Welcome to LIVE coverage of African players based in major European leagues for Saturday 29 August.
21h50 - Final scores in the French Ligue 1 - Angers 1 Nice 1; Troyes 0 Montpellier 0; Lille 1 Ajaccio 0; Reims 4 Lorient 1; Rennes 3 Toulouse 1
21h37 - FC Porto beat Estorial 2-0 at with Aboubakar of Camerooon opening scoring for the home team.
20h45 - Half time scores in French Ligue 1 - Angers 1 Nice 0; Troyes 0 Montpellier 0; Lille 1 Ajaccio 0; Reims 1 Lorient 0; Rennes 1 Touloiuse 1
20h24 - It remains Porto 1 Estoril 0 in the second half in Portugal on account of Vincent Aboubakar'ssixth minute strike.
20h31 - Sofiane Boufal, whose roots are in Morocco, has given Lille the lead against Ajaccio. It's Lille 1 Ajaccio 0
20h21 - It has ended goalless in the EPL clash between Spurs and Everton. Nigerian-born youngster Dele Alli was a second-half sub for Spurs.
20h20 - An own goal by Steeve Yago of Burkina Faso after 17 minutes has drawn hosts Rennes level with Toulouse in the French Ligue 1.
20h07 - Action is underway in all five French Ligue one games.
19h58 - In Portugal, Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar has opened scoring for FC Porto against Estoril. When they clashed at Porto last season, the home team ran away 5-0 winners with Aboubakar also among the goals.
19h50 - Over an hour has now been played between Spurs and Everton and it is still goalless withBentaleb of the home team picking up a booking on 59 minutes.
19h35 - Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama will start for Lille at home against Ajaccio with Zambia defender Stoppila Sunzu and Mounir Obbadi on the bench. Abdou Kader Mangane (Senegal), Issiaga Sylla (Guinea) and Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) will see action from the onset for Ajaccio.
19h30 - Four Africans will start for Angers at home against Nice - Guy N'Gosso (Cameroon), Abdoul Camara (Guinea), Cheikh N'Doye (Senegal) and Romain Saiss (Morocco), while Jean Michael Seri starts for Nice.
19h20 - Five French Ligue 1 matches will start on top of the hour and as usual you should expect a lot of African interests in these games.
18h54 - It's goalless at half time between Spurs and Everton.
18h50 - The five-game unbeaten run of Hearts in Scotland, who have Nigeria defender Juwon Oshaniwa, has ended after they lost 3-2 at Hamilton.
18h49 - Lyon are big winners at Caen with Nabil Fekir, whose parents are from Algeria, grabbing a hat-trick and providing an assist in a 4-0 win on the road.
18h38 - The late EPL game between Spurs and Everton is on with African stars coming face-to-face -Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria, Spurs) and Arouna Kone (Everton, Cote d'Ivoire)
17h57 - Full time in the 16h00 kick offs in the Premier League: Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace, Bournemouth 1-1 Leicester City, Aston Villa 2-2 Sunderland, Manchester City 2-0 Watford, Stoke City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool 0-3 West Ham United. The only African scorers were Sako for Palace andSakho for the Hammers.
17h52 - Diafra Sakho scores for West Ham, who are now 3-0 up away to Liverpool and have almost completed a famous win at Anfield!
17h48 - Half time in the early Ligue 1 game, where Lyon lead 2-0 at Caen.
17h43 - Today's early game in Italy's Serie A sees Bologna host Sassuolo at 18h00. The former have Senegal's Ibrahima M'Baye, Morocco's Adam Masina and Ghanaian Godfred Donsah in their line-up, while Donsah's compatriot Alfred Duncan starts for the latter.
17h41 - Sako is replaced for Palace, having had a fantastic game for the Eagles at Stamford Bridge.
17h39 - But Palace reclaim the lead at 2-1, with Bolasie and Sako combining to set up Joel Ward to score for the Eagles!
17h36 - Chelsea draw level against Palace, with Radamel Falcao scoring his first in the famous blue shirt.
17h31 - Bolasie misses a great chance for Palace, who should be 2-0 up away to Chelsea!
17h26 - Full time scores from the Bundesliga 15h30 matches: Stuttgart 1-4 Frankfurt, Augsburg 0-1 Ingolstadt, Koln 2-1 Hamburger, Mainz 3-0 Hannover and Darmstadt 0-0 Hoffenheim. Bayern Munich will hosy Bayer Leverkusen at 18h30 to complete Germany's top flight action for the day.
17h22 - Sako scores for Palace at Chelsea! The Eagles lead at Stamford Bridge after the Malian's 65th minute goal - Bolasie provided the assist!
17h14 - Fernandinho has scored to make it 2-0 to City against Watford.
17h12 - Courtois again denies Sako in the Chelsea-Palace game, while Yannick Bolasie comes off the sub bench for the Eagles.
17h03 - Raheem Sterling has scored early in the second half to put Toure's Manchester City 1-0 up against Watford.
17h01 - We're ready to get back underway in the Premier League matches. Diouf's Stoke find themselves 1-0 down at home to West Brom and have had two men sent off.
16h48 - Half time in the Premier League matches in England, no African scorers as yet.
16h42 - Another goal from Sinclair has Gestede and Gueye's Villa 2-1 up against Sunderland.
16h38 - Crystal Palace are putting up a strong performance at Chelsea, with Souare and Sako both featuring as key performers for the Eagles.
16h32 - Sakho and Kouyate's West Ham now lead 2-0 at Liverpool, with Mark Noble netting the second for the visitors.
16h30 - Half an hour away from the opening Ligue 1 match of the day, with Caen hosting Olympique Lyon. The home side have Comoros' Chaker Alhadhur, Tunisian Syam Ben Youssef and Benin's Jordan Adeoti in their starting XI, while DRC's Jordan Nkololo is on the bench.
16h24 - Mahrez's Leicester found themselves 1-0 down at Bournemouth, while Sako is denied a goal for Palace after s fine save from Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
16h20 - Half time in the six afternoon matches in the Bundesliga. Frankfurt lead 2-1 at Stuttgart and Mainz are 2-0 up over Hannover - those are the only goals in Germany's top flight so far.
16h15 - Villa and Sunderland are drawing 1-1 after early goals from Scott Sinclair and Yann M'Vila.
16h05 - West Ham have taken an early lead at Liverpool thanks to a goal from Manuel Lanzini.
16h00 - Underway in the English Premier League 16h00 kick-offs, while the matches in Germany's Bundesliga are about 15 minutes away from half time.
15h53 - Mame Biram Diouf starts for Stoke City at home to West Bromwich Albion, who have the Nigerian pair of Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe on the bench. Cheikhou Kouyate and Diafra Sakhostart for West Ham United away to Liverpool.
15h50 - Aston Villa have Idriss Gueye and Rudy Gestede in their starting XI (and Jordan Ayew on the bench) for their match against Sunderland, while Manchester City have Yaya Toure starting at home to Watford, who have Allan Nyom and Odion Ighalo in their line-up.
15h47 - Max Gradel starts for Bournemouth at home to Leicester City, who have both Riyad Mahrez andJeff Schlupp in their XI.
15h45 - Team news for the Premier League matches kicking off at 16h00: Pape Souare and Bakary Sakostart for Palace away to Chelsea, with Yannick Bolasie on the bench. The Blues have new signing Baba Rahman on their subs list.
15h37 - Done and dusted in the early Premier League game, where Arsenal have beaten Mbemba's 10-man Newcastle United 1-0.
15h30 - Underway in the six games kicking off in Germany's Bundesliga.
15h14 - Still 1-0 to Arsenal at Newcastle with about 20 minutes left to play. In Germany's top flight, Nigerian Leon Balogun starts for Mainz at home to Hannover, who have Senegal's Salif Sane in their XI.
15h02 - Cameroon's Marvin Matip starts for Ingolstadt away to Augsburg, and Ghanaian Gideon Jungstarts for Hamburger at Koln.
14h55 - Line-up news from the Bundesliga, where Ivory Coast's Serey Die starts for Stuttgart at home to Frankfurt, who have his compatriot Constant Djakpa on the bench. In England, Arsenal have taken the lead against 10-man Newcastle, with Oxlade-Chamberlain scoring via a deflection.
14h48 - Back underway in the second half between Newcastle and Arsenal. Later we'll bring you live coverage of the rest of the Premier League matches, including the clash between Chelsea and Crystal Palace, which should give Malian winger Bakary Sako another chance to impress for the Eagles.
14h34 - We've reached half time between Newcastle and Arsenal at St James' Park, 0-0.
14h30 - We're an hour away from the kick off of six Bundesliga matches: Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt, Augsburg v Ingolstadt, Koln v Hamburger, Mainz v Hannover and Darmstadt v Hoffenheim. We'll bring you news of any African starters as the line-ups come in...
14h25 - Five minutes to play between the Magpies and Gunners in the first half, still goalless.
14h16 - Past the half hour mark between Newcastle and Arsenal, it's still goalless.
14h05 - And now Mbemba is walking a tightrope for the rest of the game after being cautioned for a cynical shoulder barge on Alexis Sanchez.
14h03 - Bad news for Newcastle, who have already been reduced to 10 men - Aleksandar Mitrovic has just been shown a straight red card for raking his studs down the shin of the Gunners' Francis Coquelin.
14h00 - We begin in the English Premier League, where the early match between Newcastle United and Arsenal is 15 minutes into the first half. The Magpies feature DRC's Chancel Mbemba in their starting line-up, while Senegal striker Papiss Cisse and Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote are on the bench.
source:African football
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