Premiership team news
Aston Villa (14) v Arsenal (1)
Aston Villa have Joey Gudjonsson available after completing a ban for hissending off in the derby clash with Birmingham. Dion Dublin is serving asuspension for headbutting Robbie Savage in the same game. Marcus Allback isunlikely to start despite scoring twice in mid-week for Sweden.
Robert Pires and Giovanni van Bronckhorst have joined David Seaman, MartinKeown and Ashley Cole on the sidelines. Pires injured his ankle against Chelsealast week while van Bronckhorst also has an ankle problem after playing forHolland against the Czech Republic.
Bolton (17) v Man City (12)
Bolton report no new injury worries following the return of several first-teamplayers from a fortnight's international duty. Defender Simon Charlton hasrecovered from the knee injury which forced him to miss the last two games,while winger Ricardo Gardner is also available having shrugged off a hamstringproblem picked up in the win over Tottenham.
Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan is facing a defensive crisis with NiclasJensen and Sun Jihai suspended and Danny Tiatto (stomach) has been ruled out forthe season. After his recent row with Keegan, Steve Howey probably would nothave been considered but he misses out anyway with an Achilles problem, leavingKeegan to either bring in Richard Dunne or change his defensive system.Marc-Vivien Foe is also a doubt as his wife is due to give birth in France,although Eyal Berkovic is set to return after his groin problem and 20-year-oldmidfielder Joey Barton could figure.
Charlton (7) v Leeds (16)
Midfielder Scott Parker, who missed Charlton's 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough twoweeks ago, is fit to return. Graham Stuart, who suffered a calf strain when hereturned to replace Parker in his first match since undergoing cruciate ligamentsurgery last September, will be out for another two weeks.
Leeds midfielder David Batty has been forced to withdraw from the squad due toa back injury. New boss Peter Reid welcomes back Harry Kewell, Dominic Matteo,Gary Kelly and Michael Duberry. Three of former manager Terry Venables' foursignings - Paul Okon, and on-loan duo Teddy Lucic and Raul Bravo - are not amongthe 17-man party travelling to London, with Nick Barmby the exception.
Man Utd (2) v Liverpool (5)
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson will have skipper Roy Keane back fortomorrow's lunchtime visit of Liverpool - but fellow midfielder Juan SebastianVeron again misses out. Keane returns after five games out with a hamstringinjury, while Veron has not played since picking up a knee injury in theBarclaycard Premiership clash with Leeds on March 5th.
Michael Owen's back injury is the only serious injury doubt Liverpool have.Owen was injured on England duty against Turkey on Wednesday and had to come offat the Stadium of Light. He returned to Liverpool's training ground thefollowing morning for intensive treatment.
Middlesbrough (11) v West Brom (19)
Brazilian midfielder Doriva could make his Premiership debut forMiddlesbrough. Central defender Chris Riggott returns to the squad after a kneeoperation but midfielder George Boateng (ankle) and full-back Stuart Parnaby(hamstring) are ruled out. Striker Michael Ricketts (Achilles) is given a 50-50chance of playing.
West Brom are boosted by the return of defender Phil Gilchrist who hasrecovered from a knee problem. His availability is likely to mean Neil Clementreverting to left wing-back as Ifeanyi Udeze reported back from midweek dutywith Nigeria suffering from a knee injury and is doubtful. Midfielder AndyJohnson is not ready for a comeback after a broken toe.
Southampton (9) v West Ham (18)
Midfielder Chris Marsden returns to Southampton's starting line-up after beingrested for two games to ensure he avoided a booking that would have ruled himout of next weekend's FA Cup semi-final. Anders Svensson is expected to overcomean ankle problem while Rory Delap could be back after knee ligament trouble butdefender Jason Dodd is doubtful with a foot injury.
Lee Bowyer returns to the West Ham squad after completing a two-matchsuspension. The only injury doubt is midfielder Michael Carrick, who picked up astomach strain playing for England Under-21s last week. He faces a late fitnesstest.
Sunderland (20) v Chelsea (4)
Tore Andre Flo (thigh), Jason McAteer (hamstring), Jody Craddock (thigh),Stephen Wright (hamstring), Matt Piper (groin), Thomas Butler (calf) and PaulThirlwell (groin) are all out for Sunderland, while Kevin Kilbane faces a latetest on a groin injury he suffered while on international duty with Ireland thisweek. Gavin McCann is back after a two-game ban, while Marcus Stewart and KevinKyle come into contention for a start alongside Kevin Phillips.
Chelsea are without Emmanuel Petit (calf), Eidur Gudjohnsen (heavy cold),Jesper Gronkjaer (groin), Mario Stanic (Achilles) and Celestine Babayaro (heavycold) but the good news for boss Claudio Ranieri, who has called Robert Huth andFelipe Oliveira into his squad, is that centre back Marcel Desailly is fully fitafter his hip and knee problems and is expected to start.
Tottenham (10) v Birmingham (15)
Tottenham's list of injury-absentees has grown to eight with Steffen Freunddamaging a stomach muscle and Anthony Gardner turning an ankle in the secondmatch of his comeback with the reserves last night. Glenn Hoddle adds youngstersAlton Thelwell and Rohan Ricketts to a squad shorn of Dean Richards, ChristianZiege, Steffen Iversen, Jamie Redknapp, Jamie Slabber and Ben Thatcher.
Birmingham have put new 'keeper Andy Marriott on standby after current numberone Ian Bennett suffered an ankle knock in training. Marriott was signed fromBarnsley last month until the end of the season as cover for Bennett after NicoVaesen suffered knee ligament damage. Blues will definitely be without recordsigning Clinton Morrison (dislocated shoulder) and midfielder Robbie Savage(suspended). Geoff Horsfield will replace Morrison with Damien Johnson andDarren Carter vying for Savage's spot.
Sunday
Everton (6) v Newcastle (3)
Wayne Rooney, who starred for England in the midweek win over Turkey, seemslikely to partner Kevin Campbell from the start. Top scorer Tomasz Radzinski isalmost certainly out with his groin problem and boss David Moyes' only otheroptions up front are Duncan Ferguson or youngster Nick Chadwick. Full-backsAlessandro Pistone (hernia) and Tony Hibbert (ankle) are also out, which meansJoseph Yobo will continue in defence.
Newcastle striker Craig Bellamy is a doubt with strained knee ligaments. GarySpeed could be out for up to three weeks with a recurrence of a hernia problemand Hugo Viana (shoulder) and Nikos Dabizas (thigh) have joined the injuredlist. New signing Darren Ambrose, who has been cleared to play despite beingsigned outside the transfer window, has a knee problem but Nolberto Solano(knee) should be fit.
Monday
Fulham (13) v Blackburn (8)
Steve Finnan is expected to return to the Fulham line-up after his month-longinjury lay-off with a fractured rib. Winger Luis Boa Morte, who has recoveredfrom minor damage to his medial ankle ligaments, has trained and is expected tofeature. Centre-back Alain Goma has been struggling with a calf strain but isimproving and also due to play. Louis Saha is also fit after a minor kneeproblem but midfielder Sean Davis will serve the final match of his three-gamesuspension.
Rovers welcome Australian defender Lucas Neill back from suspension and Norwegian striker Egil Ostenstad may return to the squad after a knee injury. Manager Graeme Souness is relieved no player returned injured from international duty.