Football Focus - 29/11/2008

Manish Bhasin, Mark Lawrenson and Martin Keown look ahead to the weekend's football action. In the Premier League, Stoke and Hull face each other, having had differing fortunes since both were promoted to the top flight at the end of last season. Middlesbrough and Newcastle meet in the Tyne-Tees derby while fellow north-easterners Sunderland are at home to Bolton. There is also a full SPL programme, which features both Celtic and Rangers. No doubt about the game of the day in the Championship where promotion contenders and local rivals Wolves and Birmingham meet at Molineux. It is also the second round of the FA Cup, with the 128 teams involved knowing that a win will secure them a place in the third-round draw and the chance of a glamour tie with one of the Premier League big guns. There will also be a look back at the events of the past seven days, which proved a busy time for several Premier League clubs on the European front. It's not often that the Champions League is upstaged by the UEFA Cup but the midweek visit of AC Milan to Tony Adams's Portsmouth attracted plenty of interest.