Key events
Rob Edwards to Wolves: Middlesbrough have agreed to let their head coach hold talks with Wolves over their managerial vacancy, with a deal for the Boro head coach expected to be completed within the next 48 hours. Ben Fisher reports …
West Ham v Burnley – early team news
Niclas Fullkrug and Konstantinos Mavropanos remain out for West Ham, whose list of lame and halt also includes Oliver Scarles, George Earthy and Lukasz Fabianski. Following his bravura performance on his first start for West Ham last weekend against Newcastle, Freddie Potts looks a certainty to start again.
While Nuno Espirito Santo has warned Hammers fans not to get to excited with the 22-year-old on the strength of one performance, leaving him on the bench today would almost certainly prompt serious unrest in the stands of the London Stadium.
Burnley are without the hamstrung Jordan Beyer, while Connor Roberts and Zeki Amdouni are also out. Lyle Foster is available for selection after missing last weekend’s match against Arsenal through illness.
Everton v Fulham – early team news
Jarrad Branthwaite and Nathan Patterson remain sidelined for Everton, whose coach David “Hobson’s Choice” Moyes will once again have to decide whether to start Beto or the similarly ineffectual Thierno Barry up front.
A cynic might argue he should try starting both in the hope that, between them they can do the job of one half-decent striker. Iliman Ndiaye is fit for duty, despite being forced off shortly after the hour mark in Everton’s Monday night match against Sunderland with what looked like cramp.
Antonee Robinson is Fulham’s only absentee having missed the entire month of October with a knee injury and the USA international is not expected to return to action until after the international break.
Championship fixtures
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Derby (L)
Hull City 2-2 Portsmouth (L)
Millwall 1-1 Preston (L)
Middlesbrough v Birmingham City
Norwich v Leicester
Sheffield United v QPR
Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City v Coventry City
Swansea City v Ipswich Town
West Brom v Oxford United
Wrexham v Charlton Athletic
Premier League fixtures
Saturday clockwatch
With just the two Premier League matches kicking off at 3pm today — West Ham v Burnley and Everton v Fulham — today’s top flight clocko action may be a little limited in volume, but we’ll be keeping a very keen eye on all the latest from the London Stadium and Goodison Park.
We’ll also be casting our gaze down the divisions, with a full fixture list in the Championship promising plenty of drama and talking points to track alongside any other big news from across the afternoon’s football action.
