Roberto Mancini looks set to take on Villa without Sergio Aguero, whilst threatening to rest an array of players fatigued by their international exploits. Rotation nightmares await us.
On the other side of Manchester, Alex Ferguson ponders the merits of a recall for centre-back warrior Nemanja Vidic after his return to action for Serbia in midweek; Chris Smalling, Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans are all competing for starts in a United back four that will take on a fully fit Liverpool squad at Anfield on Saturday.
Harry Redknapp has no such luxury – Emmanuel Adebayor, Sandro and Aaron Lennon are all rated at 50-50 for Tottenham’s trip to St James’ Park to take on unbeaten Newcastle.
Get details of this, plus all of today’s rumblings and our predicted lineups in our Team News section, while our Twitter feed continues to provide direct links to all the updates, press conferences and other relevant hearsay.

