The Wednesday Update November 14

Newcastle is seriously struggling with injuries at the moment, with not less than nine injured players. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel as Ba and Ameobi is set to return within a couple of days. Cissé (back injury), Elliot (Groin) and Gutiérrez (knock) are all set to return next week. Meanwhile, the return date of Perch, suffering from a thigh injury and Gosling struggling with an ankle injury is still to be confirmed. Vuckic and Taylor are both out with knee injuries, for at least six months.

The Villians seems to have extremely poor knees at the moment as Baker, Bannan, Bennett, Gardner, Herd and N'Zogbia is out with the injury. While there is no confirmed return date of N'Zogbia, Gardner is set to be back in about six months, and the last four can be back in a week or two. There is currently no return date of Darren Bent (Ankle injury) or Richard Dunne (Lack of match fitness).

Liverpool's Daniel Agger has pulled out of the Danish squad with a groin injury, and will be out for at least a week while Steven Gerrard is reported to have knee problems. However, the captain is playing for England tonight. Borini and Kelly is the only two with long term injuries while Reina finally is back. Lucas, Shelvey, and Skrtel can return within two weeks time.

Like Aston Villa Manchester United is struggling with knee injuries. Willam Keane and Nemanja Vidic are out for an unknown time while Phil Jones and Shinji Kagawa are reported to return within a week. The two star strikers Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney are both out until the 17/11. The first with a thigh muscle injury and the latter with an ankle injury. Nani and Evans are the last two players on the injury list; Evans is out with a groin and Nani with a hamstring injury.

Seven players are on the injury in Arsenal at the moment. The return date is still to be confirmed of Gibbs and Diaby who are out with thigh muscle injuries and Rosicky with an injured leg. Gervinho and Walcott is out for at least two weeks while the Polish goalkeeper Szczesny is close to a comeback. Meanwhile, the other Polish player Fabianski is still out for at least two months.

Queens Park Rangers have Ephraim and Fabio out with hamstring injuries while Mackie and Nelsen is out with ankle problems. Park is out for an unknown time with a knee injury. The problem has Johnson, but he is out for at least four months. The last player on the list is Kieron Dyer who is suffering from a calf injury and will return within a week.

Michael Laudrup and Swansea will have Chico and Graham back on the 17/11 while Sung-Yueng will return the week after. Kyle Bartley will return from his thigh injury in about four weeks while Taylor is out for seven weeks and Vorm for six. The return date of Lita is still to be confirmed.

Spurs' Assou-Ekotto and Kaboul are both out with knee injuries while Lennon, Defoe and Walker, are having troubles with their hamstring. Scott Parker is finally close to a comeback after his achilles injury. The same matters for Dembele who is struggling with his hip.

When the Hammers met Newcastle last week they had three players subbed off; all of them suffering from a knock. Those were Benayoun, Jarvis and McCartney. The return date of Collison and Diarra is still to be confirmed while Taylor will return this week. The striker Ricardo Vaz Te is out for another eight weeks.

Gäel Clichy and Joleon Lescott are both having troubles with their back while Milner and Rodwell have an injured hamstring. Micah Richards is out for an unknown time with a knee injury while Nasri is suffering from an illness.

Chelsea's Captain Terry was subbed of with a knee injury against Liverpool last week and is out for an unknown time. Another veteran - Frank Lampard - is also out for an unknown time, while Ashley Cole will be back in about a week. David Luiz has been out with illness and, but will return soon.

Danny Gunthrie and Alex McCarthy will probably not be in action a Madejski Stadium this weekend against Everton as there  are no confirmed return dates of the two. Jem Karacan is definitely out for at least five weeks.