Southampton win in the league for the first time since November. They’ve played pretty well of late, with a number of draws, and this victory is validation of their work. They have moved up to 14th as a result.

Brighton move up to 13th after a fine victory in a game of full of excellent goals.

A straightforward win for Manchester United, with Alexis Sanchez scoring on his home debut.

Swansea’s fine form continues with a good point at Leicester. And that’s an excellent win for Bournemouth, with both goals coming from substitutes. Eddie Howe is great, the end.

Eddie Howe’s substitutions have had a spectacular impact at the Vitality Stadium. Josh King equalised, and now Lys Mousset has headed Bournemouth ahead from a superb Jordon Ibe free-kick.

Pascal Gross embroiders a marvellous individual performance with an excellent goal, smacked past Adrian from inside the D. Brighton are on course for a vital victory.

This is a humdinger at the Hawthorns. Chris Brunt’s fizzing cross is headed in off the post by Venezuelan goal machine Salomon Rondon, and West Brom are back in the match.

Josh King equalises for Bournemouth! They have been much better in the second half, and probably deserves that smartly taken goal by the substitute King.

Alexis Sanchez scores on his home debut, tapping in from eight yards after his penalty was brilliantly saved by Jonas Lossl.

Jose Izquierdo has put Brighton ahead with a big dipper from long range. What a strike! He retrieved an overhit corner and then, from the left.

United have taken the lead at Old Trafford. Mata’s excellent left-wing cross is volleyed smartly into the net at the near post by Romelu Lukaku. That’s a good goal.

Ward-Prowse whips a free-kick into the net to extend Southampton’s lead at the Hawthorns. That would be a huge victory for them.

Swansea were battered in the first half but now they are level. Federico Fernandez got the goal, applying his noggin to an inswinging corner from Ki.

These are the Premier League scores at the break.

• Bournemouth 0-1 Stoke
• Brighton 1-1 West Ham
• Leicester 1-0 Swansea
• Man Utd 0-0 Huddersfield
• West Brom 1-2 Southampton

And you can peruse the latest scores from elsewhere by clicking this thing here.

Two in four minutes for Southampton! Ward-Prowse’s inswinging corner from the left is headed in by Jack Stephens, who got in front of his man at the near post. Southampton may be set to win their first Premier League game since November.

Southampton are level! Mario Lemina, 25 yards from goal, thrashes a superb shot past Ben Foster. I think Foster was unsighted but I doubt he’d have saved it in any case.

West Ham are level at the Amex Stadium through a high-class finish from Javier Hernandez, who dummied a couple of defenders before belting the ball into the roof of the net.

Who needs Riyad Mahrez?!?!?!?! Maguire and Iheanacho combine to free Vardy, who put Leicester into the lead.

Early goals galore in the Premier League. An excellent advantage from the referee Roger East allows Glenn Murray to eventually run through on goal and calmly slide the ball past Adrian.

Crikey, Stoke lead against in-form Bournemouth through a header (H-E-A-D-E-R) from Xherdan Shaqiri. It was made by the new signing Badou Ndiaye.

A great start for West Brom, and lovers of set-pieces. Brunt’s corner, Hegazi’s header: pick that out.

Daniel Sturridge starts for West Brom.

West Bromwich Albion (4-4-2) Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Hegazi, Nyom; Phillips, Yacob, Barry, Brunt; Sturridge, Rondon.
Substitutes: Myhill, Jameson, McClean, Burke, Harper, Field, Rodriguez.

Southampton (4-2-3-1) McCarthy; Soares, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand; Romeu, Lemina; Ward-Prowse, Boufal, Tadic; Carrillo.
Substitutes: Forster, Yoshida, Davis, Redmond, Hojbjerg, Long, Gabbiadini.

Referee Michael Oliver.

Paul Pogba is dropped, one of four changes from the United side that lost at Wembley on Wednesday night.

Manchester United (4-2-3-1) De Gea; Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw; McTominay, Matic; Mata, Lingard, Sanchez; Lukaku.
Substitutes: Romero, Lindelof, Pogba, Carrick, Young, Martial, Rashford.

Huddersfield Town (3-4-2-1) Lossl; Zanka, Schindler, Kongolo; Smith, Billing, Hogg, Hadergjonaj; van La Parra, Quaner; Depoitre.
Substitutes: Coleman, Malone, Hefele, Mooy, Pritchard, Ince, Mounie.

Referee Stuart Attwell.

There’s no Riyad Mahrez in Leicester’s matchday squad. We’re just waiting for confirmation whether he is injured or has been dropped.

Leicester City (4-4-2) Schmeichel; Simpson, Maguire, Dragovic, Fuchs; Albrighton, Silva, Ndidi, Diabate; Iheanacho, Vardy.
Substitutes: Hamer, Chilwell, Benalouane, Gray, Iborra, James, Okazaki.

Swansea City (5-3-2) Fabianski; van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Mawson; Naughton, Fer, Ki, Clucas, Olsson; Dyer, J Ayew.
Substitutes: Nordfeldt, Bartley, Narsingh, Carroll, Routledge, Bony, Abraham.

Referee Anthony Taylor.

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-4-1-1) Ryan; Schelotto, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Knockaert, Stephens, Propper, Izquierdo; Gross; Murray.
Substitutes: Krul, Bruno, Goldson, March, Baldock, Ulloa, Kayal.

West Ham United (3-5-1-1) Adrian; Collins, Ogbonna, Rice; Byram, Zabaleta, Noble, Kouyate, Cresswell; Joao Mario; Hernandez.
Substitutes: Hart, Reid, Fonte, Haksabanovic, Antonio, Cullen, Hugill.

Referee Roger East.

Bournemouth (3-4-2-1) Begovic; Francis, Cook, Ake; Fraser, Cook, Gosling, Daniels; Ibe, Stanislas; Wilson.
Substitutes: Boruc, Simpson, Surman, Pugh, Arter, King, Mousset.

Stoke City (3-4-2-1) Butland; Zouma, Shawcross, Cameron; Bauer, Ndiaye, Allen, Pieters; Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting; Crouch.
Substitutes: Grant, Johnson, Stafylidis, Adam, Diouf, Sobhi, Berhaino.

Referee Paul Tierney.

Hello you. The Premier League may not give good title race – only seven out of 26 have gone to the final day, and only three to the final minute – but you can usually put your parachute payment on a dramatic relegation battle. Look at Les Ferdinand’s face here. That kind of glazed, desperate look - once reserved for nightclub dancefloors when the slow songs came on at 1.45am - sums up the raw need to avoid relegation.

It’s safe to assume a few people will wear a similar facial expression on 13 May, the last day of the 2017-18 Premier League season. There are probably 11 teams who could still go down, from Bournemouth in 10th place to West Brom in 2oth. It’s one big game of snakes and ladders, and eight of those teams will be rolling the dice this afternoon.

Bournemouth, who on current form look a decent bet for a second successive top-half finish, are at home to Stoke. West Ham visit Brighton, whose DJ may or may not have Toto on his playlist. And there’s a huge game between West Brom and Southampton, who sit two places and three points above them in the segment of the table that no grown adult should ever refer to as ‘the drop zone’.

There are two other Premier League games. We haven’t forgotten them. Alexis Sanchez should make his home debut for crisis club Manchester United against Huddersfield, while improving Swansea visit Leicester. There are full programmes in Scotland and also the Football League.

We won’t be able to give you updates from all the game, because I am not Kim Peek, but we have a special live scores page that should do the job more than adequately. The outstanding matches are probably Rangers v Hibernian in the SPL, Leeds v Cardiff in the Championship and Luton v Exeter in League Two.

In case you’re into the whole list thing, these are the 3pm Premier League fixtures:

• Bournemouth v Stoke
  
• Brighton v West Ham
  
• Leicester v Swansea
  
• Man Utd v Huddersfield
  
• West Brom v Southampton

Before the actual football, it’s time for the steamy foreplay I like to call “the team news”.