All games 7.45pm unless stated
Wednesday, October 31
Bolton
Wanderers v Manchester
City, 8pm
Nicolas Anelka has been ruled with a hamstring injury, so new manager Gary
Megson must look elsewhere for the firepower to shoot Bolton into the
quarter-finals.
Megson reports a series of niggles from Sunday's draw with Aston Villa and a
number of changes are expected with the new manager eager to run the rule
over as many of his squad as possible during his early weeks in charge.
Andreas Isaksson will make his first appearance of the season.The Sweden World
Cup star gets his chance after watching Kasper Schmeichel and Joe Hart stake
a claim to be first-choice this season.
After making mass changes in the previous two rounds, Sven-Goran Eriksson is
toying with the idea of sticking with the side who performed so badly at
Chelsea on Saturday, although Martin Petrov (toe) is a doubt.
Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Walker, Al Habsi, J O'Brien, Hunt, Meite,
Michalik, A O'Brien, Cid, Gardner, Campo, Teymourian, Nolan, Speed, McCann,
Alonso, Giannakopoulos, Braaten, Guthrie, Diouf, Davies.
Manchester City (from): Isaksson, Hart, Corluka, Onuoha, Sun, Dunne,
Richards, Garrido, Logan, Ball, Ireland, Johnson, Dabo, Hamann, Geovanni,
Fernandes, Petrov, Elano, Samaras, Bianchi, Mpenza, Vassell.
Chelsea
v Leicester City
Avram Grant may recall both Shaun Wright-Phillips and Florent Malouda. Both
players were left out of the side for the 6-0 drubbing of Manchester City
but should be restored as Grant looks to shuffle his pack for the match.
John Terry and left-back Ashley Cole are sidelined with knee and ankle
injuries respectively while Michael Ballack is still missing with ankle
problems.
James Wesolowski (hamstring) and Iain Hume (muscle strain) face late fitness
tests for Leicester after the duo suffered slight knocks against Barnsley on
Saturday.
Stephen Clemence missed out at the weekend after tearing a hamstring against
Sheffield United and the Foxes captain remains doubtful.
On-loan striker Collins John marked his full debut with the opening goal
against the Tykes but he is cup-tied having already featured in the
competition for Fulham.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Belletti, Alex,
Ben-Haim, Lampard, Obi, Essien, J Cole, Carvalho, Makelele, Sidwell,
Malouda, Drogba, Shevchenko, Pizarro, Kalou, Wright-Phillips, Sinclair.
Liverpool
v Cardiff City, 8pm
Peter Crouch seems set to start only his sixth game of the season, after he
impressed as a second-half substitute in Sunday's draw with Arsenal. Harry
Kewell is back in full training after a groin problem, and could get his
first run out of the season.
Rafael Benitez is also likely to use second choice goalkeeper Charles Itandje,
Lucas, Sebastian Leto and Fabio Aurelio as Fernando Torres, Javier
Mascherano, Jermaine Pennant and Xabi Alonso are all injured.
Cardiff striker Robbie Fowler lines up against his former club. Kevin
McNaughton, Roger Johnson, Trevor Sinclair and Paul Parry are injury doubts
and on-loan Manchester City keeper Kasper Schmeichel is ineligible.
Michael Oakes will return to the starting line-up in goal, with youngster Josh
Magennis on the bench as David Ford is cup-tied.
Liverpool (from): Itandje, Finnan, Carragher, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Kewell,
Lucas, Sissoko, Benayoun, Babel, Leto, Crouch, Voronin, Kuyt, Gerrard,
Riise, Hobbs, Martin.
Luton Town v Everton
Chris Perry is set to continue at right-back after Chris Coyne returned from a
groin injury to partner on-loan Bolton youngster Jaroslaw Fojut in the
centre of defence against Forest while Paul Furlong will play alone up
front.
Drew Talbot made a brief return to training on Monday after missing the last
two games with a viral infection but has been sent home to fully recover and
will miss out once more.
Sam Parkin and Paul Peschisolido are both out with ankle injuries.
Everton are without Leighton Baines after the England under-21 full-back was
forced off against Derby with an ankle injury. Mikel Arteta is doubtful
after picking up a calf strain in Sunday's 2-0 win, although James Vaughan
is back in contention after returning to training on Monday.
Alan Irvine has confirmed Everton will name a strong squad with Phil Neville
and Tony Hibbert available again following suspension while Tim Cahill and
Thomas Gravesen have recently returned from injury.
Everton (from): Howard, Yobo, Lescott, Stubbs, Valente, Neville,
Hibbert, Pienaar, Arteta, Carsley, Gravesen, Cahill, Osman, McFadden,
Yakubu, Anichebe, Jagielka, Wessels.
Portsmouth
v Blackburn
Rovers
Sulley Muntari (hamstring) and Hermann Hreidarsson (foot) are injury doubts
but manager Harry Redknapp is ready to name his strongest possible side.
Redknapp made 10 changes in the last round for the win at Burnley but will
including internationals David James and Sol Campbell in his squad.
Sean Davis is available again after a one-match ban and Benjani is likely to
lead the attack again despite his penalty miss against West Ham on Saturday.
David Nugent is fit again after a groin problem but is likely to be a
substitute again along with Kanu, who played the last 15 minutes against the
Hammers - his first appearance in five weeks after a knee injury. Richard
Hughes is serving a three-match suspension.
Robbie Savage has undergone knee surgery and has been ruled out of action for
between five and six weeks.
Savage is Blackburn's only new injury after he limped out of Sunday's Barclays
Premier League win at Tottenham. Mark Hughes will rotate his squad for
tomorrow's clash with matches against Liverpool and Manchester United on the
horizon.
The game comes too soon for both Steven Reid and Jason Roberts, although the
former is continuing to build up his match fitness.
Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Lauren, Distin, Campbell, Pamarot,
Traore, Pedro Mendes, Utaka, Diop, Taylor, Davis, Kranjcar, Benjani, Kanu,
Muntari, Hreidarsson, Nugent, Mvuemba, Ashdown.
Blackburn (from): Friedel, Enckelman, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock,
Bentley, Dunn, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Derbyshire, Tugay, Mokoena,
Rigters, Khizanishvili, Olsson, Brown.
Sheffield Utd v Arsenal
Sheffield United keeper Paddy Kenny is sidelined with a badly bruised shin, so
Ian Bennett takes his place in goal.
Gary Cahill and Phil Bardsley are both cup-tied so Chris Morgan and Chris
Lucketti are likely to earn recalls.
Arsene Wenger looks set to give youth a chance once again. Nicklas Bendtner
and Theo Walcott are pressing for a place in the starting XI after coming
off the bench at Liverpool, while Brazilian teenager Denilson is also in
contention for a midfield slot.
Lukasz Fabianski is expected to be in goal, with young Italian Vito Mannone
again on the bench.
Arsenal (from): Fabianski, J Hoyte, Toure, Song, Traore, Eboue,
Denilson, Diarra, Diaby, Walcott, Bendtner, Mannone, Eduardo, Lansbury, G
Hoyte, Merida
Tottenham
Hotspur v Blackpool, 8pm
Paul Robinson could return in goal for the first match under new head coach
Juande Ramos. The England goalkeeper was out with a calf injury but has been
in full training, as has Jermaine Jenas after a tight hamstring.
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (ankle), Gareth Bale (foot), Anthony Gardner (ankle),
Ricardo Rocha (ankle) and Ledley King (knee) are on the sidelines.
Struggling Blackpool are hoping Andy Morrell (back) will return after missing
three games but fellow striker Ben Burgess (ankle) is still out.
Skipper Michael Jackson is fighting to shake off a stomach strain and Keith
Southern is a severe doubt (ankle).
Tottenham (from): Robinson, Cerny, Alnwick, Chimbonda, Lee, Stalteri,
Dawson, Kaboul, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone,
Lennon, Berbatov, Defoe, Keane, Bent, Routledge.
