Wayne Rooney's injury means that Carlos Tevez is set to make his Manchester United debut earlier than expected against Portsmouth on Wednesday night.
Bookies VC Bet make the Argentine a 5/4 chance to score at any time in the game and 9/2 to be first on the mark.
Football odds compiler Nick Blezard said: "He may be in the side earlier than anticipated but with the way he finished at the end of last year we expect him to come out all guns blazing."