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Premier League as it happened: Swansea move away from drop zone as Bournemouth and Southampton win

Follow all the action as it happened from the 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League

Charles Reynolds
Saturday 13 May 2017 11:44 BST
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Llorente gives Swansea a crucial lead in their fight against relegation
Llorente gives Swansea a crucial lead in their fight against relegation (PA)

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The focus for the 3pm Premier League kick-offs is the fight for relegation, as Swansea can move four points clear of the drop with Hull to play on Sunday.

Middlesbrough were confirmed as a Championship side for next season on Monday, joining already-relegated Sunderland, leaving the Swans and Hull battling to avoid the final place.

A win for Swansea away to Sunderland will leave Hull needing a win to avoid relegation.

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Friday’s Premier League results:

  • Everton 1 Watford 0
  • West Bromwich Albion 0 Chelsea 1

Saturday’s Premier League fixtures:

  • Manchester City 2 Leicester City 1
  • Bournemouth 2 Burnley 1
  • Middlesbrough 1 Southampton 2
  • Sunderland 0 Swansea 2
  • Stoke vs Arsenal (5.30pm)

Sunday’s Premier League fixtures:

  • Crystal Palace vs Hull City (12.00pm)
  • West Ham United vs Liverpool (2.15pm)
  • Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United (4.30pm)

Welcome to The Independent's coverage of today's Premier League football. Coming up all the goals and action from Bournemouth v Burnley, Middlesborough v Southampton and Sunderland v Swansea. Two teams already relegated there and Bournemouth and Burnley have basically nothing to play for - hopefully that means things can only be better than expectations! Stoke v Arsenal is the kick off later on.

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Charles Reynolds13 May 2017 14:44

Time for some team news...

Charles Reynolds13 May 2017 14:44

Middlesbrough v Southampton 

Middlesbrough: Guzan, Da Silva, Chambers, Gibson, Friend, 

de Roon, Clayton, Bamford, Forshaw, Downing, Negredo.

Subs: Konstantopoulos, Bernardo, Leadbitter, Fischer, Barragan, 

Stuani, Traore. 

Southampton: Forster, Pied, Caceres, Yoshida, Bertrand, Clasie, 

Romeu, Hojbjerg, Rodriguez, Long, Boufal.

Subs: Davis, Austin, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Stephens, Targett, Hassen. 

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire) 

Charles Reynolds13 May 2017 14:46

AFC Bournemouth v Burnley

AFC Bournemouth: Boruc, Adam Smith, Francis, Steve Cook, 

Daniels, Pugh, Arter, Lewis Cook, Stanislas, Mousset, King. 

Subs: Gosling, Gradel, Brad Smith, Allsop, Fraser, Mings, Ibe. 

Burnley: Heaton, Lowton, Long, Tarkowski, Ward, Arfield, 

Westwood, Hendrick, Boyd, Barnes, Vokes.

Subs: Flanagan, Gray, Brady, Defour, Gudmundsson, Darikwa, Pope. 

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire) 

Charles Reynolds13 May 2017 14:47

Sunderland v Swansea 

Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Kone, O'Shea, Manquillo, Larsson, 

Denayer, Ndong, Borini, Defoe, Anichebe.

Subs: Mannone, Oviedo, Djilobodji, Rodwell, Khazri, Gibson, Gooch. 

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Mawson, Fernandez, Olsson, Ki, 

Britton, Carroll, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Ayew.

Subs: van der Hoorn, Fer, Borja Baston, Nordfeldt, Cork, Narsingh, Kingsley. 

Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands) 

Charles Reynolds13 May 2017 14:48

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