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PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: All the action from Tuesday night's top-flight clashes - as it happens
A busy night of Premier League action gets underway tonight with vital clashes affecting the top and bottom of the league. Match of the night is at Old Trafford as Manchester United host Wolves and we'll have all the details from the games between Bolton and West Ham, Sunderland and Aston Villa, Birmingham and Blackburn. [LNB] BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUEBIRMINGHAM 2 BLACKBURN 1 BOLTON 2 WEST HAM 1 MAN UNITED 3 WOLVES 0 SUNDERLAND 0 ASTON VILLA 2 (FT) 9.39: FULL TIME - Aston Villa move up into third in the Premier League after another fine victory away from home. [LNB]9.36: It's worth mentioning that Wayne Rooney was very upset at being substituted for Michael Owen a couple of minutes ago - he took an age to exit the pitch.[LNB]9.35: GOAL! Bolton take the lead after a Rob Green howler - that will do his England hope no good whatsoever. He should have caught the ball, it bounced down to Klasnic to tap home. Oh, dear. [LNB]9.29: GOAL! Diamanti fires West Ham back into the game. Unmarked in the box he fired into the top corner. What a vital goal that could be for Zola's boys this season.[LNB]9.27: GOAL! Rover are back in it. The ball was whipped in by Pedersen to the far post, knocked back to Ryan Nelsen who rammed home. Their first goal in almost 450 minutes.[LNB]9.25: RED CARD - Lorik Cana heaps the woe on for Sunderland after his two-footed challenge on James Milner. No arguments. [LNB]9.24: GOAL! Valencia wraps the game up by slamming home United's third goal. Game well and truly over. [LNB]9.23: GOAL! Chung-Yong Lee has given the Trotters the lead over West Ham.[LNB] Good Korea move: Lee gives Bolton the lead with a deft finish past Green[LNB]9.18: Much to the home fan's delight - Lee Cattermole has made his return to the side. He's back weeks before predicted after his nasty knee injury. [LNB]9.14: Now it's West Ham's turn to get back into the game - Stanislas and Parker have had good efforts saved and Gary Cahill should have given the hosts the lead - it's turning into quite a game at the Reebok.[LNB]9.10: It's all Bolton at the moment - Gabbidon has just had to clear off the line. [LNB]9.05: GOAL! Cameron Jerome bags his second for Birmingham - Larrson heads on to Carr who cuts the ball back for Jerome to slide home from six yards.[LNB]9.04: The games are all back underway. [LNB]9.04: GOAL! What a strike from Milner to double Villa's lead. He picked up a long ball, dug it out of his feet and struck an unstoppable drive from 30 yards - top left-hand corner. [LNB] Double delight: Agbonlahor celebrates after Milner's wonder-strike[LNB]8.59: Chance for Villa! Heskey played Young in down the right, who then turned Michael Turner inside out and his deflected shot hit the post. Deserved a goal.[LNB]8.52: The game is back underway between Sunderland and Villa. [LNB]8.49: And it's half-time now at the Reebok.[LNB]8.46: And the ref's whistle makes it half-time at St Andrews. Rovers are now 420 minutes without a goal.[LNB]8.45: And that's half-time at Old Trafford. [LNB]8.43: GOAL! Nemanja Vidic doubles United's lead. Darron Gibson swings in a cross and the big defenders powerful header was pushed into the side-netting by Hahnemann.[LNB] Heads above: Vidic doubles United's lead against Wolves[LNB]8.42: Huge penalty shout at St Andrews - Kalinic claims he was tripped by Ridgwell as he swung his boot at the ball but replays show he just missed the ball and fell over. Dive.[LNB]8.39: No news from the Reebok but it's safe to say that Bolton are making the better of the chances, the visitors are struggling to impose themselves on the game.[LNB]8.33: Half-time at the Stadium of Light - a few boos ring around the ground as the players trot off, too. [LNB]8.30: GOAL! Wayne Rooney slams the penalty home to give the hosts the lead in Sir Alex's 900th league game in charge of United.[LNB] Paying the penalty: Rooney slams home the spot kick to put United ahead[LNB]8.28: Penalty at Old Trafford - Zubar's hands are well in the way off the ball. Stonewall.[LNB]8.24: Forget that - Kieron Dyer has been substituted now. He managed 22 minutes after four months out and has been replaced by Junior Stanislas. Bad news.[LNB] Dyer straits: Zola consoles his midfielder after playing 22 minutes on his return[LNB]8.22: Handbags at the Reebok - Kevin Davies comes in late on Rob Green - a few West Ham players take umbrage but it soon simmers down. In more bad news for Gianfranco Zola, Kieron Dyer has gone off with an injury, he hasn't been subbed, just gone off for treatment. [LNB]8.20: Chance for Wolves! Maierhofer flicked on a decent cross and the ball fell kindly to Friend who hammered over from seven yards out. [LNB] Dinked home: Jerome nicks the ball past Robinson to give Birmingham the lead[LNB]8.15: So, as it stands, Villa have moved up to third in the league but, seeing as I tempted fate by pulling out a fact on Emile Heskey, who scored seconds later, I can tell you Darren Bent has scored in his last three Premier League starts against Aston Villa. Fact![LNB]8.12: GOAL! Cameron Jerome gives the Birmingham the lead. A scrappy affair from a corner that was headed on, bounced down and fell to Jerome who prodded home from three yards.[LNB]8.10: GOAL! Emile Heskey! Can you believe it ... my stat a few seconds ago has spurred Heskey into action! Stylian Petrov played it to James MIlner who fed Heskey into the box to score from 10 yards.[LNB] Hammered home: Heskey fires Villa into the lead at the Stadium of Light[LNB]8.09: Still no goals around the Premier League this evening but I can tell you that Emile Heskey has scored four goals against Sunderland, all for different clubs, but is yet to feature against them for Villa. I hope that helps![LNB]8.04: It's all United at Old Trafford against a Wolves side who have made 10 changes to the side that beat Spurs - Rooney has wasted a great chance and shortly after De Laet could have given the hosts the lead. [LNB]8.01: Kevin Davies's shot goes close for Bolton - it's slight deflection takes it just round the post. [LNB]8.00: The rest of our games have kicked off - great news![LNB]7.59: Villa have tightened things up as they slowly work their way into the game and Lorik Cana has picked up a yellow card for a nasty challenge on Agbonlahor.[LNB]7.55: Sunderland have made all the early running and have just gone close - Darren Bent picked up the ball picked up the ball and laid it off to Jordan Henderson whose shot whistled just inches past Friedel's post.[LNB] Heads up: Petrov's boot rises just over the head of Sunderland's Lorik Cana[LNB]7.45: They're underway in our slightly earlier kick-off this evening at the Stadium of Light.[LNB]7.40: And in the bottom of the table clash at the Reebok, the team news is in ... Bolton manager Gary Megson has named an unchanged line-up for the visit of West Ham tonight as he rewarded his players for their impressive showing against Manchester City on Saturday.[LNB]With Mark Noble serving a one-match suspension after his red card at Birmingham, Gianfranco Zola has brought Kieron Dyer into the Hammers' side for the midfielder's first start in three months.[LNB]Jack Collison was also named in the first XI, with Junior Stanislas dropping to the bench.[LNB] Three-sy does it: Klasnic's delight contrasts Bellamy's agony in Saturday's draw[LNB]7.30: To St Andrews now for the news ahead of the Birmingham v Blackburn clash ... Sam Allardyce made four changes from the side which drew at Hull - Strikers Jason Roberts and Nikola Kalinic come into the side at the expense of Franco Di Santo and Benni McCarthy.[LNB]In addition El-Hadji Diouf and Morten Gamst Pedersen have replaced the injured Vince Grella and David Hoilett.[LNB]Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has, unsurprisingly, named an unchanged side after Saturday's win over West Ham extended their unbeaten run to seven games.[LNB] Hotstreak: Bowyer slides the winner past West Ham's Rob Green [LNB]7.25: Over to Old Trafford now and some remarkable news coming from the Wolves dressing room ... Mick McCarthy has made an incredible 10 changes to their starting line-up to face Manchester United at Old Trafford.[LNB]Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann was the only survivor from the weekend win at Tottenham as the Wolves boss presumably looked ahead to next Saturday's encounter with Burnley at Molineux, while leaving himself open to major criticism. Talk about rolling over. [LNB]It made United's task to bounce back from their home defeat to Aston Villa much easier, although Michael Carrick was forced to start in central defence again as Wes Brown was missing with a minor hamstring strain, while Ritchie De Laet and Gabriel Obertan were also handed rare starts.[LNB] Smash n grab: Doyle's header snatched victory at the Lane on Saturday[LNB]7.20: First team news of the evening is in, over at the Stadium of Light ... Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has handed the 11 men who won away at ManchesterUnited on Saturday the chance to follow up the feat at Sunderland.[LNB]Full-back Stephen Warnock has recovered from the neck injury he picked up at Old Trafford to take his place in an unchanged side.[LNB]Steve Bruce makes only one change to the Sunderland team which conceded a last-gasp equaliser against Portsmouth on Saturday as Kieran Richardson returned from suspension in place of Fraizer Campbell.[LNB]But there is also a surprise place on the bench for midfielder Lee Cattermole, who has been out since October 17 with a medial ligament injury.[LNB] Heads above: Agbonlahor nods Villa to a famous victory at Old Trafford[LNB]7.15pm: Good evening and welcome to Sportsmail's coverage of the Premier League clashes on this frosty December evening. [LNB]And with action at both ends of the table tonight, there's plenty to keep us entertained. [LNB]Sir Alex Ferguson's United side were helped by Chelsea's inability to beat Everton at the weekend but will still want to bounce back after the defeat at home to Aston Villa with victory over Wolves. [LNB]Mick McCarthy's men are on something of a hotstreak after back-to-back victories over Bolton and Tottenham but United haven't lost at home to a team outside the the top half of the table since Blackburn in September 2005.[LNB]At the other end of the table Bolton host West Ham in something of a bogey match for the east London club - the Hammers have never won at the Reebok Stadium in 10 trips there in all competitions, losing eight times and drawing twice.[LNB]Both sides are desperate for a win as they scrabble round at the wrong end of the table as we enter the Christmas period - worrying for Messrs Megson and Zola.[LNB]Alex McLeish's side are the form club in the top-flight at the moment and have the opportunity to go sixth with victory over Blackburn this evening.[LNB]Sam Allardyce's side have become something of a draw specialists but need to start picking up points, less they get drawn into the post Christmas relegation fight.[LNB]And finally, at the Stadium of Light Steve Bruce's side will be looking to regain their early-season momentum against high-flying Aston Villa who can return to third spot with victory this evening. [LNB]We'll have all the team news when we get it and all action as it happens. [LNB] Villans are heroes: Rooney is denied again during Villa's win at Old Trafford[LNB] Capello insists Manchester United crock Hargreaves can still make World CupO'Neill tells Milner: I'm no Villan for making you play in central midfieldInjured Wolves midfielder Edwards faces 10 weeks on the sidelinesNORTHERN EXPOSURE: Returning Lee Cattermole lifts the clouds over Sunderland for Steve BruceGiles Barnes earns chance to win Birmingham City deal as Alex McLeish hands trial to former Derby midfielderFerguson insists it's nothing personal as Birmingham eye Blackburn scalp [LNB]
