Arsenal lead as Bournemouth match record
Arsenal were already ahead of Manchester City before captain Martin Ødegaard’s 72nd-minute winner against Hull secured the lead through the international break. Arsenal have 27 points from their opening 10 league games, matching their record at that stage.
Ødegaard scored his fifth goal of the season after Hull goalkeeper Tzolakis spilled Madueke’s shot; it was Arsenal’s fourth consecutive league win. Referee Farai Hallam reviewed Nobel Mendy’s shirt pull on Kai Havertz at the monitor but awarded Hull an offside free kick. BBC Sport explained that a foul can precede offside if it occurs before the attacker attempts to play the ball or challenges an opponent; VAR judged offside appropriate because Havertz was the only attacker who could become involved.
Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3–1 at home in matchweek 10, with Liam Delap scoring in the 18th and 73rd minutes. In an earlier Sunday live table during unfinished matches, City were provisionally third on 21 points, six behind Arsenal.
Bournemouth’s win at Ipswich was their 8th consecutive victory, equaling the club record set under Eddie Howe in 2012–13. Evanilson scored for the 5th Premier League game in succession.
Evanilson opened the scoring in the fifth minute after Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton failed to dribble past him. Leif Davis turned Ryan Christie’s shot into his own net in the 46th minute. Jack Clarke’s penalty reduced the deficit with 17 minutes left, but Ipswich could not equalize.
Brighton moved second with 22 points, 5 behind Arsenal. Sunderland’s win lifted them off the bottom and took Chelsea out of the top four; Enzo Le Fée scored the only goal from the penalty spot.
Diego Gómez scored Brighton’s opener in the 15th minute and Pascal Gross converted a 42nd-minute penalty after Keane Lewis-Potter pulled Luka Vuskovic’s shirt. Brentford’s Igor Thiago had a yellow card upgraded to red after VAR intervened over a forceful push to an opponent’s face.
Le Fée scored in the 36th minute after Levi Colwill fouled Brian Brobbey; Colwill argued that Brobbey had also held his shirt, but the penalty stood. Chelsea’s earlier appeal after Luke O’Nien challenged Cole Palmer was rejected when VAR judged the contact just outside the area. Al Jazeera reported Sunderland were third-bottom after their second league win of the season and Chelsea fifth, with four defeats in 10 games under Xabi Alonso. Sunderland also beat Chelsea on the final day of the previous season, securing their first European qualification in 53 years.
Leeds beat Tottenham 1–0 at Elland Road, ending a five-game league winless run and inflicting Tottenham’s first league defeat since September. Substitute Noah Okafor scored in the 79th minute, 97 seconds after coming on, from fellow substitute Harry Wilson’s pass. VAR found no handball by Wilson in the buildup and the goal stood. Immediately after the match, before the remaining games, Leeds were eighth and Tottenham tenth.
Tottenham intend to ask refereeing body Pro Ref why Leeds defender Jayden Bogle was not sent off for a challenge on Mathys Tel. Bogle caught Tel on the back of the ankle with his studs and received no card. VAR reviewed the incident without sending the referee to the monitor. VAR official Tony Harrington said the challenge lacked speed and Bogle was stepping into the tackle; he called it reckless while confirming no red card.
At Fulham, substitute Rodrigo Muniz equalized in the 83rd minute after Jacob Murphy’s 80th-minute opener for Newcastle. Everton came from behind against Coventry at Hill Dickinson Stadium, with Thierno Barry scoring twice.
Murphy intercepted César Palacios’s pass before scoring from 25 yards. Palacios then combined with Alex Iwobi and supplied Muniz, whose shot deflected in. It was Muniz’s first league goal of the season and his first since August 2025, extending Fulham’s unbeaten run to four games. All eight of his league appearances under manager Alvaro Arbeloa this season have been as a substitute; he also scored in Carabao Cup wins over AFC Wimbledon and West Ham.
Yann Gboho put Coventry ahead in the 52nd minute; Barry equalized in the 57th and scored again in the 61st, taking his season tally to 10 in all competitions. VAR allowed his second goal to stand despite a question of handball. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored Everton’s third late on from Barry’s pass. The win was Everton’s third in succession and put them provisionally fifth before later games. Manager David Moyes equaled Harry Catterick’s club record of 592 games in charge.
The Guardian described Coventry’s rejected penalty appeals as strong: one concerned James Tarkowski at a free kick, and another Vitaliy Mykolenko’s challenge on Taiwo Awoniyi, with the latter contact judged just outside the area.