Fulham v Chelsea, Bournemouth v Tottenham, and more: Premier League – live

Fulham v Chelsea, Bournemouth v Tottenham, and more: Premier League – live

Key events

GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Leeds (Barnes 36′)

Leeds’ lead lasts just four minutes as Harvey Barnes fires Newcastle level! That game kicked off at 8.15pm, so we’re still in the first half.

GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Brighton (Mitoma 60′)

City are pegged back! It’s Kaoru Mitoma who levels in style, sending his shot beyond Donnarumma and into the far corner. The City keeper is then booked for tussling with De Cuyper over the loose ball.

GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Leeds (Aaronson 32′)

Leeds deservedly go ahead at St James’ Park, Brenden Aaronson slotting home from Calvert-Lewin’s pass.

GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Chelsea (Jiménez 55′)

Please forget whatever it was I said about Chelsea just then. Fulham lead, a fine header from Raúl Jiménez beating Sánchez at the near post.

Penalty calamity for Sunderland!

This alone makes Match of the Day essential viewing tonight. Sunderland win a penalty and Enzo Le Fee steps up … but his attempted Panenka is read by Kelleher, who catches the ball and offers him a thumbs up. Painful to watch, tbh.

Fulham are dominating the ball as they try to break down a blue wall in front of them. This state of play might suit Chelsea in a weird way: they seem to thrive on adversity at times. With that, they break and Neto wins a corner which Hato heads over the bar.

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“With several games going on at once I’ve been hopping between them, and managed to see several blatant cynical fouls,” writes Mark Uribe. “These days, with teams having so many top players for all positions and five substitutions per game, taking a yellow card for the team really doesn’t cost much. Can we please introduce sin bins?”

I would personally like to see it, if only for the added drama and histrionics. Stick ‘em in the sin bin for pointlessly moaning about refereeing calls, while we’re at it.

In Serie A, Inter lead 1-0 at Parma at the break, and are on track to extend their lead at the top.

We are back in the 7.30pm kick-offs – no further goals anywhere so far.

It’s no longer goalless at Burnley – Manchester United are behind.

It’s also goalless at Burnley, where Daniel Harris is watching the Fletchera begin.

Leeds have started brightly at Newcastle, in what I reckon might be the biggest game in England between one-club cities. Feel free to tell me I’m wrong, of course.

Premier League half-times

Bournemouth 2-1 Tottenham
Brentford 1-0 Sunderland
Crystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa
Everton 1-0 Wolves
Fulham 0-0 Chelsea 🟥
Manchester City 1-0 Brighton

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No goal! Harry Wilson slots home from 12 yards out – but Jimenez was just offside as he ran back to hold the ball up. Lucky for Chelsea’s ragged back line, who almost played Fulham onside twice in that move.

8.15pm games under way

Two more games, sure, why not? Burnley v Manchester United, and Newcastle v Leeds, are both up and running. You can follow events at Turf Moor with Daniel Harris:

Antoine Semenyo is booked on what looks likely to be his final Bournemouth appearance. At Selhurst Park, Villa are having marginally the better of a scrappy game, but it remains goalless.

Back at Craven Cottage, Cole Palmer stings Leno’s palms with a shot from distance, before Smith Rowe goes close with his own effort from the edge of the area.

Pep Guardiola was booked before the penalty was taken, and our man on the ground, Will Unwin, reports he had a heated exchange of words with Fabian Hurzeler.

GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Brighton (Haaland pen 40′)

Normal service resumed as Haaland slots the penalty home. There’s a sense of relief around the Etihad, where City had really been struggling for inspiration.

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland sends Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen the wrong way to open the scoring. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters
Then celebrates. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
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Penalty for Manchester City? VAR are checking Diego Gomez’s challenge on Doku – it looks a pretty clear penalty, and Thomas Bramall points to the spot. A chance for Haaland to end his mini-drought …

Brighton’s Diego Gomez fells Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku and the referee points to the spot. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters
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GOAL! Bournemouth 2-1 Tottenham (Kroupi 32′)

A quick turnaround at the Vitality, with Senesi cutting back for Eli Junior Kroupi to score, after Semenyo air-kicked his shot.

Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi sticks the ball past Tottenham Hotspur’s keeper Guglielmo Vicario to put the home side ahead. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
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No joy for Manchester City so far, with Brighton happy to soak up pressure. “Are you going to mention all the empty seats at the Etihad?” demands Alexis Panton. I’d say you’ve done it for me.

GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Sunderland (Thiago 26′)

What’s happening at the Gtech then? Well, the hosts have taken the lead through red-hot striker Igor Thiago, who runs onto a through ball, rounds Robin Roefs and slots home. That’s his 15th league goal of the season – and Brentford are fifth as it stands.

Igor Thiago of Brentford rounds Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs … Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images
Before slotting the ball home to open the scoring. Photograph: Tony O’Brien/Reuters
Thiago celebrates. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters
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Newcastle v Leeds teams (8.15pm KO)

Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Miley, Thiaw, Schar, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Barnes, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Trippier, Ramsdale, Botman, Wissa, Livramento, Jacob Murphy, Willock, Alex Murphy, Ramsey.
Leeds (3-5-1-1): Lucas Perri; Rodon, Bijol, Struijk; Justin, Gruev, Ampadu, Stach, Gudmundsson; Aaronson; Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Darlow, Piroe, Nmecha, Okafor, Harrison, Tanaka, Bornauw, Byram, Gnonto.

Wilson’s free kick, and Jimenez’s shot on the rebound, are both blocked, with Santos taking the latter squarely in the bread basket. Chelsea are set to make a change, bringing on Jorrel Hato for the ailing Santos.

Chelsea’s players will not stop complaining – I’m not really sure on what grounds – and both Fernandez and Tosin are booked for dissent. Marco Silva joins them, presumably complaining Fulham have a free kick on the edge of the area, rather than a penalty.

Red card! Cucurella sent off for Chelsea

Chelsea had been dominating but Fulham break away, and Harry Wilson gets beyond Cucurella, who stops him with a tug on the arm. Peter Bankes shows a straight red card, and it’s upheld by the VAR!

Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella (left) grabs the arm of Harry Wilson … Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA
Which causes the Fulham player to hit the deck and the Chelsea defender is sent off for an early bath … Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Which pleases the Fulham fans. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Tottenham (Evanilson 21′)

Bournemouth are back on terms, through a terrific Evanilson header. Tavernier curled in a perfect cross, and the Brazilian got up to head emphatically past Vicario!

A flying Evanilson restores parity at Bournemouth. Photograph: James Marsh/Shutterstock
Which he’s pretty happy about. Photograph: Robin Jones/AFC Bournemouth/Getty Images
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Brennan Johnson looks poised to score his first Palace goal – but Emi Martínez makes a fine save to deny him. Back at Craven Cottage, another corner causes problems, with Leno saving from Caicedo at close range.

GOAL! Everton 1-0 Wolves (Keane 17′)

The Wolves revival stalls as Michael Keane gets a toe to the ball in a crowded area, and fires Everton in front!

Everton’s Michael Keane (right) scores their first goal past Wolverhampton Wanderers’ keeper Jose Sa. Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters
Keane celebrates with teammate Tim Iroegbunam. Photograph: Richard Martin-Roberts/CameraSport/Getty Images
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An Aston Villa handball shout is waved away at Selhurst Park, while back at the Etihad, debutant Max Alleyne heads wide from a corner. Did you know: he’s the son of former England cricketer Mark Alleyne? You do now.

Cole Palmer goes down on the edge of the area, but the decision goes against him for handball as he fell. The Craven Cottage faithful liked that one.

While we wait for some more goals, here’s what Liam Rosenior had to say on Sky before kick-off.

“For this opportunity to come up at this stage of my career is great but my biggest focus is not about being Chelsea manager, it’s about being a winning Chelsea manager, and that is the message that I gave the players yesterday. We need to hit the ground running for the rest of the season.

Every manager has an idea of the way that they want to play, [but] it has to suit the players. I think that is one of the reasons I have been brought to the club, it suits the players perfectly, but you have to be able to adapt in terms of tactics, systems, formations. That’s why I was brought into the project to begin with.

“To be honest I never thought it would end up with me stood here in January as Chelsea manager, but in life you never know what’s going to happen.”

Erling Haaland hasn’t scored in three league games – quite the drought by his standards. He looks to get in behind Brighton’s back five on the break, but Phil Foden can’t find the through ball.

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Cucurella’s cross is cleared away by Diop, but Chelsea have a corner. Enzo Fernandez whips it in and Leno has to punch off the goal line, under pressure from Delap.

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In the Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona have raced into a 3-0 lead over Athletic Bilbao. Real Madrid take on Atlético in the second semi-final tomorrow night.

GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 Tottenham (Tel 5′)

Mathys Tel with a very welcome goal for Spurs! He cuts in from the left wing and drills a low shot into the far corner. Petrovic might have done better, although Tel’s shot may have taken a slight deflection.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Mathys Tel fires home to open the scoring at Bournemouth. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Tel celebrates. Photograph: Graham Hunt/ProSports/Shutterstock
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An early half-chance for Fulham, with Harry Wilson denied by Sánchez at the near post. He had time and space to test the Chelsea keeper further.

Here we go!

Six Premier League games up and running. We’ll focus on the action at Craven Cottage to start with, but will endeavour to cover every game, everywhere, all at once.

Full time in Serie A, and it’s ended Napoli 2-2 Verona. Giovanni di Lorenzo pulled a late goal back for the hosts, after Rasmus Højlund’s strike was ruled out by VAR.

Get well soon, King Kev.

Manchester United begin their post-Amorim era at Turf Moor tonight. You can follow that one with Daniel Harris.

“Very disappointed Liam Rosenior has joined Chelsea,” writes Richard Hirst. “I was hoping they would take Marco Silva so that Liam could come to his and his father’s homeland. Cut his Premiership teeth in a more supportive environment at Craven Cottage, moving to SW6’s second team later on if absolutely necessary.”

Chelsea’s new manager Liam Rosenior, who will be watching from the stands alongside Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali tonight, has a selfie with a fan. Photograph: Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images
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There are also five Serie A games tonight, and in one of two earlier kick-offs, Napoli are in a spot of bother at home to struggling Verona. The visitors took a shock 2-0 lead but Scott McTominay has pulled one back. Elsewhere, Atalanta lead 2-0 at Bologna, while Inter face Parma later on.

Brentford v Sunderland teams

Brentford (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry, Yarmolyuk, Janelt; Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Schade; Thiago.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Nelson, Damsgaard, Peart-Harris, Donovan.

Sunderland (4-2-3-1): Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete; Geertruida, Xhaka; Rigg, Le Fée, Adingra; Brobbey.
Subs: Tutierov, Harrison Jones, Hjelde, Mundle, O’Nien, Mayenda, Neil, Cirkin, Patterson.

Everton v Wolves teams

Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Garner, Iroegbunam; McNeil, Armstrong, Grealish; Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, Beto, Dibling, Rohl, Aznou, Welch, Campbell.

Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-5-2): Jose Sá, Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Krejci; Tchatchoua, Arias, Joáo Gomes, Mané, Hugo Bueno; Arokodare, Hwang.
Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Andre Trindade, Larsen, Pedro Lima, Chirewa, Lopez, Ojinnaka.

Bournemouth v Tottenham teams

Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Jiménez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Scott, Cook; Semenyo, Tavernier, Junior Kroupi; Evanilson.
Subs: Forster, Soler, Brooks, Smith, Diakité, Adli, Unal, Milosavljevic, Rees-Dottin.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence; João Palhinha, Bentancur, Bergvall; Kolo Muani, Tel, Simons.
Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Danso, Richarlison, Gray, Odobert, Davies, Scarlett, Williams-Barnet.

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa teams

Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Canvot, Lacroix, Guéhi; Devenny, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Johnson, Pino; Mateta.
Subs: Benitez, Uche, Sosa, Richards, Rodney, King, Benamar, Casey, Drakes-Thomas.

Aston Villa (4-3-3): Martínez; Cash, Konsa, Lindelöf, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn; Rogers, Sancho, Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Buendía, Torres, García, Malen, Jimoh, Maatsen, Bogarde, Hemmings.

So, some interesting changes in the Chelsea line-up, with Reece James and João Pedro dropping to the bench, replaced by Andrey Santos – who was impressive off the bench against City on Sunday – and Liam Delap.

As for City, they’ve handed a first-team debut to Max Alleyne after recalling the young centre-back from his loan at Watford. Rodri and Rayan Cherki start on the bench.

Man City v Brighton teams

Manchester City (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Matheus Nunes, Khusanov, Alleyne, Ake; González, Bernardo Silva, Reijnders; Foden, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Trafford, Cherki, Rodri, O’Reilly, McAidoo, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, Reigan Heskey.

Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Ayari, Gross; Mitoma, Gómez, De Cuyper; Rutter.
Subs: Steele, Gruda, Watson, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Coppola, Tasker, Howell.

Fulham v Chelsea team news

Fulham (3-4-2-1): Leno; Diop, Andersen, Cuenca; Castagne, Berge, Cairney, Robinson; Wilson, Smith Rowe; Jiménez.
Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Traore, Kusi-Asare, Lukic, Kevin, Sessegnon, Amissah, Ridgeon.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez; Gusto, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Cucurella; Santos, Caicedo; Palmer, Fernández, Pedro Neto; Delap.
Subs: Jorgensen, Bynoe-Gittens, João Pedro, Hato, James, Fofana, Acheampong, Estevao, Garnacho.

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Some sad news to bring you – Spurs legend Martin Chivers has died aged 80. The team’s players will wear black armbands at Bournemouth tonight as a tribute.

Today’s Football Daily takes a peek into the West Ham doom vortex …

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Wednesday’s Premier League games

Kick-offs 7.30pm GMT unless stated …

Bournemouth v Tottenham
Brentford v Sunderland
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Everton v Wolves
Fulham v Chelsea
Manchester City v Brighton
Burnley v Manchester United
(8.15pm)
Newcastle v Leeds (8.15pm)

Preamble

A new era technically begins for Chelsea tonight, with Liam Rosenior appointed on Tuesday. No manager/head coach/performance coordinator wants to start with a derby, though, so Calum McFarlane stays in charge tonight. While their rivalry with Fulham hasn’t always been the fiercest, Craven Cottage under the lights has been a problem for Liverpool and Manchester City already this season.

With Arsenal hosting Liverpool on Thursday, City and Aston Villa must seize the chance to apply pressure and cut back that six-point gap at the top. Pep Guardiola’s stumblers host Brighton, who recently ended a long winless run, while Villa go to Crystal Palace, who are still stuck in their barren patch.

The same goes for Bournemouth, who will aim to end an 11-game stretch without a victory at home to Tottenham. In another surprising stat, Thomas Frank’s shiftless side still have the second-best away record in the league. Frank’s former team, Brentford, host Sunderland in a battle of surprise chasers of continental football.

Everton are struggling at their new stadium, so Wolves are either the best or worst visitors they could have tonight. In another glass-half-full/empty contest, Leeds (unbeaten in seven, with five draws) go to Newcastle. Eddie Howe’s side are improving, but they are also the last team to ever lose to Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United.

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