Champions League, Group F match
Date: Tuesday, 27 November
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Venue: Old Trafford
Updates: BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport website and mobile
Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani have been named in Manchester United's line-up to face their former club Sporting Libson. John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher and keeper Tomasz Kuszczak will also play, while defender Nemanja Vidic could replace Gerard Pique after a back problem. Brazilian forward Liedson bruised his right thigh in Sporting's league game at the weekend but is expected to play. Keeper Vladimir Stojkovic has recovered from a hip injury but 19-year-old Rui Patricio is likely to retain his place. Date: Tuesday, 27 November
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Venue: Old Trafford
Updates: BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport website and mobile
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, O'Shea, Ronaldo, Carrick, Anderson, Hargreaves, Fletcher, Nani, Giggs, Saha, Tevez. Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson:
"Sporting need to get a result, so we have to make sure that we don't play too many younger players on Tuesday. "But the incentives are huge for us. If we win, we have won the group and therefore can look forward to being seeded when the draw is made for the knockout stages and that's important. "We've also got an important game against Liverpool straight after the Roma game. Beating Sporting would allow us to rest players against Roma." BIG MATCH STATS Qualification Manchester United have already qualified for the knockout phase of this season's Champions League. Head-to-heads Manchester United and Sporting CP have met each other on three previous occasions in European competition. United won their first encounter 4-1 in 1964 but lost the second leg 5-0. United won this season's match in Lisbon 0-1. European history Last season, Manchester United were eliminated in the semi-finals by AC Milan. Sporting have never survived the CL group phase. Current European form Manchester United are the only team to have won all four of their CL matches this season. They have won their last eight CL home matches - a British record - and are unbeaten in 11 at Old Trafford. They have not lost in the CL at the Theatre of Dreams since 23 February 2005, when AC Milan recorded a 0-1 victory. Sporting have won only two of their last 16 matches in the Champions League. Player and disciplinary info Cristiano Ronaldo is joint top scorer (four goals) in this season's Champions League, with Internazionale's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Nemanja Vidic is the only Manchester United player to have played every minute in the Champions League this season. Liedson, Tonel, Abel, Joao Moutinho and Miguel Veloso have all played every minute of Sporting CP's CL matches this season. Other miscellaneous facts Sporting CP need to score two goals to record 350 in European competition. Manchester United lost 1-0 at Bolton on Saturday and are in second place in the Barclays Premier League with 30 points, three points behind leaders Arsenal. Meanwhile, Sporting CP drew 1-1 at Leixoes, and in third in the Portuguese Liga, 10 points behind leaders FC Porto. Definitions of terms used:- Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93.
Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League).
Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded. Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports
"Sporting need to get a result, so we have to make sure that we don't play too many younger players on Tuesday. "But the incentives are huge for us. If we win, we have won the group and therefore can look forward to being seeded when the draw is made for the knockout stages and that's important. "We've also got an important game against Liverpool straight after the Roma game. Beating Sporting would allow us to rest players against Roma." BIG MATCH STATS Qualification Manchester United have already qualified for the knockout phase of this season's Champions League. Head-to-heads Manchester United and Sporting CP have met each other on three previous occasions in European competition. United won their first encounter 4-1 in 1964 but lost the second leg 5-0. United won this season's match in Lisbon 0-1. European history Last season, Manchester United were eliminated in the semi-finals by AC Milan. Sporting have never survived the CL group phase. Current European form Manchester United are the only team to have won all four of their CL matches this season. They have won their last eight CL home matches - a British record - and are unbeaten in 11 at Old Trafford. They have not lost in the CL at the Theatre of Dreams since 23 February 2005, when AC Milan recorded a 0-1 victory. Sporting have won only two of their last 16 matches in the Champions League. Player and disciplinary info Cristiano Ronaldo is joint top scorer (four goals) in this season's Champions League, with Internazionale's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Nemanja Vidic is the only Manchester United player to have played every minute in the Champions League this season. Liedson, Tonel, Abel, Joao Moutinho and Miguel Veloso have all played every minute of Sporting CP's CL matches this season. Other miscellaneous facts Sporting CP need to score two goals to record 350 in European competition. Manchester United lost 1-0 at Bolton on Saturday and are in second place in the Barclays Premier League with 30 points, three points behind leaders Arsenal. Meanwhile, Sporting CP drew 1-1 at Leixoes, and in third in the Portuguese Liga, 10 points behind leaders FC Porto. Definitions of terms used:- Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992-93.
Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955-56 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League).
Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded. Big Match Stats source: Infostrada Sports
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