EPL Gameweek 16: Saturday football - As it happened...

Welcome to our coverage of Gameweek 16 Saturday football of English Premier League. We have as many as six matches with  both the Manchester sides featuring in crucial ties against Swansea City and Bournemouth respectively.

12 December 2015

22:55 IST

Here's how that late drama at the Etihad Stadium affected the top of the #BPL.... pic.twitter.com/6EYfpSnAZT

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

22:29 IST

With that win, Manchester City are back. They now lead the table with 32 points from 16 matches. Leciester City will have their chance to wrest back the lead when they play 
defending champions Chelsea Tuesday early morning. Manchester United play Bournemouth later tonight, while third place Arsenal will play Aston Villa with a chance to reclaim the top spot, if the Foxes failed to beat Jose Mourinho's men.

22:27 IST

FULL-TIME Sunderland 0-1 Watford. A 10th #BPL goal of the season for Ighalo secures Watford all 3 points #SUNWAT pic.twitter.com/4vXisaPxPG

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

FULL-TIME West Ham 0-0 Stoke. The hosts are held to a third #BPL draw in a row despite 21 attempts on goal #WHUSTK pic.twitter.com/fomQ7GkRKo

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

FULL-TIME Man City 2-1 Swansea. Gomis’ late goal looked to have rescued a point only for Yaya Toure to win it in stoppage time #MCISWA

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

FULL-TIME Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton. Yohan Cabaye's first-half strike ensures Palace are victorious #CRYSOU pic.twitter.com/c4rxIJpDwJ

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

22:21 IST

Manchester City 2 - 1 Swansea: Two quick goals at Etihad stadium. First Swansea found the equaliser in the 90th minute with Bafetimbi Gomis on strike, but City hit regained the lead within two minutes with Kelechi Iheanacho finding the back of the net, with some luck.

21:50 IST

At hour-mark , no change in scores:

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Southampton
Manchester City 1 - 0 Swansea
Sunderland 0 - 1 Watford
West Ham United 0 - 0 Stoke City

21:20 IST

#BPL HALF-TIME SCORES: Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton Man City 1-0 Swansea Sunderland 0-1 Watford West Ham 0-0 Stoke

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

21:00 IST

Manchester City (Bony 26') 1 - 0 Swansea: City are back. Wilfried Bony scored from a City corner as trouble continues to haunt Swans.

21:00 IST

Sunderland 0 - 1 (Ighalo 4') Watford: Odion Ighalo provided an early lead to the visitors, with an easy tap-in from a Allan Nyom set-up.

20:11 IST

FULL-TIME Norwich 1-1 Everton. Lukaku scores for a 6th #BPL match in a row before Hoolahan cancels it out #NOREVE pic.twitter.com/KwxK4m3Ww9

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

19:59 IST

Team news for the 8:30 PM matches

Crystal Palace vs Southampton

#CPFC XI: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney (c), Souare; McArthur, Cabaye; Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie; Wickham. #CRYSOU pic.twitter.com/TRE68H2cN5

— Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) December 12, 2015

The teams are in! Here's how #SaintsFC line up for today's game against @CPFC at Selhurst Park – pic.twitter.com/Wn4bA4o8Zx

— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) December 12, 2015

Manchester City vs Swansea

City XI: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Mangala, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Navas, Silva, Sterling, Bony #cityvswans #MCFC

— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) December 12, 2015

#Swans team v @MCFC: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams (C), Taylor, Britton, Cork, Ki, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Ayew. #MCISWA

— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) December 12, 2015

Sunderland vs Watford

#SAFC XI: Pantilimon, Yedlin, Jones, O’Shea, Coates, van Aanholt, M’Vila, Toivonen, Borini, Fletcher, Watmore. pic.twitter.com/OGQyhQkGLw

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 12, 2015

#watfordfc line-up v @SunderlandAFC: Gomes (GK); Nyom, Cathcart, Britos, Ake; Capoue, Watson; Abdi, Deeney (c), Jurado; Ighalo.

— Watford FC (@WatfordFC) December 12, 2015

West Ham vs Stoke City

TEAMS: Here are your starting XIs for this afternoon's game against @stokecity #WHUSTK #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/jgYLsMRu09

— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) December 12, 2015

19:32 IST

Norwich (Hoolahan 47') 1 - 1 (Lukaku 15') Everton: Wesley Hoolahan latched onto a rebound for the equaliser.

19:12 IST

The Belgian striker, in the process, also became the first Everton player to score in six consecutive Premier League matches. His tally of 12 so far is two behind Jamie Vardy's 14.

19:12 IST

Half-time at Carrow Road: Norwich 0 - 1 (Lukaku 15') Everton

HALF-TIME Norwich 0-1 Everton. Lukaku scores for a sixth straight #BPL match to put the visitors ahead #NOREVE pic.twitter.com/W2FwXYBvW2

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

18:37 IST

Norwich 0 - 1 (Lukaku 15') Everton: Romelu Lukaku rose highest to connect a header into the right side of the goal from a Gerard Deulofeu delivery.

17:48 IST

Here's the line-ups for today's first match

TEAM: Rudd; Wisdom, Martin (c), Bassong, Olsson; Redmond, O'Neil, Tettey, Brady; Hoolahan; Jerome. #ncfc

— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) December 12, 2015

TEAM NEWS: One change for the Blues as Baines comes in for Galloway at left-back. #NORvEFC pic.twitter.com/tLWMxixt9w

— Everton (@Everton) December 12, 2015

16:33 IST

Team standing as of now:

It's back! Remind yourself of the #BPL standings ahead of the latest round of matches pic.twitter.com/GwsSVHoacl

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 12, 2015

16:32 IST

Here are today's fixture:

6:15 PM - Norwich City vs Everton
8:30 PM - Sunderland vs Watford
8:30 PM - Crystal Palace vs Southampton
8:30 PM - West Ham United vs Stoke City
8:30 PM - Manchester City vs Swansea City
11:00 PM - Bournemouth vs Manchester United