Postpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 1 October 2016

15:10 BST 1 October 2016

Sunderland 0-0 West Brom

Ooof! John O'Shea levels Craig Dawson with a swinging arm - totally unintentionally. He didn't know the West Brom man was there. 

A new-look Chelsea then, but they haven't offered much going forwards yet. That Robert Snodgrass free-kick still the only chance of the opening stages. 

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Sam Byram's shift is over already. The ex-Leeds player is lifted on to the back of the medical buggy (you didn't get them at Upton Park) and clutches his head with his hand as it drives off the pitch. 

Not exactly sure what the problem is. Byram landed on the turf as he made a diving headed clearance, but then also clutched his hamstring.

On comes Spanish World Cup winner Avalro Arbeloa. Straight swap.

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Steve McClaren
Former England and Newcastle manager on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

Chelsea have lined up three at the back. Conte has gone with it. 

That is what he is used to. 

With the players he has got, I can see it working.

It looks like Gary Cahill, David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta at the back with Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso pushed on down each flank.

Uh oh. West Ham have an injury problem already. Young full-back Sam Byram - back in the side today - crumples in a heap and is in some distress. Stretcher is on, Alvaro Arbeloa is warming up. 

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Got to score! No!

Jermain Defoe is played through, onside, no more than 12 yards out - and he slices it wide!

He will not get a better chance all day long. Great ball from Duncan Watmore to pick him out.

The Stadium of Light is in shock. 

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What a save! Hull make a lively start and they are so close to the opener. Robert Snodgrass lashes in a free-kick, it takes a sizable deflection off the top of the wall but Thibaut Courtois somehow shifts his balance to turn it over. Superb!

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Odion Ighalo is not as hot as he was last September - and he shows why early on at Vicarage Road. The Watford striker looks to be lacking a bit of confidence, snatching at a half chance as he drags wide of the right-hand post from 15 yards.

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It's sunny in Sunderland and plenty of noise about as the hosts make a bright enough start. As usual they will look for Jermain Defoe this afternoon.

Defoe has scored 23 goals for Sunderland in the Premier League, but only eight have come at the Stadium of Light for the club (35%).

Game on! We are up and running in our four 15:00 BST matches. 

Can you spot Roy Hodgson? Ebbsfleet United were known as Gravesend and Northfleet when the former England manager turned out for them between 1969 and 1971.

Ebbsfleet, who played in the sixth tier National League South, are one of 80 teams competing in the FA Cup third qualifying round this weekend. The Kent team's squad includes Charlie Sheringham, son of former Tottenham and England striker Teddy, and forward Aaron McLean, who played for Hull City in the Premier League three years ago.

Read more about the FA Cup third qualifying round here.

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  And for those who cannot spot Roy, he is on the front row, far right.  

Slaven Bilic isn't the type of bloke you'd want to see lurking around and waiting for you. Especially in an alley on a dark night. The West Ham boss loiters outside the tunnel, waiting for Boro counterpart Aitor Karanka. The Spaniard struggles to see him initially as he eats the soapy bubbles firing out of the machine before shaking hands and heading over to the away dug-out.

The teams are lining up in the tunnels in Hull, east London, Watford and Sunderland. Five minutes until lift off.

The sun may be shining at Vicarage Road, but we've just just spotted our first woolly hat of the season. Never had Vicarage Road down as a chilly ground. The coldest? Oldham, surely.

A few pensive looks are etched across the faces of plenty of West Ham fans ahead of kick-off. Are they going to see a flurry of goals go into their side's net again? The Hammers have leaked 14 goals in their past four matches. At least they're getting a decent cost-per-goal rate...

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Plymouth lost their opening two games of the season but since then it's seven wins and a draw to top the early League Two table. They host Yeovil this afternoon, while Luton, Doncaster, Portsmouth and Notts County are level behind the leaders on 17 points.

The hatters are at struggling Cheltenham, Doncaster are at Pompey and Notts County host Morecambe.

At the bottom, Newport sacked Warren Feeney this week and now have a day off - their game against Stevenage has been called off!

Follow the day's EFL action here.

Final Score

As ever you can watch Final Score today.

Jason Mohammad is in the presenter's chair and is joined by the former Premier League strikers Dion Dublin and Jason Roberts.

The show starts on the red button before switching to BBC One from 16:00.

You can also watch it from start to finish at the top of this page.

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

There haven't been many mentions of Sunderland amidst this week's sorry England tale. There should have been.

We'll never know, but if Sam Allardyce had stayed they might not have been in their latest sorry state. As for what else might not have happened...

Staying with fantastical thoughts, it's possible that David Moyes' managerial career might not have happened in the same way had Tony Pulis' Gillingham not won at Preston in January 1998, prompting Gary Peters to resign and make way for a 34-year-old Moyes to take over at Deepdale.

Some 'what ifs' that bring the film Sliding Doors to mind. It makes a change from Sunderland's usual - Groundhog Day.

Is today, that day? You know, big coat day?

A fair few fans have got scarves, gloves and hoods up at the Stadium of Light where it's sunny but presumably chilly. 

It's drama o'clock at the Cottage! Fulham get a late lifeline against west London rivals QPR, winning an injury-time penalty as they trail 2-1.

Home midfielder Tom Cairney missed a penalty earlier on so it is Sone Aluko who takes responsibility... But he cracks the post with the last kick of the game!

A bad week for Rangers boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink ends on a high.

Follow all the EFL action here.