Key events
In the 12.30pm kick-off between Leeds and Manchesster United it’s currently 1-1. There’s probably about 20 minutes left in that one and you can follow that with Taha Hashim here:
Team news: Everton v Brentford
Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Garner, McNeil, Dibling, Grealish, Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, Aznou, Welch, Campbell, Rohl, Armstrong, Beto
Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Hickey, Jensen, Janelt, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Thiago, Schade.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Peart-Harris, Donovan, Nelson, Lewis-Potter.
Team news: Tottenham v Sunderland
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Davies, Kudus, Tel, Gray, Odobert, Bentancur, Richarlison.
Subs: Kinsky, Dragusin, Danso, Spence, Bergvall, Palhinha, Williams-Barnett, Kolo Muani, Scarlett.
Sunderland XI: Rofes, Hume, Mukiele, Alderate, Cirkin, Xhaka, Geertruida, Le Fée, Aingra, Mayundra, Broby.
Subs: Patterson, O’Neil, Ballard, Hjelde, Neil, H.Jones, Tutierov, Mundle, Rigg.
Team news: Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Newcastle XI: Daw, Miley, Thhaw, Schär, Halal, Girono Girono, Tonai, Joelton, Mussy, Vissa, Gordon.
Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Botman, Livramento, Murphy, Barnes, Willock, Ramsey, Woltemade.
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Lerma, Shoulder, Book,
Subs: Benítez, Canvot, Sosa, Benamar, Uche, Esse, Rodney, Devenny, Drakes-Thomas.
Team news: Fulham v Liverpool
Fulham XI: Leno, Diop, Andersen, Cuenca, Castagne, Lukic, Cairney, Robinson, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Jimenez.
Subs: Lecomet, Amazon, Reed, Berge, Ridgeon, the Cusi’s Assa, Kevin.
Liverpool XI: Bloody, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk.
Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Chiesa, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha.
First up, team news!
Preamble
Four three o’clock kick-offs in the Premier League, a (kind of) full programme of EFL and some tea-time action in the top flight, are we sure it’s not Saturday?
There’s a solid rump of clubs hovering in the top-point gap between fourth and 15th and all of this afternoon’s fixtures are very much in that group. We have Everton v Brentford, Newcastle v Crystal Palace, Fulham v Liverpool and Tottenham v Sunderland – all teams with top-half aspirations, if not higher.
I’ll have updates from all of those games, plus points of interest from the EFL. Sadly most of League Two’s action is off (ten matches in total), two have gone in the Championship – Sheffield United v Oxford and Portsmouth v Ipswich – have also fallen foul of frozen pitches, as have four in League One.
Of the games on in the second tier, Hull v Watford and Bristol City v Preston look promising.
Later on I’ll also have updates from the Afcon last-16 match between hosts Morocco and Tanzania. That should be a lively one in Rabat.
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