The story of Michael Owen's first two months at Old Trafford is that he appears to be reserved exclusively for Lancashire derbies. His first league start was at Burnley and Wayne Rooney's calf injury has ensured that his second will be against Bolton. His only goal has been the winner against Manchester City, when Alan Wiley's timekeeping rather than his fitness was the chief source of comment. Sir Alex Ferguson will await Dimitar Berbatov's return from Bulgaria after the birth of his child to assess how ready he is to play. Tim Rich

Venue Old Trafford Tickets Sold Out Last season Man United 2 Bolton 0 Referee M Clattenburg

This season 7 Y23, R1, 3.43 cards per game

sportingbet odds Man Utd 2-11 Bolton 12-1 Draw 19-4

Manchester United

Subs from Foster, Kuszczak, Giggs, Brown, Fletcher, Evans, Anderson, Neville, Park, Gibson, Valencia, Macheda, Tosic, Rafael, Fabio, Obertan

Doubtful Evans (ankle), Fletcher (unspecified), Own (groin)

Injured Rooney, (calf, Oct), Hargreaves (knee, Nov)

Suspended None Form guide DWWWW

Disciplinary record Y14 R1

Leading scorer Rooney 6

Bolton Wanderers

Subs from Al-Habsi, Steinsson, McCann, Shittu, Ward, Robinson, Basham, Riga, Hunt, M Davies, J O'Brien, A O'Brien, Vaz Te, Klasnic

Doubtful Ricketts (ankle)

Injured Davis, (knee, May)

Suspended None

Form guide DWDWL

Disciplinary record Y12 R1

Leading scorer Cohen 3

Match pointers

• Wayne Rooney has scored six times in his last four league appearances against Bolton

• Since winning at Old Trafford in 2001-02 and 2002-03, Bolton have lost each of their last six league games there

• United have taken just one point from their last four matches officiated by Mark Clattenburg

• Nine of Bolton's 10 league goals this season have come from set pieces

• United are the only team not to have conceded a goal from a set piece this season