Villa still on top at an increasingly edgy Stadium of Light. Defeat could be disastrous for the hosts this afternoon and they've started like a team who know it...

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West Brom defender Jonny Evans reckons he's been pushed in the back by Stoke's Geoff Cameron after a free-kick but the referee is having none of it.

And Evans is in the thick of the action again as he almost turns in a corner at the back post. 

Has to score! You have to score those! Bournemouth spurn a golden, golden chance as Junior Stanislas does superbly to volley a ball back across goal, Josh King is unmarked inside the six-yard box but he slides a header wide! The goal was gaping. 

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Arsenal continue to pester down their right-hand side with Hector Bellerin a constant outlet. Newcastle are well drilled though and are holding their shape well, as Aaron Ramsey shoots over. 

A mistake from Southampton captain Jose Fonte sees Norwich's Jonny Howson capitalise, but he scuffs his shot wide from two yards out. It's still goalless.   

Riyad Mahrez hits a scissor kick over the top as Leicester make a bubbly start - and could the Foxes soon have some cover for their Algerian winger?

Geoff Cameron has two shots in quick succession, in Stoke's first real attack of the game, but it comes to nothing for the visitors. 

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There's panic in the air in Sunderland as the hosts are having a 'who can defend worse' contest!

Woeful again as they allow Leandro Bacuna all the time in the north east to look up and spy Jordan Veretout at the back post, his volley is hard and low and it requires a strong wrist from Vito Mannone.

Villa on top!

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

“The fans at Leicester are having a fantastic time. I’ve been thoroughly entertained by watching Leicester. I sometimes think we lose perspective. We’re not talking about a Manchester United side who pass the ball for the sake of it. We’re talking about a team who go for the throat because they have players who can do it. Ranieri’s deploying a style that suits his players.”

It's a bit soggy in the West Midlands. 

The rain is lashing down at The Hawthorns and it's making it very greasy on the surface. 

That may have suited the Stoke of yesteryear, but it's the home side who have started better. 

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'Interesting' defending from Sunderland. Lee Cattermole gives the ball away on halfway and Leandro Bacuna carries it on. He has 50 yards to go and nobody closes him down, it's almost a written invitation to shoot and he does, punting it wide on his left foot.

A good opportunity for the out-of-sorts visitors. 

The Gunners mount the first attack down their right and when Hector Bellerin stabs over a cross, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain meets it at full stretch and consequently can't control his volley, screwing it high and wide.

Lovely play from Sunderland! No, really - Fabio Borini backheels through to Duncan Watmore on the edge of the area but the youngster fires over the crossbar. Nice start.

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

“If that Manchester United side can’t beat Swansea, there’s something terribly wrong. Van Gaal may not have lost the players in the dressing room, but he’s not winning matches."

Manchester United are having a go already. 

Midfielder Juan Mata goes at goal with a curling effort but it's blocked by Federico Fernandez. 

BBC Sport's Steve Wyeth at Ewood Park: "Carlisle's Brunton Park home is currently out of action after the floods in Cumbria, and so Keith Curle's side have temporarily moved around 80 miles south to play today's League Two home game against Plymouth at Blackburn.

"It's likely to be the strangest atmosphere of the day. Ewood Park is Carlisle's home from home - at least 90% of the seats here will remain empty!"

The Leicester groundsman had a new lawnmower for Christmas, he's cut a lovely diamond pattern into the King Power turf. It's a carpet, Crucible-baize-esque. 

Bournemouth have a half-hearted penalty shout waved away inside 30 seconds as a cross hits Wes Morgan's arm...