Key events
A few transfer lines to come out of the Premier League today involving (in descending speculated value) Antoine Semenyo, Jørgen Strand Larsen and Brennan Johnson:
Team news: Wilson and Welbeck start
Starting lineups from the London Stadium:
West Ham (4-3-3): Areola; Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles;
Magassa, Potts, Fernandes; Paquetá, Bowen, Wilson.
Subs: Hermansen, Summerville, Mavropanos, Rodríguez, Soucek, Earthy, Kanté, Golambeckis, Mayers.
Callum Wilson is the only addition to the XI that lost to Fulham at the weekend, replacing Crysencio Summerville.
Brighton (3-4-2-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk; Kadioglu, Ayari, Milner, De Cuyper; Minteh, Gomez; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Gruda, Rutter, Hinshelwood, Watson, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Mitoma, Coppola.
Fabian Hürzeler makes five changes to the team that lost to Arsenal, with Danny Welbeck leading the line and James Milner in midfield.
Team news: Röhl handed first start
Team news at the City Ground:
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): John Victor; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Zinchenko; Dominguez, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus.
Subs: Sels, Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona, Abbott.
Oleksandr Zinchenko for Nicolò Savona is the only change from Forest’s loss to Manchester City.
Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Patterson, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner; Dibling, Rohl, McNeil; Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Beto, Grealish, Aznou, Welch, Campbell, Graham, Bates.
Merlin Röhl makes his full debut for Everton, replacing Carlos Alcaraz in one of three changes from the draw with Burnley.
Team news: Wissa replaces Woltemade
Starting lineups at Turf Moor:
Burnley (3-4-3): Dubravka; Laurent, Ekdal, Stephen; Walker, Luis,
Ugochukwu, Pires; Edwards, Broja, Tchaouna.
Subs: Weiss, Brusse, Anthony, Humphrey, Scotland, Environment, Environment, Banel, Barnes, Pimlot.
Captain Josh Cullen is ruled out after suffering a knee injury against Everton. Scott Parker makes two other changes.
Newcastle Corpent with Creedy; Miley, Thaw, Schär; Fire, Gimar veins, Joelinon; Barnes, Very, Gordon.
Subs: Ramsdale, J Murphy, Woltemade, Willock, A Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar, Neave, Alabi.
Eddie Howe makes three changes to the team that lost at Old Trafford on Boxing Day, with Yoane Wissa picked to lead the line and Harvey Barnes joining him in the front three.
Team news: Semenyo starts
Starting lineups at Stamford Bridge:
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Sánchez, Acheampong, Fofana, Chalobah, Gusto; Caicedo, Fernandez; Estêvão, Palmer, Garnacho; Delap
Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Adarabioyo, James, Santos, Buonanotte, Gittens, Neto, João Pedro.
Enzo Maresca keeps tinkering with five changes to the team that lost to Aston Villa, with Reece James among those to drop to the bench. Liam Delap leads the line.
Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Jiménez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Tavernier, Scott; Semenyo, Kluivert, Brooks; Evanilson.
Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Soler, Smith, Diakit, Adli, Kroupi, Unal, Rees-Dottin.
Antoine Semenyo starts for Bournemouth despite him nearing a move to Manchester City. Andoni Iraola makes four changes to the team that was beaten 4-1 by Brentford.
Preamble
Greetings. The festive fixtures keep on coming in the Premier League, with six more games on the agenda tonight. We’ll be focusing on five of those, headlined by Chelsea v Bournemouth and Manchester United v Wolves. Newcastle are also in action at Burnley, while struggling West Ham host Brighton. Then there’s a Sean Dyche derby at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest face Everton.
Tonight’s Premier League fixtures
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Burnley v Newcastle (7.30pm)
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Chelsea v Bournemouth (7.30pm)
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Nottingham Forest v Everton (7.30pm)
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West Ham v Brighton (7.30pm)
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Arsenal v Aston Villa (8.15pm) Scott Murray has updates
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Manchester United v Wolves (8.15pm)
I’ll also be keeping you across the latest from Afcon, where Senegal are among those in action as Group D comes to a close. There are also five games in the Scottish Premiership, with Hearts, Celtic and Rangers all in action.
It should be a busy one. Join in – you can get in touch with me via email. Premier League team news is coming up.
