Arsenal v Brentford, Crystal Palace v Brighton: football clockwatch – live

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The lunchtime game in the WSL has finished too, with Man City beating Arsenal 2-1. City go up to third, level with Man U on 29 points; Arsenal, on 26, slip to fourth. Top are Chelsea – the WSL is a parallel universe in which they still know how to win. More here from the equally masterly Rob Smyth.

West Ham-Chelsea has finished 1-1, amid plenty of controversy. So, yet again, Chelsea have lost points. It’s their third league draw in a row and the 14th time in 22 games that they haven’t won. They remain ninth while West Ham sneak above Wolves on goal difference, for now. More here from the masterly Scott Murray.

Teams: Southampton-Wolves

Teams: Fulham-Forest

A start for Gustavo Scarpa. Hope he’s brought his skateboard to London.

Teams: Leicester-Spurs

Pedro Porro makes his first start for Spurs and Harry Kane takes over as captain from the injured Hugo Lloris.

Teams: Palace-Brighton

Teams: Arsenal-Brentford

Don’t ever change, Arsenal.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to goal-by-goal coverage of the games that are not on the telly (in the UK). There are five of them in the Premier League and they’ve all got a bit of intrigue.

Arsenal v Brentford The league leaders welcome the team of the moment. Brentford are one of only two PL clubs who have been unbeaten since the World Cup, the other being Newcastle. Brentford have four wins and two draws; Newcastle are the other way round.

Palace v Brighton The M23 derby! Or perhaps not.

Fulham v Forest Two teams who were in the Championship last year, both flourishing now. Fulham have been steady all season and Forest have 11 points from their last five games. In the table for the mini-season that began at Christmas, they are seventh, just behind Fulham.

Leicester v Spurs Leicester have just emerged from another bad patch with a rollicking win at Villa. Spurs, always up for a ride on the rollercoaster, are on a high after beating Man City.

Southampton v Wolves The Saints are doing so badly that they may be thinking it’s time for another change of manager. Wolves have been up and down but they’ve just had their finest hour under Julen Lopetegui, thumping Liverpool 3-0.

Back soon with the teams.

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