Source: Manchester_EveningNews
United v Wolves: Preview
EW BBC Sports Personality of the Year Ryan Giggs is doubtful for Manchester United's Barclays Premier League clash with Wolves. Giggs was forced out of Saturday's surprise home defeat to Aston Villa with a hamstring injury and, given the 36-year-old's past problems, it seems unlikely he will be risked by Sir Alex Ferguson. Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen will hope to be involved for the Reds, who have already beaten Wolves in the Carling Cup this season and will not want to waste a second chance to draw level on points with leaders Chelsea. Ahead of the game, Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic will not allow his club form to be affected by thoughts of next summer's World Cup. I am not thinking that far ahead, said the former Spartak Moscow star. Sometimes when you do that you can cause yourself an injury, so the best way is just try to play the next game and then the one after that, and so on. There is still so much time to the World Cup so for now I am concentrating on the big matches I have with Manchester United. Vidic also backed moves by United to offer new deals to veteran duo Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. They are part of the team and they are playing well, reflected the defender. They are still scoring goals as well, so there is no reason why they shouldn't get new contracts if they want one. Wolves' versatile right-back Kevin Foley has been put on alert to make his first start for more than two months. Foley, whose season has been ruined by knee problems, is set to be drafted in on the right hand side of midfield. Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has a hole to fill there after David Edwards was ruled out for up to 10 weeks with the ankle ligament damage he suffered against Tottenham last weekend. Former Sunderland midfielder Greg Halford is also in contention to replace Edwards, but Foley looks set to make only his fourth start of the season. McCarthy, who is also still without long-term injury victims Michael Kightly, Andy Keogh and David Jones, plans to make further changes to his side following the effort his players put in during the 1-0 win at Tottenham. But he is keeping those changes under wraps until the eve of the game. Manchester United (from): Kuszczak, Foster, Fletcher, Vidic, Brown, De Laet, Evra, Park, Nani, Valencia, Obertan, Anderson, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck. Wolverhampton Wanderers (from): Hahnemann, Stearman, Craddock, Berra, Ward, Foley, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, Doyle, Ebanks-Blake, Surman, Mancienne, Iwelumo, Hill, Maierhofer, Castillo, Elokobi, Halford, Hennessey. United league form: LWWWL Wolves League form: LLLWW Key opponent: Kevin Doyle - a sharp customer in the penalty area and scored last time out Prediction: United 2 Wolves 0 - The Reds will be looking to bounce back quickly and should have the quality to do it Agree with the prediction? Have your say. Click here for all the latest odds from Betfred.
