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Posted: 29/08/2004 19:30













Man Utd v Fenerbahce (Tue)
Paul Scholes is out with a groin strain and will miss the visit of the Turkish side who ended Manchester United's unbeaten home European record.
Wayne Rooney is fit to make his debut for United, but boss Sir Alex Ferguson is yet to decide whether to play him from the start or put him on the bench.
Fenerbahce will definitely be without the suspended Servet Cetin and Kemal Arslan is out with a leg injury.
The experienced Pierre van Hooijdonk will pose most threat for the visitors.
Man Utd (from): Carroll, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze, Ronaldo, Keane, O'Shea, Giggs, Smith, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Ricardo, Bellion, P Neville, Kleberson, Miller, Richardson, Fletcher.
Head-to-head
These clubs previously met in the 1996/1997 Champions League with the away team winning on each occasion.
Fenerbahce's 1-0 victory was the first ever European defeat for Manchester United at Old Trafford. It is also Manchester United's only defeat by a Turkish club, home and away.
From that night, United still have Gary Neville, Roy Keane, 68th minute substitutes Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Paul Scholes, and 82nd minute substitute Phil Neville.
Fenerbahce goalkeeper Rüstü Reçber is their only survivor from this historic victory.
Fenerbahce have visited England on four occasions with the win at Old Trafford being their best result.
Their other three matches were defeats at Aston Villa and Arsenal and a draw at Manchester City, all without scoring a goal.
European history
Manchester United compete in a record ninth successive Champions League this season.
Last season was the first time in this series that United failed to reach the last eight.
United have successfully negotiated every group phase since 1996/1997. Their only failure was in 1994/1995.
Manchester United won the Champions League in 1998/1999.
United also won the Champions Cup in 1967/1968 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990/1991.
Turkish champions Fenerbahce are playing in their third Champions League having never progressed from the group phase before.
Their victory against Sparta Prague on Matchday One was only their third in the competition.
Previously they had recorded Champions League victories against Manchester United and Rapid Vienna.
Fenerbahce's best performance was the 1963/1964 Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final where they lost to MTK.
Current European form
Manchester United are unbeaten at home in their last 19 European matches, scoring in the last 15.
17 matches of the unbeaten home streak were in the Champions League, the third longest sequence in the history of the competition.
The last team to win a European match at Old Trafford was Deportivo La Coruña (3-2) in October 2001.
United have scored in their last 13 European matches.
Fenerbahce ended their record run of seven consecutive Champions League defeats with a 1-0 victory against Sparta Prague in their opening Group D match.
Fenerbahce have lost all four Champions League away matches since winning at Manchester United in 1996.
It was also their last away win in all European competitions, which results in a run of 12 without an away win.
Fenerbahce did not compete in Europe last season.
Manchester United won both legs of qualification against Dinamo Bucharest and drew their first Champions League Group D match 2-2 at Olympique Lyon having been 2-0 behind.
Player and disciplinary info
Ruud van Nistelrooy's two goals in United's match against Olympique Lyon took him to 39 European goals and two records.
He is the highest scoring Manchester United player ever in Europe with 30, overtaking Denis Law's previous record of 28.
He is the highest scoring Dutch player ever in Europe overtaking Rob Rensenbrink's 37. Patrick Kluivert has also now scored 37 after his two Uefa Cup goals for Newcastle United.
Paul Scholes shares the record for most Champions League goals by an Englishman (18 ) with Andy Cole. Scholes could move clear of Cole if he nets against Fenerbahce.
Ruud van Nistelrooy (36), Ryan Giggs (19), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (19) and Roy Keane (12) are also top scorers for their nationalities.
Ryan Giggs became only the third player ever to play 600 matches (all competitions) for Manchester United when he played against Liverpool on Monday, 20 September.
Servet Çetin is suspended following his red card on Matchday One. Çetin's exclusion signalled the 12th red card for a Turkish player in the Champions League.
Only players from France (25) and the Netherlands (19) account for more CL red cards.
Only five of Fenerbahce's players have Champions League experience prior to this season whilst Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk is the only one in the squad to have scored in the competition.
Defender Fatih Akyel is the most experienced with 30 appearances.
Goalkeeper Rüstü is the only member of the squad who has played in all 13 of Fenerbahce's Champions League matches.
Other miscellaneous facts
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been in charge for all 102 matches that his team have played in the Champions League. No manager has more games in the competition under their belt.
On Matchday One, United fell 2-0 behind at Lyon before Ruud van Nistelrooy bailed them out with a brace of goals.
The Mancunians fell one goal short of becoming the first CL side since Galatasaray on 3 April 2001 to turn a 2-0 deficit into a victory.
Fenerbahce trainer Christoph Daum is one of five German trainers in this season's competition, the most represented nation amongst trainers in the 2004/2005 Champions League.
Fenerbahce's 1-0 triumph over Sparta Prague on Matchday One marked only their third triumph in 13 CL matches.
Manchester United lie fifth in the Premiership table following a 1-0 triumph at Spurs last Saturday.
Fenerbahce bagged a 2-1 win at Gençlerbirligi on Friday, which put them joint top in the Turkish league.
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