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Preamble
There are certain types of day that are good for football: clear, crisp ones; surface-slickening drizzly ones; matter-of-principle hosing down with rain ones; snowy orange-ball ones; or, in other words, a kick-about is always a blinding idea.
But how many decent matches do you see in that nause of a lunchtime slot? Some, of course – one of the first was one of the best, Crystal Palace 4-3 Liverpool in the 1990 FA Cup semi-final – but generally speaking, the craziest stuff happens at night. Just look at last evening, for example, which gave us ridiculous wildness in two out of three fixtures.
So we can approach today with hope. At the top of the table, Arsenal will hope to restore their five-point lead, but know Brentford are wise to the set-piece ruse; at the Amex, it’s fifth against fourth as Brighton entertain Villa; Burnley and Wolves, second-bottom and bottom, are scrapping for home points against Palace and Forest respectively; Chelsea, on a bit of a buzz, visit old friends Leeds; and Liverpool, who’ve lost six in eight, welcome to Anfield a Sunderland side fresh off their latest miraculous victory. Or, in other words, this could be mayham.
Kick-offs: Arsenal v Brentford, Brighton v Villa Burnley v Palace and Wolves v Forest: 7.30pm GMT. Leeds v Chelsea and Liverpool v Sunderland 8.15pm GMT.
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