Jose Mourinho’s men welcome fellow relegation strugglers Norwich City while Arsenal visit and inconsistent West Brom.
Chelsea are currently 16th on the premier league table after twelve games. The team has eleven points and sit just three points above the relegation zone.
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Arsenal can be buoyed by the fact that two of its most important players; Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have agreed in principle to sign new contract extensions.
Arsenal are currently second on the EPL table with Manchester City
The matches to be played at 4pm kick-off time are:
Chelsea – Norwich City
Everton – Aston Villa
Newcastle United – Leicester City
Southampton – Stoke City
Swansea City – AFC Bournemouth
West Brom – Arsenal
Arsenal XI vs WBA: Čech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Coquelin, Cazorla; Sanchez, Özil, Gibbs, Giroud
WBA XI vs Arsenal: Myhill; Dawson, Evans, Olsson, Brunt; Morrison, Fletcher, Yacob, McClean, Sessegnon; Rondon
Chelsea XI vs. Norwich: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Kenedy; Matic, Fabregas; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Costa
Norwich XI vs. Chelsea: Ruddy; Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Howson, Mulumbu, O’Neil, Brady; Redmond; Mbokani
63′ GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Chelsea finally find a breakthrough…Diego Costa races unto Willian’sfreekick,cuts back and curls one home
61′ Bassong shown a yellow card for pulling back Hazard
59′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL Everton 4-0 Aston Villa……Romelu Lukaku races on to Barkley’s pass and sidefoots in his second of the match
57′ SHOT!! Fabregas shot is well saved by Ruddy
56′ Arsenal all blazing in the second half but aside Ozil’s shot hitting the bar, nothing has brought fans to their feet
55′ Chelsea probing around the Norwich area but cannot find a way through….Willian’s cross is ultimately caught by Ruddy
52′ Substitution: Mathieu Flamini comes on for Mikel Arteta…Still West Brom 2 – 1 Arsenal
50′ BAR!!! Ozil hits the bar with a good shot
49′ SHOT!!! Willian’s shot is deflected for a corner…Willian takes it and Zouma is found but the youngster cannot convert with a half volley
48′ SAVED!!! Willian’s freekick is well taken and equally well saved and held by Ruddy
47′ Hazard is fouled closeto the box….Willian to take….Gary O’Neil to take….
46′ Second half kicks off
HT scores: Lukaku scored his 50th Premier League goal either side of a brace from Ross Barkley, Mikel Arteta replaced Coqeulin and scored an own goal as West Brow take the lead.
Jamie Vardy scored in his tenth consecutive Premier League game
Chelsea 0 – 0 Norwich City
Everton 3 – 0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 0 – 1 Leicester City
Southampton 0 – 1 Stoke City
Swansea City 2 – 2 AFC Bournemouth
West Brom 2 – 1 Arsenal
45′ GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Jamie Vardy makes it Newcastle 0 – 1 Leicester City….the Englishman cuts in from the left and rifles one into the net…Vardy has now scored in 10 straight Premier League matches #form
Vardy celebrates his goal
45′ Yellow Card for Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud
43′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Everton 3-0 Aston Villa…..Ross Barkley’s rifles in his 2nd of the match after Villa fail to clear a loose ball
42′ SAVE AT BOTH ENDS!!!! John terry shows he is still a great defender as he slides to block Bassong’s strike which was heading for the net…at the other end Ruddy pulls off another save
40′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Arsenal find themselves behind…McClean’s cross is put into the gunners net by Arteta
39′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Swansea 2-2 Bournemouth….Jonjo Shelvey pulls Swansea level from the penalty spot
36’IS THAT A PENALTY??? Diego Costa falls under Bassong’s challenge. Ref says play on
33′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! West Brom equalize
31′ YELLOW CARD!!! Willian is booked for directing a throw directly at Bassong’s head
30′ SHOT!!! Fabregas shot is parried by Ruddy
29′ GOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! Olivier Giroud scores…West Brom 0 – 1 Arsenal….the Frenchman scores from Ozil’s free-kick
29′ GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Lukaku doubles the toffes lead. Everton 2 – 0 Aston Villa
28′ GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! Andre Ayew pulls one back…Swansea 1 – 2 Bournemouth
26′ Pedro sends the cross over and Willian was poised to score until the ball skimmed off the head of the defender in front of him
26′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Dan Gosling makes it 2 – 0 in favour of Bournemouth against Swansea City
25′ WHAT A MISS!!! Pedro and Fabregas combine well to free Diiego Costa for a shot but the Spanish international blast over from six yards out
22′ Norwich have grown more confident in the game against Chelsea though no clear cut chances have been created
17′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!! Ross Barkley scores….Everton 1 – 0 Aston Villa…Barkley taps in the rebound from close range after Brad Guzan parries Gerard Deulofeu’s shot
15′ SAVE!!! Myhill does well to parry Alexis Sanchez’s freekick
15′ SUB: Arteta comes on for Francis Coquelin….still West Brom 0 – 0 Arsenal
14′ As Chelsea counter, Hazard finds Willian on the right whose shot is parried by Ruddy in goal
13′ At the other end Begovic does well to deny Redmond with a routine stop….Chelsea immediately counter
12′ HEADER!!! Willian’s corner is headed at the near post by Terry….just wide
11′ Chelsea bossing possession and making it hard for Norwich to leave their box…Olsen is sharp and aware to turn a Matic cross for a corner
10′ GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Bojan scores for Stoke…..Southampton 0 – 1 Stoke City
10′ GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL!!!! Joshua King scores for Bournemouth….Swansea 0 – 1 Bournemouth
9′ MISS!!! Hazard does well on the left to drag a ball back to Fabregas whose effort is well over the bar…
7′ Ivanovic does well to stop a counter attack by Norwich
6′ Norwich have stood up to every kind of attack thrown at them by Chelsea.
6′ In the Arsenal vs West Brom game; Sanchez tries to play a good through ball to Giroud but its cleared
4′ Ivanovic os forced to concede a corner under pressure. Corner taken and cleared by Ivanovic
1′ Chelsea dominating possession in that match against Norwich City, Howson has to be alert to force Hazard into conceding a goal-kick
1′ Kick off in all match centers
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