Here is everything from Saturday, October 24: the headlines that mattered, the results from 1585 matches in our database, and how our model's picks performed.
1585Matches finished
75%Had a first-half goal
3.17Goals per game
The headlines
Club football and around the game
- Watch Match of the Day on iPlayer — BBC Sport
- Man Utd not an unmanageable club - Carrick — BBC Sport
- European football: Lazio beat Parma to top Serie A; Dortmund lead Bundesliga — The Guardian
- The candid meeting that 'changed' Spurs - are they finally on way back? — BBC Sport
- Papers: Sancho could land in Spain as Getafe offer winger shock deal — Sky Sports
- Glitch in Chelsea’s coding costs Alonso while resurgent Spurs are all systems go | Barney Ronay — The Guardian
- Liverpool among clubs keen on Vuskovic - Sunday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Alonso urges Cole Palmer ‘to learn’ from red card in Chelsea’s defeat to Spurs — The Guardian
- Alonso 'out-coached', 'petulant' Palmer and Penders howler: Chelsea's horror night — Sky Sports
- Strikers finding form as Rangers bounce back — BBC Sport
- Arteta collating evidence of other managers stepping out of technical area — Sky Sports
- Spurs clinch rare Stamford Bridge win as Palmer sent off — 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 | 1. FC Heidenheim v Energie Cottbus | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2. Bundesliga | Hertha BSC v Arminia Bielefeld | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | 1. FC Magdeburg v Karlsruher SC | 6-1 | 1-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | 1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| A-League | Newcastle Jets v Macarthur | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| A-League | Western Sydney Wanderers v Auckland | 5-2 | 1-1 |
| A-League | Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Allsvenskan | BK Hacken v Degerfors IF | 4-0 | 4-0 |
| Allsvenskan | Sirius v AIK Stockholm | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Allsvenskan | Djurgardens IF v Orgryte IS | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Allsvenskan | Kalmar FF v IF Brommapojkarna | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| Bundesliga | RB Leipzig v SV Elversberg | 4-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | FC Augsburg v Union Berlin | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | FSV Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Bundesliga | 1. FC Köln v FC Schalke 04 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | SC Paderborn 07 v Hamburger SV | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | TSV Hartberg v Wolfsberger AC | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | WSG Wattens v Grazer AK | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Bundesliga | Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna v Austria Lustenau | 5-1 | 3-0 |
| Championship | Charlton v Norwich | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Portsmouth v Millwall | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Sheffield Utd v Derby | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Championship | Blackburn v Wrexham | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Championship | Cardiff v Birmingham | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Championship | Lincoln v Burnley | 4-1 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Preston v West Brom | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Championship | QPR v Swansea | 5-0 | 4-0 |
| Championship | Stoke City v Bristol City | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Championship | West Ham v Southampton | 2-3 | 1-3 |
| Championship | Wolves v Watford | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Piast Gliwice v Cracovia Krakow | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Korona Kielce v GKS Katowice | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Pogon Szczecin v Radomiak Radom | 4-3 | 2-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Wisla Krakow v Raków Częstochowa | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Eliteserien | Bodo/Glimt v Valerenga | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Eliteserien | Ham-Kam v Rosenborg | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Eredivisie | Utrecht v PEC Zwolle | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Eredivisie | Willem II v Cambuur | 1-6 | 0-3 |
| Eredivisie | ADO Den Haag v Heerenveen | 2-3 | 0-1 |
The day by the numbers
- 1585 matches finished in our database, with 5026 goals (3.17 a game).
- 75% of them had a goal before half-time (1157 of 1545).
- The most open competition early on was 1. Liga U19 (Czech-Republic): a first-half goal in 7 of 7 games.
- Biggest win: Kilia Kiel 12-2 Rapid Lubeck (Oberliga - Schleswig-Holstein).
- Another big win: Bergnäsets 0-8 Fransta (Division 2 - Norrland).
- Another big win: Corona Braşov 8-0 Olimpic Zărneşti (Liga III - Serie 2).
- Another big win: Kuřim 7-0 Bystrc Kníničky (4. liga - Divizie D).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 168 won, 73 lost (70%).
- Top-tier match winners: 39 won, 11 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 36 won, 12 lost.
- Live hot picks: 31 hit, 26 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.