Eurosport - Tue, 27 Oct 10:09:00 2009
Manchester United are set to hand a debut to summer signing Gabriel Obertan in their Carling Cup fourth-round tie against Barnsley at Oakwell.
Barnsley v Manchester United
Barnsley will be without on-loan trio Ryan Shotton, Carl Dickinson and Nathan Doyle plus striker Andy Gray for the Carling Cup clash with Manchester United.
Stoke defenders Shotton and Dickinson and Hull midfielder Doyle have all played for their parent clubs earlier in the competition while Gray played for Charlton in the first round before his move to Barnsley in late August.
Otherwise, manager Mark Robins has a full-strength squad to choose from, with no new injury problems following Saturday's 3-2 home defeat to Bristol City.
Robins must decide whether to recall Brazilian midfielder Anderson De Silva and the rested Jon Macken to his starting line-up while fellow striker Daniel Bogdanovic was on the scoresheet on Saturday.
Barnsley won at Lincoln and Reading in rounds one and two respectively and beat Burnley 3-2 at Oakwell in the third round to book a fourth-round clash with Robins' former club.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will ring the changes with a Premier League fixture in mind on Saturday when they entertain Blackburn.
He will hand a debut to Obertan (pictured with fellow summer signings Michael Owen and Antonio Valencia), three months after the 20-year-old midfielder arrived from Bordeaux. Obertan has proved his fitness following a back injury in three games for the reserves.
Danny Welbeck - who scored the winner against Wolves in the last round - Darron Gibson, Federico Macheda and the Da Silva brothers Rafael and Fabio could all be involved.
Tottenham v Everton (20:00)
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has urged his fringe players to seize their opportunity to shine when he rotates his squad for the clash against Everton.
With Jermain Defoe suspended and Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate, Ledley King and Luka Modric injured, Redknapp will give the likes of Roman Pavlyuchenko, Gareth Bale, David Bentley and Alan Hutton a chance to impress in the fourth-round tie at White Hart Lane.
Everton boss David Moyes has a number of injuries to cope for the trip to Merseyside.
Long-term casualties Phil Jagielka, Spanish playmaker Mikel Arteta and striker Yakubu have now been joined on the treatment table by defenders Leighton Baines and Joseph Yobo and midfielder Steven Pienaar.
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