Stoke not content to sit on this lead as Ibrahim Affelay tests Heurelho Gomes with a shot from the edge of the area. This time, the Watford keeper is equal to it. 

Leicester using all routes to goal. This time it's Christian Fuchs evoking memories of Rory Delap with a long throw, and Shinji Okazaki meets it at the near post with a header which is just wide. 

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"Palace are sinking down that table fast. Alan Pardew will have beaten the drum again at half-time."  

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Chelsea - playing from left to right - are finding some joy at the back post. This time Cesc Fabregas's cross is headed back in by John Terry, but Adrian decisively rushes off his line to punch it away.

Love a good decisive goalkeeper. 

Hammer blow for the Hornets, who are still need three points to reach the magic 40-point mark. Not sure they will reach that today. Stoke can reach seventh with a win. Champions League, you're having a laugh, right? Or maybe not.  

Oscar, you have a left foot, use it please.

Chelsea full-back Branislav Ivanovic whips a lovely, arced ball across the corridor of uncertainty and Brazilian Oscar at the far post opts to finish with his right foot, instead of swinging a left boot at it.

He puts himself in an awkward position and the ball goes harmlessly wide.

How do you stop Dimitri Payet?

The Frenchman weaves his way into the Chelsea box and cuts the ball back into the six-yard area, leaving John Terry to scramble the ball away.

Leicester working the one-twos again on the edge of the Palace box as Riyad Mahrez skews wide. Then Jamie Vardy epitomises the Foxes' work-rate by flying into a tackle which stops Palace breaking forward. What energy!

Game changer? Kenedy comes off, Pedro comes on for Chelsea.

Leicester immediately on the front foot as Marc Albrighton cuts across the pitch from the right, clips the ball back to Shinji Okazaki, but his shot is just over. Bright start. 

And off we go at Stamford Bridge and The Hawthorns.

Couple of changes for Palace as Martin Kelly and Bakary Sako are on for Pape Souare and Emmanuel Adebayor. Game on. 

Under way at Selhurst Park and Vicarage Road. They're keen to get on with it.

A shock could be on the cards at Stevenage who are 2-1 up against leaders Northampton. Luke Wilkinson got both their goals but the Cobblers did half the deficit before the break through James Collins, whose week has taken a turn for the better after his troubles at the Cheltenham Festival. 

Third-placed Plymouth will drop out of the automatic promotion places as it stands, trailing 1-0 at home to Luton.

Second-placed Oxford are being held 0-0 at Barnet.

Dagenham and Redbridge and York both look well adrift at the bottom of the table but the former are holding fifth-placed Accrington, while the Minstermen are leading 1-0 at Wimbledon.

At Watford, the average positions for the first half show that Hornets strikers Troy Deeney (9) and Odion Ighalo (24) are far more isolated than those from Stoke, who are getting plenty of support from their team-mates. 

Image source, Opta

Image source, Opta

Leicester for once, enjoying a decent amount of possession, and they've made it count with two of the three best chances of the half. Palace left to rue that miss from Wilfried Zaha.

Huddersfield equalised in the West Yorkshire derby at Leeds just before half-time, Mark Hudson scoring with a diving header.

Rotherham could be moving out of the relegation zone with Leon Best scoring in the 44th minute at Ipswich.

Leaders Burnley haven't been able to break down the Wolves defence in the first half at Turf Moor, while third-placed Brighton are 0-0 at MK Dons. Not much happening there.

Sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday are scoreless at home to Charlton. 

Check out the BBC Sport match report of Arsenal's comfortable win at Everton.