PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: The action from around the grounds as it happened

By Dan Ripley

PUBLISHED: 23:00 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:41 EST, 1 December 2012

Follow Sportsmail's coverage of the Barclays Premier League as Manchester City host Everton at the Etihad Stadium in one of six 3pm kick offs. Elsewhere it is Arsenal v Swansea, Fulham v Tottenham, Liverpool v Southampton, QPR v Aston Villa and West Brom v Stoke. Send me your thoughts on the action at dan.ripley@dailymail.co.uk or contact me on Twitter @Ripinho.

17.00: Huge drama in the Premier League today. You can check the homepage for all the action and reaction of what has already happened but from the 3pm games we are done.

Next up is Reading v Manchester United which you can follow here with me.

Hopefully I'll see you there but that's all from me here - thanks for following.

16.58: Full-time: QPR 1-1 Aston Villa

16.56: Into injury time at QPR as Jose Bosingwa denies Benteke the chance to fire home and steal three points for Villa.

16.54: Full-time: Fulham 0-3 Tottenham

16.53: Full-time: Liverpool 1-0 Southampton

Full-time: Manchester City 1-1 Everton

Full-time: West Brom 0-1 Stoke

16.50: From Sportsmail's Laurie Whitwell:

Swansea go above Arsenal in table and it's thoroughly deserved. 'Sacked in the morning,' from away fans. We've heard that before FT 0-2

16.49: Full-time: Arsenal 0-2 Swansea

16.48: GOAL! Arsenal 0-2 SWANSEA

Now the boos are loud! Nathan Dyer's pressure allows Michu to run through on goal again and put the icing on Swansea's cake.

16.45: Huge boos around the Emirates Stadium with fans turning on Arsene Wenger out of pure frustration. Their side has been poor today..

16.42: GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 SWANSEA

Finally the Swans strike. This time it's Michu that is played through on goal and with two minutes left he calmly converts past Szczesny.

Chasing the game: West Brom's Markus Rosenberg races Stoke's Ryan Shotton to the ball

16.39: Swansea have wasted great chances today and here is another as Dwight Tiendalli is the latest to be denied from close range by Arsenal keeper Szczesny.

16.36: GOAL! Fulham 0-3 TOTTENHAM

Two goals in five minutes for Jermain Defoe as he runs on to a pass from Dempsey before finishing clinically past Schwarzer.

16.33: GOAL! Fulham 0-2 TOTTENHAM

Similar sort of action at Craven Cottage where Sigurdsson also makes a fine attacking run before feeding in Jermain Defoe to double Spurs's lead.

16.30: GOAL! West Brom 0-1 STOKE

Neat goal this. Michael Kightly picks up the ball before driving forward and crossing low for Dean Whitehead to strike with 15 minutes left.

16.27: It's not a popular substitution from Mancini though as there are boos when it is announced that it is Carlos Tevez is being replaced.

16.26: From Sportsmail's Dominic King at the Etihad Stadium where it is Manchester City 1-1 Everton:

25mins to go, game delicately balanced, Manchester City applying more pressure but not really threatening. Mancini about to bring on Sergio Aguero.

16.24: Their north London rivals also take to the bench with a double switch. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Girould have replaced Lukas Podolski and Gervinho for the struggling Arsenal.

16.22: Another injury for Spurs but this one is in the crown jewels as Bale has been forced off for Andre Villas-Boas' side. Gylfi Sigurdsson has replaced him while Fulham send Damien Duff on for Frei.

16.20: QPR are taking control against Aston Villa as Brad Guzan does well to keep out Ryan Nelsen's close range volley.

16.18: It's still goalless at Arsenal but Szczesny is winning the personal battle with Rangel as the Gunners keeper again denies the defender the chance to give Swansea the lead.

Breakthrough: Sandro's (back) hopeful strike fired Tottenham into the lead at Fulham

16.16: GOAL! Fulham 0-1 TOTTENHAM

Out of nowhere, Spurs lead! Sandro unleashes a strike from distance that somehow squeezes past Mark Scwarzer and into the back of the net. That must be the north London's side first chance of the second half.

16.13: The second halves are all underway now with QPR making the only change. Park Ji-sung replaces Esteban Granero for Redknapp's outfit.

16.10: Even Southampton are giving it a go as Jason Puncheon's deflected shot wins a corner for the Saints. Liverpool are really struggling at this stage.

16.07: West Brom have also come out on the attack as Jonas Olsson's header from a Shane Long cross is gathered by Asmir Begovic.

16.04: Arsenal were jeered off at the break by their own fans but have started well in the second period.

Santi Cazorla fires straight at Gerhard Tremmel following good work from Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere.

Head Boy: Daniel Agger nodded Liverpool in front against Southampton

16.02: The second halves begin to restart.

15.59: From InfostradaLive:

Manchester City have scored 20 second half goals this season – only Manchester United (21) have more in the division.

15.54: It's now half-time at QPR where the hosts are drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa.

We've not heard much from the Hawthorns but Stoke had the best chance in the first 45 minutes with Kenwyne Jones' heading just wide of the post.

15.51: From Sportsmail's Dominic King:

Half time, neither Roberto Mancini or David Moyes look especially pleased. Mancini just had a row with David Silva. Lots of gesticulating.

15.48: Half-time in all the Premier League games except at QPR following that six-minute delay following Mbia's injury.

The midfielder has been taken straight to hospital with what we understand is a neck injury after a clash with Gabriel Agbonlahor.

15.45: GOAL! LIVERPOOL 1-0 Southampton

Seconds after Suarez hits the bar from a free-kick, Glen Johnson crosses for Daniel Agger to head home.

Spot on: Carlos Tevez retrieves the ball after equalising for Manchester with a penalty

15.44: GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 Everton

Edin Dzeko is pulled down by Fellaini and Carlos Tevez equalises from the penalty spot.

15.43: PENALTY (Manchester City)

15.40: From Sportsmail's Sami Mokbel:

Worrying moments for M'Bia. Being stretchered off with a serious looking neck injury. Paramedics on the field.

For the record, Shaun Derry has replaced him on the pitch.

15.38: The game has stopped at QPR as Stephane Mbia is being attended to by a large medical team.

It looks very serious as there is a stretcher waiting to take him off the pitch. I will try and bring you more news on the QPR midfielder's condition as soon as it comes in. Let's hope he is okay.

15.35: GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 EVERTON

Completely deserved too. Marouane Fellaini needed two attempts to beat Joe Hart in the box but he bundles the ball home following Leighton Baines' cross.

15.34: And from Sportsmail's Laurie Whitwell at the Emirates Stadium:

Arsenal finally into their grove. Getting about Swansea more. Jenkinson again architect for Cazorla header but straight at Tremmel.

15.32: From Sportsmail's Dominic King:

Been an assured start from Everton, different proposition from last season. Manchester City a little disjointed. Silva & Nasri been quiet so far.

No way past: Wojciech Szczesny keeps out Angel Rangel's strike for Swansea

15.29: Negative reputations are biting back this afternoon as Luis Suarez is denied a penalty for Liverpool.

The striker plays a neat one-two with Lucas before seeing his shot saved - despite being held back inside the box.

15.26: Seconds after Gareth Bale is booked for diving again (I'm not sure it's the correct decision) Fulham blow a great chance.

John Arne Riise's low cross finds Mladen Petric, but the Croatian's low strike is well stopped by Hugo Lloris.

15.24: Villa nearly retake the lead instantly as Benteke heads home for the visitors but it is ruled out for offside. I'm not certain it is you know, I would like to see it again.

15.21: GOAL! QPR 1-1 Aston Villa

It's a deadpan look from Harry Redknapp but he must be relived at seeing his first goal as Hoops boss after Jamie Mackie heads the hosts level from Samba Diakite's cross.

15.19: William Gallas does indeed replace Dawson for Spurs.

15.18: More injury woe than goal so far as Michael Dawson's injury hell looks like it has started another chapter.

The Tottenham defender has gone down injured at Fulham and he is gesturing towards the Spurs bench to make a sub. Big shame for the centre-back.

15.16: Only Wojciech Szczesny is keeping Arsenal level at home to Swansea. Angel Rangel is found in acres of space for the Welsh outfit, but he is denied by the Polish stopper before winning a corner.

15.14: Great game at Craven Cottage. Spurs looked in control early on but the hosts counter and waste the best chance of the game so far as Kerim Frei fires off target.

Aussie rules: Brett Holman fired Aston Villa ahead

15.12: GOAL! QPR 0-1 ASTON VILLA

Cracking strike from Brett Holman. The midfielder benefits from good hold up play from Christian Benteke and scores his first goal for the club with a great strike that the hands of Robert Green failed to keep out.

15.11: Bright start from Spurs and there is nearly a goal for the returning Clint Dempsey. The American turns Philippe Senderos before curling just wide.

15.09: Bad news for Manchster City. Aleksandar Kolarov has been forced off early with a groin injury with Pablo Zabaleta replacing him.

15.07: Swansea go very close at Arsenal as Ashley Williams blows a great chance inside the box from eight yards. How the Swans could have done with Michu in that position instead.

15.04: Start how you mean to continue and Southampton have tried to test Pepe Reina from distance with Rickie Lambert firing just wide from 35 yards.

In the balance: Everton's Darron Gibson (left) attempts to control the ball

15.01: Away we go folks.

14.59: The teams are out across the country including at Liverpool where there has been a minutes' applause for Under Nine academy player, Stephen Packer, who very sadly passed away this week.

14.56: Some final pre-match reading from Sportsmail's Dominic King as he looks at the 10 things to look out for this weekend.

14.53: So there are the teams, now check out Martin Keown's preview on the weekend action with his Boot Room.

The former Arsenal defender claims this is the week the table starts to take shape.

14.49: Full line-ups from Loftus Road where Harry Redknapp takes control of his first home game as QPR boss:

QPR v Aston Villa
QPR: Green, Bosingwa, Nelsen, Hill, Traore, Mbia, Diakite, Granero, Wright-Phillips, Taarabt, Mackie. Subs: Murphy, Derry, Ferdinand, Park, Cisse, Da Silva, Hoilett.

Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Clark, Baker, Lichaj, Holman, Herd, Westwood, Bannan, Benteke, Agbonlahor. Subs: Given, Ireland, El Ahmadi, Bent, Delph, Weimann, Williams.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Back at the Cottage: Clint Dempsey makes his first return to Fulham since joining Tottenham in August

14.46: Now for the London derby from Craven Cottage where Fulham boss Martin Jol will hope to dent the Champions League hopes of his former side:

Fulham v Tottenham
Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Senderos, Hughes, Riise, Frei, Diarra, Sidwell, Dejagah, Berbatov, Petric. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Baird, Karagounis, Richardson, Duff, Rodallega.

Tottenham: Lloris, Naughton, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen, Lennon, Dembele, Sandro, Bale, Defoe, Dempsey. Subs: Friedel, Gallas, Sigurdsson, Falque, Walker, Livermore, Carroll.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

14.43: And from the Etihad Stadium where unbeaten Manchester City hope to reclaim top spot against an Everton team who were the last side to win at the champions in a league game two years ago:

Man City v Everton
Man City: Hart, Maicon, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Toure, Barry, Silva, Tevez, Nasri, Dzeko. Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Javi Garcia, Sinclair, Aguero, Toure, Balotelli.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Gibson, Osman, Naismith, Fellaini, Pienaar, Jelavic. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Oviedo, Hitzlsperger, Gueye, Barkley, Vellios.

Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

14.41: Full line-ups from the Hawthorns where West Brom will hope to capitalise on Chelsea's defeat by going third outright in the table:

West Brom v Stoke
West Brom: Myhill, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Popov, Yacob, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Rosenberg, Gera, Long. Subs: Daniels, Ridgewell, Morrison, Brunt, Lukaku, Odemwingie, Tamas.

Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Shawcross, Huth, Cameron, Walters, Nzonzi, Adam, Whelan, Etherington, Jones. Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Edu, Whitehead, Upson, Kightly, Wilkinson.

Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

Back in action: Lucas Leiva (right) makes his first Liverpool appearance since August

14.39: Time for Liverpool to start picking up wins as Brendan Rodgers' side are only four points off the bottom three going into today's game with Southampton:

Liverpool v Southampton
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Jose Enrique, Lucas, Allen, Shelvey, Gerrard, Sterling, Suarez. Subs: Jones, Sahin, Henderson, Downing, Carragher, Fernandez Saez, Wisdom.

Southampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Yoshida, Fonte, Shaw, Puncheon, Cork, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Ramirez, Lambert. Subs: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Steven Davis, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Mayuka, Reeves.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

14.37: It's full-time at Upton Park where West Ham have come from behind to defeat Chelsea 3-1.

Delight for the Hammers and only more agony for the Blues and Benitez.

14.36: Full line-ups from the Emirates Stadium where just one point separates Arsenal in seventh and Swansea in eighth:

Arsenal v Swansea
Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Cazorla, Arteta, Wilshere, Walcott, Gervinho, Podolski. Subs: Mannone, Rosicky, Giroud, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Squillaci, Coquelin.

Swansea: Tremmel, Rangel, Chico, Williams, Davies, Dyer, Britton, Ki, de Guzman, Shechter, Michu. Subs: Cornell, Monk, Moore, Tiendalli, Agustien, Richards, Donnelly.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

14.33: England defender Joleon Lescott makes an unexpected return to the Manchester City side to face his former club Everton in the Barclays Premier League.

Lescott, who has not even made the bench for the previous two games, comes in to replace in-form Matija Nastasic at the Etihad Stadium for his first start for more than a month.

Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko are paired up front while Everton are unchanged from the side which started their midweek draw with Arsenal after Leighton Baines proved his fitness.

Back in the side: Harry Redknapp recalls Shaun Wright-Phillips (right) to the QPR starting XI

14.30: QPR start Robert Green against Aston Villa today after regular No. 1 Julio Cesar fails to overcome a groin injury.

It is the England international's first start since playing Manchester City on September 1, while Harry Redknapp replaces Djibril Cisse with Shaun Wright-Phillips for his first home game at the Rs helm.

Eric Lichaj and Chris Herd come into the Aston Villa starting line-up, while Darren Bent is named amongst the substitutes at Loftus Road.

14.27: Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva makes his first appearance for three months after being selected to face Southampton at Anfield.

The Brazil international has only 74 minutes of previous Barclays Premier League action but is immediately recalled, along with Jonjo Shelvey, as manager Brendan Rodgers makes two changes from the defeat at Tottenham.

Southampton boss Nigel Adkins, a boyhood Liverpool fan, goes with the same team which drew with Norwich in midweek.

14.24: West Brom head coach Steve Clarke makes six changes from the side beaten at Swansea in midweek for the home Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke.

Clarke hands a debut to Swedish international striker Markus Rosenberg and also brings in Steven Reid, Goran Popov, Zoltan Gera, Graham Dorrans and Shane Long.

Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones makes his first league start of the season. He replaces Peter Crouch who had dental surgery after losing two teeth in a challenge with Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini.

Gunning for goals: Arsenal's in form winger Theo Walcott (centre) shakes off a knock he suffered at Everton

14.21: Arsenal forward Theo Walcott recovers from an ankle knock to face Swansea in this afternoon's Barclays Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Lukas Podolski recovers from a virus after missing the midweek draw at Everton, Gervinho comes into the side with Olivier Giroud on the bench, while Laurent Koscielny (thigh) misses out.

Swansea, just a point behind the Gunners, are without winger Pablo Hernandez as referee Mark Clattenburg takes charge of the match.

14.18: First up we have a London derby already underway at Upton Park where West Ham are doing battle with Chelsea.

The visitors have endured two goalless draws under interim boss Rafael Benitez but there has been two goals in east London.

Click here to see which way they have gone and follow the action live with Martin Domin.

14.15: Just when you have got over the midweek action in the Premier League, Saturday comes around with another bumper set of fixtures.

It's a good set list too, with the Premier League champions, a London derby and Harry Redknapp's first home game in charge of QPR on the bill of matches. Team news on the way.

Five alive: Arsenal, Tottenham Manchester City, Liverpool and QPR feature from 3pm