Season 29 Week 5 processing...

Arsenal 2 Fulham 0 Chambers with his second goal of the game on 34 minutes this one a header.
Alkmaar 0 Genk 1 Reus.
Porto 2 Kawkab 0 Nelson Oliveira header.

Coritiba 1 Vasco 1 Buss on 36 minutes.
Napoli 0 Roma 1 Quintero.

A bit of a shock at the San Paolo where Roma take a deserved lead...

Cologne 1 Berlin 1 Dittgen on 37 minutes.

Lets cross to Richard Keys at Villa Park and see how that game is progressing...

It is raining here at Villa Park but that hasn't dampened the spirits of the Villa faithful because they have just seen their side go further ahead as Ben Davies came up from the back to grab their second and after 38 minutes it is now

Villa 2 Palace 0

with Villa in almost total control of things...

Everton have had Mbola sentoff on 38 minutes.

Olympiakos 1 Steaua Bucharest 0 Geraldo on 38 minutes.
Feyenoord 2 Twente 0 Ramselaar.
Lazio 3 Cremonese 0 Thiago Alcantara with his second this one from the spot.

Benfica 2 Esperance 0 Guedes drafted into the side after a big clearout this week gets his goal.

Galaxy 0 Cosmos 1 Pulisic on 40 minutes.

The Pasadena Rose Bowl is full for this one as the home fans hope for a miracle...

Forest 3 Spurs 1 Sahin on 41 minutes.
Alkmaar 0 Genk 2 Aurier.

Looks like being another good week for much improved Genk...

and yes we have to cross back to Home Park and John Inverdale, come in John...

Welcome back to a thrilling game with Plymouth dominating possession and United breaking fast the game is finally balanced between two contrasting styles but the reason I called yhou back was to tell you that Plymouth have retaken the lead through Raheem Sterling and after 42 minutes it is now

Plymouth 2 Man United 1

but it is still very even with both sides looking like they could score again...

Olympiakos 1 Steaua Bucharest 1 Stanciu on 42 minutes.

Cherry Orchard 1 Bohemians 1 Duhaney on 43 minutes.
Bayern 1 Hamburg 0 Gomez.
Vitesse 1 Anderlecht 1 Cavenaghi.

I dread to think where Bayern would be without Mario Gomez's goals...

Ipswich 0 Banstead 1 Tutte on 44 minutes.
Nantes 4 Marseille 0 Costa Douglas.
Lyon 1 Etienne 2 Foti.

and the ref blows for the end of the first half and the players walk off to varying degrees of cheers and jeers, and we'll be back with all the action from the second half after a short break...

the players are back out and ref gets us underway...

Olympiakos 2 Staeua Bucharest 1 Kasami freekick on 47 minutes.

Good to see Fluminense manage to turn things around after going down early, hopefully they can hold on now.

What can I say about Nantes? 4-0 at half time to a top team is unbelievable.

Charlton still in it, seems quite tight at Maine Road despite both teams sticking to their attacking principles.  Hopefully we can nick one in the second half whilst keeping it tight at the back.

Fluminense 3 Botafogo 1 Auro Da Cruz on 48 minutes.
Wednesday 0 Chelsea 1 Falcao header.

and we need to go back to Maine Road for another update, so over to Alan Weeks...

Welcome back to sunny Maine Road where the home fans are in a boistrous mood following an early second half freekick from fullback Aaron Cresswell that flew into the back of the net to make it

Man City 2 Charlton 0

but that doesn't tell the whole story because the away side have competed very well and could have easily scored themselves and this game isn't over yet with more goals to come for sure as both defences seem well outnumbered here today...

I'm hearing some disturbing news from Villa Park where Paulinho Maciel has been sentoff and that could be disastrous for Villa because he is one of their midfield lynchpins...

Rangers 1 Hearts 0 Allansson on 48 minutes.

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Welcome back to sunny Maine Road where the home fans are in a boistrous mood following an early second half freekick from fullback Aaron Cresswell that flew into the back of the net to make it

Man City 2 Charlton 0

but that doesn't tell the whole story because the away side have competed very well and could have easily scored themselves and this game isn't over yet with more goals to come for sure as both defences seem well outnumbered here today...

So much for keeping it tight....

Two goals down at Maine Road is a very very big ask....

Goias 0 Santos 2 Gustavo Henrique header on 49 minutes.
Paris 3 Lille 0 Gomis penalty.
Vitesse 1 Anderlecht 2 Legear.
Cagliari 0 Fiorentina 1 Saponara.
Napoli 1 Roma 1 Hamsik.
Deportivo 0 Sevilla 1 El Haddadi with Deportivo down to ten men.
Barcelona 3 Zaragoza 0 Alarcon.

Barca looking very strong already this season...

Cologne 2 Berlin 1 Kemper on 50 minutes.
Torino 0 Ancona 1 El Shaarawy header.