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By MICHAEL PAVITT and CRAIG HOPE AT SELHURST PARK and ALEX JENNINGS AT GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM and JOE BERNSTEIN AT CITY GROUND and AADAM PATEL AT MOLINEUX Published: 00: 30 AEDT, 1 December 2024 | Updated: 02: 58 AEDT, 1 December 2024 3 View comments Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the action from the four Premier League games scheduled for 3pm this Saturday including the live score, team news and updates from Crystal Palace vs Newcastle, Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town, Wolves vs Bournemouth and Brentford vs Leicester City.   By Joe Bernstein At City Ground By Craig Hope At Selhurst Park By Michael Pavitt A quiet end to the half at Wolves after a crazy start. Looks a long way back for the hosts with a pair of Justin Kluivert penalites and a Milos Kerkez strike giving he visitors a two goal cushion at the break. By Michael Pavitt And it is now half-time at the Gtech. A brutal end to the half for Leicester. By Michael Pavitt Brentford have daylight on the stroke of half-time! Mikkel Damsgaard finds Kevin Schade in the box and his clips past the onrushing Hermansen from a tight angle. By Michael Pavitt No shots on target at Selhurst Park in the first half. Crystal Palace have had five off target to Newcastle's one. By Michael Pavitt Goalless at the break at the City Ground. By Michael Pavitt Crystal Palace should be ahead at Selhurst Park Daniel Munoz had looked poised to score his first goal for the club but fired wide with the goal gaping. By Michael Pavitt Wonder what Ruud van Nistelrooy makes of what he has seen so far. A positive start for Leicester with Buonanotte's goal, but the Foxes now trail half-time approaches. By Michael Pavitt A big chance for Ipswich to go ahead! Omari Hutchinson has a shot kept out by Mats Sels with the rebound coming out towards Conor Chaplin. Liam Delap, however, takes a touch ahead of his team-mate and gets in his way and the chance is passed up. By Aadam Patel At Molineux By Joe Bernstein At City Ground By Michael Pavitt Brentford and Leicester are trying to rival Wolves and Bournemouth! The hosts have come from behind to lead. Kevin Schade finds himself unmarked in the box and fires in. The Bees impressive home record could be set to continue. By Craig Hope At Selhurst Park Meanwhile at Selhurst Park. .. it is still goalless. A real blow for Newcastle though. Alexander Isak has been forced off with an injury. By Michael Pavitt Leicester aren't winning away now. .. Yoane Wissa gets Brentford back level following a cross from Kevin Schade. A brief VAR check for offside, but the goal is given. By Alex Jennings At Gtech Community Stadium By Michael Pavitt That will get Van Nisterooy out of his seat in the stands! Facundo Buonanotte has scored on his return from suspension. Buonanotte taps in after good work from Jamie Vardy. By Aadam Patel At Molineux By Michael Pavitt Same player, same result. Justin Kluivert puts Bourmeouth 3-1 up after just 18 minutes! Jose Sa dives the right way this time but can't keep it out. By Michael Pavitt Another penalty for Bournemouth! Kluivert will take again. .. By Alex Jennings At Gtech Community Stadium By Michael Pavitt By Aadam Patel At Molineux I mean, this is silly but it's a great watch. Milos Kerkez rifles one in and we've had three goals in nine minutes. Keep them coming! By Michael Pavitt A crazy, crazy start at Wolves. Bournemouth are back in from through Milos Kerkez. Three goals in nine minutes! Kerkez takes the ball on the overlap and fires towards the near post, with the ball via a deflection finding the net. By Aadam Patel At Molineux By Michael Pavitt Well, Bournemouth's lead didn't last long! Wolves hit back straight away as Bellegarde cross and Jorgen Strand Larsen dives to head the hosts back level. By Michael Pavitt A VAR check confirms the awarding of the penalty. Justin Kluivert steps up and sends Jose Sa the wrong way. Bournemouth are in front after just three minutes. By Michael Pavitt What a start for at Moleniux. Bournemouth have been awarded an early penalty. Evanilson is brought down in the box in the opening minute by Toti. By Michael Pavitt Off we go! Our four Premier League 3pm kick offs are now underway! By Michael Pavitt Only a couple of minutes to go until kick-off. The teams are coming out around the grounds, while cameras pick out Van Nistelrooy settling into his seat at Brentford. We are nearly ready to go. By Craig Hope At Selhurst Park By Michael Pavitt Something you might see over the weekend. Premier League clubs are backing Stonewall's 2024/25 Rainbow Laces campaign and show support for all LGBT people in football and beyond. Bespoke Rainbow Laces pitch flags, ball plinths, handshake boards and substitute boards will be visible this weekend. There will be also rainbow captain's armbands and rainbow laces. By Michael Pavitt Ruud van Nistelrooy has given some brief quotes to Sky Sports at the Gtech Community Stadium. He admits the target for the club is clear, which is to avoid relegation. The Foxes start today in 16th in the Premier League, but are just a point about the relegation zone. By Michael Pavitt Warm-ups are well underway across the grounds. Just over 20 minutes to go until kick-off in our four Premier League 3pm kick offs. By Michael Pavitt As mentioned by Craig, whether Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali can play together has been a big topic of conversation at Newcastle. Here is what Eddie Howe had to say on the subject on Friday. By Craig Hope At Selhurst Park By Michael Pavitt Here he is. Ruud van Nistelrooy has arrived at the Gtech Community Stadium to watch his Leicester side this afternoon. Van Nistelrooy has been posing for selfies as he heads into the stadium alongside Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha. His new side face a tough challenge today. Brentford have the best home record in the Premier League this season with Thomas Frank's side having won five and drawn one at the Gtech. By Alex Jennings At Gtech Community Stadium By Joe Bernstein At City Ground By Michael Pavitt Wolves are unsurprisingly unchanged from their 4-1 win over Fulham last weekend. Bouremouth have made two changes from their 2-1 home defeat by Brighton. Joint top scorer Antoine Semenyo is suspended and Lewis Cook drops out. Ryan Christie and David Brooks come into the side. By Michael Pavitt Nottingham Forest's top scorer Chris Wood returns to the starting line-up. Wood had started on the bench last weekend against Arsenal after returning from international duty with New Zealand. Morgan Gibbs-White is also back in the team, while Jota has been given a first start. Conor Chaplin comes into the Ipswich team in their only change from the 1-1 draw against Man United. All eyes will be on the in-form Liam Delap, who is reportedly attracting interest from the Premier League big boys. By Michael Pavitt Just the one change for Brentford as Kevin Schade comes into the starting line-up in place of Vitaly Janelt. Christian Norgaard is available after having his red card in their draw at Everton rescinded. Facundo Buonanotte comes into the Leicester team following suspension. By Michael Pavitt A big boost for Crystal Palace as Eberechi Eze returns to the starting line-up after a month out with a hamstring injury. Sandro Tonali comes into Newcastle's starting line-up following their Magpies home defeat by West Ham on Monday. Bruno Guimaraes is also fit to start having been a doubt due to a glute issue. By Michael Pavitt Van Nistelrooy has spoken of his excitement at taking charge of Leicester, with the Dutchman offering his thoughts to the club's website on Friday. It was noted by several people that this week marked the ninth anniversary of Jamie Vardy setting the record of scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games. The previous record had been held by. .. Ruud van Nistelrooy. You suspect Vardy will be key to his plans for the rest of the season. The club captain leads the line today. .. full teams news next from our four Premier League matches. By Michael Pavitt If you are looking for further insight into what Van Nistelrooy can offer Leicester, you are in luck. Mail Sport's Manchester United reporter Nathan Salt and Midlands football expert Tom Collomosse have done a deep dive into all things Van Nistelrooy the manager. Read the analysis of his time as Man United's interim coach, as well as his key first task after taking charge of the Foxes. By Michael Pavitt It has been quite the week at Leicester City. The Foxes sacked Steve Cooper just six days following their 2-1 defeat against Chelsea. Leicester have moved quickly to name Cooper's replacement with Ruud van Nistelrooy appointed as manager on Friday, just three weeks after his spell as Man United's interim boss came to an end. Van Nistelrooy, who has signed a contract until 2027, will not take charge of their match against Brentford today. Leicester confirmed that Van Nistelrooy will watch the match from the stands before officially taking charge on Sunday. First team coach Ben Dawson is in charge today, supported by coaches Danny Alcock and Andy Hughes. We will be keeping our eyes peeled for Van Nistelrooy's arrival. .. By Michael Pavitt We have four matches in the Saturday 3pm slot this afternoon, following on from Brighton's 1-1 draw against Southampton on Friday night. Let's have a look at the matches on offer: By Michael Pavitt Hello and welcome along to Mail Sport's live blog from this afternoon's 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. The Premier League table has a rather congested look to it as we rapidly head towards the festive period. Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester and Wolves are among the sides who will be desperately looking for three points this afternoon as they bid to move away from the Premier League trapdoor. Well the likes of Newcastle and Nottingham Forest will be seeking to move out of the mid-table group after recent setbacks. Let's get ready to enjoy the action. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group