FA Cup fifth round: all the team news, as we get it

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• Details of all 16 teams and eight ties, updated through the day • John Terry rested by Chelsea, Craig Bellamy out for City Aston Villa Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov and 12-goal leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor are major fitness worries ahead of Sunday’s match at Crystal Palace. Petrov and Agbonlahor suffered ankle and leg injuries respectively during the midweek Premier League draw with Manchester United and are regarded as “doubtful” by Villa boss Martin O’Neill. Striker Emile Heskey (groin) and left-back Stephen Warnock (shin) have been able to resume running with no ill-effects but O’Neill will make a late check on whether they can feature against Neil Warnock’s side. O’Neill has indicated he will again make changes for the competition and the likes of Brad Guzan, Nathan Delfouneso, Steve Sidwell, Curtis Davies and Habib Beye could come into the equation to start. Provisional squad Friedel, Guzan, Cuellar, Beye, Collins, Dunne, Davies, Warnock, Luke Young, Ashley Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Delph, Sidwell, Salifou, Carew, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Delfouneso. Bolton Wanderers Loan signings Vladimir Weiss and Jack Wilshere are Cup-tied for Bolton’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Tottenham on Sunday, having played in the competition for their respective parent clubs, Manchester City and Arsenal. Owen Coyle claims his squad also have a “few bumps and bruises” ahead of the game but hopes to have the majority of players from the midweek trip to Manchester City available. Bolton are still coming to terms with the loss earlier this week of the central defender Gary Cahill, who is out indefinitely after a blood clot was discovered in his arm. Ivan Klasnic, Sean Davis and Gavin McCann are still missing. Provisional squad Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Knight, Robinson, Gardner, Cohen, Taylor, M Davies, Muamba, Lee, K Davies, A O’Brien, Al Habsi, Samuel, Basham, Elmander, Ricketts, Holden. Birmingham City Christian Benítez is available for the match with Derby at Pride Park tomorrow. The Ecuador international has recovered from the ankle injury suffered against Wolves which kept him out of the midweek defeat at West Ham. Blues manager Alex McLeish has to decide whether to recall wide players James McFadden and Sebastian Larsson or persevere with Craig Gardner and Keith Fahey, who replaced them at Upton Park. Left-back David Murphy and midfielder Teemu Tainio have resumed training after knee problems but will not be considered for the clash with Nigel Clough’s side. Provisional squad Hart, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Bowyer, Ferguson, Fahey, Phillips, Jerome, Benítez, Michel, McFadden, Larsson, Taylor, Parnaby, Vignal, Jervis. Cardiff City Cardiff boss Dave Jones has major selection problems, with Jay Bothroyd (ankle) a major doubt. Stephen McPhail (pancreas) joins Mark Hudson (ankle), Miguel Comminges (thigh), Gavin Rae (hamstring), Joe Ledley (hips), Josh Magennis (broken fibula) and Kelvin Etuhu (ankle) on the sidelines, while Tony Capaldi is cup-tied. Michael Chopra and Gabor Gyepes will be asked to battle through illness. Chelsea Chelsea’s captain, John Terry, misses their match against Cardiff at Stamford Bridge after being allowed to take leave by manager Carlo Ancelotti, who made the unusual step of naming his starting line-up on Friday. The team, as revealed by Ancelotti, is: Hilario; Ferreira, Alex, Carvalho, Zhirkov; Lampard, Mikel, Ballack; Sturridge, Drogba, J Cole. Subs: Turnbull, Bruma, Ivanovic, Malouda, Matic, Borini, Kalou. Ashley Cole is sidelined with a broken ankle, while midfielder Deco and right-back Juliano Belletti are out with knee injuries. Other senior players have been rested by Ancelotti, including striker Nicolas Anelka and goalkeeper Petr Cech. Provisional squad Hilario, Ferreira, Alex, Carvalho, Zhirkov, Lampard, Mikel, Ballack, Sturridge, J Cole, Drogba, Turnbull, Bruma, Ivanovic, Malouda, Matic, Borini, Kalou. Crystal Palace Neil Warnock will wait on fitness tests on Claude Davis (groin) and Matt Lawrence (hamstring) ahead of Sunday’s match against Aston Villa. Stern John is Cup-tied and Danny Butterfield, normally a full-back, is set to fill in again as a striker after scoring a hat-trick against Wolves in the fourth round. Provisional squad Speroni, Clyne, Hill, Derry, Ambrose, Danns, Carle, Scannell, Hills, Lee, Andrew, Butterfield, Djilali, Ertl, Cormley, Wynter, Davis, Lawrence. Derby County Rams boss Nigel Clough could name an unchanged starting line-up against Birmingham – but there will be a change to the squad as new signing David Martin is ineligible having played against Derby for Millwall in the third round of the competition. Lee Croft could replace Martin on the bench after recovering from a hamstring injury. Fulham Roy Hodgson is set to name an unchanged side for Sunday’s tie against Notts County at Craven Cottage. Midfielder Zoltan Gera (knee) and left-back Paul Konchesky (foot) are both back in light training after recent injuries but are not in contention for this weekend, while in-form striker David Elm should continue up front alongside Bobby Zamora. Kagisho Dikgacoi (ankle), Andrew Johnson, Clint Dempsey and John Pantsil (all knee) are all long-term absentees. Provisional squad Schwarzer, Zuberbühler, Baird, Kelly, Stoor, Hangeland, Hughes, Smalling, Shorey, Duff, Murphy, Greening, Davies, Etuhu, Riise, Nevland, Okaka, Elm, Zamora. Manchester City Craig Bellamy will not be considered for the tie against Stoke City, or the Premier League encounter against the same opposition on Tuesday. However, Roberto Mancini expects the Welshman to have shrugged off a knee complaint in time to face his former club Liverpool at Eastlands next Sunday, in a match that could prove crucial in the race for fourth place. “Craig will train on Monday and I hope he will be ready for Liverpool,” said Mancini. Adam Johnson is Cup-tied having played in the tournament for Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester on transfer deadline day. Vincent Kompany is also set to miss the FA Cup tie with a groin injury, but Kolo Touré should be available despite limping out of the win over Bolton on Tuesday with a knee problem. Kolo Touré, however, is expected to play, despite limping out of Tuesday’s win over Bolton with a knee injury. Provisional squad Given, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Onuoha, Touré, Lescott, Boyata, Garrido, Sylvinho, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland, Vieira, Barry, De Jong, Petrov, Ibrahim, Tevez, Adebayor. Portsmouth Portsmouth will be without the suspended Ricardo Rocha for their trip to Southampton on Saturday. The Portuguese defender was sent off in the midweek 1-1 draw with Sunderland. Avram Grant may also be unable to call upon the Serbian defender Dusko Tosic, who is set to sign for the club but is yet to receive international clearance. Michael Brown (back), Kevin-Prince Boateng (ankle), Anthony Vanden Borre (leg), Hermann Hreidarsson (Achilles) and John Utaka (hamstring) are also doubts. Provisional squad James, Mokoena, Mullins, Vanden Borre, Piquionne, Ben Haim, Wilson, Finnan, Utaka, Webber, Hughes, Ashdown, Belhadj, Yebda, Dindane, Owusu-Abeyie, O’Hara. Reading Reading are without defender Zurab Khizanishvili, who is cup-tied having played in the third round for parent club Blackburn. Matt Mills is available after a ban and he should take Khizanishvili’s place in the centre of defence. Midfielders Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marek Matejovsky are close to returns from a foot and abdominal injury respectively. Stoke City Tony Pulis has a few late decisions to make regarding the fitness of a number of players ahead of the tie at Manchester City. Captain Abdoulaye Faye has missed the last two matches with a back problem but may be ready to return. Pulis said one or two other unnamed players had minor knocks which would all need to be assessed prior to the evening kick-off at Eastlands. Ricardo Fuller, a second-half substitute in the 1-1 midweek Premier League draw at Wigan after being arrested over allegations of a nightclub assault, could return to the starting line-up at the expense of Tuncay Sanli. Provisional squad Sorensen, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Wilkinson, Amdy Faye, Higginbotham, Collins, Lawrence, Sidibe, Whitehead, Delap, Diao, Kitson, Beattie, Etherington, Fuller, Tuncay, Pugh, Whelan, Simonsen, Begovic. Southampton Saints are without January signings Jose Fonte, Dan Seaborne, Jon Otsemobor and Jason Puncheon, who are all cup-tied. Wayne Thomas, Chris Perry and Radhi Jaidi come in at the back and Michail Antonio should start on the flank. Lee Barnard is available and boss Alan Pardew checks on fellow forward David Connolly (groin). Full-back Graeme Murty (ankle) is sidelined. Tottenham Hostpur Michael Dawson has an ankle complaint and faces a fitness test ahead of the game against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium. Roman Pavlyuchenko could return after a groin injury and Harry Redknapp will wait before deciding on the availability of Ledley King (knee) and Luka Modric (illness). Aaron Lennon (groin), Benoît Assou-Ekotto (groin), Jonathan Woodgate (groin) and Carlo Cudicini (wrist, pelvis) are more long-term absentees, while Younes Kaboul and Kyle Walker are Cup-tied. Provisional squad Gomes, Alnwick, Corluka, Bale, Dawson, Bassong, King, Dervite, Bentley, Kranjcar, Modric, Rose, Palacios, Jenas, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Crouch, Gudjohnsen. West Bromwich Albion On-loan forward Frank Nouble is ineligible for West Brom, having played earlier in the competition for West Ham. Striker Ishmael Miller (ankle), defender Marek Cech (hamstring), winger Jerome Thomas (suspended) and midfielders James Morrison (heel) and Giles Barnes (Achilles) all remain unavailable. FA Cup Bolton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace Aston Villa Fulham Notts County Chelsea Cardiff City Derby County Birmingham City Manchester City Stoke City Reading West Brom Southampton Portsmouth guardian.co.uk

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