Cole and Dunne back for City

Andy Cole and Richard Dunne return to Manchester City’s squad for the Boxing Day clash at Wigan.

The duo both missed the weekend win over Birmingham through suspension but, after putting four goals past the Blues, their returning to Stuart Pearce’s starting line-up is not automatic.

Antoine Sibierski will be particularly confident of keeping his place after his man-of-the-match display, while Nedum Onuoha also performed well in Dunne’s absence alongside Sylvain Distin at centre-half.

Provisional squad: James, De Vlieger, Onuoha, Sun, Sommeil, Dunne, Distin, Thatcher, Jordan, Sinclair, Croft, Barton, Reyna, Ireland, Musampa, Cole, Vassell, Wright-Phillips, Fowler.