Saturday clockwatch: Manchester City v Ipswich, Spurs v Everton and more

Key events

Wilson Odobert, box fresh from Burnley, makes his Tottenham debut. Everton also have a debutant in their ranks, Roman Dixon (19) replacing the suspended Ashley Young (39) at the back.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison, Johnson, Son, Odobert.
Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Richarlison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Spence, Sarr, Davies.

Everton: Pickford, Dixon, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Gueye, Harrison, Doucoure, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Holgate, Ndiaye, Beto, O’Brien, Maupay, Lindstrom, Metcalfe, Armstrong.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).

Up the Spurs! 🤍

🔢 @krakenfx pic.twitter.com/nQ3hlC1k6q

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 24, 2024

Today's Toffees! 👊 #TOTEVE pic.twitter.com/FsWmQb6YL1

— Everton (@Everton) August 24, 2024

Southampton are unchanged. Nikola Milenkovic and Elliot Anderson make their full debuts for Forest.

Southampton: McCarthy, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Armstrong, Brereton Diaz.
Subs: Lumley, Bree, Fernandes, Archer, Taylor, Edozie, Ugochukwu, Amo-Ameyaw, Dibling.

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Sangare, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Carlos Miguel, Awoniyi, Omobamidele, Toffolo, Moreira, Jota Silva, Yates, Boly, Dominguez.

Referee: Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire).

The SAINTS ✊ pic.twitter.com/zvZW3JoFXT

— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) August 24, 2024

Your Forest XI to face Southampton 👊 pic.twitter.com/QZGg0BPtlr

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 24, 2024

Ilkay Gundogan is back, and he’s on the City bench. Sammie Szmodics, who came on late against Liverpool last weekend, makes his full Ipswich debut.

Manchester City: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovacic, Savio, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Matheus Luiz, Kabore, McAtee.

Ipswich Town: Muric, Johnson, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Hutchinson, Morsy, Luongo, Szmodics, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Edmundson, Chaplin, Harness, Cajuste, Taylor, Burgess, Al Hamadi, Townsend.

Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire).

Your City line-up for #MCIIPS 🩵

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Nunes, Kabore, McAtee#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/kg6tCntRKF

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 24, 2024

Your Town team at the Etihad! ✊#MCIIPS | @Nustone_UK pic.twitter.com/QOx019JuD4

— IPSWICH TOWN (@IpswichTown) August 24, 2024

Both teams are unchanged. New-signing news: Fulham set aside Sander Berge and Joachim Andersen for another day, but Leicester name Jordan Ayew on the bench.

Fulham: Leno, Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Castagne, Stansfield, Sessegnon.

Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen, Winks, Ndidi, Fatawu, Buonanotte, De Cordova-Reid, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Okoli, Mavididi, Choudhury, Ayew, Ricardo Pereira, Skipp, Soumare, McAteer.

Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire).

Your first Cottage squad of the season. 👊#FULLEI pic.twitter.com/g3J2X45gcd

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) August 24, 2024

City in the capital 🏟️#FULLEI pic.twitter.com/R4htawesoi

— Leicester City (@LCFC) August 24, 2024

Chadi Riad makes his debut for Crystal Palace. West Ham start with the same XI that began the home defeat to Aston Villa.

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Guehi, Riad, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Edouard, Eze, Mateta.
Subs: Johnstone, Ward, Holding, Sarr, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Doucoure, Ahamada.

West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soucek, Lucas Paqueta, Kudus, Antonio.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Alvarez, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka.

Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside).

Ready for Selhurst ✊#CPFC // #CRYWHU pic.twitter.com/wxnRCqUugP

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) August 24, 2024

Our first away line-up of 2024/25 confirmed ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/t6Pb28KrbR

— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 24, 2024

Welcome to our hopefully goal-littered coverage of today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. Four delicately poised games – Ipswich Town are 18s this afternoon – for your pleasure.

  • Crystal Palace v West Ham United

  • Fulham v Leicester City

  • Manchester City v Ipswich Town

  • Southampton v Nottingham Forest

  • Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

Team news coming right up!