Saturday Soccer Action Clockwatch: The Reds v The Seagulls, The Blues vs The Toffees and Further Fixtures

A pleasant afternoon here in the capital, where the sunshine is indeed shining, although by the time we're at half-time, dusk will be descending. Talking of which, can there be a happy farewell for the Egyptian star? Furthermore, that doesn't have to be a departure permanently, of course. The player, like many players will be traveling to the Africa Cup of Nations, regardless of what happens. We are waiting for the starting lineups from Liverpool's game with Brighton.

Here are today's 3pm UK kick-off fixtures.

• Chelsea vs Everton
• Liverpool v Brighton

There is also a full schedule of English Football League matches, too.

Chelsea versus 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 Lineup: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Barry.

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

Game Official: Thomas Bramall.

Anfield versus 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 Starting XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Gruda, Gomez, Rutter.

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

Game Referee: Craig Pawson.

The Egyptian forward starting from the bench for Liverpool. Alexander Isak is also on Alexander Isak. More team news to follow but it appears like Florian Wirtz supporting Hugo Ekitike in the forward line.

Big result in the fourth tier, where it's a local derby of Bristol Rovers v Swindon; the M4 derby. Swindon are ahead 3-0.

In the Championship, three afternoon starts at half-time:

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

League One Scores:

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

League Two Scores:

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

Subsequent Goals 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 goal 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 of the game.

News from Spain, where Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe is available to play on Sunday against Alaves. Mbappe missed the European defeat by Manchester City. Alonso stated, "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 injured players including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Eduardo Camavinga.

On that Bristol Rovers v Swindon game, one fan commented: "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 joined Rovers' Kacper Lopata in being shown a red card.

EFL Second Division 15:00 kick-offs

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

Third Division 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

League Two 3pm fixtures

• 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