EPL Super Saturday LIVE Coverage:

Hello and welcome to the 'calm after the storm', the Saturday after the Friday before transfer deadline day.

Today, there are 6 matches on show for you in the English Premier League.

Here are a list of this weekend's matches:

Today (15:00 unless stated): *

West Ham United vs Fulham: LIVE at 12:45pm

Swansea vs Sunderland

Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

West Brom vs Everton

Wigan Athletic vs Stoke City

Manchester City vs QPR: LIVE at 17:30pm 

Sunday:

Liverpool vs Arsenal: LIVE at 13:30pm

Newcastle United vs Aston Villa: LIVE at 16:00pm

Southampton vs Manchester United: LIVE at 16:00pm


*Chelsea were scheduled to play today, but because of a UEFA Super Cup fixture that they played yesterday against Atlteico Madrid, the date has been changed. 

Champions of Europe: Atletico Madrid lift the UEFA Super Cup trophy aloft after thrashing Chelsea 4-1 in Monaco.

Last night's LATE EPL transfer deadline day Moves:

Real Madrid signed Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien on a season-long loan deal.

Aston Villa have signed Genk striker Christian Benteke for £7million on a four-year contract deal. 

£7million signing: Aston Villa's new striker signed a four-year contract deal with Villa last night.

Tottenham have confirmed the £8million pound plus add-ons (up to £12million) signing of Lyon goalkeeeper Hugo Lloris on a four-year contract deal. 

Gone to Tottenham: France No.1 goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has joined Tottenham on a four-year contract deal.

Fulham have signed Wolfsburg winger Ashkan Dejagah on a three-year contract deal for an undisclosed fee.

Stoke City have confirmed the rumour, that Blackburn midfielder Steven N'Zonzi has signed for them for an undisclosed fee.

Manchester City signed Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia for around £16million.

Surprise move: Benfica defensive midfielder Javi Garcia has signed for Manchester City.

QPR have signed Marseille midfielder Stephane M'Bia on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

Midfield powerhouse: Marseille defensive midfielder Stephane M'Bia has signed for QPR on a two-year deal.

Other deals last night included:

Dimitar Berbatov to Fulham from Manchester United - £5million

Pablo Hernandez to Swansea from Valencia - £5.5million

Gaston Ramirez to Southampton from Bologna - £12million 

Clint Dempsey to Tottenham from Fulham - £6million

Scott Sicnlair to Manchester City from Swansea - £7million

Yossi Benayoun to West Ham from Chelsea - season-long loan deal

Matija Nasttastic to Manchester City from Fiorentina - £10million 

West Ham vs Fulham:

Team Line-ups:

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Reid, Collins, O'Brien, Noble, Diame, Nolan, Vaz Te, Taylor, Carroll.
Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Diarra, O'Neil, Maiga, Hall, Cole.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise, Diarra, Sidwell, Richardson, Duff, Rodallega, Petric.
Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Baird, Kasami, Berbatov, Briggs, Kacaniklic.

So Andy Carroll starts his debut for loanee club West Ham today alongside friend and midfielder Kevin Nolan.

£5million signing Dimitar Berbatov is on the bench for Fulham today.
Petric starts in attack alongside Hugo Rodallega.


12:45:

0: West Ham have kicked the match off at Upton Park.

1: Andy Carroll wins a header from Fulham defender Brede Hangeland before passing the ball straight to midfielder Kevin Nolan inside the 16-yard box... 
he sets up for a shot before blasting the ball towards goal.... GOAL!!

Bullet: West Ham midfielder Kevin Nolan scores against Fulham with a low drive past goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.

West Ham have broken the deadlock in the first 53 seconds and Fulham are trailing already....

2: Nolan and Carroll already linking up well together.

25: Fulham have been struggling to cope with West Ham so far, and strike Andy Carroll has played very well for West Ham, winning lots of headers for his team and getting involved as much as possible.

29: West Ham have a corner, with midfielder Matt Taylor set to take it...
He whips the ball into the box for defender Winston Reid who heads the ball towards goal.... GOAL!!

Not stopping that: Defender Winston Reid celebrates his headed goal against Fulham to make it 2-0.

West Ham have doubled their lead, and here come the trademark bubbles onto the pitch.

34: West Ham are dominating possession now, not giving Fulham a sniff.

41: West Ham midfielder Matthew Taylor takes a  volley from the edge of the area down into the ground... GOAL!!
West Ham are now crusing against Fulham, 3-0 before half-time.

FACT: This is Taylor's first goal as a West Ham player!

45: The fourth official has signalled for two minutes of stoppage time to be added on at Upton Park.

45+2: The referee has blown the whistle to singla for half-tuime.

West Ham 3 Fulham 0 

Fulham need to take and make more chances if they want to get back into the match, but West Ham will be happy with the scoreline, and just pass the ball around well.
Do not be surprised if West Ham keep this 3-0 lead.

13:43:
First half possession:
West Ham - 43%, Fulham - 57%

West Ham have taken advantage of their possession by being dangerous on the counter attack and passing well.

45: The referee has blown the whistle to start the second half at Upton Park.
Fulham SUB:
Mladen Petric OFF
Dimitar Berbatov ON

Petric has not been as good as he was on the opening day, no chances for him, so he comes off. 
Remember as a striker, you need good service to score goals, and you have to say that he has not had that....

£5million signing Dimitar Berbatov replaces him, and I have a feeling that he could be a bargain for Fulham this season. 
He can score goals, and can create chances out of nothing. 

47: West Ham have a chance, with Carroll heading the ball towards striker Ricardo Vaz Te but his shot is well wide of the goal, and goes over the bar!

50: Nice football by Fulham, with new signings Berbatov and Rodallega linking up well before Berbatov is ruled out offside.
Vaz Te is fouled by Fulham defensive midfielder Diarra outside the box, and West Ham are awarded a free-kick.

52: West Ham midfielder Matthew Taylor hits a shot towards goal... goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer parries clear.

57: Berbatov looking dangerous in a Fulham shirt but still no break through for Fulham as they try and get back into the match. West Ha's defence are blocking shot left, right and centre now. 

60: Fulham SUB:
Alex Kacaniklic ON
Kieran Richardson OFF

66: West Ham midfielder Mohamed Diame has the ball inside the Fulham box in a good position, but does too much with the ball at his feet.
He tries to use skill to get past Fulham players in the box but he is quickly crowded out by Hangeland and co.

67: West Ham SUB:
James Collins OFF
James Tomkins ON

Uh oh. A high collision between West Ham striker Andy Carroll and Fulham defender Brede Hangeland sees Carroll struggling on the floor in pain..

Down and out: West Ham striker Andy Carroll is on the pitch after an aerial clash with Fulham defender Hangeland.

68: West Ham SUB:
Andy Carroll OFF
Carlton Cole ON 

Andy Carroll with a tight hamstring, is coming off as a precautionary measure.

76: Fulham have started to play better now with good link-up play between Berbatov, Sidwell and Rodallega.

78: West Ham defender Gul Demel is down on the pitch with an injury.

79: West Ham SUB:
Guy Demel OFF
Richard Hall ON

80: Sky Sports update on Carroll's injury:
It has been confirmed that he felt a tightness in his hamstring after the collision with Hangeland but his substitution was a precautionary measure instead of a necessity, because The Hammers want him to make sure he is fit.

89: Fulham midfielder Damien Duff has a low, powerful shot saved by goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Corner to Fulham, and you wonder if they played like this in the first half then they could still be in this match.....

90: The corner comes of nothing, while there will be three minutes of stoppage time to be added on.


90+3: FULL-TIME:

West Ham 3 Fulham 0


West Ham dominated the match from the first whistle with Kevin Nolan's low and powerful strike in the first 53 seconds.

West Ham had scored the 2nd and 3rd before half-time with defender Winston Reid and midfielder Matthew Taylor with the goals.



14:37:

15:00pm kick-offs:

Team Line-ups:

Tottenham vs Norwich City:

Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Gallas, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Livermore, Sandro, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Bale, Defoe.
Subs: Cudicini, Huddlestone, Adebayor, Naughton, Dembele, Townsend, Caulker.

Norwich: Ruddy, Russell Martin, Bassong, Barnett, Garrido, Johnson, Howson, Snodgrass, Pilkington, Holt, Jackson. 
Subs: Rudd, Turner, Surman, Hoolahan, Morison, Tierney, Tettey.

Wigan Athletic vs Stoke City:

Wigan: Al Habsi, Ramis, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McArthur, McCarthy, Beausejour, Kone, Di Santo, Maloney.
Subs: Pollitt, Jones, Crusat, Watson, Gomez, Boselli, Miyaichi.

Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Whelan, Cameron, Whitehead, Kightly, Crouch, Walters. 
Subs: Sorensen, Pennant, Jones, Edu, Adam, Upson, Jerome.
 
West Brom v Everton:

West Brom: Foster, Reid, Olsson, McAuley, Ridgewell, Yacob, Morrison, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Long, Fortune.
Subs: Myhill, Rosenberg, Brunt, Gera, Odemwingie, Dawson, Jones.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Osman, Gibson, Naismith, Pienaar, Fellaini, Jelavic.
Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga, Mirallas, Gueye, Coleman, Anichebe.

FACT: Everton are unbeaten in their last 11 EPL matches, but they have not gone 12 matches without defeat since the 1984-5 season.

Swansea v Sunderland:

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Chico, Taylor, Dyer, Britton, de Guzman, Routledge, Michu, Graham.
Subs: Tremmel, Tate, Shechter, Moore, Ki, Agustien, Davies.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Cuellar, O'Shea, Colback, Johnson, Larsson, Cattermole, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher.
Subs: Westwood, Campbell, Kilgallon, Ji, Meyler, Bramble, Saha.

15:00: As the 3pm kick-offs have started, I will leave you all now...
I will be back tomorrow for Liverpool vs Arsenal, Newcastle vs Aston Villa and Manchester United vs Southampton LIVE Commentary along with an update from today's results plus analysis.

UEFA Europa League Coverage, EPL News plus UEFA Champions League and Capital One Cup Draws:

Hello and welcome to my latest EPL update, with a twist.

UEFA Europa League Coverage along with UEFA Champions League and Capital One Cup Draws also in this latest blog post:

Let me begin:

Tonight's UEFA Europa League Play-Off Round Action:

Newcastle United 1 Atromitos 0 (Aggregate 2-1)

Striker Haris Vuckic scored the only goal of the match for Newcastle in the 29th minute to secure European football for Newcastle this season. 

That's the one: Striker Haris Vuckic celebrates his first half winner against Atromitos at The Sports Direct Arena.

He hit a shot from outside the area near the wing, which swerved past the goalkeeper into the net.

Striker Demba Ba apparently hit the ball on the way in with his stud, but replays showed that there was no contact.

Newcastle got a stroke of fortune just before half-time after goalkeeper Tim Krul caught a striker with his arm inside the box, but the referee thought he was diving and gave him a yellow card.

Liverpool 1 Hearts 1 (Aggregate 2-1)

UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw:

(EPL Teams in LARGE)

Group A:
Porto
Dynamo Kiev
PSG 
Dinamo Zagreb

Group B:
Arsenal
Schalke
Olympiakos
Montpellier

Group C:
AC Milan
Zenit St. Petersburg
Anderlecht
Malaga

Group D:
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Borussia Dortmund
Ajax

Group E:
Chelsea
Juventus
Shakthar Donetsk
Nordsjaelland

Group F:
Bayern Munich
Valencia
Lille
BATE Borisov

Group G:
Barcelona
Celtic
Spartak Moscow
Benfica

Group H:
Manchester United
FC Cluj
Braga
Galatasaray

Very interesting CL groups, with Chelsea and Manchester United both having fairly easy groups (apart from Juventus and Braga) and should qualify for the Last 16, but you never know.

Arsenal should comfortably get into the Last 16, despite having the French champions Montpellier and Schalke in their group, which will be tough matches.

However, Manchester City will have trouble with Spainish champions Real Madrid, Dutch champions Ajax and tough German side Borussia Dortmund in their group.

They may be able to sneak a 2nd place, but they could get Europa League again like last season. 

Capital One Cup 3rd Round Draw:

(Ties involving EPL teams only) 

Manchester United vs Newcastle United

Manchester City vs Aston Villa 

MK Dons vs Sunderland

Arsenal vs Coventry

Crawley Town vs Swansea

West Brom vs Liverpool

QPR vs Reading

Chelsea vs Wolves

West Ham vs Wigan

Carlisle vs Tottenham 

Norwich vs Doncaster 

Southampton vs Sheffield Wednesday

Leeds vs Everton

Yesterday's Capital One Cup Match:

Everton 5 Leyton Orient 0 

New signing and £6million striker Kevin Mirallas scored twice, and set up two other goals for Everton, as they thrashed Leyton Orient and sped into the 3rd Round of the Capital One Cup.

Good buy: New Everton signing Kevin Mirallas scored twice against Leyton Orient yesterday.

I'm just starting: Kevin Mirallas celebrates his first goal on his debut in the Capital One Cup.

Back in business: Nigerian striker Victor Anichebe scores in the 35th minute against Leyton Orient.

 

EPL Transfers and News:

England manager Roy Hodgson has officially announced his squad for the upcoming World Cup 2014 Qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

Goalkeepers:
Jack Butland (Birmingham), Joe Hart (Man City) , John Ruddy (Norwich).

Defenders:
Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka (both Everton), Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole and John Terry (all Chelsea), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Kyle Walker (Tottenham), Joleon Lescott (Man City)

Midfielders:
Michael Carrick and Tom Cleverley (Man United), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Man City) and Adam Johnson (Sunderland).

Strikers:
Andy Carroll (West Ham*), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Man United)


* means on loan, from Liverpool

West Ham have confirmed the season-long loan signing of Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, with a permanent deal available in the summer, if they stay in the EPL.

Shock loan deal: Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has signed for West Ham on a loan spell for the rest of the season.

QPR have confimed the signing of Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero for around £9million.
He only needs to complete his medical.

If they get relegated now, after all of the money spent on players... LOOOL


Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong has reportedly flown into Italy for talks with AC Milan over a permanent transfer deal.

Going to Milan: Manchester City defensive midfielder Nigel De Jong could be on his way out to AC Milan shortly.

In other news, new Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has already won his first trophy at the club, three days after signing for the Spainish champions.

Champions: Real Madrid (Modric second right) celebrate beating Barcelona in the Spainish Super Cup last night.

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Spainish Super Cup yesterday (4-4 win on away goals) and Luka Modric came off the bench and played at The Bernabeu Stadium.

North-London Rivalry: Former Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric tussles with former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song for the ball.

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Bayer Leverkusen's 18-year-old forward Samed Yesil in a deal worth £1million pounds.

Welcome to Liverpool: Germany winger Samed Yesli has already represented his country at U-16, U-17 and U-18 level.

Stoke City have made a £4million bid for Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam.

Wigan and Reading are both very interested in signing Marseille striker Jordan Ayew and are both ready to launch £4million bids before the deadline tomorrow night.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that winger Theo Walcott WILL remain an Arsenal player beyond Friday's transfer deadline day and may sign a new contract deal with the club.


Fulham manager Martin Jol has confirmed the news that Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov is undergoing a medical at Fulham and should sign tomorrow on TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY.


Join me tomorrow for LIVE Commentary of Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup and Transfer Deadline Day throughout Friday..

Today's EPL and FA Cup Results:

Today's EPL (Round 33) and FA Cup Semi-Final Results, Analysis:

Today's EPL Matches:

Norwich City 1 Manchester City 6
This match was played at Carrow Road as 10th placed Norwich hosted 2nd placed Manchester City. 

Striker Carlos Tevez broke the deadlock in the 18th minute to make it 1-0.

Sergio Aguero doubled City's lead, 9 minutes later to make it 2-0.

Sergio Aguero celebrates his first goal of the afternoon against Norwich to make it 2-0 to City.

After half-time, midfielder Andy Surman halved the defiecit in the 52nd minute, to give Norwich hope of an equaliser.

If only they knew: Andy Surman scores Norwich's only goal of the match in the 52nd minute to give the Canaries faint hope.

But two goals in quick succession from strikers Tevez (73) and then Aguero (75), 2 minutes later made it 4-1 to the away side. 

Carlos Tevez completed his hat-trick in the 80th minute to make it 5-1.

Hat-trick hero: Striker Carlos Tevez scores his 4th goal of the season, and the 4th this week to make it 5-1 to City.

Before winger Adam Johnson rubbed the salt into Norwich's wounds in the 90th minute, to make it 6-1 to City.  

Unsung hero: Winger Adam Johnson scores in the 90th minute, to make it 6-1 to City.

What a result for Manchester City, but despite this manager Roberto Mancini still says that it is too late for a title win.
Really Mancini?!?!


City move within 2 points of Manchester United who face Aston Villa tomorrow at Old Trafford.
Striker Carlos Tevez has now scored 4 goals in one week, with 4 goals this season from 2 matches (which is more than a lot of players in the EPL). 
You have to wonder whether if Tevez was NOT suspended in October, City could be far ahead in the title race...


Norwich drop 1 place into 11th place with 43 points this season, which secures their place in the EPL next season.

Sunderland 0 Wolves 0
This match was played at Stadium of Light as 9th placed Sunderland hosted bottom club Wolves. 

There were lots of chances for both sides as both pressed for the opening goal and looked for clean sheets. Wayne Hennessey stopped Sunderland from scoring a late goal in the last minute, after midfielder James McClean's header was saved with his feet from 9 yards out. 

A point for both sides was probably the best result, although as a football fan, I would have liked for there to be some goals in this match.
Both teams stay in their respective positions.

Swansea City 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
This match came from Wales at The Liberty Stadium, as 14th placed Swansea hosted a dejected Blackburn side who unluckily lost 3-2 to Liverpool on Tuesday, in the last few seconds. 

In-form striker Glyfi Sigurdsson broke the deadlock for the home side to put Swansea ahead after 37 minutes.

What a loan signing! Striker Glfyi Sigurdsson scores his 7th goal for Swansea to put Swansea ahead against Blackburn in the 37th minute.

Winger Nathan Dyer doubled the lead before half-time in the 43rd minute to give The Swans a 2-0 lead going into the break.

2-0 up: Winger Nathan Dyer's goal helps Swansea to go into the break 2-0 ahead of Blackburn Rovers.

Defender Scott Dann scored an own goal in the 64th minute, to give Swansea all the points at home and complete a 3-0 win. 


Swansea move two places into 12th, while Blackburn are back in the bottom three, in 19th place.

West Bromwich Albion 1 QPR 0
14th placed West Brom hosted a QPR side full of confidence after their 3-0 win against Swansea on Wednesday.

Midfielder Graham Dorrans scored the only goal of the match for WBA, in the 22nd minute to make it 1-0 to West Brom.


QPR tried but did not succeed to equalise and get back into the match. 


 

 

 

Today's FA Cup Semi-Final Match:

Liverpool 2 Everton 1  

This match was played at Wembley as hot Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton went head-to-head.

Striker Nikica Jelavic broke the deadlock in the 24th minute to make it 1-0 to Everton.

Striker Nikica Jelavic places the ball nicely past 3rd goalkeeper Brad Jones to give Everton the lead at Wembley after 24 minutes.

Perfect start to his Everton career: Jelavic has now scored 6 goals in 11 matches for The Toffees.

Luis Suarez equalised for The Reds in the second half, after 62 minutes to make it 1-1 and gived Liverpol hope of a second final this year.

Striker Luis Suarez beats defender Heitinga to the ball before striking past goal to equalise for Liverpool in the 62nd minute.

Red half of Wembley: Luis Suarez celebrates his 14th goal of the season to equalise for Liverpool.

Guess who?
Striker Andy Carroll's header from a free-kick in the 87th minute, secured Liverpool's final hopes!

Striker Andy Carroll heads from a free-kick inside the box to beat the defenders and Tim Howard and gift Liverpool into the final.

Am I worth £35million now? Andy Carroll celebrates his 2nd goal of the week to put Liverpool in the FA Cup final against either Chelsea or Tottenham.

(MORE TO FOLLOW SOON)

Wacky EPL Wednesday LIVE:

Wacky EPL Wednesday LIVE:

What an action packed Wednesday night for English football!

The top three clubs all in action as 1st placed Manchester United face Wigan, Manchester City host West Brom and Arsenal face Wolves.

QPR vs Swansea is the 8pm kick-off from Loftus Road.

Yesterday's EPL Result:
Blackburn Rovers 2 Liverpool 3
It was an overcast dark night, as 19th placed Blackburn hosted 8th placed Liverpool in an important match for both sides.
Liverpool started off well, with two quick fire goals from midfielder Maxi Rodriguez in the 13th and 16th minute.


Then, goalkeeper Doni got a straight red card for a late tackle inside the box on winger David Holiett.
Blackburn's penalty was taken by Yakubu and 3rd choice goalkeeper Brad Jones stepped up and saved striker Yakubu's weak shot. 
Everyone thought it would be over for Blackburn, before top-scorer Yakubu halved the lead in the 36th minute.
Yakubu redeemed himself after his early penalty miss with a goal in the 61st minute from the penalty spot to level the match-up.
Liverpool striker Andy Carroll scored late on in the 92nd minute from a header to give The Reds all three points luckily in the LAST minute. 

Striker Andy Carroll heads the ball past goalkeeper Paul Robinson to give Liverpool all 3 points at Ewood Park.

Important: Andy Carroll celebrates his first goal since January, and what a vital goal it proved to be in the last minute.

19:45pm kick-offs:

Manchester City vs West Bromwich Albion:

Team line-ups:

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Silva, De Jong, Barry, Nasri, Aguero, Tevez.

Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Milner, Pizarro, Dzeko, Johnson, Kolarov.

Big news for City, is that Carlos Tevez starts his first match for Manchester City this year after all the news and controversy around him. Can he make a positive impact?


Yaya Toure is out from the knee knock suffered on Sunday against Arsenal, so Nigel De Jong is recalled along with David Silva.

West Brom: Foster, Jones, Dawson, Olsson, Shorey, Cox, Mulumbu, Scharner, Andrews, Dorrans, Long. 

Subs: Daniels, Tchoyi, McAuley, Odemwingie, Hurst, Fortune, Roofe.

Star striker Peter Odemwingie can only make the WBA bench along with goalscorer Marc Fortune who scored in the 3-0 win at the weekend.

Wigan Athletic vs Manchester United:

Team line-ups:

Wigan: Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Beausejour, Moses, Di Santo, Maloney. 

Subs: Pollitt, Crusat, Ben Watson, Gomez, Sammon, Diame, Stam.

FACT: Wigan have not scored against Manchester United in 512 minutes of EPL football.

Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Giggs, Carrick, Young, Rooney, Hernandez. 

Subs: Amos, Smalling, Park, Nani, Welbeck, Cleverley, Pogba.

Nani, Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley are all on the bench for United. 

Wolves vs Arsenal:

Team line-ups:

Wolves: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Bassong, Ward, Kightly, Henry, Davis, Jarvis, Edwards, Doyle. 

Subs: De Vries, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Johnson, Berra, Milijas, Forde.

Top-scorer Stephen Fletcher is on the bench for Wolves.

Interesting or what?!

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Djourou, Vermaelen, Andre Santos, Arteta, Song, Walcott, Ramsey, Benayoun, van Persie.

Subs: Fabianski, Rosicky, Park, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Squillaci, Jenkinson, Chamakh.

Defender Laurent Koscielny starts a two-match ban after getting his 10th yellow card of the season against Manchester City on Sunday.
Kieran Gibbs is injured, so Andre Santos and Johan Djourou are brought back into the frame. 
Aaron Ramsey also starts, ahead of Tomas Rosicky who played on Sunday.

The 20:00 kick-off:

QPR vs Swansea City:

Team line-ups:

QPR: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Mackie, Barton, Diakite, Buzsaky, Taarabt, Zamora. 

Subs: Cerny, Gabbidon, Campbell, Bothroyd, Young, Smith, Wright-Phillips.

Joey Barton starts for QPR, after being dropped the whole of last month (let's not get into detail).
Shaun Wright-Phillips is surprisingly only on the bench for Rangers though.

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Sigurdsson, Britton, Allen, Routledge, Graham, Sinclair. 

Subs: Tremmel, Tate, Dyer, Monk, McEachran, Moore, Gower.

On-loan Chelsea midfielder Josh McEachran and Nathan Dyer both start from the bench for Swansea, as Danny Graham and Scott Sinclair are given recalls after being rested in the 2-0 defeat to Newcastle on Easter Friday.

LIVE Commentary/Clockwatch of all 4 matches:

19:45: The three matches have all kicked off.

19:51:

The Ethiad Stadium,

Manchester City vs West Bromwich Albion:

Striker Sergio Aguero breaks the deadlock in the 6th minute for the home side! 1-0 to City! He hit the ball from the edge of the box and it fell into the bottom corner of the net.

Super start by Manchester City, who have come out of the blocks running (unlike the 1-0 defeat on Sunday to Arsenal).

19:53:

Molienuex,

Wolves vs Arsenal:
Winger Theo Walcott ran with a lot of pace into the box before defender Christopher Bassong who tripped him up and held onto him before he fell to the ground.

The referee points to the penalty spot and brings out one of his cards.... IT'S RED!!

He had no choice, Walcott was about to score.

Early shower for you: Bassong tackles Walcott inside the penalty area, to get sent off and a three-match ban. 

19:54: 

Striker Robin Van Persie puts the ball on the spot, runs up to the white spot before stuttering.....

He chips the ball towards goal, WHAT A CHEEKY GOAL!!!!!!

1-0 to The Arsenal!

Dangerous: Striker Robin Van Persie celebrates his 27th goal of the season against Wolves with the rest of his team-mates.

FACT: RVP has broken the record, and now he is the first player to score against 18 teams in the EPL in one season since Ian Wright.

Lethal.

19:56:

Molienuex,

Wolves vs Arsenal:

GOAL!

2 goals in 2 minutes.... Theo Walcott with pace from the kick-off to confuse the defenders before cooly slotting past Wayne Hennessey.

The Arsenal fans including (me!) were still celebrating RVP's cheeky penalty finish. 2-0, and Wolves are in trouble in the first 10 minutes of the match.

Go like the wind: Walcott finishes off a great run against Wolves in the 10th minute with a firm hit to make it 2-0.

20:01: The match at Loftus Road has started between QPR and Swansea City.

20:04:
DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Manchester United:
The home side are NOT struggling to contain the defending champions here... still goalless but if anyone would be the first to score, it would probably be Wigan. 


20:07:
Molienuex,
Wolves vs Arsenal:
'You don't know what you're doing' is the chant going around the ground. 2-0 to the away side.


20:10:
Loftus Road,
QPR vs Swansea:


Possession:
QPR 32% : Swansea 68%
Not really a surprise from Swansea, who love to pass the ball around to frustrate their opposition. Still 0-0 though, and the away fans are chanting, 'Boring, boring Swansea'.




20:13:
DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Manchester United:


LOL.
Good refereeing by Phil Dowd.
Clumsy challenge by Johnny Evans on striker Franco Di Santo. Yellow card given to the young United defender, but Di Santo is also booked, for an imaginary wave of the card.


20:16:
DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Manchester United:
Controversy at the DW here.
Striker Victor Moses heads the ball into the net from a corner but the goal is disallowed as defender Gary Caldwell apparently blocked goalkeeper David De Gea.

Controversy: Striker Victor Moses's header was disallowed as (bottom left) Caldwell blocked goalkeeper David De Gea.

20:35:
HALF-TIMES:


Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester United 0
Goal-less draw at The DW. 


Wolves 0 Arsenal 2
FACT: Three of the last five players who have been sent off in the first ten minutes of the match in the EPL have been facing Arsenal.


Manchester City 1 West Brom 0
Aguero has scored the only goal of the game to put City 1-0 ahead in the 6th minute. 


20:46:
Loftus Road,
QPR vs Swansea:


GOAL!
The deadlock has been broken, just before half-time.
A free-kick was whipped into the box, and midfielder Joey Barton was in the right place at the right time to tap into the net.

Leading by example: Captain Joey Barton celebrates with the QPR fans after scoring against Swansea just before half-time. 

20:48:
HALF-TIME:


QPR 1 Swansea 0
Joey Barton has put the hosts ahead just before half-time.  


20:52:
The 7:45pm kick-offs have all re-started, for the second half.


20:52:
DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Manchester United:
United SUB:
Ashley Young OFF
Tom Cleverley ON 


20:57:
DW Stadium,
Wigan vs Manchester United:
Well, well... The title race is certainly not over yet.
Striker Shaun Maloney (who is involved in controversy with Ivanovic), has put the hosts ahead in the 50th minute.
A clean strike from 20 yards out which De Gea could not have saved at any rate.


20:59:
The Ethiad Stadium,
Manchester City vs West Brom:
Fans are erupting in Manchester!
First, news of United losing to Wigan before striker Sergio Aguero doubles the lead and his tally for the night in the 52nd minute with a simply tucked away finish.


21:03:
Loftus Road,
QPR vs Swansea:


Double substitution for Swansea:
Nathan Dyer and Alan Tate on for Wayne Routledge and Neil Taylor.


21:06:
The Ethiad Stadium,
Manchester City vs West Brom:


Nice passing between midfielder Samir Nasri and striker Sergio Aguero, before striker Carlos Tevez (who else!) clinically finishes the ball into the net.

Striker Carlos Tevez cooly scores past goalkeeper Ben Foster to make it 3-0 to Manchester City against West Brom.

1st of the season: Tevez salutes the City fans after his 6-month controversial ban from playing for City (after failing to come off the bench to play a match).  

There is only 1 Carlos Tevez!
Stadium announcer reads out Tevez's name, and the fans make a big cheer.


21:09:
The Ethiad Stadium,
Manchester City vs West Brom:
GOAL!
Playmaker David Silva with a neat chip over goalkeeper Ben Foster's head into the net. 4-0 to City, no coming back for WBA in this match.

David 'Delightfully Silky' Silva: Makes it 4-0 to City with a chip over Ben Foster into the net.

'That's the one': David Silva celebrates his goal for City to thrash West Brom 4-0.

Manchester City substitution:
Carlos Tevez is coming off for Adam Johnson.
Warm reception for Tevez, who scored his first goal for City this season. Fringe player and winger Johnson who could leave City in the Summer for up to £10million to go to Newcastle or Sunderland replaces him.


21:12:
Loftus Road,
QPR vs Swansea:

A controversial decision goes in QPR's favour, as striker Jamie Mackie runs from an offside position to win the ball from Anton Ferdinand before taking a shot which deflects off Angel Rangel into the net. 2-0 to QPR.


21:16:
Molienuex,
Wolves vs Arsenal:
GOAL
Midfielder Alex Song finds fellow midfielder Yossi Benayoun who picks the ball up on the edge of the box before curling the ball towards goal, and it beats keeper Wayne Hennessey.
3-0 to The Arsenal, and the three points are all wrapped up now if there was any doubt!

21:25:
Loftus Road,
QPR vs Swansea:


Midfielder Akos Buzsaky ends Swansea's hopes of getting something out of this match with a 25 yard drive which beat Michel Vorm.
Game over, and 3-0 to the home side.


21:40:
FULL-TIME:
Manchester City 4 West Brom 0
Aguero (2), Tevez and Silva all scored for the home side to give City faint hope of winning the title race against rivals Manchester United. 
They are now only 5 points behind, with the Manchester derby coming up in late April.


Wigan Athletic 1 Manchester United 0
FACT: Wigan have won their first match against Manchester United since their existence as a club.

Not just yet: Manchester United have not won the Premier League title yet after a 1-0 shock defeat to Wigan.

Wolves 0 Arsenal 3
Yossi Benayoun, Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott were all on the scoresheet for The Gunners, as they strengthened their hold on 3rd place and a Champions League spot next season.

Deadly hit: On-loan midfielder Benayoun wraps up the three points for Arsenal against Wolves with his 4th goal of the season.

21:52:
FULL-TIME:
QPR 3 Swansea 0
Buzsaky, Barton and Mackie all scored for QPR, as they move 2 points away from the relegation zone and surely you have to think they can do enough to stay in the Premier League next season after their 3-0 win against a tough Swansea side.


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