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Premier League - as it happened: Leicester vs Tottenham, West Brom vs Newcastle and more!

Re-live all the action from the Premier League

Sam Dymond
Tuesday 28 November 2017 18:48 GMT
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The Premier League fixtures continue to come thick and fast and there are four important games tonight.

The derby match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace is arguably the pick of the bunch, with Christian Benteke in line to start up top.

Leicester’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur is the other game to kick-off at 7.45pm and Mauricio Pochettino will be determined to get back to winning ways after an underwhelming home draw against West Brom on Saturday.

There are two games kicking off at 8pm. In-form Watford will host second-place Manchester United hoping they can maintain their good run of form.

And in the Midlands, West Brom will look to build on their point from Wembley with a win over Newcastle, who currently sit 14th in the table.

Follow all the live action below.

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Let's have a closer look at the team news from Vicarage Road...

...where Watford boss Marco Silva has made just one change from the side that swept Newcastle aside on Saturday; Sebastian Prodl replaces Miguel Britos in defence after the Uruguayan limped off early in the second half at St James' Park. Meanwhile, Tom Cleverley features in midfield against his former club while goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes captains the Hornets.

It's two changes for Manchester United after Jose Mourinho's men scraped past Brighton and Hove Albion three days ago. Jesse Lingard takes the place of Marcus Rashford in the visitors' forward line, but the notable team news comes in defence where Marcos Rojo makes his first appearance in over seven months. The Argentine returns from injury and replaces Juan Mata as United look to go with three at the back to match up with their opponents.

Watford: Gomes, Mariappa, Prodl, Kabasele, Femenia, Cleverley, Doucoure, Zeegelaar, Hughes, Richarlison, Gray

Subs: Karnezis, Wague, Janmaat, Capoue, Carrillo, Pereyra, Deeney

Manchester United: De Gea, Lindelof, Smalling, Rojo, Valencia, Pogba, Matic, Young, Lingard, Martial, Lukaku

Subs: Romero, Darmian, Herrera, McTominay, Mata, Rashford, Ibrahimovic

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:06
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The Hornets may be high-flying in the Premier League this season, but this fixture has not been kind to them.

However, they did throw a spanner in the works the last time United came to town.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:22
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Brighton and Crystal Palace meet for the first time as Premier League clubs this evening and, in doing so, resurrect one of the most peculiar rivalries in football. It's one that all started when a Palace fan threw a cup of tea over Alan Mullery - or so I thought.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:40
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KICK-OFF: The first two of four Premier League games this evening are off and away at the AMEX and King Power Stadiums. It must be a bitterly cold evening down on the south coast, what other explanation could there be for the Palace fans' collective get up.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:46
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What about international breaks?

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:49
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 At Vicarage Road, the two teams emerge to the packed-out stands of this rickety old stadium. Watford, of course, one of the 478 English clubs to come out to the theme tune from Z-Cars.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:57
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13 mins: GOAL! LEICESTER 1 TOTTENHAM 0:

Before the action can get underway at Vicarage Road, Jamie Vardy opens the goalscoring in the Premier League for the night. He may be in his thirties now but the Leicester striker can still be electric with a yard of grass in front of him as he just proved, moving on to Marc Albrighton's through ball to flick an exquisite finish past Hugo Lloris. It's the 100th league goal of the forward's career.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 19:58
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KICK-OFF: But now we are underway at Watford! A one-man show from Romelu Lukaku kicks-off the action in Hertfordshire.

West Bromwich Albion against Newcastle has also begun if anyone is interested. Actually, that might not be too bad now that Tony P has departed the Hawthorns.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 20:01
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7 mins: After a quiet start at Vicarage Road, it's Watford who have the first sniff of goal. Clever play from Kiko Femenia on the right opens up room to cross, and his delivery has Richarlison darting towards the near post. The Brazilian looks set to add to his growing reputation with another notable strike, but excellent last-ditch defending from Victor Lindelof muscles the Watford man away from the danger zone.

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12 mins: Eyebrows were raised when Romelu Lukaku escaped punishment for his Old Trafford antics at the weekend, allowing him to play this evening but on the evidence so far, he needn't have bothered. The Belgian has barely seen the ball, let alone touched it, as the game continues to be played almost entirely in the Manchester United defensive half.

And with that, United win their first corner of the game.

Sam Dymond28 November 2017 20:16

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