Arsenal v Sunderland (Saturday 3pm)• Phil Bardsley is suspended for Sunderland's trip to north London. That opens the door for either Calum Davenport or Tal Ben Haim to make a debut after joining on loan from West Ham and Manchester City respectively.Teemu Tainio is available after missing the last three matches with a knee injury, while the defender Paul McShane may come into contention as he is in full training after recovering from a hamstring problem.Provisional Sunderland squad: Fulop, Gordon, McCartney, Ferdinand, Collins, McShane, Davenport, Ben Haim, Whitehead, Malbranque, Leadbitter, Tainio, Richardson, Edwards, Yorke, Reid, Cissé, Jones, Murphy, Healy.Aston Villa v Chelsea (Saturday 12.45pm)• Steve Sidwell will return after suspension and is included in the Aston Villa squad to face a former club, Chelsea, at Villa Park.The midfielder was suspended for the midweek Uefa Cup clash with CSKA Moscow after being sent off against Hamburg before Christmas.Emile Heskey and James Milner are battling to recover from achilles and thigh problems respectively. Martin Laursen, Carlos Cuéllar, Wilfred Bouma and Nigel Reo-Coker are still ruled out.Provisional Aston Villa squad: Friedel, Guzan, Gardner, Davies, Knight, L Young, Shorey, Milner, Petrov, Barry, Sidwell, A Young, Osbourne, Salifou, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Carew, Delfouneso, Harewood.• Chelsea's Ashley Cole will miss the clash through suspension. Paulo Ferreira looks set to deputise but the centre-backs Alex [ankle] and Ricardo Carvalho [hamstring] are doubtful. Should neither be available, Branislav Ivanovic or Michael Mancienne are likely to figure alongside John Terry, who is back from suspension.Joe Cole is out for the season with knee-ligament damage while Michael Essien is due back next month after recovering from a similar injury.Provisional Chelsea squad: Cech, Hilario, Taylor, Ferreira, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Alex, Mancienne, Lampard, Mikel, Ballack, Deco, Kalou, Malouda, Quaresma, Anelka, Drogba, Stoch, Belletti.Bolton v West Ham United (Saturday 3pm)• Johan Elmander and Gavin McCann both return to the Bolton squad for the match at the Reebok Stadium.Elmander, the club's record signing last summer, has recovered from a hamstring injury while McCann is fit again after a broken toe.Tamir Cohen and the defender Nicky Hunt are also included in the squad having played for the reserves in the week.Joey O'Brien has had an operation on a knee problem and remains sidelined.Provisional Bolton squad: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, A O'Brien, Samuel, K Davies, McCann, Basham, Muamba, Gardner, Taylor, Cohen, Makukula, Puygrenier, Obadeyi, Al Habsi, M Davies, Smolarek, Riga, Hunt, Elmander.Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur (Monday 8pm)• Robbie Keane, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Vedran Corluka are back in the Tottenham squad for the trip to Hull after being cup-tied for Uefa Cup action this week.Luka Modric, Jonathan Woodgate, Wilson Palacios, Aaron Lennon and Carlo Cudicini were rested for the defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk but are back in contention.Ledley King is expected to be rested and Alan Hutton [foot] and Jermain Defoe [foot] remain out.Provisional Tottenham squad: Gomes, Cudicini, Bale, Gilberto, Gunter, Dawson, Chimbonda, Corluka, Assou-Ekotto, Woodgate, Palacios, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Lennon, Jenas, Modric, Giovani, Taarabt, O'Hara, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Bent, Keane.Manchester United v Blackburn (Saturday 5.30pm)• Chris Samba is suspended for Blackburn's visit. The centre-back, who scored the injury-time equaliser against Coventry last weekend which kept Rovers in the FA Cup, has reached five bookings for the season.The on-loan right-back Danny Simpson is ineligible to play against his parent club.Provisional Blackburn squad: Robinson, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Dunn, Villanueva, Grella, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Pedersen, Treacy, Mokoena, Haworth, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Roberts.Middlesbrough v Wigan Athletic (Saturday 3pm)• The Middlesbrough manager, Gareth Southgate, has the chance to field an unchanged side for what would be only the second time this season.He is considering going with the team that held West Ham to a 1–1 draw in the FA Cup fifth-round tie at Upton Park.However, the defender Chris Riggott is available again after missing the game with the Hammers as he was Cup-tied.Provisional Middlesbrough squad: Jones, Turnbull, McMahon, Hoyte, Huth, Pogatetz, Wheater, Bennett, Riggott, Walker, Digard, O'Neil, Bates, Shawky, Tuncay, Downing, Arca, A Johnson, Alves, Emnes.• Antonio Valencia will miss Wigan's trip to the Riverside as he has not recovered from a hamstring strain. The Ecuador international was forced off after 18 minutes in Wigan's last match against Fulham a fortnight ago.Daniel de Ridder is carrying an injury while the on-loan striker Mido is ineligible against his parent-club.Provisional Wigan squad: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Cattermole, N'Zogbia, Kapo, De Ridder, Zaki, Kingson, Pollitt, Edman, Brown, Boyce, Rodallega.Stoke v Portsmouth (Saturday 3pm)• Rory Delap and Matthew Etherington are missing for Stoke due to suspension but Mamady Sidibe could be back. The striker has been out since December with a knee injury but is expected to make the squad.The on-loan Henri Camara could make his full debut but the defender Stephen Kelly may miss out with a hamstring problem.Danny Higginbotham is a doubt with a calf problem and Carl Dickinson has been recalled from his loan at Leeds.Provisional Stoke squad: Sorensen, Griffin, Wilkinson, Pugh, Shawcross, Sonko, Abdoulaye Faye, Amdy Faye, Kelly, Cresswell, Diao, Whelan, Camara, Beattie, Sidibe, Dickinson, Simonsen, Olofinjana, Lawrence, Kitson, Tongue.• Portsmouth's caretaker manager Paul Hart has Younes Kaboul [ankle], Armand Traoré [hip] and Ben Thomas [back] available again but is expected to stick with the team that beat Manchester City last week. Hermann Hreidarsson is a slight doubt after missing training yesterday with a virus and Hart has to decide which of two new signings, Hayden Mullins or Angelos Basinas, starts in midfield.Richard Hughes [hamstring], Papa Bouba Diop [knee], Glen Little [knee] and Jamie Ashdown [ankle] are still out.Provisional Portsmouth squad: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Davis, Mullins, Kranjcar, Nugent, Crouch, Basinas, Belhadj, Traoré, Pamarot, Utaka, Kanu, Kaboul, Gekas, Begovic.Premier LeagueArsenalSunderlandAston VillaChelseaBolton WanderersWest Ham UnitedManchester UnitedBlackburn RoversMiddlesbroughWigan AthleticStoke CityFulhamLiverpoolManchester CityNewcastle UnitedEvertonTottenham Hotspurguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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