Key events
West Ham and Burnley will be pleased to hear of Nottingham Forest’s defeat at Villa Park. And Wolves, I guess, if we’re being nice.
Full time scores
Premier League
Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Scottish Premiership
Celtic 1-3 Rangers
Transfer news: here is the latest from West Ham
Santiago Bueno is fit enough to start for Wolves – he is the only change from the lineup that got a draw at Manchester United in midweek. Mateus Mané, 18, continues to start in midfield. Jørgen Strand Larsen, a transfer target for today’s opponents, is on the bench.
Striker Pablo Felipe, signed from Gil Vicente yesterday, could make his West Ham debut from the bench. Lucas Paquetá and Jean-Clair Todibo are ruled out.
Charalampos Kostoulas makes his first Premier League start and leads the line for Brighton ahead of Danny Welbeck. Yankuba Minteh misses out after a dead leg with Koaru Mitoma coming in.
Bashir Humphreys replaces the injured Maxime Estève for Burnley, while Jacob Bruun Larsen and Jaidon Anthony come into the front three.
Premier League team news
Brighton v Burnley
Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Ayari, Gruda; Gomez, Rutter, Mitoma; Kostoulas.
Subs: Steele, Hinshelwood, Watson, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Gross, Coppola.
Burnley (5-2-3): Dubravka; Walker, Laurent, Ekdal, Humphreys, Pires; Ugochukwu, Luís; Bruun Larsen, Broja, Anthony.
Subs: Weiss, Edwards, Tchaouna, Sonne, Banel, Barnes, Brierley, Agyei, Pimlott.
Wolves v West Ham
Wolves (3-5-2): Sá; S Bueno, Mosquera, Krejci; Tchatchoua, Arias, Mané, J Gomes, H Bueno; Arokodare, Hwang.
Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, André, Strand Larsen, Chirewa, Hoever, López, González.
West Ham (4-2-3-1): Areola; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles; Magassa, Potts; Bowen, Fernandes, Summerville; Wilson.
Subs: Hermansen, Igor, Pablo Felipe, Rodríguez, Soucek, Earthy, Kante, Golambeckis, Mayers.
This afternoon’s fixtures (3pm kick-off GMT unless stated)
Premier League
Brighton v Burnley
Wolves v West Ham
Scottish Premiership
Dundee Utd v Dundee
Falkirk v Aberdeen
Hearts v Livingston
Kilmarnock v Hibernian
Motherwell v St Mirren
Europe
Osasuna v Athletic Club (3.15pm)
Genoa 0-0 Pisa (2pm, latest)
Sassuolo 0-0 Parma (2pm, latest)
Monaco v Lyon (4pm)
Afcon last 16
Senegal v Sudan (4pm)
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the afternoon’s clockwatch. Attention in the Premier League turns to the battle for survival, with all of the bottom three in action at 3pm (GMT). Wolves are still looking for their first win of the season and host West Ham, who are four points from safety. Burnley, six points adrift of 17th, visit a Brighton side who are without a win in six.
There’s no EFL action today – a full programme is slated for tomorrow – but we do have Scottish football to keep tabs on. The Old Firm got under way earlier on.
The knockout stages of Afcon kick off this afternoon with a last 16 clash between Senegal and Sudan at 4pm, plus we’ll have updates from league fixtures across Europe.
If you’re off to a game or watching on TV, feel free to get in touch and let us know.
