Brentford v Manchester City, Chelsea v Bournemouth: Premier League – live | Premier League

No surprises in either team for the top-of-the-table clash. Barry Glendenning has all the details.

Graham Potter makes three changes from the FA Cup defeat at Aston Villa. Emerson Palmieri, Carlos Soler and Guido Rodriguez in; Ollie Scarles and the injured pair of Niclas Fullkrug and Crysensio Summerville are out.

Fulham’s last Premier League game was a 2-2 draw with Ipswich. Emile Smith Rowe and Andreas Pereira replace Tom Cairney and Issa Diop.

West Ham (possible 4-3-3) Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Soucek, Alvarez; Rodriguez; Kudus, Soler; Packet.
Subs: Foderingham, Cresswell, Coufal, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Irving, Casey, Scarles, Orford.

Fulham (possible 4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Castagne, Robinson; Lukic, Andreas; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Subs: King, Sessegnon, Diop, Benda, Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Cuenca.

Referee Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)

Two changes for Chelsea from their 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park in the last Premier League game. Romeo Lavia and You Maduek come in for Malo Gusto and Pedro Neto. That probably means Moises Caicedo will move to right-back.

Bournemouth also make two changes. They’re without Evanilson, which is a blow, and Justin Kluivert is on the bench. David Brookswho scored a beautiful winner from the bench against Everton, and Tyler Adams come into the side. Antoine Semenyo may play as a falseish nine.

Chelsea (possible 4-2-3-1) Sanchez; Caicedo, Acheampong, Colwill, Cucurella; Lavia, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Peter Neto, Joao Felix, Nkunku, James,
Gusto, Guiu, Veiga.

Bournemouth (possible 4-2-3-1) Travers; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Cook, Adams; Brooks, Christie, Ouattara; Semenyo.
Subs: Dennis, Kluivert, Jebbison, Adu-Adjei, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Sadi, Rees-Dottin.

Referee Robert Jones (Merseyside)

Brentford’s last Premier League game was a 5-0 win at Southampton. Thomas Frank makes one change from the XI that started that match: Kevin Schade is replaced by Vitaly Janelt. That could mean a switch to a diamond midfield. If Thomas Frank ever answers my WhatsApps I’ll let mean you.

Pep Guardiola makes one change from the last league game, the 4-1 win over West Ham. Matheus Nuneswho played so well at right-back against Salford on Saturday, replaces Rico Lewis.

Brentford (possible 4-D-2) The stain; Roerslev, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard; Jensen, Janet; Damsgaard; Mbeumo, Wissa.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Schade, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Konak, Maghoma, Kim.

Man City (possible 4-3-3) Ortega, Nunes, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Bernardo, Kovacic, De Bruyne; Foden, Haaland, Savinho.
Substitutes: Ederson, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Simpson-Pusey, Mubama, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.

Referee Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

The hustle never ends. Less than 24 hours after the end of the FA Cup third round, the Premier League returns with four matches, all televised. Barry Glendenning is covering the big one – Nottingham Forest v Liverpool – while it is ours to focus on the three other games, all of which kick off at 7.30pm.

Graham Potter takes charge of his first home game as West Ham manager. There’s plenty at stake as always. Manchester City could jump to fourth, a phrase that hasn’t been written too often in the last decade. They could also drop below Bournemouth, a phrase that hasn’t etc. It’s tight towards the top, with only nine points separating Chelsea in fourth and Brentford in 11th. There will be doubtless be more snakes and ladders tonight.