The Wednesday Update - 27 February 2013

Aston Villa's injury list just seems to become longer and longer. Marc Albrighton, Chris Herd and Darren Bent are all out with injuries. However, the latter is rated doubtful for the match against Manchester City. The same matters for goalkeeper Shay Given and defender Ron Vlar. Meanwhile, there is no return date of Richard Dunne and Stilian Petrov while Gary Gardner will return from his knee injury in May.

Tim Krul is out with an ankle injury while both Ryan Taylor and Harris Vuckic are sidelined with their knee injuries. Hatem Ben Arfa has been out with a hamstring injury and Steve Harper with a bad knee, but they are both rated doubtful for the Swansea match. The same matters for Yohan Cabaye and Fabricio Coloccini.

The Lilywhites are still without Mahamadou Diarra due to his knee injury, as well as Neil Etheridge and Kerim Frei. Both Eyoung Enoh and Kieran Richardson are in lack of match fitness and doubtful for the Sunderland match.

Daniel Potts is still reported being out with a head injury while four players are rated doubtful. Mark Noble has been out with a shoulder injury while Kevin Nolan was subbed of with a knock against Tottenham. James Tomkins has been out with an illness and George McCartney has been sidelined with a knee injury.

Liverpool is hit hard in the defends before the weekends match against Wigan. John Flanagan and Martin Kelly are both sidelined with knee injuries while Martin Skrtel is out with a thigh injury. Fabio Borini was subbed off during the Swansea match on the 17/2 with a shoulder dislocation and is out for a couple of weeks.

Manchester United's Phil Jones and Paul Scholes are both returning to the training ground this week but is probably not ready for the weekend. Robin van Persie is doubtful due to a hip injury while Darren Fletcher is out due to his Ulcerative Colitis condition.

Esteban Granero was subbed of against Manchester United with a knock. He is doubtful for the Southampton match along with Bobby Zamora. Hogan Ephraim is out with a hamstring injury while Andy Johnson returning from his knee injury in March.

Kieran Gibbs is sidelined for the North London derby along with Bacary Sagna. Meanwhile, Diaby might just get ready for the match following his thigh injury.

The Pensioners is still without Oriol Romeu due to his knee injury. Meanwhile, Cesar Azpilicueta has been out with a leg injury and Gary Cahill has been struggling with a virus. Both of them is rated doubtful for the match against West Brom.

Gareth Barry is rated doubtful after receiving a knock a couple of weeks ago. The same matters for Vincent Kompany returning from his calf injury. Meanwhile, Micah Richards is still sidelined due to his knee injury.

Andrew Surman is out with a knee injury while Alexander Tettey is recovering from a knock. John Ruddy is struggling with a thigh injury and will return late March.

The Black Cats will have to do with out Wes Brown for a bit further due to his knee injury. Danny Rose is also sidelined while Lee Cattermole is rated doubtful for the Fulham match this week.

Jermain Defoe is rated highly doubtful for the North London derby while Tom Huddlestone is closer to a comeback. One player that will not be playing is Sandro due to his knee injury.

Victor Anichebe has been out due to a knock but is in play for the weekends match against Reading. Tony Hibbert, on the other hand, is still struggling with his calf injury and will not be available. 

Guilherme Do Prado is close to a comeback following his knee injury but is very doubtful for the weekend. Meanwhile, Luke Shaw is more likely to play after recovering from a knock.

Matthew Etherington and the veteran Michael Owen are both doubtful for the West Ham match this week.

West Bromwich Albion is with out the two knee injured players Zoltán Gera and George Thorne.