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In case you're wondering who Benoit Badiashile is. Chelsea signed him from Monaco for £35m on a seven-and-a-half-year contract a few days ago.

Badiashile, 21, has spent five seasons in Ligue 1 and made 135 league appearances for Monaco.

The central defender made his senior France debut in September against Austria and has two caps.

Now you know.

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Chelsea make five changes to the team beaten at Fulham on Thursday including a debut for Benoit Badiashile. Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, Carney Chukwuemeka and Hakim Ziyech also return.

Kalidou Koulibaly, Cesar Azpilicueta and Mateo Kovacic drop to the bench, Joao Felix is suspended and Denis Zakaria out with a thigh problem.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Hall, Jorginho, Chukwuemeka, Gallagher, Mount, Ziyech, Havertz.

Subs: Bettinelli, Kovacic, Aubameyang, Loftus-Cheek, Koulibaly, Fofana, Azpilicueta, Cucurella, Humphreys.

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Crystal Palace left-back Tyrick Mitchell returns to the starting XI after completing a three-match ban.

Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeff Schlupp also return after being rested for last weekend's FA Cup defeat by Southampton.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Clyne, Guehi, Andersen, Mitchell, Schlupp, Doucoure, Olise, Eze, Zaha, Ayew.

Subs:Johnstone, Ward, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Mateta, Hughes, Edouard, Richards, Ikechukwu.

Newcastle are unchanged from their League Cup victory over Leicester in midweek. That means Joelinton keeps his place despite being charged with drink driving this week. Manager Eddie Howe had cast doubt on his inclusion.

Record signing Alexander Isak is on the bench, back in the squad for a league game for the first time since September.

Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Joelinton, Wilson, Almiron, Willock, Burn, Longstaff, Guimaraes

Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Saint-Maximin, Ritchie, Lewis, Isak, Manquillo, Wood, Murphy

Fulham top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic is back to face his old club after suspension. Carlos Vinicius is only among the substitutes despite his goal against Chelsea.

There are two further changes with Tosin Adarabioyo dropped to the bench and Antonee Robinson suspended.

Layvin Kurzawa and Issa Diop come in.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Kurzawa, Reed, Mitrovic, Ream, De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Palhinha, Diop.

Subs: Rodak, Adarabioyo, Wilson, Cairney, Solomon, Chalobah, James, Vinícius, Bernard Harris

Chelsea are likely to be without 11 first-team players as new signing Joao Felix begins a three-match ban after his red card at Fulham.

Midfielder Denis Zakaria suffered a thigh issue in that game and joins the likes of Ben Chilwell, Reece James, and Raheem Sterling on the sidelines.

Crystal Palace left-back Tyrick Mitchell returns from a three-match ban after his Boxing Day dismissal.

James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson remain long-term absentees.

Newcastle's club record signing Alexander Isak could make his first league appearance for four months after playing in two cup ties since his return from a thigh injury.

Head coach Eddie Howe must decide whether to select Joelinton, who was charged with drink-driving on Thursday.

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic returns from a one-match suspension to face his former club.

Left-back Antonee Robinson is banned for accumulating five yellow cards.

Would you believe I forgot to press publish on those posts after teeing them up? Great start to this live text.

We'll have the line-ups from those two games at 13:00 GMT - but let's look at the early team news now.

The north London derby isn't until 16:30 GMT.

Before then our focus will be on the two 14:00 games as fourth play sixth - Newcastle v Fulham - and Chelsea, who will feel like they should be up there too, face Crystal Palace in the first capital clash of the day.

Yesterday felt like a huge day in the Premier League title race with Manchester United coming from behind to beat Manchester City in the derby.

But today could be even bigger.

If Arsenal win at Tottenham later on they will be EIGHT points clear of City at the top.

But lose and the door is opened again for City... and United?!