TOTTENHAM will be looking to bounce back from their 3-2 defeat at home to Southampton in midweek as they host Wolves today.
Elsewhere, Newcastle are at home to Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa while his boyhood team Liverpool travel to Turf Moor for a clash with Burnley.
And then later on in the 4.30pm kick-off, Leicester are at home to West Ham.
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Newcastle vs Aston Villa
The Magpies are bidding to win three top-flight matches in a row for the first time since November 2018 under Rafael Benitez.
Eddie Howe's side are unbeaten in four games (W2, D2).
Gerrard's Aston Villa are currently on a three-match unbeaten run, their longest of the season (W1, D2).
Villa have only failed to score in one of their eleven games under Gerrard (1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield).
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Burnley vs Liverpool
Sadio Mane returns for Liverpool after his AFCON travels, having won the trophy with his country Senegal.
Jordan Henderson is available after a minor back problem kept him out of the midweek fixture against Leicester.
Burnley have gone ten games without a win, their solitary victory coming against Brentford in October (D11, L11).
Liverpool will be looking for a fourth consecutive win at a wet Turf Moor today.
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Welcome back
It truly is a 'Super Sunday' of Premier League action today.
- Burnley vs Liverpool
- Newcastle vs Aston Villa
- Tottenham vs Wolves
With games affecting both top and bottom of the Premier League, we will keep you updated with all the action.
Firstly, we will focus on the 2pm kick-offs.
- Emillia Hawkins
Full Time results
- Man Utd 1-1 Southampton
- Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
- Everton 3-0 Leeds
- Watford 0-2 Brighton
Man City are currently taking on Norwich at Carrow Road.
Frank Lampard reacts
When speaking to BBC Match of the Day, Lampard said:
"It was nice! An incredible afternoon. What we did today was something special in terms of the performance. It showed an attitude, aggression and work rate."
"The fans, when they see what the players are putting into the game, what they give us. It has to be the start."
"I can see the talent. Individually you go through the team and there's ability in there. It was about being a strong unit and fighting for the fans."
"Relief is three points and the table looks slightly better this week but I'm just so proud of the performance."
"I thought Donny van de Beek was great. To play like that at home – his calmness, work rate and intelligence was great. Dele Alli was active when he came on. There will be more from them both. They are great additions and I believe they will get better."
Thomas Frank reacts
When speaking to BBC Match of the Day, Frank said:
"We got a point, first and foremost. I think this performance is the same level as the Wolves game – if there should have been a narrow winner, it should have been us."
"We created good opportunities. We gave one chance away which was our only mistake, I’d say. If we can keep that up, we’d be in a good place."
"We needed to create more to get one goal – that’s maybe down to the quality on the day. There are a lot of positives to take from this game."
Patrick Vieira reacts
When speaking to BBC Match of the Day, Vieira said:
"In possession I don’t think we linked well enough to give them problems. I think out of possession we did fantastically well. The front three helped us defensively. Overall, I think the draw is fair for both teams."
"I think it’s all credit to the opposition team. We came here with the plan to create chances and trouble the opposition team, but they made it very difficult for us. As a team, I’m happy with the point we took today."
"It’s fantastic to have talent in your team, but we need a plan together – how we can create chances and score goals. At the moment, that’s a step forward we need to make as a team. We have the talent, but it’s not going to be enough."
Roy Hodgson reacts
When speaking to Sky Sports, Hodgson said:
"I didn't think it was very good. In the first-half in particular I was expecting us to be more confident and have more composure on the ball and make life difficult for Brighton."
"To the players' credit they worked hard and restricted the goal chances. But we didn't do enough."
"I haven't had a goal scored against us when I haven't been disappointed. There is nobody with the right to say that if you last out 42 minutes the other team aren't allowed to score after that. We only have ourselves to blame."
"We are going to need to show a lot more resilience and mental strength because after two performances against Burnley and West Ham when we did come close to getting more, today we have not come close. But that is because you play matches, you don't dream about results you would like."
Graham Potter reacts
When speaking to Sky Sports, Potter said:
"We started really well. Showed good personality and good control, reactions when we lost the ball."
"You know coming here, with the way Roy organises his team it won't be easy to create chances. But we attacked as well as we could first half, didn't let them have much and scored a great goal. The first goal in the Premier League is always important."
"It sounds easy now, but that second goal was important for us as we needed to kill it off. In football, you learn that teams sometimes don't need to do too much to get a goal."
"I've not looked at the table and don't intend to look. It is about getting as many points as possible. It is an ambitious and hungry group that want more."
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Super Frank
Everton secured their first Premier League win under new boss Frank Lampard today.
The 3-0 victory over Leeds ends a run of six league games without a win.
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Marcelo Bielsa reacts
"It was a fair result. They established differences that justified their goals."
"In the game today it was very difficult for us to defend."
"If you watched the game you would see that it was difficult for us to anticipate their forwards."
"They attacked better than us."
"In the second half we defended a little bit better but we didn't manage to attack."
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Watford Woes
The Hornets remain 19th in the Premier League table on 15 points.
They are three points from safety.
However, since Hodgson took over from Claudio Ranieri as manager last month they have not won a game.
Arguably their weakest area has been the defence – Brighton were regularly allowed to play in acres of space which enabled them to create many goalscoring opportunities.
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Full Time – Everton 3-0 Leeds
The Toffees dominated the match from start to finish with the likes of Iwobi, Gordon and Richarlison all providing stand-out performances.
Leeds did not have a shot on target and barely looked like scoring.
Marcelo Bielsa will be disappointed with the result.
Meanwhile, Frank Lampard will be elated.
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Full Time – Watford 0-2 Brighton
Watford's troubles continue as they are dominated by Brighton at home.
The Seagulls were in control throughout the game whilst the Hornets were barely given a look-in.
Watford are still yet to score a goal under Roy Hodgson.
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Full Time – Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
A fairly uneventful game culminates with the points being shared.
Neither side looked likely to score.
I can only anticipate that this will be the last match scheduled on tonight's episode of 'Match of the Day'.
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83. GOOOOAAAAALLLLL Brighton!!!!!!!!!
Webster doubles the lead!
Surely that secures the three points for the Seagulls!
Watford 0-2 Brighton
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78. GOOOOAAAAALLLLLL EVERTON!!!!!!!
Richarlison scores the third!
He rifles the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards out!
Everton 3-0 Leeds
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78. Watford 0-1 Brighton
The Seagulls are on the hunt for a third.
Moder and Cucurella both have shots blocked in the penalty area.
Watford had a brief spell of good play in the last 10 minutes but have since dropped off.
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67. Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
Will Hughes is forced off with an injury.
He is replaced by James McArthur.
Neither side have looked too threatening so far, it looks like the points could be shared.
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67. Watford 0-1 Brighton
Watford come close to equalising!
Dennis cuts inside before unleashing a strike which hits the crossbar.
The Hornets are starting to get back into this game.
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47. Everton 2-0 Leeds
Everton continue to press high.
Gordon has an attempt on goal as he tries to curl the ball past Meslier, but his effort is off target.
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Kick Off
All three games are back underway!
- Everton 2-0 Leeds
- Watford 0-1 Brighton
- Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
Half Time – Brentford 0-0 Crystal Palace
A fairly even game so far.
The best goalscoring opportunity fell to Janelt in the 39th minute – his shot from close range was blocked.
Half Time – Watford 0-1 Brighton
The Seagulls deservedly took the lead late in the first half with a fantastic goal from Maupay.
The striker has now levelled Glen Murray's record as the highest scoring Brighton player in the Premier League with 26 goals.
Watford are still yet to score a goal under Roy Hodgson.
Half Time – Everton 2-0 Leeds
Everton fans will be very happy with that first half performance.
The Toffees have dominated throughout and are proving to be a real threat.
Leeds really need to turn things around in the second half if they want to get anything from this game because it doesn't look like Everton will slow down any time soon.
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