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Premier League team news: Man City, Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Ham, Portsmouth, Man Utd, Liverpool, Birmingham, Arsenal, Everton, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Fulham, Tottenham, Newcastle, Wigan, Derby, Blackburn



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Here is the Premier League team news ahead of this Sunday's games.
Sunderland v Arsenal
Roy Keane has no new injury worries for Sunderland.

He has hinted that transfer-listed winger Ross Wallace could get a chance after his absence with a knee problem which has ruled him out of senior action sin
ce January.

Loan signing Jonny Evans will play the last game of his second loan spell before returning to Manchester United, while Phil Bardsley and Dickson Etuhu (both knee) are out.

Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Whitehead, Harte, Nosworthy, McShane, Evans, Higginbotham, Collins, Wallace, O'Donovan, Reid, Yorke, Leadbitter, Miller, Richardson, Edwards, Jones, Chopra, Stokes, Prica, Waghorn.

Arsenal will be without defender Kolo Toure (hamstring), while manager Arsene Wenger also confirmed that Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky would not recover from a knee problem in time for Euro 2008.

Youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Mark Randall look set to be involved, but Robin van Persie (thigh), Bacary Sagna (ankle), Abou Diaby (thigh), the suspended Alexander Hleb and Eduardo (broken leg) are all sidelined.

Arsenal (from): Fabianski, Traore, Gallas, Song, Clichy, Eboue, Gilberto, Denilson, Walcott, Adebayor, Bendtner, Lehmann, Djourou, Gibbs, Randall, Senderos.

Middlesbrough v Manchester City
Defender Chris Riggott could keep his place for Sunday's Middlesbrough.

Riggott scored in last weekend's 2-0 win over Portsmouth which secured the club's top-flight status after being recalled from his loan spell at Stoke.

He is likely to figure again with Robert Huth (foot) still missing, while midfielder Mohamed Shawky is out with a back problem which could see him miss Egypt's summer internationals.

Middlesbrough (from): Schwarzer, Turnbull, Jones, Young, Taylor, Grounds, McMahon, Wheater, Pogatetz, Riggott, Boateng, Arca, Downing, Rochemback, Cattermole, Johnson, Aliadiere, Alves, Tuncay.

Manchester City goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson has been recalled.

Isaksson has endured a frustrating campaign with Joe Hart the preferred choice between the posts.

Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha and Valeri Bojinov remain sidelined for what could be Sven-Goran Eriksson's last match in charge.

Man City (from): Isaksson, Elano, Corluka, Ball, Dunne, Jihai, Garrido, Vassell, Caicedo, Gelson, Johnson, Petrov, Ireland, Geovanni, Mwaruwari, Castillo, Logan, Hart.

Wigan v Manchester United
Republic of Ireland midfielder Kevin Kilbane will sit out Wigan's big match.

With the club's status assured, Kilbane has been told to rest by manager Steve Bruce after struggling with a back problem in recent weeks.

Mario Melchiot and Erik Edman remain sidelined through injury as Wigan look to extend their unbeaten run to six games and deny Bruce's former club the title.

Wigan (from): Kirkland, Taylor, Scharner, Boyce, Valencia, Brown, Palacios, Koumas, Bent, Heskey, King, Sibierski, Skoko, Pollitt, Bramble, Figueroa, Hagen, Aghahowa, Olembe.

Nemanja Vidic will return for United. He has not featured since suffering concussion in the defeat at Chelsea last month but has been cleared by United's medical staff.

Wayne Rooney may be on the bench after a recurrence of his hip problem in the same game, while Nani is suspended after being sent off against West Ham.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Hargreaves, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, O'Shea, Evra, Silvestre, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tevez, Rooney.

Tottenham v Liverpool
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has returned to training this week after being out of action since September with a broken metatarsal.

But the Danish youngster is not being considered for Sunday's game, although Brazilian full-back Fabio Aurelio is also in full training after a groin injury and could return.

Boss Rafael Benitez could call on young reserves Damien Plessis and Emiliano Insua, while Peter Crouch, John Arne Riise and Jermaine Pennant all come into the reckoning for what could be their last games for the club.

Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Riise, Aurelio, Benayoun, Babel, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt, Torres, Voronin, Crouch, Pennant, Plessis, Insua, Itandje.

Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson has aggravated an ankle injury ahead of the clash at White Hart Lane.

Striker Dimitar Berbatov has recovered from a groin problem and is available, while Teemu Tainio has been back in training after an Achilles complaint.

Aaron Lennon (knee) is a doubt and Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee), Gareth Bale (foot) and Ledley King (knee) remain sidelined.

Tottenham (from): Cerny, Forecast, Chimbonda, Lee, Kaboul, Gilberto, Dawson, Hutton, Rocha, Woodgate, Gunter, Zokora, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Lennon, Berbatov, Keane, Bent.

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West Ham v Aston Villa
Defender Anton Ferdinand is doubtful despite returning to training following a hamstring injury.

Matthew Upson is in a similar position after suffering a calf problem and manager Alan Curbishley does not expect him to be fit.

If both centre-halves do miss out, club captain Lucas Neill could continue in the middle alongside England Under-19 international James Tomkins.

West Ham (from): Green, Pantsil, Tomkins, Neill, McCartney, Faubert, Parker, Noble, Boa Morte, Zamora, Ashton, Walker, Mullins, Cole, Solano, Sears, Collison.

Olof Mellberg makes his final appearance for Villa at Upton Park.

The Swedish international defender is joining Juventus on after seven seasons with Villa.

Villa manager Martin O'Neill has no fresh injury problems as his side try to make sure of a European spot - via either the UEFA Cup or the Intertoto Cup depending.

But midfielder Craig Gardner has not recovered from the thigh injury suffered when on England Under-21 duty five weeks ago.

Villa (from): Carson, Taylor, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Osbourne, Salifou, Maloney, Routledge, Carew, Agonlahor, Harewood.

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Portsmouth v Fulham
Fulham have a fully fit squad for their big clash at Portsmouth.

Finland striker Jari Litmanen played for the reserves in midweek and is available but is unlikely to figure due to a lack of match fitness.

Boss Roy Hodgson looks set to keep faith with the same starting line-up that defeated Birmingham but could opt for Erik Nevland ahead of Diomansy Kamara.

Fulham (from): Niemi, Keller, Warner, Stalteri, Bocanegra, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Andreasen, Healy, Murphy, Bullard, McBride, Kamara, Johnson, Bouazza, Dempsey, Volz, Kamara, Nevland, Litmanen.

England goalkeeper David James has been ruled out with relegation-threatened Fulham, and defender Sol Campbell is also doubtful.

James is "still not fit" after two weeks out with a calf injury and manager Harry Redknapp admits there could still be a slight worry over him for next Saturday's FA Cup final. Jamie Ashdown is on standby.

Campbell has tight hamstrings and will not be risked if the problem worsens, but Noe Pamarot is ready to deputise after one game back in the reserves since damaging knee ligaments against Bolton in February.

Midfielders Sulley Muntari (rib), Pedro Mendes (hip) and winger John Utaka (ankle) are all available again after injuries.

Portsmouth (from): Ashdown, Johnson, Campbell, Pamarot, Distin, Hreidarsson, Diarra, Muntari, Mendes, Diop, Davis, Kranjcar, Utaka, Defoe, Baros, Kanu, Lauren, Nugent, Hughes, Begovic.

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Everton v Newcastle
With Mikel Arteta home in Spain following a stomach operation, Everton may be unchanged.

They need just one point to be sure of fifth place and only a defeat by Newcastle and an Aston Villa win at West Ham will deny Toffees qualification for the UEFA Cup.

Tony Hibbert will continue at right-back, with skipper Phil Neville in the holding midfield role he occupied in last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.

Everton (from): Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Baines, Valente, Carsley, Neville, Osman, Fernandes, Pienaar, Johnson, Yakubu, Anichebe, Wessels, Rodwell, Gosling.

Kevin Keegan will be forced to make changes for the trip to Everton.

Striker Mark Viduka could be out for up to six months as he waits to discover if his Achilles problem requires surgery, while midfielder Joey Barton is unavailable.

The likes of Alan Smith, Damien Duff and Charles N'Zogbia will hope to benefit from their absence, although Emre has been allowed to join up with the Turkey squad early ahead of their Euro 2008 finals campaign and James Milner is not sufficiently recovered from the foot injury which has sidelined him for two months.

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Newcastle (from): Harper, Forster, Beye, Enrique, Taylor, Faye, Edgar, Cacapa, Diatta, Butt, N'Zogbia, Duff, Geremi, Owen, Smith, Martins, Carroll.

Birmingham v Blackburn
Striker James McFadden and defender Liam Ridgewell are Birmingham's main injury doubts.

McFadden suffered a reaction to the knee problem which required keyhole surgery five weeks ago although Blues manager Alex McLeish is hopeful he can still play.

Ridgewell had to be substituted at half-time during the 2-0 defeat against Fulham at Craven Cottage with an ankle injury.

Birmingham (from): Taylor, Doyle, Kelly, Ridgewell, Jaidi, Schmitz, Murphy, Parnaby, Larsson, Johnson, Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey, Kapo, Forssell, McFadden, Jerome, O'Connor.

Benni McCarthy could return for Blackburn after missing the past two matches with a hamstring injury.

Christopher Samba showed no ill-effects from a previous thigh problem as he managed 90 minutes in last weekend's 3-1 victory over Derby and should continue in central defence.

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Reid, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Bentley, Emerton, Vogel, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, Roberts, Dunn, Brown, Tugay, Derbyshire, McCarthy, Mokoena, Khizanishvili.

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Derby v Reading
Derby manager Paul Jewell is boosted by the return of six players.

Stephen Pearson, Mo Camara, Gary Teale, Lewin Nyatanga and Stephen Bywater have all returned to Pride Park after the conclusion of their loan spells while David Jones has recovered from a calf injury.

County will hand a late fitness test to Jay McEveley (hamstring) but Dean Leacock requires a hernia operation and misses out.

Derby (from): Carroll, Moore, McEveley, Mears, Addison, Edworthy, Sterjovski, Savage, Ghaly, Lewis, Miller, Villa, Earnshaw, Todd, Beardsley, Feilhaber, Price, Camara, Teale, Pearson, Nyatanga, Bywater.

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  • Last Updated: 09 May 2008 7:48 PM
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