Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 5: Starting Lineups, TV Times and Open Thread

It’s a beautiful Saturday. And we have six Premier League matches in store that will be played across England and Wales today. Expect protests at St James’ Park against Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley. Expect a feisty match between Aston Villa and Arsenal, and much more.

For viewers in the United States, the games will be shown on:

Saturday, September 20:

QPR vs Stoke, 7:45am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra; Peter Drury & Clive Allen
Aston Villa vs Arsenal, 10am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra; Ian Crocker & Trevor Francis
Burnley vs Sunderland, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Joe Speight & Dean Sturridge
Newcastle vs Hull, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra and select movie theaters nationwide; Jonathan Beck & Davie Provan
Swansea vs Southampton, 10am, NBC Sports Live Extra; Gary Taphouse & Brian Little
West Ham vs Liverpool, 12:30pm, NBC and mun2 and NBC Sports Live Extra; Arlo White & Graeme Le Saux

Starting lineups:

Queens Park Rangers: Green, Isla, Caulker, Ferdinand, Traore, Barton, Mutch, Fer, Kranjcar, Vargas, Austin

Subs: McCarthy, Phillips, Onuoha, Henry, Dunne, Hoilett, Zamora

Stoke City: Begovic; Bardsley, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters; Whelan, Nzonzi; Diouf, Adam, Moses; Crouch

Subs: Sorensen, Huth, Muniesa, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Assaidi, Bojan

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Aston Villa: Guzan, Senderos, Hutton, Clark, Cissokho, Delph, Westwood, Cleverley, Richardson, Weimann, Agbonlahor

Subs: Given, Bacuna, Okore, Sanchez, Grealish, Lowton, N’Zogbia

Arsenal: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Welbeck

Subs: Ospina, Coquelin, Diaby, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rosicky, Wilshere, Podolski

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Burnley: Heaton, Trippier, Shackell, Duff, Mee, Arfield, Jones, Marney, Boyd, Sordell, Jutkiewicz

Subs: Gilks, Wallace, Kightly, Keane, Barnes, Reid, Ward

Sunderland: Mannone, Vergini, van Aanholt, Brown, O’Shea, Cattermole, Larsson, Rodwell, Johnson, Giaccherini, Wickham

Subs: Jones, Bridcutt, Gomez, Altidore, Graham, Buckley, Pantilimon

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Newcastle United: Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, Williamson, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran, Riviere

Subs: Elliot, S.Taylor, Haidara, Anita, Ameobi, Perez, Cisse

Hull City: McGregor, Davies, Huddlestone, Hernandez, Livermore, Diame, Jelavic, Dawson, Robertson, Elmohamady, Quinn

Subs: Harper, Rosenior, Chester, Meyler, Brady, Aluko, Ramirez

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Swansea City: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Routledge, Bony

Subs: Tremmel, Richards, Bartley, Carroll, Emnes, Montero, Gomis

Southampton: Forster, Clyne, Yoshida, Fonte, Bertrand, Schneiderlin, Cork, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Long, Pelle

Subs: K Davis, Gardos, S Davis, Wanyama, Mayuka, Targett, McQueen

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West Ham United: Adrian, Cresswell, Reid, Tomkins, Demel, Noble, Song, Kouyate, Sakho, Downing, Valencia

Subs: Zarate, Vaz Te, Jenkinson, Collins, Amalfitano, Jaaskelainen, Cole

Liverpool: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Skrtel, Gerrard, Henderson, Lucas, Sterling, Borini, Balotelli

Subs: Jones, Toure, Enrique, Sakho, Markovic, Lallana, Lambert

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