Manchester United vs. VfL Wolfsburg

Manchester United vs. VfL Wolfsburg
Champions League, Old Trafford
September 30, 14.45 EST

United Projected Starting XI:
----------------Foster---------------
---Brown--Ferdinand--Vidic----Evra----
-Valencia---Carrick---Anderson---Nani----
---------Rooney------Berbatov---------

Players to Watch:
Manchester United: Luis Nani - After a poor performance against Stoke City in which he was replaced by Ryan Giggs Wolfsburg might be a good opportunity for him to prove his worth to the club. United had lots of success getting down the wings against City and they will look for a similar performance against the German champions.

VfL Wolfsburg: Grafite - The thirty-year-old Brazillian striker has been fantastic ever since joining Wolfsburg in 2007. He was a big part of the 08-09 title campaign and he scored a hat-trick in Wolfsburg's opening win against CKSA Moscow. He will be the biggest threat United for United to deal with and he must fancy something at Old Trafford tomorrow.

Prediction:
Manchester United 4:2 VfL Wolfsburg
Goals: Rooney x2, Grafite, Nani, Ameobi, Berbatov

Both teams are very attacking, and like to play an open style so expect a fast pace exciting match. The difference in this game really will be who can get more quality balls into their forwards, because with the quality both these teams have upfront finishing them should not be an issue.

United have been pretty solid at home in the Champions League as they still haven't lost a match at home since the 2006 group stage, he atmosphere on European nights has a lot to do with this. The United fans will be aware that this is a quality team they are playing and hopefully the atmosphere is appropriate.

In the end I expect Untied to dominate possession, but Wolfsburg to hit on a few counters and make for a few nervy moments. United have showed in the last few games though that they are a goal scoring threat and I expect the United attack will be too much for the German Champions to handle.

Wolfsburg is probably the toughest team in United's group so picking up three points in this game would go a long way to secure qualification.