Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo will appear before an English FA disciplinary panel in Heathrow next Monday to answer charges of improper conduct.
The allegations relate to the stormy Premiership encounter with Arsenal at Old Trafford on September 21st, which saw Martin Keown, Ray Parlour and Edu all pick up bans for the post-match fracas on Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Both Giggs and Ronaldo have requested personal hearings to contest the charges for their involvement in the melee and are likely to claim they were merely acting in defence of van Nistelrooy, who missed a last-minute penalty which would have given United a 1-0 win.
However, even if found guilty, it seems unlikely either player would receive a suspension - a heavy fine being the predicted outcome.
It will mark the start of a busy week for Giggs on the disciplinary front as he also faces a UEFA inquiry on December 4th into his conduct during Wales' Euro 2004 play-off clash with Russia in Moscow on November 15th.
Giggs appeared to elbow Russia's Vadim Evseev during the stormy first-leg encounter, when the Welshman seemed to be targeted for extreme physical pressure.