Premiership teams

Teams ahead of this afternoon's Premiership action.

Blackburn v Southampton teams

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Todd, Nelsen, Matteo, Mokoena, Thompson, Reid, Flitcroft, Pedersen, Dickov.

Subs: Amoruso, Emerton, Tugay, Stead, Enckelman.

Southampton: Smith, Delap, Lundekvam, Jakobsson, Bernard, Telfer, Redknapp, Quashie, Le Saux, Crouch, Camara.

Subs: Phillips, Anders Svensson, Higginbotham, Poke, Davenport.

Referee: N Barry (N Lincolnshire)

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Bolton v Fulham teams

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, N’Gotty, Ben Haim, Candela, Hierro, Nolan, Okocha, Speed, Giannakopoulos, Davies.

Subs: Poole, Pedersen, Gardner, Jaidi, Fadiga.

Fulham: Van der Sar, Volz, Goma, Knight, Rosenior, Malbranque, Clark, Jensen, Boa Morte, McBride, Cole.

Subs: Bocanegra, Pembridge, Crossley, John, Radzinski.

Referee: D Gallagher (Oxfordshire)

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Chelsea v Birmingham teams

Chelsea: Cech, Johnson, Huth, Terry, Gallas, Lampard, Smertin, Cole, Duff, Tiago, Kezman.

Subs: Ricardo Carvalho, Drogba, Gudjohnsen, Jarosik, Cudicini.

Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Clapham, Cunningham, Upson, Melchiot, Pennant, Johnson, Carter, Nafti, Heskey, Pandiani.

Subs: Blake, Lazaridis, Vaesen, Morrison, Gray.

Referee: C Foy (Merseyside)

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Man City v Liverpool teams

Man City: James, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Jordan, Reyna, Barton, Bosvelt, Musampa, Fowler, Sibierski.

Subs: Weaver, Mills, Negouai, Croft, Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Liverpool: Carson, Finnan, Carragher, Pellegrino, Warnock, Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Biscan, Riise, Le Tallec, Morientes.

Subs: Dudek, Hyypia, Smicer, Traore, Welsh.

Referee: M Riley (W Yorkshire)

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Middlesbrough v Arsenal teams

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Riggott, Southgate, Queudrue, Parlour, Doriva, Boateng, Downing, Nemeth, Hasselbaink.

Subs: Ehiogu, Jones, Cooper, Graham, Kennedy.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Toure, Senderos, Cole, Fabregas, Vieira, Silva, Pires, Reyes, Henry.

Subs: Bergkamp, Van Persie, Cygan, Almunia, Eboue.

Referee: P Dowd (Staffordshire)

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Portsmouth v Charlton teams

Portsmouth: Ashdown, Cisse, De Zeeuw, Stefanovic, Taylor, Stone, Skopelitis, Hughes, Berger, Yakubu, LuaLua.

Subs: Chalkias, Kamara, O’Neil, Primus, Rodic.

Charlton: Kiely, Young, Perry, Fortune, Hreidarsson, Kishishev, Holland, Murphy, Konchesky, Jeffers, Bartlett.

Subs: Lisbie, Thomas, Hughes, Johansson, Andersen.

Referee: G Poll (Hertfordshire)