Nottingham Forest v Leeds, Everton v Crystal Palace, EFL and more: football clockwatch - live

Key events32m agoArsenal 3-0 Coventry City32m agoSaturday clockwatchChampionship: Norwich City’s afternoon goes from bad to worse as their centre-back Jose Cordoba picks up his second booking of the game and is sent off.Championship: Millwall have doubled their lead against Norwich, with Tairyk Arconte scoring his second goal of the game from a Jake Cooper knockdown at a set-piece. It’s 2-0 at the Den and hapless Norwich are staring down the barrel of their second league defeat of the season in two games.Manchester United: The club has agreed a deal worth an initial £65m for Carlos Baleba and the 22-year-old Brighton midfielder will have his medical this weekend, writes Jamie Jackson.The Cameroon international Carlos Baleba is on the verge of moving to Manchester United after three seasons at Brighton. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty ImagesHull City: Despite leading his side to unlikely promotion, Sergej Jakirovic insists Hull City are not in the Premier League “by accident” and will do everything in their power to prove those who expect them to make a speedy return to the Championship wrong. Ross Heppenstall reports …Hull City’s Bosnian head coach Sergej Jakirovic insists his team are not the relegation certainties most pundits think. Photograph: Lee Keuneke/PATottenham Hotspur: Roberto De Zerbi has claimed every club “wanted to kill” Tottenham last season and has been reminding his players of that throughout the summer as he also defended their heavy spending in the transfer market. Words: Sam Cunningham …Having seen his employers spend enough money to fill Scrooge McDuck’s swimming pool this summer, Roberto De Zerbi will be hoping Spurs can finish considerably higher than 17th. Photograph: News Images/NurPhoto/ShutterstockNewcastle v Liverpool: A hero at St James’ Park until his acrimonious departure last summer, Alexander Isak will face an extremely hostile reception upon his return tomorrow with Liverpool, whose investment in him has yet to yield much in the way of dividends, writes Louise Taylor.Alexander Isak is unlikely to receive a warm welcome upon his return to St James’ Park for the first time since his departure last September. Photograph: Visionhaus/Getty ImagesChampionship early kick-off half-timesBirmingham City 1-1 Bristol City At St Andrew’s, Scott Twine scrambled home past James Beadle to give Bristol City the lead, only for the hosts to equalise when a Carlos Vicente shot off the post went in off Bristol City goalkeeper Sam Tickle’s back.Lincoln City 1-2 Portsmouth The Imps are up against it at Sincil Bank, where Portsmouth lead by the odd goal in three. Young Chelsea loanee Ryan Kavuma-McQueen opened the scoring for Pompey and Adrian Segecic doubled their lead with a free-kick that took a slight deflection. The home side have since pulled a goal back thanks to a Reeco Hackett penalty awarded for handball.Millwall 1-0 Norwich The home side lead courtesy of a Tairyk Arconte tap-in, while Norwich were extremely fortunate not to fall two goals behind when Jake Cooper had an effort ruled out for a very tight offside.Ryan Kavuma-McQueen phones a friend after opening the scoring for Portsmouth against Lincoln City. Photograph: Jez Tighe/ProSports/ShutterstockArsenal 3-0 Coventry CityPremier League match report: Arsenal got their title defence off to a winning start under the Friday night lights of the Emirates Stadium against Premier League newcomers who struggled to lay a glove on their exalted hosts.Kai Havertz celebrates scoring the first goal of the Premier League season to put Arsenal ahead against Coventry after 15 minutes. Photograph: Luke Hastings/Wired Photos/ShutterstockMartin Odegaard showed early signs of being back to his imperious best after a season punctuated by assorted injuries. Photograph: Jacques Feeney/Offside/Getty ImagesPremier League fixtures Hull City 2-0 Manchester United (L) Everton v Crystal Palace Ipswich Town v Sunderland Nottingham Forest v Leeds United Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm BST) Championship Birmingham City 1-1 Bristol City (L) Lincoln City 1-2 Portsmouth (L) Millwall 2-0 Norwich (L) Blackburn v Middlesbrough Derby County v Cardiff City Preston v Wolves QPR v Bolton Wanderers Southampton v Stoke City Swansea City v Sheffield United West Ham v Charlton Athletic Wrexham v Watford Saturday clockwatchHello everybody and welcome to the first clockwatch of the new season! It’s been just over a month since Spain lifted the World Cup in New Jersey and this weekend marks the return of the Premier League. There wasn’t a hydration break or all-singing, all dancing half-time extravaganza in sight as Arsenal and Coventry City got the ball rolling at the Emirates Stadium last night. The reigning champions strolled to victory over a newly-promoted Sky Blues side who could not have been handed a tougher assignment for their first top flight game in 25 years.The MKM Stadium is the venue for the first of today’s top flight games, with Hull City beginning their latest stint in the Premier League with a match against Manchester United. Hull are currently making a total mockery of their status as white-hot favourites to be relegated, having roared out of the traps and taken a thoroughly deserved two-goal half-time lead through Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy. Can they close out the win ahead of a trio of three o’clock kick-offs featuring Everton v Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town v Sunderland and Nottingham Forest v Leeds United?At 5.30pm (BST), Brentford will host big-spending Tottenham Hotspur at the Gtech Community Stadium to close out today’s top tier action and following the conclusion of Clockwatch, we’ll have live updates updates on the Guardian website. As is customary, we’ll bring you news of all the goals as they go in, while flagging up any major talking points or controversies in the top flight and beyond.