The top of the League Red Devils visit DW Stadium to face 16th placed Wigen Athletic Tuesday, 1 January 2013, the New Year Day.
United ended 2012 with a seven-point lead atop the Premier League over Manchester City with one draw and two victories during the holiday programme. This match is the club's fourth in 10 days, and Ferguson has indicated he will alter his starting XI.
It may be recallled that Ferguson made five changes from Wednesday's 4-3 victory over Newcastle United for Saturday's 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. He brought in Robin van Persie in the 66th minute, and the Netherlands international scored his league-leading 14th goal for the final margin.
As for Wigan Athletic, they have moved out of the relegation zone with Saturday's 3-0 victory at Aston Villa.
Today's match is seen a duel of Robin van Persie vs. Ali Al-Habsi. And Wigen's 3-0 win over Aston Villa gives some sort of strength to face the Red Devils and may make it difficult for them to snub them.
The possible opposing XIs are as under:
Wigan (Possible, 4-4-2): Al habsi; Caldwell, Boyce, Ramis, Figueroa; McCarthy, Jones, Maloney, Beausejour; Kone, Di Santo.
Manchester United (Possible, 4-4-1-1): De Gea; Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Scholes, Young; Kagawa; Van Persie.
Referee: Andre Marriner (Matches 11, R0 Y41)
The match is scheduled for Tuesday, 1 January, 16:00 GMT at DW Stadium.
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