Chelsea 1-0 Norwich - West Brom 2-1 Arsenal: Barclays Premier League - as it happened
15:00: Chelsea vs Norwich City
15:00: Everton vs Aston Villa
15:00: Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:00: Southampton vs Stoke City
15:00: Swansea City vs AFC Bournemouth
15:00: West Bromwich Albion vs Arsenal
Dramatic day in the Premier League has come to an end with shocks and goal everywhere, including Jamie Vardy's record-equalling 10th consecutive Premier League goal. That is all we have time for on this live text but on the other side is live coverage of Man City v Liverpool and Real Madrid v Barcelona. Until next time, goodbye.
Goal: Chelsea 1-0 Norwich (Diego Costa)
The Blues lead and their Spanish axis are key against. Cesc Fabregas takes a quick free-kick and catch Norwich out. Costa takes the ball down, cuts inside and fires past Ruddy. Barely a celebration from the forward after scoring form the first time in half a dozen games.
Half time at the Hawthorns and Stamford Bridge, but it is at St James' Park where the attention is where Jamie Vardy has scored a goal in a record-equalling 10th Premier League game. He equals Rudd van Nistelrooy's record and as things stand he is firing his Leicester side top of the Premier League.
Most interesting line to emerge from Chelsea's team is the decision to start Brazilian Kenedy at left-back in the absence of Cesar Azpilicueta, having seen the youngster player in forward positions earlier in the season.
For Arsenal, their French contingent Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud both start and as expected Hector Bellerin returns at right-back.
Team news
Chelsea vs Norwich
Chelsea: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry (c), Kenedy; Matic, Fabregas; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Diego Costa.
Norwich: Ruddy, Wisdom, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson, Howson, Mulumbu, O'Neil, Brady, Redmond, Mbokani.
West Brom vs Arsenal
West Brom: Myhill, Dawson, Olsson, Evans, Brunt, Fletcher, Yacob, Morrison, Sessegnon, McClean, Rondon.
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Gibbs, Giroud.
We're about 10 minutes away from getting team news for the 3pm kick-offs but let's have a look at what we can expect in our featured games. Chelsea are almost injury free after Thibaut Courtois returned to training this week while Branislav Ivanovic is also fit again after a hamstring problem.
Norwich will welcome back Nathan Redmond and Russell Martin from injury and suspension respectively but they are replaced by Matt Jarvis on the sidelines.
For West Brom meanwhile, Gareth McAuley was sent off against Manchester United and is out but that blow is offset by the imminent return of Chris Brunt. The visitors Arsenal will make a late decision over Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud after the Paris terror attacks but Hector Bellerin does return after injury.
After Watford and Mancheste United restarted the Premier League action, we're back into the crux of the weekend fixtures with six 3pm kick-offs. The headline matches are Chelsea and Norwich, both in the bottom half of the table after 12 games, facing off at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal meanwhile can go top of the Premier League for a few hours if they overcome West Bromwich Albion. There are four other games including Leicester City's trip to Newcastle United where Jamie Vardy goes in pursuit of a record-equaling 10th goal in a row in the Premier League.
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