Wednesday 28 November 2012

Notice - Friday's Post:

My next EPL post will be on Friday, where I analyse all of the EPL matches yesterday and being played today.

These are the fixtures being played today, and the matches which were played yesterday:

Yesterday:

Sunderland 0 QPR 0

Newly appointed boss Harry Redknapp won his first point as QPR manager, as his new side drew 0-0 with Sunderland at The Stadium Of Light.

Aston Villa 1 Reading 0

Striker Christian Benteke scored the only goal of the match in the 80th minute thanks to a header from a corner. 

Who needs Bent? Benteke breaks the deadlock after 80 minutes to give Aston Villa the lead, and 3 points.
Boost: Benteke celebrates his goal against Reading to move Villa out of the relegation zone.

Aston Villa move up to 17th place, while Reading stay in 19th place, stuck in the relegation places.

Tonight's matches (7.45pm unless stated):

Everton 1 Arsenal 1

Winger Theo Walcott broke the deadlock for The Gunners to give them an early lead inside the 1st minute at Goodison Park, but Everton's talisman and midfielder Marouane Fellaini has equalised for the home side to make it 1-1, with 30 minutes gone.

Chelsea 0 Fulham 0

The west London derby is goalless after 30 minutes on the clock. The main story leading into this match was how Rafa Benitez would cope with a match that he should be winning in his second match as interim Chelsea manager after Roberto Di Matteo's dismissal this time last week.

Southampton 1 Norwich 0 

Striker Rickie Lambert has broken the deadlock after 32 minutes, to score his 6th goal this season at home. 

This will be Norwich's 5th loss of the season if the score stays like this, which would mean that they would be falling back into the mid-table mindset after impressive victories against both Manchester United and Arsenal.

Meanwhile, Southampton can move back out of the relegation zone with a win tonight.

Stoke 0 Newcastle United 0 

This match remains goalless at The Britannia Stadium. Both sides have tough defences, so the match may be decided on 1 goal or mistake.

Swansea 3 West Bromwich Albion 0

£2million for Michu is proving to be a real bargain, with him scoring AGAIN tonight to score his 8th goal for Swansea since moving from Rayo Vallencano in the summer. 

Winger Wayne Routledge has scored twice, to almost certainly give The Swans 3 points at home after a draw against Liverpool on Sunday.

This will be West Brom's 4th loss of the season and even though they are currently in 3rd place after a fast start to the season, they may be moving down the table very quickly if they don't pick the Winter pace.

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Liverpool 0

A double by Welsh winger Gareth Bale has given Spurs a comfortable lead against mid-table side Liverpool in the first half.

8:00pm kick-off: Manchester United 1 West Ham United 0

Robin van Persie has scored his 9th goal of the season to give United the lead at home to 8th placed West Ham. A win at Old Trafford tonight will ensure that United stay on top of the table, as local rivals Manchester City are also in action against Wigan.

8:00pm kick-off: Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester City 0

End-to-end stuff at The DW Stadium. The Wigan defence is staying strong, despite threats from Balotelli, Aguero and Silva. They are making chances of their own, but are struggling to really test Joe Hart yet. 0-0, interesting match.

I will have a full report on Friday.

Sunday 25 November 2012

EPL Super Sunday LIVE Coverage:



Hello and welcome to my latest blog installment of this year's English Premier League with 4 matches LIVE today including the crunch match between Manchester City and Chelsea for all you football fans to enjoy and dissect with analysis and descriptions. 

First match in charge: Rafael Benitez's first test as Chelsea manager is a match against Manchester City today.


Swansea City vs Liverpool - LIVE

60 minutes gone at the Liberty Stadium, where former manager Brendan Rodgers faces his old club Swansea for the first time since leaving his post to move to Liverpool.

Liverpool's 17-year-old winger Raheem Sterling has hit the crossbar in the first half with a stinging half volley along with full-back Jose Enrique who had a goal disallowed for offside.

Disallowed goal: Full-back Jose Enrique had a goal disallowed for offside inside the first half.

It has been an end-to-end match, with both teams passing the ball well, but neither side being able to take their goal-scoring chances.

Southampton vs Newcastle - Team line-ups:

Southampton: Gazzinga, Clyne, Fonte, Shaw, Yoshida, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert.
Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Williamson, Santon, Tiote, Anita, Gutierrez, Feguson, Ba, Cisse.
Subs: Harper, Perch, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier.   
 
15:00:

The match between Southampton and Newcastle has just kicked off, meanwhile Swansea winger Nathan Dyer and Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina are involved in a nasty collison after Dyer skins Downing on the right flank.

Full-on collision: Dyer tries to keep possesion of the ball, while Reina comes out to collect inside the box.


15:06:
 

Double substitution for Liverpool, with midfielder Jordan Henderson and winger Stewart Downing are replaced by young midfielder Jonjo Shelvey and forward Joe Cole. 

15:09:


Team Line-ups for Chelsea vs Manchester City:

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Ivanovic, Cole, Mikel, Ramires, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Romeu, Moses, Ferreira, Marin, Cahill, Bertrand.

Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Kolarov, Barry, Yaya Toure, Barry, Silva, Milner, Dzeko, Aguero.
Subs: Pantilimon, Maicon, Nasri, Javi Garcia, Balotelli, Kolo Toure, Tevez. 

15:23: FULL-TIME SCORE:

Swansea 0 Liverpool 0

A 0-0 draw at The Liberty Stadium, with goalkeeper Tremmel saving his side on numerous occasions from losing at home to Liverpool

It seems from afar like it was a boring match but it was far from it.
It was entertaining, dramatic and was full of passes and 29 attempts on goal during the match, but neither side was able to take their chances in-front of goal.

Both teams won 1 point each, with Swansea moving up to 8th place and The Reds going up to 11th.

15:34:

GOAL UPDATE - Southampton 1 Newcastle 0 

Midfielder Adam Lallana breaks the deadlock for The Saints after 34 minutes thanks to a failed clearance by Tim Krul and the Newcastle defence.

He cooly tapped in a shot after midfielder Jack Cork played the ball across goal.

Easy: Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana scores a tap-in after a good through pass from Ramirez.
2nd goal of the season: Lallana wheels away to celebrate his goal against Newcastle in the 34th minute.

15:42: Newcastle need half-time soon, they are being dominated at Southampton.

Tottenham vs West Ham - Team Line-ups:

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Sandro, Lennon, Dempsey, Bale, Defoe.
Subs: Friedel, Gallas, Naughton, Dembele, Sigurdsson, Livermore, Carroll.  

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Tomkins, Reid, McCartney, Maiga, Diame, O'Neil,Noble, Nolan, Carroll.  
Subs: Spiegel, Jarvis, Cole, Taylor, Collins, Demel, Moncur. 

15:46: HALF-TIME:

Southampton 1 Newcastle United 0 

Chelsea vs Manchester City - LIVE Match Commentary: 

0: The match has started at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Manchester City aswell as Tottenham vs West Ham in the EPL.

2: Chelsea winger Ramires is down after colliding with Manchester City defensive midfielder James Milner. He is now recieving treament on the field.

3: While Ramires recieves treatment, the cameras show Chelsea fans with banners including 'OnlyoneDiMatteo' which shows that Di Matteo has left Chelsea with some dignity after being ruthlessly sacked in midweek after losing to Juventus 3-0. 

5: Manchester City are holding the ball well in the midfield in the early stages, after a corner by Kolarov came of nothing.

6: A lot is riding on this match today for both sides. Chelsea will move back into 3rd place if they win today while Manchester City will leapfrog local rivals Manchester United back into 1st place with an away win.  

12: Chelsea are starting to find their passing game, but their end product is not good enough in the final third.

14: Manchester City starting to press Chelsea's defence now, especially targeting shaky defender David Luiz as the ball goes out for a City corner.

15: City's corner comes of nothing, and Chelsea are given a quick rest.

16: Chelsea's supporters applaud Roberto Di Matteo throughout this minute, probably in thanks because of his nservices to the club, while many fans have banners saying 'In Roberto we trusted and loved, in Rafa we will never trust! Fact!'

GOAL UPDATE - Southampton 2 Newcastle 0
Forward Gaston Ramirez doubles the lead for The Saints!

Another failure to clear by Tim Krul from Jason Puncheon's cross allows Ramirez to capitalize on his mistake and hit the ball into the net easily to make it 2-0.     

Record signing: Gaston Ramirez celebrates his 1st goal in a Southampton shirt transfer after a move from Bologna.

31: Chelsea had the chance to counter attack with Cole on the wing, but a misplaced pass lets the ball go out for a City goal-kick. 

45: The referee blows the whistle to end the first half at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea are holding Manchester City to a 0-0 draw at the moment, but it doesn't look as though it will stay like this throughout the second half.

GOAL UPDATE - Tottenham 1 West Ham 0

Striker Jermain Defoe has broken the deadlock just before half-time with his 6th goal of the season after cutting inside and shooting from just outside the 18-yard box.  

6th goal of the season: Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe hits a powerful strike to make it 1-0 against West Ham.
Defoe is mobbed by his team-mates after his goal just before half-time gave Spurs the lead going into the break.
  
16:50:

HALF-TIME:

Chelsea 0 Manchester City 0
Tottenham 1 West Ham 0 

FULL-TIME - Southampton 2 Newcastle 0

That result moves Southampton out of the relegation zone into 17th place while pushing Aston Villa back into the 'drop zone', after goals from Lallana and Ramirez.

It is their 2nd home win of the season, while Newcastle fail to move up into as high as 9th place after securing a place in the Last 32 of the Europa League on Thursday night.  

This time of year will be vital to Newcastle's chase of another UEFA Europa League spot next season, especially as key players Ryan Taylor and Hatem Ben Arfa are both out injured
 

17:04: The 4pm kick-offs have both restarted with Chelsea vs Manchester City and Tottenham vs West Ham both in the second half now.

55: The match is looking more interesting at Stamford Bridge, with both sides starting counter attacks quickly. 

Manchester City defensive midfielder Yaya Toure tries to find Sergio Aguero with a through ball into the box, but Aguero's run is too early and the ball goes out.

57: Chelsea have a corner with Juan Mata whipping the ball into the box. David Luiz towers above centre-back Nastasic before unleashing a header towards goal.... OVER THE BAR!!!
The header was too high to even trouble England no.1 goalkeeper Joe Hart.

60: Chelsea have another corner.... the ball is whipped into the box, but Manchester City defender and captain Vincent Kompany heading the ball away to safety. 

61: Chelsea winger Eden Hazard gets past three Manchester City defenders before weaving inside and out towards the box.
He eventually loses the ball, but City's clearance finds Torres who has an ambitious shot from 20 yards out.... OVER THE BAR!!!

At least Torres is having a go... Chelsea are starting to fire up in this match suddenly...

62: GOAL UPDATE - Tottenham 2 West Ham 0
Tottenham winger Gareth Bale doubles Spurs' lead. 

Good header: Tottenham winger Gareth Bale heads Spurs into a 2-0 lead in the 58th minute.
 
63: Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta is given a yellow card after tripping Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic on a dangerous counter attack.

65: GOAL UPDATE - Tottenham 3 West Ham 0

Easy street now for Spurs, as Defoe scores his second goal of the match to make it 3-0 to the home side, and to almost certainly secure all three points. A win for Tottenham will see them move above West Ham into 7th, 1 place behind local rivals Arsenal. 

Make that 7 goals: Defoe celebrates scoring his double against West Ham in the 64th minute.
 
68: Manchester City suddenly increasing the intensity of the match, by camping in Chelsea's half and taking shots.

69: Manchester City SUB:
Carlos Tevez ON
James Milner OFF

Roberto
Mancini looks for a more attacking option as he looks for his team to score the first goal in this match. 20 minutes to go.

71: Chelsea SUB:
Eden Hazard OFF
Victor Moses ON

An injection of pace for Benitez to try and push for the winning goal with less than 20 minutes to go.
Hazard has played okay today, but nothing special despite glimpses of genius.

75: 15 minutes left of the match plus stoppages with a Manchester City coming up.
The ball is cleared away by Torres.

76: Manchester City free-kick after a handball by Victor Moses. 

77: Kolarov is given a yellow card after a challenge from behind on Moses. Free-kick to Chelsea.

78: Rain is starting to fall heavily on West London now, which will make the last 10 minutes interesting to watch. 

79: Chelsea SUB:
Oriol Romeu ON
John Obi Mikel OFF

It looks as though Benitez would rather take the 1 point than lose all three, so is strengthening the defence for the last 10 minutes. 

FACT: If the scoreline stays the same, it will be Chelsea's 3rd draw in 4 matches in the Premier League.   

82: Cameras show striker Mario Balotelli is changing and getting ready to come on for Manchester City. 

84: GOAL UPDATE - Tottenham 3 West Ham 1

Andy Carroll has given the visitors a late consolation by scoring his first goal for West Ham after moving on a loan transfer from Liverpool in the summer transfer window. 

85: These last few minutes are going to be tense as both teams are looking for the winner.
Full-back Ashley Cole has a shot from 20 yards out over the bar. Goal-kick to City.  

86: Manchester City SUB:
Sergio Aguero OFF  
Mario Balotelli ON

Last-ditch attempt for a winner for Mancini. Balotelli comes on.  

87: Chelsea supporters are screaming for a red card to Vincent Kompany after he tackles Fernando Torres just outside the box and he is the last man. No foul, and Torres gets up quickly. 

90: The fourth official signals for 2 minutes of stoppage time to be added on as Romeu concedes a Manchester City corner. 

90+1: Manchester City defender Natasic has a header towards goal.... comfortably SAVED by Petr Cech!

90+2: Mario Balotelli is given a yellow card for a controversial dive, where there was contact between him and David Luiz.

The referee blows the whistle to end the match at Stamford Bridge. 

FULL-TIME SCORE::

Chelsea 0 Manchester City 0

New interim manager Rafael Benitez keeps a clean sheet on his first match in charge of Chelsea, but is not able to win the match against the defending EPL champions, or move back into 3rd place. 

Negative: Chelsea fans show their lack of support to Benitez, after the sacking of RDM this week.
 
My Man Of The Match: Vincent Kompany 

He worked hard throughout, and dominated the defence.
He made sure that Oscar, Mata and Torres did not give Hart much trouble and stopped them in their tracks.
He lead the back line well and kept a clean sheet.

Not going anywhere: Vincent Kompany contains the threat of Chelsea winger Juan Mata.
Neither are you: Torres tries to get past Kompany in the centre of the defence, but it was not enough.

Analysis:

  • Chelsea stay in 4th place
  • Manchester City fail to move back into 1st 
  • Tottenham move up to the after a 3-1 win over West Ham
  • Liverpool and Swansea ends 0-0  
  • Southampton move out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over Newcastle 

Thank you for reading my EPL Blog. I will speak to you all next week, where there are many matches during midweek in the EPL.





Southampton v NewcastleSouthampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Williamson, Santon, Anita, Tiote, Gutierrez, Ferguson, Ba, Cisse. Subs: Harper, Perch, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier.


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Southampton v NewcastleSouthampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Williamson, Santon, Anita, Tiote, Gutierrez, Ferguson, Ba, Cisse. Subs: Harper, Perch, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier.


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Southampton v NewcastleSouthampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Williamson, Santon, Anita, Tiote, Gutierrez, Ferguson, Ba, Cisse. Subs: Harper, Perch, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier.


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Southampton v NewcastleSouthampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka.
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Steven Taylor, Williamson, Santon, Anita, Tiote, Gutierrez, Ferguson, Ba, Cisse. Subs: Harper, Perch, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Ranger, Tavernier.


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Saturday 24 November 2012

EPL Super Saturday LIVE:



Hello and welcome to my EPL Super Saturday LIVE with 6 matches being played today in England including Manchester United vs QPR and Arsenal vs Aston Villa as the evening kick-off.

Here was the 12:45pm kick-off:

Sunderland 2 West Bromwich Albion 4

The home side Sunderland hosted an in-form West Brom at The Stadium Of Light. They trailed by two goals to nil at half-time thanks to goals by Zoltan Gera and Shane Long. 

Bullet: Zoltan Gera hits a half-volley to make it 1-0 in the 30th minute and score his 3rd goal this season.
Surprise pack of the season: West Brom celebrate Gera's goal to break the deadlock.

Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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The shock at half-time was that goalkeeper Simon Mignolet failed to pick up the ball, and was punished by Long.

Cringeworthy: West Brom striker Shane Long takes advantage of a mistake by Mignolet to give The Baggies a 2-0 lead.
Easy goal for me: Long celebrates scoring his 5th goal of the season.

In the second half, Sunderland played much better, and started to pressure West Brom's defence. 

The problem for them was that they were not able to test 2nd team 'keeper Boaz Myhill well, until the 73rd minute when midfielder Craig Gardner had a powerful free-kick from 30 yards out which deflected off the wall to spin into the net to make it 2-1.

Good effort: Sunderland midfielder Craig Gardner hits the top corner with a free-kick which deflected off the wall.
Back in it: Gardner celebrates his goal with Adam Johnson to make it 2-1 with 15 minutes to go.
 The match turned to controversy in the 80th minute, when defender Liam Ridgewell ran into the box before getting clipped by Adam Johnson inside the 16-yard box.

A penalty was given, and on-loan striker Romelu Lukaku had no problem dispatching the ball into the far corner of the net to make it 3-1 and almost kill off Sunderland's hopes of getting back into the match.

It's me again: Striker Romelu Lukaku dispatches a penalty to make it 3-1 to score his 4th goal for West Brom.

But, the match was not over, in the 86th minute when midfielder Stephane Sessegnon scored from 3 yards out to give Sunderland late hope of an equaliser.

Poacher: Stephane Sessegnon hits a strike from 3 yards out to make it 3-2 with 4 minutes to go.

There were 4 minutes of stoppage time to be played, and despite the old timewasting tricks by West Brom, they ended up scoring again in the last minute of time thanks to a great pass and move which was finished nicely by midfielder Marc-Antoine Fortune.

Game over: Striker Marc-Antoine Fortune curls the ball past Mignolet to make it 4-2 to West Brom.


West Brom move up to 3rd place, above Chelsea while Sunderland stay stuck in 15th place.



Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Team Line-ups for the 3pm kick-offs:


Stoke City vs Fulham:

Stoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Shotton, Walters, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch, Nzonzi. 
Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric.
Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.

Everton vs Norwich City:

Everton: Howard, Jagielka, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Pienaar, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Oviedo, Osman, Jelavic.
Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Gueye, Barkley, Vellios, Kennedy, Duffy.

Norwich: Ruddy, Whittaker, Bassong, Ryan Bennett, Garrido, Johnson, Tettey, Snodgrass, Hoolahan, Pilkington, Holt. 
Subs: Bunn, Howson, Jackson, Morison, Elliot Bennett, Barnett, Tierney.  

Wigan Athletic vs Reading:

Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Ramis, Figueroa, Stam, McCarthy, Jones, Beausejour, Gomez, Kone, Maloney.
Subs: Pollitt, Di Santo, McManaman, McArthur, Boselli, Fyvie, Lopez.

Reading: Federici, Gunter, Morrison, Gorkss, Shorey, Robson-kanu, Leigertwood, Tabb, McAnuff, Le Fondre, Roberts.
Subs: Taylor, Mariappa, Pogrebnyak, Hunt, McCleary, Harte, Cummings.

Manchester United vs QPR:

Manchester United: Lindegaard, Rafael Da Silva, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Young, Fletcher, Scholes, Rooney, Welbeck, van Persie.
Subs: De Gea, Jones, Anderson, Smalling, Hernandez, Cleverley, Powell.

QPR: Julio Cesar, Hill, Nelsen, M'Bia, Traore, Derry, Faurlin, Mackie, Taarabt, Dyer, Cisse.       
Subs: Green, Diakite, Ferdinand, Wright-Phillips, Granero, Ephraim, Hoilett. 


15:00: The 3pm kick-offs have all started, apart from the one at Old Trafford where their has been a delay due to a QPR player having to change his tape to the same colour as his socks.

15:12: 

Goodison Park,
Everton vs Norwich:  

Striker Steven Naismith has broken the deadlock for The Toffees after 12 minutes on the clock. 1-0. 

3 for me: Steven Naismith celebrates his 3rd goal for Everton with his team-mates after a move from Rangers.
 

Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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Stoke v FulhamStoke: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth,Shotton, Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Etherington, Adam, Crouch. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Jones, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Jerome.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Baird, Sidwell, Karagounis, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Kasami, Duff, Diarra, Rodallega, Banya.


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15:27:
The Britannia Stadium,
Stoke vs Fulham:

Nice build-up play by the hosts with a ball into the box by Ryan Shotton finds Crouch who assists Adam who gives Stoke the lead after 27 minutes.

Midfielder Charlie Adam opens his goalscoring account for Stoke after a £5million move from Liverpool in August

FACT: If it stays like this, it would be Stoke's 3rd home win of the season.

15:36 - GOAL UPDATE:

Wigan 0 Reading 1

Young centre-back Sean Morrison has given the away side the lead after 35 minutes.
1-0 to Reading, and as it stands this will be Reading's 1st away win of the season.


Tower: Sean Morrison scores his first goal of the season for Reading with a towering header.


First goal of the season: Defender Sean Morrision celebrates his goal to make it 1-0 against Wigan.

15:50:

HALF-TIME SCORES:

Everton 1 Norwich 0
Stoke 1 Fulham 0
Wigan 0 Reading 1  
Manchester United 0 QPR 0


16:05: The second halves have all started in the 3pm kick-offs.

16:12:
Old Trafford,
Manchester United vs QPR: 

QPR striker Jamie Mackie breaks the deadlock to make it 1-0 in the 52nd minute from 3 yards out! 

Shock at OT: Striker Mackie wheels away to celebrate his goal against Manchester United to make it 1-0.




What a shock so far at OT, and if it stays like this, then QPR would have won their first match of the season with a new manager Harry Redknapp who stays in the stands for today. 

16:18:

DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Reading:

Striker Jordi Gomez has given Wigan an equaliser after 58 minutes. 1-1, and Reading are starting to crumble now..... 

16:24:

Old Trafford,
Manchester United vs QPR:

Young defender Jonny Evans has made it 1-1, and United are suddenly back in the game at home. 
It looks as though they may dominate the match now as they are in their 'own back yard'.

16:28:

GOAL UPDATE:

Manchester United 2 QPR 1

A special moment for Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher, who has started his first match for over 12 months in the EPL after having bowel disease problems in November 2011.

He has just scored to make it 2-1, and now United look to close out the match with just over 20 minutes to play. 

So much for the QPR shock...

GOAL UPDATE - Wigan 2 Reading 1. Jordi Gomez has doubled his tally for the day to give the hosts the lead for the first time in the match against Reading at The DW Stadium. 

16:32:

GOAL UPDATE - Oh dear...

3-1, and United are running away with it now.
Striker and 'super sub' Javier Hernandez scoring the goal.  

16:38:

The DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Reading:

Reading have equalised in the 80th minute to make it 2-2. 

It sounds as though it has been a howler and bad own goal from Wigan goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi who has parried the ball up into the air and the ball has hit the crossbar before hitting him on the back and going into the net. 

10 minutes to go, and the match could swing either way.

16:49: GOAL UPDATE - Everton 1 Norwich 1

Defender Sebastien Bassong has made it 1-1 with a header which has hit the crossbar before hitting the net.

FACT: Everton have not played a match without conceding since September.  

16:53: GOAL UPDATE - Wigan 3 Reading 2

Jordi Gomez has completed his hat-trick and saved Ali Al Habsi's blushes to surely win the match for the home side. 
1 minute to go. 

FULL-TIME SCORES: 

Wigan 3 Reading 2
A Jordi Gomez hat-trick allowed the home side to take all three points against Reading despite going behind.

Everton 1 Norwich 1
David Moyes will not be happy with his side, after they failed to close the match after going 1-0 up at home to Norwich. 

They have now drawn 6 matches this season, and they failed to put the pressure on 4th placed Chelsea who are three points ahead of them and also play tomorrow against Manchester City.

Stoke 1 Fulham 0
Stoke are now unbeaten at home in 13 matches, after midfielder Charlie Adam's striker halfway through the first half.

Manchester United 3 QPR 1
Sir Alex Ferguson had an early second half shock thanks to Jamie Mackie and co.


If only: Mackie celebrates his goal at OT to give QPR the lead, but United went on to win 3-1.


However, QPR's poor defence showed through the cracks and Evans, Fletcher and Hernandez all scored to send United to the top of the table, 2 points ahead of local Manchester rivals Manchester City who play Chelsea tomorrow in a mouthwatering encounter from 4pm.


Equaliser: Manchester United defender Jonny Evans heads United into a 1-1 scoreline.
Back: Midfielder Darren Fletcher heads United into a 2-1 win to score his first goal in over 12 months.
Special day: Fletcher celebrates his goal on an emotional return to the EPL for United.
Super sub: Javier Hernandez scores to end the match and make it 3-1 to the hosts.


Strikes again: Hernandez celebrates his 5th goal of the season with team-mate Anderson.

Now, former Tottenham and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will have his hands full as he tries to get his new club out of the danger (relegation) zone. 


Hands full: Harry Redknapp was appointed QPR manager this morning, and his main objective is to secure a place in the EPL next season.

5:30pm kick-off, team line-ups:


Aston Villa vs Arsenal:

Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Stevens, El Ahmadi, Westwood, Weimann, Bannan, Agbonlahor, Benteke. 
Subs: Given, Ireland, Albrighton, Holman, Delph, Bowery, Lichaj.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud.
Subs: Mannone, Sagna, Vermaelen, Wilshere, Coquelin, Arshavin, Gervinho

I will have analysis of the game tomorrow along with the 4 other EPL LIVE matches.