Chelsea v Manchester United buildup, Premier League, WSL and more – matchday live

9.45am GMT

stooze 31 October 2026 9:30am More on Chelsea v Man United - a quiz!!!

....13 games ago they also met competitively in the FA Cup semi-final (2020, Chelsea won 3-1, Covid closed doors I think) There were players of 14 different nationalities across the two starting 11s that day. Name a player and his nationality who started that game (no AI/Google cheating) - Chelsea v Man Utd FACSF 2020

Lowest score (rarest answer in my head) wins.

Good luck.

Stooze does his best Alexander Armstrong impression … is Willy Caballero (Argentina) a pointless answer?

9.40am GMT

Alonso rules out January loan for Estêvão despite lack of minutes Will we see any of Estêvão at the Bridge today? Xabi Alonso has ruled out a January loan exit for the 19-year-old after questions about his limited game time. Estêvão was left on the bench for the Carabao Cup game against Liverpool and has played just 47 minutes in the Premier League so far this season.

“It’s no secret that all players want to be on the pitch,” Alonso said yesterday. “When any of them haven’t had enough minutes because of my decision, I have to take the responsibility for that. But everyone has to be ready because in any game they could be important. Este, his training and his attitude has been good.

Related: Xabi Alonso rules out January loan move for Chelsea winger Estêvão Willian

9.33am GMT

Bewildered1 31 October 2026 9:18am I enjoyed Andy Hunter's article on Alexis Mac Allister this morning. The statistics he refers to were interesting and I hope Macca can keep this up.

Here is the article in question and a snippet of Andy’s stat action …

Mac Allister’s sense of responsibility extends to implementing Iraola’s instructions for his new team. Figures from Opta show the midfielder is winning more tackles per Premier League game this season – 2.3 on average compared to 1.8 last season; winning more duels (4.8 from 3.8); winning more aerial duels (0.9 from 0.6) and winning more possession (5.6 on average compared to 3.8).

He is sacrificing the offensive side of his game to bring more aggression and organisation to the defensive aspect, and his touches in the opposition box, chances created, goals and assists are all down on last season as a consequence. Not that Iraola is complaining.

Related: No big deal: how Mac Allister shook off contract doubts to fire Liverpool’s revival

Updated at 9.34am GMT

9.28am GMT

For those of you in the UK, today’s Milan derby is being shown free-to-air on BBC Two. How about that?