Chelsea-Fulham, Newcastle-Aston Villa and more: football watch – live | first division
Key events
Goal! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Tottenham (Elanga)
Hudson-Odoi sets up Elanga on the counter and it's 1-0 for Forest! But the VAR is going to annul it for offside…?
Matz Sels Save Brennan Johnson with Spurs having the best at the City Ground.
Southampton 0-0 Fulham is the latest result. Like Nottingham Forest 0-0 Tottenham and Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace.
Andy Flintof (not that one) get in touch:
“Manchester City got rid of Palmer because they didn't need anything more than a young left-footed English striker with dodgy haircuts, like they already had Foden.”
Lampard 2-0 Rooney in Coventry.
“That Cole Palmer – City could do with it,” writes Gary Naylor.
Goal! Chelsea 1-0 Fulham (Palmer)
Who else?
“Absolute world,” Merse says of Palmer's latest teaching job for the Blues. “He just passes it to the corner – phenomenal goal – on the turn, beats two defenders and just passes it. Incredible shot.”
Incredible, Jeff.
Having witnessed Forest's impressive defense At Brentford last weekend I wouldn't be at all surprised if they handed over to Tottenham today. And where would that leave Ange Postecoglou?
tell me in emailTottenham fans.
“I would be surprised if this ended 0-0.. But it's 0-0,” Paul Merson said on Sky Sports about Chelsea-Fulham.
“It surprises me There are no more Gunners scared by our Carabao Cup draw,” writes Kieran McKintosh. “Facing people like Isak, Gordon, Tonali et al Hitting our defense over and over twice in a row doesn't fill me with confidence. Especially since our own response to Isak is wounded. Fingers crossed for the New Year, both with this and with asking that girl out at my conferences.”
Good luck mate.
I had to throw away the Scottish Premiership essay I just wrote. having received this from Simon McMahon:
“Happy holidays to you and all the watch watchers, Luke. Hibs beat Hearts 2-1 in the Edinburgh derby to move up to seventh in the table and leave Hearts in 10th place, just two points above St. Johnstone at the bottom, having played one more game . Hearts fans will now be looking for a favor from Dundee United, who visit St. Johnstone today and could go fourth with a win if, as expected, Celtic take care of Motherwell at home…”
Frank Lampard's Coventry have won 1-0 at home against Wayne Rooney's Plymouth Argyle in the Supposedly Golden Generation Derby.
that's the 17th first division goal Newcastle have scored since the beginning of December. In three games prior to this it was three, four and three. Great goal!
Goal! Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Gordon 2)
Newcastle just can't stop scoring. Gordon lobs the ball past Emiliano Martinez and Eddie Howe's men have really discovered their shooting boots.
Start of the first half!
Here we go.
Jaime Jackson
The difficult situation of Manchester City It's its own kind of deja vu nightmare. Presenting dominance, taking the lead, creating numerous opportunities, disregarding them and the pesky enemy taking one of the few to frustrate those in blue.
Add to this a regrettable missed penalty by Erling Haaland in the 53rd minute, received with a mischievous wink by Jordan Pickford after his save, and times are getting tougher for Pep Guardiola's men.
Newcastle-Aston Villa: The Villans remain unchanged after beating City. For the Magpies, Joelinton returns from suspension and Kieran Trippier also returns.
Bournemouth vs Palace: Three changes for the locals: Enes Unal returns after their 3-0 victory against Manchester United. Captain Lewis Cook and Max Aarons are also back.
Eberechi Eze, Daniel Munoz and Trevoh Chalobah return to Palace while Oliver Glasner also makes three changes.
Chelsea-Fulham: Enzo Maresca has reinstated Marc Cucurella to his team after a suspension. Marco Silva, from Fulham, for his part, makes five changes: Joachim Andersen, Sasa Lukic, Andreas Pereira, Adama Traoré and Raúl Jiménez enter.
Southampton-West Ham: Ivan Juric takes charge of his first game at Southampton. Lesley Ugochukwu and Paul Onuachu start in place of Joe Aribo and Tyler Dibling.
For the Hammers there are also two changes: Carlos Soler returns from suspension and Guido Rodríguez starts.
Nottingham Forest-Tottenham: Big Ange Postecoglou returns Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Rodrigo Bentancur to his starting lineup. Bentancur served his seven-game suspension for a racial slur directed at Heung-min Son. Pedro Porro, James Maddison and Yves Bissouma move to the bench.
Meanwhile, Forest are boosted by the return of captain Ryan Yates to the center of the park.
Full time: Manchester City 1-1 Everton.
Hapless City was lucky not to lose that in the end.
Savinho just committed a hilarious missed shot for City against Everton when apparently attempting a cross. That's all you need to know.
Sporting appoints Rui Borges as coachafter the Portuguese champions sacked Joao Pereira on Boxing Day. The new coach has signed a contract until June 2026, with the option to extend it for another year.
Club in crisis Manchester City They draw 1-1 with Everton here:
About five minutes left…
Bournemouth-Crystal Palace teams
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Aarons, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara, Unal. Substitutes: Travers, Brooks, Evanilson, Adams, Hill, Billing, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Harris.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Muñoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta. Substitutes: Turner, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Richards, Doucoure, Devenny, Kporha, Agbinone.
Referee: Thomas Bramall
Newcastle-Aston Villa teams
Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Isak, Gordon. Substitutes: Vlachodimos, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almirón, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Durán. Substitutes: Olsen, Diego Carlos, Mings, Barkley, Buendía, Watkins, Philogene-Bidace, Nedeljkovic, Bailey.
Referee: Antonio Taylor
Chelsea-Fulham teams
Chelsea: Sánchez, Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernández, Sancho, Palmer, Pedro Neto, Jackson. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Disasi, Joao Felix, Nkunku, Casadei, George, Acheampong, Guiu.
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traoré, Jiménez. Substitutes: Benda, Wilson, Rodrigo Muñiz, Cairney, Vinicius, Cuenca, Rey, Sessegnon, Godó.
Referee: Sam Barrett
Southampton-West Ham teams
Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood-Gordon, Sugawara, Downes, Ugochukwu, Walker-Peters, Fernandes, Armstrong, Onuachu. Substitutes: McCarthy, Manning, Aribo, Lallana, Bree, Archer, Sulemana, Fraser, Dibling.
West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Rodríguez, Bowen, Soler, Soucek, Kudus, Fullkrug. Substitutes: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Summerville, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Álvarez, Todibo, Irving.
Referee: Luis Smith
Nottingham Forest-Tottenham teams
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Yates, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Substitutes: Carlos Miguel, Morato, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Ward-Prowse, Alex, Jota Silva, Sosa, Boly.
Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Udogie, Dragusin, Gray, Spence, Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson, Solanke. Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Bissouma, Maddison, Bergvall, Werner, Porro, Lankshear, Olusesi.
Referee: Craig Pawson
Preamble
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. What better way to spend Boxing Day, aka Boxing Day, aka December 26, than by sticking to some frivolous but timely updates about the 3pm start at the first division?
This afternoon's top flight menu consists of Newcastle-Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest-Tottenham, Bournemouth-Crystal Palace, Chelsea-Fulham and Southampton-West Ham.
There are too many plots, subplots, subtexts, and actual writing to include in this humble preamble, so let's start with some team news and go from there.
Start: 3:00 p.m.
