PREVIEW-SUNDERLAND VS MANCHESTER UNITED

Fixture change notice

This fixture was arranged to be played at Stadium of Light on Saturday 30 March 2013 at 15:00. Due to live broadcasting on Sky Sports. it has been moved to a new scheduled date Saturday 30 March 2013 at 12:45.

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28 March: Martin O'Neill press conference

29 March: Sir Alex Ferguson press conference

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Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill: "Injury gives someone else a chance. Who wouldn't want to play United?"

Martin O'Neill has doubts over David Vaughan and Stephane Sessegnon. Vaughan returned early from international duty with Wales nursing a groin problem, while striker Sessegnon did not even meet up with Benin because of a similar injury, and both are being assessed. Carlos Cuellar has been ruled out with the ankle problem he suffered in the 1-1 draw with Norwich and joins Lee Cattermole (knee surgery) and Steven Fletcher (ankle ligaments), who will both miss the rest of the season, on the sidelines.

Sunderland (from): Mignolet, Westwood, Bardsley, Rose, O'Shea, Kilgallon, Bramble, Mangane, N'Diaye, Gardner, Colback, McClean, Larsson, Johnson, Vaughan, Sessegnon, Graham, Wickham.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "I don't think we expected to have this kind of lead but we have to take advantage of that and win our next game."

Nani (hamstring), Phil Jones (ankle) and Paul Scholes (knee) have recovered from their knocks and could be involved at the Stadium of Light. Javier Hernandez and Antonio Valencia are likely to be excused because of their lengthy travels during the international break.

Man Utd (from): De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Rafael, Smalling, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Buttner, Giggs, Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Cleverley, Anderson, Young, Kagawa, Nani, Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez, Van Persie.

Match Appointments
Referee: Kevin Friend. Assistant Referees; J Flynn, D England. Fourth Official: L Mason.

Match predictions:
FIFA 13: 1-4; Don Hutchison: 0-1; Dean Sturridge: 0-1. Can you beat the experts? Make your prediction below in the Barclays FanZone.

Saturday 30 March 2013