The English Premier League schedule picks up with Tottenham against Leicester, Manchester City an Everton as well as Chelsea and West Brom for matches on Wednesday. Live coverage is on NBC Sports and streaming coverage is from the NBC Sports Live Extra website for the EPL matchups.
Chelsea has been struggling this season and the team comes in on the bottom half of the EPL table and is working to try and get things going. The team is hosting West Brom at Stamford Bridge and will have Diego Costa back after he dealt with a bruised knee. Arsenal comes into the week leading the EPL standings and they are in over Leicester by two points with the schedule picking up on Wednesday.
Man City and Tottenham fill out the top four for now and they are in ahead of West Ham and Manchester United for the time being. Crystal comes in at next in the standings, while Liverpool, Watford and Stoke City finish out the top 10. Everton is next in the standings and they are leading West Brom, while Southampton and Chelsea are next on the list. Norwich City comes in art 15, while Bournemouth and Swansea are in ahead of the teams currently in line for relegation with Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa in the bottom three spots.
Arsenal and Liverpool are playing at 3 pm ET on the schedule, while Tottenham and Leicester are also on the schedule for that time. Those are the two top matches of the week. The weekend schedule has Liverpool hosting Man United at Anfield, while Leicester will visit Aston Villa and Chelsea will host Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Tottenham should get back Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Hugo Lloris, Erik Lamela and Jan Vertonghen in the lineup on Wednesday and they are looking to keep things going towards the top of the table. Jamie Vardy is of course the player to watch for Leicester, as he has had a strong season, while Tottenham has Harry Kane looking to get things going. Kane has had a high scoring year and the team now will be looking to knock off Leicester in the matchup.
Tottenham has had a strong season and has only lost two times in EPL play to this point and they will try and keep that streak going on Wednesday. Leicester has not scored in three straight games in the EPL and Vardy will try and snap that streak against the Spurs. Man City comes in dealing with some injuries and they will be without Wilfried Bony, Fernandinho, Vincent Kompany, Eliaquim Mangala and Samir Nasri for the match against Everton. Yaya Toure is expected to play after he missed the last match for Man City.
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