The Carabao Cup quarter-final draw in full
Everton v Fulham
Chelsea v Newcastle
Port Vale v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v West Ham
Ties to be played week commencing Monday 18 December.
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Ties to be played week commencing Monday 18 December.
A great draw, that!
Liverpool v West Ham
That’s the end of the draw.
Port Vale v Middlesbrough
League One v Championship for a place in the semi-finals!
Chelsea v Newcastle
Brutal run for Newcastle. City, United and now Chelsea.
Everton v Fulham
Andy Cole, doing the draw, thought No 6 (Fulham) might have been a 9. There are eight teams in the draw.
Here we go. Finally.
The draw should be along any minute now … promise. Sky are so engrossed in their Manchester United analysis that they seem to have forgotten about the rest of us.
Carabao Cup match reports
Look at this team. No centre backs, loads of full-backs, no recognised centre forward. An injury to Targett after two minutes. And yet they taught Manchester United a lesson tonight, with a clean sheet to boot (to match the clean sheet in the win over Manchester City in the last round).
HOWAY NEWCASTLE! ✊#MUNNEW // #NUFC pic.twitter.com/jpU0wTOpKJ
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) November 1, 2023
It’s just a shame that Eddie Howe, who is an excellent football manager, seems to either have fallen for the sportswashing, or is a conscious cog in the system. This is a delusional statement. Any football fan that is LGBTQ+ or anyone that dares to criticise the current regime and wants to go to the 2034 men’s World Cup will surely not feel “well looked after” in Saudi Arabia.
"We were well looked after..."
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) October 31, 2023
Eddie Howe says a World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be "structurally really good" 🇸🇦
They're the only bidder to host the 2034 men's World Cup 🏆 pic.twitter.com/feGSxOYoBh
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Here are the teams for the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw:
1. Middlesbrough
2. Port Vale
3. Liverpool
4. Chelsea
5. Everton
6. Fulham
7. Newcastle United
8. West Ham United
Nobody apart from Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea has won the League Cup in the past decade. It would be nice to see someone different this time around. Not sure there is much romance to a Newcastle triumph, though. Forza Port Vale.
Full-time at Old Trafford. Utterly miserable for Manchester United, thrashed 3-0 by Newcastle.
8 & 5 - Manchester United have lost 8+ of their first 15 games in a season for the first time since 1962-63 (9), while they've lost five of their first 10 at home for the first time since 1930-31. Crisis. #MUNNEW
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 1, 2023
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Just a reminder that this liveblog will be covering the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw, which will take place in about 15 minutes.
These are the teams in the hat.
West Ham
Liverpool
Fulham
Port Vale
Middlesbrough
Chelsea
Everton
… and surely Newcastle United, who lead Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford with four minutes to go in the 90.
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ABSOLUTE SCENES IN GERMANY. Worth noting that Bayern had an extremely strong team out, and brought on Gnabry, Laimer, Coman and Musiala from the bench. An XI that already included Tel, Müller, Sané, De Ligt, Kimmich, Alphonso Davies, Choupo-Moting and Neuer. Eeeeeesh.
Will Harry Kane ever win a trophy?
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Meanwhile in Germany …
Bayern just lost to third-tier Saarbrücken and are out of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) ….
Thanks to Marc Haemmerling Ingo Herzke for flagging via email.
UNBELIEVABLE SCENES FOR SAARBRÜCKEN! 😱😱
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) November 1, 2023
Bayern Munich knocked out of the DFB Pokal by the 3. Bundesliga side in the 96th minute thanks to this Marcel Gaus goal 👏
The magic of the cup! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/8apyoGBu1l
Full-time: Ipswich 1-3 Fulham
Fulham have never won a major domestic title. Just sayin’.
Full-time: Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn
A rare win for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and good for the Blues to gain some confidence before the game at Premier League leaders Tottenham on Monday.
Full-time: Everton 3-0 Burnley
Comprehensive win for Sean Dyche against his former side.
Full-time: Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool
Nunez wins it for the Reds with a sensational goal! Absolutely bucketing it down on the south coast.
This goal sums him up perfectly, that first touch is illegal in 49 states but that finish is out of this world, what an enigma https://t.co/CUvj43FcxN
— TS🍇🇧🇷 (@Trujista) November 1, 2023
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GOAL! Everton 3-0 Burnley (Young 90+2)
Game over at Goodison. Beto shows great strength and pace to shrug off a defender, drives to the byline, and passes across to Young, who had scampered into the box to toe it into the net.
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Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn
90 min: The final minutes at Stamford Bridge, as Sterling has a chance to make it three (and double his tally for the evening), but pulls his effort wide after creating some room for himself in Rovers’ box. Blackburn started well and could have had a penalty but are well beaten here in the end.
GOAL! Ipswich 1-3 Fulham (Baggott 79)
Ipswich get one back immediately! Ten minutes left, this game isn’t dead yet! Elkan Baggott – born in Thailand, raised in England, but represents his mother’s country of Indonesia – was left completely unmarked at the back post from an Ipswich corner, despite being 6ft3in.
GOAL! Ipswich 0-3 Fulham (Cairney 77)
Ipswich have been run ragged down their left. De Cordova-Reid canters down the right wing, cuts the ball back and Cairney is there on the edge to place the ball past Walton. A brilliant performance by the Londoners.
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Full-time: West Ham 3-1 Arsenal
“You should have signed for a big club”, the West Ham fans chant to Declan Rice. The Hammers are into the quarter-finals. Moyes, the cup maestro, marches on.
GOAL! West Ham 3-1 Arsenal (Odegaard 90+6)
It’s taken 96 minutes, but Arsenal finally threaten through Odegaard, who was brought on late by Arteta. The Norwegian finishes nicely from an acute angle to cap a miserable night for Arsenal.
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West Ham 3-0 Arsenal
90 min: The final minutes of the game at the London Stadium. West Ham have absolutely bossed Arsenal, with the away fans already turning to leave. If it stays like this, it will be West Ham’s biggest win over the Gunners since the 1960s.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool (Nunez 70)
Bournemouth were really starting to grow into the game since Kluivert’s equaliser, but Klopp made a couple of changes – including the introduction of Alexander-Arnold and Nunez – and the latter scored a worldie goal to swing the game back in Liverpool’s favour! The Uruguayan cuts in from the left wing, and lets fly from 25 yards on the angle. Radu has not chance, it’s a dipping, swirling effort that nips just under the crossbar. Wow.
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Speaking of goalkeeping, here’s an email from Eagle Brosi, from Virginia.
“Everyone is moaning about poor Aaron Ramsdale losing his place to Raya but last season Arsenal’s old backup keeper – Bernd Leno – was (arguably) the best keeper in the Premier League. And when Leno was the No 1 at Arsenal – Emi Martinez – who was just named the best goalkeeper in the world? – had to sit on the bench. It’s all a bit weird because I haven’t felt confident in an Arsenal goalkeeper since the start of Petr Cech’s first game for the Gunners.”
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Liverpool (Kluivert 64)
Bournemouth equalise with one of the most Sunday League goals ever scored in the Carabao Cup. The wind is absolutely howling towards Liverpool’s goal and Bournemouth have an inswinging corner. Kelleher completely misjudges the flight of the cross, which flies over everyone but Justin Kluivert at the back post. The Dutchman is completely unmarked and nods gratefully into the net. Awful defending, even in the conditions.
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GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn (Sterling 59)
Sterling pounces! Palmer intercepts a rogue pass as Rovers try to play out from the back. Sterling takes over possession, dribbles into the area and curls a wonderful shot into the top corner! A classic R2 finish, for all you Pro Evo fans.
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GOAL! Everton 2-0 Burnley (Onana 53)
Another textbook Dyche goal! Tarkowski nods a corner back into the six-yard box and Onana prods home from four yards out! It’s not a pretty goal, but my word, it’s effective. Everton had plenty of bodies in there, and the corner routine worked a treat.
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GOAL! Ipswich 0-2 Fulham (Rodrigo Muniz 50)
Another great goal down the right-hand flank for the visitors. Castagne finds some space on the edge of the area, and crosses low, where Muniz is there at the back post to emphatically pass the ball into the net. This was a potentially dangerous cup tie for Fulham, but they are passing the test with flying colours.
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Re the boos for Rice at West Ham, an email from Tom Atkins.
“Sky Sports’ microphones must be on the blink, because while the commentators are merrily telling us what a great reception he’s getting, I can hear a loud chorus of boos every time he goes near the ball”.
He is now getting the jeers, no doubt. But when he came on as sub, there was a large round of applause.
There have been some goals at Old Trafford. You can catch up with all the latest right here, with Scott Murray. Spoiler alert: it’s not good news if you like the colour red.
GOAL! West Ham 3-0 Arsenal (Bowen 59)
Three! The ball falls to Bowen on the edge of the box (typically in a zone where Rice would be expected to be for Arsenal), he has time to take a touch and lashes a fierce strike at goal. It’s a powerful effort but it looks at first like it might have been an error from Ramsdale in letting it creep into the net. But replays show a slight deflection off Kiwior, and the shot was too powerful for Ramsdale to react to the nick in time. The keeper could only palm it into the inside of the side netting.
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West Ham 2-0 Arsenal
55 min: Arsenal are all at sea. Arteta make two changes, including the introduction of Declan Rice. The England international gets a largely position reception, although there are some boos. Come on lads, he’s one of your own, won you a European trophy and left for £105m.
GOAL! West Ham 2-0 Arsenal (Kudus 50)
Take that Declan Rice. Kudus, one of the players brought to West Ham with the money from the Rice transfer, doubles the home side’s lead. An absolutely astonishing goal, as the Ghanian traps a cross-field ball and cuts inside with one magical touch, before finishing into the far corner with his weaker left foot. Brilliant!
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West Ham 1-0 Arsenal
46 min: Ben White clears off the line, after Ramsdale makes a brilliant save from Bowen’s shot. That chance was inside 30 seconds of the restart!
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Half-time scores in the 7.45pm GMT
Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool
Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn
Everton 1-0 Burnley
Ipswich 0-1 Fulham
Meanwhile, West Ham are ready to kick off their second half with Arsenal. They currently lead the Gunners 1-0.
“How bad is your hatred for Ed Aarons?” emails Richard Spicer. “You completely hate him so much you refer to him as ‘the thing’? What happened between you two?”
Some poor writing from me there, borne out of me trying to cover six games at once. I hate VAR. I do not hate Ed Aarons. He’s a lovely bloke.
Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool
40 min: Can confirm that the weather is still absolutely atrocious at the Vitality. Szoboszlai goes close to making it 2-0, flashing a shot a few inches wide of Radu’s right post.
“Alas, the Channel is closed because of the coming storm, so I’m stranded in Caen,” emails Alex Brown. “An amusee bouche, squid with chorizo, the veal, and fromage. Wine may have passed my lips. Irons! Irons!”
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Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn
36 min: Big appeals for a penalty at Stamford Bridge for Blackburn. Brittain’s cross looked to strike the hand of Gallagher but there’s no VAR so we carry on at 1-0. That definitely would have been a penalty in the Premier League under those ridiculous handball rules. Gallagher didn’t mean it, but his hand was away from his body.
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Half-time: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal have shaded possession and Nketiah had a half-chance to equalise in the closing stages of that first half, but it’s West Ham that lead at the break.
GOAL! Bournemouth 0-1 Liverpool (Gakpo 31)
Another rebound goal, very similar to Badiashile’s actually, although Bournemouth’s keeper Radu does deserve some credit for saving the initial effort from Elliott. However, Gakpo reacts quickest in the area and tucks the ball away. The Dutchman has been quiet but gets his goal.
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Chelsea 1-0 Blackburn (Badiashile 30)
Some absolutely atrocious goalkeeping from Blackburn’s Wahlstedt, who joined Rovers in the summer. Mudryk got the byline, crossed low into the box, Wahlstedt pats it down into an awful area and Badiashile is there to pass the rebound into the net. Wahlstedt made a similar clanger at Millwall last week, but Blackburn finished 2-1 victors.
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Everton 1-0 Burnley
27 min: Signs of life from the visitors. Redmond tickles a lovely through ball to unlock Everton’s defence, Bruun Larsen reaches the byline, but Pickford is there to snaffle the danger.
Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn
25 min: Reece James hits the post! Well, the outside of it, as his shot flies across goal and just misses the target. Blackburn have actually been playing quite well, with good possession, but haven’t created any brilliant chances. Yet.
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Everton 1-0 Burnley
20 min: Another Burnley alumni, McNeil, finds some space on the edge of the area and let’s fly. His effort goes a few metres over.
Everton 1-0 Burnley (Tarkowski 13)
Absolute textbook header from Tarkowski, who leaves Muric flat-footed by planting his effort right into the corner. And against his former club!
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Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn
15 min: Chelsea should really have a penalty. Not sure I agree with our man at Stamford Bridge, Ed Aarons, (as I completely hate the thing) but many will agree with him.
Chelsea denied what looked a clear penalty for a foul on Raheem Sterling. Seems very strange not to have VAR in the Carabao Cup until the semis if it's available
— Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) November 1, 2023
“This is a strong eleven for Everton who have shown recent signs of being competitive more often than not,” emails Matt Burtz. “They haven’t found themselves in the quarterfinals of any cup competition for a few years, so it’s good to see that Dyche is giving it a go in what should be a winnable tie at home. Hopefully they can build on past performances, get a win, and put themselves in the draw for the next round.”
GOAL! Ipswich 0-1 Fulham (Harry Wilson 9)
The Premier League side hit the front, with Wilson afforded acres of space on the right wing. The Welshman is played through on goal by De Cordova-Reid, beats the onrushing keeper, Walton, to the ball and rolls the ball into an empty net.
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“Just tuned into Bournemouth v Liverpool on ESPN. It appears to be snowing? Am I hallucinating?” emails Joe Pearson.
“Never mind,” Joe follows up. “My weather app assures me that it is just sideways rain. Yeesh.”
Indeed. In case you are not in the UK and haven’t been talking about weather for the past three days, this is currently sweeping the south coast of the country.
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GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Arsenal (Ben White og 16)
The Hammers take the lead through an own goal! Bowen swings a corner in, and White flicks it into his own net at the near post. Ramsdale completely stranded.
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Peeeeeeep! We are underway in our 7.45pm GMT kick offs:
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Chelsea v Blackburn
Everton v Burnley
Ipswich v Fulham
Mo Salah captains Liverpool, who are wearing their rascal green-white away kit that looks like a 90s Microsoft screensaver. And not in a good way.
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Just a quick note by someone that is unfortunately familiar with Blackburn starting XIs, this is not a strong one at Stamford Bridge even if there are a few first-teamers. If Chelsea don’t win this tonight, there should be an(other) inquest. Adam Wharton does start for Rovers, though. What a player he is.
West Ham 0-0 Arsenal
8 min: Good save from Fabianski! Havertz flicks a header at goal but the former Arsenal keeper turns over the bar to deny the Arsenal forward/attackingmidfielder/whatever he is. The visitors have certainly started the stronger in east London.
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Peeeeeep! West Ham v Arsenal is underway. That’s a 7.30pm GMT kick-off, with the rest of the evening’s fixtures starting at 7.45pm.
Oh, and there’s Manchester United v Newcastle starting at 8.15pm, but that’s covered in our other MBM, here.
Arteta has been speaking on Ramsdale …
Every week, I haven’t seen anything different. More determination, more hunger to play, he’s got another opportunity like many others to do what he’s been doing, nothing different”.
… and Emil Smith-Rowe:
We’ve got an issue with him. He felt something in his knee and he started to feel some pain after the game and we are assessing it but yeah, a big worry with him”.
If you know, you know.
Bit of celebrity spotting on the train to the ground. He’s even got the same top on 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/9hmsbvyy9U
— Archie 🫧 (@archieballoo) November 1, 2023
“So, then: the Carabao Cup for Ramsdale,” emails Charles Antaki. “Penny for his thoughts. I recall arriving at an exciting new job, ready to bond with new colleagues and be welcomed into the inner circle, only to be told a few days later that there was a shortage of office space, and I would be accommodated in a Portakabin in a distant part of the car park. Admittedly Ramsdale maybe consoled by a weekly wage of rather more than I was earning, but the chagrin might be similar.”
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Here’s Barry Glendenning’s preview/sideways glance at tonight’s matches. And if you don’t subscribe to Football Daily, what on earth are you up to at 5pm (GMT) on a weekday?
More teams …
Ipswich v Fulham
Ipswich: Walton, Donacien, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Clarke, Ball, Taylor, Jackson, Harness, Aluko, Ladapo.
Subs: Edmundson, Chaplin, Slicker, Giraud-Hutchinson, Luongo, Baggott, Hirst, Humphreys, Carr.
Fulham: Rodak, Castagne, De Fougerolles, Bassey, Ballo-Toure, Cairney, Lukic, De Cordova-Reid, Andreas Pereira, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz.
Subs: Reed, Jimenez, Ream, Iwobi, Benda, Joao Palhinha, Vinicius, Robinson, Tanton.
Chelsea v Blackburn
Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Disasi, Badiashile, Cucurella, Ugochukwu, Gallagher, Fernandez, Palmer, Jackson, Sterling.
Subs: Madueke, Caicedo, Colwill, Gusto, Petrovic, Maatsen, Deivid Washington, Matos, Castledine.
Blackburn: Wahlstedt, Brittain, Carter, Hill, Pickering,
Garrett, Travis, Markanday, Adam Wharton, Moran, Leonard. Subs: Tronstad, Sigurdsson, Dolan, Rankin-Costello, Ennis, Gamble, Scott Wharton, Batty, Hilton.
Whisper it, but David Moyes is sporting his most fashionable look in years. An absolutely gorgeous blazer, cashmere sweater combo. Woof.
A few key changes, especially for Arsenal and Liverpool, but those are six strong teams from the three games we have so far. Good to see.
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West Ham v Arsenal
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson Palmieri, Soucek, Alvarez, Kudus, Benrahma, Lucas Paqueta, Bowen.
Subs: Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Fornals, Antonio, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Areola, Kehrer.
Arsenal: Ramsdale, White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Vieira, Jorginho, Havertz, Nelson, Nketiah, Trossard.
Subs: Saliba, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Elneny, Hein, Rice.
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Bournemouth: Andrei Radu, Smith, Mepham, Zabarnyi, Kerkez, Scott, Billing, Semenyo, Christie, Kluivert, Solanke.
Subs: Brooks, Rothwell, Ouattara, Tavernier, Moore, Traore, Senesi, Aarons, Plain.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Gomez, Matip, Quansah, Tsimikas, Elliott, Endo, Jones, Salah, Gakpo, Szoboszlai.
Subs: Van Dijk, Konate, Nunez, Mac Allister, Adrian, Jota, Gravenberch, Scanlon,Alexander-Arnold.
Everton v Burnley
Everton: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Harrison, Garner, Onana, McNeil, Danjuma, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Patterson, Keane, Virginia, Beto, Doucoure, Godfrey, Gueye, Chermiti, Dobbin.
Burnley: Muric, Vitinho, O’Shea, Al Dakhil, Delcroix, Berge, Cullen, Bruun Larsen, Ndayishimiye, Rodriguez, Redmond.
Subs: Taylor, Cork, Brownhill, Roberts, Zaroury, Amdouni, Vigouroux, Massengo, Odobert.
More teams when we have them.
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Preamble
Hello world!
We have six VERY respectable League Cup fixtures for your consideration. We’re only into the first day of November, but this is the chance to reach the quarter-finals of a major trophy, and that is nothing to be sniffed at.
While I completely understand that some teams prioritise their league fixtures in the early rounds of this competition, I think it is borderline ridiculous for youth teamers and reserves to be employed at this stage. Teams such as Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Brentford, Leicester City and Burton Albion have all reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup in recent years – sometimes all you need is a good performance, a bit of luck and a kindly draw to make it to Wembley.
Some of these sides tonight haven’t won a major trophy in decades. Teams like Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea have good enough squad to still field an international second string. It would be baffling to be if Newcastle, Everton, Bournemouth, Burnley, Ipswich, Fulham, Blackburn and West Ham didn’t give it right old go tonight. Let’s hope they do.
Who will earn the right to potentially face Port Vale or Middlesbrough – victors over Mansfield Town and Exeter City respectively in Tuesday’s ties – in the last eight? Do stick about to find out.
The quarter-final draw will follow this set of matches, and will be covered by this blog. Don’t say we don’t spoil you.
7.45pm GMT kick off unless stated
West Ham v Arsenal (7.30pm)
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Chelsea v Blackburn
Everton v Burnley
Ipswich v Fulham
Manchester United v Newcastle (8.15pm – see our separate MBM on that game)
