Soccer today, Oct. 18: Palmeiras beat Athletico-PR

Palmeiras beat Athletico-PR 2-0 on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, in Brazil's top-flight Série A, known as the Brasileirão. Both goals came in the first 10 minutes, from Maurício and Joaquín Piquerez. Botafogo, Atlético-MG and São Paulo also won 1-0 in the same round. Scores and match events come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife.

Saturday's results (Oct. 17)

In Curitiba, Maurício put Palmeiras ahead in the 6th minute and Piquerez made it 2-0 in the 10th. Palmeiras finished with 10 men after Andreas Pereira was sent off in the 43rd minute, and held on in the second half. The match summary has the minute-by-minute.

In Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo beat Chapecoense 1-0 on a 7th-minute goal by Tiquinho Soares (match page). In Belo Horizonte, Atlético-MG also won 1-0, over Coritiba, with Igor Gomes scoring in the 78th minute (match summary). In São Paulo, Artur scored in the 68th minute to give São Paulo a 1-0 win over Vasco da Gama (match page).

In the second-tier Série B, América Mineiro beat Operário-PR 1-0 on a goal by Guilherme Parede in the 88th minute. In Fortaleza, Ceará and Juventude drew 2-2. Juventude took the lead on a penalty by Raí in the 68th minute, Saulo equalized in the 70th, Gabriel put Juventude back in front in the 78th, and Saulo, also from the penalty spot, made it 2-2 in stoppage time. The match page has the summary.

The busiest game in the Premier League was at the Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2. Phil Foden opened the scoring in the 19th minute, Daizen Maeda equalized for Ipswich in the 21st, and Erling Haaland scored in the 34th and 69th. In the 90th minute, Zian Flemming pulled one back from the penalty spot for the visitors.

Liverpool won 2-1 at Brentford, with goals from Víctor Muñoz in the 62nd minute and Alexander Isak in the 70th. Keane Lewis-Potter had put Brentford ahead in the 44th. Brentford were down to 10 men after Yehor Yarmoliuk was sent off late in the first half, and finished with nine after a red card for Vitaly Janelt. Chelsea beat Everton 2-0, with Pedro Neto scoring twice, in the 46th and 90th minutes. Aston Villa and Fulham both won 1-0: Villa over Newcastle, with Johan Manzambi scoring in the 36th minute, and Fulham over Hull City, with Alex Iwobi scoring in the 33rd.

In Argentina's top flight, Rosario Central won 3-2 away at Atlético Tucumán. Gastón Ávila scored twice, in the 3rd and 6th minutes, Tucumán equalized through Pedro Canelo in the 37th and Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez in the 42nd, and Julián Fernández got the winner in the 80th. In other games in the round, Vélez Sarsfield, Lanús and Argentinos Juniors each won 1-0, over Gimnasia (Mendoza), Platense and Banfield, respectively.

Today's games (Sunday, Oct. 18)

Four Série A games are on Sunday, all at Brasília time:

• 4 p.m.: Grêmio vs. Cruzeiro (match page);
• 4 p.m.: Fluminense vs. Santos (match page);
• 6:30 p.m.: Bahia vs. Flamengo (match page);
• 7:30 p.m.: Remo vs. Red Bull Bragantino (match page).

On Monday (Oct. 19) at 8 p.m., Corinthians host Vitória in Série A. In Série B today, CRB vs. Botafogo-SP, Avaí vs. Athletic and São Bernardo vs. Criciúma kick off at 4 p.m., and Vila Nova vs. Novorizontino at 6 p.m. The match pages update during play.

Among today's European games, in the Premier League, Leeds United vs. Manchester United, Brighton vs. Crystal Palace and Bournemouth vs. Sunderland start at 10 a.m., and Nottingham Forest vs. Arsenal at 12:30 p.m. In Italy, Fiorentina vs. Como is at 10 a.m., Milan vs. Atalanta at 1 p.m. and Juventus vs. Lazio at 3:45 p.m. In Spain's LaLiga, Real Madrid host Sevilla at 4 p.m. In Argentina, River Plate face Belgrano at 8:15 p.m.

Brasileirão: Palmeiras move into first place, and Flamengo play today

In the Série A table as updated on Thursday (Oct. 15), before Friday's and Saturday's games, Flamengo led with 64 points in 30 games, followed by Palmeiras with 63. With the win over Athletico-PR, Palmeiras reach 66 points, adding the three for the win to the 63 in Thursday's table, and move past Flamengo into first place. Flamengo can retake the lead today at 6:30 p.m. against Bahia, who were fifth in Thursday's table with 49. Athletico Paranaense, third in that table, stayed on 53 points. The full table is on the portal's soccer page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and tables
• CBF, Brazil's soccer confederation and organizer of the Brasileirão (official calendar)
• RaisLife Soccer, games and tables

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.