Barclays Premier League
The city of Manchester heads the early season hunt for the Barclays Premier League title, but it's United fans who are singing today.
A 3-0 win over struggling Sunderland see the Red Devils top the table on 16 points, after their Manchester rivals, City, slipped up badly against Spurs.
Tottenham 4 Man City 1
Leicester 2 Arsenal 5
Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 2
Man Utd 3 Sunderland 0
Southampton 3 Swansea 1
Stoke 2 Bournemouth 1
Newcastle 2 Chelsea 2
Ladbrokes Scottish Premier League
Celtic missed an opportunity to close the gap on top of the table Aberdeen, who went under in Inverness.
Ronnie Delia's Bhoys could only manage a scoreless draw against Hearts.
Former Cliftonville star Liam Boyce scored the opening goal for Ross County in their 3-3 draw at Dundee.
Celtic 0 Hearts 0
Dundee 3 Ross County 3
Inverness 2 Aberdeen 1
Kilmarnock 1 Hamilton 2
Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 1
St Johnstone 2 Dundee Utd 1
Danske Bank Irish Premiership
Linfield edged a seven-goal thriller over Glenavon at Windsor Park to sit four points clear of Crusaders at the top of the Premiership.
But the chasing Crues showed their intent in dramatic fashion with a five-goal thrashing of Carrick Rangers, four from Paul Heatley.
Ballinamallard 0 Cliftonville 2
Crusaders 5 Carrick Rangers 0
Dungannon Swifts 2 Glentoran 4
Linfield 4 Glenavon 3
Portadown 0 Coleraine 2
Warrenpoint Town 1 Ballymena United 2
County Antrim Shield
Today's second round draw pits holders Cliftonville against Linfield.
Carrick Rangers wll tackle giant-killing H&W Welders, conquerors of Eddie Patterson's Glentoran on penalties in the opening round.
Elsewhere Crusaders take on Ballymena United at Seaview while Ards face Larne.
The games are set for Tuesday October 27.
