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Saturday:
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Patrik Berger and John Carew are still out with injuries for Aston Villa while West Ham will have to manage without Anton Ferdinand and Scott Parker. Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer, Julien Faubert and Calum Davenport are also out for the visitors.
Aston Villa (from): Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Gardner, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Moore, Maloney, Agbonlahor, Petrov, Harewood, Taylor, Davies, Osbourne.
West Ham United (from): Wright, Green, Neill, Upson, Gabbidon, McCartney, Bowyer, Mullins, Noble, Etherington, Ashton, Cole, Pantsil, Collins, Spector, Ljungberg, Boa Morte, Reid.
-Draw-
Manchester United vs Wigan Athletic
Manchester United will have to manage without Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick, Wes Brown (might play) and Edwin van der Sar for this match. Antoine Sibierski is doubtful for Wigan for this match.
Manchester United (from): Kuczszak, Heaton, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Simpson, Pique, Ronaldo, Scholes, O'Shea, Anderson, Nani, Giggs, Rooney, Saha, Tevez.
Wigan Athletic (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Granqvist, Bramble, Kilbane, Brown, Scharner, Skoko, Koumas, Sibierski, Bent, Aghahowa, Boyce, Cotterill, Hall, Olembe, Taylor, Valencia, Landzaat, Pollitt.
-Manchester United win-
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Sunday:
Arsenal vs Sunderland
William Gallas, Eduardo, Jens Lehmann, Tomas Rosicky and Alex Song are still out of the Arsenal squad. Sunderland will have to manage without Andrew Cole, Russell Anderson, Kieran Richardson, Carlos Edwards, Dean Whitehead and Stanislav Varga.
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Eboue, Adebayor, Van Persie, Fabianski, Diaby, Gilberto, Diarra, Denilson, Bendtner, Walcott.
Sunderland (from): Gordon, Ward, Nosworthy, Halford, Kay, McShane, Anderson, Higginbotham, Collins, Harte, Etuhu, Wallace, Yorke, Miller, Leadbitter, Chopra, Jones, Stokes, Murphy, Connolly, O'Donovan.
-Arsenal win-
Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City
Rovers will have to manage without captain Ryan Nelsen and Jason Roberts while the visitors will have to manage without Damien Johnson and Mikael Forssell.
Blackburn Rovers (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Emerton, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Bentley, Dunn, Savage, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Derbyshire, Tugay, Mokoena, Rigters, Khizanishvili, Olsson, Brown.
Birmingham City (from): Taylor, Kelly, Ridgewell, Djourou, Queudrue, Larsson, Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey, Kapo, Jerome, Schmitz, O'Connor, Palacio, Kingson, Doyle, Martin Taylor, Sadler.
-Draw-
Bolton Wanderers vs Chelsea
Mikel Alonso is almost certain to miss this match for Bolton along with Heidar Helguson, Ricardo Vaz Te and JLloyd Samuel. Chelsea are still without Didier Drogba, Mikel JOhn Obi (suspended) and Lampard, Essien and Shaun Wright-Phillips are doubtful for this match.
Bolton Wanderers (from): Jaaskelainen, Walker, Al Habsi, J O'Brien, Hunt, Meite, Michalik, A O'Brien, Cid, Gardner, Campo, Wilhelmsson, Teymourian, Nolan, Speed, McCann, Stelios, Alonso, Braaten, Guthrie, Diouf, Anelka, Davies.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Belletti, Terry, Carvalho, Alex, Ben-Haim, A Cole, J Cole, Bridge, Essien, Lampard, Kalou, Sidwell, Shevchenko, Pizarro, Malouda, Wright-Phillips, Sinclair.
-Chelsea win-
Fulham vs Portsmouth
Fulham will miss Lee Cook, Brian McBride, Moritz Volz, Jimmy Bullard, Philippe Christanval and Ian Pearce for this match. Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu could return for this match.
Fulham (from): Niemi, Warner, Keller, Baird, Stefanovic, Bocanegra, Hughes, Davis, Smertin, Murphy, Seol, Davies, Bouazza, Healy, Dempsey, Konchesky, Kamara, John, Kuqi.
Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Davis, Diop, Muntari, Benjani, Kranjcar, Taylor, Pamarot, Nugent, Pedro Mendes, Ashdown, Lauren, Traore, Hughes.
-Portsmouth win-
Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kewell, Daniel Agger and Xabi Alonso are still out for the hosts while Tottenham will have to manage without Ricardo Rocha and Ledley King.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, Aurelio, Pennant, Gerrard, Sissoko, Mascherano, Babel, Benayoun, Crouch, Voronin, Torres, Kuyt, Leto, Itandje.
Tottenham Hotspur (from): Robinson, Cerny, Chimbonda, Stalteri, Lee, Bale, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, Gardner, Kaboul, Huddlestone, Zokora, Jenas, Lennon, Malbranque, Tainio, Boateng, Taarabt, Berbatov, Keane, Defoe, Bent.
-Liverpool win-
Manchester City vs Middlesbrough
Manchester City will have to manage without Rolando Bianchi, Darius Vassell and Valeri Bojinov. Middlesbrough could see Mido and Tuncay Sanli return in this match.
Manchester City (from): Hart, Schmeichel, Corluka, Onuoha, Sun, Dunne, Richards, Garrido, Ball, Geovanni, Dabo, Fernandes, Hamann, Johnson, Ireland, Petrov, Elano, Samaras, Mpenza, Etuhu.
Middlesbrough (from) Schwarzer, Young, Taylor, Wheater, Woodgate, Boateng, Rochemback, O'Neil, Downing, Tuncay, Mido, Lee, Craddock, Jones, Steele, Davies, Riggott, Hines, Owens, Cattermole.
-Manchester City win-
Newcastle United vs Everton
Michael Owen could return to action for Newcastle against Everton. Joey Barton, Damien Duff, Peter Ramage, Stephen Carr and Celestine Babayaro are all on the injury list for the hosts. Everton striker Andrew Johnson could return for this match.
Newcastle United (from): Given, Harper, N'Zogbia, Enrique, Rozehnal, Taylor, Cacapa, Faye, Edgar, Beye, Milner, Geremi, Butt, Smith, Pattison, Viduka, Martins, Ameobi, Owen.
Everton (from): Howard, Hibbert, Stubbs, Lescott, Yobo, Baines, Valente, Arteta, Osman, Neville, Carsley, Pienaar, Anichebe, Yakubu, Johnson, McFadden, Jagielka, Wessels.
-Draw-
Reading vs Derby County
Bobby Convey, Kalifa Cisse and Glen Little are still out for the hosts. Giles Barnes is ready to return for Derby and is part of manager Billy Davies' fully-fit squad.
Reading (from): Hahnemann, Federici, Murty, de la Cruz, Ingimarsson, Bikey, Duberry, Sonko, Shorey, Rosenior, Oster, Harper, Gunnarsson, Fae, Hunt, Doyle, Kitson, Long, Lita, Halls, Golbourne.
Derby County (from): Bywater, Griffin, Moore, Malcolm, Teale, Davis, Camara, McEveley, Todd, Oakley, Mears, Pearson, Barnes, Howard, Price, Earnshaw, Miller, Jones, Leacock, Lewis.
-Reading win-
