As Manchester United travel this afternoon to the Stadium of Light taking on Sunderland a.k.a Manchester United Reserves, looking for 3 points to chase Liverpool, who will probably beat Blackburn earlier in the day.

Manchester United go into the Stadium of Light without defender Rio Ferdinand and possible injury doubt of Johnny Evans, which will mean Nemanja Vidic will have John O'Shea to partner him in the centre of the park after the disaster of playing Gary Neville at the centre against Villa last week.

My gut feeling is Edwin van der Sar will be rested today, as Foster will likely get the start, as they have crucial Champions League fixture in mid-week, and van der Sar has been leaked 10 goals in their last 4 games, and need to be rested to be at peak fitness.

The midfield should be packed with experience of players capable to do the business with Giggs, Scholes, Ronaldo, Carrick, Nani, Anderson, Fletcher - all available to choose from today. Manchester United star from last week, Frederico Marcheda, should play some part in this game, probably even starting, as Sir Alex aims to give some of his players a rest in mid-week.

Sunderland have relied a lot on Cisse to do the business for them, but he has scored only once in their last 10 outings, whcih has seen Ricky Sbragia's (fmr. Man U Reserve Coach), Sunderland slippoed into the relegation battle. Former Man United Stalwarts who will be on hand today will include, Higginbottom, Richardson, Bardsley, Yorke, Liam Miller and Paul McShane, and with Manchester United releasing them all to Sunderland, you can expect they were not up to Sir Alex's standards.

Craig Gordon will probably return to the starting lineup from injury after his teams struggles, as they aim to pick up a few points towards the business end of the season.

Manchester United should do the business early in the first half, and with pressure of Liverpool result, should ensure they grab the 3 points today.

Thats why I take Manchester United on the Asian Line, so if they win by 1 goal, we get some refund.