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The Independent UK

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Nathan Jacobs

Premier League LIVE - Latest scores, goal updates from Tottenham vs Burnley, Watford vs Cardiff and more

Follow all the latest goals and action from today’s Premier League matches as five games kick off at 3pm on a busy day for the English top flight.

Once matters are wrapped up at the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City take on Everton, we'll turn our attentions to the 3pm games where the standout fixture sees an in-form Tottenham buoyed by their Champions League progression in mid-week take on a Burnley side looking to continue their rise up the table, having moved out of the relegation zone last weekend.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace will be without the suspended Wilfried Zaha as they face Leicester, while Watford will hope to record a much-needed win against Cardiff in order to get back into the top half of the league. An important match at the foot of the table sees Newcastle travel to Huddersfield, while the final 3pm kick-off sees Wolves and Bournemouth meet in a clash that features two sides chasing European football next season. The final game of the day sees basement side Fulham host West Ham in a London derby from 5.30pm. Follow the live action below.

2018-12-15T11:08:46.130Z

Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League action, with five games kicking off at 3pm which you can follow right here as the goals go in.

An important match at the foot of the table sees Newcastle travel to Huddersfield, while the final 3pm kick-off sees Wolves and Bournemouth meet in a clash that features two sides chasing European football next season. The final game of the day sees basement side Fulham host West Ham in a London derby from 5.30pm.

2018-12-15T14:06:15.043Z

Team news incoming...

2018-12-15T14:07:03.166Z

TEAM NEWS: CRYSTAL PALACE VS LEICESTER CITY

2018-12-15T14:08:15.150Z

TEAM NEWS: HUDDERSFIELD VS NEWCASTLE

2018-12-15T14:09:16.490Z

TEAM NEWS: TOTTENHAM VS BURNLEY

2018-12-15T14:10:42.786Z

TEAM NEWS: WATFORD VS CARDIFF

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TEAM NEWS: WOLVES VS WEST HAM

KICK OFF

2018-12-15T15:01:49.180Z

KICK OFF and we're underway in today's 3PM kick offs.

Comment below with your predictions this afternoon.

I'm not expecting lots of goals... let's see.

2018-12-15T15:11:21.053Z

10 minutes, 5 games, all still 0-0.

My early 'few goals' prediction looks nice at the moment.

Curse of the commentator to come?

GOAL!

2018-12-15T15:13:50.016Z

GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Bournemouth (Jimenez)

Jota pounces on a misplaced pass back and makes a dart towards goal.

He waits for his teammates to join him and slips a delightful pass into the feet of Jimenez who just has to direct it goalwards...

and he does!

1-0 to the Wolves and they've turned around a bad run of form in the past few weeks. Can they keep it up here? Well, they've started well.

GOAL!

2018-12-15T15:18:47.733Z

GOAL! Watford 1-0 Cardiff (Deulofeu, 16)

A bit of magic from the Spaniard who jinks one way, onto his left foot, feints to shoot, but has the composure to jink once again and bring it back on to his right foot.

He then has enough about him to put it past Etheridge and give Watford the early goal that'll help them settle.

MATCH ACTION

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Deulofeu slotting it beyond Etheridge and celebrating after his moment of magic...

GOAL!

2018-12-15T15:43:28.756Z

GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester City (Milivojevic)

What a strike from the Serbian!

Townsend plays the ball across the box to the Palace skipper. No one chooses to close him down and his crisp shot from 25 yards finds the far corner.

Leicester need to respond.

MATCH ACTION

2018-12-15T15:48:07.156Z

He's a central midfielder.

Don't know whether that's a good thing or whether it shows how poor their forwards are....

HALF TIME

2018-12-15T15:52:03.620Z

HALF TIME:

Palace 1-0 Leicester

Huddersfield 0-0 Newcastle

Tottenham 0-0 Burnley

Watford 1-0 Cardiff

Wolves 1-0 Bournemouth

Not many goals so far but Palace, Watford and Wolves take narrow leads into the break.

KICK OFF

2018-12-15T16:00:52.730Z

And we're back underway in the 3PMs.

Are we going to get a glut of goals in this second half?

MATCH ACTION

2018-12-15T16:09:29.206Z

The weather is absolutely bucketing it down across the country.

Perhaps this is why we're so low on goals at the moment.

Or maybe I'm just trying to make an excuse.

GOAL!

2018-12-15T16:12:48.646Z

GOAL! Watford 2-0 Cardiff (Holebas, 52)

Another beauty from the Hornets as they look safe and secure.

Deulofeu finds the full back who curls a beauty into the top right corner.

They can play some really impressive stuff sometimes and they look to have done so again, today.

2018-12-15T16:15:31.193Z

Milivojevic celebrating opening the scoring!

GOAL!

2018-12-15T16:16:36.330Z

GOAL! Huddersfield 0-1 Newcastle (Rondon, 55)

What a fantastic team goal from the Magpies.

Perez spots Manquillo's run inside him, and the Spaniard, 25 yards out doesn't need a second invitation to curl a pass around the Huddersfield defenders to find Rondon's late run at the far post.

Newcastle have had very low possession in their game but the two best chances in the half and now they've opened the scoring!