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Half-time scores
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Burnley 1-2 Newcastle
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Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth
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Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton
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West Ham 2-1 Brighton
Goals galore!
Latest from 8.15pm kick-offs:
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Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
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Manchester United 0-0 Wolves
It’s half-time at the City Ground: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton.
GOAL! West Ham 2-1 Brighton (Paquetá 45+4pen)
It’s a stuttering run-up but cooly dispatched by the Brazilian. West Ham lead again!
Kick-off: Manchester United v Wolves
We’re under way in the later kick-off at Old Trafford.
Penalty to West Ham!
Michael Salisbury heads to the monitor. Dunk’s on the floor, legs splayed and arms outstretched. It’s not overly clear whether the ball hits hit chest, shoulder or arm. It’s given!
Another penalty shout at the London Stadium! Wilson’s shot is blocked at point-blank range by Dunk. It’s hard to tell from the replays but his arms are up and it might hit them … VAR are having a long look.
Off the line at Turf Moor! Broja’s shot is blocked and it comes back out to Edwards, whose low shot beats Pope but Schär is on the line to keep it out. Burnley so close to a leveller.
Palmer pulls off a lovely turn in midfield and feeds the ball to Estêvão on the right. The Brazilian comes inside and tees up Gusto but he shanks his shot and it goes no further than the D.
Welbeck's Panenka hits the bar!
It’s audacious from Danny Welbeck but, ultimately, rubbish. His Panenka spot-kick comes back off the bar and West Ham are furious! Mateus Fernandes was especially displeased with the cheek of it. He’s been booked for confronting Welbeck. Todibo and Areola have also had a few words.
Penalty to Brighton!
This is not a duplicate. West Ham have conceded another penalty! Paquetá wrestles Dunk to the floor at a corner and it’s another spot-kick. Welbeck to go again …
GOAL! West Ham 1-1 Brighton (Welbeck 32pen)
Welbeck makes no mistake, sending Areola the wrong way and finding the bottom left corner. It’s his 8th of the season.
Penalty to Brighton!
Max Kilman dives in on Yankuba Minteh and the referee points to the spot. Danny Welbeck will take …
Wissa misses a sitter at Turf Moor. He’s all alone at the back post at a corner and botches the header, sending it wide.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth (Kluivert 27)
Chelsea fail to deal with another long throw! Semenyo chucks it into the box, Chalobah gets his head on it at the near post and Kluivert evades his marker Garnacho to tap it in at the back post. All square again.
GOAL! Burnley 1-2 Newcastle (Laurent 23)
Burnley halve the deficit at Turf Moor. Ugochukwu lofts a ball into the Newcastle box, Broja flicks it on and Laurent finds the bottom corner with a fine volley. VAR is checking for offside … the goal stands!
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth (Fernández 22)
Garnacho makes the right decision this time, laying the ball back for Enzo Fernández, who drops his shoulder to evade Alex Scott and lashes into the top corner. It’s an emphatic finish. Chelsea have turned it around!
The Matthew Harding Stand is not overly pleased as Alejandro Garnacho overruns it in the Bournemouth penalty area when he had options. It’s end-to-end at the Bridge. 1-1.
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton (Garner 20)
We’ve got goals in every game! Everton lead at the City Ground as Dwight McNeil feeds a lovely ball into James Garner’s path and the midfielder’s shot is low across John Victor and into the back of the net.
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Bournemouth (Palmer 15pen)
Petrovic guesses the right way but Palmer’s penalty is low and has just enough pace on it! The former Chelsea keeper got a finger or two on it but not enough.
Penalty to Chelsea!
Sam Barrott heads to the monitor. Estêvão wriggles between Truffert and Semenyo and then appears to be knocked off his feet by the latter. There is contact … it’s a penalty!
Shouts for a penalty at Chelsea as Estêvão goes down under the challenge of Semenyo. The referee waves play on but there is a VAR check. It looks clumsy …
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Brighton (Bowen 10)
A goal at the London Stadium too! Paquetá sends Bowen through the middle and the West Ham captain has the composure to slot it past Verbruggen on the run. A huge lift for Nuno.
GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Newcastle (Wissa 7)
It’s carnage in the Burnley penalty after Newcastle get in behind on the left. Wissa’s initial effort is cleared off the line by Walker but he prods it in at the second attempt!
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth (Brooks 6)
Chelsea go behind! A Bournemouth long throw is flicked on by Evanilson and David Brooks heads it towards goal. Sánchez saves but a combination of Brooks and Evanilson squeeze it over the line from the rebound.
An early yellow card for Chelsea as Moisés Caicedo goes into the book for a trip on Álex Jiménez on a Bournemouth break.
GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Newcastle (Joelinton 2)
Newcastle strike first at Turf Moor! Anthony Gordon heads down the left, turns Kyle Walker inside out and sends in a cross that is wonderfully swept into the far corner from Joelinton on the volley.
Four games kick off
The whistles go around the grounds!
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Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth
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Burnley 0-0 Newcastle
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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Everton
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West Ham 0-0 Brighton
“I’ve never been so tempted to skip watching the game and just wait for the highlights,” writes Everton fan Eric Peterson ahead of the Dyche reunion. That’s the spirit!
The teams are heading out for the 7.30pm kick-offs. I’ll have updates from all four games. It looks cold … everywhere.
Kai Havertz is back on the bench for Arsenal. Scott Murray has live updates from their crunch game against Aston Villa:
Team news: Zirkzee in for Mount
Starting lineups from Old Trafford:
Man Utd (4-4-2): Lammens; Dalot, Heaven, Martínez, Shaw; Dorgu, Casemiro, Ugarte, Cunha; Sesko, Zirkzee.
Subs: Bayindir, Fredericson, Malacia, Yoro, J Fletcher, L Fletcher, Lacey, Mantato, Obi.
Joshua Zirkzee replaces the injured Mason Mount in the only change from the win against Newcastle. The formation is anyone’s guess.
Wolves (3-4-2-1): Sá; Doherty, Mosquera, Krejci; Tchatchoua,
Arias, J Gomes, H Bueno; Mané, Hwang; Arokodare.
Subs: Johnstone, Møller Wolfe, Strand Larsen, Hoever, López, González, Olagunju, Ojinnaka, Sutherland.
Rob Edwards makes two changes from the defeat at Liverpool. Jørgen Strand Larsen remains on the bench – he was linked with a move to West Ham today.
“I can’t fathom why Semenyo is going to City,” writes Dean Kinsella. “My bet is he will become yet another attacking forward who will be encouraged to stay out wide and should he happen to beat his full back to turn around and pass the ball back to his midfield. All the dynamic flair having been sucked out of him, soon reduced to playing bit parts from the bench.”
Well, I’m not sure Pep Guardiola has coached the dynamic flair out of Jérémy Doku or Rayan Cherki yet.
Afcon: Nigeria have topped Group C, with Tunisia joining them in the last 16 as runners-up. Tanzania also progress as one of the best third-place teams. Uganda are out.
Full time results:
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Tanzania 1-1 Tunisia
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Uganda 1-3 Nigeria
Senegal, DR Congo and Benin can all finish top of their group in games that are just about to get under way.
Group D fixtures (tonight 7pm GMT):
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Benin (3pts) v Senegal (4)
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Botswana (0) v DR Congo (4)
Sean Dyche, up against his old team tonight, is speaking to TV pitchside ahead of kick-off. He says that David Moyes is doing a good job at Everton but reiterates that he doesn’t care about that tonight because he’s Nottingham Forest manager now and wants a result.
Dyche is still wearing his shorts. Having been at a motorway service station not far from Nottingham earlier today, I can confirm that this is some achievement. You can see his breath.
A few transfer lines to come out of the Premier League today involving (in descending speculated value) Antoine Semenyo, Jørgen Strand Larsen and Brennan Johnson:
Team news: Wilson and Welbeck start
Starting lineups from the London Stadium:
West Ham (4-3-3): Areola; Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles;
Magassa, Potts, Fernandes; Paquetá, Bowen, Wilson.
Subs: Hermansen, Summerville, Mavropanos, Rodríguez, Soucek, Earthy, Kanté, Golambeckis, Mayers.
Callum Wilson is the only addition to the XI that lost to Fulham at the weekend, replacing Crysencio Summerville.
Brighton (3-4-2-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk; Kadioglu, Ayari, Milner, De Cuyper; Minteh, Gómez; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Gruda, Rutter, Hinshelwood, Watson, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Mitoma, Coppola.
Fabian Hürzeler makes five changes to the team that lost to Arsenal, with Danny Welbeck leading the line and James Milner in midfield.
Team news: Grealish back on bench
Team news at the City Ground:
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): John Victor; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Zinchenko; Domínguez, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
Subs: Sels, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona, Abbott.
Oleksandr Zinchenko for Nicolò Savona is the only change from Forest’s loss to Manchester City.
Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Patterson, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner; Dibling, Rohl, McNeil; Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Beto, Grealish, Aznou, Welch, Campbell, Graham, Bates.
Merlin Röhl makes his full debut for Everton, replacing Carlos Alcaraz in one of three changes from the draw with Burnley. Jack Grealish makes the bench after missing the trip to Turf Moor with illness.
Team news: Wissa replaces Woltemade
Starting lineups at Turf Moor:
Burnley (3-4-3): Dubravka; Laurent, Ekdal, Estève; Walker, Luís,
Ugochukwu, Pires; Edwards, Broja, Tchaouna.
Subs: Weiss, Bruun Larsen, Anthony, Humphreys, Sonne, Ndayishimiye, Banel, Barnes, Pimlott.
Captain Josh Cullen is ruled out after suffering a knee injury against Everton. Scott Parker makes two other changes.
Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Miley, Thiaw, Schär, Hall; Tonali, Guimarães, Joelinton; Barnes, Wissa, Gordon.
Subs: Ramsdale, J Murphy, Woltemade, Willock, A Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar, Neave, Alabi.
Eddie Howe makes three changes to the team that lost at Old Trafford on Boxing Day, with Yoane Wissa picked to lead the line and Harvey Barnes joining him in the front three.
Team news: Semenyo starts
Starting lineups at Stamford Bridge:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez, Acheampong, Fofana, Chalobah, Gusto; Caicedo, Fernández; Estêvão, Palmer, Garnacho; Delap
Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, James, Santos, Buonanotte, Gittens, Neto, João Pedro.
Enzo Maresca keeps tinkering with five changes to the team that lost to Aston Villa, with Reece James among those to drop to the bench. Liam Delap leads the line.
Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Jiménez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Tavernier, Scott; Semenyo, Kluivert, Brooks; Evanilson.
Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Soler, Smith, Diakité, Adli, Kroupi, Unal, Rees-Dottin.
Antoine Semenyo starts for Bournemouth despite him nearing a move to Manchester City. Andoni Iraola makes four changes to the team that was beaten 4-1 by Brentford.
Preamble
Greetings. The festive fixtures keep on coming in the Premier League, with six more games on the agenda tonight. We’ll be focusing on five of those, headlined by Chelsea v Bournemouth and Manchester United v Wolves. Newcastle are also in action at Burnley, while struggling West Ham host Brighton. Then there’s a Sean Dyche derby at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest face Everton.
Tonight’s Premier League fixtures
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Burnley v Newcastle (7.30pm)
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Chelsea v Bournemouth (7.30pm)
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Nottingham Forest v Everton (7.30pm)
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West Ham v Brighton (7.30pm)
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Arsenal v Aston Villa (8.15pm) Scott Murray has updates
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Manchester United v Wolves (8.15pm)
I’ll also be keeping you across the latest from Afcon, where Senegal are among those in action as Group D comes to a close. There are also five games in the Scottish Premiership, with Celtic and Rangers in action.
It should be a busy one. Join in – you can get in touch with me via email. Premier League team news is coming up.
