MANCHESTER United were victorious at Wembley in last season's Carling Cup final, and they can be backed at 4/9 with bet365 to retain the trophy on Sunday (kick off 3.00pm).

With their Champions League fixtures spaced nicely apart, Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to send out a strong team and a better bet might be on them to win the tie in 90 minutes at 5/6.

That said, the champions will not get away with fielding a weakened side against Villa, who have already taken four points off United in the league this season (the only team to have won at Old Trafford) and they might be a decent bet at 10/3 to win in normal time - 7/4 to lift the trophy.

With Rio Ferdinanad missing, the United defence could be vulnerable to Villa's pacey attacks and Gabriel Agbonlahor - scorer of the only goal when the teams met in December - is a tempting 15/2 with bet365 to score first (12/5 anytime) and get the hordes of Brummies singing.

Of course, at the other end of the pitch, the massively in-form Wayne Rooney will be a constant threat and it would be no surprise to see him break the deadlock at 7/2 - 10/11 to score anytime.

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