major events
Newcastle vs Aston Villa: There is no change for the Villans after defeating City. For the Magpies, Joelinton is back from suspension and Kieran Trippier is also back.
Bournemouth vs Palace: Three changes for the hosts – Enes Unal returns after the 3-0 win against Manchester United. Captain Lewis Cook and Max Aarons are also back.
Eberechi Eze, Daniel Munoz and Trevoh Chalobah returned for Palace as Oliver Glasner also made three changes.
Chelsea vs Fulham: Enzo Maresca has reinstated Mark Cucurella into his squad after suspension. Fulham’s Marco Silva, meanwhile, made five changes: Joachim Anderson, Sasa Lukic, Andreas Pereira, Adama Traore and Raul Jimenez all came on.
Southampton vs West Ham: Ivan Juric took charge of his first Southampton match. Leslie Ugochukwu and Paul Onuachu started in place of Joe Aribo and Tyler Dibling.
There are also two changes for the Hammers: Carlos Soler returns from a ban, and Guido Rodriguez starts.
nottingham forest vs tottenham: Big Angel Postecoglou restored Destiny Udogi, Brennan Johnson and Rodrigo Bentancur to his starting lineup. Bentancur has served a seven-match ban for racially abusing Heung-min Son. Pedro Porro, James Maddison and Yves Bissouma moved to the bench.
Meanwhile, Forest have been boosted by the return of captain Ryan Yates in the middle of the park.
Full time: Manchester City 1-1 Everton.
The Hopeless City was lucky not to be defeated in the end.
Savinho Apparently made a ridiculous miss-kick for City against Everton while attempting a cross. That is all you need to know.
Sporting appoints Rui Borges as head coachJoao Pereira was dismissed by the Portuguese champions on Boxing Day. The new head coach has signed a contract until June 2026, which also includes an option to extend for another year.
crisis club manchester city Here’s the 1-1 draw with Everton:
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Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Teams
bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Aarons, Zbarni, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara, Unal. substitute: Travers, Brooks, Evansilson, Adams, Hill, Billing, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Harris.
crystal Palace: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guéhi, Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Michel, Sarr, Eze, Mateta. substitute: Turner, Schlupp, Kline, Kamada, Richards, Doucouré, Devenney, Kporrah, Agbinon.
Ref: Thomas Bramall
Newcastle vs Aston Villa Teams
Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Byrne, Hall, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Isaac, Gordon. substitute: Vlachodimos, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rodgers, Duran. substitute: Olsen, Diego Carlos, Mings, Barkley, Buendia, Watkins, Filogen-Bides, Nedeljkovic, Bailly.
Ref: Anthony Taylor
chelsea vs fulham teams
Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colville, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Sancho, Palmer, Pedro Neto, Jackson. substitute: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, DeSasi, Joao Felix, Nkunku, Casadei, George, Acheampong, Guiu.
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Anderson, Bassey, Robinson, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Jimenez. substitute: Benda, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Vinicius, Cuenca, King, Sessegnon, Godo.
Ref: Sam Barrett
southampton vs west ham teams
southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood-Gordon, Sugawara, Downes, Ugochukwu, Walker-Peters, Fernandes, Armstrong, Onuachu. substitute: McCarthy, Manning, Aribo, Lallana, Brie, Archer, Sulaimana, Fraser, Dibbling.
West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soler, Soucek, Kudus, Fulkrug. substitute: Areola, Cresswell, Cofal, Somerville, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Alvarez, Todibo, Irving.
Ref: Lewis Smith
nottingham forest vs tottenham teams
NOTTINGHAM FOREST: Sales, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Yates, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. substitute: Carlos Miguel, Morato, Avonyi, Toffolo, Ward-Prowse, Alex, Jota Silva, Sosa, Boly.
Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Udogi, Dragusin, Gray, Spence, Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson, Solanke. substitute: Austin, Reguilon, Bissouma, Maddison, Bergvall, Werner, Porro, Lankshear, Olusesi.
Ref: Craig Pawson
Preface
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. What better way to stick to some minor but timely updates on the 3pm kick-off of the Premier League on Boxing Day, aka St Stephen’s Day, i.e. December 26?
This afternoon’s top-flight menu includes Newcastle vs Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham, Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace, Chelsea vs Fulham and Southampton vs West Ham.
There’s a lot of plot, sub-plots, subtext, and actual text to cover in this humble introduction, so let’s jump in with some team news, and take it from there.
Start: 3 pm.