David Moyes will give Leighton Baines “every chance” of making the trip to City after suffering a hamstring twinge in the 1-1 with Arsenal in midweek. Antonio Valencia remains sidelined for United ahead of their trip to Reading, Nani is ruled out for another month, though Nemanja Vidic could return for the midweek Champions League clash with Cluj.
Arsene Wenger will be without Laurent Koscielny, while Bacary Sagna is a major doubt head of the Swans’ visit. Theo Walcott’s ankle knock will be assessed although we expect him to figure – the winger was pictured training earlier today. Michael Laudrup’s side have been dealt a blow of their own, with the in-form Pablo Hernandez set to miss out with a muscle injury which could keep him sidelined for a number of weeks.
Andy Carroll is nursing a knee knock ahead of the early kick-off with Chelsea, who will turn up at Upton Park without John Terry, Frank Lampard and Daniel Sturridge.
Kieran Richardson will return for Fulham – Bryan Ruiz and Alex Kacaniklic remain on the sidelines but are expected to return to training next week. Tony Pulis remains hopeful that Peter Crouch will be able to play in the midlands derby with West Brom – the forward is seeing a specialist after losing a few of his teeth in the midweek win over Newcastle.
We’ve collected all this in our team news section and added our current predicted lineups for the weekend ahead. You can keep in touch with the very latest via our twitter feed as always.
