Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City, Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa: Barclays Premier League as it happened

West Ham have moved to within three points of third placed Arsenal after a remarkable comeback, coming from 2-0 behind to win 3-2 at Everton. Sunderland looked to be closing on a valuable three points only to be denied by a late, late Southampton equaliser, a goal that was celebrated just as wildly in Newcastle after Steve McClaren's side slumped to defeat to Bournemouth.

FULL TIME SCORES

Everton 2-3 West Ham
Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City
Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 1-3 Bournemouth
Southampton 1-1 Sunderland
Swansea City 1-0 Norwich City

Everton have thrown it all away. From 2-0 up, they will now lose this 3-2 after Dmitri Payet picked up a loose ball in the box before lashing home in injury time. Everton have been down to 10 men since the first half, but they have capitulated woefully.

Southampton have a late equaliser! Heartbreak for Sunderland as Virgil van Dijk turns neatly in the box before finding the back of the net with an equally neat finish. Sunderland will leave with a point, but they were so close to three.

Goal! Southampton 1-1 Sunderland (Virgil van Dijk, 90+)

Goal! Everton 2-3 West Ham (Dimitri Payet, 90+)

Goal! Newcastle United 1-3 Bournemouth (Daniels)

Four minutes of time added on at St James' Park, can they rescue their manager?

The goals are flying in at the minute. Chelsea have thrown away their lead at Stamford Bridge, as Shaqiri's cross bounces through for Diouf who heads home from close range.

Sunderland meanwhile have scored a huge goal at St Mary's. Kone does tremendously well to wriggle past a challenge before squaring a ball for Defore who stabs home.

Goal! Southampton 0-1 Sunderland (Jermain Defoe, 85)

Goal! Chelsea 1-1 Stoke City (Mame Biram Diouf, 85)

West Ham pull one back through Antonio, and now they are level! It's his cross that finds Sakho in the box and the returning striker nods past Robles.

Goal! Everton 2-2 West Ham United (Diafra Sakho, 81)

A glimmer of hope for Newcastle? Probably not, but it's a fine finish from Perez, who controls Shelvey's pass well before firing past Boruc.

Goal! Everton 2-1 West Ham United (Michail Antonio, 80)

Goal! Newcastle United 1-2 Bournemouth (Ayoze Perez, 80)

Southampton are down to 10 men! Borini is clean through on goal until he his cynically hauled down by Jose Fonte. A straight red emerges for the Saints skipper.

RED CARD - Jose Fonte (Southampton)

MISSED! Sergio Aguero is on a hat-trick but lashes his spot kick against the post! Both he and Lukaku miss from 12 yards in the space of a few minutes. Jamie Vardy stays top of the goal scoring charts for now.

PENALTY - Manchester City

Steve McClaren's afternoon goes from bad to worse. Josh King, having assisted his side's first, has now doubled Bournemouth's lead, lashing home after an assist from Matt Richie.

Goal! Newcastle United 0-2 Bournemouth (Josh King, 70)

SAVED! Romelu Lukaku takes it but Adrian reads it well and keeps it out!

Besic skips into the box, jinking past Alex Song who sticks out a leg to trip his man. Lukaku will take it...

PENALTY - Everton

Raheem Sterling is on in the act at the Etihad now, drifting in at the back post to convert Navas' cros. Easy.

Swansea have taken a crucial lead against relegation threatened Norwich, with Leroy Fer slicing open the Canaries' defence to find Gylfi Sigurdsson, who calmly slots past Ruddy.

Goal! Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa (Raheem Sterling)

Goal! Swansea City 1-0 Norwich City (Gylfi Sigurdsson, 61)

City are cruising now, Aguero moves onto 16 league goals for the season, combining wonderfully with David Silva before slotting past Guzan.

10-man Everton have doubled their lead against West Ham and it is a wonderful second. Lennon starts the move, cutting in from the left before playing a neat one two with Lukaku. He takes the ball past his man once receiving the return and clips the ball past Adrian. Who needs 11 men?

Goal! Manchester City 3-0 Aston Villa (Sergio Aguero, 56)

Goal! Everton 2-0 West Ham United (Aaron Lennon, 52)

Fabio Borini comes close to breaking the deadlock at St Mary's with a fine volley from the edge of the area but his effort flies just over.

Floodgates. Open. Sergio Aguero was denied twice in the first half but now he has his goal. It's miserable defending from Villa as Richard cannons his clearance against the Argentine, sending it looping over Guzan and into the back of the net.

Goal! Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa (Sergio Aguero, 50)

City have taken less than a minute to take the lead in the second half. David Silva's square pass finds Toure who guides one into the far corner, via slight deflection.

Goal! Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa (Yaya Toure, 46)

Second halves now kicking off across the country.

As it stands at the moment, Chelsea are sat in seventh place having taken the lead against Stoke. If Manchester City fail to find a breakthrough against Villa, they could be sat 12 points off Leicester City at the end of the day, and could potentially drop to sixth!

Half-time scores

Everton 1-0 West Ham
Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City
Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
Newcastle United 0-1 Bournemouth
Southampton 0-0 Sunderland
Swansea City 0-0 Norwich City

Half-time whistles are being blown across the country. Not many goals so far.

No Diego Costa today for Chelsea? Who cares? Bertrand Traore has just put his side ahead with a fine effort, turning neatly in the box with his back to goal before lashing one past Jack Butland from 15 yards out.

Goal! Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City (Bertrand Traore, 36)

Oh dear, Everton are down to 10 men after just 35 minutes. After picking up his first yellow for diving, Mirallas sticks out a leg to catch Cresswell. It's a deliberate trip, and he is off.

RED CARD - Kevin Mirallas (Everton)

Traore missed a decent chance for Chelsea in the opening minutes of the contest but almost made up for it there, connecting with a sweet volley only for Muniesa to leap across and block his goal-bound shot.

Sunderland are denied by the woodwork at St Mary's! A wicked delivery from Khazri almost catches Forster out but the winger's free-kick cannons back off the far post.

Bournemouth pile more misery on Newcastle United as Josh King's low cross comes off Taylor, who sends the ball past his own goalkeeper.

Goal! Newcastle 0-1 Bournemouth (Steven Taylor OG, 29)

Now it's Villa who almost take the lead! Jordan Ayew drifts into space and drives an effort on goal that looks destined for the bottom corner, only for Hart to spring across and deny him.

Aguero is close to opening the scoring for City once again after a neat exchange with Wilfried Bony, but his effort whistles just wide.

Jagielka miscontrols the ball right on the edge of his box, almost allowing Emenike in on goal but the England international recovers just in time.

A wonderful chance for Stoke at Stamford Bridge as Afellay lifts a beauty of a cross into the box but Diouf can 't keep his shot on target, lifting his effort over the bar.

Southampton are in charge at home to Sunderland but have yet to fashion a real opening. Dimitri Payet meanwhile is trying to work some magic having seen his side fall behind at Goodison Park, but sees his curling shot veer just wide.

Everton have the first goal of our 3pm kick offs and it is Romelu Lukaku on the scoresheet again, finding the bottom corner from a tight angle to score in his eighth consecutive game against West Ham!

Goal! Everton 1-0 West Ham (Romelu Lukaku, 13)

Aguero comes close to opening the scoring at the Etihad after beating the offside trap, but is thwarted by a fine finger-tip save from Brad Guzan.

Meanwhile at St James' Park, Emmanuel Riviere is inches away from making contact with Sissoko's cross.

There is an early chance for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as Cesar Azpilicueta swings in a fine ball for Traore but the youngster can't stretch far enough to make contact.

And we are off an underway in our six 3pm kick offs.

Where Manchester City's title hopes killed off after that thrashing at Anfield on Wednesday? The have the perfect game to bounce back this afternoon against an Aston Villa side already consigned to relegation, it seems. Wilfried Bony joins Sergio Aguero in attack as Manuel Pellegrini makes three changes to the side that lost to Liverpool.

Leicester don't kick off until 5:30pm this evening but already they are enjoying their afternoon. Should they win at Vicarage Road this afternoon, they will be 11 points clear of Arsenal by the time the Gunners play next.

Should Southampton fail to win this afternoon, Chelsea can leapfrog Stoke into seventh place with a win this afternoon.

It's all over in north London where Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have settled for a point each after a pulsating 2-2 draw.

Chelsea vs Stoke is one of six 3pm kick offs we are counting down to this afternoon. The others are:

Everton vs West Ham
Manchester City vs Aston Villa
Newcastle United vs Bournemouth
Southampton vs Sunderland
Swansea City VS Norwich City

Baba Rahman meanwhile comes in for Kenedy, who picked up that groin injury in the win over Norwich.

Diego Costa is not in the Chelsea squad today due to a minor tendon injury, according to Guus Hiddink. The Chelsea boss said after the mid-week win over Norwich City he may rest the striker for today's game but it would appear the decision has been taken out of his hands.

He [Costa] is in perfect physical shape, but we also must be careful not to overload him in games. We monitor them with the data of the medical team and I can make some conclusions from that.

"We are living in an emotional world but sometimes you have to be rational as well. I talk with him about his physical state, which is superb. There is always a danger of him doing too much, and if I share the figures with him he can be rational as well. We must let him go but sometimes I must put him on a leash.

BREAKING: Mark Hughes makes two changes with Marc Muniesa replaces the injured Bardsley while Mame Biram Diouf comes in for Jon Walters.

BREAKING: Bertrand Traore leads the Chelsea attack this afternoon with Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa rested, the latter being left out of the squad completely.

Chelsea team to face Stoke: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic (c), Baba; Mikel, Matic; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Traore

Subs: Begovic, Miazga, Clarke-Salter, Loftus-Cheek, Fabregas, Pato, Remy

Mark Hughes has a bit of selection headache this week with Phil Bardsley joining Glen Johnson, Marc Wilson and captain Ryan Shawcross on the injury list.

Phil is unfortunately unavailable. He's pulled his calf and is going to be out for a number of weeks. Geoff Cameron's really, really sore once again, but we expected that would be the case after two games in a short space of time.

"We felt that if he had have been able to keep in the centre-back position maybe it would have been better for him, but obviously once Phil got injured and had to come off then he had to get down that right-hand side for us and look to put crosses in. That was always going to compromise his injury because that's when he feels the pain, when he opens up and tries to drive balls across his body.

"That's the one movement that he gets a little bit compromised with. He came through, once again he's got 90 minutes under his belt. But like he was at the weekend, he's very sore this morning. Twenty-four hours is a long time in football and we're hoping he's going to be OK.

TEAM NEWS: Chelsea

Chelsea will have one eye on their Champions League second leg clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday but Eden Hazard is expected to feature today, despite limping off during Tuesday's 2-1 win over Norwich City.

Kenedy was also forced off in that game with Hiddink later confirming the Brazilian had suffered a groin injury. John Terry meanwhile remains out with a hamstring injury, with Pedro suffering from a similar problem.

Life after Jose Mourinho hasn't been too bad at Stamford Bridge. Unbeaten in the league and now just eight points off a Champions League spot, Guus Hiddink has the Blues firmly back on track. Victory today will lift them above Stoke City and, depending on how Southampton get on against Sunderland, into seventh place.