The busy festive schedule continues apace with most clubs playing twice in Matchweek 19, beginning on Boxing Day, when Manchester United host Newcastle United in one of seven 15GMT matches.
EVERTON VS WIGAN
Everton
Midfielder Darron Gibson will be eligible to play because his appeal against his red card at West Ham cannot be heard until later in the week. The Republic of Ireland international will not serve a suspension - if any - until the Football Association have had time to consider his case. Fellow midfielder Marouane Fellaini serves the second of a three-match ban while Seamus Coleman, Tony Hibbert and Kevin Mirallas have all been kept out recently by injury.
Everton (from): Howard, Heitinga, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Neville, Gibson, Pienaar, Osman, Anichebe, Jelavic, Mucha, Duffy, Naismith, Vellios, Hitzlsperger, Oviedo, R Barkley.
Wigan Athletic
Gary Caldwell could make his return to action. Recently sidelined by a hamstring problem, Caldwell was back in the squad for Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Arsenal as an unused substitute and will be assessed by manager Roberto Martinez ahead of the short trip to Merseyside. Fellow centre-back Ivan Ramis, who has also been nursing a hamstring complaint, has a chance of featuring as well, while midfielder James McCarthy (ankle) is a doubt. Antolin Alcaraz (groin), Adrian Lopez (hamstring), Albert Crusat (knee), Ryo Miyaichi (ankle) and Ben Watson (broken leg) remain on the Latics' lengthy casualty list.
Wigan (from): Al Habsi, Pollitt, Beausejour, Caldwell, Ramis, Boyce, McArthur, Kone, Boselli, Gomez, Jones, McManaman, Fyvie, Stam, Di Santo, Golobart, Redmond, Maloney, Figueroa, McCarthy.
Match officials
Referee: Lee Mason; Assistants: A Garratt, S Massey; Fourth official: M Oliver
FULHAM VS SOUTHAMPTON
Fulham
Bryan Ruiz could return after being out since coming off in the 3-1 defeat to Sunderland on November 18 with a hamstring injury, but is rated 50-50 by manager Martin Jol. Mahamadou Diarra and Mladen Petric are doubts and Damien Duff is definitely out. Simon Davies (hip) is also unavailable, while Steve Sidwell returns from suspension.
Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Stockdale, Riether, Kelly, Hangeland, Hughes, Senderos, Riise, Dejagah, Baird, Sidwell, Diarra, Karagounis, Kacaniklic, Richardson, Kasami, Duff, Ruiz, Rodallega, Petric, Berbatov.
Southampton
Adam Lallana is again likely to be missing again after not appearing in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Sunderland with a knee injury. Nigel Adkins' side appeared to come through the defeat to the Black Cats without any new knocks.
Southampton (from): K Davis, Gazzaniga, Boruc, Richardson, Butterfield, Stephens, Clyne, Fox, Shaw, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fonte, Reeves, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Cork, Chaplow, De Ridder, Ramirez, Schneiderlin, S Davis, Puncheon, Lee, Lambert, Rodriguez, Mayuka.
Match officials
Referee: Phil Dowd; Assistants: S Child, L Betts; Fourth official: D Coote.
Manchester United
Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez, Chris Smalling and Darren Fletcher will be among those hoping to be involved, while Rafael Da Silva needs to shrug off the hamstring injury that kept him out of the draw at Swansea City.
Man Utd (from): Lindegaard, De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand Evans, Buttner, Evra, Cleverley, Giggs, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Young, Hernandez, Welbeck, Rooney, Van Persie.
Newcastle United
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew will be without midfielder Cheick Tiote after the Ivory Coast international collected his fifth booking of the season during Saturday's 1-0 Barclays Premier League victory over QPR and is suspended. Otherwise, Pardew will have only his long-term absentees missing for the game at Old Trafford, with Hatem Ben Arfa, Steven Taylor (both hamstring), Yohan Cabaye (groin) and Ryan Taylor (knee) sidelined.
Newcastle (from): Krul, Elliot, Harper, Simpson, Santon, Ferguson, Tavernier, Coloccini, Williamson, Perch, Anita, Bigirimana, Gutierrez, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Obertan, Ba, Cisse, Shola Ameobi, Ranger.
Match officials
Referee: Mike Dean; Assistants: J Collin, J Brooks; Fourth Official: N Swarbrick
NORWICH CITY VS CHELSEA
Norwich City
Grant Holt is back in training after overcoming a hamstring injury and is set for a return to the Norwich side but City will be without defender Steven Whittaker, who suffered a recurrence of a hip injury when the Canaries' 10-match unbeaten run in the Barclays Premier League was ended at West Brom on Saturday. Russell Martin is in line to replace Whittaker at the back while Holt is expected to return up front in place of Steve Morison. Ryan Bennett is also back in training and manager Chris Hughton is positive about his chances of featuring against either Chelsea or Manchester City on December 29.
Norwich (from): Bunn, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Tettey, Johnson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt, Rudd, Morison, Martin, Jackson, Barnett, E Bennett, Howson, Kane, R Bennett.
Chelsea
Rafael Benitez looks set to be without Chelsea captain John Terry again. Terry is still suffering inflammation on his knee following surgery and is unlikely to be fit for the Barclays Premier League match at Carrow Road. Ryan Bertrand also remains a doubt after he was forced off in Wednesday's Capital One Cup quarter-final at Leeds and was not included in Sunday's line-up for the 8-0 demolition of Aston Villa.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Bertrand, Lampard, Ramires, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Moses, Marin, Piazon, Torres, Sturridge, Turnbull.
Match officials
Referee: Jon Moss; Assistants: P Kirkup, D Bryan; Fourth official: A Madley
QPR VS WEST BROM
Queens Park Rangers
Goalkeeper Julio Cesar (back) should be fit to return to Harry Redknapp's squad. Full-backs Nedum Onuoha and Armand Traore are doubtful due to hamstring injuries.
Park Ji-sung (knee) is another player sidelined, while strikers Andrew Johnson (knee) and Bobby Zamora (hip) remain absent.
QPR (from): Green, Cesar, Murphy, Cerny, Onuoha, Hill, Nelsen, Ferdinand, Mbia, Fabio, Traore, Derry, Diakite, Granero, Taarabt, Hoilett, Faurlin, Wright-Phillips, Ephraim, Mackie, Cisse.
West Bromwich Albion
Youssouf Mulumbu is available after suspension.Steve Clarke will check on the fitness of defender Steven Reid (ankle) and midfielder Claudio Yacob (hamstring) before finalising his side.
West Brom (from): Foster, Myhill, Daniels, Jones, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Tamas, Dawson, Ridgewell, Popov, Mulumbu, Yacob, Dorrans, Brunt, Morrison, Gera, Odemwingie, Fortune, Long, Lukaku, Rosenberg.
Match officials
Referee: Chris Foy; Assistants: S Beck, H Lennard; Fourth Official: A Davies.
READING VS SWANSEA
Reading
Jason Roberts (hip) is again missing. The 34-year-old has missed the Royals' last three games but is close to regaining fitness. Defender Sean Morrison (ankle) is still sidelined and goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (shoulder) is out long term but Reading have no fresh injuries from the weekend loss at Manchester City.
Reading (from): Federici, Taylor, Gunter, Cummings, Gorkss, Pearce, Karacan, Kebe, Mariappa, Shorey, Harte, McAnuff, Guthrie, Leigertwood, Tabb, McCleary, Le Fondre, Hunt, Robson-Kanu, Pogrebnyak.
Swansea City
Swansea manager Michael Laudrup may shuffle his pack for the Boxing Day meeting with Reading. The Dane hopes to have winger Pablo Hernandez available after a thigh injury, but Angel Rangel is set to miss out again with a calf problem. Ki Sung-yueng could come back into the side after Kemy Agustien was handed a starting role against Manchester United on Sunday.
Swansea (from): Vorm, Bartley, Flores, Williams, Britton, Lita, Michu, Graham, Hernandez, Dyer, Routledge, Monk, Shechter, Moore, De Guzman, Tiendalli, Ki, Tremmel, Agustien, Gower, Richards, Davies.
Match officials
Referee: Mike Jones; Assistants: R Ganfield, M Wilkes. Fourth official: D Phillips.
SUNDERLAND VS MANCHESTER CITY
Sunderland
Adam Johnson is a doubt to face his former club. The England winger limped out of Saturday's 1-0 Barclays Premier League victory at Southampton with a dead leg, while fellow midfielder Sebastian Larsson has a knee problem, although manager Martin O'Neill is hoping both will make the game.Lee Cattermole (knee) remains on the long-term casualty list along with defender Wes Brown (also knee), but David Meyler has been recalled from his loan spell at Hull to bolster O'Neill's midfield resources.
Sunderland (from): Mignolet, Westwood, Bardsley, Kilgallon, O'Shea, Cuellar, Bramble, Rose, Gardner, Colback, McClean, Larsson, Johnson, Vaughan, Sessegnon, Meyler, Saha, Campbell, Wickham, McFadden, Fletcher.
Manchester City
Vincent Kompany (groin) could return after being kept on the bench as a precaution last weekend. Striker Mario Balotelli (illness) could also come back into contention while left-backs Aleksandar Kolarov and Gael Clichy will hope to overcome niggles. Forward Samir Nasri is out with a hamstring injury while right-back Micah Richards (knee) and midfielder Jack Rodwell (hamstring) remain on the long-term casualty list.
Man City (from): Hart, Pantilimon, Wright, Zabaleta, Maicon, Lescott, Kompany, K Toure, Nastasic, Rekik, Kolarov, Clichy, Milner, Barry, Y Toure, Garcia, Silva, Sinclair, Aguero, Tevez, Balotelli, Dzeko, Razak.
Match officials
Referee: Kevin Friend; Assistants: A Halliday, G Beswick. Fourth official: K Wright.
ASTON VILLA VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Aston Villa
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert will assess the fitness of striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, winger Charles N'Zogbia and captain Ron Vlaar. Agbonlahor (thigh) and Vlaar (calf) have missed three and six games respectively while N'Zogbia suffered a knee injury in training ahead of Sunday's 8-0 mauling at Chelsea. Striker Darren Bent is again ruled out with a hamstring injury while centre-back Richard Dunne will undergo rehab work after a third groin operation.
Aston Villa (from): Guzan, Given, Lowton, Herd, Clark, Vlaar, Lichaj, Baker, Stevens, Bennett, Ireland, Westwood, El Ahmadi, Bannan, Delph, Holman, Agbonlahor, Benteke, Bowery, Weimann, Burke, Johnson, Williams, N'Zogbia.
Tottenham Hotspur
Clint Dempsey is a doubt after he missed Saturday's draw against Stoke with a groin problem. Benoit Assou-Ekotto may make his long-awaited comeback from a knee injury while Scott Parker could also make his first start of the season after coming off the bench in the last two games following his recovery from an Achilles injury. Younes Kaboul is expected to return from his knee injury next month.
Tottenham (from): Friedel, Lloris, Gomes, Cudicini, Walker, Naughton, Assou-Ekotto, Gallas, Caulker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Townsend, Bale, Falque, Carroll, Mason, Livermore, Sandro, Huddlestone, Dembele, Parker, Dempsey, Adebayor, Defoe.
Match officials
Referee: Mark Clattenburg; Assistants: S Ledger, M McDonough; Fourth Official: A Taylor.
STOKE CITY VS LIVERPOOL
Stoke City
Michael Owen could make his first-team comeback against his former club. Owen, who has not played for the Potters since October 27 due a hamstring problem, has been working on his fitness and may be ready to feature. It remains to be seen whether or not another former Red, midfielder Charlie Adam, will be involved after he missed Saturday's 0-0 draw at Tottenham having been granted compassionate leave following the death of his father.
Stoke City (from): Begovic, Sorensen, Huth, Shawcross, Cameron, Upson, Wilkinson, Whelan, Etherington, Palacios, Jones, Jerome, Crouch, Walters, Kightly, Edu, Nzonzi, Ness, Whitehead, Shotton, Owen.
Liverpool
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has no new injury problems to contend with and is unlikely to make any changes. Winger Raheem Sterling may come back into the side having been rested for the victory over Fulham. Midfielder Joe Allen, however, may remain on the bench as Rodgers said they were managing a pelvic problem with the Wales international.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Enrique, Gerrard, Lucas, Shelvey, Sterling, Suarez, Downing, Jones, Wisdom, Carragher, Coates, Henderson, Allen, Suso, Cole.
Match officials
Referee: Howard Webb; Assistants: S Burt, D England; Fourth official: D Drysdale.
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