Published Date:
21 November 2008
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Saturday
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar has been ruled out of tomorrow evening's clash with Manchester United at Villa Park.
The former Rangers defender suffered a thigh injury during the 2-0 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last weekend.
Luke Young is expected to revert to right-back with Nicky Shorey returning to the side on the opposite flank.
Villa manager Martin O'Neill has no other fresh injury worries as his side look to win a league meeting with United for the first time in 13 years.
Team (from): Friedel, Guzan, L Young, Shorey, Davies, Laursen, Knight, Milner, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, A Young, Osbourne, Salifou, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood, Delfouneso, Gardner.
Rio Ferdinand faces a fitness test on a back injury before Sir Alex Ferguson finalises his Manchester United squad to face Aston Villa tomorrow.
Dimitar Berbatov (hamstring) and Wes Brown (ankle) join long-term knee injury victims Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves on the sidelines, with Wayne Rooney expected to recover from a calf strain which kept him out of England's midweek win in Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson will be assessed following their trip to Brazil on international duty, while teenage forward Danny Welbeck is also in the squad.
Team (from): Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, Rafael, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Park, Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Tevez, Welbeck.
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Chelsea have a doubt over midfielder Frank Lampard, who withdrew from England's squad for the friendly with Germany on Wednesday because of a rib injury, for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle.
Striker Didier Drogba starts a three-match ban but Chelsea hope to have Joe Cole (hamstring) and goalkeeper Petr Cech (calf) back in the squad for the match at Stamford Bridge.
Ashley Cole (foot), Alex (thigh), and Juliano Belletti (ankle) are also doubtful while Michael Essien and Franco Di Santo are definitely out. Centre-half Ricardo Carvalho is also likely to miss out with a knee problem.
Provisional squad: Cech, Cudicini, Bosingwa, Terry, Ivanovic, Bridge, Ballack, Lampard, A Cole, Alex, Belletti, Obi, Deco, Ferreira, Kalou, Malouda, Anelka, J Cole, Stoch, Mineiro.
Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear faces a defensive headache ahead of tomorrow's trip to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League.
Steven Taylor (abdominal muscle) is still out, leaving Kinnear to chose two central defenders from Fabricio Coloccini, Sebastien Bassong and Claudio Cacapa.
Danny Guthrie is likely to deputise for Joey Barton (knee) in central midfield. Striker Mark Viduka (Achilles) is back in training but is not yet ready to return, while Xisco (hamstring), Gonzalez (Achilles) and Alan Smith (foot) are still out.
Provisional squad: Given, Harper, Beye, Enrique, N'Zogbia, Bassong, Coloccini, Cacapa, Edgar, Butt, Guthrie, Duff, Gutierrez, Geremi, Ameobi, Owen, Martins, Carroll.
Liverpool v Fulham
Steven Gerrard is out of tomorrow's home game with Fulham after the muscle tear which ruled him out of England's win in Germany on Wednesday.
Gerrard has been in light training but Liverpool assess his chances of being fit for next week's Champions League game with Marseille as only 50-50.
Full-back Alvaro Arbeloa returns after a one-match ban and Robbie Keane has recovered from the shoulder injury which kept him out for the Republic of Ireland.
Provisional squad: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Aurelio, Mascherano, Alonso, Lucas, Babel, Benayoun, Kuyt, Torres, Keane, Riera, Cavalieri, Hyypia, Plessis, Dossena.
Fulham have included Dickson Etuhu in their squad for tomorrow's trip to Liverpool.
It is the first time the midfielder has been available for first-team duty since his August transfer from Sunderland after recovering from a knee injury.
Manager Roy Hodgson has no other injury concerns other than long-term absentee Diomansy Kamara (knee).
Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera, Zamora, Johnson, Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Dempsey, Andreasen, Etuhu, Kallio, Baird, Seol, Stoor.
Manchester City v Arsenal
Captain Richard Dunne, midfielder Gelson Fernandes and striker Danny Sturridge could all return to Manchester City's squad for Saturday's home clash against Arsenal.
Dunne and Fernandes have both completed one-match bans for their red cards against Tottenham a fortnight ago, while Sturridge has returned to training following three weeks out with an ankle injury.
However, Fernandes faces a late fitness check after coming off during Switzerland's midweek friendly win over Finland, while manager Mark Hughes could also add another goalkeeper to his squad as cover for the injured Joe Hart if he can make a suitable loan signing.
Team (from): Schmeichel, Zabaleta, Richards, Dunne, Garrido, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Ireland, Mwaruwari, Robinho, Vassell, Fernandes, Ben-Haim, Jo, Onuoha, Ball, Hamann, Elano, Sturridge, Evans.
Arsenal forward Robin van Persie returns from suspension for the trip to Manchester City but midfielder Cesc Fabregas serves a one-match ban.
Kolo Toure (calf) is doubtful, while Theo Walcott (shoulder) and Emmanuel Eboue (knee) are on the sidelines along with long-term absentees Tomas Rosicky (knee) and Eduardo (ankle).
Emmanuel Adebayor only returned from his ankle complaint last week so will require assessment before a decision is made.
Provisional squad: Almunia, Diaby, Sagna, Nasri, Gallas, Denilson, Silvestre, Clichy, Bendtner, Vela, Ramsey, Song, Djourou, Fabianski, Adebayor, van Persie, Wilshere, Simpson.
Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers
Emanuel Pogatetz and Mido have both been passed fit for Middlesbrough's Barclays Premier League clash with Bolton at the Riverside tomorrow.
Skipper Pogatetz missed Austria's mid-week friendly due to a knee injury while top scorer Mido has been sidelined for two matches due to a groin condition. The Egyptian could replace the out-of-sorts Afonso Alves in Gareth Southgate's starting XI.
Jeremie Aliadiere has recovered from the illness which forced him out of last Sunday's draw at Everton and is likely to replace Julio Arca. Centre-back Chris Riggott (hamstring) is out and David Wheater is expected to replace the in-form defender.
Team (from): Turnbull, Hoyte, Taylor, Wheater, Pogatetz, O'Neil, Digard, Aliadiere, Downing, Mido, Tuncay, Jones, Grounds, Arca, Walker, Emnes, Johnson A, Alves.
Bolton manager Gary Megson will check on the fitness of Ricardo Gardner and Danny Shittu ahead of the trip to Middlesbrough.
The pair were away on international duty with Jamaica and Nigeria respectively this week.
Joey O'Brien definitely misses out with a thigh injury but Megson hopes Ebi Smolarek and Gretar Steinsson will be available after illness and injury.
Team (from): Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, A O'Brien, Samuel, Nolan, Riga, McCann, Muamba, Gardner, Taylor, Davies, Elmander, Al Habsi, Shittu, Smolarek, Basham, Cohen, Fojut.
Portsmouth v Hull City
Portsmouth are hopeful Jermain Defoe will have recovered from a calf injury sustained on England duty to face Hull at Fratton Park tomorrow but skipper Sol Campbell (toe) and midfielders Lassana Diarra and Niko Kranjcar (both ankle) are out.
Diarra missed France's midweek friendly after being injured at West Ham, Campbell now misses his fourth game in six and while Kranjcar has been given the all-clear to resume training after seeing a specialist, manager Tony Adams says all three have only an "outside chance" for next Thursday's UEFA Cup glamour clash with AC Milan.
John Utaka, who has shaken off a stomach bug, Papa Bouba Diop and Younes Kaboul are all ready to step in again, with Richard Hughes and David Nugent likely to be among the substitutes.
Team (from): James, Johnson, Kaboul, Distin, Pamarot, Utaka, Diop, Davis, Belhadj, Crouch, Defoe, A Traore, Nugent, Kanu, Hreidarsson, Hughes, Mvuemba, Thomas, Little, Ashdown (gk).
Hull manager Phil Brown will decide today which four players to leave in the stands for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League game at Portsmouth.
A 22-man party will convene in London today, after which Brown will assess the condition of the 10 Tigers players on international duty in midweek and select his matchday squad.
Striker Daniel Cousin has a knee problem and may give way to Caleb Folan or veteran Dean Windass, who impressed for the reserves in midweek alongside Stelios Giannakopoulos and Ryan France.
Provisional squad: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Marney, Hughes, Boateng, Geovanni, King, Cousin, Barmby, Garcia, Windass, Mendy, Halmosi, Folan, Ricketts, Giannakopoulos, Duke, Ashbee, France, Atkinson.
Stoke City v West Brom
Stoke boss Tony Pulis insists he has yet to decide who will replace suspended five-goal top scorer Ricardo Fuller against West Brom tomorrow.
Dave Kitson, who has failed to score since a £5.5million summer move from Reading, is the firm favourite, but Richard Cresswell is also in the frame.
Tom Soares, who has not featured in Stoke's last three games, could also be in line for a recall on the right of midfield with Amdy Faye's place under threat.Seyi Olofinjana has recovered from the cramp which forced his early withdrawal at Manchester United last Saturday, but long-term absentees Liam Lawrence (ankle) and Andrew Davies (knee) are still out.
Provisional squad: Sorensen, Griffin, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Amdy Faye, Diao, Olofinjana, Delap, Sidibe, Kitson, Soares, Simonsen, Whelan, Cresswell, Wilkinson, Sonko, Tonge, Cort, Pericard.
West Brom are without midfielder James Morrison for tomorrow's trip to Stoke.
The Scotland international suffered a slight tear to the medial ligament in his knee against Chelsea last weekend and is aiming to return against Wigan on November 29.
Portuguese midfielder Filipe Teixeira could make his first start of the season as a replacement for Morrison.
However South Korea international Kim Do-Heon is also in contention to replace the midfielder.
Team (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Hoefkens, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Cech, Kim, Greening, Koren, Teixeira, Valero, Brunt, Miller, Bednar, Moore, Slusarski, MacDonald, Pele.
Sunday
Sunderland v West Ham
team news to come...
Tottenham v Blackburn
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric is out of the Barclays Premier League clash against Blackburn following a groin injury.
Jermaine Jenas (toe) should be fit, as should Ledley King (knee) and Jonathan Woodgate (virus).
The news is not so good for Giovani dos Santos (ankle) who will miss the clash at White Hart Lane.
Provisional squad: Gomes, Cesar, Hutton, Bale, Gunter, Dawson, Woodgate, Corluka, O'Hara, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, Gilberto, Bostock, Dervite, Lennon, Bent, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Rocha, Taarabt, Boateng, Ghaly, Assou-Ekotto.
Ryan Nelsen and Martin Olsson are back for Blackburn's trip to Tottenham after recovering from illness.
Strikers Benni McCarthy and Roque Santa Cruz should also be available but Brett Emerton (hamstring) and Vince Grella (calf) are still out along with long-term absentees David Dunn (Achilles) and Steven Reid (knee).
Provisional squad: Robinson, Brown, Simpson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Khizanishvili, Olsson, Warnock, Mokoena, Andrews, Tugay, Treacy, Pedersen, Roberts, Derbyshire, Villanueva, Santa Cruz, Fowler, McCarthy.
Monday
Wigan v Everton
Wigan manager Steve Bruce will monitor the fitness of four key players ahead of the Barclays Premier League match against Everton on Monday.
Emile Heskey (hamstring), Amr Zaki (rib and calf), Mario Melchiot (knee) and Jason Koumas (groin) are all doubtful through injury.
Emmerson Boyce is sidelined through suspension after being sent off in the draw against Newcastle last weekend.
Provisional squad: Kirkland, Pollitt, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Figueroa, Taylor, Kilbane, De Ridder, Valencia, Palacios, Brown, Cattermole, Koumas, Kapo, Heskey, Zaki, Camara, Cywka, Kupisz, Routledge.
Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar are major doubts for Everton's trip to Wigan on Monday.
Fellaini has a groin strain and Pienaar is also struggling with the knee complaint which ruled him out of South Africa's friendly against Cameroon in midweek.
Both players will be assessed by Everton's medical staff over the weekend when a final decision on their fitness will be made.
Team (from): Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Arteta, Cahill, Rodwell, Vaughan, Pienaar, Fellaini, Osman, Yakubu, Saha, Hibbert, Anichebe, Baines, Nash, Castillo, Jutkiewicz, Gosling.
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Last Updated:
21 November 2008 3:57 PM
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