Veron kept on the bench for Chelsea

Premiership latest:

(Kick offs 3pm)

Birmingham v Man Utd

Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Martin Taylor, Cunningham, Upson, Lazaridis, Johnson, Savage, Clemence, Hughes, Forssell, Morrison.

Subs: Bennett, Grainger, Clapham, John, Tebily.

Man Utd: Carroll, Gary Neville, Brown, Silvestre, O’Shea, Fletcher, Djemba-Djemba, Scholes, Giggs, Saha, Solskjaer.

Subs: Phil Neville, Ronaldo, Butt, Howard, Forlan.

Referee: D Gallagher (Oxfordshire)

Blackburn v Leeds

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Amoruso, Short, Gray, Emerton, Tugay, Flitcroft, Reid, Cole, Stead.

Subs: Jansen, Todd, Gallagher, Andresen, Enckelman.

Leeds: Robinson, Kelly, Caldwell, Duberry, Harte, Pennant, Seth Johnson, Matteo, Milner, Smith, Viduka.

Subs: Radebe, McPhail, Bakke, Simon Johnson, Carson.

Referee: S Dunn (Gloucestershire)

Charlton v Portsmouth

Charlton: Kiely, Young, Fortune, Hreidarsson, Powell, Jensen, Holland, Euell, Konchesky, Johansson, Bartlett.

Subs: Royce, Di Canio, Thomas, Turner, Cole.

Portsmouth: Hislop, Pasanen, Primus, De Zeeuw, Stefanovic, Stone, Smertin, Faye, Taylor, Sheringham, Yakubu.

Subs: Wapenaar, Quashie, LuaLua, Curtis, Berkovic.

Referee: A D’Urso (Essex)

Chelsea v Middlesbrough

Chelsea: Ambrosio, Gallas, Desailly, Terry, Babayaro, Gronkjaer, Lampard, Makelele, Cole, Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen.

Subs: Sullivan, Geremi, Veron, Crespo, Huth.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Queudrue, Ehiogu, Cooper, Parnaby, Greening, Boateng, Mendieta, Nemeth, Juninho Paulista, Maccarone.

Subs: Turnbull, Ricketts, Downing, Ricardinho, Bates.

Referee: M Halsey (Lancashire)

Leicester v Fulham

Leicester: Walker, Scimeca, Heath, Dabizas, Thatcher, Scowcroft, Izzet, Freund, Guppy, Bent, Dickov.

Subs: Stewart, Benjamin, Canero, McKinlay, Nalis.

Fulham: Van der Sar, Volz, Knight, Goma, Bocanegra, Malbranque, Djetou, Sean Davis, Legwinski, Boa Morte, Hayles.

Subs: Crossley, McBride, Petta, Pearce, John.

Referee: P Walton (Northamptonshire)

Man City v Wolverhampton

Man City: James, Jihai, Dunne, Distin, Tarnat, Wright-Phillips, Bosvelt, Sibierski, McManaman, Anelka, Fowler.

Subs: Arason, Wanchope, Macken, Barton, Sinclair.

Wolverhampton: Jones, Clyde, Okoronkwo, Butler, Naylor, Newton, Cameron, Ince, Kennedy, Cort, Camara.

Subs: Oakes, Irwin, Miller, Ganea, Gudjonsson.

Referee: J Winter (Cleveland)