TERRY BACK IN CONTENTION

By PA Sport staff

Chelsea could welcome back captain John Terry for their FA Cup fourth-round tie with Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Terry is on the brink of fully recovering from a niggling calf injury following back surgery.

Chelsea will be without Khalid Boulahrouz (knee), Arjen Robben (ankle) and Joe Cole (foot).

Chelsea (from): Cech, Hilario, Hedman, Cudicini, Geremi, Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole, Essien, Lampard, Makelele, Ballack, Kalou, Shevchenko, Drogba, Wright-Phillips, Morais, Diarra, Mikel.

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GUNNERS WAIT AFTER SEMI-FINAL KNOCKS

By PA Sport staff

Arsenal will be without full-back Emmanuel Eboue, who has an ankle problem, for Sunday's FA Cup fourth-round tie with Bolton at the Emirates Stadium.

Julio Baptista could come into contention following his brace in the midweek Carling Cup semi-final draw at Tottenham, while striker Robin van Persie has now had an operation on his broken metatarsal, which will sideline him for up to 10 weeks.

Manuel Almunia continues in goal, with Jens Lehmann rested again, Freddie Ljungberg, Johan Djourou and Alexander Hleb (all hamstring) and defender William Gallas (thigh) are still out, while midfielder Gilberto is suspended.

Bolton striker El-Hadji Diouf is ruled out through suspension.

He could be replaced by either Stelios Giannakopoulos or Ricardo Vaz Te in the fourth-round tie at the Emirates Stadium.

Defender Ricardo Gardner is also pushing for a recall after the team shipped five goals at Middlesbrough last weekend.

Meanwhile Bolton have scrapped plans to bring in defender Fousseini Diawara from Paris St Germain on loan.

Teams
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Hoyte, Toure, Senderos, Clichy, Rosicky, Flamini, Fabregas, Baptista, Henry, Adebayor, Poom, Walcott, Diaby, Aliadiere, Denilson, Traore, Connolly.
Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Meite, Ben Haim, Campo, Giannakopoulos, Speed, Nolan, Anelka, Davies, Walker, Gardner, Vaz Te, Tal, Teymourian, Fortune, Fojut, Smith.

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Traore missing for Pompey

By PA Sport staff

New signing Djimi Traore is cup-tied as Portsmouth visit Manchester United for their fourth-round FA Cup clash at Old Trafford.

However, Noe Pamarot should be fit to return at left back after four weeks out with a groin injury.

There is a doubt over midfielder Sean Davis who has had dental problems this week but Gary O'Neil is back after a one-match ban.

Manager Harry Redknapp may play a 4-5-1 formation with ex-United star Andrew Cole, top-scorer Kanu and fit-again Benjani Mwaruwari competing for the lone striker role.

Lomana LuaLua is close to a return after a calf injury but Niko Kranjcar is still struggling with a swollen ankle and may not make the squad.

Club captain Dejan Stefanovic is still a few weeks short of a comeback following a knee operation in November.

Sir Alex Ferguson is contemplating a couple of changes ahead of the clash.
Although the Red Devils chief is confident a few minor niggles in the United camp will have cleared for the visit of Harry Redknapp's overachievers, he is still looking to spread the load in a busy week that also features two Premiership outings.

Gabriel Heinze and goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak could be among those to benefit, while Henrik Larsson may be rested.

Possible Teams
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Larsson, Heinze, Saha, Brown, Fletcher, O'Shea, Richardson, Solskjaer, Park.
Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Primus, Campbell, Pamarot, Lauren, O'Neil, Davis, Thompson, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, Benjani, Kanu, Cole, Douala, Hughes, Mvuemba, O'Brien, Ashdown (gk).

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