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Arsenal, West Ham and Southampton are all in action at 3pm as a busy day of Premier League action continues with six matches taking place in the top flight, with Leicester vs Chelsea set to wrap up the day’s programme in the evening kick-off. Chelsea will remain top of the table regardless of the result at the King Power Stadium, though the chasing pack will hope to close the gap to the league leaders. Follow all the action here.
Today’s fixtures:
- Tottenham vs West Brom – 12:30
- Burnley vs Southampton – 15:00
- Hull vs Bournemouth – 15:00
- Sunderland vs Stoke – 15:00
- Swansea vs Arsenal – 15:00
- Watford vs Middlesbrough – 15:00
- West Ham vs Crystal Palace – 15:00
- Leicester vs Chelsea – 15:00
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Just over a week on since they were left red-faced in the FA Cup 3rd round tie against Manchester City, West Ham will try to regroup at home against former manager Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace.
West Ham will be looking to break a run of three straight defeats, whereas Palace will be looking for their first win under Sam Allardyce and their first win since the 3rd of December.
It’s a big game for…
Manuel Lanzini. From his last three games, it would seem that Lanzini loves playing in a London derby, having scored six of his nine goals in those games and scoring in all three against Palace.
With Dimitri Payet not as influential in games as of late, attentions turn to the Argentine trickster; he will be looked upon to run the game, against a stubborn Palace defence that knows him well.
Best stat…
During his time at Sunderland, Sam Allardyce lost only one match against West Ham, out of a possible 10 (W5 D4 L1).
Remember when…
Arguably one of the best free kicks for a while, specialist Dimitri Payet stepped up and slotted it into the top right hand corner in one of the last games at Upton Park.
Player to watch…
Christian Benteke. Since his arrival in the summer, the Belgian striker has scored a respectable eight goals from 18 games played, but with Wilfried Zaha away with the Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup of Nations, Allardyce and co have to figure out how to supply the former Liverpool striker with the service Zaha was giving him.
Past three meetings…
Crystal Palace 0 West Ham 1 (Lanzini) Selhurst Park, October 2016
West Ham 2 (Lanzini, Payet) Crystal Palace 2 (Delaney, Gayle) Upton Park, April 2016
Crystal Palace 1 (Cabaye) West Ham (Jenkinson, Lanzini, Payet) Selhurst Park, October 2015
Form guide…
West Ham: WWWLLL
Crystal Palace: LLDLLD
Vital information…
Kick off time: 3pm
TV: BBC1 highlights
Odds…
West Ham to win: 6/5
Crystal Palace to win: 5/2
Draw: 5/2
(Odds provided by BetVictor)
Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League 3pm kick-offs, with 12 teams in action on a busy day in the top flight.
Arsenal top the bill as they look to return to the top four, having dropped down to fifth following the 3-3 draw with Bournemouth in their last league outing. They travel to Swansea to take on a side struggling down in 19th and trying to get to grips with a third manager this season in Paul Clement.
Burnley will look to continue their impressive form at Turf Morr when they host Southampton, and Sean Dyche's side can jump ahead of the Saints and move into the top half with a victory, while Southampton will hope to close the gap on seventh-placed Everton.,
Basement side Hull City know they will remain in the Premier league bottom three even if they beat Bournemouth when they take on the Cherries at the KCOM Stadium, with new manager Marco Silva getting his first taste of Premier League football since replacing Mike Phelan.
Sunderland will look to move out of the relegation zone when they face Stoke City, having mounted something of a U-turn under David Moyes which has been spearheaded by striker Jermain Defoe. West Ham will look to put a difficult week behind them when they meet Crystal Palace, but they will have to do so without key midfielder Dimitri Payet after he was banished from the first team after refusing to play for the club.
Finally, what is sure to be an emotional fixture at Vicarage Road sees Watford take on Middlesbrough, with the Hornets set to pay tribute to their greatest manager in Graham Taylor after he died on Thursday following a heart attack. Current manager Walter Mazzarri is under pressure to turn around their poor form of late, with just seven points separating them from the drop zone.
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Tottenham have laid down a marker for the weekend with a thumping victory this lunchtime. How can their North London rivals Arsenal respond this afternoon?
The Gunners trip to Swansea is one of six Premier League matches kicking off at three o'clock, and we'll have goal news from each and every one.
KICK-OFF: After a minute's applause for Graham Taylor at every Premier League ground - none more emotional than the one at Vicarage Road - this afternoon's six games are up and underway.
2 mins: PENALTY! HULL 0 BOURNEMOUTH 0:
It didn't take long for Hull to shoot themselves in the foot this week. With just over a minute on the clock, Harry Maguire dived in on Scottish livewire Ryan Fraser, and Martin Atkinson had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. After hitting Hull for six at Dean Court back in October, Bournemouth have a chance to bag another early in the return fixture.
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