Phil Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Radio 5 live

Marco Silva has been a breath of fresh air for Hull. 

It was very clever of him to only sign a six month contract at this club because where they were in the Premier League, not may people would have given him much hope. Now, I think Hull will survive - I think they will beat Middlesbrough tonight and go on to overtake Palace. 

Things could change dramatically at the top of the table today, but the race to stay in the Premier League is also hotting up.

Relegation-threatened Hull and Middlesbrough face the proverbial "six pointer" today and the hosts will be confident of getting something out of the game...

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Crystal Palace were deep in trouble before the arrival on this man...

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Sam Allardyce's side have won four straight games and have climbed four points away from trouble.

Tony Husband
BBC South Today sports editor

"A Crystal Palace fan cut my hair last week and when I suggested Sam Allardyce would steer them to safety he warned me to take a look at their daunting fixture list.

"Palace still have to play Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool and both Manchester clubs. So the barber's point, with no disrespect aimed at Southampton, was that three points is a must on the south coast.

"However, that was before the Eagles' stunning win at Chelsea. The low-scoring Saints will want to avoid going the same way as the champions-elect and need a performance in front of their home fans.

"If Palace win, my barber will be singing while he's trimming next time around."

Anthony Myers: So tonight at the Liberty Stadium we have the Spurs Rejects vs the Spurs Reserves.

Tanay Apte: What's with Middlesbrough's left backs? First Friend, now Husband. One big (un)happy family? 

Southampton make two changes from Saturday's goalless draw against Bournemouth.

Sam McQueen replaces Ryan Bertrand at left-back and Shane Long comes in for Jay Rodriguez as the lone striker.

Southampton XI: Forster, McQueen, Yoshida, Stephens, Soares, Romeu, Davis, Redmond, Tadic, Ward-Prowse, Long.

Crystal Palace are forced to make one change, with Martin Kelly replacing Scott Dann, who suffered knee ligament damage in the win at Chelsea.

Wilfried Zaha makes his 250th appearance for Palace, while Christian Benteke continues to lead the line.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey, Schlupp, Sakho, Kelly, Ward, Milivojevic, Cabaye, Zaha, Puncheon, Townsend, Benteke.

While team news trickles in, you might actually crave some live action.

Help is at hand in the shape of La Liga, where Barcelona have only taken half an hour to go 3-0 up on Sevilla.

Real Madrid play later. Football tapas.

Follow it all here.

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On Saturday Hull City 's half-time switch to a flat back four from a three-man defence inspired them to come from behind to beat West Ham and Marco Silva has stuck with that formation tonight.

Their one change to the starting 11 sees midfielder Kamil Grosicki come in for centre-back Curtis Davies.

Hull XI: Jakupovic, Elmohamady, Ranocchia, Maguire, Robertson, Grosicki, N'Diaye, Clucas, Markovic, Niasse, Hernandez.

Middlesbrough make three changes to the team that drew with Swansea on Sunday.

They've gone for two up front for this crucial game with Rudy Gestede coming in for Gaston Ramirez who has an ankle injury.

Full-back Fabio is out with concussion so James Husband comes in while Daniel Ayala replaces Bernado at centre-beck.

Stewart Downing makes his 400th Premier League appearance.

Middlesbrough XI: Valdes, Barragan, Ayala, Gibson, Husband, Traore, Clayton, de Roon, Downing, Negredo, Gestede. 

Kaushik Gorai: Chelsea will eventually go on to win the title even if lost today. Final standings: Chelsea,Spurs,Liverpool, Man City.

Rashida: Chelsea simply can't afford a defeat. But I've a feeling it'll be their turn to lose their cool tonight if City take the lead.

Swansea striker Fernando Llorente is still out with an ankle injury so Jordan Ayew continues in attack. Wayne Routledge returns on the right side of the front three in place of Luciano Narsingh. Other than that it is the same side that drew with Middlesbrough.

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Fer, Cork, Carroll, Routledge, Ayew, Sigurdsson. 

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Hugo Lloris is ill and not in the Tottenham squad so Michel Vorm starts in goal against his former club. The injured Harry Winks is out for the season, so Moussa Sissoko takes his place in midfield. Son Heung-min replaces Vincent Jansson up front while Kyle Walker returns at right-back, with Kieran Trippier dropping to the bench. Victor Wanyama is injured so Mousa Dembele starts in midfield.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Alli, Eriksen, Son.

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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is back. The centre back starts for the first time since November in their crucial clash against Chelsea.

Petr Cech and David Ospina are both out injured for Arsenal so goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez makes his first Premier League appearance since 2014.

Laurent Koscielny misses out with an Achilles problem, with Gabriel taking his place. Mohamed Elneny replaces Francis Coquelin in midfield from the side who drew 2-2 with Manchester City on Sunday.

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West Ham make three changes from the side who lost 2-1 to Hull.

Michail Antonio returns from a hamstring problem and replaces Sofiane Feghouli. Mark Noble takes the place of Robert Snodgrass, while Arthur Masuaku comes in for the injured Aaron Cresswell.

Diafra Sakho returns to the bench, having been out injured since November.

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Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino on why goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is missing: "Hugo started to feel unwell after lunch so stayed at the hotel. He is not ready to play."

A dodgy lasagne?

BIG goalkeeping team news.

Petr Cech and and David Ospina are both out for Arsenal, so Emiliano Martinez starts in goal for the Gunners.

Tottenham skipper Hugo Lloris misses out too, so Michel Vorm starts against his former club Swansea.

Full team news to come.

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So, what do you make of it all?

Chelsea were cruising to the Premier League trophy until their shock loss at home to Crystal Palace at the weekend, with some declaring the the title race back ON.

After this round of fixtures, we are into the final furlong, so will Chelsea win the title at a canter or can Tottenham pip them to the post by a short head?

Defeat for Antonio Conte's side against Pep Guardiola's men today, coupled with a win for Mauricio Pochettino's troops and the lead is down to four points.

Will the Premier League title be won or lost tonight?

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Here's the menu. No starter, no desserts, just a main course large enough to stretch your stomach. The top four fixtures begins at 19:45, the other two at 20:00.

Arsenal v West Ham

Hull City v Middlesbrough

Southampton v Crystal Palace

Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur

Chelsea v Manchester City

Liverpool v Bournemouth

Team news for the early kick-offs will be dropping very soon.

And it's also a rather large night at the bottom of the table.

In East Yorkshire, 18th-placed Hull entertain 19th-placed Middlesbrough, with a home win probably leaving the visitors needing snookers.

Above them, everyone from 13th downwards plays tonight, well aware that the trapdoor looms. 

Which brings us to tonight and a potentially decisive evening in this Premier League title race.

If Chelsea, fresh off a shock defeat by Crystal Palace, slip up again at home to Manchester City, then Spurs could be four points behind and breathing down their necks.

If things go the other way and Chelsea restore that 10-point cushion, it's all over bar the blue ribbons, no?  

...so could Tottenham cut Chelsea's lead from 10 points to four in the space of of five days?

It's the hope that kills you.

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