At first glance it looks like David Moyes is wearing a gillett, but panic over - it's actually just a duvet-like coat with contrasting sleeves.

His Sunderland side power forward, with Papy Djilobodji heading at the keeper. 

Then, at the other end, Nordin Amrabat hits a volley goalwards and it's saved well by Jordan Pickford.

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Good feet from Dimitri Payet opens up space for Hammers team-mate Manuel Lanzini to shoot from 20 yards - but it's well charged down by Curtis Davies. 

Patient, probing possession is the name of the Stoke game these days and they have had all of the ball since kick-off. 

The London Stadium has filled up nicely, but still there are plenty of empty seats in the lower tiers. Hull have some early ball with Tom Huddlestone pulling the strings from deep. 

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And we are up and running in our four afternoon games! 

Aitor Karanka and Bob Bradley meet with a cross between a high-five and a handshake. Strong.

The bosses are ready, and the players are primed. 

It's good to see Kasper Scmeichel back in the Premier League. The champions stride out at a noisy Bet365. 

Dion Dublin
Former Leicester and Man Utd forward on Final Score

Swansea need to take points away from the teams around them.

They can't defend the way they have done recently.

We have teams in the (vast) tunnel at London Stadium. The party is about to get started! Fire up the bubbles...

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

Teams are working Leicester out and are paying them the respect that they didn't get last season.

You need a little bit more from Leicester.

Plenty of Christmas themed dress-ups around the grounds today.

The standard team badge Santa hats, flashing antlers, and some terrible, terrible fake white beards.

Buzzing for these glasses, though. Good work, random Sunderland fan.

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This stat might be less of a worry today, seeing as Middlesbrough have scored a league-low 13 goals this season....

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Doncaster are the new leaders after they beat Grimsby in the early kick-off, but their spell at the summit could only last a few hours as Plymouth play Accrington and Carlisle entertain Yeovil.

Portsmouth and Wycombe, both in the play-offs, are at home against Hartlepool and Leyton Orient respectively, while the other sides in the top seven play each other as Blackpool entertain Luton.

Barnet and Cambridge, who have both won their last three league games, play at home against Crewe and Stevenage respectively.

At the other end of the table, bottom-placed Newport County are at Crawley, Cheltenham travel to Morecambe and Notts County, after five successive league defeats, play away against Colchester.

League leaders Scunthorpe, with only one point from their last two games, take on Millwall at home, while Bolton will go top if they win away at Chesterfield and Scunthorpe slip-up.

Bury manager Chris Brass, appointed as the club's permanent boss despite losing all four of the games he took charge of on an interim basis, has a home game against Oxford.

There were supporter protests at Charlton's last home game and the team are in action at the Valley again today as they face a Peterborough side who are currently in the play-offs.

Rochdale and Bradford are also in the top six and are both on their travels, at Northampton and Walsall respectively. Bottom of the table Shrewsbury take on Bristol Rovers, with struggling Oldham taking on Southend.

The cavernous London Stadium looks particularly serene at the moment as only a few fans have braved the cold air and presumably they are still in the concourses. The cameras do pick out one Hull fan eating an entire hard boiled egg though. Niche matchday snacks...

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Gianfranco Zola begins life at Birmingham today with a tricky test as his side entertain second-placed Brighton in the late game.

Before that, there are nine 3pm kick-offs, including leaders Newcastle away at struggling Burton in the first ever meeting between the two sides.

Fellow strugglers Blackburn and Wigan are both at home, against Reading and Ipswich respectively, while bottom-placed Rotherham make the short trip to Sheffield Wednesday for a South Yorkshire derby.

The other matches include fifth-placed Derby at Fulham, with Leeds, who currently occupy the final play-off spot, taking on Brentford at Elland Road.

Chelsea steamrolling away at the top of the table then but for the next few hours at least we'll be focusing on the trapdoor at the other end of the ladder.

17th v 18th and 15th v 19th. Could be a significant few hours. Or a bunch of rubbish 0-0s.