Mario Balotelli will be on the bench again for Manchester City’s FA Cup third round against Watford today.

Harry Redknapp was made to endure a nervy night on his return to the Tottenham dugout as his team edged into the fifth round of the FA Cup thanks to Rafael van der Vaart’s first-half strike against Watford.

MARC WILSON says he is baffled by Giovanni Trapattoni’s statement that the Stoke defender will have to offer an apology for an alleged breach of discipline before the manager would consider selecting him again for the Republic of Ireland.

WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy hopes his team will benefit from the feelgood factor generated by his trio of Republic of Ireland players having qualified for Euro 2012 – starting with today’s clash at Everton.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has no problem with Kevin Doyle linking up with the Republic of Ireland at the end of the season despite an injury-wrecked finale to the campaign.

Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake will today undergo a scan to determine the extent of the hamstring problem he suffered during Saturday’s home clash with Everton.

Kevin Doyle believes Wolves will survive in the Barclays Premier League despite claiming his side were on the wrong end of two crucial decisions during the 3-3 home draw with Tottenham.

MICK McCARTHY admits it would be “bloody hard work” to hold onto Wolves’ record signing Kevin Doyle if one of the Barclays Premier League’s big guns show an interest in signing him this summer.

Mick McCarthy admits it would be “bloody hard work” to hold onto Wolves’ record signing Kevin Doyle if one of the Barclays Premier League’s big guns show an interest in signing him this summer.

AN FA Cup fourth round trip to Preston may have been the immediate reward on offer for Chelsea, but for manager Carlo Ancelotti there were other targets he needed his team to meet that went beyond the mere dismissal of Championship side Watford.

WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy has fired out a “hands off Kevin Doyle” message ahead of tonight’s clash with Manchester United.

AFTER a remarkable 104 years of frustration and false dawns, Hull City stand on the verge of finally ending their wait for Premier League football after virtually securing a path to the Championship play-off final.

GREG HALFORD will not be the last player to be discarded by Roy Keane, but it might be the young defender, rather than the Sunderland manager, who has the last laugh this season.

ASKED for his assessment of an increasingly peculiar promotion race, Wolves manager Mick McCarthy was typically blunt.

ADRIAN Boothroyd may not have set much store by the FA Cup this season but that did not allow his Watford players to escape a tongue-lashing after this limp 4-1 defeat.

STOKE billed this game as a ‘Kids for a Quid’ fixture, but they could now stand accused of cruelty to children after an absolutely abysmal advert for the Championship.

FOR most footballers, a guaranteed place in the starting XI — not to mention a healthy pay-packet — is the essence of happiness.

MICHAEL OWEN should be fit to play in England’s B international against Albania on May 25 despite suffering mild concussion in Newcastle’s 1-1 draw at Watford.

All the starting teams for the final round of matches in the 2006/7 Barclays Premiership have been confirmed.

Watford welcome back defender Clarke Carlisle for their final match of the season, against Newcastle at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

All of today's starting teams for the 3pm games in the Premiership.

It was unfortunate that Ben Foster – Watford’s best player this season – should make the mistake that ensured Adrian Boothroyd’s team would be relegated to the Coca-Cola Championship.

WATFORD boss Adrian Boothroyd believes yesterday’s 4-2 win over Portsmouth was a crucial result ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Watford hope to welcome back defender Jordan Stewart for their home match against champions Chelsea.

Watford welcome back three players for their Barclays Premiership trip to Tottenham.

Watford know they would climb off the bottom of the Premiership table with a draw or better at home to Everton today, a team they had not beaten for 20 years.

Watford welcome back goalkeeper Ben Foster for their crucial Barclays Premiership fixture at home to Wigan tomorrow.

The following are the teams for today's Premiership matches.

MANCHESTER UNITED guaranteed Alex Ferguson a good night’s sleep by maintaining their six-point lead at the Premiership summit with an Old Trafford victory stroll against rock-bottom Watford.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney both returned for Manchester United as the Barclays Premiership leaders looked to consolidate their six-point lead at the expense of rock-bottom Watford.

Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster is ineligible for tomorrow’s trip to face his parent club Manchester United.

Ashley Young is unlikely to play in tomorrow’s match at Aston Villa - regardless of whether he leaves Watford to join their opponents.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has made seven changes to the team beaten 6-3 at home by Arsenal in the midweek Carling Cup tie, with goalkeeper Jose Reina, defender Jamie Carragher, midfielder Xabi Alonso and forwards Dirk Kuyt and Peter Crouch all returning to the team.

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd could give a debut to Moses Ashikodi in tomorrow’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Stockport.

Watford survived yesterday's abandoned match against Wigan to travel to Fulham tomorrow with no new injury worries.

Adrian Boothroyd will hand a late fitness test to Watford defender Danny Shittu ahead of tomorrow’s crunch meeting with Wigan.

Liverpool brought in Danish defender Daniel Agger and midfielder Luis Garcia in place of Sami Hyypia and Mark Gonzalez from the side that won 3-0 at Charlton last weekend.

Watford will be without defender James Chambers for the trip to Anfield to face Liverpool tomorrow.

Watford welcome back captain Gavin Mahon for their Barclays Premiership trip to Newcastle tomorrow.

Watford will be without captain Gavin Mahon for the home match against Reading.

Watford should welcome back forwards Hameur Bouazza and Ashley Young for Monday night’s match at Manchester City.

DANNY WEBBER returned to Watford and scored a vital goal against his former club to hand Sheffield United their second away win of the season.

Chelsea v West Ham

Watford could have goalkeeper Ben Foster back for the trip to Barclays Premiership champions Chelsea.