Manchester United pulled off the coup of the season when they announced Henrik Larsson would be arriving on loan from Helsingborg in January.

But there is plenty of football to be played before then with the first match coming against Middlesbrough at the Riverside.

It doesn't look like Henrik will be needed for this game. United have won at Middlesbrough seven times in their last 10 league trips to the north east.

In fact, Sir Alex Ferguson's team have been excellent away from home this season, winning six out of seven and scoring 16 on the way although the possible loss of Louis Saha could weaken an already fragile stroke force - which is where Larsson will come in.

But we reckon United will keep their lead at the top of the table by grabbing three points and we have the recent form to back that prediction up.

We tipped Oldham to be winning at half-time and full-time against Kings Lynn in the FA Cup on Friday night and also guided you towards the correct score of 2-0 to the visitors. So we are confident.

United at 8/13 with Betterbet.com to win the match are far too skimpy so we will take the 3/1 available for the visitors to come out on top after a drawn first-half.