Danny Mills
Former Man City defender at the Etihad for 5 live Sport

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"It's been an incredible topsy-turvy Premier League season, hasn't it? 

"I'm expecting City to be strong today, particularly the front line. Aguero is outstanding, and when he's fit he's absolutely fantastic. 

"This is the sort of game Man City have to win. The weather is absolutely awful, so stay at home and put BBC Radio 5 live on!"

Former Magpie Yohan Cabaye plays against his old club and in-form winger Wilfried Zaha is also in the starting XI as Crystal Palace go with the same side that lost to Sunderland on Monday.

Newcastle make two changes to the side that lost against Leicester last time round with Jack Colback coming in for Cheick Tiote, while Papiss Cisse gets a start up front in place of Aleksandar Mitrovic.  

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce makes one change from the team that won 1-0 at Crystal Palace on Monday – American DeAndre Yedlin replaces the suspended Billy Jones at wing-back.

Top scorer Jermain Defoe is passed fit to start despite suffering an ankle problem at Selhurst Park, while forward Fabio Borini returns after missing that game through, again, an ankle injury, but only makes the bench.

Sunderland XI: Pantilimon, Yedlin, O’Shea, Kaboul, Coates, van Aanholt, Cattermole, M’Vila, Larsson, Defoe, Fletcher.

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Stoke manager Mark Hughes names an unchanged side from the team that won 1-0 at Southampton on Saturday – with midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri and defender Philipp Wollscheid both passed fit to start.

Stoke XI: Butland, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Johnson, Pieters, Whelan, Arnautovic, Bojan, Shaqiri, Adam, Walters.

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Pards' training-ground drills are paying off...

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Ipswich are cruising to three points now and are closing in on the top six. Daryl Murphy has his second of the day - follow that game here.

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We knew that Willy Caballero was in goal for Manchester City this afternoon but David Silva is back on the bench. Raheem Sterling starts. 

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Is Defoe now a must-start for Sunderland?

BBC Radio 5 Live

You can hear live commentary from Southampton's trip to Manchester City on Radio 5 live at 15:00 GMT with guest and former England defender Danny Mills.

We should have team news from our five Premier League games at 15:00 in the next 15 minutes or so. 

Who are you hoping to see in?

The Aston Villa talking points/pints keep on coming...

Pat Murphy
BBC Radio 5 live's Midlands football reporter

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"I'm told that David Moyes was interviewed in Spain by Aston Villa, and I'm told Moyes wanted the job. He'd have sorted out the academy and introduced a root-and-branch restructuring of the club. 

"I think Moyes would have been the man to turn things around. It's unfair to expect Remi Garde, with his lack of management experience in the Premier League, to do it."

A lot of differing opinions on whether Aston Villa forward Jack Grealish should have been disciplined for going to a nightclub, after the 4-0 defeat at Everton on Saturday...

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Neil Lennon
Bolton boss on BBC Radio 5 live

"Sunderland have struggled the last few seasons. I worry about where their goals are coming from. Away from home they are very compact and made it very hard for Crystal Palace last Monday but is that something they can maintain? Maybe Sam Allardyce is looking for that little bit of stardust. But I think it's a big job to keep them up."   

This is a great tribute in memory of former Sunderland goalkeeper Marton Fulop, who died at the age of 32 on 12 November.

Fulop's shirt will be on display at the Stadium of Light and a minute's applause will be held ahead of kick-off.   

He played 47 times for the Black Cats between 2006 and 2010 and last appeared for Ipswich Town in 2011, making 38 appearances for the Suffolk club in all.  

Some excellent points coming in on both sides of the Jack Grealish coin.

Whether you think Grealish has been treated fairly or not, I think that Premier League players should be judged slightly differently to a Sunday League team surely?