Saturday

–Aston Villa v Everton, 15:00–

Robbie Keane could make his debut for boyhood club (is that joke getting old yet?) Aston Villa against Everton at Villa Park. The Dubliner will replace Emile Heskey in the squad, the veteran having been ruled out for a month.

Shay Given is fit again after six weeks out, but defender Carlos Cuellar (thigh) and midfielder Chris Herd (ankle) are still ruled out.

Darron Gibson goes straight into the Everton squad, and Shane Duffy could be set for his first start in the absence of regular defensive duo Sylvain Distin and Phil Jagielka.

Teams:

Aston Villa (from): Guzan, Given, Hutton, Collins, Dunne, Clark, Warnock, Delph, Bannan, Petrov, Ireland, Albrighton, Bent, Keane, Agbonlahor, Delfouneso, N’Zogbia, Weimann, Marshall, Johnson, Gardner, Stevens.

Everton (from): Howard, Baines, Heitinga, Duffy, Neville, Bilyaletdinov, Cahill, Fellaini, Saha, Donovan, Anichebe, Mucha, Drenthe, Gibson, Stracqualursi, McFadden, Gueye, Vellios.

–Blackburn v Fulham, 15:00–

Andy Johnson and Simon Davies both return for Fulham’s trip to face Blackburn on Saturday. Johnson has recovered from a groin problem, while Davies’s back injury has cleared up.

Mark Schwarzer is making good progress in his recovery from a spinal injury, while Dickson Etuhu will be assessed ahead of the match.

Blackburn have a number of players returning to action.

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson (calf), winger Junior Hoilett and central midfielder David Dunn (both hamstring) could all make their returns, as could Christopher Samba.

Scott Dann is still a couple of weeks away from a return.

Teams:

Blackburn (from): Robinson, Bunn, Samba, Lowe, Hanley, Givet, Nzonzi, Rochina, Pedersen, Petrovic, Dunn, Hoilett, Olsson, Yakubu, Goodwillie, Formica, Vukcevic, Slew, Blackman, Henley, Morris.

Fulham (from): Stockdale, Etheridge, Hangeland, Senderos, Riise, Kelly, Frei, Sidwell, Murphy, Etuhu, Dempsey, Ruiz, Davies, Dembele, Sa, Duff, Hughes, Baird, Kasami, Zamora, Johnson.

–Chelsea v Sunderland, 15:00–

Florent Malouda did not train on Wednesday or Thursday, having picked up a knock against Portsmouth in the FA Cup, and is doubtful for the visit of Sunderland.

Daniel Sturridge and John Terry are both fit but Michael Essien is still a week away from his long awaited return.

Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou are on African Nations Cup duty, while Branislav Ivanovic and John Obi Mikel are out with hamstring problems.

Sunderland’s Nicklas Bendtner is set to return from a knee injury, and he is joined in the squad by Fraizer Campbell. Campbell has not played since August 2010, having been struck down by two serious knee injuries.

Jack Colback (ankle), Wes Brown (groin) and Titus Bramble (calf/Achilles) remain on the casualty list.

Teams:

Chelsea (from): Cech, Bosingwa, Ferreira, Terry, Luiz, Hutchinson, Cole, Romeu, Lampard, Ramires, McEachran, Mata, Malouda, Meireles, Torres, Sturridge, Lukaku, Turnbull.

Sunderland (from): Mignolet, Westwood, Carson, Bardsley, O’Shea, Kilgallon, Turner, Laing, Cattermole, Richardson, Gardner, Vaughan, Larsson, Colback, Elmohamady, McClean, Meyler, Sessegnon, Bendtner, Wickham, Ji, Campbell, Noble.

–Liverpool v Stoke, 15:00–

Stoke’s Jonathan Woodgate, Marc Wilson and Ryan Shotton all have ‘niggles’ and will be assessed prior to the trip to face Liverpool at Anfield.

Andy Wilkinson has recovered from a knee injury, while Thomas Sorensen, Matthew Etherington and Peter Crouch will all come back into the team after being rested against Gillingham.

Liverpool defender Jose Enrique is likely to replace Martin Kelly from the team that started against Manchester City in the Carling Cup win, while Jay Spearing’s slight hamstring strain should see the reintroduction of Charlie Adam.

Luis Suarez is still suspended.

Teams:

Liverpool (from): Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Adam, Gerrard, Kuyt, Henderson, Downing, Carroll, Doni, Kelly, Carragher, Coates, Shelvey, Rodriguez, Bellamy.

Stoke (from): Sorensen, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Pennant, Delap, Palacios, Etherington, Crouch, Walters, Begovic, Shotton, Upson, Diao, Jones, Whitehead, Whelan, Woodgate, Fuller, Higginbotham, Jerome.

–Man Utd v Bolton, 15:00–

Phil Jones and Chris Smalling will be assessed after they accidentally collided in the FA Cup win over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Anderson, meanwhile, took a blow in training this week and is also a doubt.

Alex Ferguson must decide whether to give Paul Scholes his first start since his dramatic retirement U-turn last weekend.

Zat Knight is poised to partner David Wheater for Bolton, but there is still the possibility that Gary Cahill will play if his move to Chelsea still hasn’t gone through.

Jussi Jaaskelainen, nearing full fitness after a thigh strain, will have a fitness test.

Teams:

Manchester United (from): De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Rafael, Ferdinand, Evra, Jones, Fryers, Cole, Carrick, Valencia, Park, Anderson, Nani, Giggs, Rooney, Welbeck, Berbatov, Hernandez, Diouf, Keane.

Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Bogdan, Wheater, Cahill, Boyata, Knight, Eagles, Robinson, Muamba, Petrov, K Davies, Klasnic, Tuncay, M Davies, Pratley, Ngog, Blake, Reo-Coker, Steinsson, Ricketts, Riley, O’Halloran, Lynch.

–Tottenham v Wolverhampton, 15:00–

Nenad Milijas comes back after serving his three match ban for a sending off against Arsenal, while Wolves skipper Roger Johnson is also expected to start after recovering from an ankle knock suffered against his old club Birmingham.

Scott Parker remains a doubt for Tottenham with a knee problem, William Gallas and Sandro both have calf strains, Ledley King is crocked and Aaron Lennon could be rested.

Tom Huddlestone has returned to light training, following his long-term ankle injury, but will not figure.

Teams:

Tottenham (from): Friedel, Gomes, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Walker, Bassong, Bale, Modric, Van der Vaart, Parker, Livermore, Kranjcar, Adebayor, Defoe, Rose, Dos Santos, Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Lennon, Pienaar, Dawson.

Wolves (from): Hennessey, De Vries, Stearman, Foley, Doherty, Craddock, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Elokobi, Hammill, Hunt, Henry, Edwards, Guedioura, Jarvis, Forde, Kightly, Doyle, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Frimpong, Jonsson, Milijas.

–West Brom v Norwich, 15:00–

Roy Hodgson will check on the fitness of six first team regulars before he names his side for Saturday’s clash with Norwich.

Centre-halves Gareth McAuley and Jonas Olsson (both calf), winger Jerome Thomas (groin), midfielders Paul Scharner (Achilles) and Youssouf Mulumbu (groin) plus striker Shane Long (back) are all doubtful.

Chris Brunt, Zoltan Gera and Steven Reid are all definitely out.

Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy is available again, following the birth of his daughter, while Marc Tierney also comes back from a groin injury.

Ritche De Laet, James Vaughan and Elliott Ward are all ruled out.

Teams:

West Brom (from): Foster, Fulop, Jones, Jara-Reyes, Olsson, McAuley, Dawson, Tamas, Mattock, Shorey, Mulumbu, Morrison, Scharner, Thorne, Dorrans, Thomas, Tchoyi, Cox, Fortune, Odemwingie, Long, Bednar.

Norwich (from): Ruddy, Martin, Whitbread, Ayala, Drury, Fox, Tierney, Naughton, Crofts, Surman, Hoolahan, Bennett, Holt, Wilbraham, Jackson, Morison, Steer, Johnson, Lappin, Barnett, Rudd.

Sunday

–Newcastle v QPR, 13:30–

Joey Barton misses out on a return to his former club through suspension, while new manager Mark Hughes will also be without Adel Taarabt and Armand Traore (African Cup of Nations) and Alejandro Faurlin, whose season was ended with a bad knee injury.

Toon midfielder Danny Guthrie is back in the squad after a groin injury and could replace Cheik Tiote, currently at the African Cup of Nations.

Peter Lovenkrands is still out with a calf problem, while Sammy Ameobi (knee) has joined Sylvain Marveaux (groin) and defender Steve Taylor (Achilles) on the list of long-term absentees.

Teams

Newcastle (from): Krul, Elliot, Harper, Simpson, R. Taylor, Santon, Ferguson, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Kadar, Cabaye, Obertan, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Guthrie, Gosling, Abeid, Vuckic, Best, Shola Ameobi.

QPR (from): Kenny, Cerny, Murphy, Gabbidon, Connolly, Hill, Bothroyd, Orr, Derry, Buzsaky, Young, Smith, Mackie, Helguson, Wright-Phillips, Hulse, Campbell, Macheda.

–Swansea v Arsenal, 16:00–

Michel Vorm, Joe Allen, Steven Caulker and Scott Sinclair are all set to return for Swansea as they host Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium, while Gylfi Sigurdsson is in line for his full debut in midfield.

The four first team regulars were rested for the FA Cup win over Barnsley.

Alan Tate is recovering from his broken leg but remains a few weeks from a return.

Thierry Henry is in contention to start for Arsenal alongside Robin van Persie, given his FA Cup heroics against Leeds, while Johan Djourou is back from suspension.

Tomas Rosicky and Per Mertesacker are both doubtful through illness.

Defenders Francis Coquelin (hamstring), Thomas Vermaelen (calf), Kieran Gibbs (groin), Bacary Sagna (ankle), Carl Jenkinson (back) and Andre Santos (ankle) are all still out, along with Abou Diaby (hamstring) and Jack Wilshere (ankle).

Marouane Chamakh and Gervinho are both at the African Cup of Nations.

Teams:

Swansea (from): Vorm, Williams, Taylor, Caulker, Britton, Orlandi, Graham, Sinclair, Dyer, Dobbie, Routledge, Monk, Lita, Moore, Bessone, Rangel, Allen, Tremmel, Agustien, Gower, Richards, Alfei, Donnelly, Sigurdsson, Situ.

Arsenal (from): Szczesny, Koscielny, Djourou, Mertesacker, Miquel, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Van Persie, Henry, Almunia, Rosicky, Arshavin, Squillaci, Benayoun, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Park.

Monday

–Wigan v Man City, 20:00–

David Silva will return for Manchester City in Monday’s trip to the DW Stadium to face Wigan Athletic.

The Spanish playmaker missed the Carling Cup defeat to Liverpool with an ankle injury but is expected to train on Saturday.

Vincent Kompany serves the second game of his suspension, while Mario Balotelli is doubtful with an ankle injury.

Wigan’s Callum McManaman could make the bench after impressing manager Roberto Martinez in the otherwise disappointing FA Cup defeat at Swindon, while winger Albert Crusat has recovered from a back injury.

Teams:

Wigan (from): Al Habsi, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Watson, Boyce, Caldwell, Moses, Gomez, McCarthy, Di Santo, Jones, Stam, McArthur, Lopez, Thomas, Sammon, Maloney, Crusat, Gohouri, Rodallega, McManaman, Pollitt, Kirkland.

Man City (from): Hart, Pantilimon, Richards, Zabaleta, Savic, Onuoha, Clichy, Kolarov, Lescott, Johnson, De Jong, Milner, Barry, Hargreaves, Nasri, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero, Balotelli.

If it ain’t broke… Trap to stick with same squad for Euros >