Man
Utd v
Chelsea
(12.00)
Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand returns to the
team after a four-game absence with a back injury.
Patrice Evra is also back after his four-match ban, so United
have only Owen Hargreaves and Wes Brown missing.
Chelsea welcome back captain John Terry for the trip to Old
Trafford after he served a three-match suspension.
Michael Ballack is also available after a ban and Jose Bosingwa
should play despite picking up a knock, but Florent Malouda
(hamstring) misses out. <!-- E SF -->
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster,
Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, O'Shea, Ronaldo,
Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Park, Berbatov, Rooney,
Welbeck, Gibson, Possebon.
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Hilario,
Bosingwa, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry, Alex, Mancienne, A Cole, J
Cole, Obi, Lampard, Kalou, Anelka, Drogba, Stoch, Carvalho, Di
Santo, Deco, Mineiro, Belletti, Ballack.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex
Ferguson:
"Because Chelsea are one of the top teams
in the country, there is more spice to it and more anticipation
amongst the players. "I don't think there's been much change in the
Chelsea team other than the swing in terms of home and away form.
"They are still consistent, they are still very difficult to play
against and they still have very good players."
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard:
"The errors have been very frustrating for everyone involved
because we do work on them in training anyway. "Sometimes it has
been an individual error or a collective one, but it has been very
important because we have dominated the last two games and we lost
out on a set-piece in the final minute each time. "We can't afford
to let that happen against a team of Manchester United's
calibre."
Chelsea's only win in six Premier League matches at the Theatre
of Dreams was 1-3 on 10 May 2005 when Tiago, Eidur Gudjohnsen and
Joe Cole got on the score sheet. Discounting the penalty shoot-out
loss in last season's Community Shield, Chelsea have only lost two
of their last 15 competitive games against Manchester United.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Man United 55 wins, Chelsea 37, Draws 41
Prem: Man United 9 wins, Chelsea 10, Draws 14
at Man United only
League (inc PL): Man United 26 wins, Chelsea 17, Draws 23
Prem: Man United 5 wins, Chelsea 4, Draws 7
Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea
23 September 2007 - Ref: Mike Dean
Man Utd scorers: Tevez 45, Saha 90 (pen)
Sent Off: Obi (Chelsea) 32
Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United
21 September 2008 - Ref: Mike Riley
Chelsea scorer: Kalou 80
Man Utd scorer: Park 18
Howard Webb
(Yorkshire) 
