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United and Chelsea join the party

Author: Lynda Collins
Date: 30/09/2009
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Last season's losing Champions League finalists Manchester United face German champions Wolfsburg on Wednesday as they look to make it two wins from two.

Sir Alex Ferguson will be boosted following his side's impressive 2-0 win at Stoke City on Saturday and with Dimitar Berbatov getting amongst the goals, he will be hoping he can take his form into Europe.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is expected to miss out again as he continues to convalesce from his broken thumb.

Ben Foster and Thomas Kuzczak will battle it out for the number one jersey.

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Paul Scholes, the goalscorer in United's 1-0 win against Besiktas on match day one, will be seeking a further start alongside fellow veteran Ryan Giggs who has been instrumental in the Red Devils' recent successes.

Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen will also be pushing for a starting berth alongside Wayne Rooney or Berbatov.

Wednesday's meeting will be the first between the two outfits and United should have more than enough to win the game.

But with Edin Dzeko, Zvjezdan Misimovic and former Newcastle United man Obafemi Martins to call upon, the Wolves could cause some problems.

Brazilian striker Grafite scored a hat-trick in their Champions League opener against CSKA Moscow and he is a prodigious goal scoring talent.

United go into the game as the online betting firm favourites.

Chelsea travel to Cyprus to face Champions League minnows APOEL Nicosia.

The Blues suffered an unexpected 3-1 reversal at Wigan Athletic in the Premier League on Saturday with goalkeeper Petr Cech seeing red for a professional foul and Carlo Ancelotti will want to forget about his first taste of defeat at the London club with a resounding win in Europe.

John Obi Mikel suffered an ankle knock and Ashley Cole picked up a knee injury in the defeat and they could miss out, while Alex (groin) and Daniel Sturridge (calf) are expected to be sidelined.

With Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka in fine goalscoring form, an away victory seems likely.

Frank Lampard, with just one goal to date this season, should look to add to his impressive tally at the Stamford Bridge club.

APOEL Nicosia surprised many on match day one when they held Atletico Madrid to a goalless draw in Spain and in their debut Champions League campaign the Cypriots, guided by Ivan Jovanovic, will not just roll over against their more illustrious opponents.

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