All the footprints you've ever left and fear expecting ahead (Portsmouth)

If ever there was a game to get s back on track then this was it. Last couple of games have been "different" - the importance of the Porto tie and the different look of the team and special nature of the FA Cup Semi and so this can be considered as the return to routine business. Not that I want to underestimate Portsmouth, or write them off in some patronising way. But this is a home game, against one of the relegation contenders. This should be a win and a trouble free win, like those we got used to before the Liverpool game.
Sky Sports seem to have stopped predicting the line-up, which seeing what a random and impossible task it is, doesn't seem like a bad idea. However, I'll continue doing it, being a big fan of the random and impossible. Today's team should be a little easier to predict, with the "big guns" coming back in after their weekend off.
The Telegraph give this as the probable:

Van der Sar; Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Fletcher, Scholes, Park; Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney.

Carrick is a big injury doubt with Fletcher looking like being fit. Scholes, after the big talk up by Sir Alex yesterday would seem likely to start. Rooney likely to return, with the BBC citing a late fitness test. Berbatov, after his press-hammering, looking to give a good performance, like he did against Porto in his last start...
Let's look at those facts, stolen from the BBC:

Manchester United have a 100% home Premier League record against Portsmouth; won five of five, with an aggregate of 13-1.

United have won 13 of their last 15 top-flight matches, including the last two

Man Utd on the longest current sequence of 23 matches in the Premier League without a score draw; the 1-1 stalemate at Everton on 25 October being the most recent.

And one with a nod to the FA Cup semi-final team:

This is their 57th match of the season; more than any other top-flight club.

A couple of murmurings on the Portsmouth side:

Portsmouth have lost just one of eight league games under Paul Hart.

If this match finishes all-square, it will be a top-flight club record for Portsmouth. The south coast club have drawn their last three Premier League matches on the road, but have never drawn four in a row on their travels in a single top-flight season.

Prediction: Man Utd 3 Portsmouth 0. Let's make sure we take full advantage of Liverpool drawing last night and let's get the show back on the road.