Premier League live: Sunderland vs Chelsea, Middlesbrough vs Liverpool, Crystal Palace vs Manchester United

Follow updates from all of Wednesday's eight top-flight fixtures

Cahill and Defoe battle for the ball at the Stadium of Light (Getty)

After Arsenal went down to defeat at Everton and Leicester City's mini-revival was nipped in the bud by Bournemouth, the Premier League's other 16 teams are in action on Wednesday.

League leaders Chelsea could go six points clear if they beat Sunderland, while challengers Liverpool are also in the North-east at Middlesbrough.

Crystal Palace entertain Manchester United in one of the 8.00pm kick-offs, while Tottenham Hotspur host Hull City.

Wednesday's Premier League fixtures

• Middlesbrough vs Liverpool (7.45pm)
• Sunderland vs Chelsea (7.45pm)
• West Ham United vs Burnley (7.45pm)
• Crystal Palace vs Manchester United  (8.00pm)
• Manchester City vs Watford (8.00pm)
• Stoke City vs Southampton (8.00pm)
• Tottenham Hotspur vs Hull City (8.00pm)
• West Bromwich Albion vs Swansea City (8.00pm)

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Tuesday's Premier League results

Bournemouth 1 Leicester City 0

Everton 2 Arsenal 1

Saturday's Premier League fixtures

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

Middlesbrough vs Swansea City

Stoke City vs Leicester City

Sunderland vs Watford

West Ham United vs Hull City

West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester United

[14 December 2016 18:34 · Sam Dymond]

Good evening and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of a busy night in the Premier League...

Middlesbrough v Liverpool – 7.45pm

Sunderland v Chelsea – 7.45pm

West Ham v Burnley – 7.45pm

Crystal Palace v Manchester United – 8pm

Manchester City v Watford – 8pm 

Stoke v Southampton – 8pm

Tottenham v Hull – 8pm 

West Brom v Swansea – 8pm

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Here's the first batch of team news for tonight's games. Here's how they line up in the three 7.45pm kick-offs...

Middlesbrough v Liverpool

Middlesbrough: Valdes, Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Traore, Fischer, Negredo

Subs: Guzan, Nsue, Bernardo, Leadbitter, Downing, Rhodes, Nugent

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Klavan, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Firmino, Mane, Origi

Subs: Karius, Moreno, Lucas, Stewart, Alexander, Ejaria, Woodburn

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Sunderland v Chelsea

Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Van Aanholt, Djilobodji, Kone, O’Shea, Denayer, Kirchhoff, Januzaj, Borini, Defoe

Subs: Mannone, Love, Asoro, Larsson, Khazri, Maja, Honeyman

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Willian, Costa, Pedro

Subs: Begovic, Ivanovic, Zouma, Chalobah, Matic, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi

Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham v Burnley

West Ham: Randolph, Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Obiang, Noble, Lanzini, Payet, Carroll

Subs: Adrian, Nordtveit, Ayew, Fletcher, Fernandes, Quina, Browne

Burnley: Heaton, Ward, Mee, Keane, Lowton, Arfield, Marney, Hendrick, Boyd, Vokes, Gray

Subs: Robinson, Flanagan, Barnes, Kightly, Bamford, Defour, Tarkowski

Referee: Bobby Madley

[14 December 2016 19:00 · Sam Dymond]

The key news of notes from those matches are...

...no Eden Hazard...

...no Lorus Karius...

...but Andy Carroll starts for West Ham.

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And more team news...

Crystal Palace v Manchester United

Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Kelly, McArthur, Flamini, Cabaye, Lee, Zaha, Benteke

Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Ledley, Husin, Townsend, Wan-Bissaka, Campbell

Manchester United: De Gea, Bailly, Jones, Rojo, Blind, Herrera, Carrick, Pogba, Rooney, Mata, Ibrahimovic

Subs: Romero, Darmian, Fellaini, Lingard, Schweinsteiger, Young, Rashford

Referee: Craig Pawson

Manchester City v Watford

Manchester City: Bravo, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Kolarov, Clichy, Gundogan, Toure, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Nolito

Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Fernando, Navas, Sane, Stones, Iheanacho

Watford: Gomes, Janmaat, Prodl, Britos, Holebas, Pereyra, Guedioura, Capoue, Amrabat, Ighalo, Sinclair

Subs: Pantilimon, Kaboul, Kabasele, Zuniga, Watson, Success, Deeney

Referee: Kevin Friend

Stoke City v Southampton

Stoke: Grant, Johnson, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Adam, Shaqiri, Allen, Arnautovic, Walters

Subs: Given, Muniesa, Bony, Diouf, Imbula, Crouch, Bojan

Southampton: Forster, Martina, Van Dijk, Fonte, Bertrand, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Davis, Redmond, Boufal, Long

Subs: Taylor, Yoshida, Clasie, Rodriguez, Tadic, Hojbjerg, McQueen

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Tottenham v Hull

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Wanyama, Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Kane

Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Davies, Winks, Onomah, Nkoudou, Son

Hull: Marshall, Maguire, Dawson, Davies, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Clucas, Robertson, Snodgrass, Diomande

Subs: Jakupovic, Meyler, Maloney, Weir, Henriksen, Mason, Bowen

Referee: Andre Marriner

West Brom v Swansea

West Brom: Foster, Nyom, McAuley, Olsson, Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon

Subs: Palmer; Robson-Kanu, Gardner, McClean, Galloway, Harper, Leko

Swansea: Fabianski, Rangel, Mawson, Amat, Taylor, Fulton, Britton, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Montero, Llorente

Subs: Nordfeldt, Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Cork, Fer, Barrow, Borja

Referee: Michael Oliver

[14 December 2016 19:19 · Sam Dymond]

A man for the big occasion?

[14 December 2016 19:28 · Sam Dymond]

Wayne Rooney starts for Manchester United at Crystal Palace this evening.

He needs one goal to equal Bobby Charlton's club record and the great man is in attendance at Selhurst Park to see if he can manage it.