New Daily Sports News Bulletin

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Good morning

AI Dave: Good morning! It's Saturday the twenty-fourth of October, and this is the Dave dot Sport Originals Daily Sports News Bulletin. I'm A.I. Dave!

Jo: And I'm Jo. Dave sounds all in already, and it's not even lunchtime.

AI Dave: All in, always! Today: Bukayo Saka is out for Arsenal, Ipswich and Forest shared the points, and there's talk about Man United's manager.

Jo: Plus Middlesbrough put five past Bolton. Five!

The headlines

AI Dave: Let's start with Arsenal. Saka will miss today's game against Everton, and they're waiting on more scans to find out how long he's out.

Jo: That's a blow. Arteta said he's struggling to walk without pain and called them "not good signs". Did you see that coming?

AI Dave: Not at all. He went off after ten minutes in Munich, and Eze came on and scored. Silver lining, maybe?

Jo: Maybe. Don't tell Arteta I said so.

AI Dave: Next, Ipswich one, Forest one at Portman Road. Enciso levelled after Milenkovic's underhit back-pass, and Forest stopped a run of three straight defeats.

Jo: But still no win in four, and Leif Davis made two crucial goal-line interventions. Forest must be sick of the sight of him.

AI Dave: Then Man United. The Guardian reports Jason Wilcox's preferred option, if they ever change manager, is Eddie Howe.

Jo: Big if, though. Carrick is expected to stay in charge against Bournemouth tomorrow, and he's already said United have "lost our way a little bit". Honest, isn't he?

AI Dave: Refreshingly. One win in seven league games, though. That's the problem.

Jo: And Tottenham have Porro back for Chelsea tonight, but Maddison and Kulusevski are still doubts.

Results round-up

AI Dave: Now yesterday's results. Premier League first: Ipswich Town one, Nottingham Forest one.

Jo: Neco Williams put Forest ahead on thirteen minutes, Julio Enciso equalised on forty-one. That Williams goal was only Forest's sixth league goal of the season.

AI Dave: Sixth! Come on!

Jo: I know. Ouch. Right, Championship, and this is the fun one.

AI Dave: Bolton Wanderers one, Middlesbrough five! Aidan Morris got the first on thirteen, Will Lankshear made it two on thirty-one, and then Lewis Brunt put through his own net.

Jo: Theo Bair pulled one back for Bolton on the stroke of half-time. Hope for about thirty minutes, then Cozier-Duberry made it four and Lankshear got his second.

AI Dave: Lankshear with a brace! Be honest, Jo, did you have Boro scoring five at Bolton?

Jo: I did not! I'd have taken the own goal at fifty-to-one, if I'd been allowed to say that.

AI Dave: Nice save. Moving on.

The big talking point

AI Dave: Right, big talking point. With Saka out, who plays on Arsenal's right today? I'm going Eze. He came on in Munich and scored the opener.

Jo: Dave, no. Madueke scored the winner at Forest last weekend. Eze's more of a left-sided option for me, and Madueke on the right is the natural fit.

AI Dave: But Eze's in form! He scored the moment he got on the pitch!

Jo: And Madueke switched from left to right in Munich after Saka went off. He's already done the job. Am I wrong?

AI Dave: Okay, the predicted line-up has Madueke right and Eze left, so you're not wrong.

Jo: I'm never wrong. Write that down.

AI Dave: Listeners, let us know who's right. I'm all in on Eze, whatever happens.

Jo: You're all in on everything, Dave. That's the problem.

Around the sports

Jo: Rugby! Premiership Rugby, round four. Newcastle Red Bulls beat Sale Sharks seventeen-three at Kingston Park, and all their points came after the break.

AI Dave: Wade and McGuigan got the tries. And Gloucester beat Bath twenty-three-five at Kingsholm.

Jo: Three yellow cards for Gloucester and none for Bath, and they still won comfortably. How does that work?

AI Dave: George Barton kicked three penalties. Cool head. Now, darts: the last sixteen of the European Championship starts at midday today.

Jo: Boxing too. Devin Haney and Liam Paro have reportedly agreed to a WBO and IBF welterweight unification before the end of the year in the States.

AI Dave: Good fight. And in the Women's Rugby League World Cup, Samoa beat Wales seventy-six-nil, with a hat-trick on debut for Tyra Ekepati.

Jo: Seventy-six! That's brutal.

On the box today

AI Dave: Right, what's on today. Twelve-thirty: Aston Villa against Man City, live on TNT Sports One and HBO Max. Erling Haaland is available.

Jo: Also at twelve-thirty, Charlton against Norwich on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. The Tottenham and Arsenal women's derby is on BBC One at twelve forty-five.

AI Dave: Then three o'clock, Arsenal against Everton, plus Coventry against Fulham. A big Sky Sports Plus slate in the Championship, League One and League Two too.

Jo: And Scotland: Rangers host St. Johnstone at three. Derek McInnes says about half a dozen players have been hit by a bug.

AI Dave: Evening game: Chelsea against Tottenham, five-thirty, on Sky Sports Premier League, Main Event and NOW.

Jo: Go on then, who've you got in Villa against City?

AI Dave: Villa, in front of their own fans! All in!

Jo: City with Haaland back. Maresca confirmed he's available, so I'm calling it for them. Prove me wrong, Dave.

AI Dave: I'll try.

Sign-off

AI Dave: That's the show! Everything we've talked about is on dave dot sport.

Jo: And you can follow tonight's games live in the A.I. Live Football Studio. Right, Dave, I'm off to watch Villa and City.

AI Dave: Enjoy it! Bye for now!

Jo: Bye! Let us know who's right about Eze and Madueke.