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West Ham will be looking to take advantage of any slip-up from Manchester City to break into the top four of the Premier League and strengthen their hopes of moving into the Olympic Stadium next season with Champions League football under their belts, while Crysal Palace are in real danger of being dragged into the relegation scrap.

• Sam Byram and James Collins remain injured for West Ham
• Emmaniel Adebayor and Yohan Cabaye ruled out
• Connor Wickham, James McArthur and Marouane Chamakh all absent

Teams:

West Ham: Adrian; Antonio, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Lanzini, Noble, Kouyate, Payet; Emenike Sakho.

Subs: Randolph, Song, Tomkins, Carroll, Valencia, Obiang, Moses.

Crystal Palace: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Zaha, Puncheon, Jedinak, Ledley, Sako; Bolasie.

Subs: McCarthy, Mariappa, Kelly, Mutch, Lee, Gayle, Campbell

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Today’s fixtures:

Aston Villa vs Chelsea – 12:45

Arsenal vs Watford – 15:00

Bournemouth vs Manchester City – 15:00

Norwich City vs Newcastle United – 15:00

Stoke City vs Swansea – 15:00

Sunderland vs West Bromwich Albion – 15:00

West Ham vs Crystal Palace – 15:00

Liverpool vs Tottenham – 17:30

[2 April 2016 11:55 · Charles Reynolds]

Just over 45 minutes until kick off, it's time for some team news...

Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Richards, Lescott, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Gana, Gil, Gestede, Ayew

Subs:  Okore, Bacuna, Sinclair, Veretout, Bunn, Lyden, Grealish.

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Miazga, Baba, Mikel, Fabregas, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Remy.

Subs: Begovic, Jake Clarke-Salter, Matic, Oscar, Traore, Pato, Falcao

[2 April 2016 12:29 · Charles Reynolds]

[2 April 2016 12:30 · Charles Reynolds]

Another happy Villa fan... 

[2 April 2016 12:34 · Charles Reynolds]

Just under 15 minutes until kick off, can Chelsea's second team heap more misery on Villa or will there be a rare win for the home side? 

[2 April 2016 12:40 · Charles Reynolds]

Matt Miazga makes his debut for Chelsea today 

[2 April 2016 12:41 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Squawka Football

@Squawka

Guus Hiddink has lost just 1 of his 26 Premier League games as Chelsea manager, a 1-0 defeat to Spurs in March 2009. https://t.co/eJ5sU835kd

12:24 PM - 02 Apr 2016

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[2 April 2016 12:41 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Simon Johnson

@sjstandardsport

JT, Willian, Cahill not travelled, along with suspended costa and injured hazard...first three have minor problems #Cfc

11:49 AM - 02 Apr 2016

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[2 April 2016 12:44 · Charles Reynolds]

In the hotly anticipated battle of the mascots it's an all lion affair.  

[2 April 2016 13:12 · Charles Reynolds]

GOAL! Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1 - Ruben Loftus-CheekFirst Premier League goal for the youngster, he tucks away Azpilicueta's low cross - with a helpful deflection off Joleon Lescott.

[2 April 2016 13:16 · Charles Reynolds]

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1: Chelsea looking much more in charge now, this could be another long afternoon for Villa.