Premier League football - as it happened: United fail to break past Hull, City dominate against woeful West Ham
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Your support makes all the difference.After a frantic Tuesday night, there's just three games to get stuck into today.
Manchester United take on Hull at Old Trafford as they bid to restore some pride after their 17-match unbeaten run was brought to an end at the KCOM Stadium one week ago.
The blue half of Manchester take to the road as Pep Guardiola's men return to the London Stadium to face West Ham - one month after their 5-0 humbling of the Hammers.
And Stoke welcome Everton to the bet365 Stadium to round off tonight's fixtures.
For United and City in particular, the two sides have the chance to gain some ground on their title rivals after all four dropped points in Tuesday's games.
As for Everton, Ronald Koemen's men remain in reaching distance of European football while Stoke continue to sit pretty in tenth on 28 points.
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Tuesday night's results:
Arsenal 1-2 Watford
Bournemouth 0-2 Crystal Palace
Burnley 1-0 Leicester City
Middlesbrough 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Swansea City 2-1 Southampton
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
Hello all and welcome to the Independent's coverage of tonight's live Premier League action. After a manic Tuesday night, there's just three games to get stuck into tonight as Manchester United take on Hull, West Ham entertain Manchester City and Stoke welcome Everton to the bet365 Stadium.
We'll be bringing you minute-by-minute updates from Old Trafford with goals from the other two games. Coverage starts from 6.45pm onward so make sure to tune in!
Just 45 minutes until our first kick off of the evening, Man City's trip to West Ham. Team news coming up shortly...
West Ham v Man City - 7:45pm
West Ham: Randolph, Byram, Reid, Fonte, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble, Antonio, Lanzini, Feghouli, Carroll.
Subs: Snodgrass, Adrian, Collins, Fletcher, Calleri, Fernandes, Quina.
Man City: Caballero, Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Toure, Sane, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus.
Subs: Bravo, Kompany, Zabaleta, Aguero, Jesus Navas, Delph, Fernandinho.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Man Utd v Hull - 8pm
Man Utd: de Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Blind, Ander Herrera, Carrick, Pogba, Mkhitaryan, Ibrahimovic, Rashford.
Subs: Mata, Rooney, Martial, Smalling, Lingard, Young, Romero.
Hull: Jakupovic, Tymon, Dawson, Maguire, Robertson, Meyler, Huddlestone, Markovic, Evandro, Clucas, Niasse.
Subs: Hernandez, Ranocchia, Elabdellaoui, Maloney, Diomande, Marshall, Bowen.
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
Stoke v Everton - 8pm
Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Allen, Afellay, Adam, Arnautovic, Crouch.
Subs: Berahino, Muniesa, Bony, Imbula, Given, Ngoy, Edwards.
Everton: Robles, Holgate, Ashley Williams, Funes Mori, Coleman, Davies, Schneiderlin, Baines, Barkley, Lukaku, Mirallas.
Subs: Jagielka, Lennon, McCarthy, Barry, Valencia, Stekelenburg, Lookman.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
3 – West Ham have scored at least three goals in three of their last five Premier League games, including in each of the last two. Bubbly.
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