The Red Devils welcome the Romanian giants to Old Trafford, with the aim of preserving their 100% home record.
Form Guide:
Manchester United:
The 19-time English giants may have not been firing on all cylinders but they have managed to secure positive results in the past few weeks. A narrow win over Queens Park http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 was followed by a competitive game against West Ham, in which the team barely
emerged with a win.
Reading were next and Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s men played out a scintillating game with seven goals coming in the first half. The 2009 Champions League finalists have already secured qualification and will rest the majority of their stars in order to give youngsters
some much needed game time in Europe’s premier competition.
CFR Cluj:
Cluj won their last game in the tournament with a 3-1 scoreline against SC Braga, but were outclassed by Galatasaray in a similar game during the start of November.
A loss and draw against Manchester United and Galatasaray respectively places them on the verge of qualification, but they need a positive result for them to emerge in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984.
Team News:
Fergie will be keen to rest some of his stars for the weekend Manchester derby and thus the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 could sit out the game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 (knee) are absentees, but the Serbian has a slight chance of making the line-up, after Ferguson revealed that he had indeed returned to training after
overcoming his knee problems.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Fletcher-c10361
are set to start in the middle of the park.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 will be to find the back of the net.
With a strong squad set to face Cluj, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282 is hoping that his teammates can seal the win with ease and then concentrate on the upcoming tie with City.
"That's the standards we set; we're not happy until we know we're playing to our potential. The pleasing thing is there's a lot more to come from us. There's a lot more room for improvement in certain aspects of our play but at the same time we're sitting
on top of the league and we've won again. We can't get too down about things, there are a lot of positives."
"Even if we do go a goal down we always feel we've got the firepower from different people. That's the strength in depth of the attacking options and that's what keeps driving us on and we never give up,” said the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 International.
CFR Cluj:
Cluj have a number of players out for this one, with Bakary Sare (broken leg) and Ronny (ligaments) set to miss the game with long-term problems.
Manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Braga-c40460.
Author Prediction:
Manchester United 2-1 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778
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