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Premier League clockwatch: Man City v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Chelsea and more – live

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January 4, 2025

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Premier League clockwatch: Man City v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Chelsea and more – live

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There were three early kick-offs in the Championship. Here are your classified results.

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley
Stoke City 0-0 Plymouth Argyle
Swansea City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

Burnley won the East Lancs derby at Ewood Park thanks to Zian Flemming’s diving header. That consolidates second spot for Scott Parker’s team. There was a small post-match brouhaha between Parker and his opposite number John Eustace, something about a perceived handshake snub by Parker, but it was apparently an innocent mistake and apologies were offered and accepted. Everyone stand down!

At the other end of the table, ~~Wayne Rooney’s~~ Plymouth earned a point at Stoke to keep within swiping distance of their relegation rivals. And somewhere in the middle of the table, Joe Allen notched an injury-time equaliser for Swansea against managerless West Brom.

That win for Newcastle ensures they’ll stay in fifth spot this weekend. Manchester City, Bournemouth and Aston Villa will try to whittle away at the four-point gap that’s been established. It’s possible that the Toon could rise to fourth, but that’d require Crystal Palace to give Chelsea a good thrashing. Spurs meanwhile can’t escape the bottom half, and could end the weekend as low as 14th should Brentford, West Ham and Manchester United all win away, though you’d get good odds on that particular perm.

FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United. It’s a fifth Premier League win in a row for the in-form Toon. By contrast, it’s now just one win in eight for Spurs, and that against bottom club Southampton. A few boos on the whistle. Oh Ange. Barry Glendenning tells the story in the popular minute-by-minute idiom.

Southampton v Brentford teams

Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood-Gordon, Bree, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Dibling, Onuachu, Sulemana.
Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Armstrong, Lallana, Sugawara, Brereton, Archer, Taylor, Bella-Kotchap.
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Jensen, Norgaard, Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade.
Subs: Arthur, Yogane, Kim, Maghoma, Janelt, Konak, Meghoma, Yarmolyuk, Valdimarsson.

Saints make two changes to the team that started the 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace. Lesley Ugochukwu and Kamaldeen Sulemana replace Adam Armstrong, who drops to the bench, and the suspended Mateus Fernandes. Brentford also make two changes, after their 3-1 loss to Arsenal. Kevin Schade and Mathias Jensen replace benched duo Vitaly Janelt and Yehor Yarmoliuk.

Man City v West Ham teams

Man City: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Silva, Savio, Haaland.
Subs: Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Matheus Luiz, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee.
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Todibo, Kilman, Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez, Soucek, Kudus, Lucas Paqueta, Summerville, Fullkrug.
Subs: Scarles, Irving, Rodriguez, Ings, Luis Guilherme, Mavropanos, Soler, Cresswell, Foderingham.

Manchester City are unchanged following their back-on-the-horse win at Leicester. If it ain’t broke, right? West Ham give Niclas Fullkrug a rare start up front, with Jarrod Bowen out injured. Tomas Soucek takes over from Bowen as captain.

Crystal Palace v Chelsea teams

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Doucoure, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.
Subs: Turner, Nketiah, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Riad, Devenny, Kporha, Agbinone.
Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Acheampong, Colwill, Cucurella, Fernandez, Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Palmer, Sancho, Jackson.
Subs: Jorgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Madueke, Joao Felix, Nkunku, James, Guiu, Veiga.

Crystal Palace welcome back Marc Guehi from suspension. Trevoh Chalobah is ineligible to play against his parent club. Chelsea make five changes after the loss at Ipswich. Robert Sanchez, Josh Acheampong, Nicolas Jackson, Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto replace Filip Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Noni Madueke, Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku, all of whom drop to the bench.

Aston Villa v Leicester City teams

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, Barkley, Bailey, Tielemans, McGinn, Watkins.
Subs: Olsen, Buendia, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Onana, Bogarde, Ramsey, Swinkels, Jimoh.
Leicester: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Thomas, Winks, Soumare, Ayew, El Khannous, Mavididi, Vardy.
Subs: Iversen, Faes, Okoli, De Cordova-Reid, Choudhury, Daka, Skipp, Alves, Buonanotte.

Villa make three changes after the 2-2 draw with Brighton. Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash and Ross Barkley are in; Pau Torres is injured, Morgan Rogers is suspended, and Diego Carlos is also absent. Leicester make two changes in the wake of their 2-0 defeat by Manchester City. Jordan Ayew and Luke Thomas replace Facundo Buonanotte and Victor Kristiansen.

AFC Bournemouth v Everton teams

AFC Bournemouth: Travers, Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara, Evanilson.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Brooks, Adams, Unal, Billing, Aarons, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Rees-Dottin.
Everton: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Mangala, Gueye, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Broja, Ndiaye.
Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Patterson, Keane, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Beto, O’Brien, Armstrong.

Bournemouth make three changes after their draw at Fulham. Mark Travers, Justin Kluivert and Dango Ouattara are in; Kepa, Philip Billing and David Brooks drop to the bench. Everton make one change after their home loss to Nottingham Forest. Jesper Lindstrom replaces Jack Harrison.