It's nearly springpublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Image source, Getty ImagesWe have had some wonderful shots coming in this morning.
We are this close to it still being sunny for an evening kick-off. This close. Just believe.
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FT: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea - Merino flicks in opener from corner
FT: Fulham 2-0 Tottenham - Muniz slots hosts in front, Sessegnon doubles lead
Palmer misses out for Chelsea through injury
Leicester host Manchester United at 19:00
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It's nearly springpublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
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Image source, Getty ImagesThat Clive Allen to Arsenal was a very strange one. He moved from QPR for £1.25m which was a lot of money in 1980 but didn't play a game before heading off Crystal Palace.
Arsenal swapped him for left-back Kenny Sansom who admittedly went on to play over 300 league games for the Gunners.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
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Jimmy Greaves played for four London clubs: Chelsea, Spurs, West Ham and Barnet
Conrad, London
Clive Allen played for 6 London clubs - QPR (twice) Spurs, West Ham, Palace, Chelsea, Millwall … and was on Arsenal’s books too but did not play a first team game
RH
Postpublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Image source, Getty ImagesPremier League moves I don't remember one tiny bit #723 - Yossi Benayoun at QPR.
Proof.
A big day for the bosspublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesMarco Silva will take charge of his 200th Premier League match today, becoming the second Portuguese coach to reach this milestone after Jose Mourinho.
Silva's Premier League win ratio of 37.5% is the highest of any Fulham boss (W39, D24, L41).
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
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Scott Parker. He played for five!
Jordan, Bristol
That is some going from the now Burnley boss!
Charlton, Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenha, Fulham.
Yossi Benayoun not only played for Arsenal and Chelsea, he played for West Ham (twice) and QPR
Anon
Away day painpublished at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesBelieve it or not, Chelsea have won just three of their previous 19 away league matches against sides starting the day above them in the table (D3, L13), most recently beating Bournemouth 1-0 on 14 September.
The Blues are winless in their last six league matches on the road (D2, L4), losing each of the past three.
What's going on there?
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
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Image source, PA MediaRaheem Sterling will not be involved today as he is on loan at Arsenal from Chelsea.
Ashley Cole famously did the same journey, Kai Havertz the inverse, while Sol Campbell infamously went from Spurs to the Arsenal and William Gallas did all three!
Has any player played for four or more London clubs though? Get your thinking caps on and give us a shout...
Postpublished at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Cole Palmer is in the England squad as it stands as well, of course.
Team news - Willian returns for Fulham; four changes for Spurspublished at 12:25 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
Marco Silva makes one change to the Fulham side that lost 2-1 at Brighton last weekend.
Willian makes his first start since returning to the club in February with Issa Diop dropping out.
Fulham XI: Bernd Leno, Calvin Bassey, Joachim Andersen, Timothy Castagne, Antonee Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Sander Berge, Emile Smith Rowe, Alex Iwobi, Willian, Raul Jimenez.
Subs: Steven Benda, Harrison Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Tom Cairney, Adama Traore, Jorge Cuenca, Josh King, Ryan Sessegnon, Martial Godo.
Bayern Munich loanee Mathys Tel is one of four changes for Tottenham following their 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last Sunday.
Ben Davies, Archie Gray and Destiny Udogie also come in.
Tottenham XI: Guglielmo Vicario, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentacur, Yves Bissouma, Brannan Johnson, Mathys Tel, Dominic Solanke.
Subs: Antonín Kinsky, Son Heung-Min, James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, Pedro Porro, Wilson Odobert, Pape Sarr, Micky van de Ven, Dane Scarlett.
Postpublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Interesting - Palmer has been struggling with illness but came on for the second half of their Conference League game on Thursday night...
Team news - Merino continues for Arsenal, no Palmer for Chelseapublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at the Emirates StadiumArsenal continue with Mikel Merino as striker and Myles Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel Martinelli return to the Premier League starting line up.
Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Merino
Subs: Neto, Tierney, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji, Nwaneri
The big news is that there is no Cole Palmer for Chelsea.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernandez, Nkunku, Sancho, Neto
Subs: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Adarabioyo, Dewsbury-Hall, Chalobah, Gusto, George, Acheampong, Lavia
Today's PL line-uppublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Image source, ReutersYes, there is a big game at Wembley for us all to watch but you'll see a nice big gap in the schedule for that...
Arsenal v Chelsea (13:30 GMT)
Fulham v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
Leicester v Man Utd (19:00 GMT)
How it lookspublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Image source, BBC SportHere's how the top of the table looks after yesterday's fun and games.
Spurs can play in Europe next season but they'll probably have to win the Europa League to do so.
We're in London aren't we...published at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March
Image source, ReutersDo we have a belting day of football on the cards or what?
A cup final at Wembley and not one, not two but three Premier League games to get stuck into.
Image source, Getty ImagesOur first four teams in action are all London sides so that's where our focus will be. The chase/race for European football is on the agenda.
Plus Spurs are playing.
Let's do this!
Premier League Scores and fixtures
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Premier League Table
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| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 27 | 42 | 70 |
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| 2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 29 | 58 |
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| 3 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 54 |
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| 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 49 |
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| 5 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 48 |
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| 6 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 47 |
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| 7 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 47 |
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| 8 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 45 |
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| 9 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 45 |
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| 10 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 44 |
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| 11 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 41 |
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| 12 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 39 |
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| 13 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | -3 | 37 |
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| 14 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 43 | 12 | 34 |
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| 15 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 34 |
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| 16 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 49 | -16 | 34 |
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| 17 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 58 | -18 | 26 |
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| 18 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 62 | -34 | 17 |
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| 19 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 65 | -40 | 17 |
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| 20 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 70 | -49 | 9 |
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Key
- Position 1 - 4 : UEFA Champions League
- Position 5 : UEFA Europa League
- Position 18 - 20 : Relegation
