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Manchester United have a clean bill of health for the first time this season.
Ryan Giggs and Juan Sebastian Veron, who missed last weekend's game at West Brom with hamstring and ankle problems respectively, are both fit again.
And Nicky Butt has played himself into contention for a place on the bench after returning to action after ankle surgery with the reserves.
Man Utd (from): Barthez; G Neville, Ferdinand, Brown, Silvestre, Beckham, Veron, Keane, P Neville, Scholes, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Forlan, Giggs, Blanc, O'Shea, Butt, Stewart, Richardson, Ricardo.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
PAUL DURKIN (Portland, Dorset)
Total Prem gms Red cards Yellow cards
13 1 37
Incidentally, he was also the ref in 'The Maine Road Massacre'
OTHERS OFFICIALS
Assistant David Bryan
Assistant Keith Stroud
Fourth Official Andy Hall
Delegate John Kirkby
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
All Man Utd Chels Draws
Total meetings* 135 62 34 39
Premiership 21 6 5 10
League+ 121 52 32 37
* includes all games from the Premiership, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup and major European competitions
+ denotes Premiership and Football League
Butt Set to Return
Nicky Butt made a goalscoring return to action for Manchester United's reserves after recovering from injury.
Butt has only made 10 appearances for United this season after suffering an ankle injury playing for England against Slovakia in October.
He was on target as United's reserves beat Sheffield Wednesday's second string 2-0 on Tuesday.
Butt played for 54 minutes and his performance included the eighth minute volley home from Kieran Richardson's corner.
He said: "I was just happy to get through it really and the goal was an added bonus. I'm pleased to get an hour under my belt."
United were so keen for the game to go ahead that they had it switched to Hillsborough from Altrincham's Moss Lane ground, where they stage most of their reserve matches.
Butt began full training just five days ago but could be in line for a return to first-team action against Chelsea on Saturday.
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