Today's EPL Results:

Today's EPL Results:

8 matches come from the Premier League on this lovely Saturday afternoon in England.

Chelsea host Tottenham in the early kick-off, Arsenal face Aston Villa, Wigan go to Anfield to face 7th placed Liverpool, Stoke City and Manchester City clash in the evening kick-off and much more!

12:45:

Chelsea 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0

This London derby rival match between 5th placed Chelsea and 4th placed Spurs ended in a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge. 

Both teams take one point, much to 3rd placed Arsenal's pleasure before their 3oclock match with Villa as they could move further away from their rivals in the race for a Champions League place next season.

FACT: Chelsea are now 20 points away from first placed Manchester United who have 70 points from 29 matches.

FACT: Tottenham have now drawn 7 matches this season.

15:00:

Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 0

This match was played at The Emirates Stadium as 3rd placed Arsenal hosted 15th placed Aston Villa. The home side were very eager to move 3 points clear of 4th placed rivals Spurs, and 8 points clear of Chelsea (in 5th).

Full-back Kieran Gibbs scored his first EPL goal for the hosts after 16 minutes to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead. 

Full-back Kieran Gibbs fires past goalkeeper Shay Given to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead against Aston Villa.

Winger Theo Walcott scored, 9 minutes later to double their lead.

Winger Theo Walcott celebrates doubling the home side's lead for his 6th EPL goal of the season.

Midfielder Mikel Arteta ended the match with a sweet free-kick in the 90th minute to put the icing on the cake for Arsenal's day.

Midfielder Mikel Arteta celebrates scoring a nice free-kick to gift Arsenal a 3-0 win at The Emirates.

FACT: This is Arsenal's 7th consecutive win in a row.

Liverpool 1 Wigan Athletic 2

This match was played at Anfield, as 7th placed Liverpool looked to get back in-form against 19th placed Wigan who are also in poor form.

Striker Shaun Maloney opened the scoring for the visitors after 30 minutes from a penalty.

Striker Shaun Maloney breaks the deadlock for Wigan against Liverpool from the penalty spot by beating Pepe Reina.

In-form striker Luis Suarez equalised for The Reds, 2 minutes after half-time before having another goal ruled out for handball in the 58th minute.

Defender Gary Caldwell scored the last goal of the match in the 63rd minute to give the away side all 3 points.

Late winner: Gary Caldwell pushes the ball past Reina to give Wigan their 5th win of the season.

FACT: Liverpool are on course for their worst ever finish in the EPL.

Bolton Wanderers 2 Blackburn Rovers 1

This match was played at The Reebok Stadium, as 19th placed Bolton hosted Blackburn in their first match since midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed last Saturday against Tottenham in the FA Cup Quarter Final.

Defender David Wheater broke the deadlock for The Trotters in the 28th minute, before scoring yet again in the 35th minute (7 mins later) to make it 2-0.

Defender David Wheater doubles the lead for Bolton to make it 2-0 against Blackburn.

In the 56th minute, midfielder Steven N'Zonzi halved the 2 goal lead after converted Morten Gamst Pedersen's pass but this was the final result, and it was too little too late for Blackburn.

Norwich City 2 Wolves 1

This match came from Carrow Road, as 13th placed Norwich hosted bottom club Wolves in a must win match for both clubs in their seperate (mid-table and avoiding relegation) goals.

Midfielder Matthew Jarvis opened the scoring in the 25th minute for Wolves to give Terry Connor's men a 1-0 lead away from home. 

1-0: Wolves midfielder Matthew Jarvis hits the ball past the defence and goalkeeper John Ruddy for the lead at Carrow Road against Norwich.

Just a minute later, in-form striker Grant Holt equalised for the hosts to make it 1-1.

Holt's header gives Norwich the equaliser against Wolves at Carrow Road.

Holt made it 2-1 to the home side in the 45th minute, before getting sent off (for two yellows) in the 85th minute.

The good of Grant Holt: Celebrates scoring his second of the day, and his 12th goal of the season.

The bad of Grant Holt: Holt gets a red card after recieving two yellow cards and now has a 1-match ban.

This had no positive effect for Wolves who eventually lost and did not take advantage of this.

Norwich move up to 11th place, while Wolves stay bottom of the table with caretaker manager Terry Connor in trouble if he wants them to stay in the PL next season.

Swansea 0 Everton 2

10th vs 13th in the EPL at The Liberty Stadium as Swansea hosted Everton.

Full-back Leighton Baines made the scoreline 1-0 to the away side after 58 minutes, from a sweet curling free-kick. 

Free-kick taken, free-kick scored: Baines curls the ball into the net to give the visitors the lead at The Liberty.

Striker Nikica Jelavic scored his second goal for the club in the 76th minute to ensure that The Toffees took all 3 points away from home.

I'll take that: Striker Nikica Jelavic enjoys his winner for Everton at Swansea in the 76th minute.

FACT: Swansea have now only lost 3 matches at home this season.

Sunderland 3 QPR 1

This match was played at The Stadium of Light, as 12th placed Sunderland hosted a QPR side who came back from 2 goals down to beat Liverpool 3-2 with 13 minutes to play in midweek.

Striker Nicklas Bendtner broke the deadlock for the home side after 41 minutes to make it 1-0. 

Striker Nicklas Bendtner heads Sunderland ahead against QPR after 41 minutes.

Djibril Cisse hit the headlines in the 55th minute, for the wrong reasons as he was given a straight red card (and a 3-match ban) after a dangerous tackle. 

Cisse sees red: He is given his second red card since moving to QPR in January - against his old club Sunderland.

Midfielder James McClean doubled the home side's lead in the 70th minute before Stephane Sessegnon made it 3-0, 6 minutes later.
Full-back Taye Taiwo scored his first goal in English football to give Rangers a consolation goal away from home.

17:30:
 

Stoke City 1 Manchester City 1

City had the chance to go back top of the table until at least Monday with a point at a tough side Stoke.

Midweek EPL Results and Analysis, The Weekend's EPL Previews:

Midweek EPL Results and Analysis:

Tuesday:

Aston Villa vs Bolton Wanderers: POSTPONED
This match was supposed to take place on Tuesday at Villa Park, but Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba's condition was too serious for Bolton players to focus on the football match.

Blackburn Rovers 2 Sunderland 0
This match was played at Ewood Park as 17th placed Blackburn hosted 9th placed Sunderland. 
Midfielder David Holiett opened the scoring for the home side after 58 minutes to make it 1-0.

Winger Junior Holiett breaks the deadlock against Sunderland at Ewood Park after 58 minutes to give Rovers a 1-0 lead. 

Striker Yakubu scored his 14th goal of the season to double Blackburn's lead in the 86th minute to ensure all three points for Rovers.

Heads I win: Striker Yakubu scores his 14th goal of the season - making him 5th top scorer in the EPL.

Pray 4 Muamba: Yakubu shows his support for Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba who is in intensive care.

Blackburn are now in 16th place with 28 points, while Sunderland are still in 9th place with 37 points.

Wednesday:

Everton 0 Arsenal 1
This match was played at Goodison Park, as 10th placed Everton hosted 4th placed Arsenal.
Defender Thomas Vermaelen scored the only goal of the whole match for the away side after 8 minutes.

Defender Thomas Vermaelen heads Arsenal into the lead at Goodison Park.

Celebration time: Vermaelen celebrates the eventual winner for Arsenal against Everton and his 5th goal of the season.

The home side had some controversial decisions that were not given including a disallowed goal by Royston Drenthe, and luck was not on their side on Wednesday. 


FACT: Thomas Vermaelen has now scored two winners for Arsenal in back-to-back matches.


Arsenal move up to 3rd place, 1 point above Tottenham while Everton stay in 10th place.

Manchester City 2 Chelsea 1
This match came from The Ethiad Stadium, as 5th placed Chelsea and 2nd placed City went head-to-head in an interesting battle. City were looking for revenge after a 2-1 defeat suffered earlier in the season at Stamford Bridge (which was also their first of the season), while Chelsea looked to make ground in the race for 4th place. 


This match was exciting from the start of the second half.... and the away side were surprisingly in-front thanks to defender Gary Cahill with a half-volley which took a deflection and sent goalkeeper Joe Hart the wrong way to break the deadlock after 60 minutes.

Wrong way: Goalkeeper Joe Hart is sent the wrong way from a deflection and Chelsea go 1-0 up against Manchester City from defender Gary Cahill in the 60th minute. 

Left-back Aleksandar Kolarov took a shot inside the 18-yard box which was deflected by the hand of Chelsea midfielder Michael Esssien, and City were awarded a penalty. 
Striker Sergio Aguero cooly slotted the ball past 'keeper Petr Cech to give the visitors hope in the 78th minute.
Carlos Tevez came off the bench in the 68th minute and had a positive effect on City's performance, which paid off in the 85th minute when his clever lay-off to midfielder Samir Nasri who chipped 'keeper Cech and scored a late winner for the home side.

Samir Nasri: Scores a late winner for the home side against Chelsea in the 85th minute with a cheeky chip over Petr Cech.

Jubilation: Celebrates scoring with Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko

This result puts City in 1 point of 1st placed United, while Chelsea lose ground for a top 4 place after Tottenham drew and Arsenal won so they are 5 points off 4th placed Spurs (and 6 off 3rd placed Arsenal)

QPR 3 Liverpool 2
This fiery five-goal thriller surprisingly came from Loftus Road, home of 18th placed QPR who hosted 7th placed Liverpool. 


Defender Sebastian Coates broke the deadlock for the visitors in the 54th minute, from an overhead bicycle kick which flew past goalkeeper Paddy Kenny into the net.

Defemder Sebastien Coates hits his first ever Liverpool goal, which was a spectacular finish against QPR.

Striker Dirk Kuyt doubled the scoreline in the 72nd minute to give The Reds a 2-0 lead. Everyone though that it was all over for QPR, before defender Shaun Derry halved the deficit in the 78th minute to make it 2-1. Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse equalised late on in the 86th minute for QPR before striker Jamie Mackie scored in the 90th minute to give Rangers the comeback of all comebacks to gift them 3 points against Liverpool.

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Stoke City 1
This match was played at White Hart Lane as 3rd placed Spurs hoped to move closer to title rivals City and United, while edging closer away from London rivals Arsenal for a 3rd place finish.

The Weekend's EPL Previews:

This is Round 30 of this season's EPL. Title challengers City face Stoke while rivals United host Fulham on Monday. The race for a Champions League spot is heating up with all three (top 6) London rivals in the fight. Arsenal face Villa, while rivals Chelsea and Tottenham go head-to-head at Stamford Bridge for a place in Europe next season. 
The relegation battle is still alive for 5 different clubs with Wigan, Wolves, QPR, Bolton and Blackburn in the frame.

Saturday (15:00 unless stated):

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur: LIVE at 12:45pm


The first match of the weekend comes from Stamford Bridge as an early kick-off between two rivals Chelsea and Tottenham fight for a Champions League spot in 5th and 4th place (respectively), (with only 5 points between them)
Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon will miss tomorrow's match against Chelsea with a hamstring injury.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring) is a major doubt for the match.

Defender Ledley King (knee) will have a late fitness test but long-term absentees Michael Dawson (ankle), goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes (knee), and midfielder Tom Huddlestone (ankle) are out.

John Terry is set to return to lead out Chelsea. The Blues captain missed Wednesday night's defeat at Manchester City with a calf strain but trained fully on Thursday.

Fellow defender Branislav Ivanovic is doubtful with a thigh problem suffered at the Etihad Stadium, while Oriol Romeu is fit after a knee injury.

Arsenal vs Aston Villa:


This match will be played at The Emirates Stadium, as in-form Arsenal will look to continue their current run of form by moving 4 points away from rivals Tottenham.

Aston Villa winger Charles N'Zogbia is battling to overcome a tweaked knee ligament in time to face Arsenal tomorrow.

Striker Andreas Weimann is pushing for a start after scoring the winner against Fulham a fortnight ago. If N'Zogbia is ruled out of the match, Weimann could play up front with Gabriel Agbonlahor.

Striker Darren Bent (ankle), defender Richard Dunne (shoulder) and midfielder Fabian Delph (ankle) remain long-term absentees while utility player Ciaran Clark is still recovering from a knee problem.

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby will not be risked. He has recovered from a hamstring injury, but boss Arsene Wenger will not name him in his squad until next week.

Wenger will use an unchanged squad against Villa from the group which won at Everton, with Per Mertesacker (ankle) and midfielder Jack Wilshere (ankle) still sidelined.

Bolton Wanderers vs Blackburn Rovers:

Bolton return to action against Blackburn at the Reebok Stadium a week after Fabrice Muamba's harrowing collapse at White Hart Lane.

Muamba remains in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest, but his family have given the go ahead for the match to start as manager Owen Coyle's men looked to haul themselves out of the relegation zone.

Coyle has told any player who does not feel up to taking part they should step aside, but it does not appear he has had anyone who has dropped out yet.

Defender Gael Givet is Blackburn's only doubt ahead of the match.

Givet aggravated a slight hamstring problem while on Tuesday and is doubtful to make the squad.

Steve Kean is only to make a few slight changes.

Liverpool vs Wigan Athletic:


This match will be played at Anfield as 7th placed Liverpool will be looking to bounce back from their embarrassing 3-2 defeat on Wednesday to QPR after being 2-0 with 13 minutes to go against 19th placed Wigan.


Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega remains an injury doubt for the match after missing last week's match due to a knee problem.
The Latics manager Roberto Martinez says that the trip to Liverpool may come too soon for the forward to make his return to football action.
Midfielder David Jones (knee) and goalkeeper Mike Pollitt (shoulder problem) are not 

Defender Martin Kelly should be fit despite having to come off injured in Liverpool's last two matches.

The club are awaiting a full assessment of Charlie Adam's knee problem, sustained in Wednesday's defeat at QPR, but the midfielder could be doubtful.

Right-back Glen Johnson and forward Craig Bellamy are still missing with niggles while centre-half Daniel Agger (rib) is not yet ready.

Norwich City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers:

Wolves will be without suspended defender Ronald Zubar for the away Barclays Premier League clash with Norwich after his red card against Manchester United last weekend.

It could mean a recall in a reshuffled back four for skipper Roger Johnson who has been axed for the past four matches since caretaker boss Terry Connor took charge.

But Connor's biggest headache is in central midfield where David Davis (broken rib) has joined Karl Henry (hamstring) and Jamie O'Hara (groin) on the injury list.

The only positive team news for Connor is the return to training of midfielder Nenad Milijas after his calf problem.

Norwich midfielder Anthony Pilkington has recovered from the knock he suffered at Newcastle last weekend and is available.

Marc Tierney and Daniel Ayala are back in training, but not yet ready, while James Vaughan is still missing with knee trouble.

Goalkeeper Declan Rudd, meanwhile, has resumed light training.

Sunderland vs QPR:

Sunderland striker Stephane Sessegnon returns to the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with QPR after suspension.

The Benin international is available after completing the three-match ban he incurred for his sending-off in the derby draw at Newcastle, but midfielder Lee Cattermole still has one game left to serve.

Central defender John O'Shea will undergo a late fitness check on his hamstring injury, but Kieran Richardson (calf) is still out, as are long-term absentees Wes Brown (knee) and Titus Bramble (Achilles/calf).

Armand Traore will miss QPR's trip to Sunderland on Saturday in the Barclays Premier League.

The Senegal international was brought off at half-time of Wednesday's 3-2 victory against Liverpool and is out for the next couple of weeks with a grade one hamstring injury.

Clint Hill will travel with the squad to the Stadium of Light but will have a back injury assessed, while long-term absentees DJ Campbell and Heidar Helguson are making good progress.

Swansea City vs Everton:

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers is set to restore Ashley Williams to his starting XI for Saturday's Barclays Premier League meeting with Everton.

The defender missed last weekend's impressive win at Fulham due to illness, but is likely to take his place back from club captain Garry Monk against the Toffees.

Wayne Routledge will continue on the right wing as Nathan Dyer serves the final game of his three-match ban after his red card in the win at Wigan.

Everton could have Darron Gibson back at the Liberty Stadium.

The Republic of Ireland international has been out of action for five games due to a knee problem but Toffees manager David Moyes says Gibson's fitness is improving and has indicated he could feature against the Swans.

Fellow midfielder Jack Rodwell (hamstring) and wideman Seamus Coleman (thigh) remain sidelined.

Stoke City vs Manchester City: LIVE at 17:30pm


This match will come from The Brittania Stadium, as 2nd placed Manchester City can leapfrog rivals United into 1st place, two points ahead (at least until Monday) with a win at Stoke.

Manchester City hope to have captain Vincent Kompany back for Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Stoke.

The Belgium defender has an outside chance of returning after missing three games with a calf injury but centre-back partner Joleon Lescott (hip) is ruled out.

Striker Carlos Tevez is again expected to be on the bench after making his first appearance for six months in the midweek win over Chelsea.

Stoke winger Matthew Etherington (ankle) is fit to return after missing the midweek draw against Tottenham.

Midfielder Salif Diao (hamstring) is likely to miss out but defender Jonathan Woodgate, who has not played for a month, could come into contention for a place on the bench.

Striker Ricardo Fuller misses out as he completes a three-match suspension.

Sunday:


West Bromwich Albion vs Newcastle United: LIVE at 16:00pm


This match will be played at The Hawthorns, as 13th placed West Brom host 6th placed Newcastle in a slight mis-match.

West Brom centre-back Jonas Olsson will return after a one-match suspension for the home Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle on Sunday.

Olsson's probable recall alongside Gareth McAuley means Liam Ridgewell is likely to revert from central defence to left-back in place of Nicky Shorey.

Albion are hopeful striker Peter Odemwingie will be fit after missing the 1-1 draw at Wigan last weekend with a hamstring injury. Midfielder Zoltan Gera (knee) and right-back Steven Reid (foot) remain long-term absentees.

Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote is rated at 50-50 to return from injury.

The Ivory Coast international missed last weekend's 1-0 win over Norwich with a hamstring problem and remains a doubt, although full-back Danny Simpson has a chance of returning from his adductor strain.

Utility man Ryan Taylor (calf) is still out, as are long-term casualties Peter Lovenkrands (thigh), Leon Best and Sammy Ameobi (both knee), Steven Taylor (Achilles) and Sylvain Marveaux (groin).

Monday:


Manchester United vs Fulham: LIVE at 20:00pm


1st placed Manchester United host Fulham at Old Trafford. A win will ensure that they stay at the top of the EPL table ahead of rivals City in 2nd place who are only 1 point behind The Red Devils.

Sir Alex Ferguson will be picking from strength when Manchester United face Fulham at Old Trafford on Monday.

Nani (ankle), Anders Lindegaard (ankle) and Michael Owen (thigh) are the only absentees, along with long-term casualties Nemanja Vidic and Darren Fletcher.

Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Fabio, Paul Pogba and Phil Jones all came through a reserve outing on Thursday unscathed.

Fulham have no new major concerns heading into Monday's trip north.

The Cottagers came through last week's defeat to Swansea unscathed, although they will be without third-choice goalkeeper Neil Etheridge for at least the next couple of weeks with a wrist problem.

Zdenek Grygera (knee), Steve Sidwell (hernia) and Orlando Sa (hamstring) are expected to be the only notable absentees.

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12:45pm:

Bolton Wanderers vs QPR: LIVE

Defender Darren Pratley opened the scoring with a header after 37 minutes to give the home side the lead at half-time. Striker Djibril Cisse eqaulised for the away side, two minutes after the restart (although he was in an offside position) Defender Clint Hill scored early in the first half for QPR, but it was disallowed as the ball did not cross the line, (which it actually did). Commentator Gary Neville was very frustated, and has called for goal-line technology to sort this problem out. Ryo Miyaichi set up striker Ivan Klasnic who came off the bench to score a late goal in the 86th minute.
QPR were desperate to equalise again in the dying minutes, but Bolton shut up shop and ended up winning 2-1.


Attendance: 21,551.

Defender Darren Pratley opens the scoring for Bolton with a header after 37 minutes.

Djibril Cisse celebrates his 47th minute equaliser for QPR at The Reebok Stadium..

Striker Ivan Klasnic scores his 8th goal of the season for Bolton to win late on against QPR in the 86th minute.

Full-time:
Bolton 2 QPR 1
Bolton now move up to 16th place, 1 point ahead of QPR in 17th. 




15:00pm kick-off team news:

Aston Villa v Fulham: 

Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Collins, Warnock, Albrighton, Herd, Petrov, N'Zogbia, Ireland, Agbonlahor. Subs: Guzan, Heskey, Bannan, Weimann, Lichaj, Baker, Gardner.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly, Senderos, Hangeland, John Arne Riise, Duff, Dembele, Murphy, Dempsey, Pogrebnyak, Johnson. Subs: Stockdale, Baird, Orlando Sa, Hughes, Diarra, Etuhu, Davies.

FACT: Fulham have picked up 16 points in 2012, in the EPL - and only Manchester United (19) and Manchester City (21) have more.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers:
Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Bassong, Ward, Doyle, Davis, Edwards, O'Hara, Jarvis, Fletcher. Subs: De Vries, Kightly, Ebanks-Blake, Johnson, Berra, Milijas, Foley.

Blackburn: Robinson, Lowe, Dann, Hanley, Martin Olsson, Formica, Pedersen, Nzonzi, Marcus Olsson, Hoilett, Yakubu. Subs: Bunn, Givet, Dunn, Modeste, Petrovic, Goodwillie, Vukcevic.

FACT: Wolves have conceded 9 goals in the first 15 minutes of play, and scored none in that time which is a record.

FACT: Wolves have not won at home since February 2011.

Chelsea v Stoke:
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Meireles, Kalou, Drogba. Subs: Turnbull, Luiz, Essien, Romeu, Torres, Mata, Sturridge.

Interesting team line-up for Chelsea.

Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson, Shotton, Whitehead, Diao, Fuller, Jones, Walters. Subs: Sorensen, Pennant, Upson, Delap, Crouch, Jerome, Palacios.

FACT: Stoke have only scored 3 goals against Chelsea in the last 9 meetings - to Chelsea's 20.

Sunderland v Liverpool:
Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, O'Shea, Turner, Bridge, Larsson, Colback, Gardner, McClean, Bendtner, Campbell. Subs: Gordon, Wickham, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Meyler, Kyrgiakos, Elmohamady.

Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Skrtel, Coates, Jose Enrique, Kuyt, Henderson, Adam, Spearing, Bellamy, Suarez. Subs: Doni, Gerrard, Carroll, Maxi, Downing, Carragher, Flanagan.

FACT: Liverpool's last fixture against Sunderland was a 1-1 draw on the first day of the season.

15:00: The 3oclock kick-offs have started.

15:04: 

Stamford Bridge,

Chelsea vs Stoke City:

The Blues are currently dominating at home... with Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross almost scoring an own goal....

15:13:

The Stadium of Light,

Sunderland vs Liverpool:

Sunderland are pressing Liverpool here..... they could score soon..

15:19:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke:
Midfielders Diao (Stoke) and John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) have both picked up yellow cards.... they now have to be careful....


15:26:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke City:
Striker Ricardo Fuller has been given a straight red card for Stoke to put them down to ten men after a late challenge on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic (violent conduct). He walks off the pitch, without any complaints.

Striker Ricardo Fuller is given a straight red card against Chelsea on his first match for Stoke since January.

Now Stoke could be in trouble without a form of strike, and this could spark Chelsea's time in the match.


15:35:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke:
Raul Meireles crosses the ball into the box for Didier Drogba who misses the ball completely along with Salomon Kalou to the relief of Stoke supporters.


15:39:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke:
Tactical substution:
Raul Meireles OFF
Juan Mata ON
I would have thought Mikel would be coming off (as he plays more defensive than Meireles)..... 
Torres is being seen warming up here...


15:42:
FACT: This is the first time that no EPL team has scored on a Saturday in the 3oclock for 42 minutes since, last season....
Very dull first half.... :(


15:43:
Molineux,
Wolves vs Blackburn Rovers:
Finally!!!! 
The first goal of the 3oclock kick-offs!
Winger David Hoilett breaks the deadlock just before half-time with a great volley down into the net for the visitors. 1-0.

Winger Junior Hoilett celebrates his breakthrough just before half-time to give Blackburn the lead against Wolves.

Hopefully now it sparks every other match....


FACT: Wolves have now failed to keep a clean sheet at home for the last 13 matches. 


15:50:
The 3oclock kick-offs are all half-time:


Chelsea 0 Stoke City 0 HT
Bolton 2 QPR 1 FT
Aston Villa 0 Fulham 0 HT
Sunderland 0 Liverpool 0 HT
Wolves 0 Blackburn 1 HT 


16:03: The 3oclock kick-offs have all started the second halves.
Hopefully there will be more goals in the second half.


16:04:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke:  
Branislav Ivanovic OFF
David Luiz ON
Ivanovic has picked up an injury for Chelsea and has had to come off for Luiz at the start of the second half.
Unlucky.


Villa Park,
Aston Villa vs Fulham:
Fulham substitution:
Danny Murphy OFF

Mahamadou Diarra ON

Diarra comes on for Murphy who had a clash in the first half which drew blood and has never looked the same....

Bloody Murphy: Forced off after a cut face injury.

16:14:

The Stadium of Light,

Sunderland vs Liverpool:

Striker Nicklas Bendtner has scored to break the deadlock for Sunderland against Liverpool! Fraizer Campbell's shot was parried against the post by Pepe Reina, but Bendtner was there to tap-in the ball. 1-0.

Striker Nicklas Bendtner strikes past Pepe Reina to break the deadlock for Sunderland against Liverpool.

FACT: This is Bendtner's 1st goal at home for Sunderland since October.
Unlucky Reina, who tried his hardest but it was not enough to keep a clean sheet today.....


16:24:
Molineux,
Wolves vs Blackburn:


Junior Holiett takes the ball at his feet from 30 yards out.... sidesteps 1 defender before hitting the ball towards goal.... GOAL!!!!!!!!!!! 2-0! Blackburn have surely sealed their win here away from home against 19th placed Wolves.
Great long-distance strike! Goal of the day?


16:27:
Stamford Bridge,
Chelsea vs Stoke City:


Striker Didier Drogba breaks the deadlock for the home side here after 68 minutes!
Juan Mata's cross went straight to him, and he went around Begovic before putting the ball into an empty net.
1-0 to Chelsea.


FACT: Didier Drogba has now scored 100 EPL goals for Chelsea.


16:33:
Some attendances have been announced:


Chelsea vs Stoke:
Attendance: 40,945


Sunderland vs Liverpool:
Attendance: 41,661


Aston Villa vs Fulham:
Attendance: 32,372


Wolves vs Blackburn Rovers:
Attendance: 26,121


16:34:
The Stadium Of Light,
Sunderland vs Liverpool:
Liverpool substitutions:
Steven Gerrard ON
Andy Carroll ON
Craig Bellamy OFF
Charlie Adam OFF
Liverpool desperate not to lose today, trying to attack with their dangerous subs...


16:47:
Molineux,
Wolves vs Blackburn:
The home crowd are been seen to be leaving the match...... No surprises there.


16:49:
Molinuex,
Wolves vs Blackurn:
The referee blows the whistle for full-time here. 
Junior Holiett wins the match for the away side, while Terry Connor and Wolves lose YET again...
FACT: This is Blackburn's first clean sheet this season.


16:52:
Aston Villa vs Fulham:
Andreas Weimann scores his first goal for Villa, as they win at home against 8th placed Fulham. 

Last-gasp winner: Weimann scores a late goal for Aston Villa against Fulham at Villa Park.

16:53:
Chelsea vs Stoke:
Full-time, Didier Drogba scores the only goal for Chelsea as Roberto Di Matteo wins his first EPL match in charge of The Blues.

Striker Didier Drogba celebrated his 100th EPL goal for Chelsea against Stoke in the 69th minute.

16:54:
Sunderland vs Liverpool:
Full-time, Nicklas Bendtner scored the only goal of the match for the home side in the 56th minute.
Sunderland move within two points of 7th place Liverpool.


16:56:
Full-times:


Sunderland 1 Liverpool 0 FT
Bolton 2 QPR 1 FT
Chelsea 1 Stoke City 0 FT
Aston Villa 1 Fulham 0 FT
Wolves 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 FT


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