Roundup of the fourth matchweek of the 2026-27 Premier League season.
Bruno Guimaraes’ strike and Bukayo Saka’s penalty saw Arsenal climb onto the summit at the conclusion of a matchweek for the first time this season, as Mikel Arteta’s Gunners won 2-0 at ten-men Sunderland in which the hosts’ Reinildo was red carded for a late foul on Saka.
Erling Haaland tapped in a controversial 60th-minute winner as Manchester City scraped past Manchester United to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford, despite Phil Foden’s red card for accidentally catching Bruno Fernandes as he got up after a foul.
Leeds surged up to third with a 4-1 win over Newcastle at Elland Road as Lewis Miley’s own-goal plus goals from Jayden Bogle, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Noah Okafor kept their unbeaten start to the league campaign, despite Bazoumana Toure’s consolatory goal for the Magpies.
Joao Pedro’s 66th-minute equaliser rescued Chelsea a 2-2 draw at home to fourth-placed Hull after Morgan Rogers initially put the Blues in front, before Mohamed Belloumi fired the Tigers in front with a quick-fire brace in the space of six minutes.
Down in the relegation zone, Coventry remained rock-bottom following a 5-0 loss at home to Brighton as Charalampos Kostoulas opened the scoring, before Malick Yalcouye, Pascal Gross, Lewis Dunk and Yasin Ayari added further goals to cap the Seagulls’ win.
Aston Villa slipped to second-bottom with a 2-1 loss at home to Nottingham Forest following Igor Jesus’ 88th-minute winner for the visitors, after Villa’s Alysson had cancelled out Liam Delap’s finish.
Fulham picked up their first point of the season but sat third bottom following a 0-0 draw at Liverpool.
Elsewhere, Zian Flemming’s 90th-minute winner saw Ipswich achieve their first Premier League win against Crystal Palace in a 3-2 away win, in which Anan Khalaili and Jorgen Strand Larsen netted for Palace despite Axel Disasi’s red card either side of Emersonn and Leif Davis’ goals for the visitors.
Kevin Schade’s brace saw Brentford snatch a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth after Justin Kluivert and Marcus Tavernier put the Cherries in front from behind, following Schade’s initial opening goal.
Tottenham’s search for a first league goal of the campaign continued in a 0-0 draw at home to Everton.
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