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Sunderland's Reinildo Mandava has been back in training following a groin injury and is in contention to return, while fellow left-back Dennis Cirkin could be available for a first appearance of the season. "Dennis is ready," said Le Bris. "He has trained properly now for two or three weeks and he's connected in the group. It's good news. Right now, we don't have many injuries."

Frankfurt are the first team to return to the Camp Nou in the Champions League as they face Barcelona tonight. The Blaugrana have been settling back into their old home following its reopening in the aftermath of major construction, and fans will be excited to flood the stands for a night under the lights in Spain. However, Hansi Flick's men have work to do. They are 18th in the standings, and three points off the automatic qualification places for the next stage of the competition. Frankfurt, meanwhile, are even further adrift, with just four points to their name.

Aston Villa will be keen to build on their European ventures with a big win against Midlands rivals Wolves. The Villans ran out 2-1 winners against Young Boys on Thursday night, and face the quick turn around, unlike their Premier League rivals, who have had a full weeks' rest. Last time out in the top flight, Villa went to Elland Road and won, a big result for the division's most in-form teams.

FC Bayern will play a friendly match against Red Bull Salzburg on 6 January 2026 to prepare for the resumption of the 2025/26 season.

Tottenham welcome Manchester United to north London in what should be an exciting Saturday lunchtime encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs bowed out of the League Cup with a poor performance at St James' Park, knocked out with a 2-0 loss by the holders, and they slumped to a second successsive defeat at home to Chelsea after Joao Pedro struck the winner.

Juve are without defender Bremer and Khephren Thuram, but winger Francisco Conceicao is fit and available once more. Milan have Rafael Leao back from a calf strain and goalkeeper Mike Maignan is also now fit and available. Juve: Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly; Cambiaso, Locatelli, McKennie, Cabal; Conceicao, Yildiz; David Milan: Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan; Pulisic, Gimenez

Nayef Aguerd scored on his Marseille debut against Lorient but did not travel to Madrid because of concussion protocols, with the Morocco defender's availability being monitored day by day. "His health comes first and then we'll see," said De Zerbi, adding that on-loan Bournemouth midfielder Hamed Traore will be out for "a few weeks". Striker Ousmane Dembele (hamstring) and winger Desire Doue (calf) are out for PSG with injuries suffered while playing for France.