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Your support makes all the difference.There's six games of football to get stuck into today as the Premier League returns for another jam-packed weekend of action.
West Ham and Leicester kicked off proceedings on Friday night in an east London encounter that ended 1-1, with Marc Albrighton and Cheikhou Kouyate grabbing a goal each for their respective sides. Read more about that clash here.
Today's big match sees Liverpool go head to head with Chelsea at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp's side have the chance to draw level with their London rivals, with three points currently separating the two sides. For more information on this showdown read here.
Before that, though, Manchester United host Brighton at Old Trafford while Watford travel to Newcastle. Elsewhere, Swansea take on Bournemouth and Tottenham welcome West Brom to Wembley.
Follow all the live action from today's 3pm fixtures below:
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Today's fixtures:
- Crystal Palace 15:00 Stoke
- Manchester United 15:00 Brighton
- Newcastle 15:00 Watford
- Swansea 15:00 Bournemouth
- Tottenham 15:00 West Brom
- Liverpool 17:30 Chelsea.
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of this afternoon's Premier League action. From the big guns it's only Manchester United and Tottenham in action in the three O'clock kick offs but there's some big games at the bottom of the table to keep an eye on.
Team news
Zlatan Ibrahimovic starts on the bench and Paul Pogba starts for Manchester United in their clash with Brighton.
Team news
Julian Speroni is dropped to the bench and Wayne Hennessey returns in goal for Crystal Palace. Stoke are unchanged with Peter Crouch remaining on the bench. Fans of different line up tweets may like this one from Stoke.
Team News
Five changes for Swansea as pressure begins to mount on Paul Clement. One change for Bournemouth with Adam Smith coming in for the suspended Simon Francis.
Stonewall
Clubs in the Premier League are supporting Stonewall's rainbow lace campaign to promote equality for the LGBT community in football and beyond.
Ruthless Jose
Manchester United make seven changes to the team which lost 1-0 to Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday. Chris Smalling, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Romelu Lukaku are the only players to keep their place.
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