Barclays Premier League: Chelsea 1-0 Everton - Manchester United 3-1 Burnley - as it happened

Well that is full time in each of our six games tonight. Chelsea stay seven points clear in the title race though Manchester City won at Stoke City for the first in impressive fashion.

Well that is all we have time for on this live text. We'll be back with live coverage of the FA Cup fifth round this weekend, but until then goodbye.

Full time: West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Swansea City

Full time: Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle United

Palace have been much the better side in the second half and they almost grab the winner when Hangeland heads goalwards and Krul makes a superb one-handed save.

Full time in each of our four 7:45pm kick-offs but we're still playing in the 8pm games where West Brom lead Swansea and Newcastle are being held at Crystal Palace. Around seven minutes in each game to go.

Goal: West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Swansea City (Saido Berahino)

Goal: Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle United (Frazier Campbell)

Goal: Chelsea 1-0 Everton (Willian)

Chelsea are staying seven points clear as they grab a last minute winner. A lofted ball is cleared out as far as Willian, who hits a daisy-cutter which goes through a host of bodies and beyond Howard.

Red card: Gareth Barry (Everton)

Chelsea have a goal chalked off with less than four minutes left. Matic's goalbound shot is deflected first off an Everton player then Ivanovic's shoulder, who is in an offside position, and flies past Tim Howard. The flag goes up immediately.

Goal: Manchester United 3-1 Burnley (Robin van Persie)

Burnley's resolve finally broken. Di Maria gets free down the left, he draws and then darts past Scott Arfield, who brings him down. Robin van Persie, with his first effort on goal tonight, sends Heaton the wrong way with a cool spot-kick.

Penalty to Manchester United

Goal: Stoke City 1-4 Manchester City (Samir Nasri)

Goal: West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Swansea City (Brown Ideye)

Fabregas and Drogba on for Chelsea. Less than 20 minutes remaining at the Bridge. City look like they're going to close the gap to at least five at this rate. James Wilson meanwhile is coming on at Old Trafford, presumably for either Van Persie or Falcao, who have been dreadful.

Goal: Stoke City 1-3 Manchester City (Sergio Aguero)

Everton should be ahead at Stamford Bridge. Bryan Oviedo receives the ball on the left after a corner is recycled and he crosses for Lukaku who from less than six yards is denied by the legs of Cech. Fantastic instinctive save.

Tim Howard makes a terrific save to keep out Nemanja Matic's free-kick. Chelsea getting closer by Cesc Fabregas is being prepared.

Red card: Adrian (West Ham United)

Nearly an hour played at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea are huffing and puffing but currently with Manchester City winning their lead is being cut to five points. Will we see Cesc Fabregas and Didier Drogba in this second half? Everton not exactly comfortable but they're competitive.

Goal: Stoke City 1-2 Manchester City (James Milner)

The chances keep coming for Burnley and goodness knows how they aren't ahead. Boyd crosses for the visitors and both Smalling and Herrera miss-kick at the near post and the ball falls to Ings, who shoots straight at De Gea. What an opportunity.

Teams back out at Stamford Bridge. Change for Everton, as James McCarthy comes on for Besic.

Goal: Crystal Palace 0-1 Newcastle United (Papiss Cisse)

You might have seen a second Manchester City goal flash up on your screens and it had seemed the champions were back ahead through Sergio Aguero, but the Argentine has been adjudged to have handled. Correct decision it must be said.

Goal: Manchester United 2-1 Burnley (Chris Smalling)

The home side have been dreadful in this first half but they go into the break ahead as Smalling converts from Di Maria's cross.

Bizarre goings on at Old Trafford where Andre Herrera has replaced the injured Daley Blind and Wayne Rooney has moved to holding midfield. Who would have thought it.

Goal: Stoke City 1-1 Manchester City (Peter Crouch)

Goal: Stoke City 0-1 Manchester City (Sergio Aguero)

So Paul Lambert is sacked by Aston Villa. All the news and an update regarding the new manager here. Meanwhile, we're under way at Selhurst Park and The Hawthorns.

Burnley should be ahead now after Ings is denied by the legs of De Gea from a corner. The visitors all over United in the early minutes. Now Ashley Barnes' cruling effort is kept out.

BREAKING: Aston Villa sack Paul Lambert. More to follow.

Goal: Manchester United 1-1 Burnley (Danny Ings)

Burnley deservedly level at Old Trafford. After Michael Knightly is denied at close range after going through, the Clarets level as Trippier crosses and it goes beyond Evans and Danny Ings thunders in a header.

It's all happening in the early minutes tonight and Everton should be ahead at the Bridge. Ross Barkley feeds Romelu Lukaku, who escapes the offside trap and thunders goalwards only to see Cech stick out a leg and divert the ball over the bar.

Chelsea into the ascendency and they should have had a chance to go into an early lead from the penalty spot after a clear handball from Steven Naismith. The Scot forearms the ball into the air and it is as clear a handball as you'll see this season. Juan Cuadrado appeals but nothing doing from referee Jon Moss.

Goal: Manchester United 1-0 Burnley (Chris Smalling)

Amazing stuff at Old Trafford. Phil Jones off for United due to injury and is replaced by Chris Smalling, and the England defender makes an immediate impression. A corner on the left is not cleared by Burnley and Smalling stoops to head beyond Heaton with what must be his first touch.

Burnley all in grey at Old Trafford, but there is nothing bland about their performance and they go close in the second minute. A corner from the left is in towards the near post and Michael Keane - the ex-United defender - meets it first and nods wide. Big chance.

Under way in four of the evening kick-offs in the Premier League. 8pm kick-offs at Selhurst Park and the Hawthorns.

Players in the tunnel at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford, the scene of our main games this evening. We'll have the goals as they go in, particularly at the Britannia Stadium, but our focus in on the aforementioned games.

At Selhurst Park, Alan Pardew faces Newcastle United for the first time since swapping the north east for south London when his Crystal Palace side look to pull further clear of the bottom three. Pardew has written a glowing tribute to his former team in his pre-match programme notes, but will he be as compassionate come kick-off? Five wins from his first six games suggests not.

After wins for Arsenal and Liverpool on Tuesday, the pressure is on Southampton and Manchester United to react in what is looking like being one of the closest battles in years two of the four Champions League places. Saints need a point to guarantee they remain in the top four and a win over West Ham will keep them third. United have to beat Burnley to go above Arsenal and Saints (results permitting) but a point would draw them level on points with the Gunners and keep them in fifth.

Tonight could be a potentially pivotal evening in the title race. Manchester City on the precipice of their championship defence falling apart and if it weren't for James Milner's late free-kick against Hull they would heading into tonight's game eight points behind. As it is, City trail by seven and travel to Stoke City who they haven't beaten in the league since 1999. A task made all the tough as Chelsea host an Everton team who have lost half of their away league games this season, haven't won in their last 19 visits to Stamford Bridge and are floundering in the bottom half. The Blues could all but wrap up the title tonight.

Lets pick the bones out of that early team news in our main games tonight.

For Chelsea, Juan Cuadrado makes his first start for the club since joining from Fiorentina but Cesc Fabregas is only on the bench and Oscar misses out altogether. Everton give a full debut to their own January winger signing Aaron Lennon.

At Old Trafford, all the big guns are all in for Manchester united, Rooney, Falcao, Van Persie and Di Maria all start against a Burnley side which shows one change as Michael Kightly starts in place of Dean Marney.

Stoke City are injury ravaged tonight and they are forced into starting with Geoff Cameron at full-back while Peter Crouch returns to the team after his stoppage time equaliser against Newcastle. Ezequiel Mangala returns for Manchester City, as does Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri.

Team news:

Chelsea v Everton

Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Cuadrado, Willian, Hazard; Remy.

Everton: Howard, Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Oviedo, Besic, Barry, Lennon, Naismith, Barkley, Lukaku

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Hangeland, Kelly, McArthur, Ledley, Puncheon, Zaha, Chamakh, Sanogo

Newcastle United: Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, Williamson, Haidara, Colback, Sissoko, Cabella, Perez, Gouffran, Cisse

Manchester United v Burnley

Manchester United: De Gea, McNair, Jones, Evans, Rojo, Blind, Rooney, Januzaj, Di Maria, van Persie, Falcao.

Burnley: Heaton, Trippier, Keane, Shackell, Mee, Kightly, Arfield, Jones, Boyd, Barnes, Ings.

Southampton v West Ham United

Southampton: Forster, Clyne, Fonte, Gardos, Yoshida, Reed, S. Davis, Wanyama, Mane, Elia, Pelle

West Ham United: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Kouyate, Cresswell, Song, Amafitano, Downing, Valencia, Sakho, Cole

Stoke City v Manchester City

Stoke City: Begovic, Cameron, Wollscheid, Muniesa, Bardsley, Nzonzi, Whelan, Arnautovic, Diouf, Moses, Crouch.

Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Fernando, Milner, Silva, Nasri, Aguero.

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

West Bromwich Albion: Foster, Dawson, Lescott, McAuley, Brunt, McManaman, Yacob, Fletcher, Morrison, Ideye, Berahino

Swansea City: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Cork, Shelvey, Dyer, Montero, Gomis

After four matches took center stage on Tuesday, we round off the mid-week bumper Premier League offering with the remaining six games where there are some key games at both ends. In the title race Chelsea host Everton and Manchester City travel to Stoke City. In the top four battle, Southampton take on West Ham and Manchester United welcome Burnley. Elsewhere West Brom play Swansea and Alan Pardew takes on Newcastle United for the first time since leaving them for Crystal Palace earlier in the season. Don't go anywhere, basically.