Swansea vs Aston Villa live: Latest score after Leicester go eight points clear, Chelsea and West Ham draw
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to the Independent’s live coverage of the Premier League with another fascinating clutch of matches at both ends of the table with the title race and relegation fight still wide open.
In the early kick-off Arsenal travel to Everton hoping to repair their fractured season. Meanwhile Chelsea, whose season is already in ruin, entertain top-four chasing West Ham United across the capital for a match which could underpin their unlikely hopes of securing Champions League qualification.
Table-toppers Leicester City, on the other hand, make the treacherous trip to face lowly Crystal Palace in the knowledge that Alan Pardew’s Eagles have previous when it comes to scuppering title bids, as Liverpool and Manchester City have discovered in recent years.
Watford face Stoke, Norwich meet West Bromwich Albion and Swansea welcome Aston Villa in a trio of massive games elsewhere on this most intriguing of weekends in the top-flight.
Today's matches...
- Everton vs Arsenal – 12.45pm
- Chelsea vs West Ham United – 3pm
- Crystal Palace vs Leicester City – 3pm
- Watford vs Stoke City – 3pm
- West Bromwich Albion vs Norwich City – 3pm
- Swansea City vs Aston Villa – 5.30pm
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12 mins: Everton have tried to find Romelu Lukaku several times with raking balls down the left channel, but Gabriel has defended them well so far...
14 mins: Everton win a free-kick in a dangerous position, but Leighton Baines's attempted delivery is uncharacteristically poor, failing to beat the first man...
15 mins: Sanchez, who has been much brighter than in recent weeks, finds Nacho Monreal with a superb ball, but nobody can get on the end of the left-back's probing cross...
16 mins: Tom Cleverly finds Aaron Lennon well on the right – his dinked cross is aimed towards Lukaku, but again Gabriel does well to intervene and clear...
19 mins: The home fans are getting a little tetchy as the Gunners, particularly Ozil and Sanchez, see a lot of possession – Baines tackles the Chilean well, but the hosts are struggling to get out of their own half here...
22 mins: More superb intricate passing from Arsenal, as Ozil combines well with Iwobi to create a shooting chance, the German's effort well blocked by Phil Jagielka...
24 mins: Much better from Everton! A dangerous ball from Baines eventually breaks to Ross Barkley, whose effort is well blocked by Koscielny – the loose ball is seized on by Besic, who forces a tricky low save from David Ospina...
Half-time: Everton 0 Arsenal 2
The boos ring out at Goodison Park, and with good reason – Everton look set to continue their abysmal run of home form after a first half that saw them utterly outclassed by Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger's side have been at their very best. Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez have been irresistible, Danny Welbeck threatened throughout and scored one of the goals of the season, and Alex Iwobi has looked completely at home at the top level.
Everton, on the other hand, have been loose defensively and struggled to offer any support at all to an isolated Romelu Lukaku. Roberto Martinez's team need to come out of the blocks firing to have any chance of getting anything from this...
3 - Alexis Sanchez has had a hand in three goals in his last three Premier League appearances (1 goal, 2 assists). Back.
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3 - Hector Bellerin has provided 3 assists in his last two Premier League appearances, after managing just 2 in his previous 46. Flying.
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