PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Follow all the action as it happens

26 September 2009 14:32
STOKE v MANCHESTER UNITED Manchester United travel to the Britannia Stadium looking for their seventh successive win in all competitions this afternoon on the back of their pulsating 4-3 Manchester derby win over rivals City. Sir Alex Ferguson is set to ring the changes from Wednesday's Carling cup win over Wolves with Ben Foster set to return between the sticks, despite a catalogue of high-profile errors from the would-be successor to Edwin Van der Sar's No 1 jersey. Ben Foster Welcome back: Recalled Ben Foster will face his former club at the Britannia Tony Pulis' men have made an encouraging start to the season, registering twice as many points as they did this time last year. All Stoke need is a goal to win this one today. In the last 10 meetings between the sides, United have won eight but the Potters have been victorious in the two games when they managed to score. Follow IAN RIDLEY for all the LIVE action as it happens... WIGAN v CHELSEA League leaders Chelsea will hope to maintain their 100 per cent start to the season under new boss Carlo Ancelotti when they took on Wigan at the DW Stadium. The Latics have only taken two points from a possible 51 at home to the 'Big Four', with the Blues victorious on each of their last four league visits to the North-West side. After last weekend's 4-0 capitulation at the Emirates, Roberto Martinez may introduce several changes to the starting line-up with a fully-fit squad to choose from, while his Italian counterpart has striker Didier Drogba back from a calf complaint. Follow JOE BERNSTEIN for all the LIVE action as it happens... LIVERPOOL v HULL Embattled Hull boss Phil Brown has received the dreaded vote of confidence from the club's chairman and is said to have just two games to save his job; an enormous task complicated with a trip to fortress Anfield where Hull have never beaten Liverpool. They did hold Liverpool to a 2-2 draw last December however which will offer under-fire Brown great hope that he can pull off a result against all odds. Reds boss Rafa Benitez is set to recall big guns Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres after resting them in mid-week, as the title hopefuls look to continue their surge towards the summit after suffering an indifferent start to the campaign. TOTTENHAM v BURNLEY Tottenham are looking to get their Champions League quest back on track this afternoon as they look to bounce back from two league defeats on the spin, buoyed by Wednesday's 5-1 Carling Cup rout over Preston. And in a repeat of last season's League Cup semi-final showdown between the sides, which yielded 10 goals across the two legs, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp faces a selection dilemma due to injuries, particularly hit hard by withdrawals in defence. Clarets chief Owen Coyle will be looking to banish Burnley's dismal away-record at White Hart Lane, with the club failing to secure the spoils on their top-flight travels since 1976 when they toppled Newcastle. BLACKBURN v ASTON VILLA Despite an opening day defeat to Wigan, Aston Villa have recorded their best Premier League start in a decade and are on course to equal their league record of five successive wins with three points at Ewood Park. Manager Martin O'Neill is set to hand bad boy Nigel Reo-Coker his first start since the pair came to blows in a training ground clash, nearly two weeks ago, with midfielder Steven Sidwell sidelined with a thigh problem. Blackburn are placed towards the foot of the table with Sam Allardyce's side desperate to match their successful mid-week Carling Cup efforts to revive their stuttering start. Rovers have not beat Villa in three and a half years, though, when goalkeeper Brad Friedel helped them to a 2-0 win in March 2006. BIRMINGHAM v BOLTON Birmingham bid farewell to co-owner David Sullivan and the first lady of football Karren Brady this afternoon as injury-hit manager Alex McLeish hopes to send them off on a winning note as Carson Yeung's prospective takeover nears completion. Bolton, meanwhile, will relish the opportunity to escape the boo-boys at the Reebok Stadium as they look to post their second straight win away from home at goal-shy St Andrews, where the hosts have managed just one strike so far this season.

Source: Daily_Mail