Summary

  • Merino & Saka give Arsenal 2-0 win over Brentford - Gunners restore five-point lead at top of table

  • Mukiele own goal rescues point for Liverpool after Talbi gave Sunderland shock lead

  • Leeds beat Chelsea 3-1 to relieve pressure on manager Farke

  • Other results: Brighton 3-4 Aston Villa, Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace, Wolves 0-1 Nottm Forest

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  1. Team newspublished at 18:22 GMT 3 December 2025

    Brighton v Aston Villa (19:30 GMT)

    Brighton make three changes as Stefanos Tzimas, Carlos Baleba and Brajan Gruda all come into the side.

    Brighton XI: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, De Cuyper; Gruda, Baleba, Gomez; Minteh, Tzimas, Kadioglu.

    Subs: Steele, Hinshelwood, Welbeck, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola

    Ollie Watkins starts for Aston Villa, with Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana and Evann Guessand also coming into the first XI.

    Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Rogers, Guessand, Watkins.

    Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Tielemans, Buendia, Malen, Sancho.

  2. Saka & Eze on benchpublished at 18:21 GMT 3 December 2025

    Arsenal v Brentford (19:30 GMT)

    Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze both start on the bench. Full team news from the Emirates coming up.

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  3. Wolves unchanged as Hutchinson returns for Forestpublished at 18:18 GMT 3 December 2025

    Wolves v Nottingham Forest (19:30 GMT)

    Nick Mashiter
    BBC Sport football news reporter at Molineux

    Rob Edwards names an unchanged line up as Wolves look for a first Premier League win.

    Wolves were much improved despite losing 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday and Edwards keeps faith with the same team, with Matt Doherty replacing the injured Hugo Bueno on the bench.

    Wolves XI: Johnstone, Mosquera, Agbadou, Gomes, Tchatchoua, Andre, Joao Gomes, Bellegarde, Wolfe, Arias, Strand Larsen.

    Subs: Sa, Hoever, Doherty, S Bueno, Munetsi, Chirewa, Mane, Hwang, Arokodare.

    Record signing Omari Hutchinson makes his full Premier League debut for Nottingham Forest.

    The £37.5m winger, signed from Ipswich in the summer, has made eight substitute appearances in the top flight this season with his only start coming in the Carabao Cup.

    He replaces Nicolas Dominguez, who drops to the bench following Sunday's 2-0 defeat to Brighton.

    Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Savona, Morato, Milenkovic, Savona, Sangare, Anderson, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Nodye, Jesus

    Subs: Victor, Cunha, Boly, Abbott, Hudson-Odoi, Yates, McAtee, Kalimuendo, Dominguez

  4. Team news - Anthony back for Burnley, one change for Palacepublished at 18:17 GMT 3 December 2025

    Burnley v Crystal Palace (19:30 GMT)

    Scott Parker makes two changes to the Burnley team that started the 3-1 defeat at Brentford at the weekend.

    Hjalmar Ekdal replaces the injured Axel Tuanzebe in defence, while Jaidon Anthony is restored after coming off the bench at the Gtech Community Stadium. Hannibal Mejbri drops to the bench.

    Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Cullen, Florentino, Tchaouna, Anthony, Foster, Flemming

    Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Pires, Broja, Mejbri, Laurent

    Oliver Glasner makes just one change to the Crystal Palace side beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Selhurst Park.

    Jefferson Lerma comes in for Ismaila Sarr, who suffered ankle ligament damage against Ruben Amorim's side.

    Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Kamada, Pino, Mateta

    Subs: Matthews, Benitez, Nketiah, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Canvot, Devenny

  5. Dunk makes 500th Brighton appearancepublished at 18:17 GMT 3 December 2025

    Brighton v Aston Villa (19:30 GMT)

    Brighton & Hove Albion

    Lewis Dunk captain's Brighton in the fifth versus fourth game against Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium.

    This is his 500th Brighton appearances for the homegrown defender who made his debut 15 years ago in 2010.

    What a servant he has been for the Seagulls.

    A fan wearing a hat with '500' and a seagull on it, drinking a beerImage source, Getty Images
  6. Salah and Palmer back?published at 18:15 GMT 3 December 2025

    Will Mo Salah return to Liverpool's starting XI? Will Cole Palmer feature for Chelsea for the first time since 20 September?

    We'll find out around 19:00 GMT when team news from the two 20:15 kick-offs drop.

    Team sheets from the four 19:30 kick-offs will be dropping any moment now.

  7. Listen on 5 Livepublished at 18:13 GMT 3 December 2025

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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    Mark Chapman is joined on BBC Radio 5 Live by former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, ex-England defender Steph Houghton and former Brentford and Wrexham defender Conor Coady for around-the-grounds coverage of all six of Premier League games.

    Tune in from 19:00 GMT on BBC Sounds or on the 'Watch & listen' tab at the top of this page.

  8. Postpublished at 18:11 GMT 3 December 2025

    Arsenal v Brentford (19:30 GMT)

    Arsenal

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    Declan Rice is a really good bloke, isn't he?

    "Good to see you," he greets the female television interviewer at the Emirates.

    "Take care, good to see you," the Arsenal and England midfielder says at the end of the interview.

    He must do countless interviews but he's always polite.

  9. As it standspublished at 18:08 GMT 3 December 2025

    Full PL table with Arteta in background
  10. Countdown to kick-offpublished at 18:05 GMT 3 December 2025

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  11. Fasten your seatbeltspublished at 18:03 GMT 3 December 2025

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    Three games last night, six more tonight followed by Manchester United against West Ham tomorrow...fasten your seatbelts, the games are coming thick and fast.

    Here's what's coming up in the next few hours:

    Arsenal v Brentford 19:30 GMT

    Brighton v Aston Villa 19:30

    Burnley v Crystal Palace 19:30

    Wolves v Nott'm Forest 19:30

    Leeds v Chelsea 20:15

    Liverpool v Sunderland 20:15

  12. Who will be top at Christmas?published at 17:59 GMT 3 December 2025

    Who will be top of the Premier League tree at Christmas.?

    Three weeks before we find out, but tonight might offer some early clues.

    Will leaders Arsenal restore their five-point advantage? Will Cole Palmer return from injury?

    Step this way.

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