Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Ground: Old Trafford

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2, Man Utd 0 (FA Cup), Man Utd 0 Liverpool 1 (Premiership)

How They Lined Up: v Liverpool Barthez, Phil Neville, Gary Neville, Blanc, Silvestre, Beckham, Keane, Veron, Scholes, Giggs, van Nistelrooy.

v Middlesbrough: Barthez, Phil Neville, Gary Neville, Blanc, Silvestre, Chadwick, Keane, Wallwork, Butt, Solskjaer, Scholes.

Last Season: Different divisions.

Last Year's Top Scorer: Teddy Sheringham

Key Men: David Beckham, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs van Nistelrooy etc. How do you pick out outstanding players in such a star-studded line-up. The midfield with Keane the motivator can be awesome while Beckham and Giggs always pose a threat. Sir Alex Ferguson's team selection will be interesting but after losing ground in the defeat to Liverpool, there looks every chance that he will start with his strongest squad to hang on to the Premiership top spot

This Season So Far: It started badly and by the team Wanderers had inflicted defeat on them at Old Trafford back in October they were sliding down the table. But how it all changed when an eight match winning run propelled them to the top for the first time this year only to wobble again with that home defeat by Liverpool,

Next, After Wanderers: Sunderland (H), Charlton (A), Nantes Atlantique (Champions League) (A).