Atalanta

• The absence of Cristian Raimondi and Marcelo Estigarribia will see Davide Zappacosta moved in to midfield.
• A different option would see Marco D'Alessandro start on the right, with Zappacosta in defence and Yohan Benalouane on the bench.

Cesena

• Daniele Capelli returns after serving a suspension and will start at right-back.
• The two strikers that scored in the Coppa Italia meeting with Udinese, Davide Succi and Marco Djuric, are both expected to drop out of the starting XI.

• Atalanta are on a six-match winless streak, a run matched only by Verona and opponents Cesena.
• Cesena put up a good fight in their midweek Coppa Italia fixture, but fell to Udinese in extra time. Now second from the bottom, the bianconeri are struggling to snap out of their abysmal run of form.
• Both teams are failing match expectations, but for Cesena it could also be a case of not having an adequate squad to survive in Serie A. Atalanta are almost unchanged from last season, bar Bonaventura's departure, but Stefano Colantuono is struggling to make his team work as they did last term. This will probably result in a poor match, with only a few goalscoring chances and plenty of tension between the two sides.

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Parma

• With Mattia Cassani, Gabriel Paletta and Felipe all out, Roberto Donadoni is likely to field Fabiano Santacroce in defence.
• Raffaele Palladino is favourite to start up front over Ishak Belfodil.

Lazio

• There has been some discussion lately about Miroslav Klose ongoing absence. The German striker has been suffering with back pain but is said to be on his way back to full fitness.
• Given the absence of Antonio Candreva, coach Stefano Pioli could even choose a different lineup with Stefano Mauri behind the two forwards.

• Parma managed an equaliser in Palermo after going behind, but they then conceded again and dropped 5 points adrift of safety. The January market is not expected to bring any relief as the club's finances are in a bad way, so they desperately need to get points before falling further down and completely losing hope.
• Three rounds ago Lazio looked unstoppable and headed for third place, but they have dropped 8 points in their last three matches and need to change things up again to climb back up the table.
• Despite having lost their magic touch in recent matches, Lazio are still favourites to win here. Parma's strategy will probably be to contain, wait for their opponents to get tired or commit a mistake and try to strike. Lazio will need patience and be ruthless when chances do come their way in order to stop Parma finding a way out of their current slump.

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Torino

• Giampiero Ventura will cope with Alessandro Gazzi's suspension by fielding both Alexander Farnerud and Omar El Kaddouri in midfield.
• That means there will be space for two strikers up front, likely to be Fabio Quagliarella and Amauri.

Palermo

• Franco Vazquez and Edgar Barreto are both sidelined due to suspension, but Giuseppe Iachini will welcome Francesco Bolzoni back into midfield.
• Andrea Belotti will start alongside Paulo Dybala up top.

• After years of failing to score in the derby, Torino managed to put one past Juventus' goalkeeper and went very close to ending their winning home streak. However, a last gasp effort from Andrea Pirlo denied them such joy and the Granata's morale must now be low.
• Palermo have collected 11 points in their last 5 matches, thus escaping the relegation battle and managing to open up a 5-point gap over their hosts.
• Torino travel to Empoli after this and will look to avoid that becoming a relegation 6-pointer by winning here. This is the perfect chance to bounce back after the derby disappointment as they will be playing in their stadium against a team that will have to endure one of the longest round trips in Serie A. Expect Toro to try to control this match after a cagey start.

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Paderborn

• Uwe Hünemeier returns from injury to start at centre-back.
• At right-back, Jens Wemmer is fully fit again and ready to play from the outset.
• Mahir Saglik and Stefan Kutschke compete for a spot up front.

Freiburg

• Pavel Krmas will most likely replace the suspended Stefan Mitrovic at centre-back.
• Felix Klaus, Sebastian Kerk and Mike Frantz compete for a spot on the left wing.
• Otherwise, manager Christian Streich could field an unchanged team from last time out.

• Paderborn need to recover from their heavy loss at Bremen last weekend. They now need to be more attack-minded from the off at home.
• Freiburg lost to Stuttgart last time out. They need to improve their balance again and have to avoid being caught on the break.
• Expect this to be a competitve game from the outset.

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Borussia M.Gladbach

• Roel Brouwers could replace the injured Martin Stranzl at centre-back again.
• Granit Xhaka returns from suspension to start in central midfield.
• Fabian Johnson, Ibrahima Traoré and Thorgan Hazard are all options out wide if manager Lucien Favre decides to make a change on either wing.

Hertha Berlin

• Jens Hegeler and John Heitinga compete for a spot at centre-back.
• Peter Pekarik returns from injury to start at right-back.
• Julian Schieber and Salomon Kalou both have a chance of starting up front.

• Gladbach have lost their last three matches in the Bundesliga. They need to regain their form now in order to maintain their challenge for a Champions League spot.
• Hertha have lost three of their last four games. They need to improve in the creative department.
• Expect this to be a close game from the outset, with Gladbach favourites at home.

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Hull

• Gaston Ramirez is suspended once more for this one, so misses out.
• Mohamed Diame and David Meyler both picked up knocks in the midweek draw with Everton and should both sit out the welcome of West Brom.
• Sone Aluko, Andrew Robertson and Curtis Davies are expected to start here.

West Bromwich Albion

• Claudio Yacob serves the third of his 3 match ban, with Youssouf Mulumbu expected to come in alongside Craig Gardner in midfield.
• Saido Berahino may feature on the left wing, with Victor Anichebe spearheading the attack once more.
• Elsewhere, Jonas Olsson is sidelined, but better news sees Sebastien Pocognoli and James Morrison return to training.

• Hull's winless run in the Premier League continued with the 1-1 draw with Everton in midweek and the Tigers are now without a win in 7. Such form has seen them plummet down the table and they sit out of the relegation zone on goal difference only.
• West Brom are not faring much better than their upcoming opponents and have lost each of their last 4. The Baggies are placed just 1 point and 1 place above Hull in England's top tier, though have won 2 of their last 4 league games away from home.

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Monaco

• Tiémoué Bakayoko returns from suspension and should replace Geoffrey Kondogbia in midfield against Lens.
• The French international injured himself during the warm-up at the weekend and will not return until after the Christmas break.
• Leonardo Jardim oversaw a new defensive partnership against Rennes, which committed several mistakes. As Ricardo Carvalho is suspended for the Champions League meeting with Zenit, the Portuguese will return to the starting XI here.

Lens

• Loïck Landre has been suspended for six more games by the disciplinary commission after his violent tackle on Lorient striker Valentin Lavigne.
• Injured against Metz on Saturday, Pablo Chavarria will not be able to join his teammates in Monaco.
• L'AS Monaco suffered their first league defeat in over two months against Rennes, which sent les Rouge et Blanc down to 10th in the league. They will welcome the return of Ricardo Carvalho in defence, who has been much more reassuring than his teammates at the back this season.
• Le Racing Club de Lens are about to experience a nerve-wracking month, since the club could disappear at the end of December without the help of the Azeri government. In the meantime, Antoine Kombouaré's men are focused on their clash against Monaco after brilliantly returning to winning ways against Metz last weekend.
• In any case, anything but a win would be a real blow for the hosts.

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Crystal Palace

• Damien Delaney will continue to miss out along with Adrian Mariappa, so Scott Dann and Brede Hangeland should continue at centre-back.
• With 3 games in the space of a week Neil Warnock may want to freshen things up so the likes of Wilfried Zaha and James McArthur could come into contention.
• Fraizer Campbell should lead the line after Dwight Gayle was forced off early on at the weekend against Swansea.

Aston Villa

• Ron Vlaar, Philippe Senderos and Nathan Baker will likely remain sidelined so Jores Okore and Ciaran Clark should continue at the back, though the latter was forced off against Burnley after sustaining a late head injury.
• Carlos Sánchez has looked like he's struggled with the pace of English football at times and may be one of those in need of a rest.
• Having scored on his first start for the club last time out Joe Cole will certainly hope to keep his place in the starting XI.
• Christian Benteke is back available following a suspension and will likely return to the front line at the expense of Weimann or Agbonlahor.

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Swansea

• Wayne Routledge made his return from injury in the draw with Crystal Palace at the weekend and could retain his place in the team, although Nathan Dyer is also in contention for the spot on the right wing.
• Jordi Amat continues his recovery but is unlikely to play here, with Kyle Bartley again standing in for the injured Federico Fernandez.

Queens Park Rangers

• Yun Suk-Young was forced off early in the second half against Leicester and is likely to miss out here.
• Armand Traore will fill in at left-back once again.
• Richard Dunne returns from suspension and will be straight back in at the back.
• Bobby Zamora is a doubt after sitting out at the weekend.
• Swansea have slid down the table into 8th after winning only 1 of their last 4 matches, and after a disappointing draw at home to Crystal Palace at the weekend, will be expecting a victory against QPR here.
• The R's found a way off the bottom of the league with a 3-2 win over Leicester on Saturday and will hope to build on that here. However, they have been extremely poor on the road this season, losing all 6 games so far.
• There is the distinct possibility that it will be 7 losses from 7 away from home for QPR after this one, with Swansea huge favourites to win.

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Leicester

• Nigel Pearson is again without Dean Hammond and Matthew Upson.
• The Foxes were unfortunate not to secure at least a point at QPR at the weekend.
• Pearson may be tempted to name the same starting XI for the welcome of Liverpool.

Liverpool

• Rickie Lambert is expected to keep his starting spot with Daniel Sturridge and Mario Balotelli both sidelined.
• Brendan Rodgers will be without Jon Flanagan, Mamadou Sakho and Suso due to injury.
• Kolo Toure is expected to keep his place in the starting XI after an impressive showing against Stoke.
• Steven Gerrard and Adam Lallana may also come into the side for Joe Allen and Lucas Leiva.
• Leicester's abysmal run of form has seen them sink to the foot of the Premier League. The Foxes have picked up only 1 point from a possible 18 of late and need to return to winning ways as soon as possible.
• Liverpool's weekend win over Stoke was their first in 5 in England's top tier. Victory here will help keep their top 4 hopes alive after a disappointing run that saw them drop into the bottom half of the table.
• While Leicester are desperate for 3 points, Liverpool are good enough to secure the share of the spoils in this one.

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