Manchester United v Brentford, Celtic v Aberdeen, and more: football – live

Key events

Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martínez and Casemiro return for United after the goalless draw at Aston Villa. Brentford are unchanged following their 5-3 rout of Wolves.

📋 Your United XI to take on Brentford 🤝#MUFC || #MUNBRE

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 19, 2024

Your Bees to face United 🐝#MUNBRE pic.twitter.com/Narjbl80hf

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) October 19, 2024

We chased our international pleasures here, dug our Nations League treasures there, and now we’ve broken through to the other side. The Premier League is back, baby, after its latest interminable hiatus, and while the Doors aren’t exactly a fashionable reference point these days, it was either them or the Mike Sammes Singers again. Anyway, here are the 3pm kick-offs …

  • Fulham v Aston Villa

  • Ipswich Town v Everton

  • Manchester United v Brentford

  • Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion

  • Southampton v Leicester City

… and in Scotland there’s the small matter of Celtic v Aberdeen, so we’ll have news of that 1980s nostalgia trip as well. We’ll post all the team news as it comes in. Forward we go.