Chelsea v Fulham, Newcastle v Aston Villa and more: football clockwatch – live

Enzo Maresca has restored Marc Cucurella to his team after suspension. Fulham’s Marco Silva, meanwhile, makes it five changes: Joachim Andersen, Sasa Lukic, Andreas Pereira, Adama Traore and Raul Jimenez all come in.

Ivan Juric takes charge of his first Southampton match. Lesley Ugochukwu and Paul Onuachu start in place of Joe Aribo and Tyler Dibling.

For the Hammers there are also two changes: Carlos Soler returns from a ban, and Guido Rodríguez starts.

For Tottenham, Big Ange restores Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Rodrigo Bentancur to his starting lineup. Bentancur has served his seven-game ban for a racial slur aimed at Heung-min Son. Pedro Porro, James Maddison and Yves Bissouma drop to the bench.

Forest, meanwhile, are boosted by the return of captain Ryan Yates in the middle of the park.

Hapless City were fortunate not to lose that at the end.

Savinho has just committed a hilarious mis-kick for City against Everton when apparently attempting a cross. That’s all you need to know.

Sporting have appointed Rui Borges as head coach, after the Portuguese champions sacked Joao Pereira on Boxing Day. The new head coach has signed a contract until June 2026, with an option to extend a further year.

Crisis club Manchester City are drawing 1-1 with Everton here:

Five or so minutes to go …

Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Aarons, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara, Unal. Substitutes: Travers, Brooks, Evanilson, Adams, Hill, Billing, Winterburn, Kinsey-Wellings, Harris.

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta. Substitutes: Turner, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Richards, Doucoure, Devenny, Kporha, Agbinone.

Referee: Thomas Bramall

Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Isak, Gordon. Substitutes: Vlachodimos, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Duran. Substitutes: Olsen, Diego Carlos, Mings, Barkley, Buendia, Watkins, Philogene-Bidace, Nedeljkovic, Bailey.

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Chelsea: Sanchez, Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Sancho, Palmer, Pedro Neto, Jackson. Substitutes: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Disasi, Joao Felix, Nkunku, Casadei, George, Acheampong, Guiu.

Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Lukic, Traore, Jimenez. Substitutes: Benda, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Vinicius, Cuenca, King, Sessegnon, Godo.

Referee: Sam Barrott

Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood-Gordon, Sugawara, Downes, Ugochukwu, Walker-Peters, Fernandes, Armstrong, Onuachu. Substitutes: McCarthy, Manning, Aribo, Lallana, Bree, Archer, Sulemana, Fraser, Dibling.

West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson Palmieri, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soler, Soucek, Kudus, Fullkrug. Substitutes: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Summerville, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Alvarez, Todibo, Irving.

Referee: Lewis Smith

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Yates, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Substitutes: Carlos Miguel, Morato, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Ward-Prowse, Alex, Jota Silva, Sosa, Boly.

Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Udogie, Dragusin, Gray, Spence, Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson, Solanke. Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Bissouma, Maddison, Bergvall, Werner, Porro, Lankshear, Olusesi.

Referee: Craig Pawson

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate. What better way to spend Boxing Day, AKA St Stephen’s Day, AKA 26 December, than glued to some flippant yet timely updates on the 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League?

This afternoon’s top-flight menu consists of Newcastle v Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest v Tottenham, Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Chelsea v Fulham and Southampton v West Ham.

There are too many plots, sub-plots, sub-texts and actual texts there to cram into this humble preamble, so let’s crack on with some team news, and take it from there.

Kick-off: 3pm.