Raiders vs Seahawks LIVE: NFL in London 2018 - as it happened at Wembley
Oakland Raiders 3-27 Seattle Seahawks
NFL in London | Regular Season Week 6
Venue: Wembley Stadium
The Seattle Seahawks marked their first ever regular season game outside of North America with a comfortable win over the hapless Oakland Raiders at Wembley Stadium.
Russell Wilson threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns as the Seahawks ran out 27-3 winners in the first of three NFL International Series games to be played in the capital this season.
The organisers did their best to make it clear that this was a Raiders ‘home’ game, with cheerleaders and fireworks greeting their arrival on the field, but the London crowd were having none of it.
The Seahawks have a more established UK fan base and though technically the away side, it was clear from the moment Russell Wilson led his men out to warm up, that only a Seattle win would appease the home crowd.
Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, struggling badly for form having thrown more interceptions than anyone else in the league through the first five games, was once again playing behind an offensive line with more holes than a golf course, and was sacked six times.
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Janikowski meets some old friends
There are storylines everywhere you look out there, but seeing as the kickers are warming up, how about this one?
Seahawks kicker Sebastian Janikowski is playing against the Raiders for the first time since leaving this summer - after seventeen years with the franchise.
Janikowski was drafted by the Raiders in the first round of the 2000 draft, the only time a kicker has gone in round one since 1979.
Less than an hour and a half to go until kick off now, and we're expecting the pre-game festivities to get going in around 30 minutes.
The NFL have put on a load of different events and stalls around Wembley today, so the area has been buzzing for hours already.
Seahawks fans in the majority down Wembley Way, but plenty of fans from teams who aren't even playing today too.
Shaquem Griffim - twin brother of fellow Seahawks player Shaquill - is busy warming up on the Wembley turf.
The two teams have arrived at Wembley - are you getting excited yet?
The takeover of Wembley is official!
Preparations are well underway at Wembley and we're a little over two hours away from kick-off. The crowds are flocking to the national stadium, though if you're thinking of leaving it late, organisers have advised to get there early in order to go through advanced security checks. Transport to the stadium is also busy, so our advise is to not leave it until the last minute.
The Standard Sport team is en route to Wembley as we speak, with Vaishali Bhardwaj and Malik Ouzia covering the game for us tonight.
Vaishali and Malik will be on Wembley Way meeting the fans before the game, so stop by and say hello if you fancy featuring on our LIVE Periscope video on Twitter!
So, Wembley gets to host the party today despite the fixture originally being scheduled to be played at Tottenham's new stadium.
The problem with that? The stadium hasn't been finished yet.
Construction delays have pushed the project back - much to Spurs' chagrin - but it is not a hammer blow to the north London club's plans for the future.
John Dillon assesses what Spurs' new stadium will mean for NFL in London going forward, and why the club are well placed to be sitting pretty in the coming years.
"A decade from now when the football club is reaping the financial benefits of its fabulous new home – and it will be fabulous – and when there may be a permanent NFL London franchise installed there, the wait will surely have been worth it."
It's wet in London today - very wet. Wembley looks in tip-top shape for today's game though, and there's no way a little rain will dampen the spirits of the inbound fans as another NFL International Series kicks off in the capital at 6pm BST.
Good afternoon and welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE NFL coverage of Oakland Raiders vs Seattle Seahawks.
Vaishali Bhardwaj and Malik Ouzia are in place for us at Wembley to bring us updates throughout the day as we count down to kick-off.