BBC Sport - Manchester United v Norwich Venue: Old Trafford Manchester United 01 De Gea 03 Evra 06 Evans 12 Smalling 15 Vidic 07 Valencia 08 Anderson (Cleverley - 74') 16 Carrick 26 Kagawa 10 Rooney 20 Van Persie (Welbeck - 66') 13 Lindegaard 02 Rafael 17 Nani 18 Young 23 Cleverley 14 Hernandez 19 Welbeck Norwich City 28 Bunn 02 R Martin 05 Bassong 06 Turner Booked 18 Garrido Booked 04 Johnson Booked 07 Snodgrass Booked (E Bennett - 73') 08 Howson 12 Pilkington 14 Hoolahan (Kamara - 72') 09 Holt 42 Camp 03 Whittaker 24 R Bennett 15 Fox 17 E Bennett 16 Kamara 19 Becchio Ref: Swarbrick Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Robin van Persie is available for selection after recovering from a hip injury. Phil Jones is not yet ready to return, and Paul Scholes is also absent with a knee problem. Norwich are still without midfielder Alex Tettey due to a knee injury. New signing Kei Kamara may be handed his first start following his impressive goalscoring display off the bench against Everton last weekend. On 2 March 1991 a fresh-faced, willowy winger called Ryan Giggs trotted on the pitch at Old Trafford to make his Manchester United debut as a substitute against Everton. On 2 March 2013, 22 years later to the very day, he will play his 1000th career game against Norwich City; that is assuming that Sir Alex Ferguson has not had a sentimentality bypass and decides to leave him out, which seems unlikely given that news of a new one-year contract for the Welshman was released 24 hours before kick-off. It has already been a season of landmarks for Giggs, his goal against Everton (them again) three weeks ago ensured that he has scored a league goal in each of the last 23 seasons. He's already overtaken Mark Hughes to go joint seventh in Manchester United's all-time goalscorers' list; a 13th title winner's medal seems almost a certainty; a third Champions League winners' medal is a possibility. Giggs is only the third British outfield player to reach the thousand game mark, after Tony Ford and Graeme Alexander. In the modern era, the only player who compares to Giggs is the fantastic Paolo Maldini, who played 25 seasons for AC Milan. Milan retired their number three shirt when Maldini stopped playing, promising that it would only ever be worn again if one of his sons should graduate to their first team; after all, how could the number three shirt in red and black stripes bear any other name than a Maldini? Maybe United will consider doing the same when Giggs pulls off his number 11 jersey for the last time? That is still at least a year away. Maldini finally called it a day on 1028 games for club and country when he was a month short of his 41st birthday. Giggs isn't 40 until November and will play on another season as living proof that - despite what some TV stations tell you - people were kicking a bit of round leather across a pitch even before the Premier League was spawned. Twenty two years ago Giggs finished on the losing side against Everton. Step forward Norwich? Manchester City can only watch and hope. Norwich last won at Old Trafford in August 1989, a 2-0 win in the old Division One. In five Premier League visits to Old Trafford, Norwich have drawn once and lost the rest. Manchester United have not lost a Premier League match since a 1-0 defeat at Norwich on 17 November. Only one team in Premier League history has gained more points from their opening 27 games than United's 68 this season (Chelsea had 69 in 2005-06). United have scored the same number of goals (63) as Chelsea did in 2009-10 after 27 games. Chelsea went on to end the season with a record 103 goals. Nani has assisted more goals than any other player in the Premier League since August 2009 (32). Rafael's goal against QPR was United's 12th by a defender this Premier League season. That is the most for any club (Chelsea and Norwich have eight goals by defenders). Against Everton last weekend, Norwich engineered a come-from-behind win for the first time since March 2012 (2-1 at home against Wolves). In doing so, they also ended a run of nine Premier League matches without victory. Kei Kamara became the first player from Sierra Leone to score a goal in the Premier League with his header against Everton. Striker Grant Holt has now scored 20 Premier League goals for Norwich City - only Chris Sutton (33) has scored more for The Canaries.