Key events
Manchester City v Everton: Manchester City are without Rodri, the defensive midfielder having torn a hamstring in their match against Brentford two weeks ago. Versatile defender Abdukodir Khusanov remains sidelined with an ankle injury he suffered against Arsenal that has kept him out of City’s past four matches. In better news for Pep Guardiola, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Mateo Kovacic are all reported to be available for selection after spells of varying length in the treatment room. In his only appearance of the season for club or country thus far, Kovacic played 69 minutes for Croatia in their World Cup qualifying win over Gibraltar last Sunday.
Everton winger Jack Grealish is ineligble to play against his parent club, while Nathan Patterson is also unavailable after pulling up lame in his first appearance of the season on Tuesday night for Everton U21s. Michael Keane, Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Rohl will all be assessed ahead of today’s game.
Brighton v Newcastle United: Brighton trio Solly March, Adam Webster and Brajan Gruda are all out with knee injuries, while Jack Hinshelwood is sidelined with an ankle problem. Kaoru Mitoma, Diego Gomez and Joel Veltman are all training after recovering from injury but their boss, Fabian Hurzeler, says there is “a question mark” over their availability.
Yet to play for Newcastle since signing from Brentford, Yoane Wissa is still out with a knee injury and has Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento to keep him company in the treatment room. Will Osula is a doubt but Eddie Howe reckons Joelinton may be fit enough to play after recovering from a groin injury. Jacob Ramsey is available after missing Newcastle’s past seven games, while Dan Burn continues to soldier on with a broken finger.
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth: Cheick Doucoure, Caleb Kporha and Chadi Riad remain out for Palace, who have announced that Marc Guehi will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Bournemouth winger David Brooks has been ruled out with a hamstring injury he suffered on international duty with Wales, while Adam Smith is in line for a return to Andoni Iraola’s matchday squad after recovering from his own hammy woes.
Burnley v Leeds United: Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts and Zeki Amdouni all remain sidelined for Burnley, but Scott Parker is hoping to have Lyle Foster and Jaidon Anthony available despite the duo suffering recent injuries.
Harry Gray and Willy Gnonto are both absent for Leeds United, while Noah Okafor is a doubt. Lucas Perri has recovered from a hamstring injury, while Dan James will have to undergo a fitness test as he tries to return from an ankle injury.
Sunderland v Wolves: For the hosts, Noah Sadiki (DR Congo) and Omar Alderete (Paraguay) both picked up injuries on international duty but may be fit enough to start. Habib Diarra, Leo Hjelde, Romaine Mundle and Reinaldo Mandava are all sidelined with injury.
Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira will be allowed to take his place in the technical area despite being shown a red card in his side’s draw with Brighton last time out. The Portuguese coach was quick to apologise for his petulance in kicking a ball away, but his FA hearing has yet to take place. Wolves strikers Hwang Hee-chan and Jorgen Strand Larsen are both struggling with injuries, while Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is a doubt through illness.
Today’s Championship fixtures
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Oxford United 1-0 Derby County (L)
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QPR 0-2 Millwall (L)
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Southampton 0-0 Swansea City (L)
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Birmingham City v Hull City
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Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday
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Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
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Norwich City v Bristol City
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Sheffield United v Watford
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Stoke City v Wrexham
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West Brom v Preston
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Leicetser City v Portsmouth (7.45pm BST)
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GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-2 Chelsea (Neto 51)
Premier League: Chelsea double their lead in jig time through a low Pedro Neto drive at a set-piece just outside the penalty area. Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels got a big hand on the ball but couldn’t keep it out. Over to you, Rob …
GOAL! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea (Acheampong 48)
Premier League: An unmarked Josh Acheampong has headed Chelsea in front at the City Ground, converting a Pedro Neto cross from six yards to score his first senior goal. Rob Smyth has the latest …
Manchester United: Benjamin Sesko is a topic of context-free condemnation as social media’s sluice of aggravation sinks us all, writes Jonathan Liew.
Today’s Premier League fixtures
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Nottingham Forest 0-0 Chelsea (L)
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Sunderland v Wolves
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Burnley v Leeds
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Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
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Brighton v Newcastle United
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Manchester City v Everton
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Fulham v Arsenal (5.30pm BST)
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Nottingham Forest v Chelsea – live!
The weekend’s Premier League action got under way in today’s early kick-off at the City Ground, where patience with Ange Postecoglou is already wearing thin despite today’s match being just his eighth in charge of the home side. It’s scoreless at half-time, Forest have thus far failed to capitalise on a litany of Chelsea errors in defence and Rob Smyth has the latest …
Premier League clockwatch
The latest international break of the season is over and the Premier League is back. Following today’s early match between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea at the City Ground, we have five three o’clock kick-offs upon which to keep tabs. Still seeking their first win of the season, Wolves travel to the Stadium of Light to take on a Sunderland side who will overtake that record-breaking low Derby County points tally after just eight games of the campaign if they can win or draw.
At Turf Moor, Burnley host Leeds United in a rare Premier League Managers Whose Surnames Rhyme derby, while two of the divisions more sought after gaffers will stand in adjacent technical areas as Crystal Palace try to score against Bournemouth for the first time in four meetings. The nonsensical rule forbidding on-loan players from lining up against their parent clubs means the in-form Jack Grealish will not get to play for Everton when they travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City. We can but speculate but one suspects non-celebration celebrations would have been conspicuous by their absence if Grealish was able to help Everton put one over on Pep Guardiola at the Etihad.
And finally, Dan Burn and Yankuba Minteh are expected to be in action against their former clubs when Newcastle United make the long trek to Brighton for what looks a particularly eye-catching and difficult to call match-up. As ever, we’ll bring you updates on all the goals as they go in, flag up any major talking points and bring you post-match reaction and reports from around the ground, while keeping an eye out for any other major talking points from grounds the length and breadth of the UK. Don’t touch that dial …
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