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Fletcher: Named in United squad

Fletcher: Named in United squad

Darren Fletcher will return to Manchester United's squad for the game.

The Scotland skipper has struggled to shake off the effects of a virus he was struck down by in March but, after coming through his second 90-minute reserve-team outing on Thursday night against Swansea, has been drafted into manager Sir Alex Ferguson's plans.

Rio Ferdinand (hamstring) and Antonio Valencia (ankle) have been training, but Nemanja Vidic (calf) and Rafael (shoulder) are definitely out.

Alex Song, Gervinho and Emmanuel Frimpong are suspended for the Gunners.

Jack Wilshere saw a specialist on Friday but the club are still waiting for an update on his ankle injury which is expected to keep him out for three more weeks.

Nicklas Bendtner is sidelined with an ankle problem and Sebastien Squillaci is also out, along with Kieran Gibbs (hamstring) and Abou Diaby (ankle).

Defender Thomas Vermaelen will have a fitness test tomorrow but is expected to be fit and Laurent Koscielny came through a similar check on his back problem on Friday morning.

United (from): De Gea, Lindegaard, Smalling, Ferdinand, Jones, Evra, Evans, Fabio, Nani, Park, Cleverley, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Young, Rooney, Berbatov, Welbeck, Diouf, Owen, Macheda.

Gunners (from): Szczesny, Jenkinson, Djourou, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Sagna, Walcott, Arshavin, Rosicky, Ramsey, Traore, Van Persie, Lansbury, Fabianski, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chamakh, Miquel, Miyaichi.

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Premier League Fixtures

Sunday, 19 May 2013
16:00
Chelsea v Everton
Liverpool v QPR
Man City v Norwich
Newcastle v Arsenal
Southampton v Stoke City
Swansea v Fulham  
Tottenham v Sunderland
West Brom v Man Utd
West Ham v Reading
Wigan v A Villa

Barclays Premier League

Position Team P GD PTS
1 Man Utd 37 43 88
2 Man City 37 33 78
3 Chelsea 37 35 72
4 Arsenal 37 34 70
5 Tottenham 37 19 69
6 Everton 37 16 63
7 Liverpool 37 27 58
8 West Brom 37 -4 48
9 Swansea 37 -1 46
10 West Ham 37 -10 43
11 Stoke City 37 -11 41
12 Norwich 37 -18 41
13 Newcastle 37 -22 41
14 Southampton 37 -11 40
15 Fulham 37 -13 40
16 A Villa 37 -22 40
17 Sunderland 37 -12 39
18 Wigan 37 -26 35
19 Reading 37 -28 28
20 QPR 37 -29 25

Updated Tue, 14 May 2013

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