Manchester City v Chelsea, 7.45
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez could be named on the bench for the crucial clash against Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium.
The Argentinian has not played since September due to his infamous dispute with the club but has now been back in training for five weeks.
City have central defensive problems with Joleon Lescott (groin) out and Vincent Kompany (calf) very doubtful but right-back Pablo Zabaleta (hamstring) and midfielder Gareth Barry (back) are fit.
John Terry will miss the game at Eastlands.
Blues captain Terry has been feeling the strain of playing twice in four days following his remarkable recovery from knee surgery.
Caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo is confident the defender will be fit for Saturday's game with Tottenham.
Manchester City squad: Hart, Pantilimon, Richards, Zabaleta, Kompany, Savic, K Toure, Clichy, Kolarov, Johnson, Milner, De Jong, Y Toure, Barry, Pizarro, Nasri, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli, Dzeko, Tevez.
Chelsea squad: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Bertrand, Mikel, Essien, Meireles, Ramires, Lampard, Mata, Malouda, Drogba, Torres, Sturridge, Kalou, Turnbull
Tottenham v Stoke City, 7.45
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has stressed anyone "not in the right frame of mind to play" following Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest at White Hart Lane on Saturday will be allowed to sit out the visit of Stoke City.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is again a doubt (hamstring) and defender Ledley King (knee) will be assessed.
Winger Aaron Lennon remains sidelined with a hamstring problem while William Gallas is fit again following a calf injury.
Defender Michael Dawson (ankle), goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes (knee), and midfielder Tom Huddlestone (ankle) are out.
Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic is set to return to the Stoke team. Begovic has regained his spot as first-choice keeper for league fixtures and should come back in to replace Thomas Sorensen, who played in the 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Liverpool on Sunday.
Striker Ricardo Fuller misses out again through suspension following his sending off against Chelsea.
Tottenham squad: Friedel, King, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Walker, Parker, Livermore, Bale, Modric, Sandro, van der Vaart, Adebayor, Saha, Defoe, Gallas, Cudicini, Nelsen, Rose, Kranjcar.
Stoke squad: Begovic, Sorensen, Huth, Upson, Shotton, Shawcross, Wilkinson, Wilson, Woodgate, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington, Diao, Pennant, Delap, Palacios, Jones, Jerome, Crouch, Walters.
Everton v Arsenal, 8.00
Everton are likely to be without Darron Gibson, Jack Rodwell and Seamus Coleman for the visit of Arsenal to Goodison Park.
Gibson is still struggling with a knee problem, while fellow midfielder Rodwell has suffered a slight recurrence of a hamstring injury and winger Coleman picked up a knock in the FA Cup draw with Sunderland on Saturday.
But playmaker Steven Pienaar is back available to Toffees boss David Moyes after being cup-tied for the Black Cats clash.
Everton squad: Howard, Mucha, Neville, Hibbert, Distin, Jagielka, Heitinga, Duffy, Baines, Cahill, Drenthe, Fellaini, Pienaar, Osman, Barkley, Gueye, Jelavic, Stracqualursi, Anichebe, Vellios.
QPR v Liverpool, 8.00
Adel Taarabt is back in contention for QPR's home tie against Liverpool.
Playmaker Taarabt missed Rangers' controversial defeat at Bolton 10 days ago with a hamstring strain but has had plenty of time to recover.
Injury-plagued striker DJ Campbell is back in training and could return early next month, as could top scorer Heidar Helguson (groin).
Liverpool's Glen Johnson and forward Craig Bellamy are both likely to miss the trip to London.
The former has not played since the Carling Cup final victory over Cardiff last month while Bellamy has sat out the last two matches.
Centre-back Daniel Agger is still recovering from a broken rib.
QPR squad: Kenny, Cerny, Murphy, Young, Gabbidon, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Taiwo, Traore, Hall, Hill, Derry, Diakite, Barton, Buzsaky, Taarabt, Smith, Mackie, Wright-Phillips, Hulse, Bothroyd, Zamora, Cisse.
Liverpool squad: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique, Spearing, Gerrard, Henderson, Downing, Carroll, Suarez, Doni, Flanagan, Coates, Adam, Shelvey, Rodriguez, Kuyt.
