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Wigan Athletic 1-3 Man City
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
Birmingham City 2-2 Hull City
West Brom Albion 1-2 Aston Villa
Newcastle Utd 4-2 Everton
QPR 0-1 Man Utd
Arsenal 3-2 Southampton
Portsmouth 3-1 Reading


Early Kickoffs
Wolves 0-2 Sunderland Pato (Matuidi), Pato (Narsingh)
Norwich City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

TEAM NEWS FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE
Chelsea are without both their left wingers, and manager Fan has named two strikers in his team with Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko, who gets his first start for the club. However we wait to see if they both start as a pair up front. Liverpool welcome the return of Nicolas N’koulou with open arms and he comes straight back into the team, despite Thomas Kalas having a good debut last week. There is also a change at full back as the attacking Juanfran comes in for Cesar Azpilicueta, in what looks like a very powerful team.
Chelsea: Neuer; Lahm, Kompany, Chiellini, Baines; Bender, Vidal; Shaqiri, Fabregas, Aguero; Dzeko
Liverpool: Ruddy; Juanfran, N’koulou, Cahill, Marcelo; Inler, Yaya Toure, Ramires; Lamela, Ba, Mata

TEAM NEWS FROM THE SPORT DIRECT ARENA
Newcastle are without a win in four games. They have a fully fit squad, and manager Robin has reacted by picking a 4-4-2 formation, instead of his usual 4-2-3-1, and dropping Samir Nasri, Pablo Zabaleta, and Alex Song to the bench. Theo Walcott is back into the Newcastle side after 3 weeks out. Everton are a long way off favourites for this game, but their results this season show that they have tendency in taking points off the stronger teams.
Newcastle Szczesny; Johnson, Godin, Boateng, Kolarov; Mikel, Oscar, Walcott, Hazard; Higuain, Di Natale
Everton Patricio; Srna, Garay, Miranda, Schmelzer; Veloso, Witsel; Gervinho, Danny, Mirallas; Negredo

TEAM NEWS FROM THE DW STADIUM
Wigan line up in 5-2-1-2 formation and host Manchester City who will be desperate to win today after dropping two points vs Liverpool last week.
Wigan Muslera; Castro, Douglas, Shawcross, Gonzalo, Adriano; Banega, Ramsey, Ramires; Martinez, Etoo
Manchester City Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Vertonghen; Hernanes, Cambiasso; Nani, Suarez, Di Maria; Benzema

TEAM NEWS FROM THE ST ANDREWS
Birmingham are having left back troubles this week as Gael Clichy misses through injury. There is a slight shuffle at the back for them.Hull welcome back Rami in the centre of their defence and look to build on their good start.
Birmingham Cech, Sagna, Hummles, Agger, Ivanovic, Fletcher, Schweinsteiger, Modric, Robben, Ribery, Gomez.
Hull Lloris, Debuchy, Kaboul, Rami, Monreal, Martinez, Marchisio, Varela, Kaka, Lavezzi, Huntelaar

TEAM NEWS FROM LOFTUS ROAD
This might be a close game as QPR have a really good team. Man UTD however are in top form and will be looking to build on their superb win against Newcastle last week.
QPR Lopez; Jones, Terry, Alex, Fuchs; Parker, Motolivo, Dembele; Lennon, Quagliarella, Torres.
Manchester United Buffon; Rafael, Albiol, Pepe, Filipe; Gerrard, Lucas, Pirlo; Reus, Hermann, Tevez

TEAM NEWS FROM THE HAWTHORNS
WBA Hart; Iraola, Jagiela, Lescott, Ekotto; M’villa, Granero; Navas, Dempsey, Turan; Jelavic
Aston Villa Steklenburg; Piszczek, Dante, Varane, Gibbs; Garcia, Arteta; Kuba, Willian, Ayew; Mandzukic

TEAM NEWS FROM THE EMIRATES
Arsenal Reina; Walker, Vidic, Barzagli, Cole; De Rossi, Moutinho; Ronaldo, Podolski; Van Persie, Cavani
Southampton Trapp; Clyne, Heitinga, Ogbonna, Buttner; Rolfes, Fernandinho; Lallana, Mceachran, Robinho; Pogrebnyak

TEAM NEWS FROM FRATTON PARK
Portsmouth Ter Stegen; Howedes, Skrtel, Papa, Schenikov; Cirigliano, Kroos; Gotze, Fellaini, Holtby; Lewandowski
Reading Benaglio; Danilo, Tasci, Samba, Fuchs; Capoue, Motta, Martin, Isla; Dost, De Jong

All games are underway

00:32 GOAL! Well that was easy, Chelsea kick off with Aguero passing it back to Bender. He plays a short one two with his centre back, and then plays a straight ball through the middle to Aguero again. He splits Juanfran and N’koulou with his clever pass, Dzeko shoots which is parried by Ruddy, straight into the path of Cesc Fabregas, who has the simplest job of tapping it in against his former club. Poor start by Liverpool, who were very slow out of the blocks. Lots of goals here perhaps?

01:00 LSTD is clearly not happy on the touchline. He looks very agitated and is at it big time with his hand signals (Rafael Benitez style).

02:00 It's a slow start at Loftus Road, with United goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon cutting out one early cross into the area. That's been about it.

03:00 What a miss by Reading striker Luuk De Jong. The striker heads wide while unmarked six yards out after a cross by Isla. Portsmouth fortunate not to be behind.

05:00 Wigan force the first corner and Jackson Martinez rises at the back post to head wide of goal. Positive start from the home side.

08:00 Portsmouth are screaming for a penalty at the Fratton Park as Fellaini’s flicked header from Holtby’s cross strikes Serdar Tasci’s raised arm in the box. It certainly wasn't intentional and the referee waves play on much to the home side's frustration.

12:00 Aston Villa go close. Andre Ayew whips in an inviting cross which Mario Mandzukic gets on the end of but he heads agonisingly over. West Brom counter-attack and Jesus Navas has a clear sight of goal but his shot from just inside the area is too close to the keeper, who gathers at the second attempt.

17:00 GOAL! Reading’s early pressure pays dividends as Marvin Martin’s corner is met at the near post by Serdar Tasci and his header loops over everyone and into the far top corner. Cracking start for the Reading.

20:00 GOAL! First chance, first goal. Hull lead at Birmingham. And it has been coming. A corner from the left is only half punched away by Petr Cech, who is forced to drop back over his own line by Ezequiel Lavezzi and therefore unable to prevent Kaka’s shot from crossing the line before he palms away.

22:00 GOAL! Someone has switched on the goals tap. Newcastle break the deadlock at the Sports direct arena. Antonio Di Natale heads down a cross and fellow forward Gonzalo Higuain is on hand to stab the ball past Everton keeper Rui Patricio from six yards.

25:00 Liverpool have a good attack on the right hand side, it’s Erik Lamela who beats Leighton Baines quiet easily. He then has the composure to square the ball back to the edge of the area, where Yaya Toure miss kicks the ball. He certainly didn’t have the composure there.

28:00 GOAL! The pressure has been building and the Southampton defence cannot hold out. A cross from the right runs all the way through to Lukas Podolski on the left side of the Saints box. He drives a low shot that is going just wide until Edinson Cavani sticks out a boot and diverts the ball high into the net.

30:00 GOAL! That has been coming. Manchester United have started strongly and, after Carlos Tevez’s shot at the near post is blocked by Diego Lopez, the striker's resulting corner is met by Pepe, who heads in his first goal for the club

32:00 Liverpool are battling for a way back into the game against Chelsea. Nicolas N’koulou meets a corner and heads back across goal but Phillip Lahm is on the line to head away. Close.

34:00 Portsmouth are also pushing for an equaliser at Fratton Park but Lewis Holtby’s shot from the edge of the area is claimed by Diego Benaglio.

35:00 GOAL! Portsmouth come up with the goods to level against Reading. Mario Gotze is the architect as he drives down the right before pulling the ball back for Robert Lewandowski to lash in at the near post. Lovely stuff from Pompey.

36:00 GOAL! West Brom strike first. Benoit Assou Ekotto’s free-kick is floated over the top of the Villa defence and to the back post, where Jelavic is well-placed to head into the top corner. It is a good finish, but Villa need to look at themselves for allowing the striker so much space

38:00 GOAL! Eden Hazard’s pace takes him away down the right following a pass from Emboaba Oscar and his pull back is stroked into the far corner of the net by Gonzalo Higuain from inside the box. Higuain looks in lethal form today, and it’s another assist for Hazard. Robin stands to applaud on the touchline.

39:00 Back at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool are on the front foot as Juan Mata swings in a cross from the left but Arturo Vidal heads clear for Chelsea.

40:00 GOAL! Arsenal finally claim the elusive second goal their display deserves as Kyle Walker shows determination on the right to find space and cross for Robin Van Persie to find the back of the net from 12 yards with a scuffed shot that loops into the net with Nathaniel Clyne committed to a dive. It is perfectly timed from Arsenal's point of view as Southampton had looked to building up a head of steam. Surely that is game over.

41:00 Joao Moutinho – Arsenal
Maybe it isn’t game over. That is an awful tackle. Moutinho dives in two footed and gets what he’s deserved.

43:00 Aston Villa pressing WBA at The Hawthorns. Mandzukic has a header saved by Joe Hart. It remains 1-0 to WBA.

44:00 GOAL! Newcastle fail to clear a corner from the left and after a bit of pinball the ball falls to Gervinho at the back post and he makes no mistake with a finish into the far corner.

45:00 QPR are knocking at the door but United have it firmly bolted. A long period of home pressure is repelled by the devils with Marco Reus firing the final shot wide of the far post from the right corner of the box.

46:00 Nice from Birmingham. Nice. Bacary Sagna carries the ball down the right and shifts it in to Arjen Robben 30 yards from goal. The Frenchman shifts the ball on to his left foot smartly and drags his shot just wide.

47:00 GOAL! City make the breakthrough. Wigan head a corner clear to Luis Suarez who takes a touch and drives in a shot which takes a deflection and flies into the net.

Half Time 5mins break

Substitutions One sub to note, Steven Naismith replace Gonzalo for Wigan as they look to get back into the game vs Manchester City

Games are back underway

46:00 GOAL! What a finish this is! Immediate breakthrough for Birmingham after the break. It’s Mario Gomez who collects a neat through-ball from Bastien Schweinsteiger and hammers the ball into the roof of the net from 10 yards. Unstoppable.

47:00 GOAL! Andre Ayew swings in a cross from the left, where Willian has found a pocket of space and the Forward controls a volley across the keeper and into the top corner for the equiliser.

50:00 At Loftus Road, it's been a quiet restart between QPR and Man United. Pepe headed over for the visitors but there's been little else to report.

53:00 GOAL! Theo Walcott makes it 3-1 to Newcastle United. Glen Johnson crosses to the far post, Eden Hazard retrieves the ball and crosses from the left. Walcott is left unmarked and he buries the header from close range.

55:00 Liverpool keeper John Ruddy, is forced to touch Sergio Aguero’s rasping drive over the bar in what is turning into a very tight game. Still 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

57:00 GOAL! Southampton back in the game, defender Kyle Walker is robbed of the ball on the halfway line by Fernandinho, and the midfielder is able to sprint clear and smash a low shot beyond Pepe Reina. Can they rescue an unlikely draw against 10men?

60:00 Substitutions Immediately, Arsenal manager Rooney responds by bringing on Wayne Rooney and David Silva for Lukas Podolski and Edinson Cavani. JET also makes a double change in search of a win as Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Hulk replace Kuba and Mikel Arteta. Gustavo replaces Cirigliano for Portsmouth.

63:00 GOAL! Lewandowski plays the ball into the feet of Toni Kroos, the German holds off his marker and back-heels the ball back into Lewandowski’s path, and he is able to drive the ball away from the dive of Diego Benaglio and into the top corner. Wonderful stuff.

65:00 Substitutions More subs, Song comes on for Oscar for Newcastle. Kacanikilic replaces goalscorer Gervinho for Everton. Callejon for Lennon (QPR).

67:00 Wigan's main threat is definitely from set-pieces. They win another free-kick out on the left which is well delivered, Ryan Shawcross wins the header at the far post but City stand firm and are able to get it away.

69:00 Aston Villa fans have got their team going and finally there are creating chances, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain seems to be seeing a lot of the ball at the moment and is playing some lovely passes and he slipped Hulk through but the keeper made a good low save.

70:00 Substitutions Stefan Jovetic replaces Gokhan Inler for Liverpool as LSTD looks for his equaliser. Fan responds by bringing on fresh legs in the middle of the park with Antonio Nocerino replacing Lars Bender, who has been phenomenal today. Well deserved that standing ovation. Llorente for Tevez (United), Kalou for Motta (Reading), Kherzakov for Danny (Everton).

72:00 GOAL! Birmingham take the lead! What an important goal this could be! Frank Ribery plays a neat one two with Mario Gomez, who was too strong for the defender. Riber went into the gap created by Gomez and finessed his shot into the top right corner. Great goal.

74:00 GOAL! Aston Villa have managed to come back from one goal down, and have now taken the lead also. Hulk bursts clear down the left and picks out a gem of a cross deep into the area, where Mario Mandzukic arrives to send a header back across the keeper and into the net. Incredible scenes!

75:00 Substitutions LSTD is getting desperate here as Javier Hernandez comes on for Demba Ba, who has been rather quiet today. JET wants to defend this lead and brings on Jose Enrique for Andre Ayew, Ricardo Alvarez comes on for Steven Gerrard (Man UTD), Kalou is subbed after 5 minutes of coming on, replaced by Emmanuelson, as we here the Reading fans chant “You don’t know what you’re doing!" Cleverly and Balotelli for Hernanes and Benzema (city), Bent comes on for the rather ineffective Torres at Loftus Road. Ronaldo is off for Cazorla at the emirates.

Penalty to Manchester City
76:00 GOAL! Mario Balotelli steps up and calmly slots the ball into the net after a Wigan defender had handled the ball.

77:00 GOAL! Immediately Wigan hit back after some neat play by Gaston Ramirez

78:00 GOAL! It's a goal Everton deserve. Substitute Kerzhakov bursts through a vacant Newcastle defence and while the chance looks to have gone as he cuts inside, he has the presence of mind to play in Alvaro Negredo. The brilliant Wojciech Szczesny gets a hand to his effort but it's not enough as the ball spins agonisingly slowly into the back of the net. Game on! Surely Newcastle aren’t going to drop anymore points from winning positions?

79:00 Big Chance for Liverpool to equalize. A cross from the left is beautifully chested down at the back stick by substitute Javier Hernandez, but the striker thrashes his shot wildly wide from no more than five yards out. Very unlike him.

80:00 GOAL! Southampton are level!, it’s Fernandinho again who dribbles with the ball through the big hole left by Joao Moutinho, and smashes it into the top corner. No chance for the keeper there. Some will wonder why Rooney never made a change to counter the red card.

80:00 Substitutions Last throw of the dice by LSTD, Daniel Sturridge comes on for Ramires. Edin Dzeko receives a standing ovation as Christian Benteke comes on for the last ten minutes for Chelsea. Arshavin replaces Walcott for Newcastle. Youngster Lazar Markovic is on for Lewis Holtby, manager N21 showing faith despite only having a slim lead. Taarabt for Etoo (wigan), Sandro is on for Hermann as Renegade wants to see this out. Remy and Menez for Kaka and Varela (Hull), Mario for Danny (Everton), Tranquil also goes on the defensive as Farfan and Tremoulinis come on for Modric and Robben.

81:00 GOAL! Newcastle put their superior possession to good use as Gonzalo Higuain stands up an inviting cross to the back post and Antonio Di Natale gets up really well to sends a header back across Patricio in goal and find the far corner. Looks like the 4-4-2 has worked today.

82:00 GOAL! Poor, poor play by Birmingham. Fletcher loses the ball to Lavezzi who dribbles past Hummels and scores with a powerful shot. Replays show Cech should have saved it.

83:00 Very less time remaining around the grounds. Chelsea have the opportunity to kill the game off, but Adam Maher miscues his shot.

84:00 Arsenal are piling on the pressure. Corner after corner in to the Southampton box now, but can they find a way through?

85:00 GOAL! Yes they do. Cazorla whips in the corner and Nemanja Vidic fires it into the net, for what looks like the winner!

86:00 Villa sitting back now and inviting pressure from WBA. Navas attempts a shot from 25 yards but it’s not even close to the target.

87:00 GOAL! It's not a moment to remember for the Wigan goalkeeper. Ballotelli is played into the box by Hernanes and drives the ball across the box. I'm not sure it is actually on target though until the goalkeeper helps it in.

88:00 Chelsea are really frustrating Liverpool, as they can’t get past their back four. Kompany and Chiellini have been fantastic today.

89:00 GOAL! A shot from Luis Gustavo is deflected into the path of Toni Kroos, who shoots home from eight yards to give N21’s team a 3-1 lead.

90:00 Penalty to Liverpool
Oh oh, that is harsh on the young fella. Adam Maher shows a bit of inexperience as Daniel sturridge out paces him, he is bundled over, and it’s a clear penalty. Liverpool have a lifeline. Debate over who will take the penalty between Mata, Hernandez, Sturridge. Looks like Yaya Toure will decide as this is a big decision.

90:00 Goal!
LSTD will be proud here with his captain. Yaya Toure did the right thing and gave the ball to Javier Hernandez who calmly slots the penalty away, sending Manuel Neuer the wrong way. Will there be another twist in this game?

Full time around the grounds except for Stamford Bridge & St Andrews

Full time everywhere

posted on 1/12/12

What was the point in that?

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 1/12/12

Wilshere where are you I want a table update.

posted on 1/12/12

I should have had another double goal for RVP on fantasy points

posted on 1/12/12

I think Anderson has gone off injured.

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 1/12/12

To make LSTD nervous and raise Fan's and Tranquil's hopes

Sorry for being a pain

posted on 1/12/12

You should have at least a comment lol

Never well done

Dissapointing result

posted on 1/12/12

well played fan

well played

lstd runs of laughing sarcastically

posted on 1/12/12

I can't do one I'm at the pub watching Dortmund

Well done 21

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 1/12/12

I've done it, it's ok

posted on 1/12/12

Wilshere, fair play

Dortmund
Bayern

Very even game so far

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