These are strange times for Manchester United. On the face of it the club are in the midst of a mini-crisis; out of the Champions League and losing key players by the week, with the injured Nemanja Vidic and the ill Darren Fletcher unlikely to play again this campaign. However, should Sir Alex Ferguson's side triumph in west London on Sunday, they will return to the top of the Premier League for a few hours at least. Queens Park Rangers, with four defeats in their last six games, are definitely there for the taking. Sachin Nakrani
Venue Loftus Road, Sunday midday
Tickets Sold out
Last season n/a
Referee Howard Webb
This season's matches 10 Y37, R3, 4.00 cards per game
Odds QPR 7-1 Man Utd 1-2 Draw 17-5
Queens Park Rangers
Subs from Kenny, Buzsaky, Smith, Derry, Puncheon, Ephraim, Perone, Hewitt, Harriman, Smith, Andrade, Agyemang, Taarabt, Orr, Hall, Putnins, Connolly, Campbell
Doubtful Kenny (thigh), Ferdinand (hamstring)
Injured Dyer (foot, Jan), Hulse (knock, unknown), Murphy (calf, unknown)
Suspended None Form guide LDLWLL
Disciplinary record Y18 R2
Leading scorer Helguson 6
Manchester Utd
Subs from Lindegaard, Evans, Diouf, Macheda, Berbatov, Valencia, Park, Gibson, Pogba Doubtful None
Injured Owen (thigh, Jan), Cleverley (ankle, Jan), F da Silva (hamstring, Jan), R da Silva (unspecified, Jan), Hernández (ankle, Jan), Anderson (knee, Feb), Vidic (knee, Aug), Fletcher (illness, unknown)
Suspended None Form guide WWDWWW
Disciplinary record Y18 R1
Leading scorer Rooney 11
Match pointers
• Dennis Bailey scored a hat-trick the last time QPR beat United (4-1 in January 1992) – the last visiting player to do so in the league at Old Trafford
• United have scored one goal in each of their past five away from home, winning the last three 1-0
• Heidar Helguson has scored six times in his last seven Premier League appearances
• United are unbeaten in their last 11 meetings with QPR in all competitions, winning eight of them
• Shaun Wright-Phillips has had more shots (32) without scoring than any other player
