SATURDAY
Arsenal v Man City (3pm)
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is set to return from three months out with a knee injury, but Robin van Persie (groin) misses out.
Abou Diaby (thigh) and Eduardo (groin) picked up knocks during the international break, but Theo Walcott (knee), Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring) and Mikael Silvestre (calf) are fit again.
Winger Samir Nasri (virus) is a doubt and forward Carlos Vela is not due back from Mexico duty until this morning so may be rested.
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes could be without striker Craig Bellamy but expects top-scorer Robinho to be fit.
Wayne Bridge could return from a hamstring strain, while Michael Johnson, Martin Petrov, Daniel Sturridge, Benjani and Didi Hamann are all nearing a return from injury.
Arsenal squad: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Walcott, Denilson, Fabregas, Arshavin, Bendtner, Adebayor, Fabianski, Djourou, Gibbs, Vela, Eboue, Silvestre, Song, Nasri
Man City squad: Given, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Zabaleta, Wright-Phillips, Elano, De Jong, Kompany, Robinho, Bojinov, Bridge, Garrido, Fernandes, Evans, Etuhu, Berti, Vassell, McGivern, Hart.
Blackburn v Tottenham (12.45pm)
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will see a specialist next week if he fails to show signs of a recovery from a knee tendon injury.
The Paraguay international will miss his fifth successive game, with midfielder David Dunn also out of with an Achilles problem.
Brett Emerton and Steven Reid on the long-term casualty list.
Tottenham club captain Ledley King should be fit after resting his knee during the international break.
Alan Hutton returned for Scotland from his foot injury last week but Jermain Defoe is still out, also with a foot complaint, although he is running again.
Blackburn squad: Robinson, Bunn, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Samba, Simpson, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Villanueva, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Treacy, Mokoena, McCarthy, Roberts, Pedersen, Grella
Tottenham squad: Gomes, Cudicini, Corluka, Hutton, Chimbonda, Bale, Assou-Ekotto, King, Woodgate, Dawson, Modric, Jenas, Zokora, Lennon, Huddlestone, Palacios, O’Hara, Bentley, Pavlyuchenko, Campbell, Keane, Bent
Bolton v Middlesbrough (3pm)
Bolton boss Gary Megson has no fresh concerns with all of his players on international duty returning unscathed.
Knee injury victims Mark Davies and Joey O’Brien as his only absentees.
Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson faces a fitness test after suffering a couple of knocks while playing for England Under-21s against France on Tuesday.
Boro will also assess skipper Emanuel Pogatetz and Tuncay, both of whom were late arrivals back from international duty.
Robert Huth has been having treatment during the week for a sore knee, but fellow central defender Chris Riggott is back from injury, while midfielder Matthew Bates returns from suspension.
Bolton squad: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Andy O’Brien, Samuel, Riga, Taylor, McCann, Muamba, Gardner, Kevin Davies, Elmander, Al Habsi, Hunt, Puygrenier, Makukula, Shittu
Middlesbrough squad: Jones, Turnbull, Hoyte, McMahon, Taylor, Grounds, Huth, Pogatetz, Wheater, Riggott, Aliadiere, O’Neil, Johnson, Bates, Walker, Shawky, Downing, Emnes, Alves, Tuncay, King
Fulham v Liverpool (5.30pm)
Liverpool are likely to be without defender Sami Hyypia and midfielder Yossi Benayoun.
Hyypia returned from international duty with a knee injury, while Benayoun has a hamstring injury.
Mark Schwarzer and Clint Dempsey will play for Fulham after international duty.
All of Fulham's international contingent returned to Craven Cottage without any injuries.
Fulham squad: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Stoor, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Baird, Davies, Etuhu, Dacourt, Murphy, Gera, Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora, Zuberbuhler, Kallio, Nevland, Kamara, Gray, Barnes.
LIverpool squad: Reina, Arbeloa, Agger, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio, Dossena, Babel, Mascherano, Gerrard, Alonso, Lucas, Torres, Kuyt, Ngog, Insua, Cavalieri, Riera
Hull v Portsmouth (3pm)
Daniel Cousin is Hull’s only doubt after missing the last two games with a back complaint.
The club’s other injury concerns, Michael Turner (thigh), Kamil Zayatte (knee), Andy Dawson (thigh) and captain Ian Ashbee (hamstring), are all fit.
George Boateng (knee) is set to return to full training next week but Anthony Gardner (back) and Jimmy Bullard (knee) are out for the season.
Peter Crouch, David James and Glen Johnson have all returned unscathed from England duty for Portsmouth’s clash at Hull.
Jermaine Pennant has recovered from a thigh injury.
Hull squad: Duke, Ricketts, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Mendy, Ashbee, Marney, Kilbane, Geovanni, Manucho, Garcia, Barmby, Fagan, Halmosi, Folan, Doyle, Hughes, France, Cousin, Myhill
Portsmouth squad: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Mullins, Davis, Nugent, Kranjcar, Crouch, Kanu, Kaboul, Pamarot, Utaka, Hughes, Belhadj, Basinas, Ashdown, Begovic
Newcastle v Chelsea (3pm)
Newcastle boss Alan Shearer hopes to have three key players available for his first game in charge.
Steven Taylor (ankle) and Sebastien Bassong (groin) are improving, while Damien Duff (hamstring) is expected to train today.
Danny Guthrie is back in contention after an eight-match lay-off with a torn hamstring and strikers Andy Carroll (ankle) and Xisco (fractured toe) have returned to training.
But Shola Ameobi is out with an ankle problem and Joey Barton (fractured metatarsal), Mark Viduka and Ignacio Gonzalez (both Achilles) remain on the sidelines.
Chelsea are without striker Didier Drogba and right-back Jose Bosingwa with ankle and hamstring problems respectively.
Nicolas Anelka has shaken off his toe problem to be included in the squad.
Newcastle squad: Harper, Forster, Krul, S Taylor, Beye, Bassong, Coloccini, Enrique, Edgar, Cacapa, Butt, Duff, R Taylor, Gutierrez, Nolan, Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Geremi, Smith, Martins, Owen, Carroll, Xisco
Chelsea squad: Cech, Hilario, Taylor, Belletti, Alex, Ivanovic, Terry, Mancienne, A Cole, Lampard, Ballack, Deco, Obi, Kalou, Essien, Malouda, Di Santo, Anelka, Quaresma, Stoch
West Brom v Stoke (3pm)
West Brom defender Abdoulaye Meite returns after a hamstring problem and illness but Tony Mowbray could continue with Jonas Olsson and Shelton Martis at the centre of defence.
Stoke boss Tony Pulis will assess the fitness Glenn Whelan, Stephen Kelly, Abdoulaye Faye and Thomas Sorensen.
Amdy Faye will be recalled in central midfield if Salif Diao fails a test on a groin strain, but striker Mamady Sidibe is out for the season after a damaged cruciate ligament was confirmed.
West Brom squad: Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Hoefkens, Olsson, Martis, Donk, Pele, Meite, Robinson, Cech, Koren, Teixeira, Do-Heon, Valero, Brunt, Simpson, Fortune, Bednar, Moore, Menseguez
Stoke squad: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Lawrence, Diao, Whelan, Delap, Beattie, Fuller, Simonsen, Etherington, Amdy Faye, Camara, Sonko, Cresswell, Cort, Pugh, Tonge, Griffin, Olofinjana
West Ham v Sunderland (3pm)
West Ham striker Carlton Cole has a groin injury is out.
Scott Parker is carrying a groin problem but may still play, while Radoslav Kovac (thigh) has also picked up a knock.
Central defenders Matthew Upson and James Collins are both fit, Savio Nsereko has recovered from a minor knee injury, but Valon Behrami, Jack Collison (both knee) and Danny Gabbidon (back/stomach) are out.
Kieran Richardson returns from suspension for Sunderland but George McCartney is a doubt with a calf injury.
Calum Davenport is ineligible because he is on loan from the Hammers.
West Ham squad: Green, Neill, Tomkins, Spector, Ilunga, Noble, Parker, Kovac, Boa Morte, Lopez, Tristan, Payne, Di Michele, Dyer, Lastuvka, Sears, N'Gala, Stanislas, Upson, Collins, Savio.
Sunderland squad: Fulop, Gordon, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Ben-Haim, Collins, Nosworthy, McCartney, McShane, Edwards, Malbranque, Whitehead, Leadbitter, Richardson, Reid, Murphy, Jones, Healy, Cisse
SUNDAY
Everton v Wigan (3pm)
Everton boss David Moyes will make a late decision on the fitness of Tim Cahill who is recovering from a calf injury.
Wigan will be without Amr Zaki after the Egyptian again failed to return from international duty on time.
Jason Koumas has a hip problem which needs to be assessed, otherwise the Latics squad is at full strength.
Everton squad: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Lescott, Baines, Pienaar, Osman, Cahill, Fellaini, Saha, Jo, Rodwell, Baxter, Nash, Castillo, Jacobsen, Gosling, Wallace, Van der Meyde
Wigan squad: Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble, Boyce, Figueroa, Watson, Brown, Scharner, Kapo, N’Zogbia, De Ridder, Rodallega, Mido, Kingson, Pollitt, Edman, Cho
Man Utd v Aston Villa (3pm)
Gary Neville is expected to return for the first time since January after coming through a reserve team outing on Monday.
Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes and Nemanja Vidic are all suspended, Dimitar Berbatov (ankle) is out for a fortnight and Anderson is not likely to play after picking up a knee injury on World Cup duty with Brazil.
Gabriel Agbonlahor could return for Aston Villa after being dropped for the 5-0 mauling by Liverpool.
Emile Heskey is out with a hamstring injury, but left-back Wilfred Bouma could play any part after eight months out with a dislocated ankle.
Man Utd squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, O’Shea, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Ronaldo, Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Possebon, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Tevez, Welbeck
Aston Villa squad: Friedel, Guzan, Reo-Coker, L. Young, Knight, Cuellar, Davies, Shorey, Bouma, Milner, Gardner, Petrov, Barry, Sidwell, Salifou, A. Young, Agbonlahor, Carew, Delfouneso, Heskey
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