Man. United 2 - 3 Liverpool

Bournemouth 2 - 0 Crystal Palace

Wolves 1 - 2 Sunderland

Newcastle 1 - 2 Brighton

Brentford 1 - 1 West Ham

Everton 0 - 3 Man. City

Chelsea 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Tottenham

Arsenal 2 - 1 Fulham

Leeds United 3 - 1 Burnley

Easy to say that now, Colin! When I voted I think Rangers were in a much, much better spot. I'd certainly change my answer now.

Guess the betting public didn't account for the difficulty of playing Motherwell at home (please ignore the 5 previous matches that Motherwell played)

Very delayed response to a blog from Andrew at SRA 10 days ago, but...

We actually have a few good "goals king" matchups coming our way this season. Not sure if goals in the league are up or the "old man boost" staff purchase is having an effect, but later this season we will see:

• Clyde Best (EDI) vs Mondo Polestar (SRA). 106 career goals against 104, falling nicely into 35th vs 40th all time. But these guys are still young enough that they will end well above this.
• Ray Wylie Hubbard (MOT) vs Ferran Torres (FRA). 130 goals against 132, with both still able to score by the truckload. Currently in 11th and 12th place all time, I expect these both to jump well into the top 10 by end of season.
• And then the true old man goal king matchup: Tiger Woods (COW) vs Devante Adams (ALB). 3rd all time (145 goals) vs 5th all time (142 goals). Devante might have a couple more goals in him, but Tiger looks finished (just as in real life). Can Devante get up to 145? Maybe even in this league matchup?

I'll be curious to see if any of the above can threaten Prso's career record of 157. I'd imagine Best and Polestar have the best chances due to their ages, but Hubbard and Torres could should their managers decide to captain them as age 6s.

Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa

Liverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace

Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle

West Ham 1-1 Everton

Wolves 1-2 Tottenham

Man United 2-1 Brentford

Sunderland 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Can MOT change their captain from Ray Wylie Hubbard to Jimmie Vaughan (6/19 SW) please?

Group A

Qualified: FAL, SRA

Eliminated: None

In contention: RAN, RR, KIL, COW. A "win and you are in" situation for all 4. Draw should secure progression for RAN and RR.

Group B

Qualified: HEA, AI, AYR

Eliminated: CB

In contention: PT, QOS. PT in the drivers seat, while QOS need a win an PT not to win.

Group C

Qualified LIV:

Eliminated: None

In contention: DEV, DUU, HAM, NAI, COV. COV need a win (maybe by 2) over HAM and a NAI loss to sneak in in 4th. Everyone else has a bit more of a straightforward route, though with complex edge cases.

Group D

Qualified: None

Eliminated: None

In contention: Everyone. Just win your game. Or draw, I don't know. It would take six paragraphs to go through all of the permutations here.

Group E

Qualified: ALO, SM

Eliminated: DUM

In contention: BER, STI, PET. Should PET beat ALO, they would leapfrog the loser of BER-STI, and still likely jump STI should they draw. But, with a PET draw or loss, both BER and STI make it through.

Group F

Qualified: FRA - the four teams behind them cannot all win

Eliminated: None

In contention: The rest. CEL need a 2 goal win over ELG and to hope that FRA beats ARB or ANN/EDI has a decisive winner. Everyone else has a much more straightforward path of needing to target a point or 3 in the last match.

Group G

Qualified: ROS

Eliminated: GM

In contention: MON, EST, DEE, STJ. STJ need a win by 3 to be absolutely certain of progressing. Otherwise might need help from MON. Everyone else has more reasonable targets of 1 or 3 points to get through.

Group H

Qualified: MOT, EF, ALB

Eliminated: CLY

In contention: HIB, DFA - since these two play each other it's easy. DFA need to win by 6+ goals, otherwise HIB progress.

Well done, James - those reminders are always helpful. Down to 6 lineups missing with half an hour remaining.