16.51 QPR have won a game!!!!! It finishes 2-1 against Fulham at Loftus Road.
16.50 It's all over at Old Trafford and Man United win 3-1.
16.47 QPR nearly score a third but Schwarzer produces a sensational save to deny Cisse.
16.43 How did Fellaini get away with this?????
16.40 Cameron Jerome one-on-one with Everton keeper Tim Howard but strikes it straight at his legs. Crouch is then there on the follow-up but he too proves wasteful. Stoke should be in front.
16.25 Nemanja Vidic comes on for United after three months out with a serious knee injury. Rio Ferdinand comes off.
16.16 Fellaini has just headbutted Shawcross but none of the officals seemed to have seen anything??!! He's got away with it... until Monday at least when he'll surely be hit with a ban.
16.15 Stoke should have taken the lead, but Jones knees the ball onto the post. It's all Stoke at the moment and Everton are at sixes and sevens.
16.05 Another superb chance for United but Van Persie wastes it. A dinked ball over the top plays in the Dutchman and all he has to do is lob the ball over Simon Mignolet but, inexplicably, he punts it over the bar. It was on his favoured left foot too.
16.00 Rooney has just hit the bar for United and, oh dear oh dear, things go from bad to worst for Sunderland as Fletcher is forced off injured, replaced by Connor Wickham. Scholes, meanwhile, comes on for Carrick.
BREAKING NEWS: Northumbria Police believed to be investigating a complaint about Man City's Alexander Kolarov, reportedly to do with a dispute with fans about an Albanian flag. Watch this space...
BREAKING NEWS: Norwich midfielder Wes Hoolahan has signed a contract extension until 2015.
15.40 A contender for save of the season by Wigan keeper Ali Al-Habsi. The ball is floated to the back post where Robert Snodgrass is waiting to head home what is a nailed-on goal until Al-Habsi shoots out his right-hand up from nowhere to palm away.
15.38 Look who was at St James's Park supporting her boyfriend Danny Simpson... it's Tulisa
15.35 Ryan Shawcross clears off the line at The Britannia to prevent Everton taking the lead. There's no such thing as a lost cause for that boy.
15.30 Good chance for Wigan to equalise against Norwich as James McArthur's shot from inside the box is saved by Mark Bunn.
15.25 United really should be 3-0 up now! They're running rings around the poor Black Cats. Young's cross is headed down by Van Persie to his strike-partner, who has the whole goal to pick from only eight yards out but slices his shot a yard past the post.
15.12 Everton have a shout for a penalty turned down as Steven Pienaar's shot hits Glenn Whelan's arm, but referee Mark Halsey is not interested.
15.10 United have come close to breaking the deadlock against Sunderland. Appalling attempt at a clearance by Steven Fletcher goes straight to Patrice Evra, but the United man produces the shot of a defender and blazes over.
15.05 Another chance at Loftus Road and QPR should really be in the lead by now. They've started like a house on fire. A terrible pass back by John-Arne Riise, played without looking, is too short and Jamie Mackie latches on to it... all he has to do is round Mark Schwarzer, but he shoots wide.
15.00 And we're off! Villa create a half-decent chance straight away at Anfield but it's wasted. QPR have also started well and Djibril Cisse comes so close to breaking the deadlock against Fulham after a pin-point pass from Adel Taarabt.
14.55 Manchester City have closed the gap on league leaders United thanks to a 3-1 victory over Newcastle at St James's Park. Miss the match? Fear not, Luke Edwards's match report is everything you'll ever need.
And while we're on the subject of City, check out this incredible pass from Yaya Toure to help set up the game's opener...
Teams:
Liverpool's top scorer Luis Suarez returns from suspension to lead the attack as the Reds look for a third successive Premier League victory. Defender Jose Enrique failed a fitness test on a hamstring injury so Suarez is the only change from last Sunday's win at West Ham. Villa, who made numerous alterations for their midweek Carling Cup success at Norwich, revert to their full-strength line-up but Gabriel Agbonlahor misses out through injury, allowing Andreas Weimann to regain his place.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Downing, Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Shelvey, Suarez, Sterling.
Subs: Jones, Cole, Henderson, Coates, Carragher, Fernandez Saez, Wisdom.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Baker, Clark, Lichaj, Westwood, Herd, Holman, Bannan, Benteke, Weimann.
Subs: Given, El Ahmadi, N'Zogbia, Albrighton, Delph, Bowery, Bennett.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)
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Nemanja Vidic is named on the bench. Out since September after a second knee operation, Sir Alex Ferguson resists the temptation to throw Vidic straight back into the fray and instead names Chris Smalling and Phil Jones in his back four alongside Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra. Relegation-threatened Sunderland make just one change to the team that beat Reading in midweek, with Titus Bramble replacing Danny Rose, who is ruled out with an ankle injury.
Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Rooney, van Persie.
Subs: Lindegaard, Giggs, Hernandez, Vidic, Welbeck, Scholes, Fletcher.
Sunderland: Mignolet, Cuellar, Colback, O'Shea, Bramble, Larsson, Gardner, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher.
Subs: Westwood, Campbell, Wickham, McFadden, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Saha.
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
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Norwich have midfielders Wes Hoolahan and Alex Tettey back from injury. The Canaries are looking to bounce back from their 4-1 midweek Carling Cup defeat by Aston Villa and aim to extend their impressive unbeaten Premier League run to 10 matches. Wigan, meanwhile, have won just one of their last six Premier League games to slump into the bottom three, but have Honduras forward Maynor Figueroa back from suspension.
Norwich: Bunn, Whittaker, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Tettey, Johnson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt.
Subs: Rudd, Martin, Howson, Jackson, Morison, Elliott Bennett, Barnett.
Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Lopez, Figueroa, Stam, McArthur, McCarthy, Beausejour, Kone, Gomez, Boselli.
Subs: Pollitt, Jones, Di Santo, Maloney, McManaman, Fyvie, Golobart.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
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Stoke boss Tony Pulis makes two changes to his starting line-up. The adjustments from last weekend's 0-0 draw at Aston Villa see full-back Ryan Shotton, suspended after being sent off in that game, replaced by Andy Wilkinson and midfielder Charlie Adam - available again having completed a ban of his own - comes in for Dean Whitehead, who drops to the bench. Potters striker Peter Crouch, yet to return to the first XI since losing some teeth in a collision in the win over Newcastle on November 28, is named as a substitute for the second successive match with Kenwyne Jones continuing up front, while for the visitors, forward Steven Naismith replaces the injured Kevin Mirallas in the only alteration from their 2-1 victory over Tottenham.
Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Cameron, Walters, Whelan, Nzonzi, Etherington, Adam, Jones.
Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Crouch, Jerome.
Everton: Howard, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Naismith, Osman, Gibson, Pienaar, Fellaini, Jelavic.
Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Oviedo, Hitzlsperger, Barkley, Vellios, Duffy.
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
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QPR manager Harry Redknapp sticks with goalkeeper Robert Green for today's west London derby. Despite the return of Julio Cesar from a groin injury, the Rs boss plumps for the England international at Loftus Road, where Nedum Onuoha, Alejandro Faurlin and Djibril Cisse all come in. Fulham make one alteration to the side that beat Newcastle 2-1 on Monday, with Kieran Richardson replacing Alex Kacaniklic on the left wing.
QPR: Green, Traore, Hill, Nelsen, Onuoha, Faurlin, Mbia, Wright-Phillips, Taarabt, Cisse, Mackie.
Subs: Julio Cesar, Diakite, Derry, Ferdinand, Granero, Da Silva, Hoilett.
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise, Duff, Sidwell, Baird, Richardson, Berbatov, Rodallega.
Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Senderos, Petric, Karagounis, Dejagah, Kacaniklic.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
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14.30 Ahead of Liveprool's clash with Villa, Reds fans probably won't be too pleased to read that Arsenal are keen to sign young tyro Raheem Sterling. According to our man Jeremy Wilson, Arsene Wenger has had his men regularly scouting Sterling and Southampton left-back Luke Shaw as the Gunners prepare an overhaul in 2013. Read all about it here.
Manchester United v Sunderland
Only those with long memories will recall Sunderland's most recent victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford. May 11, 1968, was the last time the Wearsiders emerged victorious from United and that was the day that Manchester City claimed the league championship ahead of their neighbours. With United forced to endure another City title success while playing Sunderland last May, revenge is in the air at Old Trafford, with Sir Alex Ferguson's players determined to avenge the mocking they received at the Stadium of Light. It could be a long day for Sunderland.
Betting: Home 1-5, Away 11-1, Draw 5-1.
Stat of the game: United have 40 goals; only once before in the Premier League have they had more after 16 games (41, 2000-01).
Mark Ogden's prediction: Manchester United 3 Sunderland 1.
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Liverpool v Aston Villa
When Kenny Dalglish was sacked by Liverpool, Paul Lambert's name was quickly associated with the vacancy. Liverpool went for Brendan Rodgers and Lambert left Norwich for Aston Villa. Both managers have taken time to settle but Villa will be happy that they arrive on Merseyside unbeaten in five including the midweek Capital One Cup win at Carrow Road. With Liverpool regaining form, and with Luis Suárez back, this could go either way.
Betting: Home 1-3, Away 15-2, Draw 15-4.
Stat of the game: Liverpool have benefited from four own goals; only Luis Suárez has more goals for the club this season.
John Ley's prediction: Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 1.
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Queens Park Rangers v Fulham
QPR must win or become the first top-flight club in more than 100 years to fail to win any of their first 17 games. Bolton went 17 in 1889, and Bolton did not win their first 22 in 1903. QPR have drawn all three games so far under Harry Redknapp. Fulham beat them 6-0 and 1-0 last season, although all five goalscorers have since left. But Martin Jol's team have not won in their past five away league games.
Betting: Home 29-20, Away 9-5, Draw 12-5.
Stat of the game: If QPR fail to win for a 17th game it will equal the second ever worst start in top flight football (with Burnley, 1890-90).
Gerry Cox's prediction: Queens Park Rangers 2 Fulham 2
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Norwich City v Wigan Athletic
Norwich will hope their Capital One Cup defeat to Aston Villa does not harm the impressive momentum they have built up in the league. The Canaries are undefeated in their previous nine top-flight matches, with the last four at Carrow Road yielding victories for Chris Hughton's side. Wigan, by contrast, have been sliding down the table and, with just one win in six, are back among the leading relegation candidates. Stat of the game: Norwich's nine-game unbeaten run is a club record in the top flight. Gordon Simpson's prediction: Norwich City 2 Wigan Athletic 0.
Betting: Home 11-10, Away 9-4, Draw 12-5.
Stat of the game: Norwich's nine-game unbeaten run is a club record in the top flight.
Gordon Simpson's prediction: Norwich City 2 Wigan Athletic 0.
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Stoke City v Everton
Everton's top-four aspirations gained creditability when they dramatically defeated Tottenham to end a four-match winless run. Manager David Moyes is ready to sign players next month to help their Champions League qualification bid - and ending robust Stoke's 14-game unbeaten home run would help strengthen his hand. Everton's current attackers have a tough afternoon ahead as five of the seven teams who have visited Stoke this season have failed to score.
Betting: Home 19-10, Away 11-8, Draw 11-5.
Stat of the game: Stoke have kept eight clean sheets so far, the most in the Premier League.
Arindam Rej's prediction: Stoke City 0 Everton 1
14.00 Hello and welcome to what promises to be a feast of action. If life is like a box of chocolates as me old mucker Forrest says then, quite frankly, so is the Premier League because you never know what you're going to get. Can Manchester United get their revenge on Sunderland? Do Aston Villa have what it takes to take something (anything) from Anfield?? And will QPR finally claim a win this season????? All this and more will be answered.
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