Saturday Soccer Action Roundup: The Reds v Brighton, The Blues vs The Toffees and More Fixtures

Good afternoon from London, where the sunshine is indeed beaming, although by the time we're at half-time, dusk will be descending. Speaking of which, can there be a positive send-off for the Egyptian star? Furthermore, that doesn't have to be a departure forever, of course. The player, like many others will be heading to the Africa Cup of Nations, whatever happens. We await the team news from the Merseyside club's encounter with Brighton.

Here are this afternoon's 3pm British kick-off matches.

• Chelsea v Everton
• Liverpool vs Brighton

There is also a complete round of EFL matches, too.

Stamford Bridge vs The Merseyside Blues

Chelsea Lineup: 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.

Match Referee: Thomas Bramall.

Anfield v 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 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 Official: Craig Pawson.

Salah on the bench for the Reds. Alexander Isak is also on Alexander Isak. Further team news is imminent but it looks like Wirtz playing behind Hugo Ekitike in attack.

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

In the second tier, 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 Scores:

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

Subsequent Goals have come through, 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 failed to convert a first-half penalty and have now equalised through Ryan Manning.

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

Reports 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 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 joined Rovers' Kacper Lopata in being shown a red card.

English Football League Championship 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 fixtures

• 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 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

Only two matches in the Scottish Premiership, too.

• Dundee Utd v. Motherwell
• Livingston v. Dundee