Key events
West Ham v Crystal Palace lineups
West Ham: Areola; Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson; Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Soucek; Kudus, Paqueta; Bowen
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Cornet, Fornals, Benrahma, Mubama, Ings.
Crystal Palace: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Richards, Lerma; Olise, Hughes, Ayew; Edouard
Subs: Whitworth, Tomkins, France, Clyne, Matthews, Riedewald, Ebiowei, Ahmada, Mateta
Liverpool v Fulham lineups
Liverpool: Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Núñez, Díaz
Subs: Adrián, Gomez, Endo, Konate, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Doak, Quansah
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Bassey, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Pereira, Iwobi, Wilson; Jimenez
Subs: Rodak, Tosin, Ballo-Toure, Castagne, Cairney, Decordova-Reid, Willian, Lukic, Vinícius
Chelsea v Brighton lineups
Chelsea: Sánchez; Disasi, T. Silva, Badiashile, Colwill; Fernández, Caicedo, Gallagher; Sterling, Jackson, Mudryk
Subs: Bergström, Petrović, Gilchrist, Maatsen, Matos, Madueke, Palmer, Broja, Washington
Brighton: Steele; Veltman, Van Hecke, Igor, Baleba; Hinshelwood, Gilmour; Buonanotte, Lallanga, Adingra; Ferguson
Subs: Verbruggen, Milner, Moder, Gross, O’Mahony, Kavanagh, Boaitey, Mitoma, Pedro
Bournemouth v Aston Villa lineups
Bournemouth: Neto; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Kluivert, Semenyo, Tavernier; Solanke
Subs: Travers, Mepham, Rothwell, Billing, Traorè, Brooks, Dango, Sinisterra, Moore.
Aston Villa: Martínez; Carlos, Torres, Konsa, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans, Luiz; Zaniolo, Watkins, Bailey
Subs: Olsen, Cash, Moreno, Lenglet, Diaby, Durán, Dendoncker, Ramsey, Iroebgunam
Before we get to team news, the FA Cup third round is about to be drawn and you can follow it with John Brewin:
Preamble
Hello and welcome to a bumper Sunday clockwatch, which comes with special thanks to the Europa League, Conference League and modern football’s insistence that dozens of games are played relentlessly on Thursday nights. Is Sunday at 2pm the new Saturday at 3pm? Sshhh. Don’t tell the traditionalists.
Anyway, we’ve got Bournemouth v Aston Villa, Chelsea v Brighton, Liverpool v Fulham and West Ham v Palace as the significant hors d’oeuvres to Manchester City v Tottenham’s main course later on. Liverpool and Villa can go to within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal if they win while Chelsea can close the gap to underperforming Manchester United to just five points if they can chalk up a victory. Imagine being eight points behind this Manchester United side …
We’ll run through the teamsheets next. Do stay tuned.