Lualua back for Portsmouth

Striker Lomana Lualua is ready to return for Portsmouth after missing four games while on African Nations Cup duty and will face Manchester United at Fratton Park just a week after being told of the death of his baby son.

He and £4.4m Zimbabwe forward Benjani Mwaruwari will lead the attack, supported by Argentinian loan-signing Andres D’Alessandro.

Noe Pamarot, fit again after hamstring trouble, could start in defence but former Tottenham team-mate Wayne Routledge may be relegated to the substitutes’ bench and Dejan Stefanovic looks set to miss the rest of the season after an ankle operation. .

Team (from): Kiely; Primus, Pamarot, O’Brien, Taylor, O’Neil, Mendes, Davis, D’Alessandro, LuaLua, Mwaruwari, Griffin, Diao, Routledge, Todorov, Hughes, Pericard, Ashdown.