Weekend Football Roundup: Liverpool v Brighton, Chelsea v Everton along with Further Action

A pleasant afternoon from London, a place where the sun is indeed shining, though by the time we're at the interval, darkness will be descending. Speaking of which, can there be a positive send-off for Mohamed Salah? Furthermore, that doesn't have to be one forever, of course. The player, like many others will be traveling to the continental tournament, whatever happens. We await the starting lineups from Liverpool's game with Brighton.

Listed below are this afternoon's 3pm British time matches.

• Chelsea vs Everton
• Liverpool versus Brighton

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

Stamford Bridge versus Everton

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

Chelsea Bench: 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 Starting XI: 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 Official: Craig Pawson.

The Egyptian forward on the substitutes for the Reds. Alexander Isak is also on Alexander Isak. Further selection details to follow but it looks like Wirtz playing behind Ekitike in attack.

Big scoreline in League Two, where it's a local derby of Bristol Rovers v Swindon; relatively local. Swindon are ahead 3-0.

In the Championship, three early kick-offs at the break:

• 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

Subsequent 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 goal came from Jovon Makama, Southampton missed a first-half penalty and have now drawn level through Ryan Manning.

Norwich have gone back in front, the decisive strike coming from Jovon Makama, his second of the game.

News from La Liga, where Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe is available to play on Sunday against Alaves. Mbappe missed the Champions League defeat by Manchester City. Alonso stated, "We've got Kylian back, he's ready to play, and tomorrow we'll see and decide on his involvement." Real Madrid are without several injured players including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Eduardo Camavinga.

Regarding the 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 receiving a red card.

EFL Championship 3pm kick-offs

• 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 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

Only two matches in the Scottish top flight, as well.

• Dundee Utd v. Motherwell
• Livingston v. Dundee