Premier League LIVE: Everton host big-spending Nottingham Forest as Fulham take on Brentford in a west London derby in the pick of the 3pm kick-offs
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Rio Ferdinand has compared Everton’s new summer signing Amadou Onana to former attacking midfielder Marouane Fellaini.
The pundit made the comparison between Onana and the ex-Everton and Manchester United midfielder when speaking full time following Aston Villa’s 2-1 win over Frank Lampard’s side.
Onana was introduced from the bench and was a lively figure as the visitors attempted to pull off a late comeback at Villa park.
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Building towards kick-off.#EVENOT pic.twitter.com/C0IoktOQQS
There could be three players making their debuts for Steve Cooper’s visitors this afternoon after they took their summer spending past the £150m mark this week.
Emmanuel Dennis from Watford, former Crystal Palace midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté and of course Morgan Gibbs-White could all make their first appearances in Red today.
Nottingham Forest’s return to the Premier League after 23 years away was never going to be dull.
The transfer business conducted by Steve Cooper’s side continues to be one of the stories of the summer, raising eyebrows throughout English football.
After they confirmed the club record signing of Morgan Gibbs-White for £42.5million, the former Wolves starlet became the 16th new arrival at the City Ground bringing their total outlay up to £150m.
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Crystal Palace Starting XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Schlupp, Doucoure, Ayew, Eze, Zaha, Edouard
Subs: Johnstone, Whitworth, Clyne, Richards, Hughes, Milivojevic, Olise, Ebiowei, Mateta
Aston Villa Starting XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Ramsey, Kamara, McGinn, Bailey, Buendia, Watkins
Subs: Olsson, Augustinsson, Chambers, Young, Coutinho, Nakamba, Luiz, Ings, Archer
This is your Aston Villa team to face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. 👊#CRYAVL pic.twitter.com/fzJnGivKTl
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Here's your Palace team to take on Aston Villa 👊#CPFC | #CRYAVL pic.twitter.com/98N0Ynvy9W
Leicester Starting XI: Ward, Castagne, Evans, Amartey, Justin, Ndidi, Perez, Dewsbury-Hall, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy
Subs: Iversen, Thomas, Soyuncu, Tielemans, Mendy, Praet, Daka, Albrighton, Iheanacho
Southampton Starting XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Salisu, Djenepo, Lavia, Mara, Elyounoussi, Aribo
Subs: McCarthy, Lyanco, Valery, Bednarek, Walcott, Armstrong, Romeu, Diallo, Adams
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Here's the #SaintsFC side taking on #LCFC: pic.twitter.com/ieEODXgL3S
Our starting XI for today's #PL match 🦊 📝#LEISOU pic.twitter.com/lWQ5237Ans
Fulham Starting XI: Leno, Tete, Tosin, Ream, Robinson, Palhinha, Reed, Andreas, Stansfield, Mitrovic, Decordova-Reid
Subs: Rodak, Mbabu, Duffy, Diop, Chalobah, Cairney, Francois, Harris, Ablade
Brentford Starting XI: Raya, Hickey, Jansson, Mee, Henry, Norgaard, Jensen, Dasilva, Mbuemo, Wissa, Toney
Subs: Strakosha, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Dervisoglu, Lewis-Potter, Baptiste, Janelt, Bech, Roerslev
Up the Fulham. 🤍#FULBRE pic.twitter.com/EhAqK3CPra
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Here's how we line-up for the derby 🐝#BrentfordFC | #FULBRE pic.twitter.com/CQuKR8RfLJ
Well for different reasons, Dele Alli and Morgan Gibbs-White were making the headlines this week.
Alli’s future was thrown into doubt after Besiktas submitted an offer to bring him to Turkey – but he makes the Toffee’s bench this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Gibbs-White completed a £47.5m move to Steve Cooper’s side earlier in the week.
The 22-year-old penned a five-year-deal at the City Ground and will be seen in the No.10 shirt this afternoon, should he come onto the pitch.
Everton Starting XI: Pickford, Patterson, Tarkowski, Coady, Holgate, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Davies, Gray, Gordon, Rondon
Subs: Begovic, Keane, Allan, McNeil, Dele, Coleman, Gbamin, Vinagre
Nottingham Forest Starting XI: Henderson, Cook, Worrall, McKenna, Toffollo, O’Brien, Mangala, Williams, Lingard, Johnson, Awoniyi
Subs: Hennessey, Biancome, Kouyate, Yates, Freuler, Gibbs-White, Mighten, Surridge, Dennis
Your starting XI to take on Nottingham Forest! 👇#EVENOT pic.twitter.com/RA1wiWzhWZ
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One change for The Reds as Steve Cook replaces Moussa Niakhaté 🔄#NFFC | @premierleague pic.twitter.com/1dY6lFhx3p
Good afternoon and welcome to Sportmail’s live coverage of the Premier League’s 3pm kick-offs! We’ll be focusing on Everton vs Nottingham Forest but will provide you with regular updates from all of the games.
There’s a west London derby as Fulham take on Brentford, Southampton travel to Leicester and Crystal Palace host Aston Villa – so stay tuned as we bring team news shortly…
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