作者Fergie (弗Sir)
看板ManUtd
標題Preview: Blackburn v United
時間Sat Apr 10 23:37:22 2010
Blackburn v Man Utd
Barclays Premier League
Venue: Ewood Park
Date: Sunday, 11 April 2010 Kick-off: 1330 BST
(台灣時間 4/11 20:30)
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TEAM NEWS
Manchester United will be without Wayne Rooney, who aggravated his ankle
injury after surprisingly starting in midweek against Bayern Munich.
John O'Shea, who came on in that game, has shown no ill effects after his
five-month lay-off and could feature.
Blackburn captain Ryan Nelsen could return having been out since February
with a knee injury but must dislodge in-form 18-year-old Phil Jones.
Vince Grella and Keith Andrews are also fit again and available for
selection.
Blackburn (from):
Robinson, Brown, Dunn, Olsson, Salgado, Pedersen, Nzonzi, Samba, Nelsen,
Andrews, Givet, Jacobsen, Grella, Hoilett, Roberts, Diouf, Kalinic,
Chimbonda, Jones, Emerton, Di Santo, Basturk.
Doubtful: Basturk (hamstring)
Manchester United (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster
Neville, O'Shea, Rafael, De Laet, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra
Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Park, Gibson, Obertan, Valencia, Giggs, Nani
Berbatov, Macheda, Diouf
Injured: Anderson & Welbeck (both knee), Brown (toe), Owen (hamstring),
Rooney (ankle).
MATCH PREVIEW
- Defeated by Premier League title rivals Chelsea and dumped out of the
Champions League by Bayern Munich, it has been a miserable week for
Manchester United.
- But with Chelsea in FA Cup action this weekend, United have the chance to
end it in happy fashion by going top of the league with a victory at
Blackburn.
- The Red Devils might be glad to be away from Old Trafford, scene of this
week's double-header of misery, but Blackburn at Ewood Park is a stiff
challenge - Rovers have lost just once at home since the opening day of the
season and have held both Chelsea and Liverpool there.
- United fans' European disappointment will have been compounded by Liverpool's
Europa League progress, but while the champions have suffered two potentially
crucial defeats on Merseyside this season, at least manager Sir Alex Ferguson
enjoyed a famous victory there on Thursday when his What A Friend won the big
race at Aintree.
- The horse came from behind on the home straight to snatch victory - Sir Alex
will be hoping his side can do the same as the Premier League run-in comes to
its climax.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
‧ Man Utd have won their last four league and cup games against Blackburn.
‧ The Red Devils have not lost any of their last eight games (seven league,
one cup) against Rovers.
‧ It is four years since Rovers' last win over United - a 4-3 victory in
February 2006, when David Bentley scored a hat-trick and Rio Ferdinand
was sent off.
Blackburn
‧ Blackburn have only lost two league games at Ewood Park this season (to
Man City and Spurs), the first of which was on the opening day.
‧ Blackburn are unbeaten at home in the league in 2010 and have won five of
their last six home games. Only Chelsea have taken points away from Ewood
Park in 2010.
‧ Rovers are enjoying their best unbeaten league run of the season, having
gone four without defeat (W2, D2).
‧ Sam Allardyce's men have won just two of their 16 matches against top-half
opposition.
Man Utd
‧ Only once have United failed to win the Premier League having been top at
the start of April (1997/98).
‧ Defeat to Chelsea was United's seventh league loss. No team in Premier
League history has lost seven or more games in a 38-game season and won the
title.
‧ They have won all six previous league matches following defeat in the
division this season, scoring 19 goals and conceding only once, including a
2-0 home victory over Blackburn on 31 October having lost 2-0 at Liverpool
in their previous match.
‧ Rio Ferdinand will be making his 400th Premier League appearance. He is
only the fourth defender to reach that mark.
‧ Manchester United have benefited from 11 own goals in this season's
Premier League.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Blackburn
Dunn: 9 goals (8 league);
Kalinic: 7 goals (2 league)
Man Utd
Rooney: 34 goals (26 league);
Berbatov: 12 goals (12 league)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Walton
Assistant referees: Trevor Massey & Adam Watts
Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg
LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS
Blackburn (D0-0 v Portsmouth, a):
Robinson; Salgado, Samba, Jones, Givet, Diouf (Hoilett 76),
Nzonzi (Grella 64), Pedersen, Olsson, Dunn (Kalinic 80), Roberts.
Subs not used: Brown, Emerton, Linganzi, Di Santo.
Man Utd (L1-2 v Chelsea, h):
Van der Sar; Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher (Gibson 86),
Giggs, Scholes (Nani 72), Park (Macheda 71), Berbatov.
Subs not used: Kuszczak, Carrick, Rafael Da Silva, De Laet.
MOST RECENT MEETING
Man Utd 2-0 Blackburn (31 October 2010)
Man Utd scorers: Berbatov 55, Rooney 87
M.E.N Prediction: Blackburn 1-2 United
- Blackburn are finishing the season strongly but United should react to
Wednesday's defeat
Key opponent:
Paul Robinson - goalkeeper likely to be busy but is still a top
performer on his day
skysports.com prediction: Blackburn 0-1 Man Utd
One to watch: Federico Macheda
Lawro's predictions Blackburn 1-2 United
This will be all about how Manchester United bounce back from their defeat to
Chelsea last week and their Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern
Munich, which Rovers boss Sam Allardyce watched from the stands.
Blackburn have been excellent at home this season - their record is up there
with the best in the country - but theirs is a big pitch and United will play
with width so I fancy that will suit Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
You have to presume Wayne Rooney will sit this one out after his recent
injury worries, but quite simply United cannot afford to come away from this
match with anything other than three points if they are to keep their title
charge going.
For United to win the title, they have got to win all five of their games now
and hope Chelsea slip up - and I can certainly see that happening.
I'm not totally convinced by Chelsea - I know they are on a really good run
and were excellent when they won at United - but they still have a tendency
to drop points when they shouldn't and so if United keep winning, you never
know.
http://tinyurl.com/y5ojh7e
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8609064.stm
http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3250357,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8609200.stm
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