FC Energie Cottbus | vs | FC Bayern München |
Date / Time: | May 9, 2009 - 9:30am |
Competition: | Germany Bundesliga |
Live/Repeat: | Live |
Venue: | Stadion der Freundschaft |
FC Energie Cottbus | vs | FC Bayern München |
Date / Time: | May 9, 2009 - 9:30am |
Competition: | Germany Bundesliga |
Live/Repeat: | Live |
Venue: | Stadion der Freundschaft |
Valencia | vs | Real Madrid |
Date / Time: | May 9, 2009 - 4:00pm |
Competition: | Spain La Liga |
Live/Repeat: | Live |
Hull City: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Garcia, Boateng, Marney, Kilbane, Geovanni, Cousin, Barmby, Fagan, Halmosi, Mendy, Featherstone, Doyle, Hughes, France, Manucho, Duke.
Stoke City: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Griffin, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Davies, Dickinson, Lawrence, Delap, Whelan, Etherington, Fuller, Beattie, Simonsen, Cresswell, Pugh, Kelly, Olofinjana, Tonge, Sonko, Camara, Cort.
Hull CIty are in freefall and in real danger of falling into the relegation zone after a woeful sequnce of results.
After getting off to a flying start to the new season, they have just one league victory since December and are three points above the drop.
Stoke City are virtually safe from relegation after reaching 39 points but will want a victory to make sure.
Blackburn: Robinson, Bunn, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Villanueva, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Treacy, Mokoena, McCarthy, Pedersen, Grella, Doran, Blackman.
Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Mullins, Hughes, Basinas, Davis, Belhadj, Crouch, Nugent, Kanu, Utaka, Primus, Cranie, Traore, Begovic.
Barring a catastrophic set of results, Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth have virtually assured their Barclays Premier League status for next season.
This fixture would have been seen as a relegation six-pointer only last month, but both clubs have pulled through.
Rovers are six points above the drop, while Portsmouth are one point and one place ahead of them.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Shittu, Samuel, Taylor, Muamba, McCann, Gardner, Elmander, Basham, K Davies, Al Habsi, Hunt, Smolarek, Puygrenier, Cohen, A O'Brien, M Davies.
Sunderland: Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Ferdinand, Davenport, Collins, Ben Haim, McShane, Edwards, Richardson, Tainio, Reid, Whitehead, Leadbitter, Malbranque, Yorke, Cisse, Jones, Healy, Murphy.
Sunderland are hovering periously above the relegation zone and in desperate need of a victory.
The Black Cats sit four points above the bottom three and have lost six out of their last seven matches.
Bolton are safe for another season despite no wins from the last four league outings.
Team news story will appear here shortly.
Midfielder Mark Davies is back in training after a knee injury but is unlikely to be match fit on Saturday.
The 21-year-old has not played since being substituted in the 3-1 defeat to Fulham on 14th March and manager Gary Megson doubts whether he will be ready to return against the Black Cats.
Centre-back Danny Shittu is edging closer to full fitness after a calf injury which has kept him out of the last two matches, while Ricardo Gardner could come back from a hamstring injury.
Midfielder Teemu Tainio could return to the Sunderland squad.
The Finland international missed the 2-0 home defeat by Everton with a knee problem, but has been able to train this week.
George McCartney (calf) is also back in full training, but is he unlikely to figure this weekend, while goalkeeper Craig Gordon is due to undergo an exploratory operation on his knee tomorrow and, like defender Nyron Nosworthy (hamstring), will not play again this season.
West Ham: Green, Neill, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Stanislas, Noble, Lopez, Kovac, Boa Morte, Collison, Tristan, Di Michele, Sears, Lastuvka, Spector, Payne, Hines, Savio.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Hyypia, Agger, Dossena, Aurelio, Insua, Benayoun, Gerrard, Babel, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Torres, Riera, Cavalieri, Ngog, El Zhar.
Liverpool again have the chance to knock Manchester United off the Barclays Premier League table, for a day at least, with victory over West Ham United.
A win over Stoke City last time out saw West Ham United climb to seventh spot in the table. They will hope to pick up points on Saturday, as they vie to stay put in seventh and qualify for the Europa League.
Having beaten the Reds at the Boleyn Ground last season, the Hammers could record successive home victories over Rafael Benitez's men for the first time since 1999.
West Ham striker Carlton Cole is approaching a return from his groin injury but the Barclays Premier League clash against Liverpool may come too soon.
Savio (illness) is back in the squad and Jack Collison is pushing for a starting place after coming back from his knee injury last week.
Scott Parker (groin) is out, along with James Collins (calf) and Kieron Dyer (hamstring). Dean Ashton (ankle), Valon Behrami (knee) and Danny Gabbidon (back/stomach) are out of the season.
Midfielder Xabi Alonso is out of the match following the red-card tackle from Joey Barton that saw the Liverpool man carried off on a stretcher last weekend.
The Reds went on to win that match with Newcastle United 3-0 but Alonso has struggled to recover from the ankle injury sustained in the tackle.
Striker Fernando Torres (hamstring) and midfielder Javier Mascherano (ankle) are expected to play at the Boleyn Ground, where Liverpool can regain top spot from Manchester United on goal difference if they are victorious.
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Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Dempsey, Etuhu, Murphy, Gera, Johnson, Zamora, Nevland, Dacourt, Kamara, Zuberbuhler, Gray, Stoor, Baird, Smalling.
Aston Villa: Friedel, L Young, Davies, Knight, Cuellar, Shorey, Milner, Barry, Petrov, A Young, Gardner, Reo-Coker, Agbonlahor, Carew, Heskey, Guzan, Sidwell, Delfouneso, Clark.
Fulham are in the hunt for Europe and jare ust a point behind seventh-placed West Ham United with three matches to play.
Aston Villa hope they can cling onto fifth until the end of the season with Everton on their coat tails just two points behind.
Fulham strikers Andy Johnson and Bobby Zamora and defender Paul Konchesky face fitness tests in the morning before manager Roy Hodgson finalises his side.
Johnson missed last weekend's 3-1 defeat at Chelsea with a knee injury while Zamora hurt his hip and Konchesky damaged his knee in that match.
Johnson's replacement Erik Nevland, who was taken off with a dead leg after scoring against Chelsea, has recovered.
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is sweating over the fitness of three players.
Defender Carlos Cuellar is still feeling under the weather after missing Monday's home victory over Hull City with flu.
PFA Young Player Of The Year Ashley Young and midfielder Stiliyan Petrov, who is close to agreeing a new contract, limped out of the win against the Tigers.
Everton: Howard, Lescott, Baines, Osman, Neville, Fellaini, Vaughan, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha, Jo, Rodwell, Nash, Yobo, Castillo, Jacobsen, Gosling.
Spurs: Gomes, Cudicini, Hutton, Bale, Huddlestone, Jenas, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Modric, Keane, Campbell, Chimbonda, Corluka, Defoe, King, Woodgate, Bostock, Parrett, Gilberto.
Everton are intent to finish the season on a high despite already qualifying for next season's Europa League.
The Toffees secured their place after making the FA Cup Final and are currently just two points behind fifth-placed Aston Villa.
Tottenham Hotspur have aspirations of finishing in seventh place to join Everton in the Europa League.
Defender Tony Hibbert has been ruled out of Everton's Barclays Premier League match against Tottenham at Goodison Park on Saturday.
The right-back, who missed last weekend's victory at Sunderland, has a neck injury and will not recover in time.
Fellow defender Lars Jacobsen and midfielder Leon Osman will undergo late fitness tests.
Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon has a groin strain and will miss Saturday's match.
Benoit Assou-Ekotto is also struggling with a foot problem, David Bentley has a hamstring complaint and Jamie O'Hara requires knee surgery.
Didier Zokora has a groin injury so joins Michael Dawson and Darren Bent on the sidelines.
Arsenal | vs | Manchester United |
Aston Villa: Friedel, L Young, Davies, Knight, Cuellar, Shorey, Milner, Petrov, Barry, A Young, Sidwell, Gardner, Reo-Coker, Agbonlahor, Carew, Heskey, Guzan, Delfouneso, Salifou, Clark, Albrighton.
Hull City: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Zayatte, Kilbane, Barmby, Marney, Boateng, Fagan, Geovanni, Manucho, Dawson, Ashbee, Garcia, Halmosi, Mendy, Doyle, Hughes, France, Duke.
Arsenal | vs | Sunderland |
Date: | May 4, 2009 |
Time: | 8:00am |
Competition: | Women's FA Cup |
Live/Repeat: | Live |
Upcoming Matches and Info: | Arsenal FC - Sunderland AFC |
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