Episode
Match of the Day: 31st October 2015
Overview
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the day's seven Premier League matches. Chelsea met Liverpool in the early kick-off at Stamford Bridge, with both sides looking to recover from shaky starts to the season. Manchester United travelled to Crystal Palace, while Manchester City hosted Norwich and Arsenal made the trip down the M4 to face Swansea. The other fixtures saw struggling Newcastle face Stoke, Watford up against West Ham and West Brom were at home to Leicester.
Details
- Series
- Match of the Day
- Season
- Season 52
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2015-10-31
- Runtime
- 80 min
Episode context
31st October 2015 is Episode 12 in Season 2015/16 of Match of the Day. It aired on 2015-10-31. The runtime is 80 min.
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Episode 11: 24th October 2015
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and reaction to the day's six Premier League matches with Ian Wright and Danny Murphy. Champions Chelsea faced a London derby away to West Ham with Jose Mourinho looking to preserve a proud record of never having lost to the Hammers in nine league and cup matches. Everton travelled to Arsenal hoping to end an 18-game losing streak that dates back to 1997. The day's other games saw early season high-fliers Leicester host Crystal Palace, Aston Villa entertain Swansea, Norwich play West Brom and Stoke against Watford.
Episode 13: 7th November 2015
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's Premier League games, which include Chelsea's trip to play Stoke at the Britannia Stadium. The Blues' hopes of successfully defending their Premier League title have been jeopardised by a poor start to the season, and Jose Mourinho's men cannot afford to drop more points against the Potters. Manchester United host a West Bromwich Albion side who are chasing a third consecutive win at Old Trafford, while West Ham boss Slaven Bilic faces one of his former sides as the Hammers take on Everton. Elsewhere, Bournemouth meet Newcastle, Leicester host Watford, Norwich take on Swansea and Sunderland face Southampton.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: 17th October 2015
Gary Lineker introduces the best of the action and reaction from the day's eight Premier League matches. They include Tottenham's attempt to end a five-match losing streak against Liverpool, Everton's bid for a fourth consecutive victory over Manchester United at Goodison Park, and home games for Chelsea and Manchester City against Aston Villa and Bournemouth respectively. The day's other games feature Crystal Palace v West Ham, Southampton v Leicester, Watford v Arsenal and West Brom v Sunderland.
Episode 14: 8th November 2015
Highlights from the FA Cup first round. Non-league sides that have battled through the preliminary rounds will be looking to extend their cup runs and make a name for themselves, while the 48 League One and Two clubs that enter at this stage will be aiming to avoid any embarrassing slip-ups while harbouring their own dreams of cup glory. Last season, Warrington Town and Worcester City made the headlines at this stage with wins against Exeter City and Coventry City.
Episode 9: 3rd October 2015
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and reaction to the day's seven Premier League matches, with Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas in the studio. Manchester City were looking to continue their strong start to the season against Newcastle. City had dominated the recent league meetings between these sides, scoring 17 unanswered goals en route to five consecutive victories. The day's other games saw former Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis return to Selhurst Park with his current side West Brom, while Chelsea welcomed Southampton to Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, Aston Villa hosted Stoke, Leicester travelled to Norwich, Sunderland entertained West Ham and Premier League new boys Bournemouth and Watford met on the south coast.
Episode 15: 14th November 2015: David Beckham's All Star Match for Children
Highlights of Unicef's Match for Children from Old Trafford. David Beckham captains a Great Britain and Ireland XI against an all-star Rest of the World team led by retired Portugal international Luís Figo to raise money for the children's charity. Beckham is reunited with his former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, who returns to the dugout where he spent 26 years as manager. Beckham and Figo are joined by some of football's biggest names, while former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti takes charge of the World XI.
Episode 8: 26th September 2015
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and reaction to the day's eight Premier League matches. In the lunchtime kick-off Tottenham host Manchester City at White Hart Lane, with both clubs having had contrasting starts to the season. The day's other fixtures see Leicester take on Arsenal, Liverpool play Aston Villa, Manchester United face Sunderland, Southampton against Swansea, Stoke versus promoted Bournemouth, West Ham hosting Norwich and champions Chelsea travelling to Newcastle.
Episode 16: 21st November 2015
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's eight Premier League games, including Liverpool's trip to Manchester City. Raheem Sterling could line up against his former club - City made him the most expensive English player ever when they signed him over the summer, but it was a controversial move and angered some sections of Liverpool support. Elsewhere, Manchester United face a tricky lunchtime test at Watford, who have made a solid start to life back in the Premier League. In the day's other matches, Chelsea play Norwich, Everton take on Aston Villa, Newcastle host Leicester, Stoke travel to Southampton, Swansea welcome Bournemouth and West Brom are in action against Arsenal.
Episode 7: 19th September 2015
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and reaction to the day's seven Premier League matches, with studio guests Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy. Champions Chelsea entertain Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, the second meeting between the clubs this season following the Gunners' victory in the Community Shield in August. That win was Arsene Wenger's first in 14 attempts over his old adversary Jose Mourinho across an 11-year period. The day's other fixtures see Manchester City host West Ham, Roberto Martinez take his Everton side to former employees Swansea, Aston Villa play West Midlands neighbours West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle face Watford, Bournemouth take on Sunderland and Stoke meet Leicester.
Episode 17: 28th November 2015
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's six Premier League games, including early-season pacesetters Manchester City taking on Southampton. City brought the curtain down on their Premier League season with a 2-0 home victory over Saints last season - consolidating their second-place finish behind Chelsea. Elsewhere, former Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew takes on the Magpies with his current club Crystal Palace. Pardew swapped St James' Park for Selhurst Park earlier this year and will want to continue his impressive start to the season with Palace. The day's other fixtures see another of the season's surprise packages, Leicester City, take on Manchester United. Elsewhere, Sunderland entertain Stoke, Everton travel to Bournemouth and Aston Villa face Watford.
Episode 6: 12th September 2015
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven Premier League games with guests Alan Shearer and Ian Wright. Games include a mouth-watering clash between rivals Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford. United completed the double over Brendan Rodgers' side last season and have only lost one of their last seven league games at home to Liverpool, but the visitors will be desperate to avenge their 3-0 defeat there in the previous campaign. Meanwhile, Everton take on reigning champions Chelsea at Goodison Park, which played host to a remarkable game between these sides last season - Jose Mourinho's side eventually winning 6-3. Elsewhere, Arsenal host Stoke, Manchester City travel to Crystal Palace and West Brom are home to Southampton. There's a clash of the newly-promoted teams as Norwich face Bournemouth, while Swansea are away to Watford.
Episode 18: 5th December 2015
Highlights including Man United v West Ham, Chelsea v Bournemouth and Stoke v Man City.