A look ahead to Wednesday clashes in the Barclay's Premier League, with the top four in action and all of them looking to close the gap on Chelsea at the top of the table.
Chelsea face Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday evening with John Terry fit to captain the side after suffering from a dead leg in Sunday’s clash with Arsenal.
Deco is expected to miss out for the Blues after struggling with a knee injury; Ancelotti will also be without Michael Essien, Bosingwa and Belletti who are all still sidelined due to injury.
Moyes will be with out Fellaini after the ankle injury he sustained during the Merseyside derby on Saturday, Pienaar will also be missing for Everton due to a red card sustained in the same game. Arteta could also start for Everton after coming through the weekend’s game unscathed.
Manchester United are set to recall veteran midfielders Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs as they look to maintain their top spot in the league after an impressive display at Portsmouth last week. Ferdinand is suspended for the clash with Aston Villa while Vidic has a possibility of being involved for the first time this year after suffering a nerve problem.
Villa could be without striker Heskey when the Red Devils visit Villa Park after he sustained a groin injury in the game with Spurs at the weekend. Carew could replace Heskey but O’Neill will still be without left back Stephen Warnock for the clash.
Arsenal will be without striker Eduardo for the visit of Liverpool after the Croatian suffered a hamstring injury in the game with Chelsea, but Arsenal have Bendtner fit for the clash and the Dane is pressing for a start after coming on from the bench on Sunday. Van Persie, Gibbs and Djourou are still long term absentees for the Gunner.
Liverpool will be without Aquilani due to illness and Kyrgiakos after his sending off last weekend. Skrtel is set to replace the defender after he was dropped to the bench in the last game. Benitez has only Torres, Benayoun and Johnson as the only long term absentees of his squad.
Ledley King is set to be rested for Tottenham’s trip to Wolves along with Pavlyuchenko, Assou-Ekotto, Aaron Lennon, and Jonathan Woodgate with Carlo Cudicini also on the absentee list.
Wolves on loan midfielder Guedioura is pushing for his first start with Knightly, Edwards and Keogh all sidelined for Spurs visit to Molineux.
Striker Benni McCarthy misses West Ham’s clash with Birmingham after picking up a knee injury in Saturday’s clash with Burnley. Long term absentees for Zola are Dyer, Gabbidon and Franco with Diamanti returning for the Hammers.
Striker Benitez is ruled out for McLeish when his side visit Upton Park after an ankle injury suffered on Sunday, Kevin Phillips maybe given a rare start for Birmingham after his two goals at the weekend, but McLeish does have the option to push McFadden forward from the midfield and put Kevin Fahey in his position.
Jacobsen and Grella could return for Blackburn when Hull visit Ewood park tomorrow after over coming thigh injuries. Allerdyce has only Dunn and Samba missing from his squad to choose a starting eleven to face the Tigers.
Hull manager Phil Brown is hoping to have Boateng and Dawson back in his side after they picked up niggles in the impressive win against Manchester City on Saturday Geovanni is still missing for Hull but Jimmy Bullard is back in training and could make his return next week.