Both Wayne Rooney and Ashley Cole will be available for their respective clubs for the clash between Chelsea and Man United on Tuesday.

Rooney will face Chelsea after the Football Association confirmed that they will take no action against the player, following an elbow on Wigan's James McCarthy.

The FA were waiting for referee Mark Clattenburg's report before deciding whether or not to charge Rooney. Clattenburg said that he saw the incident in it's entirety at the time and that he believes that he took appropriate action, which means that the FA cannot punish Rooney.

Cole was in the papers again this weekend after it was alleged that he shot
a sports science student with an air rifle, which caused heavy bleeding to the students leg. Cole has been accused of letting the club down with his unprofessional behaviour but his manager has insisted that the player in in the right frame of mind.

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti told reporters: “He will play tomorrow, yes. Obviously we are not happy with what happened but I have spoken with him”.

“He was really disappointed and said sorry. He made a mistake. Obviously he stepped over the line about rules.

“It was an accident and we have taken the proper action. He will play and is focused to play a good game.”

Tuesday night Manchester United will take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. United haven't won at Stamford Bridge since the 20th April 2002 when they beat Chelsea 3-0 with goals from Paul Scholes, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

This fixture was postponed back in December due to weather conditions. At the time Sir Alex Ferguson said said the match was “probably the most important game of the season”. With Chelsea now 15 points behind Man United in the title race, realistically Chelsea can not win the title.

Team News

Chelsea don't have many injury problems, they will only be without Alex and Yossi Benayoun. Yury Zhirkov should return to the squad after recovering from an injury.

Wayne Rooney will be available for Man United after it was confirmed that the FA will not face any action after appearing to elbow Wigan's James McCarthy at the weekend.

Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans are both still out injured so Chris Smalling will continue to partner Nemanja Vidic in heart of United's defence. Also out with injuries are Ji-Sung Park, Anderson, Antonio Valencia and Owen Hargreaves.

Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen are rated as doubtful.

League Positions

Man United beat Wigan 4-0 over the weekend meanwhile Chelsea had the weekend off because they were due to play Birmingham, who were involved in the Carling Cup final.

Manchester United are four points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with 60 points from 27 games.

Last season's league winners Chelsea on the other hand aren't having the best of seasons. The London side are down in fifth position after playing 27 games and picking up 45 points.

Previous Game

The last game played between the two sides was back on the 8th August 2010 in the FA Community Shield. Man United beat Chelsea 3-1 with goals from Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov. Salomon Kalou scored the only goal for Chelsea.

Head-To-Head

Manchester United and Chelsea have played each other a total of 157 times, which have seen 67 Man United wins, 43 Chelsea wins and 47 draws. Out of the 157 matches, 136 of those have been played in the league. Man United have beaten Chelsea 56 times in the league, lost 39 times and there have been 41 draws.

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22nd Feb: FC Copenhagen 0-2 Chelsea (Champions League)
19th Feb: Chelsea 1-1 Everton- Everton won 4-3 on penalties (FA Cup)
14th Feb: Fulham 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)
6th Feb: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
1st Feb: Sunderland 2-4 Chelsea (Premier League

Man United: WDWWL

26th Feb: Wigan 0-4 Man United (Premier League
23rd Feb: Marseille 0-0 Man United (Champions League)
19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)


Officials

Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Peter Kirkup and Mike Mullarkey
Fourth Official: Chris Foy

Atkinson has refereed 28 games this season, he has shown 94 yellow cards and nine red cards. He has officiated three games involving Man United, which were the 3-3 draw away to Everton, the 2-0 win over Wigan at Old Trafford and most recently the 2-1 away win in the FA Cup against Southampton.

Atkinson has also refereed three games involving Chelsea; their 2-0 win at home to Stoke, the 1-0 home win against Fulham and their 2-0 home win against Blackburn.

Man United have gone four points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League table after a 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium.

Man United Squad:

Starting Line-Up: Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Smailling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Rooney and Hernandez.

Bench: Kuszczak, Brown, Berbatov, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson and King

The Game:

Wigan got off to the better start and should have taken the lead 12 minutes in, a mistake by Paul Scholes was pounced on by Victor Moses, who was clean through on goal but Edwin Van Der Sar made the save.

Despite their poor start, it was Man United who took the lead. Luis Nani's run down the left, his cross into the area was brilliantly finished by Javier Hernandez. Immediately after the goal, Wigan should have equalised but Van Der Sar managed to block James McCarthy's effort.

A fantastic move by Man United nearly resulted in a 2-0 lead after Rooney found Nani, he shot, his effort had the keeper beaten but hit the inside of the post.

Second half and the Latics were still causing Man United problems, with Van Der Sar coming to the rescue again after saving a strike from Maynor Figueroa.

10 minutes into the second half Man United started to put a bit more pressure on the Wigan goal. Nani should have scored but his striker was well saved by Ali Al Habsi. That was followed by another strike by Nani after receiving the ball from Hernandez but he hit his effort wide. Then Nani had another shot saved by Al Habsi, the keeper parried the ball in the direction of Rooney, who laid it off to Fletcher but Wigan somehow managed to clear the ball.

A long ball by Van Der Sar found Hernandez, who found Rooney, his superb pass back to the Mexican was slotted past Al Habsi by Hernandez.

With just over 10 minutes remaining, Dimitar Berbatov was brought on for Hernandez and Darron Gibson came on for Scholes.

A great ball from Gibson found Berbatov, he ran down the right and unselfishly found Rooney, who tapped the ball into an empty goal.

Man United's final substitution saw Fabio Da Silva come on for Nani. Fabio's first touch of the ball was to smash the ball past Al Habsi to give United a 4-0 lead.

The game finished 4-0 to Man United, a flattering scoreline but very important result with a massive game against Chelsea on Tuesday.

Ahead of Man United's game against Chelsea on Tuesday, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed Chelsea's chances of winning the league title.

Sir Alex said: "I think Arsenal or ourselves will win it”
"What I said earlier in the season was that normally two teams break away. You come towards the end of the season and it always seems to come down to two teams and that's the way it's looking now."

Before of today's game, Man United are currently top of the table, with Arsenal a point behind the league leaders but have played a game extra. A win away at Wigan Athletic this afternoon would take Man United four points clear of second place Arsenal.

Chelsea currently sit fifth in the Premier League table, 12 points behind Man United. They are two points behind Tottenham and four behind Man City.

Sir Alex continued: “It won't be easy [for Chelsea] to come back from that kind of points deficit.

"I said some time ago, the team that is most consistent would win the league. That is why I stress that we have to keep our momentum going and get that consistency."

Manchester United owners the Glazer family have reiterated their stance on the club not being for sale.

The Qatar Royal Family have been linked with a £1.6billion bid to buy Man United but the Glazers have insisted that they won't sell.

A statement read: "The board notes recent press speculation regarding a possible bid for Manchester United"

"The owners remain fully committed to their long-term ownership of the club."

"No discussions have taken place, Manchester United is not for sale and the owners will not entertain any offers."

The statement was released alongside United's second quarter financial results, which showed that in 12 months the clubs debt has shrunk from £512.5m to £489.4m from the end of 2010. Man United are also on target to become the first club to reach the £100m mark for commercial revenue.

After a disappointing 0-0 draw against Marseille midweek, Manchester United turn their attention back to the Premier League, with an away game against Wigan Athletic.

Team News

Wigan don't have many injury problems, both Emmerson Boyce and Callum McManaman are doubtful. Tom Cleverley will not play as he is ineligible to play against his parent club.

Man United will be without Anderson, Ji-Sung Park, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves and Antonio Valencia. Ryan Giggs may recover in time to play, Michael Owen may also be available to play after returning to training following a hamstring injury.

League Positions

Wigan currently sit in the relegation zone after taking 27 points from 27 games this season. The Latics have only won one of their last nine games. They have the worst defensive home record in the league after conceding 26 goals, they have also only won three league games at the DW Stadium this season.

Man United are currently top of the table picking up 57 points from 26 games. United are now only one point ahead of Arsenal, who beat Stoke 1-0 in the league during the week. Man United have played a game less but the game in hand is against Chelsea. Man United's away record this season has been terrible, they have only won three league games away from home.

Previous Game

The most recent meeting between the two sides was on the 20th November 2010, in a league game at Old Trafford. Man United won the game 2-0 with goals from Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez, Wigan finished the game with nine men after Antolin Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega were sent off.

Head-To-Head

There have been a total of 12 games in all competitions played between the two clubs. Manchester United have won all 12 matches, scoring 37 goals and conceding only four.

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16th Feb: Wigan 0-1 Bolton (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wigan 4-3 Blackburn (Premier League)
1st Feb: West Brom 2-2 Wigan (Premier League)
29th Jan: Bolton 0-0 Wigan (FA Cup)

Man United: DWWLW

23rd Feb: Marseille 0-0 Man United (Champions League)
19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)
1st Feb: Man United 3-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistants: Mick McDonough and Andy Newbold
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor

Clattenburg has refereed 30 games this season, showing 92 yellow cards and seven red cards.

He has officiated games involving Man United this season; the 3-0 win against West Ham in the league, the 2-0 win over Tottenham, the 4-0 loss to West Ham in the Carling Cup and the 2-1 win over Stoke.

Clattenburg has only refereed one game involving Wigan this season, which was the 3-2 away win in the FA Cup against Hull City.

Rivals:

Arsenal are not in action in the league this weekend, they will be playing Birmingham City at Wembley on Sunday in the Carling Cup final.

Chelsea aren't playing at all, their next game in against Man United at Stamford Bridge on the 1st March. Third place Man City have a home game against Fulham on Sunday.

Manchester United have resumed their Champions League campaign with a 0-0 draw against Marseille in the Stade Velodrome.

Man United squad:

Starting line-up: Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Gibson, Carrick, Nani, Rooney and Berbatov.

Bench- Kuszczak, Rafael, Brown, Fabio, Scholes, Obertan and Hernandez

The Game: 

Manchester United got off to a positive start with a few efforts on goal and pressurising the Marseille defence but the longer the first half went on, the fewer chances there were.

The first opportunity of the game fell to United; a free-kick taken by Luis Nani, which struck the wall but rebounded straight into the path of Darren Fletcher, his shot tested Marseille keeper Steve Mandanda but he managed to gather the ball second time round.

Marseille's best chance of the first half came in the 40th minute. A corner taken by Andre Ayew nearly went in but Edwin Van Der Sar got across to the near post to claim the ball.

The first chance of the second half fell to Marseille but Van Der Sar was able to collect Brandao's header. A minute later, down the other end of the pitch, Wayne Rooney's cross was missed by Mandanda, fortunately for the home side, Gabriel Heinze was able to head the ball away with Nani behind him ready to head the ball into the goal.

That was followed by a bright spell for Marseille, Lucho Gonzalez nearly got onto the end of a cross by Heinze. Loic Remy's strike was blocked, the ball found it's way to Ayew who had a shot on goal. The shot was going wide but nearly fell for Brandao, fortunately for United, it didn't.

One of United's best chances of the game came in the 81st minute. Nani slipped the ball to Dimitar Berbatov, he tried to play Nani in but the ball took a slight deflection, which gave Mandanda the opportunity to come off his line and collect the ball, just ahead of Nani.

With only three minutes remaining, Rooney looked to be clear through on goal but was pulled back by Stephane M'Bia, the referee saw nothing wrong with the challenge and waved play on.

The game finished in a 0-0 draw, it wasn't the best of games but not such a bad result for Man United.

Reaction:

After the game, Sir Alex Ferguson told ITV1:

"It was disappointing [the teams performance], the pitch was lively but they made sure they weren't going to lose a goal. We got in good positions but we didn't have enough.

"Nil-nil can be a dangerous scoreline if you lose a goal at home but it's about winning the game, if we win the game we're through. We're confident, I think we'll be much better."

Manchester United's Champions League campaign resumes tomorrow with a final 16 first leg match against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

Team News

The Man United squad flew out to France today, absentees were Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen, Ryan Giggs, Ji-Sung Park, Anderson, Jonny Evans and Antonio Valencia. Youngsters Ryan Tunnicliffe and Josh King both travelled.

Squad: Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Vidic, Smalling, O'Shea, Evra, Brown, Rafael, Fabio, Scholes, Nani, Gibson, Carrick, Fletcher, Obertan, Tunnicliffe, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and King.

Marseille will be without Andre-Pierre Gignac who picked up a groin injury during a 2-1 win over St Etienne at the weekend. Loic Remy and Brandao also picked up an injury during the win but Marseille are confident that they will both recover in time.

Matthieu Valbuena may return from injury, he has been suffering from a knee problem and has returned to training but the game may come too early for him.

Group Stage


Manchester United are unbeaten in this season's Champions League, after four wins and two draws in the group stage. Man United only conceded one goal in all of the games, scoring seven in the process.

Previous Meetings

The last time the two clubs met was back in the 1999/2000 Champions League group stage. The first match was played at Old Trafford, which Man United won 2-1. That was then followed a few months later with a 2-1 win for Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

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19th Feb: Marseille 2-1 St Etienne (Coupe de la ligue)
12th Feb: Sochaux 1-2 Marseille (Ligue 1)
5th Feb: Marseille 1-0 Arles (Ligue 1)
30th Jan: AS Monaco 0-0 Marseille (Ligue 1)
16th Jan: Auxerre 0-2 Marseille (Ligue 1)

Marseille are third in the Ligue 1 table. They beat St Etienne 2-1 at the Stade Velodrome at the weekend, which closed the gap down to three points on Ligue 1 leaders Lille.

Man United : WWLWW

19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)
1st Feb: Man United 3-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
29th Jan: Southampton 1-2 Man United (FA Cup)

United beat non-league side Crawley Town 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup at the weekend. In the league, Man United are four points ahead of second place Arsenal after 26 games played.

Officials

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Assistant Referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) and Thorsten Schiffner (Germany)
Additional Assistant Referees: Babak Rafati (Germany) and Peter Sippel (Germany)
Fourth Official: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Brych has officiated four matches so far in this years competition, he has shown 11 yellow cards and is yet to show a red card.

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has signed a new contract with the club, which will see the player stay until 2014.

The 29-year old had been linked with a move to Real Madrid, his agent had confirmed that the Spanish side was interested in signing the left-back.

The Frenchman joined Man United from Monaco on the 10th January 2006 for a fee of £5,500,000. Evra's debut came four days later in an away game against Manchester City, which Man United lost 3-1.

Since then Evra has gone on to make 226 appearances for Man United, scoring three goals, the most recent coming in United's 2-0 league win over Wigan this season.

Evra told ManUtd.com: “Ever since I arrived at United, it’s been a dream come true playing her"
“The fans, the players, the manager and the staff all work hard to make this club the best in the world.

“I’ve won a lot in the last five years, but I want to win more and I know that’s the mentality of everyone here.”

Manchester United will play either Premier League side Arsenal or League One side Leyton Orient at Old Trafford in the Quarter Finals of the FA cup.

Yesterday Man United beat Crawley Town 1-0 at Old Trafford to reach the Quarter Finals. Leyton Orient and Arsenal played each other this afternoon, which ended in a 1-1 draw. They will now face each other again in a replay at the Emirates.

Arsenal:

The most recent meeting between Man United and Arsenal was on the 13th December 2010 in the league at Old Trafford. Man United won the game 1-0 with Ji-Sung Park scoring the only goal.

There have been a total of 210 games played between the two clubs in all competitions. Out of those 210 games, there have been 87 Man United wins, 77 Arsenal wins and 46 draws. 13 of those games have been played in the FA Cup, Man United have won six times, Arsenal have won five times and there have been two draws.

The last FA Cup meeting between the two clubs was a Fifth Round tie on the 16th February 2008 at Old Trafford, which Man United won 4-0. Wayne Rooney, Darren Fletcher (x2) and Luis Nani all scored for United, Emmanuel Eboue was sent off in the 49th minute.


Leyton Orient:

The last time Man United played Leyton Orient was back on the 14th December 1974 in the old English Division two, the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

There have been a total of 12 games played between the two clubs in all competitions. Out of those 12 games, there have been 6 Man United wins, 2 Leyton Orient wins and 4 draws. The two clubs have never met each other in the FA Cup.

The Full Draw is:

Stoke City v West Ham/Burnley
Manchester City/Aston Villa v Everton/Reading
Birmingham City v Bolton Wanderers
Manchester United v Arsenal/Leyton Orient

With 93 league places between the two sides, on paper it should have been an easy win for Man United, but it was far from that. Crawley made sure that Manchester United had to fight for their place in the next round of the FA Cup.

The Manchester United starting line-up was: Anders Lindegaard, Rafael Da Silva, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Fabio Da Silva, Michael Carrick, Anderson, Darron Gibson, Bebe, Javier Hernandez and Gabriel Obertan.
Tomasz Kuszczak, Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Darren Fletcher, Josh King, Paul Pogba and Ryan Tunnicliffe were all named on the bench.

The first proper opportunity of the game fell to Crawley with Ben Smith hitting a long range shot, which flew just wide of Lindegaard's post. Not much happend for the first 25 minutes, Crawley looked fairly comfortable and Man United weren't really testing keeper Michel Kuiper.

It was Brown who got the only goal of the game, which came 27 minutes in. From a short corner, Gibson's cross into the area from the left was flicked on and past Kuiper by Brown, for his first goal since October 2008.

Minutes after the goal, Gibson's wonderful pass found Fabio who only managed to poke the ball wide. Man United's next opportunity came from Obertan, who brought a good save out of Kuiper.

Rooney was brought immediately on for Anderson for the start of the second half. The striker made an early impact after setting Obertan clear but he was unable to find Hernandez who was waiting in the area.

It was Crawley who had most of the chances during the start of the second half with Ben Smith, Dannie Bulman and Craig McAllister all causing Man United problems.

For the rest of the game, the better of the chances fell to Crawley and the longer the game went on the more frustrated the Man United players got. An unmarked David Hunt volleyed the ball wide, Matthew Tubbs tried an overhead kick took a deflection and flew just over the bar.

The non league side were nearly on level terms with during injury time after substitute Richard Brodie header hit the bar and fortunately for United, it was cleared. Man United scraped through to the next round with a 1-0 win.

Manchester United have confirmed that Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year contract extension with the club, which will see him at United until the summer of 2012.

The 37-year old has made 862 appearances for Man United, scoring 158 goals in the process. So far this season Giggs has made 24 appearances, scoring three goals.

Giggs told ManUtd.com: "All I’ve ever wanted to do is play for United and I’ve been lucky enough to do that for 20 years. It’s great to know I’m still contributing to the team’s success and I feel I’ve got a lot to offer on and off the pitch. This is an exciting time to be involved with so many good young players coming through."

Tomorrow evening Man United have the chance to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, if they beat non-league side Crawley Town at Old Trafford.

The two clubs have never played each other in any competition, with 93 league places between the clubs Man United are understandably very strong favourites to go through to the next round.

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that both Rafael Da Silva and Fabio Da Silva will play. Also expected to play are John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Anders Lindegaard, Bebe and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez.

Michael Owen has been ruled out of tomorrows game but should be fit enough for the UEFA Champions League game against Marseille on Wednesday. Also ruled out of the FA Cup tie are Ji-Sung Park, Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans.

Man United squad: Lindegaard, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Evans, Smalling, Fabio, Rafael, Brown, Vidic, Carrick, Anderson, Fletcher, Obertan, Scholes, Gibson, Hernandez, Berbatov and Rooney.

Crawley Town will be without midfielder Scott Neilson who is out with a foot injury. Defender Pablo Mills should return after being rested. Defender John Dempster and midfielder Josh Simpson are both cup-tied.

Lee Probert will officiate tomorrows game. Probert has refereed 23 games this season, showing 56 yellow cards and six red cards. He has refereed only one Man United game this season, which was the 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn Rovers in the league earlier this season.

Manchester United have gone seven points clear in the Premier League table after a 2-1 win over City rivals Manchester City, at Old Trafford.

The Man United starting XI was: Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Vidic, Smalling, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs and Rooney.

There was a glorious chance for Man City's David Silva only three minutes in after Ryan Giggs had played him onside but fortunately for United, he poked it just wide of the post.

10 minutes in Luis Nani came close to opening up the scoring, he cut in from the right but his strike on goal flew just over Joe Hart's bar.

Just after the half hour mark there was some improvement in United's play with both Fletcher and Nani forcing saves out of Hart. The first came from Fletcher but his header was comfortably saved by Hart and then two efforts came from Nani, his first was saved by Hart and his second was way off target.

Nani opened the scoring, Edwin Van Der Sar's long ball found Wayne Rooney, who flicked the ball to Ryan Giggs. Giggs' through ball was finished off superbly by Nani to give United the lead.

Manchester City equalised with 25 minutes remaining. Shaun Wright-Phillips low ball in was hit by Edin Dzeko, the ball took a deflection off Silva and past Van Der Sar. Dimitar Berbatov was immediately brought on for Anderson by Sir Alex Ferguson after the City goal.

Wayne Rooney scored what turned out to be the winner with 13 minutes remaining. Nani crossed the ball into the penalty area from the right, Rooney's fantastic overhead kick flew into the top corner of the goal.

Third place Manchester City are now eight points behind United in the table, having played a game extra. Second place Arsenal play Wolves in the afternoon kick off at the Emirates, Chelsea don't play Fulham until Monday.

Manchester United will be looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat against Wolves last weekend with a win over City rivals Manchester City tomorrow lunchtime.

Man United may have lost last weekend but they are still top of the Premier League table, four points ahead of Arsenal who drew 4-4 with Newcastle. Man City won 3-0 against West Brom last weekend and are in third, five points behind Man United but they have played a game more than United and Arsenal.

Both Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans have been ruled out so Chris Smalling will start alongside Nemanja Vidic in the centre of Man United's defence. Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez is expected to be named on the bench suffering from fatigue.

Along with Ferdinand and Evans, Owen Hargreaves and Antonio Valencia are on the injured list.

Man United squad: Van der Sar, Lindegaard, Kuszczak, Rafael, O’Shea, Brown, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Bebe, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Manchester City's Nigel De Jong is rated as doubtful after struggling with an ankle injury, also doubtful are Michael Johnson and Dedryck Boyata. Adam Johnson is out injured but Mario Balotelli may return after spending a few weeks out on the sideline.

There have been a total of 154 matches played between the two clubs, which have seen 64 Man United wins, 50 draws and 42 Man City wins. Man United and Man City have played each other once this season, which was in the league, back on the 10th November 2010. After much hype and build-up, the game finished as a 0-0 draw.

Referee tomorrow is Andre Marriner, he has officiated a total of 24 games this season showing 81 yellow cards and three red cards. Marriner has refereed two games involving United this season; the 3-1 FA Community Shield win over Chelsea at the start of the season and 2-1 away win in the league at Stoke.

Marriner has refereed three games involving City this season; their 0-0 draw away to Spurs, the 1-0 home win against Chelsea and another 1-0 home win but against Bolton.

On the 6th February 1958 twenty-three people lost their lives after Flight 609 ZU failed to get off the ground in Munich and crashed.

The team were returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yogoslavia, against Red Star Belgrade. Also on the plane were the back-room staff, journalists, and some members of the public.

The plane had to stop in Munich to refuel. It had been snowing in Munich and the plane had twice failed to get off the ground, the third take-off attempt ended in disaster. The plane was unable to get airbourne, skid off the runway and ploughed through a fence. The plane then shot across a road and collided with a house.

20 people died instantly, Duncan Edwards died 15 days later, co pilot Captain Kenneth Rayment died three weeks later and Frank Swift died on the way to hospital.

Here is a list of all 23 fatalities:

Man United players and staff-
Geoff Bent
Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards (survived the crash, but passed away15 days later)
Mark Jones
David Pegg
Tommy Taylor
Liam Whelan
Walter Crickmer- club secretary
Tom Curry- trainer
Bert Whalley- chief coach

Crew-
Captain Kenneth Rayment- co-pilot (survived the crash but passed away three weeks later)
Tom Cable- cabin steward

Journalists-
Alf Clarke from the Manchester Evening Chronicle
Donny Davies from the Manchester Guardian
George Follows from the Daily Herald
Tom Jackson from the Manchester Evening News
Archie Ledbrooke from the Daily Mirror
Henry Rose from the Daily Express
Frank Swift from the News of the World and former Man City and England footballer
Eric Thompson from the Daily Mail

Other Passengers-
Bela Miklos, travel agent
Willie Satinoff, supporter, racecourse owner and close friend of Matt Busby

Manchester United failed to take advantage of Arsenal's slip-up at St James' Park after a 2-1 loss to Wolves. In doing that Man United have failed to set a new club record of 30 games unbeaten in the league.

Rafael Da Silva returned after suffering concussion during Man United's game against Blackpool on the 25th January. Darren Fletcher was also fit to start after picking up an eye injury during United's 3-1 win over Aston Villa midweek. Rio Ferdinand was originally named in the starting line-up but was injured during the warm-up, Jonny Evans replaced him.

Man United starting XI- Van der Sar, Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Rooney and Berbatov.

Wolves got off to a lively start but down the other end, Manchester United scored from their first attack. 3 minutes in Luis Nani received the ball down the right, he cut inside and fired the ball past Wayne Hennessey.
United could have been 2-0 up second later after Dimitar Berbatov found Wayne Rooney from 15 yards out but Rooney's effort was comfortably saved by Hennessey.

Seven minutes after United scored, Wolves pulled one back. Not for the first time this season, some bad defending from a corner lead to the opposition scoring. A short corner ended with George Elokobi heading past Edwin Van Der Sar from close range.

Man United continued to apply pressure towards the Wolves goal, immediately after the equaliser Ryan Giggs saw his shot deflected away for a corner. Minutes later United could have been awarded a penalty after Nemanja Vidic was fouled in the area. That was followed by a shot by Berbatov but his effort was straight at Hennessey, the Bulgarians next opportunity ended with him heading the ball just over the bar.

Wolves did put United under pressure and had their own shout for a penalty after Kevin Doyle went down in the area but referee Michael Oliver waved away the claims. The home side had a couple of corners in a matter of minutes, the first saw Jamie O'Hara forcing Van Der Sar to save with his feet, the second was just about cleared by United.

Wolves continued to cause the United defence problems. Rafael brought down Nenad Milijas, his free-kick was deflected just wide. Wolves took the lead with five minutes of the first half remaining. Wolves were awarded another free-kick, which was taken by Milijas and either headed in by Kevin Doyle or rolled in off the back of Elokobi. The goal went down as being scored by Doyle.

Sir Alex Ferguson made an immediate chance for the second half bringing on Paul Scholes for Michael Carrick, who had been anonymous for most of the first half.

O'Hara was shown a yellow card 51 minutes in after pulling back Darren Fletcher. He should have been shown a second yellow after terrible challenge on Fletcher, moments later O'Hara was substituted.

Just before the hour mark, Rafael's low ball into the Wolves penalty area was hit just wide of the Onpost by Scholes.

With United still 2-1 down, Sir Alex Ferguson made a double substitution. Chris Smalling came on for Evans, who had picked up an injury. Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez came on for Berbatov.

Nani tried to bring United back into the game but his strikes towards the goal were either high and wide or the ball was taken off him by one of the Wolves defenders.

With time running and only minutes remaining, Scholes was shown a yellow card for trying to scored with his hand.

The game finished Wolves 2-1 Man United. United are still top of the league but are now four points ahead of Arsenal.

Tomorrow evening the current Premier League leaders Manchester United will take on Wolves, who are currently bottom of the table at Molineux. Earlier on in the day Arsenal are away to Newcastle and Manchester City are at home to West Brom. Chelsea face Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Wolves are currently bottom of the Premier League table, having played 24 games in the league and have 21 points. Man United have 24 games and have 54 points. Midweek Wolves lost 1-0 to Bolton after Daniel Sturridge scored the winning goal deep into injury time.  Man United on the other hand beat Aston Villa 3-1 with two goals from Wayne Rooney for United and one from Nemanja Vidic. Darren Bent scored for Villa.

There have been 95 games played between both clubs, which have seen 46 Manchester United wins, 33 Wolves wins and 16 draws. United and Wolves have already played each other twice this season, the first was in October in the Carling Cup, which Man United won 3-2. The league game at Old Trafford in November ended in a 2-1 win for United.

Sir Alex Ferguson is expecting Rafael Da Silva to be fit to play tomorrow after picking up concussion during Man United's game against Blackpool back on the 25th January. Darren Fletcher should also be fine to play after suffering from an eye injury against Aston Villa. Antonio Valencia and Owen Hargreaves are both out injured.

Man United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Rafael, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Jamie O'Hara could make his first start for Wolves after joining on loan from Tottenham. The main injury news for Wolves is that they are without Stephen Hunt who has a calf injury.

The referee tomorrow is Michael Oliver, so far this season he has officiated 20 games, showing 59 yellow cards and six red cards. Oliver hasn't refereed any games involving Man United or Wolves this season.

Manchester United defender Gary Neville has retired from football with immediate effect. The last time the 35-year old played was in Man United's 2-1 win over West Brom on the first of January, which was his 602nd appearance for the club.

"I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I've ever had. Obviously I am disappointed that my playing days are at an end, however it comes to us all, and it's knowing when that time is and for me that time is now," Neville told ManUtd.com

"I have played in the most incredible football teams, playing with some of the best players in the world as well as against them and I have been lucky to have been part of the team's achievements and the club's great success.

"There are so many people I want to thank and, of course, top of that list is Sir Alex [Ferguson]. He has given me so many opportunities and countless support over the last 20 years - he is truly one of the greatest managers - and I have to thank him for that."

Since signing for Man United in 1991, Neville has gone on to win eight Premier League trophies, the Champions League, three FA Cups, two League Cups, the Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Manchester United have stayed five points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League after beating Aston Villa 3-1 at Old Trafford.

The Man United players were wearing black armbands in remembrance of the Munich Air Disaster. The United starting XI was- Van Der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney and Berbatov

Manchester United took the lead only 50 seconds into the game after Edwin Van Der Sar's quick free-kick up field, Wayne Rooney immediately controlled the ball and smashed the ball past Brad Friedel from 20 yards out.

Dimitar Berbatov almost put United 2-0 up only nine minutes in, Rooney's cross into the penalty area but Berbatov was unable to direct the header towards goal.

Man United appealed for a penalty after Luis Nani was barged over by Richard Dunne in the area but Chris Foy waved away the appeals. Minutes later Nani was involved in the action again after drawing out a top save out of Friedel from 20 yards out.

Villa did have a few opportunities but they were either wide or Van Der Sar was able to save comfortably.

On the half hour mark Friedel just managed to hold onto Ryan Giggs' right-footed shot. Man United were forced to make a substitution before half time. Darren Fletcher had to be replaced by Anderson because of an injury to his eye, which he had picked up earlier on in the game but was unable to continue.

Rooney scored his second just before half time, a fantastic ball by Nani which was smashed into the goal by Rooney.

Second half and Aston Villa pulled one back through Darren Bent in the 57th minute after he was able to tap in a cross from Stewart Downing.

Just as Aston Villa were starting to put some pressure on the Man United goal, Nemanja Vidic hit an superb shot past Friedel to give United a 3-1 lead.

With 20 minutes remaining Ashley Young's curled effort hit the cross bar. Not long after Young's shot, Berbatov could have put United 4-1 up but poked the ball just wide.

Rooney should have had a hat-trick after being put through on goal but a perfectly timed challenge from Dunner prevented the goal. With less than 10 minutes remaining Berbatov somehow managed to miss a glorious opportunity. A close-range shot by Nani was saved by Friedel but rebounded towards Berbatov, who hit the ball over the bar from around six yards out.

There were more chances for United before the full time whistle with Friedel preventing a hat-trick for Rooney but Man United won 3-1 and have remained five points clear of Arsenal, who beat Everton 2-1 at the Emirates. Chelsea also won, they beat Sunderland 4-2.