Greetings and welcome to our watchclock blog, wherein we will cover the four simultaneous Premier League kick-offs on Sunday. Watch this space for the build-up and live updates.
Greetings and welcome to our watchclock blog, wherein we will cover the four simultaneous Premier League kick-offs on Sunday. Watch this space for the build-up and live updates.
The four concurrent EPL games tonight kick off at 6:30pm IST. The English Premier League 2025-26's Matchday 7 games will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. They will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in the country.
Play gets underway in all four afternoon EPL games. Everton kicking from right to left against Crystal Palace, Newcastle United from right to left against Nottingham Forest, Wolves from right to left against Brighton and Aston Villa from left to right against Burnley in the first half.
Wolves take the lead against Brighton in the 21st minute! Though it is registered as an own goal from Bart Verbruggen, it's Marshall Munetsi whose volley was too powerful for the Brighton goalie to manage. He somehow palms it on to the bar but the ball bounces off his back and into the net.
Donyell Malen puts Aston Villa ahead in the 25th minute! Boubacar Kamara sets it up beautifully with a lovely throughball for Malen, who latches on to it and drills it past Burnley custodian Dubravka.
And there comes Crystal Palace's opener at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. Ismaila Sarr with the assist, and Daniel Munoz pips Everton goalie Jordan Pickford in reaching the ball, which means he has plenty of space to tap it in and put the visitors ahead in the 37th minute.
Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest remain locked 0-0 at St. James' Park at half-time. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace lead Everton 1-0 thanks to Daniel Munoz's goal, Wolves are in front against Brighton courtesy an unlucky own goal from Bart Verbruggen, and Aston Villa are up 1-0 versus Burnley with Donyell Malen's strike being the difference.
The teams return from the respective lemon breaks and play resumes in all four venues. Everton now attacking from left to right against Crystal Palace, Newcastle United from left to right versus Nottingham Forest, Wolves from left to right against Brighton and Aston Villa from right to left versus Burnley.
It takes a sublime strike from Bruno Guimaraes to break the deadlock in the Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest encounter. Guimaraes plays a one-two with Dan Burn before driving a fantastic shot into the back of the Forest net in the 58th minute.
It's a brace for Donyell Malen! Morgan Rogers lines up the Villa forward, who zooms into the penalty area and smashes it home in the 63rd minute to double the hosts' lead over Burnley.
Burnley pull one back in the 78th minute. Substitute Lesley Ugochukwu heads in Quilindschy Hartman's corner to keep the tourists in the fight against Aston Villa.
Nick Woltemade's 84th-minute penalty virtually seals the game in Newcastle's favour. Elliot Anderson brings Guimares down in the Forest box and Woltemade slams the resulting spot-kick into the top left corner.
A flurry of late goals has spiced up the four concurrent Premier League contests. Brighton find an 86th-minute equaliser from Jan Paul van Hecke to hold Wolves 1-1 at Molineux Stadium, while Woltemade's 84th-minute penalty seals Newcastle United's 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest.
The big news, meanwhile, is that Crystal Palace's 19-match unbeaten streak is snapped by Everton, who defeat them 2-1 thanks to a freak injury-time winner from Jack Grealish. And at Villa Park, Donyell Malen's brace powers Aston Villa's 2-1 victory over Burnley.
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