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Team News Prem League. Sat 18thOctArsenal v Everton
Arsenal's William Gallas (hamstring), Bacary Sagna (knee) and Nicklas Bendtner (ankle) will miss out.
They were injured while on international duty and are also set to miss Tuesday's game against Fenerbahce.
Everton midfielder Tim Cahill is banned while Segundo Castillo (hamstring) and defenders Phil Jagielka and Joseph Yobo (both flu) are doubtful.
Victor Anichebe and Phil Neville are still nursing hamstring injuries and Leon Osman has a groin strain.
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Arsenal (from): Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Silvestre, Eboue, Nasri, Fabregas, Denilson, Diaby, Adebayor, van Persie, Fabianski, Song, Vela, Ramsey, Randall, Wilshere, Gibbs.
(Everton from): Howard, Baines, Hibbert, Yobo, Lescott, Jagielka, Arteta, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Vaughan, Saha, Anichebe, Yakubu, Nash, Rodwell, Valente, Jutkiewicz, Gosling, Baxter.
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Aston Villa v Portsmouth
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill will assess striker Gabriel Agbonlahor's fitness before naming his side.
Agbonlahor sustained a hamstring injury on England Under-21 duty and could miss out, while James Milner and centre-back Carlos Cuellar are in contention.
Portsmouth will be without midfield pair Lassana Diarra and Richard Hughes for the trip to Villa Park.
Diarra picked up a knock on international duty with France and Hughes injured his groin in training.
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Aston Villa (from): Friedel, Guzan, Taylor, L Young, Gardner, Davies, Laursen, Cuellar, Knight, Shorey, Reo-Coker, Milner, Barry, Petrov, Osbourne, Salifou, Routledge, A Young, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood.
Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Belhadj, Utaka, Little, Davis, Diop, A Traore, Crouch, Defoe, Kanu, Pamarot, Hreidarsson, Mvuemba, Thomas, Sahar, Lauren, Ashdown.
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Bolton v Blackburn
Bolton duo Heidar Helguson and Gretar Steinsson picked up knocks while on duty with Iceland this week.
But both players should be fit to take their places in the squad.
Blackburn are without injury-plagued midfielder Steven Reid, who will miss the rest of the season after suffering another knee injury.
Striker Roque Santa Cruz (hamstring) is also doubtful but Benni McCarthy, Vince Grella and goalkeeper Paul Robinson have all been passed fit.
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Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Shittu, A O'Brien, Samuel, Gardner, Muamba, Nolan, McCann, J O'Brien, Smolarek, Elmander, Davies, Helguson, Riga, Hunt, Vaz Te, Cohen, Fojut, Al Habsi.
Blackburn (from): Robinson, Brown, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Emerton, Olsson, Tugay, Mokoena, Derbyshire, Santa Cruz, Villanueva, Fowler, Andrews, Grella, Treacy, Pedersen, McCarthy.
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Fulham v Sunderland
Striker Andrew Johnson returns from suspension for Fulham.
Andranik Teymourian has been ruled for three to four months after the Iranian midfielder sustained a knee injury while playing for the reserves.
Sunderland defender Nyron Nosworthy will not figure in the trip to Fulham as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
Trinidad striker Kenwyne Jones is also ruled out while international team-mate Dwight Yorke will also miss out after featuring in their qualifying campaign.
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Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera, Zamora, Johnson, Seol, Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Dempsey, Andreasen, Kallio, Baird, Stoor, Gray.
Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Diouf, Whitehead, Miller, Reid, Richardson, Malbranque, Tainio, Henderson, Cisse, Murphy, Healy, Chopra.
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Liverpool v Wigan
Strikers Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel miss out for Liverpool after picking up injuries playing for Spain and the Netherlands respectively in midweek.
Dirk Kuyt could partner Robbie Keane up front and Yossi Benayoun may figure.
Wigan duo Emile Heskey and Amr Zaki also suffered knocks on international duty and are major doubts.
Maynor Figueroa and Wilson Palacios arrived back from Honduras on Friday while Jason Koumas and Paul Scharner face fitness tests.
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Liverpool (from): Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Agger, Aurelio, Dossena, Benayoun, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Riera, Kuyt, Keane, Ngog, Pennant, Lucas, Cavalieri.
Wigan (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Palacios, Kapo, Heskey, Zaki, Boyce, Brown, Camara, De Ridder, Kilbane, Koumas, Kupisz, Taylor, Pollitt, Kingson.
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Man Utd v West Brom
Midfield duo Michael Carrick (ankle) and Owen Hargreaves (knee) will again miss out for Manchester United.
Ryan Giggs will play but Anderson and Carlos Tevez, who have been on international duty, face late checks.
Winger Chris Brunt has recovered from a hamstring strain to boost West Brom's squad for the trip to Old Trafford.
But midfielder Filipe Teixeira, who was hoping to return after recovering from knee ligament damage, strained his calf in training and remains sidelined.
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Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Amos, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck.
West Brom (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Hoefkens, Barnett, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Cech, Morrison, Greening, Koren, Valero, Brunt, Miller, Bednar, Moore, Slusarski, MacDonald, Pele.
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Middlesbrough v Chelsea
Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor has shaken off a hip injury and returns to the squad for the visit of Chelsea.
Emanuel Pogatetz (suspensed) and Robert Huth (ankle) are out, but Mido is expected to shake off a groin injury.
Captain John Terry has recovered from his back injury to boost an injury-hit Chelsea squad which is missing Michael Ballack who has undergone foot surgery.
Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Joe Cole and Didier Drogba are also sidelined.
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Middlesbrough (from): Turnbull, Jones, Hoyte, Taylor, Grounds, Riggott, Wheater, J Johnson, Aliadiere, Emnes, Digard, O'Neil, Shawky, Walker, Downing, A Johnson, Mido, Alves.
Chelsea (from): Cudicini, Ferreira, Bridge, Mikel, Ivanovic, Terry, Lampard, Sinclair, Mancienne, Belletti, Anelka, Malouda, Stoch, Kalou, Alex, Deco, Bosingwa, Hilario, Taylor.
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