Sunday May 11, all kick-offs 3pm
Birmingham
City v Blackburn
Rovers
James McFadden and Liam Ridgewell are Birmingham's main injury doubts.
McFadden has suffered a reaction to the knee problem which required keyhole
surgery five weeks ago although Alex McLeish is hopeful he can still play.
Ridgewell had to be substituted at half-time during the 2-0 defeat against
Fulham at Craven Cottage with an ankle injury. City need to win and then
hope that Reading and Fulham slip up if they are to maintain their
top-flight status.
Benni McCarthy could return to the squad for the trip to Birmingham on Sunday.
The South Africa international, who has scored 11 goals this season, has
missed the last two matches with a hamstring injury.
Christopher Samba showed no ill-effects from a previous thigh problem as he
managed 90 minutes in last weekend's 3-1 victory over Derby and should
continue in central defence.
Birmingham City (from): Taylor, Doyle, Kelly, Ridgewell, Jaidi,
Schmitz, Murphy, Parnaby, Larsson, Johnson, Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey, Kapo,
Forssell, McFadden, Jerome, O'Connor.
Blackburn (from): Friedel, Reid, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock,
Bentley, Emerton, Vogel, Pedersen, Santa Cruz, Roberts, Dunn, Brown, Tugay,
Derbyshire, McCarthy, Mokoena, Khizanishvili.
Chelsea
v Bolton
Wanderers
Avram Grant will make a late check on Ricardo Carvalho's back injury ahead of
the Barclays Premier League clash against Bolton on Sunday.
Salomon Kalou has been carrying an ankle complaint but will be fit for the
season finale at Stamford Bridge when Grant's men could lift the title.
Carlo Cudicini has a hamstring injury.
Gary Megson is hoping Joey O'Brien and Ivan Campo will be available for the
trip to Chelsea.
The pair missed last weekend's crucial 2-0 home win over Sunderland due to
hamstring and calf injuries respectively.
Both players could be passed fit to face Avram Grant's side although Jussi
Jaaskelainen and Ricardo Gardner and Nicky Hunt remain sidelined.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Hilario, Belletti, Ferreira, Carvalho, Alex,
Ben-Haim, Terry, A Cole, Bridge, J Cole, Ballack, Essien, Lampard,
Wright-Phillips, Malouda, Kalou, Anelka, Drogba, Shevchenko, Obi, Makelele.
Bolton (from): Al Habsi, Samuel, Andrew O'Brien, Cahill, Steinsson,
Nolan, Campo, Giannakopoulos, McCann, Joey O'Brien, Guthrie, Taylor, Davies,
Rasiak, Diouf, Walker, Fojut, Cohen, Alonso, Helguson.
Derby
County v Reading
Paul Jewell is boosted by the return of six players for Sunday's final
Barclays Premier League game of the season against Reading.
Stephen Pearson, Mo Camara, Gary Teale, Lewin Nyatanga and Stephen Bywater
have all returned to Pride Park after the conclusion of their loan spells
while David Jones has recovered from a calf injury. Jewell will hand a late
fitness test to Jay McEveley (hamstring) but Dean Leacock requires a hernia
operation and misses out.
Glen Little, the Reading winger, is rated as doubtful for the game at Derby
because of a calf injury. Steve Coppell has no other injury worries but will
be without two players who have been suspended by the club.
Ibrahima Sonko and Emerse Fae are still serving two-week suspensions after
refusing to play in a reserve game earlier in the month.
Derby (from): Carroll, Moore, McEveley, Mears, Addison, Edworthy,
Sterjovski, Savage, Ghaly, Lewis, Miller, Villa, Earnshaw, Todd, Beardsley,
Feilhaber, Price, Camara, Teale, Pearson, Nyatanga, Bywater.
Reading (from): Hahnemann, Federici, Rosenior, Murty, de la Cruz,
Ingimarsson, Duberry, Bikey, Shorey, Doyle, Oster, Harper, Matejovsky,
Cisse, Hunt, Kitson, Lita, Long, Convey.
Everton
v Newcastle
United
With Mikel Arteta now recovering back home in Spain following a stomach
operation, Everton may well be unchanged for Sunday's final league game of
the season against Newcastle at Goodison Park.
They need just one point to be sure of fifth place and their third European
qualification in four seasons. Only a defeat by Newcastle and an Aston Villa
win at West Ham on the final day will rob the Toffees of automatic
qualification for the UEFA Cup.
Tony Hibbert will continue at right-back, with Phil Neville in the holding
midfield role he occupied in last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.
Kevin Keegan will be forced to make changes for the trip to Everton.
Mark Viduka could be out for up to six months as he waits to discover if his
Achilles problem requires surgery, while Joey Barton is unavailable. Alan
Smith, Damien Duff and Charles N'Zogbia will all hope to benefit from their
absence, although Emre has been allowed to join up with the Turkey squad
early ahead of Euro 2008 and James Milner is not sufficiently recovered from
the foot injury which has sidelined him for two months.
Keegan decided several weeks ago not to risk Shay Given again this season
after groin surgery, while Stephen Carr has been told he can leave the club
and Peter Ramage has decided not to stay.
Everton (from): Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Baines,
Valente, Carsley, Neville, Osman, Fernandes, Pienaar, Johnson, Yakubu,
Anichebe, Wessels, Rodwell, Gosling.
Newcastle (from): Harper, Forster, Beye, Enrique, Taylor, Faye, Edgar,
Cacapa, Diatta, Butt, N'Zogbia, Duff, Geremi, Owen, Smith, Martins, Carroll.
Middlesbrough
v Manchester
City
Chris Riggott could keep his place for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash
with Manchester City.
Riggott started and scored in last weekend's 2-0 win over Portsmouth which
secured the club's top-flight status after being recalled from his loan
spell at Stoke. He is likely to figure again with Robert Huth (foot) still
missing, while Mohamed Shawky is out with a back problem which could see him
miss Egypt's summer internationals.
Andreas Isaksson, the Manchester City goalkeeper, has been recalled for the
match at Middlesbrough on Sunday. Isaksson has endured a frustrating
campaign with Joe Hart the preferred choice between the posts.
Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha and Valeri Bojinov remain sidelined for what
could be Sven-Goran Eriksson's last match in charge.
Middlesbrough (from): Schwarzer, Turnbull, Jones, Young, Taylor,
Grounds, McMahon, Wheater, Pogatetz, Riggott, Boateng, Arca, Downing,
Rochemback, Cattermole, Johnson, Aliadiere, Alves, Tuncay.
Manchester CIty (from): Isaksson, Elano, Corluka, Ball, Dunne, Jihai,
Garrido, Vassell, Caicedo, Gelson, Johnson, Petrov, Ireland, Geovanni,
Mwaruwari, Castillo, Logan, Hart.
Portsmouth
v Fulham
David James has been ruled out of Portsmouth's Barclays Premier League clash
with relegation-threatened Fulham and Sol Campbell remains doubtful.
James is "still not fit" after two weeks out with a calf injury and
manager Harry Redknapp admits there could still be a slight worry over him
for next Saturday's FA Cup final. Jamie Ashdown is on standby. Campbell has
tight hamstrings and will not be risked if the problem worsens, but Noe
Pamarot is ready to deputise after one game back in the reserves since
damaging knee ligaments against Bolton in February.
Sulley Muntari (rib), Pedro Mendes (hip) and winger John Utaka (ankle) are all
available again after injuries.
Fulham have a fully fit squad for their trip to Fratton Park. Jari Litmanen
played for the reserves in midweek and is available but is unlikely to
figure due to a lack of match fitness.
Roy Hodgson looks set to keep faith with the same starting line-up that
defeated Birmingham but could opt for Erik Nevland ahead of Diomansy Kamara.
Portsmouth (from): Ashdown, Johnson, Campbell, Pamarot, Distin,
Hreidarsson, Diarra, Muntari, Mendes, Diop, Davis, Kranjcar, Utaka, Defoe,
Baros, Kanu, Lauren, Nugent, Hughes, Begovic.
Fulham (from): Niemi, Keller, Warner, Stalteri, Bocanegra, Hughes,
Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Andreasen, Healy, Murphy, Bullard, McBride,
Kamara, Johnson, Bouazza, Dempsey, Volz, Kamara, Nevland, Litmanen.
Sunderland
v Arsenal
Roy Keane has no new injury worries ahead of Sunday's final Barclays Premier
League clash with Arsenal. Indeed, he has hinted that transfer-listed winger
Ross Wallace could get a chance after his absence with a knee problem which
has ruled him out of senior action since January.
Loan signing Jonny Evans will play the last game of his second loan spell
before returning to Manchester United, while Phil Bardsley and Dickson Etuhu
(both knee) are out.
Arsenal will be without defender Kolo Toure (hamstring) for their final ame of
the season at Sunderland. Arsene Wenger also confirmed that Tomas Rosicky
would not recover from a knee problem in time for Euro 2008.
Youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Mark Randall look set to be involved, but Robin
van Persie (thigh), Bacary Sagna (ankle), Abou Diaby (thigh), the suspended
Alexander Hleb and Eduardo (broken leg) are all sidelined.
Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Whitehead, Harte, Nosworthy, McShane,
Evans, Higginbotham, Collins, Wallace, O'Donovan, Reid, Yorke, Leadbitter,
Miller, Richardson, Edwards, Jones, Chopra, Stokes, Prica, Waghorn.
Arsenal (from): Fabianski, Gallas, Song, Clichy, Eboue, Gilberto,
Denilson, Walcott, Adebayor, Bendtner, Lehmann, Djourou, Gibbs, Randall,
Traore, Senderos, Flamini.
Tottenham
Hotspur v Liverpool
Paul Robinson, the Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper, has aggravated an ankle
injury ahead of the Barclays Premier League clash against Liverpool at White
Hart Lane. Dimitar Berbatov has recovered from a groin problem and is
available, while Teemu Tainio has been back in training after an Achilles
complaint.
Aaron Lennon (knee) is a doubt and Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee), Gareth Bale
(foot) and Ledley King (knee) remain sidelined.
Daniel Agger, the Liverpool defender, has returned to training this week after
being out of action since September with a broken metatarsal. But the Danish
youngster is not being considered for Sunday's final Barclays Premier League
game of the season at Tottenham, although Brazilian full-back Fabio Aurelio
is also in full training after a groin injury and could return.
Rafael Benitez could call on young reserves Damien Plessis and Emiliano Insua,
while Peter Crouch, John Arne Riise and Jermaine Pennant all come into the
reckoning for what could be their last games for the club before the summer
transfer season starts.
Tottenham (from): Cerny, Forecast, Chimbonda, Lee, Kaboul, Gilberto,
Dawson, Hutton, Rocha, Woodgate, Gunter, Zokora, Tainio, Jenas, Malbranque,
Boateng, Taarabt, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Lennon, Berbatov, Keane, Bent.
Liverpool (from): Reina, Finnan, Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel,
Riise, Aurelio, Benayoun, Babel, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Kuyt, Torres,
Voronin, Crouch, Pennant, Plessis, Insua, Itandje.
West
Ham United v Aston
Villa
Anton Ferdinand is doubtful for West Ham despite returning to training
following a hamstring injury. Matthew Upson is in a similar position after
suffering a calf problem and Alan Curbishley does not expect him to be fit.
If both centre-halves do miss out, Lucas Neill could continue in the middle
alongside James Tomkins, the England Under-19 international.
Olof Mellberg will make his final appearance for Aston Villa at Upton Park.
The Swedish international is joining Juventus on a three-year contract after
spending the last seven seasons with Villa.
Martin O'Neill has no fresh injury problems as his side try to make sure of a
European spot - via either the UEFA Cup or the Intertoto Cup depending on
results in other games involving Everton and Blackburn. But Craig Gardner
has not recovered from the thigh injury suffered when on England Under-21
duty five weeks ago.
West Ham (from): Green, Pantsil, Tomkins, Neill, McCartney, Faubert,
Parker, Noble, Boa Morte, Zamora, Ashton, Walker, Mullins, Cole, Solano,
Sears, Collison.
Aston Villa (from): Carson, Taylor, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma,
Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Osbourne, Salifou, Maloney, Routledge,
Carew, Agonlahor, Harewood.
Wigan
Athletic v Manchester
United
Kevin Kilbane will sit out Wigan's Barclays Premier League match against
Manchester United on Sunday. With the club's status assured, Kilbane has
been told to rest up by Steve Bruce after struggling with a back problem in
recent weeks.
Mario Melchiot and Erik Edman remain sidelined through injury as Wigan look to
extend their unbeaten run to six games and deny Bruce's former club the
title.
Nemanja Vidic will return as Sir Alex Ferguson's men look to complete a tenth
Premier League title win. The Serbian has not featured since suffering
concussion in the defeat at Chelsea but has been cleared by United's medical
staff.
Wayne Rooney may be on the bench after a recurrence of his hip problem in the
same game, while Nani is suspended after being sent off against West Ham
last weekend.
Wigan (from): Kirkland, Taylor, Scharner, Boyce, Valencia, Brown,
Palacios, Koumas, Bent, Heskey, King, Sibierski, Skoko, Pollitt, Bramble,
Figueroa, Hagen, Aghahowa, Olembe.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville,
Hargreaves, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, O'Shea, Evra, Silvestre,
Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tevez, Rooney.
