Friday, October 23, 2026 gave us one match in each of Europe’s big five leagues, and all five finished with both teams scoring. Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3-2 at Stuttgart, Torino edged Monza 3-2, and Nice won 2-1 at Brest. Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1, and so did Alavés and Málaga.
Every score at a glance
Here is the full Friday scoreboard. These are final scores, pulled on October 24, 2026.
| Competition | Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest | FT | Portman Road |
| La Liga | Alavés 1-1 Málaga | FT | Mendizorrotza |
| Serie A | Torino 3-2 Monza | FT | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino |
| Bundesliga | VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach | FT | MHPArena |
| Ligue 1 | Brest 1-2 Nice | FT | Stade Francis-Le Blé |
A quick read of the numbers:
- 17 goals in 5 games. That is 3.4 per match.
- No clean sheets. Every goalkeeper conceded at least once.
- Away sides outscored home sides 9-8.
- Two five-goal games. Both were decided by a single goal.
We have kept this roundup to verified final scores. We have not listed scorers or goal minutes, because we could not confirm them against reliable match reports when we published. We would rather leave a gap than print a wrong name.
The 3 stories of the day
1. Gladbach win a five-goal game in Stuttgart
This was the result of the night. Borussia Mönchengladbach went to the MHPArena and won 3-2.
On recent evidence, it counts as a surprise. Stuttgart finished second in the Bundesliga in 2023-24, played in the Champions League the following season and won the DFB-Pokal in May 2025. Gladbach have spent most of the last few seasons in mid-table. An away win in Stuttgart is not a result they collect often.
Three away goals in Germany’s top flight is a strong return for any side. Scoring three on the road and still only winning by one tells us Stuttgart kept coming. Both teams found the net at least twice, so neither defence had a comfortable evening.
What it means: Gladbach take three points from a ground where most visitors expect to leave with nothing. Stuttgart drop points at home on a night when the rest of their division was still waiting to play.
2. Torino edge Monza in Turin
Torino beat Monza 3-2 at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. It was the only home win of the night.
Monza’s presence in Serie A is itself a story. They went down at the end of 2024-25, so this season marks a return to the top flight. Scoring twice away from home at this level is a decent sign for a returning club. Losing anyway is the harsh part.
For Torino, a 3-2 home win is about as untidy as wins get. It is still three points. In a league where the mid-table pack tends to bunch together, a home win on Friday puts pressure on everyone below them before they kick off.
3. Nice win in Brittany
Nice won 2-1 at Brest’s Stade Francis-Le Blé. That makes it two away wins out of five on the night.
Brest’s ground is small and loud. It is not an easy trip, and Brest have made it count in recent seasons. Their run to the Champions League in 2024-25 was built partly on home form. Nice taking all three points there is a solid piece of business.
Ligue 1 has run with 18 clubs since 2023-24, so each team plays 34 league games. With fewer fixtures, every away win carries a little more weight in the final table.
Premier League
| Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest | FT | Portman Road |
Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest. Ipswich are back in the Premier League after going down in 2024-25. A point against Forest at Portman Road is a fair Friday night for them.
Forest have been one of the league’s stronger sides in recent seasons. They finished seventh in 2024-25, which earned them a European place. A draw away from home is not a bad result. They will still see it as two points dropped against a promoted side.
What it means for the table: both clubs take a point each, and neither moves far. Friday games in the Premier League always come first in the matchweek. The real shape of the table only shows once Saturday and Sunday have finished.
Ref's note
The Laws of the Game do not award points. Law 10 only says that the team scoring more goals wins and that equal goals means a draw. The three points for a win and one for a draw come from each competition’s own rules.
La Liga
| Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Alavés 1-1 Málaga | FT | Mendizorrotza |
Alavés 1-1 Málaga. Málaga last played in La Liga in 2017-18. They climbed back through the third tier and the Segunda División, and this season is their return. A point in Vitoria-Gasteiz is a useful away result.
Alavés will feel this one more. Mendizorrotza is where they need to collect points. Home draws against promoted sides are the kind of result that comes back to bite in a relegation fight.
What it means for the table: a point each keeps both teams moving. The tiebreaker matters here. La Liga separates level teams by head-to-head record first, not goal difference. That means the return fixture in Málaga will carry extra weight later in the season.
Common myth
Many fans assume goal difference always splits teams level on points. In La Liga, head-to-head record between the tied clubs comes first. Goal difference only decides it if the head-to-head is level.
Serie A
| Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Torino 3-2 Monza | FT | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino |
Torino 3-2 Monza. This was the highest-scoring game of the night, level with Stuttgart vs Gladbach on five goals. It was also the only game the home side won.
Torino needed this result. Home wins are what keep a club clear of the bottom half in Serie A. Conceding twice to a returning side is the worry. Coaches tend to forget a scoreline like this quickly, but they don’t forget the goals against.
Monza lose, but they leave Turin with two away goals and proof they can hurt sides at this level. For a promoted club, that matters for confidence over a 38-game season.
What it means for the table: Torino gain three points on the Friday. Monza stay where they were. Serie A also uses head-to-head record to split level teams. Monza will want to win the return game by more than one goal to put this tie back in their favour.
Bundesliga
| Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach | FT | MHPArena |
VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach. We covered this in our top stories, and it deserves the space. Five goals, an away win and a home side that scored twice and still lost.
The Bundesliga has 18 clubs, so a season is 34 matches. Away wins against teams that have played in Europe recently are hard to come by. Gladbach will treat this as a statement result.
Stuttgart’s problem is simple. Scoring twice at home should earn a point at the very least. Conceding three means the defensive side of their game needs work before the next match.
What it means for the table: the Bundesliga splits level teams by goal difference, then goals scored. Gladbach’s three away goals help on both counts. Stuttgart’s two goals help them on goals scored, but the loss hurts their goal difference.
Ligue 1
| Result | Status | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Brest 1-2 Nice | FT | Stade Francis-Le Blé |
Brest 1-2 Nice. Nice took the points with a one-goal win in Brittany. Brest scored but could not find the equaliser.
This was the night’s lowest-scoring match with a winner. It was still a game where both teams scored, which kept the five-for-five pattern alive.
For Nice, an away win at a ground where Brest have been hard to beat is a good sign. For Brest, losing at home with only 34 league games in the season leaves less time to recover lost ground.
What it means for the table: three points for Nice, nothing for Brest. In an 18-team league, the bottom two go down automatically and 16th goes into a play-off with a Ligue 2 side. Results like this one shape that race long before spring.
What the numbers tell us
We like to look past the individual scores at the pattern across the night. Friday gave us a clear one.
| Measure | Friday, Oct 23 |
|---|---|
| Matches | 5 |
| Total goals | 17 |
| Goals per match | 3.4 |
| Home goals | 8 |
| Away goals | 9 |
| Matches with both teams scoring | 5 of 5 |
| Clean sheets | 0 |
| Results decided by one goal | 3 of 3 |
Every match with a winner was decided by one goal. The two draws were both 1-1. Not one game on the night was settled by more than a single goal.
That is a small sample, and we would not build a theory on five matches. Still, it was a tight night. Nobody ran away with a game, and every result was in doubt until late.
How promotion shaped the night
Three of the ten clubs in action have come up in the last few seasons:
- Ipswich Town returned to the Premier League after relegation in 2024-25.
- Málaga are back in La Liga for the first time since 2017-18.
- Monza returned to Serie A after going down in 2024-25.
Between them, the promoted clubs took two points from three games: draws for Ipswich and Málaga, and a narrow defeat for Monza. All three scored. None of them looked out of their depth on the scoreline alone.
For a promoted side, the first half of the season is about points against direct rivals. Draws away from home, like Málaga’s in Vitoria-Gasteiz, are the kind of result that adds up.
VAR and officiating
We did not log any verified VAR interventions from Friday’s five matches when we published. We will not guess at decisions we have not seen confirmed in match reports.
If you want a refresher on when the video assistant referee can step in, our explainer on the meaning of VAR covers the four reviewable situations. Those are goals, penalty decisions, direct red cards and cases of mistaken identity. Each league runs VAR under the same IFAB protocol. The way decisions are explained to fans in the stadium differs from league to league.
What happens next
Friday matches open the weekend in all five leagues. The rest of each matchweek plays out on Saturday and Sunday, so the tables we see on Friday night are always provisional.
For the ten clubs who played on Friday, the extra rest day is a small edge. Teams that play on Friday usually get at least one more day of recovery before their next fixture than sides who play on Sunday.
We will update the picture as the weekend’s results come in. If you missed the midweek action, our Thursday roundup covered the Europa League. Earlier in the week we reported on two nights of Champions League football.
How we compile these results
Every score on this page is a final result, confirmed as full time (FT). We pulled the data on October 24, 2026, the morning after the matches.
We list the venue for each game because it matters for context. Home and away form is one of the first things we check when reading a result.
We add scorers, goal minutes and incidents only when we can verify them against reliable match reporting. If a detail is missing here, it is because we could not confirm it. That is a deliberate choice.
FAQ
What were the football results on October 23, 2026?
There were five matches across Europe’s big five leagues. Ipswich Town drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest. Alavés drew 1-1 with Málaga. Torino beat Monza 3-2. Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3-2 at VfB Stuttgart. Nice won 2-1 at Brest.
How many goals were scored on Friday, October 23, 2026?
Seventeen goals across five matches, an average of 3.4 per game. The away sides scored nine and the home sides scored eight.
Did any team keep a clean sheet?
No. Both teams scored in all five matches, so every goalkeeper conceded at least once.
Which teams won away from home?
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3-2 at Stuttgart, and Nice won 2-1 at Brest. Torino were the only home winners of the night.
Why don’t you list goal scorers?
We only publish scorers and minutes once we have verified them against reliable match reports. When we published, we could not confirm those details. We left them out rather than risk getting them wrong.
How do leagues split teams level on points?
It depends on the league. The Premier League and Bundesliga use goal difference first. La Liga and Serie A look at the head-to-head record between the tied clubs first.
