Teams: Aston Villa v Southampton; Portsmouth v Birmingham; Norwich v Crystal Palace

Aston Villa v Southampton

Aston Villa:

Sorensen, Delaney, Mellberg, Laursen, Samuel, Hendrie, McCann, Hitzlsperger, Barry, Cole, Vassell.

Subs: Postma, De la Cruz, Whittingham, Moore, Berson.

Southampton:

Niemi, Dodd, Lundekvam, Higginbotham, Le Saux, Fernandes, Prutton, Folly, Nilsson, Phillips, Ormerod.

Subs: Crouch, Smith, Delap, Anders Svensson, Kenton.

Referee: U Rennie (S Yorkshire)

**

Portsmouth v Birmingham

Portsmouth:

Hislop, Primus, Stefanovic, De Zeeuw, Unsworth, Stone, Quashie, Hughes, Berger, LuaLua, Yakubu.

Subs: Ashdown, Taylor, Griffin, Berkovic, O’Neil.

Birmingham:

Maik Taylor, Melchiot, Martin Taylor, Upson, Lazaridis, Johnson, Izzet, Savage, Gronkjaer, Heskey, Forssell.

Subs: Bennett, Morrison, John, Gray, Clapham.

Referee: H Webb (S Yorkshire)

**

Norwich v Crystal Palace

Norwich:

Green, Helveg, Fleming, Charlton, Drury, Jonson, Holt, Francis, Bentley, Huckerby, Svensson.

Subs: Ward, McKenzie, Edworthy, McVeigh, Jarvis.

Crystal Palace:

Speroni, Boyce, Popovic, Hudson, Granville, Routledge, Hughes, Hall, Kolkka, Johnson, Torghelle.

Subs: Kiraly, Riihilahti, Black, Freedman, Derry.

Referee: P Walton (Northamptonshire)