We bring you team news for all the Premier League matches that are going to take place this weekend.

Stoke City vs Liverpool

Liverpool will be without their most influential trio of players in striker Fernando Torres, captain Steven Gerrard and midfielder Yossi Benayoun for Saturday's match at Stoke.

All were injured in the midweek FA Cup exit to Reading, with Torres requiring knee surgery which will keep him out for six weeks, Benayoun sustaining a broken rib likely to sideline him for a month and Gerrard out for a fortnight with a hamstring problem.

Goalkeeper Jose Reina, who missed out on Wednesday with a slight back injury, will be assessed late on.

Defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano returns after a four-match suspension and new signing Maxi Rodriguez will also be involved after signing from Atletico Madrid in midweek.

Winger Albert Riera is included again after recovering from a hamstring problem but Dutch forward Ryan Babel has been dropped from the squad.

Stoke striker Tuncay Sanli is again doubtful.

Tuncay has yet to fully recover from a hamstring injury sustained in Stoke's 3-2 home win over Fulham 10 days ago.

With the Potters failing to land England goalkeeper David James on loan from Portsmouth, boss Tony Pulis will decide between Thomas Sorensen and Steve Simonsen for the number one spot as the latter stepped in against the Cottagers after the Dane sustained a finger injury.

Teams:

Stoke (from): Sorensen, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Collins, Lawrence, Sidibe, Whitehead, Delap, Diao, Tonge, Kitson, Beattie, Etherington, Fuller, Tuncay, Cort, Pugh, Whelan, Simonsen.

Liverpool (from): Reina, Degen, Skrtel, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Aquilani, Lucas, Rodriguez, Riera, Ngog, Kuyt, Aurelio, Cavalieri, Kyrgiakos, Pacheco, Spearing, Darby.

Chelsea vs Sunderland

Chelsea will be without midfielder Deco when they entertain Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Deco has recovered from his hamstring problem but is not yet match-fit. He is expected to return for the FA Cup fourth round tie against Preston next week.

Right-back Jose Bosingwa is still not match-fit following his knee surgery and the Blues are without John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou. All four are on international duty in the African Nations Cup.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce could welcome back Kenwyne Jones, Kieran Richardson and Bolo Zenden.

Jones and Richardson have both been sidelined with calf and hamstring injuries respectively, while Zenden has been troubled by hamstring problems for much of his time at the Stadium of Light to date.

However, central defender Michael Turner will be missing once again as he completes his four-match ban, and Bruce still has other fitness problems.

Keeper Craig Gordon is nearing a return from his broken arm, but Nyron Nosworthy (knee), Anton Ferdinand (ankle) and Andy Reid, Lee Cattermole and John Mensah (all hamstring) remain on the casualty list and defender Russell Anderson's contract has been terminated by mutual consent.

Teams:

Chelsea (from): Cech, Hilario, Turnbull, Ivanovic, Belletti, Alex, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole, Lampard, Ballack, Malouda, J Cole, Zhirkov, Kakuta, Bruma, Borini, Sturridge, Matic, Anelka.

Sunderland (from): Fulop, Carson, Bardsley, McCartney, Da Silva, Cana, Malbranque, Henderson, Richardson, Zenden, Campbell, Bent, Jones, Healy, Murphy, Meyler, Reed, Noble, Liddle.

Manchester United vs Burnley

Darren Fletcher will miss Manchester United's Barclays Premier League encounter with Burnley at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Scotland captain was sent off for two bookable offences at Birmingham last week and serves a one-match suspension.

Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves will not be considered despite edging their way closer to a return after long-term absences but Edwin van der Sar is expected to feature for the first time since November 21.

Brian Laws faces major problems in central defence for his first match in charge of Burnley.

Skipper Steven Caldwell (groin) is definitely out while Clarke Carlisle is rated as only 50-50 with a side strain. Meanwhile Andre Bikey is absent on African Nations Cup duty.

Michael Duff is expected to continue at centre-back and if Carlisle fails to make it that could mean a league debut for young Canadian defender David Edgar, signed in the summer from Newcastle.

Teams:

Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Rafael, De Laet, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Giggs, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Diouf.

Burnley (from): Jensen, Carlisle, Edgar, Eagles, Alexander, Elliott, McDonald, Fletcher, Duff, Nugent, Blake, Thompson, Penny, Guerrero, Gudjonsson, Kalvenes, Eckersley.

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Tottenham vs Hull

Hull midfielder Dean Marney is included in the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham.

Defender Paul McShane has overcome the hamstring injury which has ruled him out of the last three games.

However, Jimmy Bullard (knee) is likely to be out until the end of the month and Daniel Cousin is also on international duty.

Tottenham centre-back Ledley King is not fully fit and is expected to miss the clash at White Hart Lane.

Right-back Alan Hutton joins fellow groin injury victim Aaron Lennon on the sidelines.

Goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini (wrist and pelvis) is a long-term absentee.

Teams:

Hull (from): Myhill, Mendy, McShane, Mouyokolo, Gardner, Zayatte, Dawson, Kilbane, Garcia, Marney, Barmby, Geovanni, Boateng, Cairney, Hunt, Ghilas, Altidore, Fagan, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Duke.

Tottenham (from): Gomes, Alnwick, Corluka, Naughton, Bale, Bassong, Dawson, Huddlestone, Jenas, Palacios, Bentley, Kranjcar, Modric, Rose, Keane, Defoe, Crouch, Pavlyuchenko.

Portsmouth vs Birmingham - POSTPONED

Portsmouth goalkeeper David James will feature in Avram Grant's squad to play Birmingham at Fratton Park on Saturday.

The England international was on the verge of a move to Stoke but the deal fell through after Pompey, according to the BBC, refused to pay his wages until the end of the season.

Younes Kaboul is also expected to return from injury but midfielder Jamie O'Hara's loan deal from Tottenham expired on Friday and he is unavailable, along with Nadir Belhadj, Hassan Yebda, Aruna Dindane and Kanu, who are playing in the African Nations Cup.

In-form Birmingham have included new signing Michel in their squad.

The midfielder, who this week became Blues manager Alex McLeish's first capture during the January transfer window in a £3million deal, is added to the players who were on duty in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup which extended City's unbeaten run to 14 matches.

McLeish has no fresh injury worries but Lee Carsley, Gregory Vignal, Stuart Parnaby, Teemu Tainio, David Murphy and Garry O'Connor are still unavailable.

Teams:

Portsmouth (from): James, Begovic, Mokoena, Kaboul, Mullins, Vanden Borre, Piquionne, Ben Haim, Brown, Wilson, Hreidarsson, Smith, Boateng, Diop, Finnan, Utaka, Webber, Hughes.

Birmingham (from): Hart, Carr, R Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, Michel, McFadden, Jerome, Benitez, Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Phillips, Fahey, McSheffrey, Queudrue, D Johnson.

Wolves vs Wigan

Midfielder Mohamed Diame is set to return to Wigan's squad for Saturday's trip to Wolves after a three-match absence.

The Frenchman has been sidelined with a knee injury since December 16 but has finally regained his fitness.

New signing Gary Caldwell, who arrived from Celtic in midweek, could get a place in the squad but manager Roberto Martinez may decide to hold back fellow defender Steven Gohouri.

The Ivory Coast international, who also this week signed a deal until the end of the season, has not played a match since leaving Borussia Monchengladbach last month.

Wolves veteran defender Jody Craddock is poised to make his 200th apppearance for the club.

The 34-year-old, who joined Wolves seven years ago from Sunderland in a £1.75million deal, has regained his first team spot this season and scored four goals.

Craddock's defensive partner Christophe Berra has recovered from concussion suffered in the last league outing against Manchester City at Molineux nearly three weeks ago, while striker Kevin Doyle has shaken off the bout of illness which forced him to miss the FA Cup third round win over Tranmere at Prenton Park.

Teams:

Wolves (from): Hahnemann, Hennessey, Stearman, Zubar, Craddock, Berra, Mancienne, Elokobi, Ward, Foley, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Surman, Jones, Halford, Vokes, Ebanks-Blake, Iwelumo, Doyle.

Wigan (from): Kirkland, Bramble, Scharner, Melchiot, Boyce, Figueroa, N'Zogbia, Diame, Gomez, Thomas, Rodallega, Pollitt, Sinclair, Koumas, Caldwell, Amaya, Scotland, McCarthy.

Everton vs Manchester City

Sylvain Distin could be in line for a return to action against one of his former teams when Everton host Manchester City in the Barclays Premier League.

The Toffees defender has not played since early December but is nearing a full recovery from his hamstring problem.

Manager David Moyes has confirmed Lucas Neill is available to play against City before his proposed move to Galatasaray.

Victor Anichebe, Mikel Arteta, Tony Hibbert, Phil Jagielka, Jack Rodwell and Dan Gosling are all injured, while Ayegbeni Yakubu and Joseph Yobo are at the African Nations Cup.

It is understood Brazilian striker Jo will not feature in the squad following his suspension for a breach of discipline.

Nedum Onuoha could return to the Manchester City squad.

Onuoha has missed four games with a calf injury but is expected to be on the bench as new boss Roberto Mancini looks to maintain his 100% record.

Mancini has not been in touch with Emmanuel Adebayor to see when he will return from Togo and new signing Patrick Vieira (calf) is still sidelined.

Teams:

Everton (from): Howard, Distin, Heitinga, Baines, Neill, Bilyaletdinov, Vaughan, Cahill, Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar, Osman, Donovan, Nash, Baxter, Agard, Coleman, Duffy.

Manchester City (from): Given, Taylor, Zabaleta, Richards, Onuoha, Sylvinho, Garrido, Trippier, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, De Jong, Barry, Bellamy, Robinho, Benjani, Petrov, Weiss, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Vidal, Boyata, Tutte.

Aston Villa vs West Ham

Aston Villa are set to recall goalkeeper Brad Friedel for Sunday's Premier League clash against West Ham at Villa Park.

Friedel was on the bench for Villa's Carling Cup semi-final first leg win against Blackburn on Thursday night.

Villa boss Martin O'Neill has used Brad Guzan for Villa's Cup games this season but Friedel has been an ever-present in the Barclays Premier League.

O'Neill also looks poised to recall right-back Luke Young who was also on the bench for the 1-0 victory at Ewood Park.

Carlos Cuellar is set to return to the centre of defence in place of James Collins after he played at right-back against Rovers.

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has no senior strikers available with Aston Villa Guillermo Franco was injured in training.

Carlton Cole, Luis Boa Morte and Kieron Dyer are still sidelined with knee injuries, leaving West Ham's options limited to teenagers Frank Nouble and Freddie Sears.

Zola hopes to have Scott Parker back from a hamstring injury while Mark Noble is fit again - but Herita Ilunga and Danny Gabbidon are both out.

Teams:

Aston Villa (from): Friedel, L Young, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, A Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Guzan, Sidwell, Carew, Delph, Reo-Coker, Beye, Albrighton, Delfouneso.

West Ham (from): Green, Kurucz, Faubert, Da Costa, Upson, Tomkins, Daprela, Spector, Kovac, Noble, Parker, Collison, Behrami, Payne, Diamanti, Jimenez, Stanislas, Nouble, Sears.

Blackburn vs Fulham

Lars Jacobsen has joined Sam Allardyce's growing injury list ahead of Blackburn's Barclays Premier League match against Fulham on Sunday.

The defender suffered a thigh problem in Thursday night's Carling Cup semi final first leg defeat to Aston Villa and looks set to miss out on Sunday's clash at Ewood Park.

Vince Grella (thigh) and Jason Roberts (knee) are also still sidelined, while El-Hadji Diouf is suspended - but

Allardyce is hopeful that Gael Givet will have recovered from a head injury in time for the visit of Roy Hodgson's side.

Fulham will have Brede Hangeland available.

The Norway defender came off at half-time during the Cottagers' match against Stoke with a knee injury but is fully fit and will probably replace Chris Smalling in Hodgson's starting XI.

Long-term absentees Bobby Zamora (shoulder) and John Pantsil (knee) will be missing while Simon Davies (foot) and Diomansy Kamara (knee) are also out.

Teams:

Blackburn (from): Robinson, Olsson, Chimbonda, Nelsen, Samba, Salgado, Pedersen, Givet, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Andrews, Emerton, Dunn, Di Santo, McCarthy, Kalinic, Jones, Brown, Reid.

Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Zuberbuhler, Konchesky, Hangeland, Baird, Smalling,Kelly, Hughes, Etuhu, Murphy, Dempsey, Gera, Riise, Greening, Duff, Nevland, Elm, A Johnson.

Bolton vs Arsenal

Captain Cesc Fabregas returns to the Arsenal side for the match at Bolton on Sunday following the hamstring strain he suffered against Aston Villa two weeks ago.

Denilson misses the trip to the Reebok stadium with an abdominal muscle injury while striker Nicklas Bendtner (groin)is still a fortnight away from full fitness.

Fullback Gael Clichy is available again and is set to start from the bench, having recovered from his back injury, but new signing Sol Campbell is not in the squad.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle expects Kevin Davies and Mark Davies to come into contention for his first game in charge.

Both players are back in training after being laid low with a virus that has hit the club.

Bolton, unbeaten in four games, will again be without long-term injury absentees Joey O'Brien and Sean Davis.

Teams:

Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Cohen, Taylor, Gardner, Muamba, McCann, Lee, K Davies, Klasnic, Basham, A O'Brien, Al Habsi, Samuel, Elmander, M Davies, Ricketts.

Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Traore, Ramsey, Diaby, Arshavin, Eduardo, Nasri, Fabregas, Fabianski, Mannone, Silvestre, Rosicky, Merida, Vela.