Ten weeks into the season, Liverpool have overtaken Manchester City with an impressive Nottingham Forest sneaking into 3rd place one point ahead of Chelsea, Arsenal and Aston Villa.
Week 1 – A late goal gave Manchester United a win on the opening night of the 2024-25 Premier League season at home to Fulham on Friday and on Saturday Arsenal and Liverpool were 2-0 winners at home to Wolves and away to Ipswich respectively while Brighton embarrassed 10-man Everton 3-0 at Goodison and Aston Villa won 2-1 at West Ham. Southampton lost 1-0 to 10 men at Newcastle and Bournemouth scored late to draw 1-1 at Nottingham Forest while on Sunday Crystal Palace were 2-1 losers at Brentford and Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. On Monday evening, Tottenham drew 1-1 at Leicester.
Week 2 – Manchester Unites lost 2-1 to a goal in stoppage time at Brighton while Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick as Manchester City came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Ipswich and Everton were taken apart 4-0 at Tottenham for whom Heung-min Son netted a brace. Arsenal were 2-0 winners at Aston Villa and West Ham enjoyed the same result at Crystal Palace while Southampton lost 1-0 at home to Nottingham Forest and Leicester City were 2-1 losers at Fulham. On Sunday, Noni Madueke scored a hat-trick as Chelsea demolished Wolves 6-2 at Molineux while Bournemouth and Newcastle drew 1-1 and Liverpool put 2 past Brentford at Anfield.
Week 3 – Brighton drew 1-1 at 10-man Arsenal while Bournemouth, who were trailing 2-0 at Everton until the 87th minute, hit back to win 3-2 with 2 goals in stoppages time and there were 1-1 draws for Wolves at Nottingham Forest and for Ipswich at home to Fulham. Bryan Mbeumo struck twice as Brentford defeated their visitors from Southampton 3-1 while Erlind Haaland scored all 3 goals in Manchester City’s 3-1 win at West Ham and Aston Villa were 2-1 winners at Leicester. On Sunday Luis Diaz scored twice as Liverpool embarrassed Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford while Tottenham lost 2-1 at Newcastle and Crystal Palace picked up a 1-1 draw away to Chelsea.
Week 4 – Everton took a 2-goal lead at Aston Villa but ended up losing 3-2 with Ollie Watkins claiming a brace for the home side while Nottingham Forest stunned Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield and Manchester United were victorious 3-0 at 10-man Southampton. Manchester City recovered from an early setback with 2 goals from Erling Haaland to win at home to Brentford and Jean Philippe Mateta completed his brace in stoppage time as Crystal Palace came from 2 down to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Leicester City while Chelsea broke the deadlock with a late goal to win at Bournemouth where 15 yellow cards were brandished and West Ham scored late in added-on time to salvage a 1-1 draw at Fulham. Brighton and Ipswich played out a goalless match while on Sunday a single goal gave Arsenal the upper hand at Tottenham and Newcastle came from behind to win 2-1 at Wolves.
Week 5 – Nicolas Jackson netted a brace as Chelsea won 3-0 at West Ham and a double from Luis Diaz helped Liverpool achieve the same result at home to Bournemouth while Brentford scored after one minute but lost 3-1 at Tottenham. Newcastle’s unbeaten run came to an end when they were defeated 3-1 at Fulham and Aston Villa bounced back with late goals to win 3-1 at home to Wolves while Everton drew 1-1 at Leicester City and Ipswich Town scored deep into stoppage time to earn a 1-1 draw at Southampton. It was goalkeepers’ day at Crystal Palace who drew 0-0 with Manchester United in a match remembered for a miraculous double save by United’s André Onana, while on Sunday 10-man Arsenal were denied victory at champions Manchester City who made it 2-2 deep into added-on time with virtually the last kick of the match and Nottingham Forest who also finished the match with 10 players drew 2-2 at Brighton.
Week 6 – Manchester City drew 1-1 at Newcastle while Arsenal scored twice late in stoppage time to overcome their visitors from Leicester 4-2 for whom James Justin had levelled with a double and Chelsea achieved the same result at home to Brighton with Cole Palmer scoring 4 times before the break. A double from Dwight McNeil gave Everton a 2-1 home win against Crystal Palace and Liverpool registered the same result at Wolves while Brentford scored another goal in the first minute but drew 1-1 at home to West Ham and a penalty conversion gave Fulham 3 points at Nottingham Forest. On Sunday Tottenham enjoyed a 3-0 win at 10-man Manchester United and Ipswich earned a 2-2 draw at home to Aston Villa with Liam Delap scoring both goals for the hosts and on Monday evening Southampton lost 3-1 at Bournemouth.
Week 7 – A brace from Mateo Kovacic helped Manchester City to a 3-2 home win over Fulham while Arsenal fell behind but hit back with 3 goals to win at home to Southampton and Brentford, who opened the scoring in just over a minute, enjoyed a 5-3 victory over Wolves in front of their home crowd. Ipswich were hammered 4-1 at West Ham and there were 1-0 wins for Liverpool at Crystal Palace and for Leicester at home to Bournemouth while Newcastle played a goalless match at Everton. On Sunday Tottenham took a 2-goal lead but lost 3-2 at Brighton while 10 men from Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 at Chelsea and Manchester United drew 0-0 at Aston Villa.
Week 8 – Ten-man Arsenal were beaten 2-0 at Bournemouth while West Ham United, who ended the match with 10 players lost 4-1 at Tottenham and Aston Villa came from behind to win 3-1 at Fulham with both teams ending the match reduced to 10 players. Leicester came from 2 down to win 3-2 at 10-man Southampton with virtually the last kick of the match and Everton scored twice at Ipswich while a single goal gave Brighton a win at Newcastle and Manchester United bounced back to beat Brentford 2-1 at Old Trafford. On Sunday, Manchester City needed a goal deep in stoppage time to come from behind and claim a 2-1 victory at Wolves while Liverpool picked up a 2-1 win at home to Chelsea and on Monday one goal at Nottingham gave Forest a win over Crystal Palace.
Week 9 – On Friday a double from Chris Wood helped Nottingham Forest to a 3-1 win at Leicester and on Saturday Yoane Wissa netted twice as Brentford came from 2 down win 4-3 against 10-man Ipswich with Bryan Mbeumo completing his brace in stoppage time while Wolves scored 2 late goals to earn a 2-2 draw at Brighton and Southampton fell to an early goal at Manchester City. Bournemouth scored in added-on time to draw 1-1 at Aston Villa as did Everton in their 1-1 draw at home to Fulham while on Sunday Manchester United lost 2-1 to a stoppage-time penalty at West Ham and Chelsea sent Newcastle home 2-1 losers. Tottenham lost 1-0 at Crystal Palace and Liverpool twice levelled the score to draw 2-2 at Arsenal.
Week 10 – Arsenal fell to an early goal at Newcastle and Manchester City lost 2-1 at Bournemouth while Liverpool bounced back from an early setback with 2 second-half goals in quick succession at home to Brighton to go to the top of the table. Ten men from West Ham lost 3-0 at Nottingham Forest while Crystal Palace drew 2-2 at Wolves and a late goal gave Southampton all 3 points at home to Everton. Leicester City scored in added-on time to earn a 1-1 draw at 10-man Ipswich while on Sunday Aston Villa were thumped 4-1 at Tottenham for whom Dominic Solanke netted twice and Chelsea drew 1-1 at Manchester United. On Monday evening, Brentford led 1-0 at Fulham until Harry Wilson struck twice in stoppage time to give the Cottagers a 2-1 victory.
