All matches 3pm unless stated

Premier League

Saturday

Arsenal v Reading, 12.45pm

Manuel Almunia remains sidelined with a wrist injury and will miss the Barclays Premier League clash with relegation battlers Reading at Emirates Stadium.

Abou Diaby is available again following a three-match ban for his red card at Bolton, as is youngster Denilson, who had been out with a hamstring problem. However, neither Mathieu Flamini nor Bacary Sagna (ankle) are match fit, while Justin Hoyte (hamstring) is also out along with Tomas Rosicky (knee) and long-term absentee Eduardo.

Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Toure, Gallas, Song, Clichy, Eboue, Fabregas, Gilberto, Hleb, van Persie, Adebayor, Fabianski, Senderos, Walcott, Bendtner, Djourou, Denilson, Diaby.

Reading (from): Hahnemann, Federici, Rosenior, Murty, de la Cruz, Ingimarsson, Bikey, Duberry, Sonko, Shorey, Golbourne, Little, Oster, Henry, Harper, Matejovsky, Hunt, Convey, Kebe, Kitson, Doyle, Long, Cisse, Fae, Gunnarsson

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United, 5.15pm

Mark Hughes expects Jason Roberts to be fit to face the league leaders after shaking off a groin strain. David Dunn is fit after overcoming a knee problem to feature as a second-half substitute in last week's defeat at Liverpool. Otherwise, the Blackburn Rovers manager reported some "bumps and bruises and people not 100 per cent" but was generally "pleased enough with the fitness of the squad".

Nemanja Vidic and Nani are both back in the Manchester United squad to face Blackburn. Vidic has missed three games since injuring his knee against Roma, while Nani has been out with a thigh problem picked up against Liverpool.

Sir Alex Ferguson is hopeful Owen Hargreaves and Anderson will shake off minor knocks but Louis Saha's season could be over after the injury-plagued Frenchman suffered another hamstring strain.

Blackburn Rovers (from): Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Vogel, Dunn, Reid, Pedersen, McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Roberts, Brown, Ooijer, Mokoena, Tugay, Khizanishvili, Derbyshire.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Brown, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, O'Shea, Evra, Silvestre, Ronaldo, Anderson, Scholes, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Park, Nani, Rooney, Tevez.

Fulham v Liverpool

Antti Niemi is available for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Craven Cottage. Niemi has recovered from his shoulder injury and could displace Kasey Keller in goal with the Cottagers at close to full strength.

Eddie Johnson is back following illness while Jari Litmanen may figure from the bench after overcoming his groin problem.

Liverpool could be without Steven Gerrard for tomorrow's trip to Fulham, with Alvaro Arbeloa also an injury worry.

Gerrard has an injured neck and will not be risked ahead of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at home to Chelsea, while Arbeloa has picked up a thigh strain.

Rafael Benitez could also rest other front-line stars, with striker Fernando Torres also a possible absentee.

Daniel Agger and Harry Kewell are long-term absentees, while Jermaine Pennant is fit to return and Javier Mascherano has now completed his three-match ban.

Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Riise, Aurelio, Babel, Benayoun, Alonso, Mascherano, Lucas, Plessis, Insua, Voronin, Crouch, Kuyt, Torres, Itandje, Arbeloa, Gerrard, Pennant.

Fulham (from): Niemi, Keller, Warner, Stalteri, Bocanegra, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Andreasen, Healy, Murphy, Bullard, McBride, Kamara, Johnson, Litmanen, Bouazza, Dempsey, Volz, Kamara, Nevland.

Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers

Gary O'Neil, the Middlesbrough midfielder, is out of the clash with Bolton Wanderers after undergoing surgery to repair a knee ligament problem.

O'Neil, who would have been suspended for the next two games anyway, will miss the remaining four games of the campaign, but hopes to return to training during pre-season. Robert Huth (foot) and Andrew Taylor (ribs) remain on the injured list, as does striker Mido (hernia).

Bolton will be without suspended Kevin Davies, who misses out after collecting 10 yellow cards. Heidar Helguson could replace him as Gary Megson looks for his side to build on the victory against West Ham United last weekend that eased their relegation fears. Apart from that, Megson looks set to name an unchanged side at the Riverside Stadium, with Joey O'Brien, Ricardo Gardner, Nicky Hunt and Jussi Jaaskelainen all unavailable because of injury.

Middlesbrough (from): Schwarzer, Turnbull, Young, Grounds, McMahon, Wheater, Pogatetz, Boateng, Arca, Downing, Shawky, Rochemback, Cattermole, Johnson, Aliadiere, Alves, Tuncay.

Bolton Wanderers (from): Al Habsi, Steinsson, Cahill, A O'Brien, Taylor, Guthrie, McCann, Nolan, Helguson, Diouf, Campo, Cohen, Samuel, Giannakopoulos, Rasiak, Alonso, Fojut, Walker, Braaten.

West Ham United v Derby County

West Ham United will welcome back Lucas Neill (ankle), Freddie Ljungberg and Mark Noble (both hamstring) for the visit of relegated Derby County in the Barclays Premier League. Julien Faubert has also returned to training after a calf problem and could feature.

However, Anton Ferdinand has been added to the long list of absentees following a hamstring injury suffered during last weekend's defeat at Bolton Wanderers, so John Pantsil or Jonathan Spector could deputise.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will select from an unchanged squad against West Ham.

Miles Sterjovski will again undergo a late fitness test on an achilles problem ahead of the trip to Upton Park and Marc Edworthy (cracked rib) remains sidelined along with long-term absentees Claude Davis and Giles Barnes (both knee).

West Ham United (from): Green, Neill, Upson, Pantsil, McCartney, Parker, Collison, Mullins, Ashton, Zamora, Boa Morte, Walker, Tomkins, Spector, Cole, Sears, Noble, Ljungberg, Faubert.

Derby County (from): Carroll, Moore, Leacock, McEveley, Mears, Sterjovski, Stubbs, Savage, Ghaly, Lewis, Miller, Villa, Earnshaw, Todd, Jones, Feilhaber, Price.

Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur

Erik Hagen is unavailable for Wigan Athletic's Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at the JJB Stadium tomorrow. The Norway international, on loan until the end of the season from Zenit St Petersburg, is sidelined through illness.

With the exception of Hagen and Erik Edman, who faces a long-term recovery from a knee injury, Steve Bruce has a full squad to choose from.

Pascal Chimbonda has a calf strain and is a doubt to face his former club. Paul Robinson (ankle) is also unlikely to feature, while Gareth Bale (foot), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) and Ledley King (knee) will miss the rest of the campaign. However, Jamie O'Hara is back in full training after a bruised foot.

Wigan Athletic (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Boyce, Kilbane, Brown, Palacios, Skoko, Taylor, Valencia, Heskey, Bent, Aghahowa, King, Sibierski, Koumas, Bramble, Figueroa, Olembe, Pollitt.

Tottenham (from): Cerny, Forecast, Hutton, Lee, Gilberto, Gunter, Kaboul, Dawson, Woodgate, Rocha, Zokora, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque, Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Lennon, Berbatov, Keane, Bent.

Sunday

Aston Villa v Birmingham City, noon

Craig Gardner could play some part in the derby clash with Birmingham City on Sunday after returning to full training.

The England Under-21 player has been sidelined with a thigh problem sustained on international duty three and a half weeks ago against Poland at Molineux. Martin O'Neill has no fresh injury worries and is unlikely to make any major changes after his side's 6-0 demolition of Derby County at Pride Park last weekend.

Birmingham will give late fitness tests to James McFadden and Sebastian Larsson before Alex McLeish finalises his side for Sunday's derby at Aston Villa. McFadden and Larsson both picked up knee problems during last weekend's 1-1 draw with Everton.

Mauro Zarate is on standby to replace McFadden while Olivier Kapo could return after a seven match absence with a hamstring strain.

Birmingham are still without Damien Johnson, who is serving the second game of the three match suspension he picked up after being sent-off at Wigan, and Martin Taylor who has a hamstring strain.

Aston Villa (from): Carson, Taylor, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Osbourne, Berger, Maloney, Salifou, Carew, Agbonlahor, Harewood.

Birmingham City (from): Maik Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Murphy, McSheffrey, Nafti, Muamba, Larsson, Forssell, McFadden, Schmitz, O'Connor, Jerome, Queudrue, Zarate, Parnaby, Kapo, Doyle.

Manchester City v Portsmouth, 4pm

Manchester City defender Micah Richards will sit out the match against Portsmouth on Sunday while recovering from a knee injury.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart has returned to training after suffering a knock in the victory at Sunderland and is expected to play against the FA Cup finalists.

Daniel Sturridge is doubtful with a knee problem while Nedum Onuoha remains sidelined because of a dislocated shoulder.

Lassana Diarra, Milan Baros and John Utaka all return from injury while Harry Redknapp is likely to recall on-loan Baros as Jermain Defoe's partner up front

At the back Glen Johnson is expected to recover in time from a bug that has restricted his training this week.

Redknapp is also looking to rest Niko Kranjcar after a busy spell for the Croatia midfielder.

Manchester City (from): Hart, Corluka, Dunne, Garrido, Jihai, Ireland, Fernandes, Hamann, Petrov, Johnson, Castillo, Elano, Benjani, Vassell, Caicedo, Geovanni, Sturridge, Isaksson.

Portsmouth (from): James; Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Davis, Diarra, Diop, Muntari, Kranjcar, Baros, Defoe, Kanu, Utaka, Mendes, Lauren, Hughes, Nugent, Aubey, Begovic.

Newcastle United v Sunderland, 1.30pm

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan hopes to be able to name the same side yet again for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash with Sunderland. Keegan has no new injury worries other than niggles and could select the 11 men who have started four of the last five games.

James Milner and Stephen Carr have an outside chance of making the squad after recovering from foot and hamstring injuries respectively and Claudio Cacapa (groin) and Peter Ramage (knee) are both closing in on returns, while Shay Given is still fighting his way back from groin surgery.

Dickson Etuhu had admitted defeat in his efforts to recover from a knee injury ahead of the Sunderland's derby clash with Newcastle United.

The midfielder has had surgery to address ligament damage he sustained during the African Cup of Nations and is out for the rest of the season. Dwight York has failed to shake off his own knee problem and is unlikely to figure at St James' Park, but otherwise Roy Keane has only a series of minor knocks to contend with.

Newcastle United (from): Harper, Forster, Beye, Enrique, Taylor, Faye, Edgar, Butt, N'Zogbia, Duff, Barton, Geremi, Owen, Smith, Martins, Viduka, Carroll.

Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Bardsley, Collins, McShane, Nosworthy, Evans, Higginbotham, Harte, Whitehead, Reid, Leadbitter, Edwards, Miller, Richardson, O'Donovan, Jones, Waghorn, Murphy, Stokes, Chopra, Prica.