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Right, so let's provide a bit of context to today's games with what went down yesterday.

Chelsea currently have a one-point lead at the top after Liverpool destroyed Southampton 4-0 to move up to second. Diogo Jota scored twice as the Reds cruised to victory.

A Blues win today restores their cushion at the top, but it means a bit of pressure on Man City to get a result against West Ham. If they get all three they will go back above Liverpool. A defeat will not only cost them that but will see the Hammers draw level with them on points.

BBC Radio 5 Live

We'll have live text commentary right here of all five games today, with us bringing the best stuff from the four matches at 2pm and then much more thorough coverage of the one at Stamford Bridge.

BBC Radio 5 Live have also got your back this afternoon. Their coverage of the games starts at 12:00 GMT, with Steve Crossman your host.

They're focusing on the action at the Etihad Stadium for Man City v West Ham first, with updates from elsewhere and then they are live from Chelsea.

After all that, it is 606 with Savage and Sutton.

Meanwhile, in London the sun is out.

It's like Winterfell and King's Landing.

Ben Davies has just done an interview ahead of Tottenham's game at Burnley. A small pile of snow had built up on the top of the microphone like a Mr Whippy ice cream.

It really is coming down.

There's still no Jack Grealish or Phil Foden in today's Manchester City squad.

Gabriel Jesus is rewarded for his winner against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday with a start. Aymeric Laporte replaces John Stones in the only other change from that Champions League win.

Pep Guardiola has only named eight, rather than nine, subs.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sterling, Jesus, Mahrez.

Subs: Steffen (GK), Carson (GK), Stones, Ake, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Palmer, McAtee.

West Ham make just the one change from their last Premier League game. Jarrod Bowen drops to the bench and is replaced by Arthur Masuaku.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Creswell, Soucek, Rice, Masuaku, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio.

Subs: Areola (GK), Coufal, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Vlasic, Noble, Bowen, Diop, Kral.

Brentford manager Thomas Frank names two changes to the side which started in the 3-3 draw with Newcastle last weekend.

Charlie Goode and Frank Onyeka replace Mads Roerslev and Saman Ghoddos, who both drop to the bench.

Yoane Wissa is also available for selection again following an ankle injury.

Brentford XI: Fernandez, Goode, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Norgaard, Henry, Onyeka, Janelt, Toney, Mbuemo.

Subs: Cox, Thompson, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Baptiste, Sorensen, Roerslev.

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Everton boss Rafael Benitez makes three changes from the 3-0 defeat by Manchester City last time out, as the Toffees' look to end a six-match winless run in the Premier League.

Abdoulaye Doucoure, Alex Iwobi and Salomon Rondon come into the starting line-up.

Fabian Delph and Demarai Gray start on the bench, while forward Richarlison is absent through suspension.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Godfrey, Keane, Digne, Gordon, Allan, Doucoure, Iwobi, Townsend, Rondon.

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Delph, Gray, Tosun, Gbamin, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin.

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Leicester City make two changes from the side that beat Legia Warsaw 3-1 on Thursday to move top of their Europa League group with one round of matches remaining.

Striker Jamie Vardy and defender Jonny Evans are in the starting line-up, although midfielder Youri Tielemans again misses out with a calf injury. Patson Daka and Daniel Amartey both drop to the bench.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Söyüncü, Evans, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, Maddison, Lookman, Barnes, Vardy.

Subs: Ward, Amartey, Vestergaard, Dewsbury-Hall, Albrighton, Choudhury, Perez, Daka, Iheanacho.

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Watford are without five-goal top goalscorer Ismaila Sarr after he picked up a knee injury in the 4-1 win over Manchester United last Saturday.

Defender Nicolas Nkoulou also suffered a hamstring strain in the same match and misses out, while goalkeeper Ben Foster is not in the squad so Daniel Bachmann is in goal.

Watford XI: Bachmann, Femenia, Cathcart, Ekong, Masina, Sissoko, Hernandez, Louza, Cleverley, Dennis, King.

Subs: Elliot, Ngakia, Rose, Kabasele, Gosling, Fletcher, Tufan, Morris, Pedro.

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Only Harry Kane, Oliver Skipp and Davinson Sanchez keep their place in the Spurs XI from the humiliating defeat by NS Mura in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Son Heung-min, Lucas Moura, Hugo Lloris and Eric Dier are among those to return.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Dier, Sanchez, Davies, Emerson, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Reguilon, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Subs: Gollini (GK), Doherty, Winks, Gil, Sessegnon, Alli, Bergwijn, Tanganga, Ndombele.

Burnley make two changes, both of them enforced because of suspension.

James Tarkowski and Ashley Westwood are replaced by Nathan Collins and Jack Cork.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Mee, Collins, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Brownhill, McNeil, Wood, Cornet.

Subs: Hennessey (GK), Roberts, Stephens, Lennon, Rodriguez, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra, Long.

Enough of that for now, though. I've done three entries on the situation at Manchester United and Rangnick hasn't even been appointed yet. Plus, they play at half four. There are four whole games of Premier League football to play before we need to start worrying about that.

And we've got some team news for those...

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Just to ladle it on, Chelsea boss Tuchel says Rangnick was one of his key influences in becoming a football coach.

Rangnick is expected to take over as interim manager at Manchester United and Tuchel worked with the German during his playing days.

“He helped me a lot. He was my coach,” said Tuchel.

“Then he was one of the main figures to convince me to try coaching. He had a huge influence on all of us at this time. He showed me it’s not necessary to follow people to the toilet in football games.

“That was the belief then, the defenders follow strikers wherever they go. He showed us it’s possible to defend everybody in a zone.”

Tuchel’s side will face Manchester United on Sunday in the Premier League and currently sit in top spot, 12 points clear of eighth-placed United.

Tuchel says he has been “surprised” by United’s form this season, adding: “Maybe I still am. I will never write anybody off in this league. It is a big club with a very experienced and a group of players individually at a top level. This is still the case.

“Part of the performance from us is to not let them perform. Once we let them perform you can see in seconds and minutes the full potential and talent of these players.”

Manchester United would probably never admit this openly, but their decision to go for Ralf Rangnick as the interim successor to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was likely influenced at least in part by the success of the man in the opposition dugout today.

When Chelsea appointed Rangnick's fellow German gaffer Thomas Tuchel as manager to replace ex-playing legend Frank Lampard, they had won just one of their last five league games with the club five points outside the Champions League qualification spots.

United currently have one win in five and are six points off the top four. Time for some of that German magic.

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So Manchester United, what first attracted you to the "tactical genius", "great man-manager", "really good man and outstanding coach" Ralf Rangnick?

We'll keep you in the loop about the status of the game at Burnley.

In the meantime...

Some men are simply too hard to bother with snow, though.

Sean Dyche doesn't feel the cold. The cold feels Sean Dyche.

Look at the scenes at Burnley.

If that game does make it (and it's going to need some serious clearing), we're going to be seen the lesser-spotted yellow balls. I always liked a more orange shade myself.

From my experience of going to games at Turf Moor, it will be colder than Jack Frost's top freezer draw over there.

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Winter has come, people.

Yesterday saw snoods, scarves and some mighty big coats on show at grounds across the country. Apart from your usual lunatics staunchly sticking to short-sleeved replica shirts. Difficult to tell where the blue Brighton top stopped and frost-bitten arm began.

Today, we've got the real deal - snow coming down. So, to those of you who have decided to join us and resist the temptation to go sledging or build your first snowman of the season, I say a big welcome.

Wherever you are, I hope you're wrapped up warm. Get that thermostat cranked up an extra degree. Go on, treat yourself.