Summary

  • Leaders Leicester win 1-0 at Palace

  • Foxes go eight points clear at top

  • Chelsea hit back to draw 2-2 with West Ham

  • Stoke win 2-1 at Watford

  • Norwich beat West Brom to move out of bottom three

  • Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 in early game

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    A weekend of rivalries

    Justin Barnes: The big derby is in Prague: Sparta v Slavia. We're here watching Marlborough College Football XI ('The Grannies') on tour.

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  2. 'One or two of those Arsenal players might be a little tired'published at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

    Pat Nevin
    Former Everton winger at Goodison Park for 5 live Sport

    "That Arsenal line-up slightly surprises me, but then they did play well against Barcelona. Arsene Wenger has given these players the opportunity to show that again, but one or two might be a little tired. 

    "Everton will have to play with an intense tempo and with great crowd backing to win this today. But I think the Toffees can do it." 

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    A weekend of rivalries

    John Mcdonald‏: Doesn't the highland Derby of Ross County v Inverness count as a derby? They're only both the holders of both national cups...

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  4. Advantage Leicester?published at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Crystal Palace v Leicester City (15:00 GMT)

    Jason Roberts
    Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

    Are Leicester at an advantage playing before Spurs in five of the next six weekends?

    "'I think it's a massive positive for them because you get to set the agenda. No matter what happens, even if you lose the other team has got more pressure to go out there and perform. The way they've been going at the minute, there's no reason to say they're going to lose. 

    "The two straight 1-0 win's that we've just seen against Watford and Newcastle, they realise how close they are now. They can concede possession, they can have 30 or 40% possession and still win games so I don't think they've got anything to fear and setting the agenda is good for them."

    Shinji Okazaki was Leicester's match-winner against NewcastleImage source, Reuters
  5. Candles for Hectorpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

    Now Arsenal's focus switches to Goodison Park and 12:45 GMT...

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    A weekend of rivalries

    Chris Graham: Don't forget the cross border derby as @ChesterFC, external travel to Wrexham

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  7. Get Involvedpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

  8. 'Man Utd will struggle for top four'published at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Manchester City v Manchester United (Sunday 1600 GMT)

    Jason Roberts
    Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

    Manchester United manager Louis van GaalImage source, Reuters

    "Everybody has to take their fair share of blame. From the players perspective, it hasn't been good enough, from the manager's perspective, it hasn't been good enough. 

    "Louis van Gaal doesn't seem to understand what it means to put out a Manchester United side that plays with a free-flowing style of football. At the moment, it seems like they're not playing with imagination. 

    "Those losses against Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion have not been good enough and if they lose tomorrow I think they may struggle to get into the Champions League places."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    A weekend of rivalries

    Lee Hogan‏: What about "the most deprived town" derby. Oldham v Rochdale. No one really wins here...

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  10. Championship previewpublished at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Harry RedknappImage source, Rex Features

    Will new football advisor Harry Redknapp help Derby put a calamitous draw against Rotherham behind them? The Rams face managerless Nottingham Forest in the early kick-off as they seek to close the gap on fourth-placed Hull. 

    Middlesbrough’s late victory over Steve Bruce’s team last night means Brighton can return to second if they win away at MK Dons, while Burnley will hope to extend their lead at the top if they can beat 12th-placed Wolves at home. Bottom-of-the-table Bolton start life without former manager Neil Lennon at Bristol City, while Neil Warnock's Rotherham travel to Ipswich buoyed by that unlikely point against Derby.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    A weekend of rivalries

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  12. Rivalry is rifepublished at 12:14

    What a weekend of footballing (and one cricketing) rivalries we have lined up, some of these teams just do not like each other. Not sure I've seen a weekend like it:

    Saturday

    Derby v Nottingham Forest (12:30 GMT)

    India v Pakistan (14:00)

    Leeds v Huddersfield (15:00)

    PSV supportersImage source, Getty Images

    Sunday

    Newcastle v Sunderland (13:30)

    Torino v Juventus (14:00)

    Ajax v PSV Eindhoven (15:45)

    Manchester City v Manchester United (16:00)

    Galatasaray v Fenerbahce (18:00)

    Paris-St Germain v Monaco (20:00)

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  13. Postpublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Football Focus

    Football Focus with Dan Walker and guests is under way on BBC One and at the top of this page.

    We'll share the thoughts of former Blackburn striker Jason Roberts and ex-Manchester City midfielder Trevor Sinclair.

  14. Get Involvedpublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

  15. 'Arsenal need a big response'published at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

    Arsene WengerImage source, Rex Features

    The two managers have just been in the Goodison Park tunnel giving their pre-match thoughts to BT Sport:

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: “We need a big response but our target will be to continue to play the way we did at Barcelona. At the moment we don’t finish as well as we want but if we continue to create chances that will come.”    

    Everton manager Roberto Martinez: “The standard of our play hasn’t been reflected in the scorelines this season and we want to put that right. That is for a number of reasons but we need to address it. The psychology of wanting to play in front of our fans and our desire to win has sometimes left us a little bit exposed. The responsibility of everyone is to change that and this is a good opportunity to do that.”

  16. Postpublished at 12:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    You can tune in now to listen to all the build-up to this afternoon's action on BBC Radio 5 live. 

    Coverage from Goodison Park and Everton v Arsenal, the Premier League's early kick-off, arrives at 12:45 GMT, in the company of John Murray and ex-Everton winger Pat Nevin.

  17. Team newspublished at 12:03 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2016

    Everton v Arsenal (12:45 GMT)

    Gareth Barry is suspended following his red card against Chelsea in the FA Cup. Muhamed Besic replaces him in the only change from that last-eight game.

    Everton XI: Robles, Coleman, Baines, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Besic, McCarthy, Lennon, Cleverley, Barkley, Lukaku.

    Subs: Howard, Stones, Kone, Niasse, Deulofeu, Osman, Galloway.

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    Arsenal make one change to the side that started the second leg of the Champions League last-16 tie in Barcelona. Francis Coquelin comes in to midfield in place of Mathieu Flamini. This means 19-year-old Alex Iwobi keeps his place in attack, for a first Premier League start, while Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud remain on the bench.

    Arsenal XI: Ospina, Monreal, Koscielny, Gabriel, Bellerin, Coquelin, Elneny, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Welbeck.

    Subs: Macey, Gibbs, Mertesacker, Chambers, Campbell, Walcott, Giroud.

    .Image source, .