3.46pm: Half-time at Stamford Bridge: Chelsea 0-0 Stoke. 3.46pm: An email from Nigel Moore, re. Berbatov: "Here is a stanza from Wordsworth's Star Gazers that I'm sure Berbatov utters every time he scores: Or must we be constrained to think that these Spectators rude, Poor in estate, of manners base, men of the multitude, Have souls which never yet have risen, and therefore prostrate lie? No, no, this cannot be - men thirst for power and majesty! 3.45pm: Lukaku is having a great game for West Brom - he plays Morrison in, collects the return and should score. Instead, it's a corner. From it, Olssen rises and heads the ball against the post. Still WBA 0-0 Reading. 3.43pm: West Ham have missed out again. Vaz Te found Kevin Nolan hurtling into the box, smashed the ball on the volley, and Mignolet has made a fantastic save to turn the ball around the post. Still West 0-1 Sunderland. 3.39pm: Not football - but a note about the cricket: Chris Gayle has gone mad against Australia and has thumped a 50 in 26 balls. Follow it with Rob Smyth here. 3.39pm: Here's Paul Doyle at Chelsea v Stoke: "Chelsea's early invention has utterly faded. Stoke on top and could have scored through Kightly a moment ago. Having said that, Oscar has just turned Huth fantastically, who clatters him on his way past. Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa Terrible defending from Southampton. Banan hoisted a ball into the box, which Bent headed down for Ireland. He hit a poor shot, but Bent followed it back in to slot home his first goal in eight Premier League games. Wigan 0-1 Fulham Berbatov pitches the ball into the penalty area, the cross hanging in the air for an age, and Hugo Rodallega has banged it in the goal against his old team on 31 minutes. He doesn't celebrate. 3.31pm: West Brom are shading the tie against Reading, making far chances than the visitors, but it remains 0-0 there. Fulham are all over Wigan, largely thanks to the efforts of Berbatov, who is the silky thread running through their football jumper. 3.28pm: Woody Allen star/Romantic poet Dimitar Berbatov has just had a 30 yard, wobbly screamer saved against Wigan. Meanwhile Chelsea are taking the Arsenal approach and are knocking the ball all over the place without much end product. Ivanovic has just flung himself to the floor in the penalty area hoping for a penalty, while Mata has just fashioned Torres an incredible chance - which he's completely miskicked when clean through. The Stoke fans sing: "Didier Drogba - he would have scored that." 3.24pm: West Ham's Vaz Te has just slammed a header into the ground, from where it bounced over the goal. From four yards out. 3.22pm: The cross bar at Stamford Bridge is still wobbling after that Walters header. 3.20pm: Another chance for Fulham, via Berbatov, then the striker's link up play leads to another chance, cleared off the line by Wigan. Speaking of Berbatov, here's Hugh Collins. Berbatov doesn't strike me as a romantic poet. I'd say he's more of a combination of angst and wry humour. I could see him in a Woody Allen movie, perhaps playing an academic who ends up making a romantic mistkae, with hilarious consequences. 3.19pm: Lee Probert is back on his feet and has just waved a red card at Sidwell for clattering him. He is joking though. 3.18pm: It's quietened down at Stamford Bridge after an explosive start from Chelsea... Oh, hang on, Walters has just hit the cross bar after getting on the end of a free-kick. The cross bar is still wobbling. 3.17pm: An email from Sean Moore: "Being an Everton fan, I've just casually remarked to my wife what a great feeling it is when you get a good win having kicked off early in the Saturday fixtures, and are therby able to relax and watch the other results coming in. Sadly, she's a Liverpool fan, and her memory is not what it was! Must be an exciting day in your house when the derby's on... 3.15pm: Exciting news at Wigan v Fulham. Watson and Sidwell went for a 50/50 and both collided with the ref Lee Probert, one from behind and one from in front. He's gone down lack a sack of spuds while the entire crowd laugh at him. Poor chap, doesn't look like he'll be able to continue. West Ham 0-1 Sunderland Fletcher has put Sunderland ahead against West Ham after a fantastic Larsson pass played him in. According to Opta, he's scored with every one of his first four shots in the Premier League for Sunderland. Poor marking from James Collins to blame there - it's not been a happy return to West Ham for him so far. 3.08pm: Torres nods Mata's corner over the bar for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Meanwhile Reading keeper McCarthy has made a great save from a 20-yard screamer from WBA's Morrison. 3.07pm: Romantic poet Dimitar Berbatov has had a shot blocked as Fulham dominate the opening minutes against Wigan. 3.06pm: Lots of noise at West Ham, but not very much happening as yet as they play Sunderland. 3.05pm: Even starts at Southampton v Villa and WBA v Reading, all four teams settling in cautiously. 3.03pm: Here's our man Paul Doyle at Stamford Bridge: "Storming start by Chelsea: all over Stoke. Mata, Oscar and Hazard conjuring just behind Torres. Ramires nifty too. 3.02pm: Philip Podolsky emails re. Berbatov as Romantic poet. I don't understand a word of it, though. Fully aware your remark lies squarely in the realm of stereotype, not fact, I still wish to point out that the legendary strolls -- taken by the Wordswoths, William and Dorothy, in all weathers, whirling blizzard, biting frost, you name it -- which birthed English Romanticism's premier poetical monument, The Lyrical Ballads (1798), took place in the final years of the 18th century. Though taking The Prelude on board, as one should, complicates the chronology immensely. 3.00pm: That high-pitched peeping sound you can hear are games kicking off all over the country... 2.52pm: Stuart James was at the Liberty Stadium for Swansea's defeat to Everton. Here's what he made of it all. 2.48pm: The various gentlemen of the press in the Chelsea press box don't seem to know why Terry and Lampard have been rested by Di Matteo. Surely not so they can be rested for the League Cup match against Wolves midweek. So a big call by the manager, risking both of them throwing a hot funk as hot as this funk. 2.43pm: A brief aside, before kick-off. A quick handclap from over here for whoever wrote the picture caption on this story in the Eastern Daily Press. 2.40pm: A good omen for Fulham: according to Infostrada sports, Dimitar Berbatov has scored eight career goals against Wigan. The only club he has scored more against is Blackburn (with nine). 2.38pm: Swansea have lost 0-3 to Everton and could have gone down by far more. Scott Murray was the man tippy-tapping the keys on that one. Team news: West Bromwich Albion v Reading West Brom: Foster; Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Yacob, Mulumbu; Brunt, Morrison, Gera; Lukaku. Subs: Myhill (gk), Rosenberg, Long, Dawson, Jara Reyes, Fortune, Dorrans. Reading: McCarthy; Gunter, Shorey, Gorkss, Pearce; Guthrie, Leigertwood, McAnuff, McCleary; Le Fondre, Pogrebnyak. Subs: Taylor (gk), Cummings, Mariappa, Karacan, Robson-Kanu, Church, Hunt. Referee: C Foy (Merseyside). Lukaku gets his first start while on loan at West Brom, the suspended Peter Odemwingie and fellow wide player Marc-Antoine Fortune also make way for Zoltan Gera and fit-again skipper Chris Brunt. Reading have made two changes to the side who lost to Spurs last week: Nicky Shorey in for Ian Harte and Adam LeFondre comes in for the benched Jem Karacan. Team news: Wigan v Fulham Wigan: Al Habsi, Kone, McCarthy, Caldwell (c), Watson, Maloney, Gomez, Boyce, Ramis, Beausejour, Figueroa. Subs: Pollitt, Jones, Crusat, McManaman, McArthur, Boselli, Miyaichi Fulham: Schwarzer, Riise, Hangeland (c), Baird, Sidwell, Berbatov, Duff, Hughes, Rodallega, Reither, Kacaniklic. Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Kasami, Petric, Ruiz, Karagounis, Briggs Ben Watson starts ahead of James McArthur who drops to the bench, while Franco Di Santo has been told not to bother bringing his boots today, he's replaced by Jordi Gomez. Fulham are unchanged, with Hugo Rodallega facing his old side and Ruiz returning to the bench. Team news: West Ham v Sunderland West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, O'Brien, Diame, Noble, Nolan, Vaz Te, Cole, Taylor. Subs: Henderson, McCartney, Tomkins, Benayoun, O'Neil, Jarvis, Maiga. Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, O'Shea, Bramble, Rose, Larsson, Colback, Cattermole, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher. Subs: Westwood, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Meyler, Campbell, Wickham, Saha. Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire) Team news: Southampton v Aston Villa Southampton: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Fox, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Ramírez, Puncheon, Lambert, Lallana Subs: Kelvin Davis, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Richardson, Mayuka, Seaborne. Aston Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar (c), Clark, Lichaj, Holman, El Ahmadi, Ireland, Bannan, Benteke, Bent. Subs: Given, N'Zogbia, Agbonlahor, Westwood, Bowery, Weimann, Bennett. Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire) Paulo Gazzaniga makes his Premier League debut in goal, as Nigel Adkins drops Kelvin Davis after he let in six last week. Team news: Chelsea v Stoke Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Aspilicueta, Terry, Bertrand, Romeu, Lampard, Moses. Stoke: Begovic; Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson; Walters, Whelan, Adam, Nzonzi, Kightly; Crouch Subs: Sorensen, Upson, Shotton, Whitehead, Etherington, Owen, Joness Michael Owen still on the bench. Gary Cahill in for John Terry. 2.09pm: Chelsea are playing Oscar, Hazard and Mata as a forward three behind Torres. Bagpuss may not be enough for Stoke. Meanwhile John Terry and Frank Lampard are both on the bench, no doubt heating the neighbouring area with all the hot steam shrieking from their ears. Full team news in a sec. 2.05pm: Nathan Dyer has just been urged to see out the rest of Swansea's game against Everton from the showers, after getting a second yellow. Given he watched the first half from the bench, he's had a pretty sensational afternoon. You can follow the game here with S. Murray Esq. The first episode of Bagpuss. A good luck charm, Stoke will hope. 2.02pm: The last time Stoke won at Stamford Bridge, in April 1974, a little-known series called Bagpuss had just aired its first episode, Ted Heath had just stepped down as Prime Minister. Oh, and Manchester United got relegated. I always found the mice in Bagpuss a bit scary. I was a troubled child. Preamble: Good afternoon and welcome to rolling coverage of all today's 3pm kickoffs in the Premier League. Chelsea are the only club who started the day in the top four of the league in action, so can cement their position at the head of the table with a win over Stoke. They need a win too, having not beaten anyone since the 2-0 victory over Newcastle nearly a month ago. For Stoke, Michael Owen is hoping for a start while the club are seeking to end their dreadful run against 'the big four': they've lost their last 16 against Chelsea, Arsenal, and the Manchesters United and City. Elsewhere, Sunderland will be hoping to end an 11-match winless streak. They face West Ham and are likely to be without Adam Johnson, who has a thigh problem. For the home side, Carlton Cole will continue to lead the line in the absence of the injured Andy Carroll. For Fulham, Dimitar Berbatov will continue to stroll about the park like a 19th century Romantic poet, with Wigan standing in the way of his art. Southampton will hope to get off the bottom of the table and after their 6-1 mauling at Arsenal last week, will want to get their season off the mark against Aston Villa. The on-loan striker Romelu Lukaku, who appeared such a prospect when signing for Chelsea, may sneak into West Brom's starting XI against Reading today as Peter Odeminwingie starts his three-match ban for his Ralph Macchio impression last week. Reading will simply be hoping to record their first win of the season after being unsuccessful so far in three attempts.