On the back of fine wins over Coventry City and Manchester United, the Seagulls started the match in confident style. The Gunners struggled to deal with the intensity shown by the hosts and Pascal Gross gave Brighton a 31st-minute lead with a shot from the edge of the box that went in off the post. Arsenal, who had won their past nine league games and seven in all competitions at the start of this campaign, were not allowed to settle and looked uncharacteristically nervy on the ball. They forced their best chance to equalise on a counter-attack just before half-time, but Bukayo Saka did not take the opportunity after the ball fell to him in the area following Martin Odegaard's deflected effort. Just seconds after that missed opportunity, Brighton claimed their second goal as Charalampos Kostoulas was given too much space on the edge of the box to turn and fire past David Raya. Mikel Arteta opted not to make any changes at half-time as he looked for a response from his side, but it didn't come as Chema Andres headed in Brighton's third 12 minutes into the second half from a Gross corner. It was an 11th goal in the past week after five at Coventry and a 3-2 comeback success at Old Trafford to stun United in the Carabao Cup. Defender Pascal Struijk, making his first Premier League start for Brighton since a summer arrival from Leeds, almost added a fourth from another corner, but headed wide under pressure. Kai Havertz had a late opportunity to pull one back for Arsenal but shot straight at home keeper Bart Verbruggen when through on goal, while Matt O'Riley was denied at the other end by Raya. The defeat left the defending champions second in the table on goal difference having played one game more than Manchester City, who host Sunderland on Sunday, while Brighton moved up to third and two points behind the leaders.

Spurs were booed off at the final whistle and despite lavishing over £300m on new signings in the summer are already beginning to give the impression of a club in crisis, with this defeat meaning they have eclipsed the 2008-09 campaign which was their worst opening to a season in the Premier League. Goals from Johan Manzambi, Nicolas Jackson and Emiliano Buendia saw Aston Villa's campaign finally achieve lift-off. Conor Gallagher's late tap-in and Jan Paul van Hecke's header, with the final touch of the game, came too late to make a meaningful difference to the result. Roberto de Zerbi's home side could point to key moments in the game going against them, with captain Micky van de Ven off the pitch receiving treatment when Villa's record signing Manzambi prodded in the opener very much against the run of play. VAR's intervention on the hour mark also correctly denied them an equaliser, with Andy Robertson found to be offside by the slightest of margins in the build-up to Mohammed Kudus bundling the ball over the line from close range. That gave Villa the impetus to go on and seal their first league win of 2026-27 in style. Jackson, who was a threat throughout, brilliantly found the left corner from the edge of the box with Spurs defender Van Hecke backing off, and Argentine midfielder Buendia curled another superb effort into the same corner from even further out. Those goals and an impressive first-half performance from visiting goalkeeper Zion Suzuki provided the visitors with a more than merited win to help them climb out of the bottom three and up to 15th, while Spurs are 18th.

Harry Kane broke the record for the fastest player to reach 100 Bundesliga goals as his double helped Bayern Munich thrash Union Berlin. A stunning hat-trick from Michael Olise, along with impressive goals from Jamal Musiala and Ismael Saibari, sealed the seven-goal rout as the defending German champions maintained their unbeaten start to the season. England captain Kane stepped up to score a 39th-minute penalty after Olise was taken down by Tom Rothe in the area, the 33-year-old powering the spot-kick into the corner for his century landmark. The former Tottenham forward reached the tally in Germany's top tier in 98 games - fewer than any other player in the league's history. Kane added his second of the night - and 101st Bundesliga goal - when he headed in Olise's superb cross in the 54th minute. That took his tally to 152 goals in 154 appearances in all competitions since he moved to Bayern in 2023. Musiala put Bayern - who were wearing special kits to mark Oktoberfest - in front in the 18th minute with a stunning strike from 20 yards after good work from Alphonso Davies down the left. After Kane's penalty, Olise wrapped his left boot around the ball on the edge of the area and found the net two minutes before the half-time interval. Saibari made it five, with the summer signing from PSV providing a fine finish in the 70th minute for his first Bayern goal. Frenchman Olise completed his hat-trick with two goals in three minutes as he first rounded Union Berlin goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow to find the net off the post, before the former Crystal Palace winger struck the goal of the night with another left-footed effort from distance.

Brentford opened the scoring in the 61st minute as Jaidon Anthony was left unmarked to head home from a yard out after a deep corner had been nodded back across goal by Jannik Schuster. Chelsea pushed hard for an equaliser but were hit on the counter-attack late on with Kevin Schade sent clean through - and while his tame effort was saved by goalkeeper Emi Martinez, Igor Thiago put the rebound into an empty net. Substitute Fabio Carvalho added a third to stoppage to wrap up the three points that lift Brentford to third. Meanwhile, Chelsea are now three league matches without a win - losing two of them - and have failed to score for the first time under Xabi Alonso. The Blues shaded a forgettable first half with efforts Pedro Neto and Morgan Rogers the closest either side came to a breakthrough. It was a livelier start to the second half but chances were still scarce until Chelsea failed to deal with a Brentford corner, Martinez deciding against coming for the ball, and Anthony nodded in his first Bees goal. Chelsea pushed forward looking to level but for all their possession and territorial dominance, clear chances were not forthcoming and, with seven minutes to go, Brentford broke quickly and Igor Thiago doubled the lead. The game was won but Keith Andrews' side gave a jubilant home crowd more to celebrate in the final moments as Schade's deflected cross was finished at the back post by Carvalho. "I feel like I have played," Andrews told BBC Match of the Day. "It's important that you enjoy evenings like this because you work so hard and there are so many tough days in this game. "When you play against a west London rival, and you build up to a game and you go on a bit of a journey with the team, there are always bumps along the way, but we were in a really good place and it's nice to see it come into fruition tonight."

For the second game running, Martin O'Neill's side conceded three times and looked fragile throughout - just as they did in their last European game against LASK in the Champions League qualifiers. Despite a bright start, the Scottish champions were ruthlessly punished for slack defending, as strikes from Bamidele Yusuf, Kristoffer Zachariassen and former Celtic winger Daniel Arzani gave their Hungarian visitors victory. Mika Baur had briefly levelled just before the interval but Celtic's deficiencies were laid bare, conceding almost instantly to hand back the advantage. Changes in personnel and shape made little impact on the outcome and leaves Celtic's Europa League campaign already looking badly damaged. Sterner tests lie ahead, with a trip to Portugal to face Benfica next.