Another busy day of soccer. Below are the biggest stories of Monday, October 5, 95 results from our database, the day by the numbers and the model's scorecard.
95Matches finished
67%Had a first-half goal
2.79Goals per game
The headlines
International football
- Nations League roundup: Olise leads late charge as France bowl over Belgium — The Guardian
- Mamardashvili saves penalty as Georgia hold Northern Ireland in Nations League — The Guardian
- Mamardashvili's late penalty save denies Northern Ireland win vs Georgia — Sky Sports
- England's greatest international? Kane is now a serious contender — BBC Sport
- Ex-England player Carroll names attacker as TV dance coach — BBC Sport
- What we learned from Wales' Nations League window — BBC Sport
- The USMNT’s kids are thriving, and ‘they have a bit of swag to them’ — The Guardian
Club football and around the game
- Papers: Liverpool's Jacquet suffers hamstring strain on France duty — Sky Sports
- How did some City fans become aggressive defenders of a nation state’s regime? | Sean Ingle — The Guardian
- Humble Gilmour happy with new role as 50th cap beckons — BBC Sport
- Juventus & Atletico Madrid eye Madueke - Tuesday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Gabriel in Man Utd team photo but no hint of reconciliation — BBC Sport
- Lewis-Skelly features in PL-dominated Golden Boy shortlist — Sky Sports
- Iraola's early impact: Big calls, foundations to thrill – and lift-off vs Man City? — Sky Sports
- Jude awakening: how a more fluid England are ‘unlocking’ Bellingham’s full potential — The Guardian
- Police occupy Djibouti FA headquarters amid attempt to oust Fifa council member — The Guardian
- Inside JJ Gabriel's Man Utd future and why he was in first-team squad photo — Sky Sports
- Ronaldo’s break with Portugal is sad, fitting, and long overdue | Jonathan Wilson — The Guardian
- Player welfare, injury worries & boredom - has extended break worked? — BBC Sport
Headlines link to the original reports at BBC Sport, Sky Sports and The Guardian.
Today's results
| Competition | Match | FT | HT |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Nations League | Guadeloupe v St. Lucia | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Cuba v St. Kitts and Nevis | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Martinique v El Salvador | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Bermuda v Barbados | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Grenada v Bonaire | 1-4 | 1-1 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Guatemala v Suriname | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Uganda v Congo DR | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Mauritius v Sri Lanka | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Liechtenstein v Gibraltar | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Deportivo Riestra v Central Cordoba de Santiago | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Estudiantes L.P. v Gimnasia M. | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Velez Sarsfield v Platense | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Banfield v Rosario Central | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Segunda División | Cordoba v Tenerife | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Cyprus v Latvia | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | France v Belgium | 4-1 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Italy v Türkiye | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Ukraine v Hungary | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Northern Ireland v Georgia | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Bosnia & Herzegovina v Poland | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Nations League | Romania v Sweden | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Nations League | Montenegro v Armenia | 0-0 | 0-0 |
The day by the numbers
- 95 matches finished in our database, with 265 goals (2.79 a game).
- 67% of them had a goal before half-time (61 of 91).
- The most open competition early on was Friendlies: a first-half goal in 8 of 12 games.
- Biggest win: Ulaanbaatar 8-0 Ulaangom City (Premier League).
- Another big win: Chapelton 0-6 Waterhouse (Premier League).
- Another big win: Hunters 6-1 Amtat FC (Premier League).
- Another big win: East Bengal II 7-2 NorthEast United (IFA Shield).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 16 won, 8 lost (67%).
- Top-tier match winners: 1 won, 0 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 1 won, 0 lost.
- Live hot picks: 3 hit, 0 missed.
The full record — every pick, wins and losses — is on our results page.
Coming up
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Results and statistics from The Soccer Expert database. This roundup is generated automatically each night.