(Sporting Alert) The following are the starting teams for the English Premier League fixtures on for Saturday, Dec. 29.
Amongst the teams in action today are leaders Manchester United, who will take on West Brom at Old Trafford, defending champions Manchester City, who travel to face Norwich City and the red hot Tottenham, a team looking to go joint third with Chelsea with a win at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland.
Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko all start for Manchester City, while Carlos Tevez is amongst the starters on the bench. Shinji Kagawa starts for Manchester United with Robin van Persie on the bench.
Elsewhere, Michael Owen is back on the Stoke City bench today, while Bryan Ruiz starts for Fulham against Swansea City, who start with Danny Graham up top with leading scorer Michu out injured.
Arsenal vs Newcastle – Starting Line-up
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Podolski, Walcott
Subs: Mannone, Rosicky, Giroud, Ramsey, Djourou, Coquelin, Gervinho
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Perch, Santon, Obertan, Bigirimana, Tiote, Marveaux, Ba, Cisse
Subs: Harper, Shola Ameobi, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson, Tavernier, Abeid, Streete
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
Aston Villa v Wigan – Starting Line-ups
Aston Villa: Guzan, Herd, Clark, Lichaj, Lowton, Ireland, Holman, Bannan, Bennett, Weimann, Benteke.
Subs: Given, El Ahmadi, Albrighton, Westwood, Bowery, Stevens, Carruthers.
Wigan: Al Habsi, Ramis, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, McCarthy, Jones, Beausejour, Kone, Di Santo, Maloney.
Subs: Pollitt, Gomez, McManaman, McArthur, Boselli, Stam, Golobart.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Manchester United v West Brom Starting Line-ups
Manchester United: De Gea, Smalling, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Cleverley, Valencia, Kagawa, Young, Welbeck.
Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Giggs, Hernandez, van Persie, Scholes, Buttner.
West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Tamas, Ridgewell, Thorne, Brunt, Rosenberg, Dorrans, Odemwingie, Long.
Subs: Myhill, Morrison, El Ghanassy, Jara Reyes, Lukaku, Dawson, Fortune.
Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)
Reading v West Ham – Starting Line-ups
Reading: Federici, Gunter, Mariappa, Pearce, Harte, Leigertwood, Karacan, Kebe, Guthrie, McAnuff, Pogrebnyak.
Subs: Taylor, Le Fondre, Hunt, Morrison, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Cummings.
West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Tomkins, Collins, Reid, O’Brien, Noble, O’Neil, Taylor, Nolan, Jarvis, Cole.
Subs: Spiegel, Collison, Maiga, Vaz Te, Demel, Diarra, Spence.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Stoke v Southampton – Starting Line-ups
Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Upson, Wilkinson, Kightly, Whelan, Nzonzi, Etherington, Walters, Jones.
Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Owen, Adam, Whitehead, Crouch, Jerome.
Southampton: Kelvin Davis, Hooiveld, Yoshida, Fonte, Shaw, Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Rodriguez, Do Prado, Lambert.
Subs: Boruc, Steven Davis, Ramirez, Fox, Richardson, Mayuka, De Ridder.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
Fulham: Stockdale, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Briggs, Dejagah, Sidwell, Karagounis, Frei, Ruiz, Berbatov.
Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Riise, Senderos, Baird, Richardson, Rodallega.
Swansea: Tremmel, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Tiendalli, de Guzman, Agustien, Dyer, Hernandez, Routledge, Graham.
Subs: Vorm, Bartley, Britton, Shechter, Moore, Ki, Davies.
Referee: Andre Marriner (W Midlands)
Norwich v Manchester City – Starting Line-ups
Norwich: Bunn, Martin, Turner, Bassong, Garrido, Snodgrass, Tettey, Johnson, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Morison.
Subs: Rudd, Howson, Jackson, Elliott Bennett, Barnett, Ryan Bennett, Kane.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Toure, Barry, Aguero, Silva, Nasri, Dzeko.
Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Milner, Sinclair, Javi Garcia, Toure, Tevez.
Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
Sunderland v Tottenham – Starting Line-ups
Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, O’Shea, Cuellar, Kilgallon, Johnson, Larsson, Colback, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher. Subs: Westwood, Campbell, Wickham, McFadden, Vaughan, Ji, Bramble.
Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Naughton, Lennon, Sandro, Dembele, Bale, Adebayor, Defoe. Subs: Friedel, Dempsey, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Parker, Sigurdsson, Livermore.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
