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For Bournemouth, the team that started at Anfield last Friday will do for Andoni Iraola. Ben Doak signed from Liverpool, and Amine Adli, the new Moroccan winger, are substitutes, as are fit again Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie, two stars of last season.
Just one change for Wolves at a stadium they won last season in February, despite being gubbed 4-0 by crisis club Manchester City. In comes Jhon Arias for Andre.
For Burnley, in come Jacob Bruun Larsen and Lesley Oguchukwu, the former Chelsea player, who makes his first competitive start, come in for Oliver Sonne and Josh Laurent.
For Sunderland, Omar Alderete comes in for his full Premier League debut, replacing Jenson Seelt.
Ben Bloom
From Brentford’s Gtech:
Beautiful weather in west London this afternoon, but there’s a suspiciously grim smell in one corner of the media room. I won’t reveal which Aston Villa legend is sat in close proximity to the offending region...
The team news headline is there’s still no Yoane Wissa in the Brentford squad, despite him taking part in first-team training this week. The hosts look considerably stronger than last weekend though, with Mikkel Damsgaard back available, and first starts for Dango Ouattara and Jordan Henderson. Emi Martinez returns in goal for Villa.
Brentford v Aston Villa teams
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Yarmolyuk, Henderson, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago. Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Jensen, Carvalho, Onyeka, Milambo, Ajer, Peart-Harris.
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Torres, Mings, Digne, Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins. Subs: Bizot, Buendia, Malen, Maatsen, Bogarde, Guessand, Burrowes, Proctor, Rowe.
Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)
Burnley v Sunderland teams
Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ekdal, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Cullen, Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Anthony, Foster. Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Pires, Laurent.
Sunderland Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Talbi, Adringra, Mayenda. Subs: Patterson, Neil, Guiu, Roberts, Rigg, Isidor, Seelt, Masuaku, Le Fee.
Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)
AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton teams
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Semenyo, Scott, Tavernier, Brooks, Evanilson. Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Christie, Doak, Adli, Kluivert, Soler,
Junior Kroupi, Hill.
Wolverhampton: Jose Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Hoever, Arias, Joao Gomes, Wolfe, Munetsi, Larsen, Bellegarde. Subs: Johnstone, Hugo Bueno, Santiago Bueno, Andre Trindade, Hwang, Mosquera, Rodrigo Gomes, Lopez, Tchatchoua.
Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
So how are those crisis clubs doing in the Championship?
Latest scores:
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Charlton 0-1 Leicester
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Hull 0-3 Blackburn
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Swansea 0-1 Watford
It’s the second half at the Etihad where Tottenham are currently riding high.
Three matches in the Scottish Premiership
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Celtic v. Livingston
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Hearts v. Motherwell
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Kilmarnock v. Dundee
League Two 3pms
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Accrington Stanley v. Grimsby
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Bristol Rovers v. Cambridge Utd
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Cheltenham v. Barnet
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Colchester v. Barrow
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Crawley Town v. Tranmere
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Fleetwood Town v. Oldham
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Gillingham v. Crewe
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Harrogate Town v. Chesterfield
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Notts County v. Bromley
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Swindon v. Shrewsbury
League One 3pms
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AFC Wimbledon v. Barnsley
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Bolton v. Lincoln City
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Huddersfield v. Stevenage
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Mansfield v. Leyton Orient
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Northampton v. Exeter
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Peterborough v. Bradford
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Plymouth v. Blackpool
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Port Vale v. Doncaster
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Stockport County v. Burton Albion
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Wycombe v. Reading
Championship 3pms
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Birmingham v. Oxford Utd
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Coventry v. QPR
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Norwich v. Middlesbrough
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Preston North End v. Ipswich
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Sheff Utd v. Millwall
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Southampton v. Stoke
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West Brom v. Portsmouth
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Wrexham v. Sheff Wed
Todays 3pm Premier League matches
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AFC Bournemouth v. Wolverhampton
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Brentford v. Aston Villa
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Burnley v. Sunderland
Preamble
The Premier League is back, and all three 3pm kick-offs have the look of important matches. Bournemouth looked mustard in attack against Liverpool, less so in defence, while Wolves were prized apart by nu-Manchester City. Burnley’s fabled defence was a horror story in losing 3-0 at Tottenham while Sunderland lived the dream against West Ham. After last night, was that such a brilliant result? Brentford had their own nightmare last week in losing 3-1 at new crisis club Nottingham Forest and now face PSR-problematic Aston Villa, a club forced to sell to buy, and fans dissatisfied at the rulebook.
There’s no such thing as gentle beginning in the Premier League. All the latest from those matches, plus news from the EFL and the Bundesliga.
