England
Dango Ouattara marked his Brentford debut with a decisive attack when the bees defeated Aston Villa 1-0 in their first home game of the Premier League season 2025/26.
The 23-year-old attacker struck in the 12th minute to secure their opening victory of the campaign in the Gtech Community Stadium.
Ouattara, a recent signing from Bournemouth, received a starting point a week after it was at the club. Jordan Henderson also played from the start and made his full debut in midfield.
The breakthrough came when goalkeeper Cooimhin Kelleher Igor Thiago chose with a lofted ball from deep. The smart film by the Brazilian released the African, which rose the box. His first attempt was blocked by Emiliano MartÃnez, but the rebound was friendly, so that the Burkina Faso International could quietly throw in an unguarded.
In Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest shared the points in an evenly disputed collision that ended with 1-1.
ISMALA SAR opened the score for the hosts halfway through the first half and ended calmly after a smooth movement that opened forest defense.
Palace looked out for long spells, but their advantage was undone shortly after the restart. A quick counterattack of the visitors released Callum Hudson-Odoi, who clearly raced and struck a precise effort outside the goalkeeper to restore parity.
Both parties pressed a late winner, but neither could find the decisive touch for the goal.
Spain
Cote d'imoorkust International Nicolas Pepe was on the score sheet when Villarreal rode a dominant 5-0 win over Girona.
Fresh from their opening day victory against Real Oviedo, the yellow submarine flew out of the blocks and ran twice in the first 16 minutes.
The former Arsenal –man opened the score in the seventh minute and punished a defensive decline before sliding calmly past Vladyslav Krapyvtsov.
Tajon Buchanan stole the headlines with an excellent hat trick, while Pepe's lively display gave him a standing ovation when he made way for the Ilias Akhomach of Morocco at 63 minutes.
Germany
The Ghanaian younger Ilyas Ansah enjoyed a dream bundesliga debut and scored twice to inspire Union Berlin into a 2-1 win over Stuttgart in the stadium and Der Alten Forsterei.
The 20-year-old opened the score in the 18th minute with a thunderous attack from the edge of the box that crashed from the post.
He doubled Union's lead in the peace and ended with confidence of the assist of Andrej Ilic. In addition, Ansah History wrote as the first trade union Berlin player who scored a brace on his Bundesliga debut.
Although Tiago Tomas pulled out for Stuttgart late, Union held up to claim all three points.
In another competition, Algeria International Mohamed Amoura opened his competition account when Wolfsburg defeated FC Heidenheim.
Introduced in the 64th minute for Dzenan Pejcinovic, he sealed the 3-1 victory from the penalty spot, which contributed to the benefit of his side after they had already taken a 2-1 lead.
Elsewhere Serhou Guirassy was on goal when Borussia Dortmund was held to a 3-3 draw by St. Pauli.
The Guinea International opened the score in the 34th minute, on its way to a precise Marcel Sabitzer Cross to achieve 65 Bundesliga goals in just 102 performances, an achievement that was improved by only five players in competition history.
But Dortmund let the victory slip away late and gave an 86th minute penalty allowed by Danel Sinani before Eric Smith hit three minutes later to earn the Hamburg side a dramatic point.
France
Marseille placed a turbulent week behind them with a resounding 5-2 victory over Paris FC in the Velodrome, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit twice.
The Gabon Forward won a penalty that was converted by Mason Greenwood before adding a second halfway through the first half.
Newly promoted silk Paris FC fought back through Ilan Kebbal and Moses Simon, but Aubameyang restored Marseille's advantage before Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and younger Robinio Vaz lets the victory sealed.
The result offered lighting in front of Roberto de Zerbi after last weekend's crisis, when a three -room after the game between Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe overshadowed their opening defeat at Rennes.
Mali International Fode Doucoure thought it was just before Le Havre, but his side slid to a 2-1 defeat against Lens in the Stade Oceane.
Wesley said that scoring from the place in the ninth minute after Arouna Sangante's handball, before Rayan Fofana doubled the visitors' lead with a stunning attack.
Doucoure pulled one back on the tranquility of the tranquility with a nice finish, but it turned out to be just a consolation.
Toulouse ended their nine-match Winless Run against Stade Brestois in Ligue 1 when Frank hit twice in a 2-0 win in the De Toulouse stadium.
After a aimless first half, the Cameroon International broke the impasse in the 52nd minute and shot Radosław Majecki in the Near Post.
Magri doubled his count 13 minutes later and showed fine footwork to round the goalkeeper before he slid into an empty net.