Key events
Peep! Peep! Peep! The whistles go to start the 3pm kick offs.
Half time! Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace
It was a fine turnaround for Villa thanks to Patten and Daly after going behind.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace (Daly 45+5)
Hanson plays a perfect through ball for Daly to latch on to and smash past the goalkeeper at the first time of asking.
Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace: Seven minutes added on after those early head injuries.
Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace: Now it is the Villans who are aiming for a second. They have a few chances in the space of a minute or two, forcing Yanez into some decent saves.
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace (Patten, 40)
A looping cross is not cleared by Palace and lands at the the feet Patten who takes a touch before firing a shot under Yanez to equalise.
Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace: Understandably, the opening goal has given the visitors a confidence boost and they are on the hunt for a second.
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Crystal Palace (Cato, 30)
After Villa miss plenty of decent chances, Cato produces a hammer blow with a calm sidefooted shot into the corner to give Palace the lead.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The match has calmed down after the early flurry of chances. Villa are still on top and Hanson has a decent opportunity but whacks her shot well over from the edge of the box.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: After another lengthy delay, Everett is patched up and ready to go again in a new, unbloodied shirt.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: Tomas and Everett clash heads in the box, leaving the Eagles captain on the deck while she is treated.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The hosts are dominating the early part of the match, which was halted for a couple of minutes to allow Green to have treatment for a head injury.
Starting lineups: Everton v Liverpool
Everton: Brosnan, Hayasako, Wheeler, Vanhaevermaet, T. Payne, Lawley, Hope, H. Payne, Finnigan, S. Holmsgaard, Snoeijs
Subs: Hobson, Bissell, Ramsey, Foster, Sarri, Settle, Jones, Thomas, Olesen
Liverpool: Micah, Fisk, Clark, Bonner, Silcock, Hinds, Nagano, Holland, Hobinger, Smith, Kiernan
Subs:Spencer, Evans, Fahey, Kapocs, Enderby, Daniels, Shaw
Starting lineups: Leicester v Man United
Leicester: Leitzig, Nevin, Bott, Howard, Takarada, Cayman, Cain, Kees, Chossenotte, Momiki, Mace
Subs: Kop, Ale, Thibaud, Swaby, Las, Sherwood, Pelgander, Rose, Goodwin
Man United: Tullis-Joyce, George, Le Tissier, Clinton, Awujo, Riviere, Bizet, Janssen, Terland, Turner, Geyse
Subs: Middleton-Patel, Newell, Sandberg, Simpson, Ladd, Miyazawa, Watson, Malard, Williams
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: I am starting to think these two are are struggling because they can’t defence. Gejl is set free down the middle but she is repelled twice by D’Angelo.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: Yanez is called into action again soon after when Nobbs takes aim from 20 yards but the goalkeeper does well to tip it clear.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: A chance on 60 seconds as Villa cut through Palace, allowing Daly to ping an effort from 15 yards but the keeper is equal to it.
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace: The first game of the day has started!
Is it cold at Villa Park? According to the players who have given their pre-match jackets to mascots, yes, yes it is.
Some early afternoon reading:
Starting lineups: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa: D’Angelo, Mayling, Patten, Turner, Tomas, Staniforth, Nobbs, Grant, Hanson, Nunes, Daly.
Subs: Kelly, Maritz, Pacheco, Taylor, Kearns, Robinson, Dali, Leon, Salmon.
Crystal Palace: Yanez, Veje, Cato, Everett, Blanchard, Green, Potter, Riley, Gejl, Woodham, Stengel.
Subs: Majasaarl, Gibbons, Arthur, Sharpe, Weerden, Pritchard, Larkin, Aspin, Atkinson.
Preamble
Welcome one and all! The focus of today’s action is the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park where winless Everton host Liverpool. It’s been a dreadful start to the season for the Toffees who have three points from seven matches and are very much underdogs against sixth-placed Liverpool.
Speaking of teams without victories, Aston Villa host Crystal Palace, who can boast one triumph since promotion. The Villans have struggled since the departure of Carla Ward and Robert de Pauw desperately needs to slide to end.
Elsewhere, unbeaten Manchester United travel to Leicester. Marc Skinner’s side have won and drawn three of their six matches thus far and beating Leicester by a few goals would help them jump above Arsenal as United search for momentum after three draws in a row.
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, 2pm (GMT)
Everton v Liverpool, 3pm
Leicester v Manchester United, 3pm
