Ferguson and Wenger stick with winning teams

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has reverted to the same starting XI from last weekend’s controversial victory over Chelsea for this afternoon’s Premier League clash with Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Once again leading the line for United will be Robin van Persie, coming up against his former club for the first time since leaving the Gunners for the Red Devils over the summer.

The visitors’ starting line-up was also unchanged from their previous league outing – last Saturday’s win over QPR – with Theo Walcott returning to the bench despite his goalscoring heroics in the midweek Capital One Cup victory at Reading.

Man Utd: De Gea, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Rooney, van Persie.

Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Hernandez, Nani, Scholes, Powell, Wootton.

Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Andre Santos, Arteta, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud.

Subs: Martinez, Koscielny, Walcott, Coquelin, Arshavin, Jenkinson, Chamakh.

Referee: Mike Dean.