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- By Joseph Lang
- 17 Jul 2026
Hello and welcome to the day’s rolling soccer updates. Attention in the EPL turns to the struggle for avoiding relegation, with all of the bottom three playing at 3pm GMT.
Wolves are yet to secure their initial three points of the season and entertain the Hammers, who are four points from security. Burnley, trailing by six points of 17th place, face a Brighton & Hove Albion side who are without a win in six games.
There’s no English Football League action on this date – a complete schedule is set for Sunday – but we do have the Scottish game to monitor. The fierce Glasgow derby kicked off earlier on.
The elimination phase of Afcon begin today with a round of 16 encounter between the Lions of Teranga and the Falcons of Jediane at 4pm, plus we’ll have live text from domestic matches across European leagues.
You are welcome to get in touch if you’re off to a game or tuned in on television.