Premiership
Old Trafford
Wednesday, 19 March; KO: 20:00 BST


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Manchester United goalkeeper


Ben Foster

is expected to keep his place after an impressive debut at Derby on Saturday.

Edwin van der Sar's groin problem is set to keep him out and although Tomasz Kuszczak is available after suspension, Foster should continue in goal.


Bolton have injury concerns over captain Kevin Nolan (sore back) and defender Gary Cahill (bruised foot) ahead of the trip to Old Trafford.

Ali Al Habsi continues in goal in the absence of Jussi Jaaskelainen (back).






(from):

Foster, Kuszczak, Heaton, Brown, Vidic, Pique, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Evra,
Ronaldo, Carrick, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani, Scholes, Giggs, Anderson, Park,
Tevez, Saha, Rooney




(from):

Al Habsi, Nolan, Davies, Taylor, Diouf, Gardner, Campo, A O'Brien, McCann, Steinsson, Hunt, Samuel, Meite, Cahill, Giannakopoulos, Helguson, J O'Brien, Rasiak, Cohen, Walker.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "If we perform well and take our chances we'll win the match. But we must respect our opponents. "Some of our football recently has been terrific and there is good penetration in the team at the moment. "It's encouraging that we're making so many chances, perhaps the forwards just need to relax a in front of goal."

BIG-MATCH FACTS


Premier League leaders and defending champions Manchester United play their game in hand on second placed Arsenal,
and their first home league match in five weeks.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side are looking for the victory that will put them three points clear at the summit.

While United are bidding for a fourth straight league win, their opponents in this Great Manchester derby, Bolton,
are battling to avoid a fifth successive defeat.

It is a slump that has seen the Trotters plunge from 13th to the bottom three in four matches.
It's also the first time in four months, since Gary Megson's early days in charge, that they've dropped into the relegation zone.

Bolton's shock 1-0 victory over United at the Reebok in November, gives the chance of a first double over the Red Devils
since the 1978-79 top-flight campaign.

United won 12 of their first 13 home league games this season, before losing to Manchester City in the most recent fixture at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils have not lost back-to-back home Premier League matches since 8 December 2001,
when a 0-1 defeat to West Ham, came eight days after a 0-3 loss to Chelsea.



CLUB FORM:

Club stats
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Club stats
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Highest achievable: 15th
Lowest could fall: 3rd Bottom

KEY PLAYER NOTES








Cristiano RONALDO

is Manchester United's top scorer with 31 goals.

RONALDO is also their leading Premier League marksman with 22, and is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.

Carlos TEVEZ and RONALDO have scored 33 Premier League goals between them in the current campaign,
and 55% of the Red Devils' entire total this season (46 of 84).

Wayne ROONEY needs one goal to total 50 in the Premier League for Manchester United.

If on the field from the outset:-

ROONEY will make his 150th career league start (Everton and Manchester United).

Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start (Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).

Long term injury, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.








Nicolas ANELKA

now a Chelsea player, is Bolton's leading scorer with 11 goals.

The Frenchman is also the clubs' leading marksman in the Premier League with 10.

The top scorers amongst current players are


El-Hadji DIOUF

and


Kevin NOLAN

with five each.

NOLAN is leading Premier League goalscorer amongst current players with five.

NOLAN is a one shy of 50 club career goals.

Kevin DAVIES needs one to reach 100 club career goals (Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn, Millwall and Bolton).

HEAD TO HEAD

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Speed 87 (pen)

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Anelka 11

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