Premier League - live: Leicester vs Chelsea, Everton vs Tottenham, Arsenal vs Bournemouth, and more
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After what seems like a longer than usual international break, the Premier League finally returns this weekend.
Perhaps the pick of the fixtures is Manchester City’s clash with Liverpool, which kicks off at 12.30 on Saturday. Both of the sides are expected to be in title contention come the end of the season and they’ve set the early pace, with two wins and a draw apiece.
Saturday also sees a battle between the two most recent Premier League champions, as Leicester entertain Chelsea at the King Power Stadium. All eyes will be on Danny Drinkwater, who could make his Chelsea debut against his former side.
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Show all 6Everton host Tottenham in another tasty 3pm kick-off with both sides eager to bounce back after picking up just one point over their past two fixtures, while Arsenal will hope to get back to winning ways against struggling Bournemouth.
Meanwhile Brighton will play West Brom and Southampton take on Watford in Saturday’s other 3pm kick-offs, before Manchester United travel to Stoke City hoping to make it four wins out of four.
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Full list of Premier League matches this weekend
Saturday 9 September
12.30pm
3pm
Brighton and Hove Albion vs West Bromwich Albion
5.30pm
Stoke City vs Manchester United
Sunday 10 September
12.30pm
Burnley vs Crystal Palace
4pm
Swansea City vs Newcastle United
Monday 11 September
8pm
West Ham United vs Huddersfield Town
GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth (Welbeck)
50' - Danny Welbeck picks up the ball from Aaron Ramsey in the inside left position before opening his body up and bending the ball past Asmir Begovic and into the far corner.
Bournemouth are heading for a fourth straight Premier League defeat barring a drastic turnaround.
Everton 0-3 Tottenham
Kieran Trippier plants the ball on Moussa Sissoko's head just yards from goal but the Frenchman passes up the opportunity to put Spurs 4-0 up at Goodison Park.
GOAL! Leicester 1-2 Chelsea (Vardy, pen)
61' - Thibaut Courtois concedes a penalty for a foul on Jamie Vardy and the England striker picks himself up, dusts himself up, and slots the ball into the net to get Leicester back in the game at the King Power.
GOAL! Brighton 3-0 West Brom (Hemed)
64' - Tomer Hemed's diving header puts Brighton 3-0 up at the Amex!
GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Watford (Janmaat)
66' - It's been a case of two shots, two goals for Watford today. They now lead Southampton by two goals to nil thanks to Daryl Janmaat's long-range strike!
Leicester 1-2 Chelsea
Antonio Conte will have been confident of leaving Leicester with all three points when N'Golo Kante doubled Chelsea's lead just after half-time.
They've lost their mojo in the last 10 minutes though and the Foxes are pushing for an equaliser. Can they get it?
Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth
Alexis Sanchez is on for Arsenal at the Emirates to a mixture of boos and cheers from the home supporters.
That will undoubtedly change if he gets on the scoresheet in the final 15 minutes.
GOAL! Brighton 3-1 West Brom (Morrison)
78' - James Morrison grabs a consolation goal for West Brom at the Amex.
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