GARY Neville faces a late fitness test before Sir Alex Ferguson finalises his Manchester United line-up for the trip to Bolton.
The Red Devils skipper missed Wednesday's win over West Ham with a hamstring injury but had a light training session this morning and Ferguson is hopeful Neville will be available.
If not, Gerard Pique will continue in the full-back berth. Kieran Richardson (ankle) and Wes Brown (thigh) are definitely out as the Reds aim to extend their Premiership winning streak to eight.
Meanwhile, Ivan Campo has returned to training but appears unlikely to figure for Bolton.
The veteran Spaniard has made a full recovery from the broken foot which has kept him out of action since the end of January but with just a single weekés training under his belt, Unitedés visit may come just too soon.
Trotters boss Sam Allardyce is hopeful of having El Hadji-Diouf available but the strikerés comeback has been eagerly awaited for a month now and he has still to make his reappearance following a hernia operation.
Bolton Wanderers (from): Jaaskelainen, OéBrien, Hunt, Jaidi, Ben Haim, NéGotty, Gardner, Giannakopoulos, Faye, Okocha, Speed, Nolan, Davies, Vaz Te, Diouf, Pedersen, Walker, Nakata, Borgetti.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Howard, Neville, Pique, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Ronaldo, Giggs, Fletcher, O'Shea, Park, Rooney, Van Nistelrooy, Saha, Rossi, Neumayr, Gibson, Jones.
Last season: Bolton 2 United 2
Key opponent: Kevin Nolan - Driving force from midfield and presents a goal threat too
Prediction: Bolton 0 United 1
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It will be a massive game for United. But we need the three points.
I HOPE SIR ALEX HAS THE KEY COMPONENT OF HIS DEFENDERS AVAILABLE FOR THIS GAME.BOLTON GAME IS BASED ON AGGRESSION.THEREFORE OUR DEFENDS MUST BE UP TO THE TASK ESP.AT CORNERS AND SET PIECES.
LINE-UP:
VDS
NEV RIO VIDIC SILV
OSHEA GIGG
RONALDO PARK
RODNEY
RUUD
I HAVE TO GO WITH BOLTON ON THIS ONE BRIAN.
Play the same lineup vs Birmingham/Newcastle and we should win.
Saha should start if we want a chance to win. My starting XI
VDS,Rio,Vidic,Silvest,Nev/Pique,
Ron,JOS,Giggs,Roon,Saha and either Park or Ruud. That is if we want to win.
dennis - i'd pick the same team as you - but saha ahead of van nis - we need pace to win too.
Chelsea to lose 2-1.and a bouyant United to hit four and send a message to Chelsea.Rooney,Ruud,Ronaldo 2.
we will go on to win the title at the Bridge as i predicted when we were 18 points behind Chelsea.You see United has been built on a true team spirit which the other teams do not have,we thrive on adversity,the unexpected,and against all the odds.After all the criticsm this season Pheonix like we will rise from the ashes to be crowned champions again.Could we write a better script,No,because United are always writing the impossible dream.
Always a tough game at Bolton, not just for us, but any other team too. Good side, well managed and coached. We need plenty of speed,strength, agression and hard work, which to me means no Fletcher (period)and Ruud on the bench. Saha and Rooney up front with Ronaldo and Park wide, Giggs and O'Shea CM. Back four Nev (if fit) Rio, Vidic and Sylvestre. We need these 3 points, 'Pool should have an easy 3 at West Brom.