Kick back, crack something open and let the auto-refresh tool take the stain. Or email rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk with your Movember ideas. Or press this little thing to get the latest scores from around Britain and Europe. Or click here to follow the Premier League table as it changes throughout the afternoonEverton v Aston Villa team news England's first-choice centre-forward, Emile Heskey, starts a league game for the first time since the opening day of the season. Not totally sure about the Everton formation. Could Heitinga play wide right?Everton (4-2-3-1) Howard; Neill, Yobo, Distin, Baines; Heitinga, Rodwell; Cahill, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov; Yakubu.Subs: Nash, Saha, Jo, Gosling, Coleman, Duffy, Agard.Aston Villa (4-4-2) Friedel; Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock; Milner,Petrov, Sidwell, Ashley Young; Heskey, Agbonlahor.Subs: Guzan, Luke Young, Carew, Delph, Reo-Coker, Shorey, Beye.Referee Lee Probert (Wiltshire)Fulham v Liverpool team news Rafa's had a fiddle, with the vital Lyon game only three days away.Fulham (4-4-2) Schwarzer; Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky; Dempsey, Baird, Greening, Duff; Zamora, Kamara. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Kelly, Nevland, Gera, Riise, Etuhu, Smalling.Liverpool (4-2-3-1) Reina; Degen, Carragher, Kyrgiakos, Insua; Mascherano, Lucas; Kuyt, Voronin, Benayoun; Torres.Subs: Gulacsi, Babel, Spearing, Plessis, Dossena, Eccleston, Ayala.Referee Lee Mason (England)Sunderland v West Ham team newsSunderland (4-4-2) Gordon; Da Silva, Nosworthy, Turner, Richardson; Malbranque, Henderson, Cana, Andy Reid; Jones, Bent.Subs: Fulop, Ferdinand, Bardsley, McCartney, Healy, Meyler, Murphy.West Ham (4-4-2) Green; Spector, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga; Behrami, Noble, Kovac, Collison; Franco, Cole.Subs: Kurucz, Gabbidon, Jimenez, Faubert, Diamanti, Hines, Stanislas.Referee Andre Marriner (W Midlands)Burnley v Hull team newsBurnley (4-3-3) Jensen; Mears, Carlisle, Caldwell, Jordan; Bikey, Alexander, Elliott; Eagles, Rodriguez, Blake.Subs: Penny, Duff, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Nugent, Thompson, Guerrero.Hull (Lord knows) Duke; McShane, Zayatte, Gardner, Dawson; Olofinjana, Marney; Ghilas, Geovanni, Hunt; Vennegoor of Hesselink.Subs: Warner, Barmby, Altidore, Garcia, Mendy, Kilbane,Mouyokolo.Referee Mike Jones (Cheshire)Bolton v Chelsea team news Joe Cole is left out.Bolton (4-1-4-1) Jaaskelainen; Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel; Muamba; Kevin Davies, Basham, Cohen, Lee; Elmander.Subs: Al Habsi, Andrew O'Brien, Taylor, Gardner, Robinson, Steinsson,Mark Davies.Chelsea (4-D-2) Cech; Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, Paulo Ferreira; Essien; Ballack, Lampard; Deco; Anelka, Drogba.Subs: Turnbull, Joe Cole, Malouda, Sturridge, Alex, Belletti, Borini.Referee Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)Portsmouth v Wigan team news I wanted to list the Portsmouth team as 4-4-2 but with the second 4 in a diamond, to signify a diamond midfield, but our system won't let me, for htmlish reasons far too boring to detail here. So you'll have to put up with 4-D-2 instead. How will you cope?Portsmouth (4-D-2) James; Finnan, Kaboul, Wilson, Ben-Haim; Brown; Yebda, O'Hara; Boateng; Piquionne, Dindane.Subs: Ashdown, Mokoena, Mullins, Webber, Smith, Kanu, Belhadj.Wigan (4-2-3-1) Kirkland; Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, N'Zogbia; Diame, Thomas; Sinclair, Scharner, Rodallega; Scotland.Subs: Pollitt, Amaya, Cho, Gomez, De Ridder, Kapo, McCarthy.Referee Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)Stoke v Wolverhampton team newsStoke (4-4-2) Sorensen; Wilkinson, Abdoulaye Faye, Shawcross, Collins; Delap, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington; Beattie, Fuller.Subs: Simonsen, Higginbotham, Cort, Lawrence, Sidibe, Pugh, Sanli.Wolverhampton (4-4-2) Hennessey; Zubar, Berra, Craddock, Elokobi; Edwards, Castillo, Henry, Kightly; Iwelumo, Doyle.Subs: Hahnemann, Stearman, Ebanks-Blake, Halford, Jarvis, Milijas, Maierhofer.Referee Chris Foy (Merseyside)Preamble Afternoon. I'm experiencing mixed emotions today. Half of me is extremely happy that there are nine whole Premier League fixtures on a Saturday, which means we're just a Birmingham v Manchester City match away from firing up the DeLorean and zipping back to a happier time when football had a soul and Elton Welsby was presenting ITV's coverag yeah, when football had a soul.The other half of me knows that my capacity for abject incompetence is such that I can barely manage when there are four 3pm games, never mind seven. So I'd like to apologise in advance for this clockwatch. There'd better not be any beachball nonsense today. Seven 0-0s please!Anyway, these are the fixtures:Bolton v ChelseaBurnley v HullEverton v Aston VillaFulham v LiverpoolPortsmouth v WiganStoke v WolverhamptonSunderland v West HamHere are some of the points of interest in those games: is this the last the Premier League clockwatch will ever see of Twitter's Phil Brown? Will Liverpool make it six defeats in seven? Will the incredible Didier Drogba get 10/10 or just 9/10 today? (Has there ever been quite such a physically unplayable striker?) Will Aston Villa go nine points clear of Everton in the race for sixth place? Will West Ham be bottom by 5pm? How many times will Listerine's Mick McCarthy swear between 3pm and 4.51pm? Will Stoke's victory over Wolverhampton prompt someone, anyone, to give the remarkable Tony Pulis a smidgin of the credit he deserves? And will this paragraph ever end?Premier LeagueBolton WanderersChelseaBurnleyHull CityEvertonAston VillaFulhamLiverpoolPortsmouthWigan AthleticStoke CityWolverhampton WanderersSunderlandWest Ham UnitedMinute-by-minute reportRob Smythguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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