Chelsea 2-1 Brighton – Premier League: Live score, team news and updates as the Seagulls pull a goal back against Blues, Fulham equalise at Liverpool, West Ham lead Palace and Villa level with Bournemouth

The Fulham goalkeeper suffered a nasty eye injury during their game against Liverpool.

His eye seemed to swell up and close over during the match but was allowed to play on after receiving treatment on the pitch.

And fans have been left baffled at how the goalkeeper was allowed to play on!

It’s half-time in all of our 2pm fixtures.

Ten-men Chelsea lead brighton 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, with Fernandez and Colwill giving the Blues an early lead.

They were delt a huge blow after Conor Gallagher was sent off after he was given a second yellow card for a careless tackle on Gilmour.

Meanwhile, Fulham have pulled two goals back against Liverpool, despite two stunning efforts from Mac Allister and Alexander-Arnold, with Wilson and Tete scoring for Fulham.

West Ham lead Crystal Palace 1-0 thanks to a goal from Kudus while Bournemouth and Aston Villa are currently level 1-1.

What a game this has been, Palhinha’s header was pushed away by Kelleher, but it falls to Ream who pokes the ball into the back of the net.

But he was clearly offside in the build up and the goal is chalked!

Ream looks like he’s scored again for Fulham, but the referee has signaled this will be reviewed by VAR.

Klopp will not be happy about that! Kenny Tete pokes the ball into the back of the net from close-range following a corner, but the flag was raised for offside.

After a long VAR review, the goal is given!

Things going from bad to worse for Chelsea here as Conor Gallagher is shown a second yellow card for bringing down Gilmour.

He slides in and catches the Brighton man, but just doesn’t need to make the challenge!

It’s a poor error of judgement from the Chelsea captain.

Brighton are back in the game!

Lallana plays a neat pass to Buonanotte who drives forwards into the box before sliding the ball into the back of the net.

What a goal! It’s Alexis Mac Allister with a stunning strike with Jurgen Klopp going wild on the touchline.

Mac Allister is miles out from goal but sends the ball straight into the top-right corner.

Liverpool have had nine goal attempts against Fulham’s two, with the Reds also having five shots on goal.

Yet, Klopp was also just seen giving Darwin Nunez an earful for losing possession…

The chelsea captain is just a bit too competitive there.

He comes in to take the ball off Buonanotte, but stands on the ankle of the Brighton star, with some force too.

It’s careless and Gallagher looks disappointed with himself for conceding the foul.

Excellent goal from Fulham. Robinson breaks down the left channel before crossing to Wilson arriving in the penalty area to tap in the excellent cross.

With Alexander-Arnold pushing into midfield, teams have been able to capitalise on the extra space left on Liverpool’s right channel.

And that’s exactly what Robinson has done here, utilising his pace to fly down the wing and put a great ball in for Wilson.

Meanwhile, here’s a shot of Alexander-Arnold’s previous goal.

Colwill adds the second on his return to the side! Nicolas Jackson heads a cross from a corner back into the six-yard box, where Colwill is waiting.

He sees the ball coming and nods in to double the lead.

Chelsea are all over Brighton at the minute and could have been a couple of goals up by now.

Alexander-Arnold puts Liverpool 1-0 up with a stunning goal from long–distance, curling the ball into the top right corner.

It’s a fantastic strike and there’s nothing Leno can do about that!

Fernandez breaks the deadlock at Stamford Bridge.

A corner comes in with Badiashile keeping the ball alive at the far post.

He puts an overhead cross back into the six-yard box, with Fernandez rising high to head in.

A great start from Chelsea.

Leno had dived at the feet of Diaz to stop him from advancing on goal but appeared to take a knock on the head during the challenge.

He stayed down before receiving some treatment before playing on.

There were some bloodied swabs left on the floor after his medical assessment.

Things are starting to heat up now as West Ham take the lead at the london Stadium.

Soucek flies down the right side before crossing a great ball in to the penalty area.

Kudus is there to meet the cross and guides a right-footed shot past Johnstone in goal.

A great start for the Hammers!

Mohamed Salah looked like he had the ball in the back of the net for Liverpool there.

It would have been his 200th Liverpool goal. It came after Bernd Leno had deflected a shot off to Luis Diaz, who passed to Salah, but the Colombian was ruled offside in the build up to the goal.

Anoine Semenyo gets on the end of a pass inside the penalty area and fires the ball into the back of the net!

The Blues are starting to find their feet in this game, with Sterling advancing into the Brighton penalty area to force a corner.

He guides a pass across the face of the goal but it is intercepted by Baleba.

The ball comes in from the right side but Brighton manage to clear!

No goals so far in any of our 2pm Premier League matches so far, and it’s also been a quiet start at West Ham.

The Irons are looking to secure their fifth straight win on the bounce this afternoon with a win against Crystal Palace!

A good start from Brighton, they’ve taken possession early and have worked their way forwards to attack Chelsea.

Ahead of this afternoon’s match, Chelsea have paid their tributes to their former player Terry Venables, who sadly passed away last week, aged 80.

Both teams gathered around the middle of the pitch and paid respect to the former player and manager with a round of applause.

Ahead of the match, Chelsea also played tribute to Venables in their matchday programme.

We’re now just moments away from kick-off! The players are about to make their way on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge so stay with us as we’ll have all the latest news and updates from this afternoon’s 2pm kick-offs.

Here’s a reminder of today’s 2pm kick-offs:

Bournemouth v Aston Villa

West Ham v Crystal Palace

Palmer was not named in Chelsea’s starting eleven for today’s match after having picked up a knock in midweek.

Despite that, he’ll start on the bench today, after having a stand out season so far for Chelsea, while also making his senior international debut for England.

The 21-year-old has had a busy couple of months since joining Chelsea from Man City in the summer and considering how good he’s been for the Blues, should the Treble winners have sold him?

Ahead of their crunch Premier League meeting against Fulham this afternoon, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has lauded one Fulham star. as ‘the greatest players the Premier League ever saw’.

He added on Fulham’s manager: ‘Marco is a top manager, he’s doing a brilliant job in a strong league, I’m not saying they are overachieving but they are doing particularly well and it’s a really good football team.

‘It’s just a good football team, well set up and it makes it special, and their little stadium there, they can create a proper atmosphere and we’ve had our struggles there.’

Ahead of Bournemouth’s clash against Aston Villa, Andoni Iraola belives his side will need to be on top form to beat today’s opposition.

‘I think we have been much better recently. We need a good level today because the opposition will demand it.

‘They are playing really well and have good forwards but I think we are in a good moment and have players who can damage them. I have faced Unai Emery a lot, especially as a player, and it’s going to be a tough challenge.’

Mauricio Pochettino gave his Chelsea team the hair dryer treatment following their 4-1 defeat by Newcastle.

It was a disappointing defeat for Pochettino’s side with the manager revealing he ‘told truths’ to his players after the match.

Will his strong words give them a bit of extra motivation today?

Unai Emery has made seven changes to his team that beat Legia Warsaw in the week.

Youri Tielemans, Ezri Konsa, Douglas Luiz and John McGinn are the only three players to keep their place in the starting line up.

Villa XI: Martinez, Carlos, Konsa, Luiz, McGinn, Tielemans, Watkins, Digne, Torres, Zaniolo, Bailey

Subs: Olsen, Cash, Moreno, Lenglet, Diaby, Duran, Dendoncker, Ramsey, Iroegbunam

Meanwhile, Bournemouth have brought Milos Kerkez into defence for Lloyd Kelly, who misses out due to injury.

Bournemouth XI: Neto, A Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, L Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier, Solanke

Subs: Travers, Mepham, Brooks, Rothwell, Ouattara, Sinisterra, Moore, Traore, Billing

After joining Liverpool back in 2016, Joel Matip will today make his 150th Premier League appearance.

Speaking to Sky Sports on reaching the milestone, Matip said: ‘I didn’t know this before so thanks for this. Hopefully a few more will come.

‘Everybody likes to play as a football player and in december and january you can make the best of it.’

On today’s opponents he added: ‘Great team. We have to be there from the beginning. We cannot give them anything and hopefully it will not happen.’

Jarrod Bowen returns to the starting line up for David Moyes’ side after missing their last two games with an injury sustained during the international break.

He’s not the only change to the squad, with Konstantinos Mavropanos replacing Kurt Zouma.

West Ham XI: Areola, Emerson, Aguerd, Mavropanos, Coufal, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Paqueta, Soucek, Kudus, Bowen.

Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Fornals, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Kehrer, Mubama.

Roy Hodgson has also made three changes to his side for todays match, with all of Chris Richards, Jordan Ayew and Will Hughes coming back into the side.

Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone, Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Ward, Lerma, Richards, Hughes, Olise, Edouard, Ayew.

Subs: Matthews, Whitworth, Tomkins, Franca, Mateta, Clyne, Ebiowei, Ahamada, Riedewald.

Joel Matip makes his 150th Premier League appearance today as Liverpool take on fulham.

Jurgen Klopp has made three changes from their side that drew to Man City last weekend.

Allison is oout with an injury, with Diogo Jota also absent. Caoimhín Kelleher and Luis Diaz come in to replace them. Meanwhile, Ryan Gravenberch comes in to replace Curtis Jones.

Fulham make three changes from their team that beat Wolves, Willian drops to the bench along with Tom Cairney and Timothy Castagne.

Joao Palhinha returns alongside Kenny Tete and harry Wilson.

Roberto De Zerbi has also made several changes to his side that played against AEK Athens in midweek.

Jaoao Pedro is omitted from the side with Ferguson set to lead the line for the Seagulls. Jan Paul van Hecke also comes into the side along with Carlos Baleba.

Mauricio Pochettino has made several changes to his Chelsea teamt to take on Brighton today.

In defence Axel Disasi comes in for Marc Cucrella while Levi Colwill replaces the suspended Reece James.

Moises Caicedo comes in for Lesley Ugochukwu while Mykhailo Mudryk starts in attack in place of Conor Gallagher.

Amid his inconsistent recent form, Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that he had a one-one-one meeting with Moises Caicedo in a bid to help the Ecuadorian improve his form.

Pochettino said: ‘Before this press conference, he was in my office for twenty minutes. It is easy because we speak Spanish. It is a subconscious process and that is a problem – only in time can you adapt.’

Will the Ecuadorian start today? Find out in just a moment as we’ll have all the latest team news from each club coming up next!

Fulham are interestingly without a win against teams who begin this weekend’s fixtures in the top half of the Premier League table.

But Liverpool will need to expect Fulham to battle right to the end, with Marco Silva’s side having scored eight of their last nine Premier League goals in the second half of games this season.

Cody Gakpo scored a brace of goals during Liverpool’s 4-0 win against LASK in the Europa League on Thursday.

The Reds are in decent fettle at the moment, but will be hoping for more consistency having won just two of their last five matches across all competitions.

Despite that, Liverpool will be buoyed by their 1-1 draw against Man City last weekend at the Etihad and Klopp will be looking for more of the same this afternoon.

In their past five meetings, Liverpool have only been beaten by Fulham once, with the Merseyside club winning two of those five fixtures, drawing the rest.

Fulham, meanwhile, come into this match off the back of a dramatic 3-2 win against Wolves, which saw the Cottagers be awarded a last-minute penalty by VAR – a decision which has been vehemently slammed by Wolves boss Gary O’Neil this week.

Winless in their last two matches, Chelsea come into today’s clash at Stamford Bridge 11th in the table and needing a win.

Mauricio Pochettino admitted this week that he gave his players the hair dryer treatment after their 4-1 defeat by Newcastle, but they face an equally stern test today against Brighton.

In their last five meetings, Chelsea and Brighton have beaten eachother twice, drawing their only other game.

But the Blues have only won one of their last five league matches and trail their visitors by six points.

Roberto De Zerbi’s side, in stark contrast, haven’t lost in their last five outings.

But Brighton have suffered several injury blows this season, and will be without Ansu Fati and Tariq Lamptey for some time.

The West Ham forward has been out of action for the past two games after picking up a minor injury during the last international break.

We’ve just seen him walking down the side of the pitch with his West Ham team-mates and it’s a good sign that the England star could be ready to make his comeback from injury.

Bowen has been pivotal for the Irons this year, scoring nine goals in 16 appearances across all competitions.

While West Ham have won both of the games he has been absent for, they come up against a tough Crystal Palace team today, who are gunning to end a two-match losing streak.

Hello and welcome to our live blog for this afternoon’s Premier League matches!

We’ve got a big day of action coming up with four games kicking off at 2.00pm this afternoon.

Chelsea are hoping to undo the disappointment of their 4-1 defeat by Newcastle last week as they host Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton at Stamford Bridge.

Brighton come into the match off the back of a good run of form, with the Seagulls having not lost in their last five outings across all competitions.

Meanwhile, Liverpool are also in action this afternoon as they welcome Fulham to Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s side sealed a 4-0 win against LASK in midweek, while Fulham come into this match off the back of a 3-2 win against Wolves that has sparked plenty of discussions around VAR.

West Ham are also back in action this afternoon against London rivals Crystal Palace, with Jarrod Bown eyeing up a potential return from injury.

And lastly Bournemouth host high-flying Aston Villa, as the Cherries look to claim their third win on the bounce.

Stay with us as we’ll have all the latest news, reaction and commentary from this afternoon’s matches.