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Your support makes all the difference.Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City can consolidate their top four status with a victory at outgoing Premier League champions Chelsea in Saturday’s evening kick-off, although the Blues are set to recall striker Diego Costa after he served his three-game suspension. Follow the latest here.
- Diego Costa returns from suspension and starts
- John Terry, Eden Hazard and Loic Remy still injured
- Nemanja Matic and Gary Cahill return after recovering from injury
- Vincent Kompany absent for City
Teams:
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman; Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro; Diego Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Miazga, Matic, Kenedy, Traore, Pato, Falcao.
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Mangala, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Toure, Navas, De Bruyne, Nasri, Aguero
Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Demichelis, Fernando, Delph, Bony, Iheanacho
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Today’s fixtures:
Norwich City vs Sunderland – 12.45pm
Everton vs Southampton – 3pm
Manchester United vs Aston Villa – 3pm
Newcastle United vs Swansea City – 3pm
West Bromwich Albion vs Watford – 3pm
Chelsea vs Manchester City – 3pm
Sunday’s fixtures:
Bournemouth vs Liverpool – 1.30pm
Leicester City vs West Ham – 1.30pm
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace – 4pm
Monday’s fixture:
Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur – 8pm
Good morning and welcome to the Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League action in what is set to be crunch time for Aston Villa.
Villa know that anything but a victory against Manchester United will see them relegated to the Championship, although their fate may be taken out of their own hands before they've even kicked a ball. Norwich face Sunderland in the lunchtime kick-off in a crucial relegation encounter, and should the Canaries win they will go 18 points clear of Villa and hold a vastly superior goal difference, meaning that Villa would be all but relegated with 18 points available.
Elsewhere, Newcastle must get a victory against Swansea if they are to fight back in the battle for Premier League safety, while Southampton have the chance to overtake West Ham in fifth when they travel to Everton and West Brom host Watford at the Hawthorns.
Finally, we wrap up the day with an enticing fixture at Stamford Bridge as outgoing champions Chelsea take on Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City at 5.30pm.
Just under an hour until kick off in the mouthwatering relegation crunch (which sounds like a terrible brand of cereal) between Norwich and Sunderland – anyway here are the teams:Norwich: Ruddy, Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson, Jarvis, O'Neil, Howson, Brady, Naismith, Mbokani. Subs: Jerome, Rudd, Hoolahan, Dorrans, Mulumbu, Redmond, Ivo Pinto.
Sunderland: Mannone, Yedlin, Kone, Kaboul, Van Aanholt, Kirchhoff, Borini, Cattermole, M'Vila, Khazri, Defoe.
Subs: Jones, Larsson, N'Doye, Pickford, O'Shea, Toivonen, Watmore.
It's all kicking off in Norwich! Sunderland winners in today's battle of the mascots - even if Norwich's 'Captain Canary' has a great name
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