Portsmouth v Manchester United preview

Tomorrow Manchester United take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park for their first away match of the new Premier League season.

United are still without Ronaldo, Park, Carrick, Saha and Anderson.
Nani is still suspended but only for one match now.
The good news is that Hargreaves might be fit enough to play and Tevez is back after the death of his mother.

Portsmouth midfielder Niko Kranjcar is a major doubt for this match after being injured whilst on national duty.
Diarra has recovered from an injury which was sustained last week at Chelsea.


Manchester United Squad:
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Brown, Neville, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, F Da Silva, Fletcher, O'Shea, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Campbell, Welbeck.

Portsmouth Squad:
James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Diop, Diarra, Kranjcar, Little, Defoe, Crouch, Kaboul, Thomas, A Traore, Sahar, Lauren, Mvuemba, Davis, Hughes, Ashdown.


United played Portsmouth at Fratton Park around this time last season, which ended with Cristiano being sent off for a supposed headbutt, Muntari was also sent off.
The match ended 1-1 with goals from Mwaruwari for Portsmouth and Scholes for United.

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