Six of the ten matches in Gameweek 3 were drawn, two of them goalless, and that is the round in one sentence. Only four games had a winner — two at home, two away — and 23 goals were scored, down from 32 a week earlier. The draws were Newcastle and Bournemouth, Brentford and Sunderland, Brighton and Leeds, Everton and Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham, and Hull and Aston Villa. We did not publish scoreline predictions for this round, so there is no scorecard this week.
Every result
- Ipswich Town 0–2 Liverpool — Isak (2)
- Newcastle 2–2 Bournemouth — Barnes, J.Ramsey, Tavernier, Thiaw (og)
- Brentford 1–1 Sunderland — Janelt, E.Le Fée
- Brighton 1–1 Leeds — Vuskovic, Bogle
- Fulham 2–3 Crystal Palace — King, Palacios, Mitchell (2), Chilwell
- Man City 1–0 Coventry City — Haaland
- Nott'm Forest 0–0 Spurs — no goals
- Hull City 0–0 Aston Villa — no goals
- Everton 2–2 Man Utd — George, Maitland-Niles, Mbeumo, Šeško
- Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea — Ødegaard, Havertz, Rogers
The standout performers
By FPL points, the players who did most in Gameweek 3:
- Mitchell (DEF, CRY) — 15 points, 2 goals, 2 bonus
- Bogle (DEF, LEE) — 14 points, 1 goal, 3 bonus
- Isak (FWD, LIV) — 13 points, 2 goals, 3 bonus
- Barnes (MID, NEW) — 12 points, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 bonus
- Vuskovic (DEF, BHA) — 12 points, 1 goal, 2 bonus
- Janelt (MID, BRE) — 11 points, 1 goal, 3 bonus
For the second time in three gameweeks the round’s top scorer was a defender. Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell scored twice in a 3–2 win at Fulham, and the context makes it stranger: before kick-off, Palace’s only goal of the season had been an own goal by Manchester City’s goalkeeper. All three of their goals at Craven Cottage came from defenders — Mitchell twice, then Ben Chilwell — so a side that had not scored a goal of its own in two matches won its first game without one from a midfielder or a forward. Goals from defenders are the least repeatable kind, so the honest reading is that Palace have found a way to win, not yet a way to score.
The table after Gameweek 3
Man City lead on 9 points, with Arsenal 2nd.
Manchester City and Arsenal are the only clubs with a perfect record, level on nine points and on goal difference, with City ahead on goals scored. Arsenal’s 2–1 over Chelsea was the only match this round between two sides who began it in the top four, and it cost them their clean sheet — which leaves Hull City as the only team in the league yet to concede, three games into their first season back. At the bottom, Coventry are the one club with neither a goal nor a point, while Aston Villa and Tottenham took their first points from goalless draws and still have not scored. Three rounds in, that is where the table has started to mean something: less in who leads than in who has not yet found a goal.
For where it stands now, see the live Premier League table and this week’s fixtures.
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