The Match of the Day 2 running order has been revealed ahead of the programme, after what has been a busy and controversial afternoon.
You can see the highlights of all of those played so far along with all the talking points, replays and analysis from 10:30pm on BBC One.
Presenter Mark Chapman will as always be joined by pundits Jonathan Woodgate, and Troy Deeney who’ll no doubt will have a lot to rant about. If you miss the show, you can view it over on the BBC iPlayer.
1) EVERTON v CHELSEA
Everton boost their Premier League survival hopes with a 1-0 win over Chelsea; Richarlison’s strike 59 seconds into the second half sealed win; Jordan Pickford produced three vital saves to deny Chelsea; Everton now two points behind Leeds and Burnley
Everton boss Frank Lampard: “Difficult. They are always a team that will put you under pressure late on. We did brilliantly. The team, stadium, the fans were man of the match today. From the drive in to the support, which we need. Thanks to them.
2) TOTTENHAM v LEICESTER
Tottenham climb to fourth after Heung-min Son and Harry Kane overcome much-changed Leicester; Only Mohamed Salah has more Premier League goals than Son this season after South Korean nets 18th and 19th of the campaign
Player ratings
Tottenham: Lloris (6), Royal (6), Romero (7), Dier (7), Davies (6), Moura (5), Hojbjerg (6), Bentancur (6), Sessegnon (6), Son (8), Kane (7).
Subs: Kulusevski (7), Winks (n/a), Bergwijn (n/a).
Leicester: Schmeichel (6), Castagne (6), Amartey (6), Soyuncu (5), Thomas (6), Albrighton (6), Mendy (5), Soumare (6), Perez (6), Daka (6), Iheanacho (7).
Subs: Tielemans (6), Vardy (5), Brunt (5).
Man of the Match: Heung-min Son
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte: “We got three points at an important moment of the season, especially because we are going to face Liverpool and then Arsenal in the next games. Today was vital to get three points.
“When you have to play for only one result there is a lot of pressure, but I said to my play to live in this moment and enjoy it because we deserve it after the really great work we’ve done in these six months.
“No one at the start of the season would have imagined that Tottenham could fight for a place in the Champions League, especially in November when there was the [managerial] change. For this reason we have to be satisfied that we stay in this position and fight for a big achievement.”
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers: “I’m a little frustrated but pleased at the same time. We started the game very well, we controlled the first 20 minutes and looked a threat, we hit the post and that stopped us going in front.
“I’m frustrated with the first two goals; we’ve lacked aggression in that area and have suffered from that all season. The players could have felt sorry for themselves and unravelled at 2-0, Spurs are a good team and can score lots of goals, but they didn’t do that.
“The spirit was there, we kept fighting and working, and got our reward with a really good goal from Kelechi. But soft goals at certain moments have cost us this season, that’s the biggest disappointment.”
3) WEST HAM v ARSENAL
Gabriel Magalhaes’ second-half header secures a 2-1 win for Arsenal against West Ham; Gunners move back into fourth place above Tottenham; Jarrod Bowen had earlier cancelled out Rob Holding’s opener
Player ratings
West Ham: Fabianski (7), Coufal (6), Zouma (7), Cresswell (6), Fredericks (6), Noble (6), Rice (8), Fornals (7), Bowen (7), Benrahma (6), Lanzini (6).
Subs: Antonio (6), Soucek (6), Yarmolenko (6).
Arsenal: Ramsdale (7), Tomiyasu (6), Holding (9), Gabriel (8), Tavares (7), Elneny (7), Xhaka (7), Odegaard (7), Martinelli (7), Saka (7), Nketiah (7).
Subs: Cedric (6), Smith Rowe (6), Lokonga (6).
Man of the match: Rob Holding
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports: “We won ugly and big teams have to find a way to win ugly when they don’t play at their best.
“With the ball we were really poor. We lacked composure, dominance to play the game we wanted to play, but we found a way through set pieces, through defending extremely well.
“To win here is credit to the boys. They showed the spirit we have.
“I’m still digesting a lot of things we didn’t do right, but as a team to grow in confidence and to continue with the moment we have, we’ve won against three big teams in a row.”
On Arsenal showing a streetwise streak, he added: “I love that. We need that to win football matches.
“You have to find a way, you have to play the game that is necessary to play when you are not at your best and we did that in a lot of moments.”
West Ham manager David Moyes told Sky Sports: “We played quite well in periods of the game and did a good job against a good team, but we got undone by something we’re normally very good at which is defending set pieces. The team we put out today lacked that height we required.”
In his press conference, he added: “The team we selected today, we knew it was a risk because we took out a couple of big players, players who head the ball quite a bit for us. That was a risk we took and in the end it came back to punish us.”
Moyes also felt aggrieved by what he deemed to be a handball by Holding in the build-up to Arsenal’s winning goal.
“Rob Holding was up to head it but he doesn’t actually get it and it hits his arm and it’s not stopped. I think if the referee had seen it, he would have stopped it.”

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