Key events
West Ham v Ipswich team news
Man City v Fulham team news
Phil Foden starts a league game for the first time this season. He replaces Kyle Walker in the only change from last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Newcastle; Rico Lewis will move to right-back.
In-form Fulham also make one change: Sander Berge is preferred to Emile Smith Rowe.
Your City line-up this afternoon 🩵
XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Stones, Doku, Savinho, Nunes, McAtee#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/6ovC0cHBd6
— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 5, 2024
Leicester v Bournemouth team news
Brentford v Wolves team news
Arsenal v Southampton team news
Raheem Sterling makes his first Premier League start for Arsenal. Jorginho replaces the injured Jurrien Timber, with Thomas Partey likely to move to right-back. Gabriel Jesus also starts, with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard rested. They are joined on the subs bench by Mikel Merino.
Aaron Ramsdale starts against his old club. Southampton bring in Ryan Manning, Joe Aribo and Ross Stewart for Lesley Ugochukwu, Ryan Fraser and Maxwel Cornet.
Arsenal (4-1-2-3) Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Jorginho; Havertz, Rice; Saka, Jesus, Sterling.
Substitutes: Neto, Lewis-Skelly, Tomiyasu, Kiwior, Merino, Nwaneri, Martinelli, Trossard, Butler-Oyedeji.
Championship There are three early games, and these are the half-time scores.
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Burnley 0-0 Preston
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Norwich 2-0 Hull
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Portsmouth 0-0 Oxford
Burnley will go top if they beat Preston. Norwich’s goals were scored by Marcelino Nunez and Josh Sargent.
Half time: Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool Diogo Jota’s ruthless finish has put the leaders ahead at Selhurst Park. You can follow the second half with Scott Murray.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to another busy Saturday clockwatch. Arsenal and Manchester City are among the teams in action at 3pm, and both have the chance to keep pace with/go above Liverpool, depending on the result of the early game at Selhurst Park.
We’ll keep an eye on the important games elsewhere, from Burnley to Leverkusen, but our main focus will be these Premier League games.