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ANALYSIS: Ultimately, results in the EFL Trophy don’t matter all too much. Yet, just as was the case last season, this competition could end up having a significant bearing on the rest of Swindon’s campaign.
16.09.26Matchday
Matthew Rhodes is at the SMH Group Stadium tonight to guide you through Chesterfield's opening EFL Trophy group game against Manchester City U21.
15.09.26Matchday
Another defeat for Inigo Perez at Villarreal has raised the pressure as clear flaws in his side were exposed by Real Betis.
14.09.26Matchday
Leicester City Women marked their return to the King Power Stadium with a 4-2 victory over Durham, making it back-to-back wins to open their WSL2 campaign. Honey Hicks picks out the key takeaways from Sunday's victory.
Villa had more possession and more box entries than Forest, but lacked creativity. We assess Emery's post-match verdict against the data.
13.09.26Matchday
Kiko Seike's late equaliser saw Brighton snatch a draw against Birmingham City on Sunday afternoon.
Malick Yalcouye continued his rich vein of form, bagging another goal in Brighton's 5-0 win over Coventry City.
The Moonraker runs the rule over the individuals performances of the Swindon Town players during their 4-0 defeat in League Two.
MACHEL HEWITT: Bromley turned in their best performance of the season to pick up a point, their first in four games.
Our takeaways as Wycombe picked up their first win of the season against Leyton Orient on Saturday.
A point and a clean sheet on the road
MATCHDAY 6: Gills 365 assesses the performances of Gillingham's players in their 2-0 victory over Tranmere Rovers at Priestfield.
ANALYSIS: Since Easter, Town have played five League Two matches on the road. They’ve won none, drawn one, lost four, have not scored and have conceded 14. It is nightmarish and disconcertingly consistent.
12.09.26Matchday
MATCHDAY 6: Logan Dobbs' first professional goal and Ronan Hale's first home goal of the season helped fire Gillingham to their first home win of 2026/27.
Nottingham Forest won at Villa Park for the first time since 1994, thanks to goals from Liam Delap and Igor Jesus.
A much changed Albion side had to come from behind to take a point against Queens Park Rangers at The Hawthorns
MACHEL HEWITT: It seems a no-brainer to call a home win for the Tangerines. But football, as we know all too well, isn’t played on paper.
Albion welcome Queens Park Rangers to The Hawthorns as the Championship show remorselessly rolls on
Leicester City travel to Stockport County on Saturday afternoon, with City looking to respond to a damaging 4-0 defeat against Oxford United last weekend. Rob Hayes considers five things to look out for at Edgeley Park.
11.09.26Matchday
Paul Fisher previews Chesterfield's trip to Oldham Athletic in League Two on Saturday afternoon.
The 2-1 win against Preston was the 14th time in Watford's history, all of them since 2015, that the Hornets have fielded a starting XI featuring 11 different nationalities
Leicester City travel to Edgeley Park this Saturday to face an in-form Stockport County side who currently sit third in the League One table. Honey Hicks gives us the lowdown on City's next opponents.
Leicester City Women host Durham in their first home game of the WSL2 season on Sunday at 3pm. Women's football journalist, Brad Morris, has been speaking to For Fox Sake about what to expect this weekend.
10.09.26Matchday
MACHEL HEWITT: For all the talk of a quality deficiency on the night, Bromley’s defeat was somewhat self-inflicted.
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