Goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen  is back for Stoke's clash  with Wolves at the Britannia Stadium. Glenn Whelan is in too, for Salif Diao. Mick McCarthy hands striker Chris Iwelumo in place of Sylvan Ebanks-Blake - who scored the penalty equaliser against Aston Villa last weekend.

Portsmouth made five changes from their midweek Carling cup win over Stoke  for the visit of Wigan. David James returned in goal with Jamie O'Hara, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Steve Finnan and Tal Ben Haim also restored to the starting line-up. Wigan made one change from the side which ended Burnley's 100% home record last weekend. Maynor Figueroa is out so on-loan Chelsea winger Scott Sinclair makes his first Premier League start.

Steven Gerrard  and Glen Johnson are  missing for Liverpool again but Torres starts up front with Andriy Voronin also in the starting XI. There is no place for Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger or Fabio Aurelio. Fulham, who have scored only two goals in their last eight matches, start with Bobby Zamora and Clint Dempsey up top.

Darren Bent returns  for Sunderland after missing the midweek Carling Cup defeat to Villa. Andy Reid and Steed Malbranque  also  start. For West Ham, Radoslav Kovac  is in for the  suspended Scott Parker.

Leighton Baines, Joseph Yobo and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov all start for Everton. Louis Saha drops to the bench. Brad Friedel was named in goal for Aston Villa to make his 200th consecutive league appearance. Steve Sidwell returns in place of Nigel Reo-Coker. Emile Heskey keeps his place and Stephen Warnock is fit to start at left back.

Jussi Jaaskelainen and striker Kevin Davies return for Bolton's game with Chelsea at the Reebok, after missing the midweek meeting between the teams in the Carling Cup. Chris Basham earns his first start of the season. Deco and Paulo Ferreira start for the Blues, with Joe Cole and Juliano Belletti reverting to the bench.