Gary Neville has a hamstring problem and is the only injury absentee for Manchester United as they attempt to lift the Community Shield for the first time since 1997 against Arsenal in Cardiff.
Mikael Silvestre is expected to partner Rio Ferdinand in central defence but Alex Ferguson has yet to decide whether to hand new signing Eric Djemba Djemba a starting berth. The Cameroon midfielder made an impressive debut against Sporting Lisbon in midweek.
Fabien Barthez, Tim Howard and Roy Carroll vie for the goalkeeping spot.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to continue in the right-sided role vacated by David Beckham as United look to win a game at the Millennium Stadium for the first time after successive defeats to Liverpool.
Squad: Barthez, Carroll, Howard, P Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O'Shea, Solskjaer, Butt, Scholes, Keane, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Lynch, Pugh, Djemba Djemba, Fortune, Bellion, Fletcher, Richardson, Forlan.