Summary

  • Chelsea end weekend three points clear

  • FT: Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham

  • Mkhitaryan hits first Premier League goal

  • FT: Southampton 1-0 Middlesbrough

  • FT: Chelsea 1-0 West Brom

  1. Legends in the buildingpublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, ANDREA PIRLO.

    The directors' box is full of legends today. All here to see West Brom of course. 

    Andrea PirloImage source, AFP
    Frank LampardImage source, PA
  2. The thoughts of Schwarzerpublished at 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

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    Former Bradford, Chelsea, Leicester, Boro - you name it, he played for them - keeper Mark Schwarzer is now answering your questions on Facebook Live.

    Get Involved....

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  3. 'Baggies can finish in top half'published at 11:45 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Danny Murphy
    Former England midfielder on Football Focus

    Credit to Chris Brunt, he’s getting himself back to this level of fitness and is back in the team with James Morrison and Darren Fletcher. West Brom are picking up results. They are experienced players and don’t fear going anywhere in the Premier League.

    They mix it up, sometimes they go long and sometimes they play. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them finish in the top half.

  4. Fashion policepublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    ChelseaImage source, Rex Features

    As a man who can barely dress himself at all on the best of days, I am on thin ice here, but WHAT ARE THOSE?!

    Extraordinary. 

    Internet, help me out. Where would someone buy such a pair of leggings?

  5. Postpublished at 11:37 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    After the filthy weather which plagued most of England yesterday we are set fair at the Bridge. Sunny skies await.

    Kick off is 20 minutes away. 

  6. View from on highpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

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  7. 'Chelsea wing-backs on fire'published at 11:35 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Mark Lawrenson
    Former Liverpool defender on BBC Radio 5 live

    Eden Hazard and Pedro have been great at playing slightly in to allow the wing-backs to go round.

    If you had said to me at the start of the season that Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso are the wing backs and they would win eight games in a row I'd say we had put a man on the moon.

    Perhaps that is not best example...

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    *There have been 12 men to walk on the moon. Unless you believe it was all filmed in a Hollywood backlot

  8. Unusual choicepublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Cesar AzpilicuetaImage source, Reuters

    If you're looking for new ways to lose money down the bookies, you may be interested to know that Cesar Azpilicueta scored in both games against West Brom last season, scoring the opener in a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge and the Chelsea's third in a 3-2 win at the Hawthorns.

    First and last?

  9. Postpublished at 11:27 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

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  10. 'One mistake and Chelsea score'published at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea V West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Danny Murphy
    Former England midfielder on Football Focus

    With Hazard, Willian and Costa, one mistake and you’re done. It’s how much ball can West Brom get to cause them problems as I don’t see Chelsea not scoring.

    The final third is what wins games and trophies. Hazard is back to his best and Pedro is now what we expected of him, a super player, and Costa is playing amazingly well and working really hard.

  11. LINE-UPSpublished at 11:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    ..Image source, .

    Just the one change for Chelsea then as Nemanja Matic replaces Cesc Fabregas. Since they went three at the back Chelsea have a 100% record.

    Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Pedro, Costa, Hazard. Subs: Begovic, Ivanovic, Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi, Chalobah, Aina. 

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    In-form West Brom are unchanged. Can they carry a threat at the Bridge?

    West Brom: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Fletcher, Yacob, Brunt, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon. Subs: Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Gardner, McClean, Galloway, Chadli, Palmer. 

  12. Goals, goals, goalspublished at 11:14 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Wilfried ZahaImage source, PA
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    Goals...

    Every home team scored at least three goals on Saturday. And we have had plenty of goals to enjoy all season.

    From 146 matches played so far, 427 goals have been scored, at an average of 2.9 goals per match., external

    George BoydImage source, PA
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    Goals...

    If the present ratio were maintained, the 2016-17 season would finish with 1,111 goals, almost 50 more than the 1,066 in the previous highest-scoring season, in 2011-12.  

    Diomande goalImage source, Getty Images
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    Goals...

  13. Goals, goals, goalspublished at 11:09 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    So we had 29 goals on Saturday (TWENTY-NINE) meaning that we could be on for a record by the close of play.

    Over the course of a weekend/two-day period, the most goals scored in the Premier League was 53 on May 8-9 1993, while in a 20-team league the record is 43 over the weekend of February 5-6 2011.

    Fifteen goals to set a new 20-team record? With these games to come? I'm saying there's a chance...

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    Today's games:

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Manchester United v Tottenham (14:15 GMT)

    Southampton v Middlesbrough (14:15 GMT)

    Liverpool v West Ham (16:30 GMT)

  14. What happened yesterday...published at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Jamie VardyImage source, Reuters
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    Jamie Vardy takes the match ball after scoring a hat-trick against Manchester City

    ...a whole lot of goals, that's what - 29 across six Premier League games, in fact.

    If you missed them, you can catch up here:

    Watford 3-2 Everton

    Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City

    Burnley 3-2 Bournemouth

    Hull City 3-3 Crystal Palace

    Swansea City 3-0 Sunderland

    Leicester City 4-2 Manchester City

  15. 'Chelsea look the best team'published at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    Jermaine Jenas
    Former England midfielder on 5 live

    Since the switch to a back three there is no argument that Chelsea have been the most consistent and the best team in the league. Every team has had a blip already but Chelsea look the best.

  16. Team newspublished at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016
    Breaking

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    No messing about today - the teams are already in at the Bridge.

    Chelsea make one change from the battle of Eastlands, as Nemanja Matic replaces Cesc Fabregas, while West Brom are unchanged for a fifth straight league game.

  17. Sunny sides uppublished at 10:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2016

    Chelsea v West Brom (12:00 GMT)

    It's a bright and early start for the Premier League this Sunday, no room for muggy heads or dodgy stomachs here.

    Is that baked beans on some lettuce?

    Full ENglishImage source, Getty Images
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    You'll be needing one of these this morning...

    Chelsea can go back top of the table with a point at home to West Brom in the high noon showdown, but TP and his army of converted centre-halves may have something to say about that.

    Yes, Chelsea may have won eight games on the bounce in the Premier League. But West Brom have taken 10 points from 12 and are up to sixth.

    Furthermore they've started scoring goals - they've hit 10 in those four games alone.

    Eden HazardImage source, Getty Images
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    Will we see more goals from this man today?

    After the titanic goalfest of Saturday, are we on for a shedload more today?Of course we are...

    Gareth McAuleyImage source, Getty Images
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    Or maybe this man...