Here is everything from Saturday, October 17: the headlines that mattered, the results from 1590 matches in our database, and how our model's picks performed.
1590Matches finished
73%Had a first-half goal
3.05Goals per game
The headlines
Club football and around the game
- Can Hearts prove credentials at scene of title heartbreak? — BBC Sport
- Papers: Gyokeres keen to leave Arsenal — Sky Sports
- 'Sick feeling in stomach' - are Reedijk's Hibs in relegation fight? — BBC Sport
- Scottish Premiership: Rangers miss chance to go top after pulsating draw with Dundee — The Guardian
- Villa's Manzambi shows Newcastle what they missed out on — BBC Sport
- Rangers miss chance to go top as Jones earns Dundee a point — Sky Sports
- Gyokeres pushing for Arsenal exit - Sunday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Wirtz delivers but remains Liverpool's conundrum — BBC Sport
- West Ham unstoppable, Norwich in trouble - Aaron McLean's EFL takeaways — BBC Sport
- Manzambi heads Villa to victory at Newcastle — BBC Sport
- Europe is a blast – but more a curse than a blessing if you are not a Premier League super-club I Jonathan Wilson — The Guardian
- Liverpool come from behind to beat nine-man Brentford — 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 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Eintracht Braunschweig | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | 1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Heidenheim | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| 2. Bundesliga | Hannover 96 v FC St. Pauli | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| A-League | Auckland v Melbourne City | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| A-League | Macarthur v Perth Glory | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| A-League | Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Allsvenskan | AIK Stockholm v IFK Goteborg | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Bundesliga | Union Berlin v Borussia Dortmund | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | Werder Bremen v SC Paderborn 07 | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| Bundesliga | FC Schalke 04 v FSV Mainz 05 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Bundesliga | SV Elversberg v FC Augsburg | 4-3 | 3-1 |
| Bundesliga | Austria Lustenau v Lask Linz | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | Bayern München v RB Leipzig | 6-1 | 3-0 |
| Bundesliga | Ried v Austria Vienna | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Championship | Middlesbrough v Cardiff | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| Championship | Millwall v Lincoln | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| Championship | Watford v Charlton | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Birmingham v QPR | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Championship | Bristol City v Sheffield Utd | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Championship | Derby v Stoke City | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Norwich v Portsmouth | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Southampton v Bolton | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Championship | Swansea v West Ham | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Championship | West Brom v Blackburn | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Championship | Wrexham v Preston | 4-1 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Motor Lublin v Slask Wroclaw | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | GKS Katowice v Pogon Szczecin | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow v Legia Warszawa | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Eliteserien | Ham-Kam v Bodo/Glimt | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Eliteserien | Kristiansund BK v Aalesund | 1-4 | 1-1 |
| Eliteserien | Viking v Fredrikstad | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Eredivisie | ADO Den Haag v PSV Eindhoven | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Eredivisie | Telstar v Feyenoord | 3-4 | 2-3 |
| Eredivisie | Sparta Rotterdam v Willem II | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| FA Cup | Bury v Harrogate Town | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| FA Cup | AFC Rushden & Diamonds v Morecambe | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| FA Cup | Aldershot Town v Tadley Calleva | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| FA Cup | Altrincham v United of Manchester | 0-0 | 0-0 |
The day by the numbers
- 1590 matches finished in our database, with 4844 goals (3.05 a game).
- 73% of them had a goal before half-time (1133 of 1556).
- The most open competition early on was 1. Liga U19 (Czech-Republic): a first-half goal in 6 of 6 games.
- Biggest win: Santarritense 1-23 Novo Esporte Clube (Mineiro - 3).
- Another big win: Råde 14-0 Brumunddal (3. Division - Girone 6).
- Another big win: Nardo 11-0 Herd (3. Division - Girone 2).
- Another big win: Izola 11-1 Rudar Trbovlje (3. SNL - West).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 141 won, 58 lost (71%).
- Top-tier match winners: 46 won, 16 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 29 won, 11 lost.
- Live hot picks: 15 hit, 13 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.