Scunthorpe v Manchester United Preview

       Predicting a Carling Cup line-up is always a difficult one given the lack of a press conference and the generally mixed nature of the squads. In the last two seasons Fergie has gone with a blend of youth (Da Silvas,Macheda,Welbeck) and experience (Neville,Brown,Kuszczak) and the strategy has worked well with United having won the competition in the past two seasons. This match has potential to be tricky in the tight surroundings of Glanford Park but United's class should overpower the Scunthorpe side. It appears that none of the starting 11 from Sunday's 3-2 win over Liverpool will be involved but experience will be provided by Park, Gary Neville and potentially the returning Rio Ferdinand if he has recovered from illness.

THE SQUAD

1.Van Der Sar 29.Kuszczak

2.Neville 5.Ferdinand 6.Brown 12.Smalling 20.Fabio 21.Rafael 30.De Laet

8.Anderson 13.Park 26.Obertan 28.Gibson 31.C.Evans 33.Bebe 42.Eikrem

7.Owen 14.Chicharito 27.Macheda 38.Ajose

LIKELY LINE UP

SUBS

1.Van Der Sar

2.Neville

30.De Laet

31.C.Evans

33.Bebe

38.Ajose

14.Chicharito