Saturday clockwatch

Gérard Houllier waches a clock (not featured in photograph). Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

2.33pm: Daniel Sturridge, Johan Elmander and Jussi Jaaskelainen return for Bolton against an unchanged Newcastle side.

Newcastle: Harper, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Gutierrez, Best, Lovenkrands. Subs: Krul, Campbell, Perch, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Ranger, Kuqi.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Alonso, Wheater, Cahill, Robinson, Muamba, Holden, Petrov, Kevin Davies, Sturridge, Elmander. Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Taylor, Mark Davies, Klasnic, Moreno, Lee.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

2.30pm: Chris Samba is out with a virus, while Bobby Pires makes his first league start in three months.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Walker, Dunne, Clark, Baker, Pires, Reo-Coker, Albrighton, Ashley Young, Downing, Bent. Subs: Marshall, Agbonlahor, Bradley, Delph, Heskey, Petrov, Herd.

Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Hanley, Nelsen, Olsson,
Jermaine Jones, Grella, Emerton, Andrews, Pedersen, Santa Cruz. Subs: Bunn, Givet, Kalinic, Nzonzi, Mwaruwari, Roberts, Diouf.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

2.27pm: Doyle was a doubt for this game with a hip injury, but he's made it into the starting line-up. Blackpool, however, are in the bottom half of the table, leaving Wolves no chance in this game.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Hammill, Henry, Edwards, Jarvis, O'Hara, Doyle. Subs: Hahnemann, Craddock, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Ward, Milijas, Foley.

Blackpool: Kingson, Eardley, Evatt, Cathcart, Baptiste, Vaughan, Sylvestre, Southern, Kornilenko, Beattie, Campbell. Subs: Halstead, Ormerod, Varney, Phillips, Carney, Puncheon,
Reid.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)

2.24pm: Louis Saha is back for Everton. Even better news for Everton: Sunderland have lost three league games in a row.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Arteta, Fellaini, Osman, Beckford, Saha. Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga, Bilyaletdinov, Cahill, Rodwell, Baxter.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Ferdinand, Mensah, Bramble, Bardsley, Elmohamady, Henderson, Muntari, Sessegnon, Richardson, Gyan. Subs: Gordon, Zenden, Malbranque, Riveros, Colback, Noble, Knott.

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

2.20pm: Javier Hernandez starts for Manchester United, with Dimitar Berbatov on the bench. Wigan have been in some decent form of late and United have scored only once in their last two games, so the fixture could be tougher than it initially looks on paper.

Wigan: Al Habsi, Gohouri, Gary Caldwell, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Watson, Diame, N'Zogbia, McCarthy, Moses, Rodallega. Subs:Pollitt, Thomas, Di Santo, Steven Caldwell, Gomez, McArthur, Lopez.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Brown, Berbatov, Fabio Da Silva, Rafael Da Silva, Gibson, King.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/

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