Another busy day of soccer. Below are the biggest stories of Monday, November 2, 224 results from our database, the day by the numbers and the model's scorecard.
224Matches finished
64%Had a first-half goal
3.05Goals per game
The headlines
International football
- Fifa to share documents on World Cup sell-off plans with council members — The Guardian
- Fifa to share 'key documents' over World Cup sell-off plan — BBC Sport
- Man City latest: Allan eyes City breakthrough after earning first Brazil call-up — Sky Sports
- Dazn secures exclusive deal on global streaming rights for 2029 Club World Cup — The Guardian
Club football and around the game
- Jeers again as home woes continue - Jaissle has big problems at Newcastle — BBC Sport
- From nightmare debut season to Everton hero - Barry's revival — BBC Sport
- Grealish can still have Everton future - Moyes — BBC Sport
- Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week? — BBC Sport
- Jaissle unhappy with 'clear foul' before Barry goal — BBC Sport
- 'He's unavailable' - Moyes tight-lipped on Grealish — BBC Sport
- Papers: Kroupi and Yildiz on Arsenal's radar ahead of January window — Sky Sports
- Everton hold off Newcastle to move into seventh — BBC Sport
- Carragher: Boring Newcastle face a tough season ahead — Sky Sports
- Arsenal want Kroupi in January - Tuesday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Who produced the kind of performance Moyes loves? - player ratings — BBC Sport
- Newcastle unrest grows as Barry and Everton give Jaissle another headache — The Guardian
Headlines link to the original reports at BBC Sport, Sky Sports and The Guardian.
Today's results
| Competition | Match | FT | HT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allsvenskan | Gais v AIK Stockholm | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Allsvenskan | Mjallby AIF v Kalmar FF | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Radomiak Radom v Slask Wroclaw | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin v Korona Kielce | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Raków Częstochowa v Pogon Szczecin | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| La Liga | Deportivo La Coruna v Osasuna | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Defensa Y Justicia v Independiente | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Platense v Central Cordoba de Santiago | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Atletico Tucuman v Argentinos JRS | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Independ. Rivadavia v Banfield | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Ligue 1 | Lorient v Stade Brestois 29 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 2 | RED Star FC 93 v Nancy | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| Ligue 2 | Reims v Sochaux | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Premier League | Newcastle v Everton | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Primeira Liga | Benfica v Alverca | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Primeira Liga | GIL Vicente v Vitória SC | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Segunda División | Tenerife v FC Andorra | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Segunda División | Oviedo v Las Palmas | 2-3 | 0-2 |
| Segunda División | Valladolid v Leganes | 4-3 | 3-1 |
| Segunda División | Mallorca v Cadiz | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Serie A | Sassuolo v Fiorentina | 2-4 | 1-1 |
| Serie A | Atalanta v Parma | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| Serie A | RB Bragantino v Santos | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Super League 1 | Atromitos v Volos NFC | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Super League 1 | Kalamata v Iraklis 1908 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Superliga | Sonderjyske v FC Copenhagen | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Süper Lig | Gençlerbirliği S.K. v Alanyaspor | 5-0 | 1-0 |
The day by the numbers
- 224 matches finished in our database, with 683 goals (3.05 a game).
- 64% of them had a goal before half-time (140 of 218).
- The most open competition early on was Premier League Cup (England): a first-half goal in 5 of 6 games.
- Biggest win: Hunters 1-9 Ulaanbaatar (Premier League).
- Another big win: Brežice 0-6 Beltinci (2. SNL).
- Another big win: Kayserispor 6-0 Muğlaspor (1. Lig).
- Another big win: Desimpedidos Goti 2-8 Dendele (Kings Cup).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 51 won, 22 lost (70%).
- Top-tier match winners: 10 won, 3 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 11 won, 2 lost.
- Live hot picks: 2 hit, 0 missed.
The full record — every pick, wins and losses — is on our results page.
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Results and statistics from The Soccer Expert database. This roundup is generated automatically each night.