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FT: Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd
FT: Burnley 1-1 West Ham
FT: Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea
FT: Man City 7-2 Stoke
FT: Swansea 2-0 Huddersfield
FT: Tottenham 1-0 Bournemouth
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1655: Right then, I'm now off to blog Watford v Arsenal. Relentless, these Saturday afternoons, but there's the charm. See you there shortly.

1655: Perhaps the two biggest upsets of the season have both involved Chelsea, who lost at home to Burnley and now away to Palace.

1654: CRYSTAL PALACE BEAT CHELSEA

1653: Great afternoon for the following: Man City and bookmakers. And anyone whose surname is 'Silva'. It's full-time at Swansea (2-0) and Burnley (1-1).

1651: Midway through five added minutes at Selhurst Park where Chelsea look set to drop points and have also suffered another midfield injury, Moses having gone off in the first half.

1650: Spurs have four against one but Sissoko's pass is poor and they settle for a free-kick rather than what should've been the second goal.

1648: Sakho tries a backheel in his own box which should cost him a week's wages. The ball looks set to fall to Fabregas but spins away to safety. What a gift that would've been for the champions.

1647: Silva to Silva at the Etihad but the eighth goal will have to wait, as David is a tad more selfish than he would perhaps have been at 0-0 and fires wide.

As we head into injury time at Selhurst Park, van Aanholt misses a great chance before Townsend - who has been electric - makes a bad decision and wastes a chance to wrap up three points.

1646: That's as close as Huddersfield have come, as van La Parra strikes the bar from distance, a shot which looked to take a deflection. Not a good afternoon for David Wagner's side.

1645: It's all Chelsea at Selhurst Park but if you concede two to Palace, you sort of deserve to lose.

1644: Man City are good yeah?

1643: GOAL! Burnley 1-1 West Ham

Wood nods home for Burnley against West Ham, who had looked fairly comfortable. Hart was nowhere near that pinpoint header which sets up a thrilling finish in Lancashire. Turns out 2/7 West Ham was too short, eh?

1642: Not that there's going to be a jackpot winner, but if you're close in the Super 6 you might nab the consolation prize. Therefore it's important to tell you that Reading are in front at Leeds.

1641: Teams are in for Watford v Arsenal, which follows on from this blog. Not sure there are many surprises there, but Sanchez is not in the squad. Ozil is, but he's on the bench. It seems both are soon to be ex-Gunners, doesn't it?

Watford: Gomes, Femenia, Mariappa, Britos, Holebas, Doucoure, Kabasele, Pereyra, Cleverley, Richarlison, Gray
Arsenal: Cech, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Bellerin, El Neny, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacazette

1640: Eriksen's shot is stopped by Begovic as Spurs also edge towards three points. Hardly convincing, albeit Begovic has had a good game for the visitors.

1639: You might think that 2/7 about West Ham, who are a man down don't forget, is short enough despite their 1-0 lead at Burnley. However, they've been the better side to be frank and Burnley a far cry from their performance at Everton. The Hammers edging closer towards a well-earned three points.

1636: GOAL! Man City 7-2 Stoke

Embarrassing now for Stoke (if it wasn't already) as Bernardo Silva gets on the scoresheet. I know City started in electric fashion last year before falling off the rails, but I don't see a side capable of stopping them in the Premier League. I have them wrapping it up in time for the Masters.

1635: And it's almost a goal for Defoe, who forces a save from the excellent Lloris having been set-up by Ibe. That was destined for the corner.

1633: Defoe is on at Wembley. Might he grab an equaliser against his former club? He's a whopping 28/1 to score next with Sky Bet.

1632: Sincere apologies, all. Technical issues. Gladly, this coincided with a goalless run - although Chelsea are piling forward against Palace.

1619: GOAL! Man City 6-2 Stoke

Sane puts it through Butland's legs following an incredible ball from De Bruyne. They lapsed either side of half-time but City are back to their unstoppable best now.

1619: Begovic, caught out moments before, twice comes to Bournemouth's rescue, denying Kane who will have expected to take at least one of those two chances. Spurs really trying to put this to bed.

1618: GOAL! Man City 5-2 Stoke

Definitely, definitely over now and great news for the two-goal handicap bet. This time it's Fernandinho. Delph rolls it to him, and after a touch he smashes it in off the bar from distance. Unstoppable.

1615: Disallowed! Kane nods him at Wembley but was offside following a ball across from Trippier.

1613: GOAL! Man City 4-2 Stoke

Dare I say... game over? It's Jesus who strikes for City, as De Bruyne picks him out in space. Where the Stoke defenders were is unclear - they've been very poor at the back.

1609: West Ham aren't playing like they're a man down as Antonio nearly doubles the lead, while over at Palace it's Chelsea who are on top and they're almost level as Fabregas strikes the bar from range with Speroni beaten.

1606: GOAL! Swansea 2-0 Huddersfield

Ayew puts Swansea 2-0 up. It's a lovely finish over the onrushing Huddersfield goalkeeper and that should be that given how difficult goals have been to come by for the travelling Terriers.

1605: GOAL! Man City 3-2 Stoke

Diouf doubles up and Stoke are right back in this now! It's a superb ball by Edwards, making his debut, which Diouf heads in via Walker.

1603: GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Bournemouth

Eriksen finishes beautifully into the corner from the edge of the box to put Spurs in front. That goal had been coming prior to half-time but Bournemouth will have hoped the break triggered a change.

1600: As the second half whistles go, I can tell you that the majority of Super 6 players were eliminated by that second goal for Palace, had they been so bold as to predict their first.

If you're still standing, click here for the, erm, standings.

1550: No late goals to report so I can tell you that Soccer Saturday Price Boost is now as big as 20/1, with two of the three sides behind albeit Burnley playing 10 men after Carroll's red.

Click here if you want to get on.

Palace meanwhile can be backed at 5/4 to beat Chelsea, despite leading 2-1 at half-time.

1547: Half-time whistles are being blown, goals having come in similar bursts during a pulsating 45 minutes or so.

1545: GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea

Finally, a Palace player has scored and it's the superb Zaha, who dances into the box with Chelsea players all too afraid to stick in a foot, allowing the former Manchester United man to convert. It's hard to say Palace don't deserve it and Zaha certainly does - he's been electric.

1544: GOAL! Man City 3-1 Stoke

Well, that's a blow to the handicap bet as Biram Diouf sort of gets Stoke back in it. Diouf cuts inside Delph and after a deflected shot from Jese, the ball ends up with Diouf who converts to reduce the deficit.

1542: GOAL! Swansea 1-0 Huddersfield

It's a tap-in for Abraham to put Swansea ahead, his fourth goal of the season and potentially decisive in what always looked like being a low-scoring game. Not a replay Huddersfield keeper Lossl will want to see again having given the ball away oh so cheaply.

1541: Zappacosta is indeed on for Chelsea, and soon after they go close as Fabregas - who assisted the equaliser - fires one just over the bar.

1538: Ah - bad news for Chelsea as Moses goes down injured, apparently due to a hamstring injury. Looks like Zappacosta will soon be on to replace him.

1537: Chance for Chelsea as Batshuayi heads over the bar from close range following a corner, just after a marauding Alonso had seen his shot blocked by Ward.

1534: Better from Spurs against deep-lying Bournemouth, as Eriksen supplies Kane with a chance which, to my shock, does not go in. Nothing comes from the resulting corner as the home side press strongly for an opener.

Remember, they play Real Madrid in Spain on Tuesday. I'm sure they would've liked to have done what City have and wrapped things up by now.

1532: Dare I say predictably, it's not been a thriller in Wales where Huddersfield are performing better now but Swansea have shared things over the course of 30 largely forgettable minutes.

At Turf Moor, Burnley want a penalty as Wood goes down under a sliding challenge from Hart. The referee, who recently sent off a West Ham player remember, elects not to give the hosts a penalty this time.

1530: That Palace goal (just joining us? YES, Palace scored) has been changed to an own-goal. I'm sure both Azpilicueta and Cabaye are delighted.

1528: RED CARD! Carroll is off at Turf Moor. First, he's booked for an elbow, leading with his arm as he climbs for a header. Not two minutes later, he does the same thing. He gets another yellow. He is off. West Ham down to 10 men having not long ago scored the opener.

1527: GOAL! Man City 3-0 Stoke

What a goal. It's another sweeping City move and as Silva converts, it's 3-0 to the hosts and future champions.

1525: Palace have responded well to Chelsea's equaliser, Zaha in particular looking a threat as he forces a corner after Cahill deflects his shot behind. At Wembley, a let-off for Spurs after a deflected clearance looks set to go in before Lloris makes a fine reaction stop.

Shortly before that there were some cries of penalty from the Cherries' travelling contingent and Spurs' latest attempt to get a Wembley win in the league is yet to catch fire.

1524: With Burnley behind, you can now have 14/1 about the Soccer Saturday Price Boost. Overreaction?

1522: Like buses, aren't they? And don't even try to tell me it's 'busses'. It isn't.

1520: GOAL! Burnley 0-1 West Ham

It's horrorshow stuff for Burnley. Hart launches a ball forward, but Burnley's two centre-backs both go for it... and both miss it. Antonio is then in behind having gambled. Pope rushes out. Antonio is alive to it, goes round the goalkeeper and converts. This chap is devastated.

1520: GOAL! Man City 2-0 Stoke

Sterling strikes and the two-goal handicap bet looks golden now. De Bruyne feints to shoot, reverses it to Sane, who is in behind and rolls the ball across to Sterling. Simple yet oh so complex. Beautiful to watch. Game over.

1519: GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea

I sort of said this might happen, too. Hooray for me. It's Bakayoko who levels for the visitors.

1517: GOAL! Man City 1-0 Stoke

I did say this was coming as Jesus rolls the ball home following a move which De Bruyne triggered, Walker moved on and the Brazilian completed.

1516: Not much happening at Wembley albeit Eriksen is beginning to look dangerous, while at Turf Moor, West Ham have started nicely with Antonio forcing a save from Pope having shown all of his muscle to engineer and opening.

1515: It's Sterling's turn to miss a decent chance for City, Jesus having teed him up. Feels like the opener there is not far away.

1514: Chelsea are out to 11/8 from odds-on to beat Palace. It's been a bright start from the hosts and they deserve their lead, but maybe that's an overreaction. Don't be surprised if Chelsea are level come half-time.

1513: Looks like Cabaye has been credited with the first Palace goal since a proper human being sat in the Oval Office. Remarkable. It was scrappy, as the ball definitely went in via Azpilicueta, but Palace and their boss Roy Hodgson will not care. Obviously.

1511: GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Chelsea

They have their goal! Palace have scored a goal! It's a goal! Palace have scored a goal! It might be an own goal, but it is definitely a goal! Goal!!!

1510: De Bruyne is pulling the strings for City and they should be in front, after the ball falls to Sane who, despite having time and space and everything ion his favour, slashes one high and wide of the Stoke goal.

Barnsley are back in front. Three goals in the opening nine minutes there as we impatiently await a Premier League goal of any kind, anywhere.

1509: Boro are level at Barnsley as City continue to push for an opening and Swansea also begin to assert against Huddersfield.

Further down the divisions, Luton are 2-0 up early against Stevenage.

1507: Sterling weaves his way towards the byline for City, who are predictably on top early against Stoke. Butland has to be alert to collect a cross in the direction of Sane.

1506: Palace chance! It's the returning Zaha who forces Courtois down to save having worked an angle inside the area. Early warning for the champions not to do what everyone else is doing and assume away win.

1505: Townsend appears to be playing through the middle for Benteke-less Palace, and it's an encouraging start for the home side against Chelsea. Meanwhile, Huddersfield goalkeeper Lossl is at last up on his feet following that foul by Fer.

1504: Early goal in the Championship as Barnsley lead Boro at Oakwell. It's been an extremely poor run for the visitors of late and their only meaningful early touch is from Fletcher, who puts the ball into his own net against his former club.

1502: Quiet enough start except for a yellow at Swansea already, where the hosts' Fer is in the book for a bad foul.

1459: Right, here we go then, seconds away from goals galore. Loads and loads and loads of goals, until 1640 when all four Sporting Life Accumulator teams are in front and we all join together in prayer for ABSOLUTELY NO MORE GOALS.

1457: After a skinner in the early game, Sky Bet are looking to avoid the following most-popular teams:

Chelsea*
Tottenham*
Man City
Leeds
Wigan
Sheff Wed
Burnley*
Swansea
Sheff Utd
Peterborough

I mean they won't get all of them beat, clearly, but if they can avoid the three with stars indicating Soccer Saturday Price Boost they will doubtless be happy enough.

1452: It's genuinely like the warmest October day on record, isn't it? I'm sure I read something like that and I left my coat at home today. Certainly wouldn't have considered a gilet/woolly hat combo. Some people. Nice washbag, mind you.

1450: Defoe is just on the bench for Bournemouth at his former club Spurs today, but seeing his name on the sheet reminds me about an opportunity to cast votes in the Laureus Awards. I wouldn't want to sway you, like, but...

1445: Fifteen minutes and no more until whistles blow around the grounds and, appallingly, I've not yet told you about the latest Sporting Life Accumulator.

Our team have already bagged a 33/1 winner for charity this season and were a goal away from another last weekend.

This time around, it's a pretty standard 14/1 chance involving four favourites, two at home and two on the road.

Click here for all the info and here to head straight to Sky Bet and place your bets.

1438: If you want to read about what happened at Anfield beyond 'no goals, Liverpool better, De Gea key', you can click here for our match report which will be updated with reaction as the afternoon goes on.

1430: Today's Soccer Saturday Price Boost sees the Burnley, Chelsea and Spurs treble enhanced to 5/1 by Sky Bet. You'd have to expect wins for the latter pair... which means 5/1 about Burnley beating West Ham (sort of). Tempting enough, isn't it?

1422: Perhaps you'll go with six 0-0 draws in today's £250,000 Super 6, which features the above five Premier League games plus Leeds v Reading in the Sky Bet Championship.

I've gone with the following:

Burnley 1-1 West Ham
Crystal Palace 1-3 Chelsea (you heard - a Palace goal)
Man City 4-0 Stoke
Swansea 0-1 Huddersfield
Tottenham 3-0 Bournemouth
Leeds 3-2 Reading

Not sure I can fully explain the last of those except to say I want to be the only person of the million-plus entrants to get all six scores correct.

Click here to begin your own quest for (five-minute) fame and (genuine) fortune.

1419: Full-time at Anfield. No goals. Rubbish.

1414: This is dull and won't make you rich but I strongly fancy Man City on the two-goal handicap at evens today. City have covered this spread in three of their seven league games, including each of their last two at the Etihad, and Stoke were thumped by Chelsea not so long ago.

City have been scoring for fun and I see them going in front early and winning something like 4-0, which was the scoreline in this fixture the season before last.

1411: Our Premier League guru David John has been banging in winners lately, a sentence I've written in pretty much every edition of this blog.

Unfortunately, he's of the view that goals will be in short supply as Swansea host Huddersfield while he's backing Burnley and West Ham to play out a draw.

Click here to read his take on all today's Premier League action.

1408: Here are your 10 line-ups. Confirmation that there's no Morata for Chelsea, some solace for Palace who make four changes. Zaha is back (good), Hennessy is not available (bad).

Aguero is on the bench for Man City having recovered quickly from that incident in Amsterdam, while at Turf Moor, West Ham fans who have made the trip will surely be delighted to see Arnautovic and Lanzini back in the side.

Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Ward, Tarkowski, Mee, Brady, Cork, Hendrick, Defour, Arfield, Wood
West Ham: Hart, Zabaleta, Cresswell, Fonte, Reid, Kouyate, Arnautovic, Lanzini, Antonio, Chicharito, Carroll

Price Boosts include Wood to score first (6/1) and Hernandez to score first (15/2)

Swansea: Fabianski, Mawson, Britton, Fer, Abraham, Narsingh, Carroll, Olsson, Ayew, Naughton, Fernandez
Huddersfield: Lossl, Smith, Malone, Hogg, Billing, Kachunga, van La Parra, Depoitre, Ince, Zanka, Schindler

Price Boosts include Swansea to win 3-1 (25/1) and Ince to score first (12/1)

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, Fernandino, Sterling, De Bruyne, Sane, Silva, Jesus
Stoke: Butland, Zouma, Cameron, Edwards, Wimmer, Pieters, Fletcher, Choupo-Moting, Jese, Diouf, Shaqiri

Price Boosts include Jesus to score first (3/1) and Stoke to win 2-1 (66/1)

Tottenham: Lloris, Trippier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Alli, Son, Kane
Bournemouth: Begovic, Francis, S. Cook, Ake, Daniels, Smith, Surman, Gosling, L. Cook, King, Stanislas

Price Boosts include Kane to score first (2/1) and Bournemouth to win 2-1 (50/1)

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Cabaye, McArthur, Townsend, Zaha
Chelsea: Courtois, Alonso, Cahill, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Moses, Fabregas, Willian, Bakayoko, Hazard, Batshuayi

Price Boosts include Hazard to score first (9/2) and Palace to win 1-0 (22/1)

1400: "Not with a bang but a whimper," wrote T.S. Eliot, after a 0-0 draw between Huddersfield and Notts County. Probably. Almost a century on, the Premier League is back from one of those incredibly aggravating international breaks with a so-far goalless game at Anfield. Whimper-ish.

We are however just one hour away from the five 3pm kick-offs in the top flight and there's an absolutely guarantee of goals. Perhaps not for Crystal Palace, who seek their first of the season against title holders Chelsea, but surely for at least some of the rest.

Team news is on the way as we build-up to another afternoon in the bonkers world of the Premier League. Drop me a line on benjamin.coley@sportinglife.com if you want to get involved.