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Will Unwin<\/p>\nKey events<\/p>\n
Will Unwin<\/p>\n
The sun is shining at the Etihad Stadium where stalls are eagerly selling inflated bananas at an inflated price. The plastic fruit offers a jovial element amid the crisis swirling around East Manchester. For the fans in attendance, football is the distraction they need, where they can air support for the team and offer their backing to a hierarchy that has brought them unimagined joy in recent times.<\/p>\n
Inflatable bananas for sale outside the Etihad Stadium before Manchester City\u2019s game against Ipswich. Photograph: Craig Brough\/Action Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n
There is, however, concern about the predicament they find themselves in, desperately wanting to believe what the executives have told them over the years \u2013 but the ruling was damning from the independent commission and at this point the club\u2019s historic name is being dragged through the mud based on a win-at-all-costs model. City are top of the league with a 100% record but the focus will not solely be on results for a very long time until the entire process has concluded, and no one knows when that will be.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Premier League team news<\/p>\n Team news has landed, and here are the lineups in the three 3pm kick-offs in the English top flight:<\/p>\n Brentford v Liverpool<\/p>\n Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Yarmolyuk, Janelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Anthony, Thiago. Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Schade, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Collins, Damsgaard, Diouf. Fulham v Hull<\/p>\n Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia. Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Andersen, Palacios, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Kevin, Angel, Sessegnon. Man City v Ipswich<\/p>\n Man City: Donnarumma, Matheus Luiz, Dias, Guehi, O\u2019Reilly, Kovacic, Bouaddi, Ndiaye, Foden, Doku, Haaland. Subs: Rulli, Anderson, Cherki, Fernandez, Ait Nouri, Gvardiol, Allan, Semenyo, Khusanov. Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Hello world! Big day today, is it not? Yes, yes it is. Partly because Watford, West Brom, Wrexham, Wigan and Wycombe are all at home, leaving us just just a Walsall away from every-W-team-at-home-at-once full house (if you classify AFC Wimbledon as an A). But also because the 3pm kick-offs include the teams at the top of the Premier League<\/a> and at the bottom, plus a Liverpool team approaching a semblance of what you might call form visiting a Brentford side that is yet to lose a game all season. Meanwhile in the Championship it\u2019s first against third as Swansea host West Ham, and fourth against fifth as Birmingham host QPR. League One has first (Plymouth) hosting fourth (Huddersfield) while in League Two it\u2019s top (Salford) against bottom (Crawley).<\/p>\n So, without further procrastination, today\u2019s fixtures (3pm unless stated):<\/p>\n Premier League Championship League One League Two National League Scottish Premiership
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Liverpool: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Munoz, Wirtz, Barcola, Isak. Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Frimpong, Nyoni, Koumas, Ngumoha.
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Referee: John Brooks.<\/p>\n
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Hull: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Herrington, Norton-Cuffy, Belloumi, Crooks, Slater, Thomas, McBurnie. Subs: Phillips, Giles, Morita, Gelhardt, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Stroud, Iroegbunam, Vaz.
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Referee: Chris Kavanagh.<\/p>\n
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Ipswich: Walton, O\u2019Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis, Florentino, Palacios, Ouattara, Enciso, Maeda, Emersonn. Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Kipre, Matusiwa, Fatawu, Flemming, Philogene-Bidace, Akpom, Clarke.
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Referee: Farai Hallam.<\/p>\n
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Brentford v Liverpool
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Everton v Chelsea (12.30pm)
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Fulham v Hull
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Man City v Ipswich
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Newcastle v Aston Villa (5.30pm)<\/p>\n
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Birmingham v QPR
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Bristol City v Sheff Utd
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Derby v Stoke
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Middlesbrough v Cardiff (12.30pm)
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Millwall v Lincoln (12.30pm)
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Norwich v Portsmouth
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Southampton v Bolton
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Swansea v West Ham
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Watford v Charlton (12.30pm)
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West Brom v Blackburn
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Wrexham v Preston<\/p>\n
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Barnsley v Cambridge
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Bradford v Stevenage
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Leicester v Doncaster
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Leyton Orient v Blackpool
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MK Dons v Luton (12.30pm)
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Peterborough v Burton (12.30pm)
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Plymouth v Huddersfield
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Sheff Wed v AFC Wimbledon
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Stockport v Bromley
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Wigan v Reading
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Wycombe v Notts County<\/p>\n
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Accrington v Gillingham
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Colchester v Exeter
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Crewe v Rochdale
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Fleetwood v Rotherham (12.30pm)
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Grimsby v Northampton
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Newport v York
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Oldham v Cheltenham
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Port Vale v Chesterfield
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Salford v Crawley
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Shrewsbury v Bristol Rovers (12.30pm)
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Swindon v Walsall
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Tranmere v Barnet<\/p>\n
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Aldershot v Wealdstone
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Barrow v Forest Green
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Boreham Wood v AFC Fylde
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Eastleigh v Boston Utd (12.30pm)
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Harrogate Town v Sutton Utd (12.30pm)
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Hartlepool v Hornchurch
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Kidderminster v Worthing (5.30pm)
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Scunthorpe v Woking
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Solihull Moors v Carlisle
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Southend v Halifax
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Yeovil v Altrincham<\/p>\n
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Aberdeen v St Mirren
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Dundee v Rangers (8pm)
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Hibernian v Falkirk
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Kilmarnock v Motherwell
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St Johnstone v Dundee Utd<\/p>\n