Squad sheets: Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers
Venue Ewood Park, Saturday 3pm Ref M Dean Odds Blackburn 13-10 QPR 2-1 Draw 23-10When these two sides met back in October at Loftus Road, goals from Heidar Helguson and Christopher Samba ensured that the points were shared. This time around both Mark H...
Squad sheets: Aston Villa v Manchester City
Venue Villa Park, Sunday 4pm Sky Sports 1 Ref M Oliver Odds Aston Villa 19-5 Man City 7-10 Draw 13-5Manchester City have shown their firepower, but the effectiveness is not as great in away matches as that of Manchester United. Robert Mancini's team h...
Squad sheets: Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic
Venue Reebok Stadium, Saturday 3pm Ref H Webb Odds Bolton 19-29 Wigan 11-4 Draw 12-5Defeat is not an option for two sides rooted in the relegation zone. Bolton head into this encounter encouraged by recent results at home, most notably the 3-1 win agai...
Squad sheets: Fulham v Stoke City
Venue Craven Cottage, Saturday 3pm Ref C Foy Odds Fulham 19-20 Stoke 11-4 Draw 12-5The midweek visit of Valencia is sure to be in the minds of Stoke's players but there is a real need for them to focus on the job in hand. They face Fulham having lost t...
Squad sheets: Everton v Chelsea
Venue Goodison Park, Saturday 3pm Ref M Jones Odds Everton 21-10 Chelsea 5-4 Draw 9-4The presence of Roman Abramovich at training this week has been a reminder to André Villas-Boas that his position as the Chelsea manager is under scrutiny. It will ha...
Squad sheets: Sunderland v Arsenal
Venue Stadium of Light, Saturday 3pm Ref N Swarbrick Odds Sun'land 12-5 Arsenal 11-10 Draw 23-10A match featuring arguably the Premier League's most exciting young wingers, James McClean and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, can be regarded as a litmus test of ...
Squad sheets: Manchester United v Liverpool
Venue Old Trafford, Saturday 12.45pm Sky Sports 2 Ref P Dowd Odds Man Utd 5-6 Liverpool 16-5 Draw 5-2The availability of Luis Suárez adds a fresh ingredient to this simmering rivalry. The striker will face an away crowd and Patrice Evra for the first ...
Squad sheets: Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
Venue White Hart Lane, Saturday 5.30pm ESPN Ref A Marriner Odds Tottenham 9-20 Newcastle 29-5 Draw 16-5The question to Harry Redknapp was almost an apologetic after-thought. Any injuries? Everyone laughed. How could the Tottenham manager be asked anyt...
Squad sheets: Swansea City v Norwich City
Venue Liberty Stadium, Saturday 3pm Ref M Atkinson Odds Swansea 5-6 Norwich 16-5 Draw 5-2Promoted last summer, both these sides would have wanted little else but survival from this season but can now realistically aim for a top-half finish. They sit 10...
Squad sheets: Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion
Venue Molineux, Sunday 1.30pm Sky Sports 1 Ref L Mason Odds Wolves 7-5 WBA 19-10 Draw 11-5Roy Hodgson can reflect on his first year in charge of West Bromwich Albion with some satisfaction but his mood will darken should this Black County derby be lost...
Letters: English hope over foreign experience
The inflated piety which has lost England's second-class team a first-class manager (Redknapp next? Capello quits England, 9 February) exemplifies preoccupation with purity in word and deed about race. About which, received standard opinion now shows a...
Midfielder: Playing away better for Reds
Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson believes that playing at Old Trafford tomorrow afternoon could actually prove beneficial for the Reds, who have not been at their best at home this season. Despite using the Kop to their advantage to knock Manchester City out of the Carling Cup and Manchester United out of the FA Cup, Liverpool’s...
