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Possible starting Line-ups:

Man City: Shay Given, Micah Richards, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Bridge, Gareth Barry, De Jong, Zabaleta, Craig Bellamy, Carlos Tevez, Santa Cruz.

West Ham: Green, Faubert, Upson, Tomkins, Ilunga, Parker, Noble, Hines, Diamanti, Franco, Cole.

Manchester City team news

Stephen Ireland will not start the match due to a sickness bug, he was anyway expected to miss out when he was hospitalised midweek after complaining of dizziness. Gareth Barry was almost missed this match, thought to have caught the same bug. Micah Ricards hopefully has recovered from a shoulder niggle to start this game. Emmanuel Adebayor completes his three-match ban after this match, but could face more time punishment because of his celebrations after scoring against former club, Arsenal. However, Santa Cruz has recovered but Robinho is still out injured. Other injured players include Nedum Onuoha, Vincent Kompany, Michael Johnson and Benjani Mwaruwari.

Hammers team news

Matthew Upson will probably be available after he limped off against Liverpool with a calf injury. Forward Luis Jimenez looks to have recovered from a groin injury. Although midfielder Jack Collison’s appearance may be doubtful due to a calf problem. Guillermo Franco could start this one, Valon Behrami who also limped off against Liverpool is lacking full match fitness.Other injuries members include Dean Ashton (ankle) and Luis Boa Morte (cruciate ligaments).

Something to be noted is Hammers will be up against their former club members Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy.

Wigan won 3-1 at home against Chelsea, terminating Chelsea’s 100% league win record.

Paul Scharner’s last minute goal added insult to the already injured Chelsea team, who earlier lost Petr Cech in the 51st minute, after he was sent off for fouling Hugo Rodallega. Rodallega converted from the spot and gave Wigan the lead. Titus Bramble netted one early for Wigan (16′). Drogba scored his 100th Chelsea goal in the 47th minute, but ended on the losing side.

Henrique Hilario came on for Cech and from then on Wigan made their one-man advantage count and surged ahead to record their first win against the ‘big four’. Ancelloti tried to remain positive sending in Salomon Kalou for Boswinga 10 minutes past the hour mark. Chelsea kept building on pressure but couldn’t seal a comeback.

Liverpool were seen into the last 16 stage by David Ngog’s lone goal against the former premier league participants, Leeds. Arsenal beat West Bromwich 2-0 driven by Carlos Vela’s two goals.

Ngog scored in the 66th minute at Elland Road. However, Liverpool struggled to take control of the game without the likes of Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and other regulars.

Arsenal also found it difficult facing the League Championship leaders West Brom, even though the visitors were down to 10 men after the first-half dismissal of Jerome Thomas.

Thomas was sent off in the 37th minute for slapping Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere in the face after a challenge. Thomas went to shake Wilshere’s hand but he refused and Thomas was outraged, which led to him to be red-carded.

Carlos Vela was sent in as a substitute midway through the second half and and he effected the first goal for the homeside. Minutes later Mark Randall hit the bar and Vela took advantage of a mix up between keeper Kiely and defender Leon Barnett to tap the ball in.

Arsenal Vs West Brom, Carling Cup

In other thrilling matches: Barnsley upset Burnley 3-2, Stoke came back from two goal deficit versus Blackpool to beat them 4-3. Portsmouth featuring at the bottom of the premiership table, had a disastrous start against Hartlepool conceding within the first three minutes, but managed to pull off a 3-1 victory. Sunderland ousted Birmingham 2-0, goals by Jordan Henderson and Fraizer Campbell. Bolton beat West Ham 3-1 in extra time even after trailing until the 86th minute. Kevin Davies headed the equalizer, followed by goals from Gary Cahill and Johan Elmander in the extra time. Blackburn won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest cheers to Benni McCarthy. Relegated Premier League side, Newcastle lost hopes of securing a trophy this season by losing to Peterborough.

Tuesday’s Cup Results:

Arsenal 2-0 West Brom
Barnsley 3-2 Burnley
Bolton 3-1 West Ham (aet)
Carlisle 1-3 Portsmouth
Leeds 0-1 Liverpool
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Blackburn
Peterborough 2-0 Newcastle
Scunthorpe 2-0 Port Vale (aet)
Stoke 4-3 Blackpool
Sunderland 2-0 Birmingham

Wednesday’s Fixtures:

19:45 Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
19:45 Chelsea vs Queens Park Rangers
19:45 Hull City vs Everton
19:45 Preston North End vs Tottenham Hotspur
20:00 Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
20:00 Manchester City vs Fulham

There was a flurry of goals in the last ten minutes, the most important one being Owen’s debut goal for Manchester United. Darren Fletcher and Craig Bellamy scored two goals each for Man U and Manchester City, respectively.

It was a highly anticipated Manchester derby with both sides showing good form in the league. Although City must have surely felt Adebayor’s loss, who had to miss this game due a three match suspension.

A silly mistake by keeper Foster saw Tevez pass the ball into Gareth Barry’s path who negated Man U’s lead given to them by Rooney’s goal. Tevez almost scored one for himself only to be denied by the post. Bellamy struck back with an almost impossible goal in the 90 minute, after an error from Rio Ferdinand.

Rio and Tevez battle it out

Fletcher had a good game for Manchester United heading in two goals. Ryan Giggs was at his usual best during the game. Keeper Shay Given tried his best to keep City in the match and made a stunning save of Dimitar Berbatov’s header, from a Giggs corner. However, Given couldn’t stop Owen from winning the match for United.

Michael Owen celebrates his winner against City

Four of the six matches played in the 6th week of the Premiership saw players scoring from the spot! These included Burnley V Sunderland, Aston Villa V Portsmouth, Bolton V Stoke and West Ham V Liverpool matches.

Arsenal dominated Wigan at home, scoring 4 goals with defender Thomas Vermaelen scoring two.

The Burnley Vs Sunderland match looked like it would end in a draw, until David Nugent came on and scored two for Burnley.

Aston Villa sealed the match against bottom-placed Portsmouth in the first-half itself, scoring through Milner’s 33rd minute penalty and Agbonlahor added another in the 42nd minute. Milner was the player of the match for Villa, with the winger netting one and assisting the second.

Villa celebrate Milner's penalty versus Portsmouth

Bolton managed to draw the game versus Stoke, Matt Taylor leveled in the dying minutes. It was a tough match for the Wanderers who’ve managed to win just one match out of five in the league.

Hull City Vs Birmingham was a keenly contested encounter. Both keepers were kept busy and produced some good saves, especially Birmingham’s Joe Hart who made as many as seven saves. However, Garry O’Connor headed in a winner in the 75 minute to see Birmingham home.

The game between West Ham and Liverpool was a thrilling one, four goals (two per side) were scored and two injury substitutions by West Ham were seen in the first half! Torres created an amazing goal from an acute angle, the Hammers equalized through Alessandro Diamanti’s penalty. A well directed Benayoun corner was headed towards goal by Gerrard but needed a slight tap-in by Kuyt to put the Reds ahead. West Ham made another comeback with Carlton Cole scoring a header from Mark Noble’s corner. Ryan Babel came in as a substitute and effected the winner for Liverpool, he crossed in the ball towards the far post which was sweetly met by Torres’ head.

Premiership matches lined up for tomorrow:

Manchester United     v     Manchester City        13:30    Old Trafford      (17:55 IST on ESPN)
Wolverhampton Wanderers    v     Fulham        14:00    Molineux
Everton    v     Blackburn Rovers        15:00    Goodison Park       (19:25 IST on Star Sports)
Chelsea    v     Tottenham Hotspur        16:00    Stamford Bridge     (20:25 IST on ESPN)