Cristiano et Riquelme devraient être la...Joé Mari (4 buts en C1 dans sa carrière, le meilleur pour Villareal) est suspendu.
Head-to-Head
Villarreal and Manchester United have never met before in European competition.
Villarreal have played English sides on three previous occasions, winning all three.
Last year they beat Middlesbrough in group E of the Uefa Cup 2-0, and in this year´s CL qualifying Villarreal beat Everton twice 2-1.
Manchester United have played Spanish opposition on 31 occasions winning 9, drawing 11, and losing 11.
United have secured only one win against Spanish opposition on Spanish soil in 15 visits to Spain (1-5-9). This sole away win came on 2 April 2002 at Deportivo La Coruna (2-0) in the CL quarter-finals.
European history
For Villarreal this is only their third European season following their Uefa Cup berths in 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
Manchester United have 29 seasons of European competition under their belt, winning the 1968 Champions Cup, 1991 Cup Winners´ Cup and 1999 Champions League.
Manchester United have played 224 European matches, whereas Villarreal have only 26 matches under their belt in European competition.
Current European form
Manchester United have failed to win their last five Champions League away matches, failing to score in the last three.
Their last away win in this competition came on 26 November 2003 against Panathinaikos (0-1).
If United fail to win again they will set a new club record for CL away matches without victory.
Manchester have lost their last three CL matches, which is also a club record.
Player info
Alessio Tacchinardi is by far Villarreal´s most experienced player with 70 CL appearances.
Manchester United´s squad includes last years CL top scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The Dutch striker has scored 42 times in 48 CL matches.
Last year he became top scorer with eight goals from seven CL matches.
Gary Neville already has 90 CL matches under his belt. Only Real Madrid´s Raul (95) and Roberto Carlos (92) have more CL experience.
Manchester United have won five of their six competitive matches so far this season.