Team News

Team News

Arsenal @ (Man City)

Injury: (out) Arshavin, Nasri, Djourou, Fabianski (doubt) Wallcott

Another tricky away game for Arsenal and there will be without Arshavin who injured during the international break. Rosicky and Fabregas play for their country and could be in the starting 11. Wallcott still lack of match fitness.

Probably Eleven: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Denilson, Diaby, Fabregas, Van Persie, Eduardo

Aston Villa @ (Birminham)

Injury: (out)Bouma, Downing, C.Davies, L.Young (doubt) Heskey

R.Dunne and J.Collins could make their debut this week midlands derby. Heskey is struggling to recover from tight hamstring.

Probably Eleven: Friedel, Beye, Davies, Cuellar, Warnock, Petrov, Sidwell, Milner, A Young, Carew, Agbonlahor.

Birmingham Home (Aston Villa)

Injury: Bent, Dann, Murphy, Ridgewell, M.Taylor, Jerome (doubt) Vignal, Tainio

Benitez just return from a long flight for his international match for Ecuador he could start depends on the condition and new loan signing Tainio still recovering from calf strain.

Probably Eleven: Hart Carr, R.Johnson, Quedrue, Vignal, Larsson, Ferguson, Carsley, Fahey, Mc Fadden, Benitez

Blackburn Rovers Home (Wolves)

Injury: (out) Reid (doubt) N’zonzi, Salgado, McCarthy

Emerton is fit again and could start together with Nelsen and Di Santo. McCarthy and N’zonzi will face late fitness test.

Probably Eleven: Robinson, Jacobsen, Chimbonda, Samba, Givet, Dunn, Pedersen, Andrews, Grella, Roberts, McCarthy

Bolton Wanderers @ (Portsmouth)

Injury: (out) Gardner (doubt) McCann, Elmander (banned) S.Davis

The on loan striker I.Klasic set to start this weekend and Elmander who injured playing for Sweden expected to be fit. S.Davis will serve one match suspension for his red card against Liverpool.

Probably Eleven: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Knight, Cahill, Samuel, Cohen, Muamba, M.Davies, Taylor, K Davies, Klasnic

Burnley @ (Liverpool)

Injury: (doubt) Caldwell,

Owen Coyle could start the new on loan signing D.Nugent.

Probably Eleven: Jensen, Mears, Carlisle, Bikey, Jordan, Blake, Elliott, Alexander, McCann, Paterson, Fletcher

Chelsea @ (Stoke)

Injury: (out) J Cole, Ferreira, Zhirkov, Alex, Deco

Deco will be out with calf injury he suffered during his international game for Portugal.

Probably Eleven: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, ACole, Essien, Ballack, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba, Anelka

Everton @ (Fulham)

Injury: (out) Anichebe, Arteta, Jagielka, Bilyaletdinov (doubt) Yakubu

J.Heitinga could well make a debut for Everton this weekend alongside Distin while D.Bilyaletdinov and Jo could also figure.

Probably Eleven: Howard, Hibbert, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Osman, Cahill, Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar, Saha

Fulham Home (Everton)

Injury: (doubt) Kallio, Schwarzer

A.Johson returns after recovering from collarbone injury D.Murphy, Zamora and S.Davies expected to be back. Zuberbuhler on standy as Shwarzer reported back from international duty with a stiff neck.

Probably Eleven: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Etuhu,
Murphy, Greening, Duff, Dempsey, Zamora

Hull City @ (Sunderland)

Injury: (out) Ashbee, Bullard, Garcia, Marney, Gardner

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink looks to set to make his debut this week. Gardner and Marney still suffering with knee injury.

Probably Eleven: Myhill, Zayatte, Sonko, Mouyokolo, Dawson, Kilbane, Olofinjana, Hunt, Geovanni, Ghilas, J.V Hesselink

Livepool Home (Burnley)

Injury: (out)Agger, Aquilani, El Zhar (doubt) Aurelio, Mascherano

Mascherano is a major doubt for this clash as he sustained a knock while playing for Argentina. Aurelio could start after undergoing knee surgery last summer.

Probably Eleven: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Carragher, Insua, Mascherano, Riera, Benayoun, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres

Man City Home (Arsenal)

Injury: (out) Kompany, Santa Cruz, Tevez (doubt) Robinho

Robinho is a major doubt this weekend clash against Arsenal after he sustained an ankle injury during his duty with Brazil. Tevez could be out for 3 weeks as he suffered knee injury.

Probably Eleven: Given, Richards, Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Barry, Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Robinho, Tevez, Adebayor

Man Utd @ (Totenham)

Injury: (out) Hargreaves, Obertan, Rafael, VDS (doubt) Ferdinand, Evans, O’Shea

Ferdinand and Neville could well feature for this week after coming back from injury but there both lack of match fitness.

Probably Eleven: Foster, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Valencia, Berbatov, Rooney

Portsmouth Home (Bolton)

Injury: (out) Finnan, Hreidarsson, Primus, Diop,

James back between the sticks and all the new signing D.Webber, B.Haim, K.Prince-Boateng, J.O’Hara, M.Williamson, A.Dindane and H.Yebda could feature for a debut.

Probably Eleven: James, Kaboul, B.Haim, V.Borre, Belhadj, Mokoena, M.Brown, O’hara, T.Smith, Kranjcar, Piquionne

Stoke City Home (Chelsea)

Injury: (out) Amdy Faye, Sidibe, (doubt) Beattie

Beattie will undergo late fitness test to see if he can play part. Huth and Collins could make their first start for Stoke and Tuncay could start from the bench.

Probably Eleven: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Huth, Ab Faye, Higginbotham, Whelan, Delap, Lawrence, Etherington, Fuller, Kitson

Sunderland Home (Hull)

Injury: (out) McCartney (doubt) Fulop, Gordon

Gordon and Fulop are both doubt and the young T.Carson could make his first senior cap. McCartney will be out for 6 weeks with hamstring J.Mensah could replace his place while Turner should make his debut after his transfer from Hull.

Probably Eleven: Fulop, Bardsley, Turner, Ferdinand, Mensah, Cattermole, Cana, Malbranque, Richardson, Jones, Bent

Tottenham Home (Man Utd)

Injury: (out) Bale, Dawson, Modric, Woodgate (doubt) King

Kranjcar could replace Modric but it all depends on the gaffer. King, Jenas and Gomes will need a final check on their fitness.

Probably Eleven: Cudicini, Corluka, Hutton, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Palacios, Huddlestone, Lennon, Crouch, Defoe, Keane

West Ham @ (Wigan)

Injury: (out) Ashton, Boa Morte, Ilunga (doubt) Jimenez, Dyer

Behrami playing for reserve team after 6 months out. New signing Manuel Da Costa and Alessandro Diamanti could make their debut. Jimenez is a slight doubt.

Probably Eleven: Green, Faubert, Upson, Collins, Spector, Collison, Parker, Noble, Jimenez, Cole, Stanislas

Wigan Home (West Ham)

Injury: (out) Kapo


Probably Eleven: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Thomas, Diame, Gomez, Koumas, N’Zogbia, Rodallega

Wolves @ (Blackburn)

Injury: (out) Ebanks-Blake, Foley, Iwelumo, Kightly, S.Ward

New signings Segundo Castillo and Stefan Maierhofer both could make debuts. Wolves star striker Blake will be out with hamstring injury.

Probably Eleven: Hennessey, Stearman, Mancienne, Elokobi, Berra, Henry, Halford, Jarvis, Milijas, Keogh, Doyle