With the evening game postponed, there are no televised games today in the Premier League. Instead, we have six 3pm fixtures to follow and thankfully we’ve haven’t had any further cancellations. Here is all the team news for those games…
At the Emirates, Robin van Persie is still kept in reserve, which means Marouane Chamakh continues up front. For the visitors, Matthew Briggs comes in for the injured Carlos Salcido.
Arsenal XI: Fabianski, Sagna, Koscielny, Squillaci, Clichy, Song, Wilshere, Nasri, Rosicky, Arshavin, Chamakh
Fulham XI: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Briggs, Davies, Murphy, Etuhu, Dempsey, Gera, Kamara
Alex McLeish hands a rare start to Jean Beausejour for Birmingham City this afternoon, opting to leave Nikola Zigic on the bench. Spurs line-up as expected.
Birmingham XI: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Ferguson, Beausejour, Bowyer, Fahey, Jerome
Spurs XI: Gomes, Hutton, Gallas, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Crouch, Defoe
Blackburn Rovers also line-up as expected. Steven Mouyokolo shakes off a back injury to start for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Richard Stearman drops to the bench.
Blackburn XI: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Jones, Emerton, Dunn, Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Roberts
Wolves XI: Hennessey, Zubar, Mouyokolo, Berra, Elokobi, Ward, Mancienne, Milijas, Foley, Doyle, Jarvis
For their visit to the Champions, Everton have reinstated young Seamus Coleman on the right of midfield at the expense of Victor Anichebe, and Jack Rodwell comes in for the suspended Mikel Arteta. Chelsea meanwhile, welcome back Michael Essien and skipper John Terry.
Chelsea XI: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Essien, Mikel, Malouda, Kalou, Drogba, Anelka
Everton XI: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Fellaini, Rodwell, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha
Mario Balotelli partners Carlos Tevez up front for Man City, and James Milner drops to the bench. Their opponents Bolton name Martin Petrov amongst the starting eleven, at the expense of Matt Taylor.
Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Toure, Kompany, Kolarov, Toure Yaya, De Jong, Barry, Silva, Tevez, Balotelli
Bolton XI:Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Mark Davies, Muamba, Petrov, Elmander, Kevin Davies
The only slight surprise in Wigan Athletic’s line-up sees Ben Watson make only his second league start of the season, ahead of Jordi Comez. For Stoke City, Jermain Pennant and Andy Wilkinson were unable to win their fitness battle to play today, so instead Jonathan Walters and Danny Higginbotham start.
Wigan XI: Al Habsi, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Steven Caldwell, Figueroa, N’Zogbia, Watson, Diame, Thomas, Cleverley, Boselli
Stoke XI: Begovic, Huth, Shawcross, Higginbotham, Collins, Walters, Whitehead, Delap, Etherington, Fuller, Jones
Follow all of today’s action in our Dugout Discussion, which can be accessed right here.
