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FT: Crystal Palace 1-5 Arsenal - Jesus double either side of Sarr leveller, Havertz, Martinelli & Rice add to scoreline
FT: Brentford 0-2 Forest - Aina & Elanga for visitors
FT: Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle - Isak after 26 seconds, Murphy doubles lead & Isak completes hat-trick
FT: West Ham 1-1 Brighton - Wieffer with opener; Kudus levels
FT: Aston Villa 2-1 Man City - Duran with opener, Rogers doubles lead; Foden pulls one back
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If Rashford halves his wages and commits to playing on the as a right winger, we would take him at Newcastle.
Ben, Bishop's Stortford
Brentford v Nott'm Forest (15:00 GMT)
Nottingham Forest in the top four 16 games into the season?
Let that sink in for a moment.
Remarkable work by Nuno Espirito Santo and his players.
Aston Villa v Man City (12:30 GMT)
Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter at Villa Park
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery makes one change to face Manchester City with Amadou Onana replacing Diego Carlos, who drops out of the squad.
Ollie Watkins is again on the bench for the hosts and Leon Bailey returns to the squad following a hamstring injury.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Duran
Substitutes: Bogarde, Buendia, Barkley, Watkins, Mings, Maatsen, Nedeljkovic, Bailey, Olsen
Stefan Ortega replaces the injured Ederson in goal for Manchester City, one of six changes for the visitors following their Manchester derby defeat.
Kyle Walker, the injured Ruben Dias, Kevin De Bruyne, Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku also drop out.
Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic come in.
Manchester City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Haaland
Substitutes: Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Savinho, Simpson-Pusey, O'Reilly, McAtee
Brentford v Nott'm Forest (15:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo was wearing an eye-catching Christmas jumper as he delivered presents to young patients at a local hospital.
Will his players deliver for their Portuguese boss today and beat Brentford - who have the best home record in the Premier League - to cement their place in the top four?
Aston Villa v Man City (12:30 GMT)
Image source, ReutersJhon Duran once again starts ahead of Ollie Watkins.
Happy with that, Villa fans?
Aston Villa v Man City (12:30 GMT)
Six changes for Manchester City, with Kyle Walker and Kevin de Bruyne among those dropping to the bench.
Ederson misses out after a fitness test while Jack Grealish starts against his old club.
Ollie Watkins once again starts on the bench for Aston Villa.
Full team news to follow.
Aston Villa v Man City (12:30 GMT)
Image source, Rex FeaturesStraight to Villa Park where the the team news is about to drop.
We already know Oscar Bobb will not be bob bob bobbin along this Christmas for Manchester City, who are also without Rodrigo, Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias.
Ederson is also a fitness doubt. Will City's first-choice keeper make it for this game?
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on Premier League Kick-Off
If he does want to play as a number nine, I'd take Marcus Rashford at Arsenal for sure because I think he needs to be rejuvenated. Like with Jadon Sancho at Chelsea, he's rejuvenated. When you move, you get that fire in your belly again.
Image source, Getty ImagesTalking of Marcus Rashford...the January transfer window opens in 11 days. Will he still be a Manchester United player this time next month?
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Image source, Getty ImagesEverton have got new owners. Wolves have got a new manager.
But what's on your wish list for your club this Christmas?
Do Arsenal need a No 9 to show they're serious title contenders?
Do Manchester City need to invest in their playing squad in January to stop Pep Guardiola from walking away?
Do Liverpool need to announce new contracts for Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk?
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Everton v Chelsea (Sunday, 14:00 GMT)
Noni Madueke: 'Chelsea are ahead of schedule'
Enzo Maresca insists Chelsea are not in the title race - even though his side could go top this weekend.
What does Noni Madueke think?
The Chelsea and England forward has been talking to BBC Sport's Kelly Somers.
Watch the full interview on Football Focus on BBC One and iPlayer at 12:00 GMT.
It might only be for a couple of hours, but Chelsea can go top of the Premier League this weekend.
Enzo Maresca's side will replace Liverpool at the summit - if only for a couple of hours - if they win at Everton on Sunday (14:00 GMT).
That's because the leaders play at 16:30 at Tottenham on the same day. Chelsea will have played two more games than Liverpool by the time Arne Slot's side kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
By the way, Liverpool were nine points clear of Chelsea after defeating Manchester City at the start of the month.
Since then they have dropped points at Newcastle and at home to Fulham.
It's Christmassssss! Well, very nearly.
The Premier League's festive programme starts right here.
Forty games spread over the next 16 days - starting with five Christmas crackers today.
It's nailed on that Wham's Last Christmas will be blasting from the speakers at Villa Park, the Gtech, Portman Road, London Stadium and Selhurst Park.
Aston Villa v Man City 12:30
Brentford v Nott'm Forest 15:00
Ipswich v Newcastle 15:00
West Ham v Brighton 15:00
Crystal Palace v Arsenal 17:30
* all times GMT
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Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa v Man City (12:30 GMT)
A̶l̶l̶ ̶I̶ ̶W̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶C̶h̶r̶i̶s̶t̶m̶a̶s̶ ̶I̶s̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶.
All I want for Christmas is three points.
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Image source, Getty Images| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
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| 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
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| 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 33 |
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| 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
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| 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 28 |
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| 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 27 |
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| 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
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| 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 25 |
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| 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
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| 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 24 |
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| 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 23 |
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| 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 |
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| 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 22 |
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| 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 20 |
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| 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
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| 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 15 |
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| 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 14 |
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| 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 12 |
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| 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 9 |
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| 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 5 |
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Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Mikel Arteta
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Crystal Palace have lost their last four Premier League meetings with Arsenal, having lost just one of their previous eight against the Gunners (W2 D5).
Arsenal have lost just two of their last 19 away league games against Crystal Palace (W10 D7), with both defeats coming in the Premier League by a 3-0 scoreline (April 2017, April 2022).
Crystal Palace have alternated between defeat (4) and victory (3) in their last seven Premier League home London derby matches, losing 2-0 against Fulham last time out at Selhurst Park.
Arsenal are unbeaten in all nine of their Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W7 D2). The last team to go unbeaten in such matches in a full calendar year were Chelsea in 2005 (W9 D1), while the last time Arsenal did so was in 2004 (W7 D3).
Having lost five of their first eight Premier League games this season (D3), Crystal Palace have now lost just one of their last eight (W3 D4), and are unbeaten in their last five (W2 D3). The Eagles are looking for back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since a run of three in May.
Arsenal kept nine clean sheets in 10 Premier League away games between February and September, but since then have conceded in each of their last six on the road. The Gunners last had a longer run without an away shutout between August and December 2019 (7).
Excluding penalties, Arsenal have scored more set piece goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (9). Meanwhile, 35% of Crystal Palace’s 17 Premier League goals this term have come from set pieces (excluding penalties), with only Everton (57%) netting a higher such share.
No team has had more Premier League goals scored via defenders this season than Arsenal (7, level with Manchester City), while Crystal Palace have had the highest share of their Premier League goals this term come from defenders (29% - 5/17).
Since joining Crystal Palace from Arsenal earlier this season, Eddie Nketiah has had 20 shots in 11 Premier League games without scoring. Four players have had their first Premier League goal for a club come against Arsenal having previously played for the Gunners in the competition – Kevin Campbell (Nottingham Forest, 1995), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton, 2006), David Bentley (Tottenham, 2008) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham, 2023).
Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli has scored more Premier League goals against Crystal Palace than he has vs any other opponent (5). Three of these have been as a substitute, with no Gunners player scoring more from the bench against a specific opponent in the competition.
