Weekend Soccer Clockwatch: The Reds v The Seagulls, Chelsea v Everton and Further Fixtures

A pleasant day from the capital, where the sun is indeed beaming, although by the moment we're at the interval, darkness will be descending. Talking of which, can there be a positive farewell for Mohamed Salah? Furthermore, that does not have to be one permanently, of course. The player, like many others will be traveling to the Africa Cup of Nations, regardless of what happens. We await the starting lineups from the Merseyside club's game with Brighton.

Here are this afternoon's 15:00 British time matches.

• Chelsea versus Everton
• Liverpool vs Brighton

There is also a complete round of EFL action, as well.

Stamford Bridge v The Merseyside Blues

Chelsea Starting XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Joao Pedro.

Chelsea Substitutes: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Hato, Acheampong, Guiu, Estevao.

Everton Starting XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Barry.

Everton Bench: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam, Campbell.

Match Official: Thomas Bramall.

Liverpool vs Brighton

Liverpool Lineup: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Ekitike.

Liverpool Substitutes: Mamardashvili, Isak, Salah, Chiesa, Robertson, Ramsay, Ngumoha, Lucky.

Brighton Lineup: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Gruda, Gomez, Rutter.

Brighton Bench: Steele, Welbeck, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Mitoma, Ayari, De Cuyper, Veltman.

Game Referee: Craig Pawson.

The Egyptian forward on the bench for Liverpool. Alexander Isak is also on Alexander Isak. Further selection details to follow but it looks like Florian Wirtz playing behind Hugo Ekitike in the forward line.

Significant scoreline in the fourth tier, where it's a regional clash of Bristol Rovers v Swindon; the M4 derby. Swindon are leading 3-0.

In the second tier, three early kick-offs at half-time:

• Norwich 0-0 Southampton
• Oxford 0-1 Preston
• Stoke 1-0 Swansea

League One Updates:

• Huddersfield 1-0 Wigan
• Wimbledon 0-0 Mansfield

League Two Updates:

• Bristol Rovers 0-3 Swindon
• Salford 1-1 Colchester

Later Scores have done in, and it's now Huddersfield 1-1 Wigan, Oxford 1-2 Preston, Salford 1-2 Colchester, Norwich 1-1 Southampton. At Norwich, whose equaliser came from Jovon Makama, Southampton missed a first-half penalty and have now equalised through Ryan Manning.

Norwich are back in front, the decisive strike coming from Jovon Makama, his second.

News from Spain, where Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe is available to play on Sunday against Alaves. Mbappe was absent for the European defeat by Manchester City. Alonso confirmed, "We've got Kylian back, he's ready to play, and tomorrow we'll see and decide if he starts." Real Madrid are without several sidelined players including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Eduardo Camavinga.

On that local derby, one fan reported: "Hi. Bristol Rovers 0 Swindon 3 doesn't tell the half of it. Ten League defeats in a row incoming, which is one club record. Five home losses in a row is another club record... It's not much fun being a Gashead these days." For Swindon, Aaron Drinan has followed Rovers' Kacper Lopata in being shown a red card.

English Football League Second Division 15:00 fixtures

• Birmingham v. Charlton
• Coventry v. Bristol City
• Leicester v. Ipswich
• Middlesbrough v. QPR
• Millwall v. Hull
• Portsmouth v. Blackburn
• Wrexham v. Watford

League One 15:00 kick-offs

• Barnsley v. Leyton Orient
• Blackpool v. Lincoln City
• Bolton v. Exeter
• Bradford v. Reading
• Burton Albion v. Wycombe
• Cardiff v. Doncaster
• Luton v. Port Vale
• Peterborough v. Northampton
• Plymouth v. Rotherham
• Stockport County v. Stevenage

Fourth Division 15:00 kick-offs

• Accrington Stanley v. Bromley
• Cheltenham v. Harrogate Town
• Chesterfield v. Barnet
• Crawley Town v. Oldham
• Gillingham v. Barrow
• Grimsby v. Notts County
• Milton Keynes Dons v. Cambridge Utd
• Newport County v. Fleetwood Town
• Tranmere v. Crewe
• Walsall v. Shrewsbury

Just two matches in the Scottish top flight, too.

• Dundee Utd v. Motherwell
• Livingston v. Dundee