Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Wigan Athletic keeper Chris Kirkland is unlikely to have recovered from his back injury in time to face Manchester United at the JJB Stadium.

Wigan boss Steve Bruce has Richard Kingson on standby, the Ghana international having come on as substitute for Kirkland at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

The Latics also have a doubt over defender Paul Scharner, who picked up an ankle injury in training, while striker Amr Zaki will definitely be out.

His ankle injury is not as bad as first feared, though, with the Egyptian escaping ligament damage. Fellow forward Mido is fit to return.

Alex Ferguson will check on the fitness of defenders Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans before finalising his Manchester United team.

Ferdinand tweaked a calf in training on Saturday that ruled him out of United's derby win over Manchester City, while his replacement Evans limped off with a hamstring injury.

John O'Shea is set to play in central defence if both men are ruled out, with Ferguson set to make other changes; Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney among those set to return as United hunt the four points required to clinch the title.

Wigan Athletic squad: Kingson, Melchiot, Figueroa, Edman, Boyce, Bramble, Scharner, Valencia, Koumas, De Ridder, Cattermole, Brown, Watson, N'Zogbia, Kapo, Mido, Rodallega, Sibierski, Pollitt.

Manchester United squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov, Macheda.