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Match report: Wolves 1-1 Brighton
Match report: Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest
Match report: Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace
Jack Grealish's reaction
I have the manager to thank. He said to me at half-time, ‘Try to get in at the back post’.
It’s so nice to score here. The last few games here we’ve been drawing, and I keep saying to myself around the 85th minute, ‘Come on Jack, try and score. Imagine if you scored now!’
That goal goes to all the Evertonians who have made me so welcome here.
Ange Postecoglou's reaction
It’s a struggle, it’s a fight. I could be sitting on the couch but I prefer to be in the middle of it where I can make an impact, and I believe I will.
Match report: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
Jack Grealish: an apology
“My first reaction to Grealish’s goal was the same as yours, that it was pure dumb luck,” writes Kári Tulinius. “However, having seen the replay, it seems like he saw what Muñoz was about to do and put his foot deliberately in the way. Instinctive and smart.”
I didn’t have chance to look at a replay when it happened, but I have now… and you’re right! Grealish reads Munoz’s body shape and throws his left leg forward; had he not done so he wouldn’t have scored.
The updated Premier League table
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Everton | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Man City | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Man Utd | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Brighton | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Fulham | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Leeds | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Brentford | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Nottm Forest | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Burnley | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | West Ham | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton | 7 | -9 | 2 |
Full time: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
Two excellent goals form Donyell Malen have secured a fourth win in a row for Villa, whose false start to the season is a thing of the past.
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Full time: Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace have fallen at the 20th hurdle. Jack Grealish’s injury-time goal completed a rousing Everton comeback at Hill Dickinson Stadium – and ended Palace’s 19-game unbeaten run.
Everton jump to seventh in the table, a point behind Chelsea and Palace above them.
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90+9 min: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley Buendia is on his feet now and is able to walk off the field to be replaced by Ian Maatsen; I think that’s a concussion substitute. No word on any punishment for Flemming.
Full time: Wolves 1-1 Brighton
Wolves are still waiting for their first Premier League win after a late equaliser from Jan Paul Van Hecke.
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90+7 min: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley Buendia is still receiving treatment, which is more than a little worrying. He’s been down for six minutes.
There’s only a thumbnail picture on the TV but it looks like a stretcher has been brought onto the field.
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Full time: Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest
An ultimately comfortable win for Newcastle. Bruno Guimaraes’s superb goal was followed by a late penalty from Nick Woltemade to increase the absurd pressure on Ange Postecoglou.
90+5 min: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley Zian Flemming could be in trouble after apparently flooring Villa’s Emi Buendia with an elbow.
Crystal Palace’s long unbeaten run is surely coming to an end. Beto’s towering header was stopped superbly by Dean Henderson, with the ball running loose in front of goal. Daniel Munoz tried to boot the ball somewhere, anywhere, but it hit Grealish and ricocheted into the net. Lucky or not, that’s a lovely moment for Grealish, a footballer reborn at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
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GOAL! Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace (Grealish 90+3)
Jack Grealish has brought the house down with one of the worst goals of his career!
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90 min: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley Martin Dubravka, who has had a busy afternoon, leaps to his left to keep out Lucas Digne’s shot. Excellent save.
Brentford v Manchester City team news
Premier League latest scores
Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest
Wolves 1-1 Brighton
“In 2001, Five Guys consisted of five hamburger places in the DC metro area,” says Beau Dure. “They now have 1,900 locations worldwide. The first one in the UK opened in London in 2013, a few years before I was last there. The burgers are good, but at least in the locations near me, a “small” order of fries requires a fork lift to move to your table.
GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Brighton (Van Hecke 86)
Brighton are level at Molineux. A left-wing corner is taken short to Maxim De Cuyper, whose first-time cross is headed powerfully into the net by Jan Paul Van Hecke. A goal made in the Low Countries.
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85 min: Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest “Somewhere in a tastefully and efficiently furnished officed in Bavaria,” begins Chris Paraskevas, “a Bayern Munich legend is whipping up a very snarky press statement.”
GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Nottm Forest (Woltemade 84 pen)
Nick Woltemade sweeps a superb, almost nonchalant penalty into the top-left corner. Newcastle are getting a decent return on their idiocy.
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Penalty to Newcastle!
82 min: Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest Matz Sels is about to be called upon again. Elliot Anderson doesn’t see Bruno Guimaraes coming on his blind side, then lunges desperately for the ball and trips Guimaraes. A clear penalty.
Premier League latest
Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest
Wolves 1-0 Brighton
80 min: Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest Matz Sels keeps Forest in the game with two superb saves to deny first Malick Thiaw and then Harvey Barnes.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley (Ugochukwu 78)
Burnley have hope at Villa Park. Lesley Ugochukwu, weirdly unmarked at corner, beats Emi Martinez with a downward header from six yards.
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An update from James Humphries (see 3.31pm)
Someone should take this effing phone off me, it’s clearly in the wrong hands.
“What a difference a season makes for Forest,” weeps Martin Widdicks. “It probably makes me a fair weather fan but I’m filling this game purely through your MBM after the largely torturous Sunderland and Midtjylland games.
“Looks to be following a similar pattern that Forest are doing ok but can no longer get that all important first goal and huff and puff to a 1- or 2-0 defeat. The spark around the club seems to have really gone. It’s sad.”
GOAL! Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace (Ndiaye 75 pen)
Not this time. Iliman Ndiaye strokes the penalty to his left, with Henderson going the wrong way. Coolly done.
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Penalty to Everton!
74 min: Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace A silly – and slightly odd - foul by Maxence Lacroix on Tim Iroegbunam gives Everton the chance to equalise. But Dean Henderson is a world-class penalty-saver.
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73 min: Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest Matz Sels leaps to flap Tonali’s mishit volleyed cross over the bar, an excellent save. The resulting corner bounces down and is flashed off the underside of the bar by Woltemade.
“Worth noting (well, maybe not, but I’m going to anyway) that today is skipper Paul McGinn’s hundredth appearance for Motherwell,” writes James Humphries. “He’s been injury-plagued the last couple seasons and he’s not flashy, but I think he’s underrated as an organiser and defensive rhythm-setter, and my sincere hope is that he brings his calm to a defence that has been... not quite as convincing as the attack and will need to be in rare form.
“Comparing him and John is proper big brother/wee brother vibes; the elder mcginn has a constantly slightly harassed look about him that I don’t think is entirely caused by being responsible for a, let’s say risk-taking, backline. On yerself, Paul!”
Approximately 0.0004 seconds after James sent that email, Kelechi Iheanacho’s penalty gave Celtic the lead against Motherwell. Not that Paul McGinn was culpable. Not directly.
“Anyone out there, you ask?” writes Beau Dure. “Yes, I’m enjoying the cultural whiplash of reading about Premier League games while watching the NFL play a terrible game in Spurs’ stadium. I think I’ll continue the day by watching the US film with the Eighth Doctor and planning to visit the Five Guys location in London.”
There’s a Five Guys museum?
Premier League latest
Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley
Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest
Wolves 1-0 Brighton
68 min: Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace A fierce rising drive from the Everton substitute Carlos Alcaraz is tipped over by the leaping Dean Henderson. It’s his job, but he did it well.
“Since you asked, I’m out there – bit sad to be missing the Palace game as picking up my daughter from gymnastics but seems we’re playing well,” writes Dennis Hamer. “I have a simple question: in the age of the £20m squad player at mid-table teams, is Dani Muñoz the best value player in the Premier League? £8m for that engine, skill, sense of timing and cult appeal that he’d have even if he were rubbish?”
He’s a joy, isn’t he, a bullet train with brains.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-0 Burnley (Malen 63)
September’s crisis club Aston Villa are heading for their fourth straight win. Morgan Rogers guides a precise angled pass into the path of Donyell Malen, who takes a touch and blisters a shot across Martin Dubravka. Two goals for him, both superbly taken.
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64 min: Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace For once Jean-Philippe Mateta isn’t smiling. He’s just missed a terrific chance, dragging wide of the near post with Jordan Pickford out of the game. There was a defender between him and the goal but it was still a brilliant opportunity.
“Got up at 6am here in British Columbia,” writes Brian Robson, “but nothing much to keep awake to until Bruno’s strike.”
It was a lovely goal. He was 25 yards out yet he made the finish look almost routine.
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61 min: Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest Chris Wood misses an excellent chance for Forest, though he was offside so it wouldn’t have counted.
58 min: Wolves 1-0 Brighton Sam Johnstone adds to his portfolio of remarkable reaction saves, changing direction sharply to tip Yankuba Minteh’s shot past the post. That’s a seriously good stop.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Nottm Forest (Bruno Guimaraes 58)
Bruno Guimaraes gives Newcastle the lead with a beautiful goal, whipped across Matz Sels from 25 yards. Forest are appealing for a foul on Morgan Gibbs-White in the build-up but it looked like Guimaraes won the ball fairly. Yep, the goal has been given.
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56 min: Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley Fine goalkeeping from Burnley’s Martin Dubravka, who flies from his line to block Morgan Rogers’ shot.
55 min: Wolves 1-0 Brighton Jhon Arias punches the ground repeatedly after sidefooting over the bar from 10 yards. That was a glorious chance to double Wolves’ lead.
Premier League latest
Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest
Wolves 1-0 Brighton
50 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Morato makes a horrible mess of Gordon’s cross, miscontrolling it in front of his own goal, but redeems himself with an outstanding block from Nick Woltemade’s goalbound volley.
“Afternoon Rob,” writes Simon McMahon. “There are three games in Scotland today, with crisis club Rangers visiting Falkirk, crisis club Celtic hosting Motherwell and crisis club Aberdeen up against Dundee. The Dons will remain bottom whatever happens today, Celtic could close the gap between them and early pacesetters Hearts to two points with a win, while Rangers could conceivably end up anywhere from third to tenth come full time. The Ibrox faithful are well known for their patience so I’m sure they’ll be happy to give Russell Martin as much time as is needed to secure that all important top six finish.”
We need more than one Crisis Baton™, don’t we, to satisfy the hysteria of modern football. Get me a thousand! Mass produce the buggers!
46 min Peep peep! The second halves are under way.
“Yeremy Pino has been brilliant today, and Daichi Kamada has been great behind him as well,” writes Kári Tulinius. “I think he’s one of the most underrated midfielders in the Premier League. He played as a No10 when Frankfurt won the Europa League, and he’s slotted seamlessly into a deeper-lying role at Palace, constantly breaking up opposition play and setting up attacking moves. If Palace are in the top four at the end of the season, he’ll be a big reason why.”
It’s interesting that Palace have two ball-playing central midfielders in their 3-4-2-1. I know they can defend as well but it’s quite rare to see that, even with three centre-backs behind them.
Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace
“It’s a long time since I’ve seen a half like that one from Yeremy Pino,” writes Gary Naylor, as two-eyed as ever.
Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise were irreplaceable, individually and as a pair, but to get Pino and Ismaila Sarr for a combined £35m is exceptional business. Moneyball porn.
Half time: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest
So far so good for Ange Postecoglou, whose team have defended solidly at St James’ Park. Matz Sels made one very good save to keep out Joelinton’s header but the stormy forecast has yet to materalise.
Half time: Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
A strong first-half performance from Villa, who are ahead thanks to a classy finish from Donyell Malen.
Half time: Wolves 1-0 Brighton
Wolves lead thanks to a desperately unfortunate own goal from Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen. It was missed by Wolves boss Vitor Pereira, who was on his way to the stands after being sent off.
Half time: Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace
The brilliant Daniel Munoz – arguably the Premier League’s best right-back – has given Crystal Palace the lead at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
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45 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest A bit of a flare up at St James’ Park, though it’s not clear why. The referee calms everything down quickly enough.
41 min: Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace That Munoz goal stemmed from a superb turn by Yeremy Pino, who looks such a bargain at £21.6m.
Palace’s attacking square – the two central midfielders and the two No10s – really is full of class: Kamada, Wharton, Pino and Sarr. And between them they cost barely £50m.
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40 min: Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley Villa have a big penalty appeal turned down. Morgan Rogers tried to run onto a return pass from John McGinn and went over after a slight tug of shirt from Axel Tuanzebe. The referee, and Team VAR, decided there wasn’t enough contact for a penalty.
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace (Munoz 37)
The bullet train gives Crystal Palace the lead at Hill Dickinson Stadium! Yeremy Pino and Ismaila Sarr combined superbly to release the tireless Daniel Munoz, who slid the ball under Pickford from the angle.
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36 min: Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley I think a Burnley corner just swirled onto the top of the crossbar, though I’m not 100 per cent sure because there are four games going on at the same time!
35 min: Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley A long throw for Burnley is half cleared towards Josh Cullen on the edge of the area. He cracks a low shot that is fingertipped round the post by the diving Martinez. That’s a very good save.
Championship match report: Ipswich 3-1 Norwich
33 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Neco Williams does get a yellow card for a trrp on Tonali.
31 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Ryan Yates catches Bruno Guimaraes in the face with his elbow while trying to hold him off. VAR has a look but there wasn’t enough force to justify a red card.
28 min: Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace That Mitchell chance came in transition but Palace have had 68 per cent possession so far.
26 min: Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace Tyrick Mitchell misses a half chance for Palace thrashing just wide on the counter-attack. Did that brush the near post? Not sure. It wasn’t a goal so pipe down.
Premier League latest
Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley
Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest
Wolves 1-0 Brighton
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Burnley (Malen 25)
Villa’s resurgence continues. Donyell Malen runs onto a terrific through ball from Kamara, slides forward and screws the ball carefully across Dubravka. Nice finish.
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23 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Gibbs-White’s cross from the right finds Wood unmarked at the far post. He can’t decide whether to shoot first time or control the ball, and in the end does neither. That’s Forest’s best chance to date.
GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Brighton (Verbruggen og 22)
Vitor Pereira is in the bowels of Molineux right now so he won’t have seen this opening goal. Marshall Munetsi’s sizzling volley was tipped brilliantly onto the underside of the bar by Verbruggen – but the ball rebounded off his trailing arm and into the net. Dumb luck for Verbruggen and Brighton.
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Vitor Pereira sent off
21 min: Wolves 0-0 Brighton The Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira is off to the stands after being shown a red card. We’re not sure why at this stage, but as soon as somebody else reports it we’ll furnish you with second-hand information!
20 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Free-kick to Forest just outside the area. Gibbs-White whips it over the wall and Nick Pope beats it away; a comfortable enough save.
Just before that, Jordan Pickford threw up his left hand to keep out Marc Guehi’s deflected snapshot. Good save.
17 min After 68 minutes (17x4) it’s still goalless in the inaugural Sky Sports multiview.
15 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest A terrific save from Matz Sels, who reaches to his right to claw away Joelinton’s close-range header.
14 min Anyone else got a headache?
13 min: Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley Morgan Rogers’ shot takes a big deflection and loops just wide of the far post. The corner is headed towards goal by Ezri Konsa and pushed away dramatically by the diving Martin Dubravka. Good save.
12 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest At St James’, Joelinton shoots too close to Matz Sels from about 12 yards. That was a pretty good chance.
10 min: Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley The Burnley left wing-back Quilindschy Hartman is put through on goal and denied by a fine save by Emi Martinez.
9 min: Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace Jack Grealish drives a crisp low shot from 15 yards that is saved comfortably by Dean Henderson. It looks an open game at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
5 min: Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley Nothing to report from the first five minutes at Villa Park. Villa will fancy their chances of making it four wins in a row in all competitions.
2 min: Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace Okay, I’m giving the multiview a go; it’s worth suffering a bit of pain for the greater good, eh?
As I type, Jordan Pickford makes a good diving save from Yeremy Pino, whose shot from the edge of the area came through a crowd of players.
1 min: Newcastle 0-0 Nottm Forest Peep peep! We’re under way at St James’ Park and, presumably, in the other three games as well.
It’s almost time for the action. Sky Sports are showing all four games on one screen, a first for their Premier League coverage, but it’s a bit headache-inducing and I’m already feeling unwell, so we’ll probably switch between the matches.
On this day in 1997 … Patrick Berger scores a hat-trick against Ruud Gullit’s Chelsea.
“Interesting to see that Forest’s pre-match tracksuits are beige, a reflection perhaps of their bland performances and results since ‘Big’ Ange took the helm,” says Jeremy Boyce. “But seriously, what was he thinking of, taking the Marinakis shilling? Or did he swallow it by accident?”
That confused me too, because he must have known it would take time to implement such a fundamental change of style. Maybe he was desperate to FURB Spurs.
Newcastle v Nottm Forest
“Just quietly, mate, I don’t think Forest have been bad under Ange,” writes Chris Paraskevas. “The results are a little misleading: having watched a few of their games, they’ve either been genuinely unlucky, finished poorly or had every outfield player (including their goalkeeper), along with substitutes, all the backroom staff, the team bus driver, the mascot and the tea lady all pushed up for a (short) corner in the dying embers of a match.
“I’m not Ange’s biggest fan for a bunch of reasons*, but I’m seriously wary of Forest’s attacking quality (including on their bench). Could be a few twists and turns in this one.
* He rejected my ‘connection request’ on LinkedIn.”
I can’t get my head round Ange Postecoglou being under so much pressure. He’s been there less a month. The only legitimate reason for sacking him at this stage would be if he slagged off Brian Clough’s green jumper, and even then a public apology would probably suffice.
Everton v Crystal Palace
“A beautiful day at this beautiful stadium for two very decent sides facing off,” writes your friend and mine, Gary Naylor. “Talking to some Palace lads on the way up, they were expecting a tough match, but agreed with me that JP Mateta is the difference.
“Still, good to feel apprehension rather than fear... for now.”
Wolves v Brighton team news
Wolves (4-3-3) Johnstone; Tchatchoua, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno; Munetsi, Andre, Joao Gomes; Arias, Larsen, Hwang.
Subs: Jose Sa, Wolfe, Agbadou, Arokodare, Mosquera, Rodrigo Gomes, Hoever, Bellegarde, Lopez.
Brighton (4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Baleba, Ayari; Gruda, Gomez, Minteh; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Rutter, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Coppola.
Referee Jarred Gillett (Australia)
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Newcastle v Nottm Forest team news
Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Ramsdale, Schar, Lascelles, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Jacob Murphy, Willock, Miley.
Nottm Forest (3-4-2-1)) Sels; Milenkovic, Jair Cunha, Morato; Savona, Anderson, Yates, Williams; Ndoye, Gibbs-White; Wood.
Subs: John Victor, Murillo, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Igor Jesus, Hutchinson, McAtee, Bakwa.
Referee Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
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Everton v Crystal Palace team news
Everton (4-2-3-1) Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; Dibling, Ndiaye, Grealish; Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam.
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1) Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Mateta.
Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Hughes, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines.
Referee Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)
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Aston Villa v Burnley team news
Aston Villa (poss 4-2-3-1) Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Bogarde; McGinn, Rogers, Malen; Watkins.
Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Barkley, Elliott, Buendia, Jimoh, Maatsen, Onana, Guessand.
Burnley (5-4-1) Dubravka; Walker, Tuanzebe, Laurent, Esteve, Hartman; Tchaouna, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony; Foster.
Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri.
Referee Andrew Kitchen (Durham)
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Read Jonathan Wilson on Crystal Palace
All the talk is of where Oliver Glasner might go next. His contract expires at the end of the season and he has refused to sign an extension. He is 51; if he is going to take over a major club with the possibility of an extended spell in charge, he doesn’t have a huge amount of time to secure a move. Could he then be the solution for Manchester United? He does, after all, play the same 3-4-2-1 as Ruben Amorim, just rather more successfully.
Which raises the question of why a system that has drawn so much scepticism at United works so well at Palace. But it’s never just about the formation, nor is it the case – within reason – that one formation is intrinsically better than another. Rather certain formations, in combination with the style they are enacted, prioritise certain elements of play. It is, at the very least, intriguing that since Harry Catterick’s Everton won the championship in 1962-63 with a W-M, only one side has won the English league title playing with a back three: Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in 2016-17.
Newcastle v Nottm Forest
Ange Postecoglou was appointed as Nottingham Forest manager less than a month ago. According to some reports, he could be sacked if Forest lose at Newcastle today.
The Premier League table ahead of today’s action
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Man City | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Man Utd | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Brighton | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Fulham | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Leeds | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Brentford | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Newcastle | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Nottm Forest | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Burnley | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | West Ham | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton | 6 | -9 | 1 |
Preamble
Hello, good afternoon and welcome to a four-pronged Premier League clockwatch. These are the matches we’ll be following:
Aston Villa v Burnley
Everton v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Nottm Forest
Wolves v Brighton
All four games kick off at 2pm. We’ll have team news and build up before that.
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