FULL TIME: Arsenal 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion. The first Premier League result of the day is in. The Gunners were leading at half-time, but Declan Rice daftly/controversially (delete according to taste) picked up a second yellow card and Brighton took advantage to level up. That’s seven points from nine for both Mikel Arteta and Fabian Hürzeler, and it’s fairly obvious who’ll be the happier. Barry Glendenning has the minute-by-minute details.
Leicester v Aston Villa, Everton v Bournemouth: Premier League – live
KEVIN CAMPBELL (1970-2024). “It will be an emotional day at Goodison paying tribute to a Blue gone far too soon, Super Kevin Campbell,” writes Gary Naylor. “A couple of years ago, I called a phone-in on Talksport when he was the guest pundit. I told him that my father, quite frail by this time, had seen him in his bow tie on television, stretched out an unexpectedly bony finger, and said: ‘We owe him everything.’ He was moved I think - I know I was. If someone, anyone, is important to you, tell them - the chance may not come again. RIP Super Kev.”
Super Kev 💙 pic.twitter.com/VsKxowSB41
— Everton (@Everton) August 31, 2024
Nottingham Forest are unchanged from the XI that started the win at Southampton last Saturday. Wolves, battered 6-2 at home by Chelsea, give a debut to goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, while new midfielder Andre is one of the subs.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Sangare, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
Subs: Carlos Miguel, Awoniyi, Dominguez, Moreira, Alex Moreno, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Boly.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone, Mosquera, Dawson, Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Lemina, Ait Nouri, Matheus Cunha, Bellegarde, Larsen.
Subs: Bentley, Doherty, Bueno, Andre Trindade, Hwang, Rodrigo Gomes, Doyle, Sarabia, Goncalo Guedes.
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire).
Your Forest XI to face @Wolves ✊ pic.twitter.com/BEOf1iQEjI
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) August 31, 2024
How we line-up to take on @NFFC.
— Wolves (@Wolves) August 31, 2024
🐺📋 pic.twitter.com/Xnk6vCPSiz
Oliver Skipp, Jordan Ayew and Caleb Okoli make their full Premier League debuts for Leicester. Odsonne Edouard, a deadline-day arrival from Crystal Palace, was registered too late to feature today. Aston Villa also feature a debutant: Lamare Bogarde replaces the hamstrung Matty Cash.
Leicester City: Hermansen, Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen, Skipp, Ndidi, Winks, Fatawu, Vardy, Ayew.
Subs: Iversen, Mavididi, El Khannous, De Cordova-Reid, Ricardo Pereira, Vestergaard, Soumare, McAteer, Buonanotte.
Aston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Bogarde, Torres, Digne, Bailey, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers, Watkins.
Subs: Gauci, Barkley, Duran, Buendia, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Ramsey, Swinkels, Zych.
Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire).
The Foxes to take on Villa 🔜 #LEIAVL pic.twitter.com/cL9soQeHkm
— Leicester City (@LCFC) August 31, 2024
Today's Aston Villa squad to face Leicester City 🟣 pic.twitter.com/edGma3nSml
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) August 31, 2024
Ipswich hand Kalvin Phillips and Chiedozie Ogbene their first Premier League starts for the club. They’re the only two changes from the XI that started the brave but futile display at Manchester City, with Massimo Luongo and Ben Johnson dropping to the bench. Fulham are unchanged from the team that started last weekend’s victory over Leicester.
Ipswich Town: Muric, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Phillips, Ogbene, Szmodics, Giraud-Hutchinson, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Cajuste, Al Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Luongo, O’Shea, Jack Clarke.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.
Subs: Benda, Andersen, Reed, Jimenez, Wilson, Cairney, Cuenca, Berge, Castagne.
Referee: Lewis Smith (Lancashire).
COYB! ✊#IPSFUL | @Nustone_UK pic.twitter.com/FCsat1WFja
— IPSWICH TOWN (@IpswichTown) August 31, 2024
Come on Fulham! 🤍#IPSFUL pic.twitter.com/sqyrLgMBYC
— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) August 31, 2024
Everton respond to their 4-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur by replacing Abdoulaye Doucoure and Roman Dixon with Iliman Ndiaye and captain Seamus Coleman. Bournemouth give a debut to their new keeper Kepa.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Gueye, Harrison, Ndiaye, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Beto, O’Brien, Doucoure, Young, Lindstrom, Garner, Armstrong, Dixon.
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Araujo, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson.
Subs: Travers, Huijsen, Brooks, Ouattara, Smith, Sinisterra, Hill, Aarons, Scott.
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire).
Our Toffees to face AFC Bournemouth 🔵 pic.twitter.com/yEdnyzcGow
— Everton (@Everton) August 31, 2024
In the red corner 🍒 pic.twitter.com/hNycvL9mOd
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) August 31, 2024
Brentford make two changes after the 2-0 defeat at Liverpool. Mads Roerslev and Keane Lewis-Potter make way for Mikkel Damsgaard and Kevin Schade. Saints give a debut to their new goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who replaces Alex McCarthy between the sticks.
Brentford: Flekken, Damsgaard, Collins, Pinnock, Ajer, Norgaard, Janelt, Jensen, Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade.
Subs: Valdimarsson, van den Berg, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Lewis-Potter, Konak, Trevitt, Roerslev.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Walker-Peters, Armstrong, Brereton.
Subs: McCarthy, Lallana, Bree, Fernandes, Archer, Taylor, Ugochukwu, Amo-Ameyaw, Dibling.
Referee: Josh Smith (Lincolnshire).
Your Bees to take on the Saints 🐝#BRESOU | #BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/wf6glzln2N
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) August 31, 2024
Boys at Brentford 💛 pic.twitter.com/175d12Lk6z
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) August 31, 2024
Welcome to our hopefully goal-littered coverage of today’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. Five games on the card today.
Brentford v Southampton
Everton v Bournemouth
Ipswich Town v Fulham
Leicester City v Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers
You could make a case for four of those being potential relegation six-pointers, with the other one having a bearing on the dogfight. Too soon? Team news coming right up!