We’re under way in the four early Premier League games!
It’s all over at Tynecastle Park! Hearts extend their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership table to EIGHT points thanks to a 3-1 win over Celtic! Strikes from Alexandros Kyziridis and Lawrence Shankland, along with an own-goal from Dane Murray, was enough to take the victory in Edinburgh.
Scottish Premiership: Four minutes have been added on as Hearts lead Celtic 3-1 in Edinburgh.
After a very brief injury scare, Gabriel Magalhães starts for Arsenal. There had been some concern regarding a knock picked up against Atlético Madrid midweek, but the centre-back retains his place in the Gunners’ line-up today.
Mary Waltz has messaged in from the US to say:
“Greetings from California. I consider myself a rational human so I ignore the recent spate of end of the world predictions. But with Hearts running Celtic off the pitch, Sunderland second in the table, who knows.....?”
Sean Dyche is in the building. Now, can he last longer than 39 days at Nottingham Forest? Soon, the Vitality Stadium’s rafters will be rocked by his baritone. He has made one change from the Porto game, and he’s already won one more game than Ange Postecoglou. A quick turnaround, though those acquainted with his spells at Burnley and Everton will know he is never one for rotation. He comes up against a Bournemouth team still in the top five, who have made one change from last week, Veljko Milosavljevic, just 18, at centre-back Eli Junior Kroupi, 19, will be their centre-forward after his two goals against Crystal Palace last week. The last time Dyche was here, in January with Everton, was his last game in charge of that club. Bournemouth won 1-0, the goal scored by David Brooks, on the bench here.
Bournemouth starting line-up: Petrovic, Jimenez, Milosavljevic, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Kroupi
Substitutes: Dennis, Cook, Soler, Brooks, Christie, Gannon-Doak, Diakite, Adli, Unal
Nottingham Forest starting line-up: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Savona, Douglas Luiz, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus
Substitutes: Victor, Morato, Sangare, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Dominguez, Hutchinson, Yates, Cunha
Wolves starting line-up: Johnstone, Hoever, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Andre, Bellegarde, Munetsi, Arias, R Gomes, Strand Larsen
Substitutes: Wolfe, Tchatchoua, Agbadou, Toti, J Gomes, Lopez, Hwang, Arokodare, Sa
Burnley starting line-up: Dubravka, Walker, Hartman, Esteve, Tuanzebe, Ugochukwu, Florentino, Flemming, Cullen, Larsen, Anthony
Substitutes: Ekdal, Pires, Laurent, Edwards, Broja, Foster, Tchaouna, Mejbri, Weiss
Aston Villa starting line-up: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Onana, Kamara, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins
Substitutes: Bizot, Lindelöf, Maatsen, Mings, Bogarde, Barkley, Guessand, Malen, Sancho
Manchester City starting line-up: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol, Reijnders, Silva, Foden, Savinho, Bobb, Haaland
Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Marmoush, Kovačić, Cherki, Doku, Nico, O’Reilly, Lewis
Scottish Premiership: Shankland converts the penalty, slotting the ball past Schmeichel and into the bottom-left corner! It’s 3-1 to Hearts!
Scottish Premiership: Hearts have regained the lead against Celtic through Kyziridis…
And now they have a penalty! The hosts could go 3-1 up here.
Arsenal starting line-up: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Trossard, Saka, Gyokeres
Substitutes: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Hincapié, Martinelli, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Merino, Lewis-Skelly
Crystal Palace starting line-up: Henderson, Munoz, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Sarr, Pino, Mateta
Substitutes: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny
Scottish Premiership: Hearts took an early lead against Celtic following an own-goal from Dane Murray in the eighth minute. However, it didn’t take long for Callum McGregor to level things up.
The second half has just kicked off, with the score locked at 1-1 at Tynecastle Park.
Hello, good afternoon and welcome to another Clockwatch! We’ve got five Premier League fixtures to look forward to this afternoon as leaders Arsenal host Crystal Palace, Manchester City travel to Aston Villa, Wolves take on Burnley and Bournemouth face Nottingham Forest.
Premier League 2pm (GMT) games:
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest
Wolves v Burnley
Finally, a bit later on, Everton host Tottenham at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Also on the agenda is the small matter of El Clásico as Barcelona travel to face Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
But before we get to all that, let me bring you the latest from Hearts v Celtic in the Scottish Premiership…