FULL TIME: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Manchester United. The first Premier League result of the day is in. Joao Pedro’s injury-time winner makes it two out of two for Fabian Hürzeler. Brighton keep pulling managerial geniuses out of the hat.
Saturday clockwatch: Manchester City v Ipswich, Spurs v Everton and more
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! 🤍
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 24, 2024
🔢 @krakenfx pic.twitter.com/nQ3hlC1k6q
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 🩵
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 24, 2024
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
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!