Postpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 18 November 2017

15:02 GMT 18 November 2017

Liverpool 0-0 Southampton

Dusan Tadic is injured after about 30 seconds at Anfield, a heavy landing, but he's able to continue after an appointment with the magic sponge.

Whistles to the lips and PEEEEP!

This afternoon's six Premier League games are getting under way now.

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Players are out on pitches up and down the country as kick-off approaches.

John Southall
BBC Radio 5 live football reporter at Selhurst Park

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It's a grim wet afternoon at Selhurst Park and it reflects the fortunes of these two. Both sides have favourable fixtures on the horizon and both need to string a run of wins together. David Unsworth has shuffled his Everton pack and it looks an adventurous front four with Lennon, Sigurdsson and Lookman behind Niasse.

While Palace who've scored just four League goals this season (three from Palace players) resist the temptation to bring back Christian Benteke back after seven weeks out, he starts on the bench.

Let's hope the game rises above the bleak conditions.

PS, who's idea was it to put that bar in front of the commentary position ?

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Sunderland fans craning your necks up to the directors' box to see if you can spot Chris Coleman, don't bother. He's due to turn on Newport's Christmas lights today.

That's not going to be awkward at all...

Some people might expect Burnley versus Swansea to be a low-scoring affair but not Will Ferrell.

The Hollywood actor has made some interesting predictions, including this game to end 5-5...

Check the full predictions below.

Wolves are bidding to return to the top of the Championship today. They are at Reading while Sunderland - soon to have Chris Coleman as manager - host Millwall.

Follow all the action from the English Football League here.

John Southall
BBC Radio 5 live football reporter

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It could be an edgy afternoon at Selhurst Park for the start of a run of games that could define Crystal Palace’s season.

Starting with the visit of Everton today, Palace’s next eight games are against sides outside the top six, the picture should become a lot clearer by Christmas.

Can Everton kick on after the dramatic win last time out against Watford? David Unsworth will be buoyed by the stats. Everton are unbeaten in their past five league games against Palace while the latter have won only one of their eight Premier League home games versus Everton. If that continues today Unsworth will have a slightly tighter grip on the manager's job.

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All over in the early Scottish Premiership game as leaders Celtic beat Ross County 1-0.

There's four more top flight games coming up at 15:00 GMT and you can follow them here.

Get all the latest from all of this afternoon's games on Final Score, which is live on BBC Red Button and online now.

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All over in the early kick off and a blow for Tottenham's title aspirations as they lost 2-0 to rivals Arsenal.

The result means Manchester City can go 11 points clear of Spurs if they beat Leicester this afternoon.

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Alistair Mann
MOTD commentator

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Though only a point separated them in last season's league table, the subsequent months have been dramatically different for Burnley and Swansea.

The Clarets have been enjoying their best top-flight start for 44 years, while the Swans have been enduring their worst start to a campaign since, er, well, last season!

The two sides are a massive 11 points apart, yet they do both share one trait in common - neither are prolific in front of goal.

Burnley have scored only three more than the Swans and only once have they scored more than one, and that was on the opening day at Chelsea.

A stoic, superbly drilled side, Sean Dyche's men have become the 1-0 specialists in recent years; many will be predicting a similar scoreline this weekend.

Burnley will be without top scorer Chris Wood for the visit of Swansea. The striker was kept out of the starting XI for New Zealand's World Cup play-offs against Peru with a hamstring injury and is today replaced up top by Ashley Barnes.

Burnley XI: Pope (GK), Lowton, Cork, Tarkowski, Mee, Barnes, Brady, Hendrick, Defour, Berg Gudmundsson, Ward

Subs: Lindegaard (GK), Taylor, Vokes, Westwood, Wells, Long, Arfield.

Swansea make two changes to the team that was beaten 1-0 by Brighton before the international break.

Martin Olsson and Renato Sanches come in for Ki Sung-yueng and Tom Carroll. Sanches had missed the past two games with a thigh injury.

Swansea XI: Fabianski (GK), Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Clucas, Fer, Olsson, Sanches, Dyer, Abraham, J Ayew.

Subs: Nordfeldt (GK), Bony, Ki, Van der Hoorn, Narsingh, Carroll, Routledge.

John Murray
MOTD commentator

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I expected to be covering the first match for a new Everton manager but obviously that's not the case. Instead, interim manager David Unsworth takes charge for a fifth time, having emerged with his first points last time out against Watford.

With pressure eased on Everton, it still weighs heavily on Crystal Palace. Last month's win against Chelsea is their only victory in seven league matches since Roy Hodgson was appointed manager.

It brings back memories of how he recorded only one win in his first 10 league games as Fulham boss back in 2007-08 yet still avoided relegation.

Palace now face a run of eight consecutive fixtures against teams outside the top six and simply have to start winning to kick-start their revival.

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Roy Hodgson makes just the one change to the Crystal Palace team that lost 1-0 at Tottenham before the international break.

James McArthur comes in to replace Timothy Fosu-Mensah, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek fit to start in midfield following his impressive performances for England.

Palace XI: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp, Loftus-Cheek, Cabaye, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Zaha.

Subs: Tomkins, Hennessey, Benteke, Souare, Fosu-Mensah, Sako, Puncheon.

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Everton caretaker boss David Unsworth makes three changes from the team that beat Watford 3-2 on 5 November.

Aaron Lennon, making just his second start of the season, replaces Tom Davies and Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Beni Baningime in midfield, while Wayne Rooney drops to the bench, with Ademola Lookman taking his place.

Everton XI: Pickford, Kenny, Jagielka, Keane, Baines, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Lennon, Niasse, Lookman.

Subs: Williams, Sandro, Rooney, Martina, Davies, Calvert-Lewin, Robles.

Simon Brotherton
MOTD commentator

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This is an occasion Southampton's manager Mauricio Pellegrino is clearly relishing. He had spells at Liverpool, external as both a player and a coach under Rafa Benitez and has good memories of his time on Merseyside.

His return to Anfield is one of several links between the two clubs this weekend. Liverpool could include two former Saints; Sadio Mane has recovered from a minor hamstring issue, and there's the possibility of Adam Lallana making his first appearance of the season after injury against his old club.

We'll also get to see Virgil van Dijk playing at Anfield, which is something he fancied doing on a regular basis when Liverpool unsuccessfully bid for him in the summer. That might still come to pass, with renewed speculation of a move away, external from St Mary's in January.

Sadio Mane brushes off any concerns over a hamstring complaint picked up on international duty as he starts for Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp makes four changes from the side which won 4-1 at West Ham.

Trent Alexander-Arnold comes in for Joe Gomez, Dejan Lovren is in for the injured Joel Matip, Jordan Henderson returns as Emre Can hits the bench and Philippe Coutinho plays, so Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is among the replacements.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Wijnaldum, Lovren, Firmino, Coutinho, Salah, Henderson, Klavan, Moreno, Mane, Alexander-Arnold. Subs: Karius, Sturridge, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Milner, Can.

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Southampton makes two changes from the side which lost to Burnley. Wesley Hoedt comes into the defence, while Shane Long is preferred to Manolo Gabbiadini up front. Long's last goal came on 11 February.

Southampton: Forster, Soares, Hoedt, Long, Davis, Tadic, Romeu, Van Dijk, Boufal, Bertrand, Redmond. Subs: McCarthy, Yoshida, Austin, Ward-Prowse, Gabbiadini, Højbjerg, Targett.

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West Brom make two changes from the side that lost 1-0 at Huddersfield on 4 November with Salomon Rondon and Matt Phillips starting and Hal Robson-Kanu and Nyom dropping to the bench.

Midfielder Nacer Chadli is out until around Christmas after he tore a thigh muscle in training earlier this week and James Morrison also misses out.

West Brom: Foster, McAuley, Hegazi, Evans, Phillips, Krychowiak, Barry, Livermore, Gibbs, Rondon, Rodriguez. Subs: Nyom, Robson-Kanu, Yacob, Brunt, Myhill, McClean, Burke.

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Chelsea forward Michy Batshuayi, who scored the title-winning goal in a 1-0 win for Antonio Conte's side in this fixture in May, misses out with an ankle injury.

Conte names the same starting 11 that started the 1-0 win over Manchester United on 5 November, although David Luiz, left out of the squad for that match, is on the bench. Danny Drinkwater, who rejected an England call-up to play Germany and Brazil, is also a substitute.

Chelsea: Courtois, Christensen, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Kante, Zappacosta, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso, Morata, Hazard. Subs: Caballero, Rudiger, Drinkwater, Pedro, Willian, Luiz, Ampadu.

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John Roder
Match of the Day commentator at Vitality Stadium

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So much has changed for both Bournemouth and Huddersfield since they met in the semi-finals of the League One play-offs in 2011, when dreams of reaching the top division were exactly that.

Six and a half years on, both come into their first Premier League meeting looking for an improvement in front of goal.

Bournemouth have scored only three goals at home in the league this season, while Huddersfield haven't netted on their travels since winning 3-0 at Crystal Palace on the opening weekend back in August.

The Cherries' home form of one win, one draw and three defeats is the same as Huddersfield's away record, which suggests this is a tough one to predict.