Your roundup for Friday, October 16: the news, the scores and the numbers — including how The Soccer Expert model's picks got on.
361Matches finished
74%Had a first-half goal
3.09Goals per game
The headlines
International football
Club football and around the game
- Bellingham agrees new Real deal - Saturday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Wolves’ Chirewa extends Burnley’s home woes as Vardy’s strike is in vain — The Guardian
- Premier League news: go bananas: Maresca loving fans’ show of defiance; Alonso backs his defence — The Guardian
- Ranking the Premier League's all-time greatest super subs — BBC Sport
- Burnley’s winless run at home to pass one-year mark after Wolves fightback — Sky Sports
- Papers: Liverpool set to raid Aston Villa for Manzambi — Sky Sports
- ‘It’s really not a drama’: Carrick sticks to the script after Martínez storm — The Guardian
- As Hearts test looms is O'Neill right to be 'delighted' by Benfica defeat? — Sky Sports
- The Florian Wirtz mystery: why has he not found Leverkusen form at Liverpool? — The Guardian
- Do Manchester City have any grounds to win their appeal? — BBC Sport
- Feel-good Koumas story something for Liverpool to smile about — BBC Sport
- 'Our roots are Man Utd' - but FC United ethos 'more important than ever' — BBC Sport
Headlines link to the original reports at BBC Sport, Sky Sports and The Guardian.
Today's results
| Competition | Match | FT | HT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Bundesliga | Energie Cottbus v 1. FC Nürnberg | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | Holstein Kiel v Hertha BSC | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| A-League | Sydney v Western Sydney Wanderers | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Allsvenskan | IF Brommapojkarna v Djurgardens IF | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna v TSV Hartberg | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| Bundesliga | Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Burnley v Wolves | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Wieczysta Kraków v Raków Częstochowa | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Widzew Łódź v Wisla Krakow | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Eredivisie | Heerenveen v Excelsior | 4-0 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Deportivo La Coruna v Levante | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Liga MX | Necaxa v Atlas | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Defensa Y Justicia v Instituto Cordoba | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Boca Juniors v Talleres Cordoba | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Le Mans v Toulouse | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Annecy v Nancy | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Ligue 2 | Grenoble v Boulogne | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Guingamp v PAU | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 2 | Laval v Clermont Foot | 3-3 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 2 | Reims v Dijon | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Pro League | Al-Qadisiyah FC v Abha | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Segunda División | Leganes v Cordoba | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Serie A | Frosinone v Sassuolo | 4-2 | 3-2 |
| Serie A | Mirassol v Internacional | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Serie B | Hellas Verona v Catanzaro | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Superliga | AC Horsens v Randers FC | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Süper Lig | Çorum FK v Rizespor | 2-1 | 1-1 |
The day by the numbers
- 361 matches finished in our database, with 1117 goals (3.09 a game).
- 74% of them had a goal before half-time (263 of 355).
- The most open competition early on was Welsh Cup (Wales): a first-half goal in 8 of 8 games.
- Biggest win: Iveria Khashuri 8-0 Betlemi (Liga 3).
- Another big win: Gulf United 1-7 Emirates Club (Division 1).
- Another big win: Al Shahaniya 0-6 Al-Arabi SC (Stars League).
- Another big win: Tasmania Berlin 6-0 SV Babelsberg 03 (Regionalliga - Nordost).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 47 won, 25 lost (65%).
- Top-tier match winners: 11 won, 3 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 10 won, 5 lost.
- Live hot picks: 4 hit, 9 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.