Premier League sides toil, Bayern win

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Pre season reports, results, goals from Forest, Leeds, Brighton, Sunderland, Burnley, Brentford and Bayern friendlies

Five of the six Premier League sides in pre-season pleasant motion on Saturday did not win – and a former top-flight star shone for Bayern.

Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford, Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland all performed, scoring a complete of 4 objectives.

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Almost a yr after becoming a member of Die Roten from Crystal Palace for £50.8 million, Michael Olise was on the double because the reigning German champions hosted Lyon.

101GreatGoals.com takes a take a look at the most recent pre-season motion with underneath two weeks till the Premier League returns.

Birmingham vs Forest: Stansfield purpose decisive

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In a match to honour the legendary Trevor Francis, Championship newcomers Birmingham earned bragging rights in a derby courtesy of Jay Stansfield’s Twenty second-minute end from the sting of the field.

Forest described the 1-0 defeat as “more valuable minutes” and had quite a few probabilities to equalise, with Morgan Gibbs-White, new signing Dan Ndoye and targetman Chris Wood all culpable earlier than Taiwo Awoniyi was denied by Ryan Allsop.

Forest host Italian membership Fiorentina in a pleasant on Tuesday (19:45 BST / 14:45 ET / 11:45 PT).

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Nottingham Forest crew: Sels, Morato (Awoniyi 70), Murillo (Moreira 70), Sangare, Hudson-Odoi (Silva 70), Anderson (Yates 70), Gibbs-White (Richards 70), Ndoye (Boly 70), Jesus (Wood 46), Cunha (Carmo 70), Milenkovic (Abbott 70).

Leeds vs Villarreal: Piroe plunders level

Joel Piroe celebrated his twenty sixth birthday by hanging the 67th-minute equaliser from a Brenden Aaronson cross to earn Leeds a 1-1 draw at Elland Road.

Villarreal had gone forward 5 minutes earlier when Gerard Moreno’s header was pushed in opposition to the crossbar by Illan Meslier and Karl Etta Eyong pounced on the rebound.

Yellow Submarine goalkeeper Diego Conde tipped fellow substitute Harry Gray’s late header in opposition to the crossbar to thwart Leeds, who’re in motion once more at dwelling to Milan subsequent Saturday (15:00 BST / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT).

Leeds crew: Leeds: Darlow (Meslier 46), Schmidt (Byram 63), Rodon, Struijk (Bijol 46), Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Longstaff (Gruev 46), Stach (Tanaka 63), Gnonto (Ramazani 63), Nmecha (Piroe 46), Aaaronson (Gray 81)

Southampton vs Brighton: Minteh magic

Winger Yankuba Minteh entered the field on the suitable and located the far nook of the web within the twenty fifth and sixty fifth minutes as Brighton gave the impression to be in cruise management at Southampton, who they beat 4-0 away on February 22 with the Saints doomed to Premier League relegation.

There was salvation for the hosts this time as substitute Jay Robinson curled in from simply contained in the penalty space within the 69th minute by way of Seagulls defender Lewis Dunk. Adam Armstrong’s penalty 4 minutes later ensured the sport ended 2-2.

Brighton are at dwelling to Bundesliga membership Wolfsburg subsequent Saturday (17:00 BST / 12:00 ET / 09:00 ET).

Brighton crew: Steele, Wieffer (Tasker 86), Van Hecke, Dunk (Penman 86), De Cuyper (Slater 86), Gomez (Moran 79), Atari, Minteh (Howell 65), O’Riley, Rutter (Sima 79), Mitoma (Oriola 79)

Sunderland vs Real Betis: Ruibal decides contest

Granit Xhaka, Robin Roefs and Reinildo made their non-competitive debuts for Sunderland, who had been indebted to the crossbar for conserving out Valentín Gomez’s first half-header earlier than full-back Trai Hume cleared off the road from the rebound.

After winger Simon Adingra had a purpose dominated out for offside from midfielder Xhaka’s cross, wideman Aitor Ruibal headed the one purpose of the sport within the 74th minute for the guests.

The Black Cats go to Bundesliga crew Augsburg in a pleasant on Saturday (14:00 BST / 09:00 ET / 06:00 PT).

Sunderland crew: Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Reinildo (Huggins 61), H. Jones, Adingra, Diarra (Le Fee 61), Xhaka, Talbi, Sadiki, Mayenda

QPR vs Brentford: Captain Collins clinches win

Brentford had been the one Premier League crew to win because of new captain Nathan Collins’s second-minute header from a Michael Kayode cross.

Goalkeeper Joe Walsh was busy for the second-tier aspect, denying Fábio Carvalho, Rico Henry, Antoni Milambo and Myles Peart-Harris to limit the guests to a 1-0 victory.

The Bees host Bundesliga opponents Borussia Monchengladbach in a pleasant on Friday (19:30 BST / 14:30 ET / 11:30 PT).

Brentford crew: Kelleher, Kayode (Roerslev 76), Ajer (Arthur 64), Collins (Stephenson 76), Henry (Hickey 64), Yarmoliuk (Onyeka 76), Jensen (Milambo 64); Carvalho (Donovan 76), Damsgaard (Konak 76), Lewis-Potter (Meghoma 76), Thiago (Peart-Harris 64)

Stoke City vs Burnley: Wilmot winner

Burnley gained 2-0 at Stoke on their option to promotion final season however there was to be no repeat of their two clear sheets in opposition to the Potters in 2024/25 as Ben Wilmot’s first-half strike gave the hosts victory.

Midfielder Josh Laurent was despatched off after the break for the Clarets, who will observe up this 1-0 defeat with a house match in opposition to Italian aspect Lazio subsequent Saturday (15:00 BST / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT).

Bayern vs Lyon: Olise objectives give Roten win

Michael Olise transformed a 53rd-minute penalty after Harry Kane had been substituted and struck once more 9 minutes later as Bayern started their pre-season preparations with a 2-1 dwelling win over French membership Lyon.

Georges Mikautadze hit a submit for OL and Alejandro Rodriguez replied seven minutes from time, racing clear on the break and slotting in.

Luis Diaz would have scored on his non-competitive debut for his new membership however for a wonderful save from goalkeeper Remy Descamps, stopping Bayern from scoring a 3rd after the break.

Bayern are again on the Allianz Arena to face Tottenham in a pleasant on Thursday (17:30 BST / 12:30 ET / 09:30 ET).

Bayern crew (first half): Neuer, Boey, Upamecano, Kim, Guerreiro, Goretzka, Bischof, Karl, Wanner, Coman, Kane

Second half: Urbig, Tah, Kiala, Stanisic, Kimmich, Olise, Laimer, Santos Daiber, Gnabry, Diaz, Kusi-Asare

When does the 2025/26 Premier League season begin?

The first spherical of Premier League matches in 2025/26 will probably be on the weekend of August 16 2025, beginning with Liverpool internet hosting Bournemouth on Friday, August 15 (20:00 BST / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT).

That sport is being proven stay within the UK on Sky Sports Premier League, Ultra and Main Event.

The final spherical of matches this season will all begin on the identical time on May 24 2026. No rounds will happen inside 60 hours of one another and there will probably be no fixture on December 24.

When does Bayern’s 2025/26 Bundesliga season begin?

The first round of Bundesliga games in 2025/26 will probably be on the weekend of August 23 2025, with Bayern beginning the motion at dwelling to Leipzig on Friday, August 22 at 19:30 BST (14:30 ET / 11:30 PT).

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