Premier League 2^ giornata: tutte le novità e probabili formazioni

LONDRA, 24 AGOSTO – Sarà una giornata di grandi appuntamenti, la seconda in programma in Inghilterra, per la Premier League. Svettano su tutte due gare: Chelsea-Newcastle, sabato alle 18.30, e Liverpool-Manchester City domenica alle 17.00. Cerca pronto riscatto dopo la caduta inaspettata all’esordio in casa dell’Everton lo United di Van Persie, i “red devils” ospiteranno il Fulham, fresco di goleada contro il Norwich. Per l’Arsenal trasferta sull’ostico campo del Britannia Stadium, a Stoke con il City, per rimediare allo scialbo 0-0 della prima giornata all’Emirates contro il Sunderland. Ecco le probabili formazioni:

sabato ore 13.45

Swansea City: Vorm, Rangel, Chico, Williams, Taylor, De Guzmán, Britton, Michu, Dyer, Graham, Sinclair

West Ham United: Jääskeläinen, Demel, Reid, Collins, O’Brien, Noble, Tomkins, Diamé, Maiga, Cole, Vaz Te

sabato ore 16.00

Aston Villa: Given, Lowton, Clark, Vlaar, Stevens, Holman, Bannan, El Ahmadi, N’Zogbia, Ireland, Bent

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Heitinga, Jagielka, Baines, Osman, Gibson, Fellaini, Pienaar, Naismith, Jelavic

Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Kagawa, Rooney

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Riise, Duff, Dembélé, Diarra, Frei, Ruiz, Petric

Norwich City: Ruddy, Martin, R Bennett, Turner, Tierney, Bennett, Howson, Johnson, Pilkington, Snodgrass, Holt

Queens Park Rangers: Green, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Nelsen, Fabio, Wright-Phillips, Diakite, Park Ji-Sung, Hoilett, Taarabt, Cisse

Southampton: Davis, Clyne, Fonte, Hooiveld, Fox, Davis, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Puncheon, Lambert, Rodriguez

Wigan Athletic: Al-Habsi, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, Boyce, Gómez, McCarthy, Beausejour, Moses, Di Santo, Maloney

Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Cuéllar, Kilgallon, O’Shea, Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, McClean, Richardson, Campbell

Reading: Federici, Gunter, Gorkss, Pearce, Harte, Robson-Kanu, Guthrie, Leigertwood, McAnuff, Pogrebnyak, Le Fondre

Tottenham Hotspur: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Sigurdsson, Livermore, van der Vaart, Defoe, Bale

West Bromwich Albion: Foster, Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Morrison, Yacob, Mulumbu, Brunt, Long, Odemwingie

sabato ore 18.30

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Hazard, Mata, Torres

Newcastle United: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, S Taylor, Santon, Marveaux, Tioté, Cabaye, Gutiérrez, Cissé, Ba

domenica ore 14.30

Stoke City: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Upson, Wilson, Kightly, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington, Walters, Crouch

Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Walcott, Song, Arteta, Podolski, Cazorla, Giroud

domenica ore 17.00

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique, Gerrard, Lucas, Allen, Downing, Borini, Suárez

Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy, Silva, Y Touré, de Jong, Nasri, Dzeko, Tévez

CLASSIFICA 1^ GIORNATA:

Swansea 3, Fulham 3, Wba 3, Chelsea 3, Manchester City 3, Newcastle 3, Everton 3, West Ham 3, Stoke City 1, Reading 1, Arsenal 1, Sunderland 1, Southampton 0, Tottenham 0, Aston Villa 0, Manchester United 0, Wigan 0, Liverpool 0, Norwich City 0, Qpr 0.

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