Billy Gilmour warms up for Brighton on a big night of Premier League action. Photograph: James Marsh/Shutterstock
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Aston Villa v Manchester City. Villa make one change after the 2-2 draw at Bournemouth. Boubacar Kamara returns from suspension, thus dispatching Nicolo Zaniolo to the bench. City make two changes, both of them enforced. Rodri is suspended, while Jeremy Doku recovers from a minor knock. John Stones is back after nearly a month out, while Rico Lewis steps up. Jack Grealish, having picked up a suspension for kicking the ball away in a fit of pique in the eventful 3-3 draw with Spurs, misses out on a return to his alma mater. Villa won this fixture 7-1 in 1900, a fact that may not worry Pep Guardiola too much.
The 8.15pm teamsAston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Diego Carlos, Torres, Digne, Bailey, Tielemans, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Kamara, Watkins.
Subs: Cash, Alex Moreno, Lenglet, Diaby, Zaniolo, Duran, Dendoncker, Ramsey, Marschall.
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis, Stones, Foden, Bernardo Silva, Alvarez, Haaland.
Subs: Phillips, Ake, Kovacic, Ortega, Gomez, Matheus Luiz, Carson, Bobb.
Manchester United: Onana, Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Amrabat, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Garnacho, Hojlund.
Subs: Bayindir, Martial, Rashford, Reguilon, Pellistri, Wan-Bissaka, van de Beek, Evans, Mainoo.
Chelsea: Sanchez, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Sterling, Palmer, Mudryk, Jackson.
Subs: Badiashile, Broja, James, Petrovic, Maatsen, Deivid Washington, Gilchrist, Matos, Castledine.
Sheffield United v Liverpool. Chris Wilder returns to post, and he’s not messing around. He makes five changes to the Sheffield United starting XI following the 5-0 humiliation at Burnley. Jayden Bogle, Vini Souza, James McAtee, Andre Brooks and William Osula are in. John Fleck, Luke Thomas and Oliver Norwood drop to the bench, George Baldock misses out through injury, and Oli ‘Elbows’ McBurnie is suspended on account of rank stupidity. Liverpool meanwhile make four changes themselves after that dramatic 4-3 win over Fulham. Joel Matip is out with a long-term knee injury, so is replaced by Ibrahima Konate, while Wataru Endo, Cody Gakpo and Joe Gomez also start. Kostas Tsimikas, Ryan Gravenberch and Darwin Nunez drop to the bench. These clubs shared 4-1 and 6-1 wins back in 1930-31. A similar quantity of goals this evening, please, if that’s OK!
Fulham v Nottingham Forest. Four changes for Fulham after their unfortunate 4-3 loss at Liverpool. Harry Wilson, Harrison Reed, Tim Ream and Kenny Tete all drop to the bench, with Tosin Adarabioyo, Tom Cairney, Willian and Timothy Castagne taking their starting spots. These clubs served up 5-2 and 5-3 scorelines in the 1936-37 season. Something like that, please!
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth. Palace make one change in the wake of the 1-1 draw at West Ham. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Will Hughes, who drops to the bench. Bournemouth also make one change, after their 2-2 home draw with Aston Villa. Luis Sinisterra comes in for the benched Marcus Tavernier. This fixture ended 5-3 five seasons ago. More goals please!
Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford. Brighton make three changes to their starting XI after the 3-2 defeat at Chelsea. Kaoru Mitoma, Joao Pedro and Pascal Gross take the places of Evan Ferguson and Joel Veltman, who drop to the bench, and Adam Lallana, who misses out altogether. Brentford replace the suspended Christian Norgaard and the benched Yoane Wissa with Mads Roerslev and Shandon Baptiste. This fixture ended 3-3 last season. More please!
The 7.30pm teamsBrighton & Hove Albion: Steele, Gross, van Hecke, Igor, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Gilmour, Buonanotte, Adingra, Mitoma, Joao Pedro.
Subs: Verbruggen, Milner, Moder, Ferguson, Veltman, Boaitey, Kavanagh, O’Mahony, Barrington.
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Pinnock, Baptiste, Janelt, Onyeka, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Mbeumo, Maupay, Ghoddos.
Subs: Goode, Wissa, Jorgensen, Strakosha, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Peart-Harris, Olakigbe, Adedokun.
Crystal Palace: Johnstone, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Lerma, Richards, Schlupp, Olise, Edouard, Ayew.
Subs: Tomkins, Matheus Franca, Mateta, Clyne, Hughes, Ebiowei, Ahamada, Matthews, Riedewald.
Bournemouth: Neto, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Sinisterra, Kluivert, Semenyo, Solanke.
Subs: Mepham, Brooks, Rothwell, Ouattara, Tavernier, Moore, Kilkenny, Billing, Travers.
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Bassey, Adarabioyo, Robinson, Joao Palhinha, Cairney, Willian, Andreas Pereira, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Subs: Rodak, Tete, Reed, Wilson, Ballo-Toure, Ream, De Cordova-Reid, Lukic, Vinicius.
Nottingham Forest: Vlachodimos, Aina, Felipe, Murillo, Toffolo, Mangala, Hudson-Odoi, Sangare, Dominguez, Elanga, Origi.
Subs: Turner, Williams, Kouyate, Gibbs-White, Wood, Niakhate, Yates, Danilo, Omobamidele.
Sheffield United: Foderingham, Bogle, Ahmedhodzic, Trusty, Robinson, Brooks, McAtee, Vinicius Souza, Hamer, Osula, Archer.
Subs: Adam Davies, Lowe, Fleck, Traore, Thomas, Norwood, Ben Slimane, Larouci, Seriki.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Gomez, Szoboszlai, Endo, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo, Diaz.
Subs: Nunez, Adrian, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Marcelo, Quansah, Bradley.
PreambleIt’s a big evening in the Premier League. Here are tonight’s games …
Aston Villa v Manchester City (8.15pm)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford (7.30pm)
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth (7.30pm)
Fulham v Nottingham Forest (7.30pm)
Manchester United v Chelsea (8.15pm)
Sheffield United v Liverpool (7.30pm)
… and there’s plenty on the line for Liverpool, Manchester City and Aston Villa, who will all be desperate to close the gap on leaders Arsenal. It’s not half important for Sheffield United, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest too, as they attempt to ease their relegation concerns. Drama almost guaranteed! Fun probably also! Team news certainly when we have it! It’s definitely on!
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