United stars bidding to return

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is expected to ring the changes against Aston Villa tomorrow after the FA Cup victory over the same club.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic and Paul Scholes are in line to return after sitting out the third-round match.

Former Barcelona and Celtic striker Henrik Larsson is pushing to retain his place in the team after arriving on loan from Helsingborg. Louis Saha could also come into contention after suffering a groin injury two weeks ago.

Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, O’Shea, Richardson, Saha, Giggs, Rooney, Solskjaer, Larsson.