Brentford vs Man City XIs
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Janelt, Jensen, Damsgaard, Mbuemo, Wissa.
Man City: Ortega, Nunes, Akanki, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva, Savinho, Foden, Haaland.
West Ham vs Fulham XIs
West Ham: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavrapanos, Kilman, Emerson, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Soucek, Soler, Kudus, Paqueta.
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Pereira, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Chelsea vs Bournemouth XIs
Chelsea: Sanchez, Caicedo, Acheampong, Colwill, Cucurella, Lavia, Enzo, Madueke, Palmer, Sancho, Jackson.
Bournemouth: Travers, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Brooks, Christie, Dango, Adams, Hill, Semenyo, Zabaryni.
Team news
We’ll have team news for the 7.30pm games very soon, with confirmation coming at 6.15pm.
Team news for the Forest vs Liverpool game will come at 6.45pm.
Serious contenders?
Nottingham Forest have been the feel good story of the Premier League season.
Not many would have put them in the top half of the table in January, let alone third, level on points with Arsenal and ahead of the likes of Chelsea and Man City.
The question now is, can they continue this form for the rest of the season?
The last time they finished in the top half of the top flight was in 1995-96, while they finished third the year before that – Stan Collymore was the star of those sides.
Their highest league finish of the 21st Century was when they came 16th in 2022-23, their first season back in the top flight.
That season they collected 38 points – they’re already at 40 this year with 18 games still to play.
Tonight is easily one of Forest’s biggest league games in the last 30 years.
Away day specialists
Chelsea are stuck between a bit of a rock and a hard place tonight.
They have kept just one clean sheet at Stamford Bridge all season and have scored more goals away from home.
The Blues are down in 10th in the home table.
Tonight, they welcome Bournemouth who are one of the better away sides in the league – having picked up 15 points from 10 matches.
The Cherries have won three of their last four away games and scored at least two in each of their last five away matches.
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