Liverpool look to resurrect league form; in-form Welbeck faces Manchester United – matchday live

<p>⚽ News, previews and discussion before the day’s action<br>⚽ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/24/premier-league-10-things-to-look-out-for-this-weekend">Ten things to look out for</a> | And <a href="mailto:matchday.live@theguardian.com">email matchday live</a></p><p><strong>The Premier League offering may be rather meagre today but there’s some meaty clashes in the EFL</strong> – especially in the Championship.</p><p>Top of the table <strong>Coventry</strong> can continue their stellar form under Frank Lampard at home to <strong>Watford</strong> in one of the early games; <strong>Ipswich v West Brom</strong> is a battle of two underperforming sides who have ambitions to push higher in the table, while <strong>Wrexham</strong> go to second-placed <strong>Middlesbrough</strong> looking to inflict just a second defeat of the season on Rob Edwards’ side.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/oct/25/premier-league-buildup-lionesses-v-brazil-and-more-matchday-live">Continue reading...</a>