Busy day ahead in the EPL

Injury-hit Manchester City have a chance to put some space between themselves and the rest of the table when they face Stoke in the opening game of the day in the Barclays Premier League.

City face a Stoke side that will be high on confidence after booking their place in the League Cup semi-finals.

Leicester, Man United, Arsenal and Tottenham will all be looking to keep pace with City in the three o'clock matches this afternoon…

The Foxes are level on points with the league leaders ahead of today's action and Claudio Ranieri's side visit struggling Swansea today.

Man United are without the injured Wayne Rooney as they host West Ham while Arsenal take-on Sunderland and Spurs visit West Brom.

Elsewhere, basement side Aston Villa visit Southampton and Watford entertain Norwich.

The late game of the day is at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea will be hoping to continue their recovery in form against Bournemouth.