Premier League LIVE: Arsenal v Chelsea & Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur – radio commentary, score updates and live text

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  2. Image source, PA Media
  3. Raheem Sterling will not be involved today as he is on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea.
  4. 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!
  5. Has any player played for four or more London clubs though? Get your thinking caps on and give us a shout…
  6. Cole Palmer is in the England squad as it stands as well, of course.
  7. Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
  8. Marco Silva makes one change to the Fulham side that lost 2-1 at Brighton last weekend.
  9. Willian makes his first start since returning to the club in February with Issa Diop dropping out.
  10. Fulham XI: Bernd Leno, Calvin Bassey, Joachim Andersen, Timothy Castagne, Antonee Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Sander Berge, Emile Smith Rowe, Alex Iwobi, Willian, Raul Jimenez.
  11. Subs: Steven Benda, Harrison Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Tom Cairney, Adama Traore, Jorge Cuenca, Josh King, Ryan Sessegnon, Martial Godo.
  12. Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel is one of four changes for Tottenham following their 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last Sunday.
  13. Ben Davies, Archie Gray and Destiny Udogie also come in.
  14. Tottenham XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentacur, Yves Bissouma, Brannan Johnson, Mathys Tel, Dominic Solanke.
  15. Subs: Antonín Kinsky, Son Heung-Min, James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, Pedro Porro, Wilson Odobert, Pape Sarr, Micky van de Ven, Dane Scarlett.
  16. Image source, PA Media
  17. 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.
  18. You can follow both of those pages now as they near kick-off.
  19. What a day.
  20. Interesting – Palmer has been struggling with illness but came on for the second half of their Conference League game on Thursday night…
  21. Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
  22. Alex Howell
  23. BBC football news reporter at the Emirates Stadium
  24. Arsenal continue with Mikel Merino as striker and Myles Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel Martinelli return to the Premier League starting line up.
  25. Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Merino
  26. Subs: Neto, Tierney, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Nwaneri
  27. The big news is that there is no Cole Palmer for Chelsea.
  28. Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Nkunku, Sancho, Neto
  29. Subs: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Adarabioyo, Dewsbury-Hall, Chalobah, Gusto, George, Acheampong, Lavia
  30. Image source, Reuters
  31. 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…
  32. Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
  33. Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
  34. Leicester v Man Utd (19:00 GMT)
  35. Image source, BBC Sport
  36. Here’s how the top of the table looks after yesterday’s fun and games.
  37. Spurs can play in Europe next season but they’ll probably have to win the Europa League to do so.
  38. Image source, Reuters
  39. Do we have a belting day of football on the cards or what?
  40. A cup final at Wembley and not one, not two but three Premier League games to get stuck into.
  41. Image source, Getty Images
  42. 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.
  43. Plus Spurs are playing.
  44. Let’s do this!

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