Everton | vs | Wigan Athletic |
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| August 30, 2009 - 10:00am | England Premier League | Live |
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Portsmouth | vs | Manchester City |
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| August 30, 2009 - 8:30am | England Premier League | Live |
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Stoke City | vs | Sunderland |
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| August 29, 2009 - 10:00pm | England Premier League | Live |
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Stoke City's Dean Whitehead faces the club he left in the summer as the Potters and Sunderland look to continue their solid starts to the season.
Stoke's new signing Robert Huth will go straight into the squad for Saturday's visit of Sunderland.
Huth could even start in central defence if Ryan Shawcross, who has been struggling with his latest bout of growing pains, fails a late fitness check.
James Beattie should be fit to return in attack after recovering from the knee injury which forced his early withdrawal at Birmingham City last Saturday.
Stoke manager Tony Pulis is certain to revert to his full strength team after making 11 changes for Tuesday's Carling Cup victory at Leyton Orient.
Sunderland defender Danny Collins is not expected to be included in the squad as the Potters attempt to sign him.
But keeper Craig Gordon could retain his place in the starting line-up after returning from knee surgery in Monday night's 4-1 Carling Cup win at Norwich City with Marton Fulop struggling with a heel problem.
Fraizer Campbell was left battered and bruised by his collision with Canaries' keeper Ben Alnwick, but is expected to be fit, while midfielder Andy Reid, who scored twice, was one of several men to impress Steve Bruce after he rested nine of his key men.
Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Lawrence, Whitehead, Delap, Whelan, Etherington, Beattie, Fuller, Huth, Simonsen, Kitson, Cresswell, Pugh, Griffin, Cort, Amdy Faye.
Sunderland: Fulop, Gordon, Carson, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Nosworthy, Da Silva, McCartney, Cana, Cattermole, Richardson, Reid, Malbranque, Leadbitter, Henderson, Tainio, Edwards, Bent, Jones, Campbell, Healy.
Manchester United | vs | Arsenal |
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| August 29, 2009 - 12:15pm | England Premier League | Live |
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Manchester United host Arsenal in a mouthwatering match at Old Trafford.
These sides met in May when a 0-0 draw was enough for United to claim their third straight title.
Rio Ferdinand and Edwin van der Sar remain United's major absentees for the big showdown.
Sir Alex Ferguson feels Ferdinand may not quite be ready for the trip to Tottenham Hotspur on 12th September but his recovery from a thigh injury will not keep him out for much longer.
Ben Foster will continue in goal, while Michael Carrick and Anderson are hoping for recalls after missing the five-goal rout of Wigan Athletic.
Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has been ruled out of Saturday's Barclays Premier League match with Manchester United.
Fabregas has failed to recover from his hamstring injury in time for Old Trafford but the Gunners have no fresh injury concerns following Wednesday night's 3-1 victory over Celtic.
Theo Walcott (back), Lukasz Fabianski (knee), Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all continue their rehabilitation.
Manchester United: Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O'Shea, De Laet, Brown, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tosic, Valencia, Owen, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Song, Ramsey, Denilson, Diaby, Bendtner, Eduardo, Mannone, Van Persie, Eboue, Arshavin, Wilshere, Gibbs, Silvestre, Merida.
Blackburn Rovers | vs | West Ham United |
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| August 29, 2009 - 10:00am | England Premier League | Live |
Blackburn Rovers are still looking for their first win of the season going into this match.
Both sides lost 2-1 last weekend, with Blackburn going down at Sunderland and West Ham being defeated by Tottenham Hotspur.
New signing Pascal Chimbonda is in Blackburn's squad after the defender completed his move from Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday night.
Midfielder David Dunn is likely to be on the bench having made a goalscoring comeback from injury in the midweek Carling Cup victory over Gillingham.
However, fellow midfielder Steven Reid will not be considered because of a hamstring injury, Brett Emerton has a thigh niggle which rules him out, while former Real Madrid full-back Michel Salgado is not yet match fit after signing as a free agent.
Striker Benni McCarthy should be fit after a slight ankle injury but defender Ryan Nelsen (knee) and on-loan striker Franco Di Santo (hamstring) are out.
Striker Alessandro Diamanti, the £6m new recruit from Livorno, has not signed in time to feature for West Ham.
Savio is out with a virus but fellow forwards Carlton Cole and Luis Jimenez have recovered from muscle strains and will play.
Midfielder Valon Behrami is back in training following injury but will not travel and longer-term absentees Dean Ashton, Luis Boa Morte and Herita Ilunga are still unavailable.
Blackburn: Robinson, Jacobsen, Samba, Givet, Chimbonda, Diouf, Andrews, N'Zonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, McCarthy, Roberts, Kalinic, Olsson, Brown, Grella, Hoilett.
West Ham: Green, Faubert, Upson, Collins, Gabbidon, Spector, Kovac, Noble, Parker, Collison, Dyer, Stanislas, Jimenez, Cole, Tomkins, Payne, Kurucz, Hines.
Bolton Wanderers | vs | Liverpool |
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| August 29, 2009 - 10:00am | England Premier League | Live |
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Bolton Wanderers are looking for their first win of the season against a Liverpool side who have lost two matches in the league already.
Jlloyd Samuel could be in line to make his first league start of the season for Bolton.
Samuel was preferred to new signing Paul Robinson for Tuesday's Carling Cup win at Tranmere Rovers and could be set to keep his place in the side. Andy O'Brien is also in contention after recovering from a groin strain.
Joey O'Brien and Ricardo Gardner are still nursing long-term problems, but Ricardo Vaz Te is back in training with the squad and hoping to be given a run-out.
New Liverpool signing Sotirios Kyrgiakos came through a reserve run-out on Thursday night and is in line for his Barclays Premier League debut at Bolton Wanderers.
The Greece international played 45 minutes of the second string's 3-2 defeat by Blackburn Rovers reserves, and with concerns still over Martin Skrtel's jaw injury the new centre-back is set to play at the Reebok.
After two league defeats in three matches, manager Rafael Benitez needs to get Liverpool's season on track quickly. But he is still without Fabio Aurelio, Daniel Agger and new midfielder Alberto Aquilani - all long-term injured.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Ricketts, Cahill, A O'Brien, Knight, Robinson, Samuel, Taylor, Davis, Muamba, McCann, Lee, Elmander, Basham, K Davies, Al Habsi, Hunt, Ward, Cohen, M Davies, Vaz Te.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Insua, Benayoun, Babel, Mascherano, Lucas, Voronin, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres, Cavalieri, Dossena, Ayala, Kelly, Spearing, Riera, Ngog.
