Sunderland v Man Utd

Sunderland v Man Utd Stadium of Light
Wednesday, 26 December
Kick-off: 1500 GMT

Sunderland striker Michael Chopra is a doubt with a heel injury he picked up at Reading on Saturday. Liam Miller is still suspended, while Nyron Nosworthy (hamstring), Kieran Richardson (back) and Russell Anderson (ankle) are not yet ready to return. Park Ji-sung could return to the Manchester United squad for the first time since March after knee surgery. Edwin van der Sar (groin) is definitely out, while Rio Ferdinand (foot) and Owen Hargreaves (back) should be fit.

Sunderland (from): Gordon, Ward, McShane, Halford, Harte, Higginbotham, Collins, Yorke, Etuhu, Leadbitter, Wallace, Whitehead, Kavanagh, O'Donovan, Jones, Chopra, Connolly, Murphy, Stokes, Cole.

Man Utd (from): Kuszczak, Heaton, Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Nani, Eagles, Carrick, Hargreaves, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tevez, Rooney, Saha.

Sunderland manager Roy Keane on recent refereeing decisions:"You just keep hoping that over the course of the season these decisions will even themselves out. "It hasn't for the last few weeks but we hope, come May, that we look back and say 'well some went for us and some went against us'. "At the moment they are all going against us."

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:"December is a very important month. "If we get through Christmas, we have tough away games at Sunderland and West Ham and Birmingham at home, and are still with Arsenal we have a chance. "We have Nani, Saha and Park all back in the squad, but there won't be a lot of changes."