Portsmouth captain Arjan de Zeeuw faces a late test on a damaged shin before the vital game with Charlton at Fratton Park after sitting out training all week.

Gary O’Neil will be fit for Portsmouth’s relegation clash at Fulham on Sunday despite needing 27 stitches in a head wound sustained playing for England under-21s last weekend.

Portsmouth goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias is to be dropped to the bench after conceding 13 goals in his last six matches, with Jamie Ashdown replacing him for tomorrow’s Fratton Park clash with Newcastle.

Teams for this afternoon's Premiership action.

Goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown and midfielder Patrik Berger must pass fitness tests ahead of Portsmouth’s game at title-chasing Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow.

Portsmouth, playing their last home match for five weeks, had Steve Stone back in midfield after injury to face Aston Villa.

Steve Stone and Andy Griffin return from hamstring injuries for Portsmouth at home to Aston Villa in the Barclays Premiership tomorrow, but a chest infection may delay the recall of Lomana LuaLua after a four-match suspension.

Teams for this afternoon's 3pm kick-offs.

Striker Diomansy Kamara, back from a one-match ban, and full-back Andy Griffin, out for four games with a hamstring injury, are set to return to the Portsmouth squad to face Tottenham at White Hart Lane tomorrow.

Team news ahead of tonight's Premiership action.

Joe Cole and Wayne Bridge returned to Chelsea’s line-up as the Blues looked to extend their lead at the top of the table against Portsmouth.

Portsmouth midfielders Richard Hughes and Aliou Cisse are in line for rare starts with Lomana LuaLua and Amdy Faye suspended for the visit to runaway leaders Chelsea.

Team line-ups from tonight's Premiership games.

Portsmouth will stiffen their defence with the return of David Unsworth and Dejan Stefanovic at Everton tomorrow after losing Andy Griffin through a one-match ban for five yellow cards.

Norwich had Mattias Jonson, Damien Francis and Simon Charlton all back from injuries to boost their Premiership survival fight at mid-table Portsmouth, Francis returning after six games out with a fractured cheekbone.

Fit-again defenders Dejan Stefanovic and David Unsworth are pressing for inclusion in the Portsmouth side to face Norwich City tomorrow.

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Portsmouth must do without experienced defenders Dejan Stefanovic (thigh) and David Unsworth (hamstring) against champions Arsenal at Fratton Park on Sunday.

Jerzy Dudek returns to the Liverpool starting line-up for tonight's Premiership clash with resurgent Portsmouth.

Nigel Quashie will again miss out with a groin injury when Portsmouth face Liverpool at Anfield tomorrow.

Steve Stone has given managerless Portsmouth a much-needed boost by re-joining the squad to meet Bolton at The Reebok. The former England winger has been out two months with an Achilles problem but returned to training last week.

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp was forced into two changes as his side looked to register their first away win of the Barclays Premiership season at Aston Villa.

Roy Keane could only find a place on the Manchester United substitutes’ bench for the match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park despite recovering from the illness which has kept him out of the last two games.

Eyal Berkovic has been ruled out of Portsmouth’s clash with Manchester United at Fratton Park with the calf injury he sustained after scoring the Carling Cup penalty winner against Leeds in midweek.

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will again call upon some of his reserves for the Carling Cup clash with Leeds United at Fratton Park tomorrow.

Steve Stone is still out of the Portsmouth squad with an Achilles problem for Sunday’s trip to Middlesbrough but skipper Arjan de Zeeuw may make a surprise return after missing five games through a knee injury.

Everton v Tottenham Everton: Martyn, Hibbert, Weir, Stubbs, Pistone, Osman, Carsley, Cahill, Gravesen, Kilbane, Bent. Subs: Wright, Watson, Ferguson, McFadden, Yobo. Tottenham: Robinson, Pamarot, King, Naybet, Edman, Davies, Redknapp, Pedro Mendes, Atouba, Keane, Defoe. Subs: Brown, Keller, Ziegler, Silva Sousa, Gardner. Referee: G Poll (Hertfordshire)

Lucky talisman Steve Stone is set to return to the Portsmouth side for their trip to strugglers Norwich tomorrow.

Portsmouth midfielders Eyal Berkovic, Steve Stone and Nigel Quashie are recovering well from the injuries which kept them out of the midweek Carling Cup win at Tranmere and are in line to face Everton at Fratton Park on Sunday.

Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric believes signing Valery Mezague this week makes his squad the strongest it has ever been in the Premiership.