town

• Ipswich takes the lead in the 14th minute with Broadhead’s cross going straight in.
• HT: 1-0
• Chance for Luton: Chong carries the ball with pace down the left-hand side, his cross is a little too high for Morris.
• 4 changes for Luton in the 62nd minute: OFF: Chong, Adebayo, Berry, Lockyer, and ON: Campbell, Watson, Johnson, Francis
• Penalty for Luton as Ogbene was through on goal and brought down by Edmundson
• 5.5 Million forward Morris converts the penalty for Luton Town. 1-1 in the 74th minute
• Macey, and Woodrow are on in the 77th minute for Shea, Morris
• Nearly a goal for Woodrow immediately after coming in but his header is saved by Walton!

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Luton Town vs Sheffield Wednesday, Luton win 2-1

• Goals- Mpaznu, Morris
• Assist- Chong, Adebayo

Luton Town Lineup

• 4.0 Million defenders Kabore, Andersen and Bell both start
• 4.5 Million midfielder Nakamba also starts for Luton

• Sheffield Wednesday take the lead after a penalty which was due to a foul by Nakamba
• Luton level with Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu curling the ball into the bottom corner. 1-1, Assist: Chong
• HT: 1-1
• 2nd half: OFF: Kaboré, Bell, Nakamba, Mpanzu, Chong and ON: Giles, Potts, Campbell, Clark, Berry
• 57th minute: Campbell heads a flick-on through to Ogbene but his effort goes just wide of the far-post.
• 61st minute: Adebayo comes on for Ogbene
• 76th minute: Woodrow off for Carlton Morris
• 82nd minute: Adebayo assists Carlton Morris as Luton take a 2-1 lead
• FT: 2-1 Luton win

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02 August: Wolves vs Luton Town, 0-0 draw

Luton | Macey, Kabore (Ogbene 68), Andersen, Lockyer, Bell (Potts 68), Giles (Doughty 68), Ruddock Mpanzu (Campbell 75), Nakamaba (Berry 75), Chong (McAtee 68), Adebayo (Clark 68), Morris (Woodrow 68).

Unused subs | Horlick, Francis, Johnson, O’Dell.

• Hatters had the first chance in the 39th minute with Mads Andersen heading over Giles’ corner.
• HT: 0-0
• 69th-minute subs: Off: Bell, Kaboré, Morris, Adebayo, Chong, Giles. On: Potts, Ogbene, Woodrow, Clark, McAtee, Doughty
• 75th minute changes: Off: Nakamba, Mpanzu. On: Berry, Campbell
• FT: 0-0
• 4.5 Million Mid Nakamba played 75 mins, 4.0 Million defenders Bell and Kabore both started and played 68 minutes

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05 August: Luton Town vs VfL Bochum, First game: 2-1 Bochum win

Lineup for the first game:

• Stöger gives Bochum the lead.
• 38th minute: Lockyer heads us level. The Welshman levels it up after connecting from Giles’ corner.
• 42nd minute: Smart one-two between Morris and Chong, with the latter firing at goal but hitting it straight at Riemann.
• 43rd minute: Luton’s number nine latched onto Giles’ pass but his first time finish goes just high and wide of the top corner.
• HT: 1-1
• Asano puts Bochum back in-front.
• 72nd minute: Bero gets past Kaminski but somehow can’t find his feet to put the ball in the empty net.
• 82nd minute changes: Off: Clark, Ogbene. On: Nelson, McAtee
• FT: 2-1 Bochum win

Luton Town vs VfL Bochum, Second game:

Luton lineup:

• Luke Berry’s calm finish into the corner puts Luton ahead in the 14th minute
• Bero heads in the equalizer for Bochum. 1-1
• Potts is off for Bateson due to an injury
• HT: 1-1
• 61st minute: Good effort by Woodrow on the edge of the box, but he fires wide of the far post.
• Great work on the right by Alfie Doughty and Elijah Adebayo combine to make it 2-1 for Luton
• A beautiful diving header at the back-post by Luke Berry meeting Elijah Adebayo’s cross to make it 3-1 for Luton Town
• Odell-Bature off for Luker in the 84th minute
• Berry and Campbell off for McAtee and Nelson in the 87th minute
• FT: 3-1 Luton Win

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Summary of Luton Town Friendlies (Goals/Assists)

Luton Town Pre-Season Goal + Assists Summary:

• Morris ⚽️⚽️⚽️
• Luke Berry ⚽️⚽️A
• McAtee ⚽️A
• Pereira ⚽️
• Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu ⚽️
• Lockyer ⚽️
• Giles A
• Ogbene A
• Chong A
• Adebayo⚽️AA
• Doughty A
• Woodrow A

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The full table of 2023/24 Pre-season friendlies sorted by date

Here’s a full table of the pre-season friendlies from July 1st till August 6th. The premier league begins on August 11th with the last set of friendlies happening on August 6th(Sunday).

Date	Fixtures	Total Number of Fixtures
1 July	Burnley vs Fleetwood Town, 3-2 Burnley Win	1
8 July	Burnley vs Burton Albion 1-0 Burnley Win	2
	Arsenal vs Watford, 1-1 Draw
9 July	Wolves vs Vitoria SC, Wolves won 2-1	1
10 July	West Ham vs Boreham Wood, Meadow Park, West Ham won 4-1	1
11 July	Crystal Palace vs Barnet, Barnet won 1-0	2
	Burnley vs Port Vale, Burnley win 3-1
12 July	Brentford vs Boreham Wood, 7:30 PM BST	3
	Wolves vs SC Farense , 1-0 Wolves Win
	Man United vs Leeds (Oslo), 2-0 Man United win
13 July	AFC Bournemouth v Hibernian 4-0 Bournemouth win	2
	Arsenal vs FC Nurnberg 1-1 Draw
14 July	Everton vs Stades Nyonnais 2-1 Everton win	1
15 July	Aston Villa vs Walsall 1-1 Draw	6
	Newcastle vs Gateshead 3-2 Newcastle Win
	Nottingham Forest v Notts County 1-0 Forest win
	Sheffield vs Chesterfield 2-0 Sheffield Win
	Crystal Palace v Brondby 2-2 Draw
	West Ham vs Perth Glory 6-2 West Ham win
16 July	AFC Bournemouth v Maccabi Tel Aviv; Bournemouth lost 1-0	1
18 July	Newcastle vs Rangers (Ibrox Stadium), 2-1 Newcastle win	3
	Spurs vs West Ham (Perth), 3-2 west Ham Win
	Nottingham Forest v Valencia 1-0 Valencia win
19 July	Arsenal vs MLS All-Stars 5-0 Arsenal Win	6
	Chelsea vs Wrexham 5-0 Chelsea Win
	Liverpool vs Karlsruher (Karlsruher), 4-2 Liverpool win
	Man United vs Lyon (Edinburgh), 1-0 Man United win
	Sheffield vs Estoril (A) 0-0 Draw
	Crystal Palace vs Crawley Town, 4-0 Palace Win
21 July	Luton Town vs FC Ashdod, 2-2 Draw	1
22 July	Arsenal vs Man Utd, 2-0 Man United win	8
	Brighton vs Chelsea, 3-4 Chelsea win
	West Ham vs Dagenham & Redbridge (A), 2-2 Draw
	Everton(under 21 team) vs Tranmere Rovers, 1-1 Draw
	Crystal palace vs Watford, Palace win 2-1
	Everton vs Wigan Athletic, Everton win 1-0
	Burnley vs Genk, Burnley lose 2-0
	Nottingham Forest v Levante, Forest win 2-1
23 July	Aston Villa vs Newcastle, 3-3 Draw	4
	Brentford vs Fulham 3-2 Fulham Win
	Spurs vs Leicester (Bangkok), Cancelled due to rain
	Man City vs Yokohama F Marinos (Tokyo), City win 5-3
24 July	Liverpool vs SpVgg Greuther Furth 4-4 draw	1
25 July	Everton vs Bolton 0-0 Draw	7
	Sheffield United vs Rotherham, 1-0 Rotherham win
	Crystal Palace vs Watford, Palace win 2-1
	Luton Town v Ipswich Town, 1-1 Draw
	Benfica vs Burnley, 2-0 Burnley goal
	Wolves vs Porto; 1-0 Wolves win
	AFC Bournemouth v Southampton 3-2 Bournemouth Win
26 July	Arsenal vs Barcelona 5-3 Arsenal Win	9
	Aston Villa vs Fulham, Villa win 2-0
	Brentford vs Brighton 2-0 Brighton Win
	Chelsea vs Newcastle, 1-1 draw
	Crystal Palace vs Millonarios (Chicago), Palace lose 1-2
	Man City vs Bayern Munich (Tokyo), City win 2-1
	Man United vs Real Madrid, Real Madrid won 2-0
	Sheffield v Girona (Manchester), Sheffield lose 2-0
	Spurs vs Lion City Sailors (Singapore), Spurs win 5-1
27 July	Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United 2-0 Leeds win	1
28 July	Brighton vs Newcastle (Red Bull Arena), Newcastle win 2-1	2
	Burnley vs Real Betis 1-1 draw
29 July	Everton vs Stoke 1-0 Everton win	5
	Sheffield United vs Derby 3-1 Sheffield Win
	Luton Town v Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Luton Win
	West Ham vs Rennes, West Ham lose 1-3 Wolves vs Celtic, 1-1 Draw
30 July	Aston Villa vs Brentford, 3-3 Draw	7
	Chelsea vs Fulham 2-0 Chelsea win
	Crystal Palace vs Sevilla 1-1 draw
	Liverpool vs Leicester (Singapore), Liverpool win 4-0
	Man City vs Atletico Madrid (Seoul), City lose 1-2
	Man United vs Dortmund 3-2 Dortmund win
	Nottingham Forest v PSV Eindhoven 1-0 PSV win Everton vs Monza 2-2 draw(01 August)
2 August	Arsenal vs AS Monaco 1-1 draw	5
	Chelsea vs Dortmund, 1-1 Draw
	Liverpool vs Bayern Munich 4-3 Bayern Win
	Wolves vs Luton Town, 0-0 draw
	Nottingham Forest v Stade Rennais 5-0 Stade Rennais win
3 August	Aston Villa vs Lazio, 3-0 Villa win	1
5 August	Nottingham Forest v Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 draw	14
	Wolves vs Stade Rennais 3-1 Wolves win
	Man United vs RC Lens 3-1 Man United win
	West Ham v Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen Win
	Sheffield United v VfB Stuttgart 3-0 Stuttgart win
	Everton v Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 Everton win
	Aston Villa vs Valencia (A) 2-1 Aston Villa win
	Newcastle vs Fiorentina 2-0 Newcastle Win
	Crystal Palace vs Lyon 2-0 Crystal Palace in
	Brentford vs Lille(H) 0-0 Draw Brentford XI vs Lille XI 5-1 Brentford win
	Fulham vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2-1 Fulham win
	Luton Town vs VfL Bochum 1st game: 2-1 Bochum win.
	Burnley vs FSV Mainz 05, 2:30 PM BST 3-0 Burnley Win
	AFC Bournemouth v FC Lorient 2-0 Bournemouth Win
6 August	Man United vs Athletic Bilbao 1-1 draw	5
	Arsenal v Man City 1-1 draw, Arsenal win 4-1 on penalties
	Spurs v Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 Spurs Win
	Newcastle vs Villarreal 4-0 Newcastle Win
	Brighton vs Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Draw
07 August	Liverpool vs SV Darmstadt 98, 7 PM BST	1
08 August	Spurs vs Barcelona, 7 PM	1

Further reads from ALLABOUTFPL ahead of FPL GW1 of the 2023/24 FPL Season

Pre-Season Friendlies Updates & Fixtures

2023/24 FPL Pre Season: All Clubs Friendlies Fixtures & Updates
2023/24 Pre Season Summary of All 20 Premier League Teams 

FPL GW1 Must Read Articles:
FPL GW1 Scout Picks Based On Stats, Analysis, And Matchups
2023/24 Season: Predicted GW1 Lineups of All 20 PL Teams
Top FPL GW1 Differential Picks To Consider Ahead Of GW1 Deadline
FPL GW1 Team Reveal & Strategy – AllAboutFPL
FPL GW1 Tips & Preview – Breaking Down The Key Dilemmas
FPL Players And Teams To Target From FPL Gameweek 1 To 6 

Drafts for FPL GW1:

FPL Gameweek 1 Drafts with Haaland + Salah and Trent Trio
FPL GW1 Drafts with 3-4-3 Formation | 2023/24 FPL Season 
Initial GW1 Drafts for the 2023/24 Season with Pros and Cons
Top FPL GW1 Differential Picks to Consider Ahead of GW1 Deadline
Four Players Who Have Never Left My FPL GW1 Draft
FPL GW1 Team Reveal & Strategy – AllAboutFPL

FPL Goalkeepers Analysis:

Best FPL Goalkeepers to Target For The 2023/24 FPL Season
Best FPL Goalkeepers at Each Price Point for the 2023/24 Season
FPL Rotational Pairs and Combinations- Defenders and Goal Keepers

2023/24 FPL Season Positional Analysis:

Defenders:
Best £4.0 Million FPL Defenders For The 2023/24 FPL Season
Best £4.5 Million FPL Defenders for the 2023/24 FPL Season
Best £5-£5.5 Million FPL Defenders for the 2023/24 FPL Season 
FPL Rotational Pairs and Combinations- Defenders and Goal Keepers

Midfielders:
£4.5 Million FPL Midfielders Watchlist for the 2023/24 FPL Season
Best £5 & £5.5 Million FPL Midfielders For The 2023/24 FPL Season
Best £6.0 -£7.5 Million FPL Midfielders | 2023/24 Season
Mbeumo vs Mitoma vs Eze vs Diaby- 6.5. FPL Midfielders Comparison and Verdict
Best Premium FPL Midfielders (£8.0 -£12.5 Million) | 23/24 Season

Forwards:
Best Mid-Priced FPL Forwards (£7.0 – £8.0m) | 2023/24 Season
Best FPL Forwards in The £6.0 & £6.5M Price Bracket
Best FPL Budget Forwards (£4.5 – £5.5 Million) | 23/24 Season

Ultimate Guide & FPL Calendar:

Ultimate FPL Pre-Season Guide & Tips for the 2023/24 Season
2023/24 FPL Season Schedule: Key Dates, Information & Timeline

Fixture Analysis:
FPL Fixture Analysis For The 2023/24 FPL Season | PL Fixtures

General FPL Blogs:
FPL Team Structure Guide- 6 Different Team Structures with Drafts, Pros and Cons
Premier League Penalty & Set Piece Takers | 2023/24 PL Season
Best FPL Picks Outside Top 6 Teams | 2023/24 FPL Season
FPL Differentials- Players To Watch Ahead Of The 2023/24 Season
FPL Budget Enablers(Top Budget Picks Position wise)
Under Priced FPL Assets from Big 6 Teams
Best Differential FPL Team For The 2023-2024 Season
Players to Avoid in FPL Ahead of FPL Gameweek 1
Initial Reaction to FPL Player Price Reveals for the 2023/24 FPL Season
List of Free to Join Prize FPL Mini Leagues Ahead of 23/24 Season
FPL Tips and Best Practices to Have an Enjoyable FPL Season
FPL Team ID- What is it? How to get a Low Team ID for 2023/24 FPL Season
Best FPL Team Names for the 2023/24 FPL Season

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