Uefa Champions League, Quarter-final first leg
Venue:
Old Trafford
Date:
Tuesday, 7 April
Kick-off:
1945 GMT
Coverage:
Full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Also live on ITV1
 Ferdinand aggravated the injury while on international duty
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Manchester United centre-half Rio Ferdinand and midfielder Anderson are set to miss Tuesday's quarter-final first-leg tie against Porto.
Both picked up injuries while on international duty last week and both sat out training on Monday.
But suspended trio Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes all return having missed Sunday's Premier League victory against Aston Villa.
Young striker Federico Macheda is also set to be included in United's squad.
Macheda scored the last-gasp winner to beat Aston Villa on his debut as United returned back to the top of the Premier League.
"I don't think any of the injured players will be back against Porto," said boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
"But we do have the suspended players back which is good. Vida will play alongside Jonny Evans at the back with John O'Shea at right-back.
"Rooney and Scholes are also available which will give us a bit more penetration and experience, and Ji-Sung Park will also be ready so I've got some good options for Tuesday.
Ferguson will wait until the last moment to decide on the fitness of veteran pair Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, both of whom played the full 90 minutes on Sunday.
Porto team news to follow later.
Manchester United and FC Porto have been drawn against each other on three previous occasions in European competition.
Porto have knocked United out of Europe twice, in the 1977-78 Cup Winners' Cup and the 2003-04 Champions League. United eliminated FC Porto at the quarter-final stage of the 1996-97 Champions League.
The three previous meetings at Old Trafford ended in 5-2 and 4-0 wins for the Red Devils and a 1-1 draw.
Current squad members Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes (who scored in the home leg), John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher and Cristiano Ronaldo all played for United during the second round matches with Porto in 2004. FC Porto's only survivor from those matches is Pedro Emanuel who came on in the 36th minute of the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Manchester United have won all but one of their nine home matches with Portuguese clubs - the exception being the aforementioned 1-1 draw with Porto in 2004. That match is also Porto's only success in England on 12 previous visits.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Playing in their 10th Champions League quarter-final, a record for the competition.
Unbeaten in 21 Champions League matches, also a record for the competition. In addition, it is a record for all European competitions (excluding the Super League), breaking Juventus' mark, set in 1972.
Unbeaten at home in the competition for over four years, since a 0-1 defeat to AC Milan. The 19-match undefeated streak is one match away from the club record set between 2001 and 2004.
PORTO
Unbeaten away from home in the Champions League since their last visit to England, a 4-0 defeat by Arsenal in September last year.
Not lost in five CL matches, since succumbing 1-0 at home to Dynamo Kiev last October.
Lead the Portuguese top-flight with 51 points from 23 matches.
United's Brazilian midfielder Anderson played three matches for FC Porto in the 2006-07 Champions League.
Wayne Rooney is the only United player to have played in all eight of the club's matches in this season's Champions League. Rooney will be suspended for the second leg, if he is shown a yellow card.
Seven Porto players have played in every match of their club's CL campaign this season with two - Bruno Alves and Rolando - on the field for every minute.
Cristian Rodriguez, Ionut Sapunaru and Hulk will be suspended for the second leg on receipt of a yellow card in this match.
The second leg of this fixture will be Sir Alex Ferguson's 150th in the Champions League. No other head coach comes anywhere near this total with Arsene Wenger the only other person to take charge of more than 100 matches in the competition (114).
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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