With Wayne Rooney's potty mouth ruling him out of contention for two matches, Sir Alex Ferguson is likely call on Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernández to lead Manchester United's attack against Fulham. The London club's manager, Mark Hughes, will hope his former team are preoccupied by thoughts of their Champions League return game with Chelsea to come as he looks to become the first man, Ferguson aside, to lead a club to victory at Old Trafford this season. "We are playing well, so why not have a go? If their eye is off the ball, then maybe we can exploit that," Hughes said. Tom Clarke

Venue Old Trafford, Saturday 3pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Man Utd 3 Fulham 0

Referee M Jones

This season's matches 21 Y73, R3, 3.62 cards per game

Odds Man Utd 2-5 Fulham 13-2 Draw 3-1

Manchester United

Subs from Kuszczak, Brown, Smalling, Gibson, Fletcher, Giggs, Anderson, Owen, Obertan, Park, Bébé

Doubtful Fletcher (illness)

Injured Hargreaves (hamstring, 16 Apr), Lindegaard (knee, 23 Apr), Rafael (knee, unknown)

Suspended Evans (second of three), Rooney (first of two)

Form guide WWLLWW

Disciplinary record Y48 R3

Leading scorer Berbatov 20

Fulham

Subs from Etheridge, Stockdale, Kelly, Briggs, Halliche, Gera, Gudjohnsen, Kakuta, A Johnson, Sidwell, Duff, Pantsil, Greening

Doubtful Hughes (head), Duff (achilles)

Injured Senderos (achilles, May)

Suspended None

Form guide WLWDDD

Disciplinary record Y38 R0

Leading scorer Dempsey 10

Match pointers

• The hosts have won only one of their last four league matches against Fulham

• No opposition player has scored a first-half goal in a domestic match at Old Trafford since Joe Cole, for Chelsea, on 3 April 2010

• Javier Hernández has scored 11 goals from just 15 shots on target in the league

• Clint Dempsey has had more shots on target (48) and off target (35) than any other Fulham player this season

• Mark Hughes has won two, drawn three and lost six of the matches he has managed against Sir Alex Ferguson