Postpublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2015
Teams in tracksuits; teams in tunnels. Almost kick-off o'clock.
Villa had not scored away in over 10 hours
FT: Arsenal 3-0 West Ham (Giroud, Ramsey & Flamini)
FT: West Brom 1-0 Stoke (Ideye)
FT: Leicester 0-0 Hull, Palace 3-1 QPR
Mandeep Sanghera, Neil Johnston and Tom Rostance
Teams in tracksuits; teams in tunnels. Almost kick-off o'clock.
Chris Sutton
Former Norwich, Blackburn and Celtic striker on Final Score
"Tim Sherwood is a leader and an intelligent guy. This Aston Villa team, in the space of two games against West Brom, have so much belief now. Gabriel Agbonlahor looks back to his best, Christian Benteke has confidence and it wouldn't surprise me if Villa go to Sunderland and get a result. This is not a Villa squad that is suited to a relegation battle. They have to play with freedom and belief."
Crystal Palace winger Wifried Zaha: "I didn't mind (getting hurt) as long a I got my goal.
"I was in and out of games before but the gaffer [Alan Pardew] has given me chances to improve. He has brought joy and hope to the team as well as a structure to our game where everybody knows what they are doing. We are nearly there (when it comes to Premier League safety). I don't want to say we are as anything can happen."
Crystal Palace Wilfried Zaha on scoring and getting injured: "I had to get on the end of Yannick Bolasie's cross and if it meant colliding with the post I thought so be it. No pain, no gain!"
Chris Sutton
Former Norwich, Blackburn and Celtic striker on Final Score
"I like the look of Leicester's big signing Andrej Kramaric technically, the problem Leicester have is not only not scoring but they don't create a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
"Leicester have won four games all season and they probably have to win six until the end of the season to stay up."
Alan Simon: It'll be forgotten now but the referee's failure to spot the foul on Charlie Austin before Palace's opener was a game changer.
Rishabh Kapoor: Crystal Palace have been smart. For two seasons running they have bought managers to get them out of relegation trouble.
Mesut Ozil leads a drill of Arsenal attackers practising free-kicks from 20 yards out at a chilly-looking Emirates. Santi Cazorla fizzes three pearlers in the top corner in a row. Don't foul anyone today West Ham!
Ozil is then handed an award before scuttling off into the dressing rooms.
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
We've more live commentary coming up on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, with Sunderland v Aston Villa from the Stadium of Light. Coverage of this crucial encounter from the lower reaches of the Premier League table starts at 14:55 GMT, with commentary from Ian Dennis with Jimmy Armfield providing expert analysis.
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish:, external Quick, brave, 100% Palace Wilfried Zaha.
Leicester City
Leicester recall Ritchie de Laet and Jamie Vardy in place of Danny Simpson and Paul Konchesky. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is back in the squad for the first time in 2015 after recovering from a broken metatarsal, but is only on the bench with Mark Schwarzer continuing in goal.
Gaston Ramirez comes in for David Meyler for Hull in their only change from the side that drew 1-1 against Sunderland on 3 March.
Leicester: Schwarzer, De Laet, Upson, Huth, Morgan (c), Schlupp, Vardy, Cambiasso, James, Mahrez, Kramaric.
Hull: McGregor, Dawson, Bruce, McShane, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Ramírez, Robertson, Jelavic, N'Doye.
Leicester will stay bottom of the Premier League table even if they win this afternoon.
Second-placed Shrewsbury go to Wycombe, who are just a place and a point behind them, in the game of the day in the basement division.
A win for either would take them top should leaders Burton Albion suffer a surprise home defeat to their former non-league rivals Accrington Stanley.
York, with just two home victories all season, entertain Carlisle in a crucial game in the fight for survival with the winners knowing they will be put vital breathing space between themselves and the bottom two.
Bottom club Hartlepool go cross-country to Morecambe, while Tranmere, in the second relegation spot, face a tough trip to play-off chasing Northampton, who are unbeaten at home since Boxing Day.
Leaders Bristol City will be looking to continue their march towards promotion with a sixth successive win against mid-table Gillingham.
Second-placed Preston will also be looking to continue an impressive run but they are up against bogey team Crewe, who have won four and drawn one of their last five meetings.
Lee Johnson goes back to former club Oldham with his Barnsley team which has charged towards the play-off places on the back of five straight wins.
Doncaster and Peterborough, locked together on 50 points in the chase for a top-six place, meet in South Yorkshire, while there's a relegation clash at Leyton Orient, who host bottom club Yeovil.
And Bradford, who are at Reading for their FA Cup quarter-final replay next Monday, play the first of two games in little over 48 hours at relegation-threatened Notts County.
Alistair Bruce-Ball
Selhurst Park on BBC Radio 5 live
"If QPR play like they did today in the remaining nine games of the season then they don't have a hope of staying up."
The Championship, where you can throw a blanket over the top six, is proving fascinating to follow and there are a couple of key fixtures again this afternoon.
Middlesbrough took advantage of their early kick-off by beating Ipswich 4-1 to go back to the top of the table, hitting Ipswich's play-off prospects in the process.
The game of the day looks to be at Norwich where it's third against fifth with Derby the visitors to Carrow Road. An eighth win in nine games will take Norwich above the Rams.
Bournemouth, usurped by Boro, face bottom club against Blackpool on the south coast and two-in form teams meet at Elland Road where Leeds play Nottingham Forest.
And there's a huge game at the bottom where Rotherham face Wigan. A home win for the Millers would take them 12 points clear of Wigan and close to safety.
BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks on Final Score
"I thought this was a possible win for QPR. After their recent performances, you go to Selhurst Park thinking, put in a performance and come away with a win, but 3-0 down at half-time? That's just not acceptable."
Final Score is up and running here on the BBC Sport website and on the Red Button. Jason Mohammad is joined by Garth and former Norwich, Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton.
'Glad All Over' booms out over the speakers. Not for QPR. An awful performance leaves them wondering where their next win is going to come from. Time is running out for the Hoops.
It comes to nothing. Final whistle any moment now.
There were 2,600 QPR fans at Selhurst Park at the start. Most are well on their way home. QPR have a corner.
Matt Phillips' consolation is significant to the Premier League table. QPR dropped from 18th to 19th after falling 3-0 behind but are now back above Burnley in 18th spot again. QPR will take any small comforts at this stage.