Kevin Kilbane
Former Everton winger on Final Score

"I saw Bournemouth on the first day of the season, when they created chances and failed to complete them. They are not creating as many chances as they did last year, but they are still playing Championship football and they look wide open."

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Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart may be out for 10 days with a hamstring injury, but he is at the Etihad cheering on his teammates today and keeping warm in some knitwear.

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Very, very early days on this story but Henry Winter in the Times today has a story that the FA are looking to reduce the Premier League from 20 to 18 teams.

The Times reports says that FA chairman Greg Dyke is keen on the idea to help the England national team and help English clubs in Europe.

The top divisions in England, Italy, France, Spain and England all have 20 teams - but the Bundesliga in Germany only has 18.

What are your thoughts?

BBC Radio 5 Live

You can listen live to commentary from the Etihad on Radio 5 live from 15:00 GMT, where Ian Dennis will be joined by former England defender Danny Mills.

Listen by clicking on the tab at the top of this page or click here.

Pat Murphy
BBC Radio 5 live's Midlands football reporter

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"This is the most important game of the season for Aston Villa. Lose this and if other results go against them, and they could be cut adrift. 

"Here's the thing: Watford captain Troy Deeney was born and reared just a stone's throw from here. He's a Bluenose, he's got a Birmingham tattoo on his calf, and is it written in the stars that he scores the winner for the Hornets this afternoon?"

Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa and Manchester United striker Dion Dublin

“It can't be true. How can you pay someone that sort of money, I mean £800,000 a week? The rumours could possibly affect the fans, I don’t think the players would be affected. If it happens it happens and would be a welcome addition to the dressing room. At the moment, City have enough on their plate; they have to get back to winning ways and the rumours of a player like Lionel Messi coming in wouldn't be a big issue for them at all."  

Dion Dublin
Former Aston Villa striker on Final Score

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"City have had a blip, I am sure they will start winning games, they are too good to allow this to continue but they are not setting the world alight at the moment."

On goalkeeper Willy Caballero, who deputises for the injured Joe Hart.

"Caballero has to convince me, he does not command his box. The back four have been all over the place and is not settled and that makes a difference to the side."

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Manchester City Manuel Pellegrini: "We need to recover, the leaders play after this game so it is important after the bad game at home to Liverpool that we win today".

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Who should be named African Footballer of the Year?

Algeria's Yacine Brahimi, the 2014 winner, is on the shortlist along with Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ghanaian Andre Ayew, Senegal's Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast.

The winner will be decided by a public vote, and you have until 18:00 GMT on 30 November to make your choice.

You can vote here.

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Where else to start but at Northampton? The Cobblers could cap a crazy week which has seen a protracted takeover finally go through and a £10m debt re-arranged by going top of League Two this afternoon if they beat bottom club Yeovil (and Plymouth and Oxford slip up).

Argyle are away at Dagenham - who won for the first time since September in midweek - and Oxford travel to Hartlepool.

Joining Yeovil in trouble in the relegation zone are York City - who are at home to in-form Accrington.

Final Score

Former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin and ex-Republic of Ireland defender Kevin Kilbane join Jason Mohammad in the Final Score studio to bring you all the goals and talking points from the day's matches.

You can watch it on the Red Button now, on BBC Two from 16:30- 17:10 GMT or on the website by clicking on the tab at the top of this page.

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Ipswich have cruised to a win which leaves them outside the play-of places on goal difference - Charlton are a point above the drop zone.

Aston Villa make two changes from their dismal defeat by Everton last weekend. Top scorer Scott Sinclair starts, with Carlos Sanchez coming into midfield. Ashley Westwood drops to the bench and the much talked about Jack Grealish is dropped. 

Watford also change two after their narrow defeat by Manchester United, with Nathan Ake and Juan Carlos Paredes coming in for Ikechi Anya and Jose Jurado. 

Watford XI:  Gomes; Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake; Capoue, Watson; Paredes, Deeney, Abdi; Ighalo  

Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc misses out again with a knee injury, so Adam Federici keeps his place while Marc Pugh misses out with a calf problem.

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Everton boss Roberto Martinez names an unchanged side for the trip to Bournemouth, after last weekend's 4-0 win against Aston Villa.   

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Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini makes four changes to the side which lost at Juventus in midweek. Keeper Willy Caballero, left-back Aleksandar Kolarov, midfielder Fabian Delph and winger Raheem Sterling replace Joe Hart, Gael Clichy, Fernando and Jesus Navas. Playmaker David Silva and striker Wilfried Bony are back from injury and are on the bench. 

Man City XI: Caballero, Sagna, Demichelis, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Delph, Toure, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero.

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Southampton manager Ronald Koeman's side lost 1-0 to Stoke last time out and he make four changes from that game. Defender Maya Yoshida, midfielders James Ward-Prowse and Oriol Romeu start along with forward Sadio Mane. Cedric Soares, Jordy Clasie, Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pelle make way.

Southampton XI: Stekelenburg, Yoshida, Fonte, van Dijk, Bertrand, Wanyama, Romeu, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Mane, Long.

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Still no Vincent Kompany for Manchester City. Manuel Pellegrini has ruled the captain out for at least another fortnight.

Neil Lennon
Bolton boss on BBC Radio 5 live

"I don't think there is anything wrong with training ground bust-ups every now and then and Steve McClaren will hope that the aggression on the training ground will transmit onto the pitch.

"I've had many bust-ups as a player and a manager and what you are looking for is a reaction."