ALL THE MIDWEEK BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CARLING CUP TEAM NEWS

27 January 2010 08:33
WEDNESDAYPREMIER LEAGUEAston Villa v ArsenalBlackburn v Wigan (8pm)Chelsea v BirminghamEverton v Sunderland (8pm)CARLING CUPMan United v Man City (8pm)All matches 7.45pm unless statedCHELSEA v BirminghamJoe Cole will return to the Chelsea side for the Barclays Premier League clash against Birmingham at Stamford Bridge.   [LNB]TheEngland midfielder was left out of the starting line-up against Prestonin the FA Cup at the weekend along with goalkeeper Petr Cech, who alsoreturns.   [LNB]Ricardo Carvalho replaces Alex in defence while Ashley Cole is back after missing the Preston game with an ankle knock. [LNB]Juliano Belletti is out for a month with a knee injury while MichaelEssien is sidelined for six weeks with a similar complaint.   [LNB]StrikersDidier Drogba and Salomon Kalou return on Wednesday from Africa Cup ofNations duty with the Ivory Coast but are not included in the squad. [LNB]John Mikel Obi remains in Angola with Nigeria.   [LNB]Squad:Cech, Hilario, Turnbull, Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole, Ballack,Deco, Lampard, J Cole, Malouda, Anelka, Sturridge, Borini, Ferreira,Bruma, Alex, Zhirkov, Kakuta. [LNB] No ordinary Joe: Cole (right) played just under half an hour against Preston[LNB]  CHELSEA FC

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