Your roundup for Friday, November 6: the news, the scores and the numbers — including how The Soccer Expert model's picks got on.
360Matches finished
72%Had a first-half goal
3.09Goals per game
The headlines
International football
- Nations championship, Rugby League World Cup and NFL action – follow with us — The Guardian
- Portugal coach 'knew nothing' about Ronaldo retiring — BBC Sport
- 'A beautiful story' as Bellingham brothers called up — BBC Sport
Club football and around the game
- England 'disappointment' fuels Dewsbury-Hall's Everton heroics — BBC Sport
- Lampard feels hair pull should have led to Coventry penalty — BBC Sport
- Lampard: VAR didn't do its job — Sky Sports
- Premier League news: Arteta insists Rice isn’t playing too many games — The Guardian
- Barry scores twice as Everton fight back to beat Coventry — BBC Sport
- Papers: Man Utd handed boost in pursuit of Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde — Sky Sports
- Thierno Barry double fires Everton to comeback win against Coventry — The Guardian
- Barry leads Everton comeback win vs Coventry - who suffer triple VAR woe — Sky Sports
- Derby ease pressure on boss Eustace with comeback win over Bolton — Sky Sports
- Real Madrid and PSG keen on Suzuki - Saturday's gossip — BBC Sport
- Charlton’s struggles expose ‘absolute ocean’ between WSL and second tier — The Guardian
- Derby County 3-1 Bolton Wanderers highlights — Sky Sports
Headlines link to the original reports at BBC Sport, Sky Sports and The Guardian.
Today's results
| Competition | Match | FT | HT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Bundesliga | Eintracht Braunschweig v Energie Cottbus | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2. Bundesliga | Dynamo Dresden v SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 3-0 | 2-0 |
| A-League | Sydney v Central Coast Mariners | 4-1 | 2-0 |
| Allsvenskan | Hammarby FF v IF Elfsborg | 4-1 | 1-0 |
| Bundesliga | Rapid Vienna v Wolfsberger AC | 6-0 | 2-0 |
| Bundesliga | Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Championship | Derby v Bolton | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Motor Lublin v Wisla Plock | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Wisla Krakow v Cracovia Krakow | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Eredivisie | Willem II v PEC Zwolle | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| FA Cup | Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| FA Cup | Oxford City v Leicester | 2-4 | 1-1 |
| Jupiler Pro League | Standard Liege v SK Beveren | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| La Liga | Sevilla v Alaves | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Liga MX | Atletico San Luis v FC Juarez | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Liga MX | Necaxa v Club Tijuana | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Barracas Central v Racing Club | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Independiente v Deportivo Riestra | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | San Lorenzo v Platense | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Union Santa Fe v Velez Sarsfield | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Banfield v Atletico Tucuman | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| Liga Profesional Argentina | Tigre v Sarmiento Junin | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 1 | Toulouse v Strasbourg | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Boulogne v Annecy | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Dijon v RED Star FC 93 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Dunkerque v Guingamp | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Ligue 2 | Grenoble v Reims | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Ligue 2 | Montpellier v Metz | 2-3 | 0-2 |
| Ligue 2 | Nancy v Sochaux | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Everton v Coventry | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Primeira Liga | Famalicao v Arouca | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Serie A | Venezia v Udinese | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Serie A | Vitoria v Fluminense | 0-3 | 0-2 |
| Serie B | Ascoli v Palermo | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Superliga | Silkeborg v Lyngby | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Süper Lig | Gaziantep FK v Kasımpaşa | 0-2 | 0-2 |
The day by the numbers
- 360 matches finished in our database, with 1111 goals (3.09 a game).
- 72% of them had a goal before half-time (258 of 356).
- The most open competition early on was Eerste Divisie (Netherlands): a first-half goal in 6 of 7 games.
- Biggest win: Atletico Hidalgo 0-10 Racing de Veracruz 2 (Liga Premier Serie B).
- Another big win: Bangor City 1876 FC 9-0 Gresford Athletic (FAW Championship).
- Another big win: Iberia 2010 0-7 Guria (Liga 3).
- Another big win: Schalke 04 II 0-7 Borussia M'gladbach II (Regionalliga - West).
How the model did today
Every pick is graded automatically from the final score. Results still being played are added overnight.
- Top Predictions: 63 won, 23 lost (73%).
- Top-tier match winners: 27 won, 10 lost.
- Top-tier team goals: 10 won, 5 lost.
- Live hot picks: 7 hit, 1 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.