Saturday Football Clockwatch: The Reds versus Brighton, The Blues versus The Toffees along with More Action

Good afternoon from London, where the sun is indeed shining, although by the moment we're at the interval, dusk will be falling. Speaking of which, can there be a positive send-off for the Egyptian star? Furthermore, that doesn't have to be one permanently, of course. The player, like many players will be traveling to the continental tournament, regardless of what transpires. We await the starting lineups from Liverpool's game with the south coast side.

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

• Chelsea v Everton
• Liverpool v Brighton

There's a complete schedule of EFL action, too.

Chelsea v 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 Starting XI: 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 v The Albion

Liverpool Lineup: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Ekitike.

Liverpool Bench: 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.

The Egyptian forward on the bench for Liverpool. So is Alexander Isak. More team news to follow but it appears like Wirtz playing behind Hugo Ekitike in attack.

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

In the Championship, three early kick-offs 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 Updates:

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

Subsequent Goals have done in, and it's currently 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 are back in front, the goal coming from Jovon Makama, his second of the game.

News from La Liga, where Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe is fit to play on Sunday against Alaves. Mbappe was absent for 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 sidelined players including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal and Eduardo Camavinga.

Regarding the local derby, 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 followed Rovers' Kacper Lopata in receiving 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

Third Division 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

Fourth Division 15:00 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 games in the Scottish Premiership, as well.

• Dundee Utd v. Motherwell
• Livingston v. Dundee