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Premier League LIVE: Arsenal v Chelsea & Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur – radio commentary, score updates and live text
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- Raheem Sterling will not be involved today as he is on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea.
- Ashley Cole famously did the same journey, Kai Havertz the inverse, while Sol Campbell infamously went from Spurs to the Arsenal and William Gallas did all three!
- Has any player played for four or more London clubs though? Get your thinking caps on and give us a shout…
- Cole Palmer is in the England squad as it stands as well, of course.
- Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
- Marco Silva makes one change to the Fulham side that lost 2-1 at Brighton last weekend.
- Willian makes his first start since returning to the club in February with Issa Diop dropping out.
- Fulham XI: Bernd Leno, Calvin Bassey, Joachim Andersen, Timothy Castagne, Antonee Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Sander Berge, Emile Smith Rowe, Alex Iwobi, Willian, Raul Jimenez.
- Subs: Steven Benda, Harrison Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Tom Cairney, Adama Traore, Jorge Cuenca, Josh King, Ryan Sessegnon, Martial Godo.
- Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel is one of four changes for Tottenham following their 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last Sunday.
- Ben Davies, Archie Gray and Destiny Udogie also come in.
- Tottenham XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentacur, Yves Bissouma, Brannan Johnson, Mathys Tel, Dominic Solanke.
- Subs: Antonín Kinsky, Son Heung-Min, James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, Pedro Porro, Wilson Odobert, Pape Sarr, Micky van de Ven, Dane Scarlett.
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- If all this London talk wasn’t enough for you there’s early kick-offs in the Old Firm and the Sheffield derbies today as well.
- You can follow both of those pages now as they near kick-off.
- What a day.
- Interesting – Palmer has been struggling with illness but came on for the second half of their Conference League game on Thursday night…
- Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
Alex Howell
- BBC football news reporter at the Emirates Stadium
- Arsenal continue with Mikel Merino as striker and Myles Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel Martinelli return to the Premier League starting line up.
- Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Merino
- Subs: Neto, Tierney, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Nwaneri
- The big news is that there is no Cole Palmer for Chelsea.
- Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Nkunku, Sancho, Neto
- Subs: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Adarabioyo, Dewsbury-Hall, Chalobah, Gusto, George, Acheampong, Lavia
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- Yes, there is a big game at Wembley for us all to watch but you’ll see a nice big gap in the schedule for that…
- Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
- Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
- Leicester v Man Utd (19:00 GMT)
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- Here’s how the top of the table looks after yesterday’s fun and games.
- Spurs can play in Europe next season but they’ll probably have to win the Europa League to do so.
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- Do we have a belting day of football on the cards or what?
- A cup final at Wembley and not one, not two but three Premier League games to get stuck into.
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- Our first four teams in action are all London sides so that’s where our focus will be. The chase/race for European football is on the agenda.
- Plus Spurs are playing.
- Let’s do this!
