Key events
Celtic v Aberdeen teams
Southampton v Leicester City teams
Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion teams
It’s all about the big-name strikers at St James’ Park, the spiritual home of the archetypal number nine. Alexander Isak is back for Newcastle while comeback kings Brighton, high after their 3-2 win over Spurs, welcome back Evan Ferguson.
Manchester United v Brentford teams
Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martínez and Casemiro return for United after the goalless draw at Aston Villa. Brentford are unchanged following their 5-3 rout of Wolves.
Ipswich Town v Everton teams
Luke Woolfenden and Cameron Burgess step up for Ipswich in the wake of the 4-1 loss at West Ham. Everton also make two changes, after their goalless draw with Newcastle, Vitaly Mykolenko and Idrissa Gueye getting a start.
Fulham v Aston Villa teams
Emile Smith Rowe returns for Fulham, who are attempting to bounce back from their brave 3-2 defeat at Manchester City. Aston Villa welcome back Diego Carlos, Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey, with goal machine Jhon Duran lurking on the bench, hoping to add to his season’s tally of six.
Preamble
We chased our international pleasures here, dug our Nations League treasures there, and now we’ve broken through to the other side. The Premier League is back, baby, after its latest interminable hiatus, and while the Doors aren’t exactly a fashionable reference point these days, it was either them or the Mike Sammes Singers again. Anyway, here are the 3pm kick-offs …
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Fulham v Aston Villa
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Ipswich Town v Everton
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Manchester United v Brentford
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Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion
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Southampton v Leicester City
… and in Scotland there’s the small matter of Celtic v Aberdeen, so we’ll have news of that 1980s nostalgia trip as well. We’ll post all the team news as it comes in. Forward we go.
