Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 12: Starting Lineups, TV Times and Open Thread

After a two week international break, the Premier League returns with a very busy Saturday of six 10am ET/3pm UK matches as well as the huge 12:30pm ET/5:30pm UK clash between Arsenal and Manchester United. The reason why so many matches are being played today is because of UEFA Champions League commitments, which means that Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea will have a couple days rest before playing mid-week. Thus the congested schedule.

Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States:

Chelsea vs West Brom, 10am, NBCSN & NBC Sports Live Extra; Jim Proudfoot & Tony Gale
Manchester City vs Swansea City, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Gary Weaver & Davie Provan
Everton vs West Ham, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Tony Jones & Garry Birtles
Newcastle vs QPR, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Ian Crocker & TBD
Stoke vs Burnley, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Gary Taphouse & Alan Curbishley
Leicester vs Sunderland, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Joe Speight & Andy Hinchcliffe
Arsenal vs Manchester United, 12:30pm, NBC and mun2 and NBC Sports Live Extra; Arlo White & Lee Dixon

Starting lineups:

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; D Costa.

Subs: Cech, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Ramires, Schurrle, Drogba, Remy

West Bromwich Albion: Foster; Wisdom, Dawson, Lescott, Baird; Yacob, Gardner, Brunt, Dorrans; Sessegnon; Berahino

Subs: Myhill, Gamboa, McAuley, Morrison, Anichebe, Samaras, Ideye

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Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy; Fernandinho, Toure, Navas, Nasri; Jovetic, Aguero

Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Mangala, Lampard, Fernando, Milner, Pozo

Swansea City: Fabianski; Rangel, Bartley, Williams, Taylor; Ki, Carroll, Sigurdsson; Dyer, Montero, Bony

Subs: Tremmel, Tiendalli, Amat, Britton, Shelvey, Gomis, Barrow.

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Everton: Howard; Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Hibbert; McCarthy, Osman; Barkley, Mirallas, Naismith; Lukaku

Subs: Robles, Eto’o, Besic, Atsu, Browning, Garbutt, Ledson

West Ham: Adrian; Jenkinson, Tomkins, Collins, Reid, Cresswell; Noble, Nolan, Amalfitano; Cole, Carroll

Subs: Jaaskelainen, Jarvis, Zarate, Vaz Te, O’Brien, Demel, Lletget

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Newcastle: Krul; Janmaat, Williamson, Dummett, Haidara; R.Taylor, Sissoko, Colback; Cabella, Perez, Ameobi.

Subs: Elliot, Streete, Anita, Gouffran, Armstrong, Ferreyra, Cisse.

QPR: Green; Onuoha, Caulker, Dunne, Suk-Young; Sandro, Henry, Barton, Fer; Austin, Zamora

Subs: McCarthy, Traore, Phillips, Isla, Mutch, Kranjcar, Hoilett

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Stoke City: Begovic; Bardsley, Shawcross (c), Cameron, Muniesa; Nzonzi, Sidwell; Walters, Bojan, Moses; Diouf

Subs: Sorensen, Whelan, Ireland, Arnautovic, Adam, Assaidi, Crouch

Burnley: Heaton; Ward, Shackell (c), Duff, Trippier; Boyd, Jones, Marney, Kightly; Barnes, Ings

Subs: Gilks, Sordell, Mee, Reid, Jutkiewicz, Wallace, Keane.

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Leicester: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan (c), Wasilewski, Konchesky, Schlupp, Cambiasso, James, Mahrez, Vardy, Ulloa

Subs: Hamer, Drinkwater, King, Moore, Knockaert, Nugent, Wood

Sunderland: Pantilimon, O’Shea, Brown, Vergini, Reveillere, Cattermole, Gomez, Larsson, Wickham, Johnson, Fletcher.

Subs: Mannone, Bridcutt, Rodwell, Altidore, Coates, Buckley, Robson.

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Arsenal: Szczesny; Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal, Gibbs; Arteta, Wilshere; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Sanchez, Welbeck.

Subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Flamini, Rosicky, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud

Manchester United: De Gea; McNair, Smalling, Blackett; Valencia, Carrick, Fellaini, Shaw; Di Maria; Rooney, Van Persie

Subs: Lindegaard, Fletcher, Herrera, Young, Mata, Januzaj, Wilson

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