Man Utd v Fulham
Old Trafford
Monday, 3 December Kick-off: 2000 GMT (台灣時間 12/4 04:00)
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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is set to return to face Fulham after
recovering from his ankle injury.
Rooney will link up with Carlos Tevez up front and United could give recalls
to Ryan Giggs, Owen Hargreaves, Edwin van der Sar and Wes Brown too.
Fulham full-back Moritz Volz will not play despite a reserve outing after his
shoulder, groin and foot problems.
Phillipe Christanval, Kasey Keller, Lee Cook, Ian Pearce, Brian McBride,
Simon Elliot and Jimmy Bullard are also out.
Rooney hands United boss Sir Alex Ferguson a major boost after they slipped
up with a 1-0 defeat at Bolton last weekend in the Premier League.
The England striker has missed three United matches and two England games
since suffering the freak injury in training.
Man Utd (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak
Brown, Pique, Simpson, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra
Ronaldo, Hargreaves, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Nani
Tevez, Rooney, Saha
Fulham (from):
Niemi, Warner, Baird, Omozusi, Hughes, Stefanovic, Bocanegra, Konchesky,
Davies, Davis, Murphy, Dempsey, Kamara, Kuqi, Healy, Bouazza, Smertin,
Leijer, Seol, Volz.
REFEREE Rob Styles (Waterlooville, Hampshire)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
＊ Manchester United defend their unbeaten home Premier League record against
a Fulham side still searching for a first away win.
＊ United have lost just two Premier League fixtures this season; Fulham
have won two.
＊ Prior to securing top spot in their group in the Champions League on
Tuesday, United lost 1-0 away to Bolton. They have not suffered
back-to-back defeats in 95 Premier League fixtures since April 2005.
＊ The Red Devils are pursuing a seventh home League win on the bounce
against the Premier League draw specialists in Fulham, who've finished
all square on seven occasions.
＊ Fulham made their Premier League debut at Old Trafford in August 2001.
They twice led the defending champions but eventually succumbed by the
odd goal in five, and have only managed to arrest maximum points from
the Red Devils once in 11 subsequent attempts.
CLUB FORM
1. Last weekend's 1-0 loss at Bolton ended a 10-match unbeaten sequence in
the Premier League.
2. Last lost successive league games on 9 and 20 April 2005, away to Norwich
and Everton.
3. Failed to score in one of the last 11 in all competitions (v Bolton).
4. Conceded just seven Premier League goals in 14 outings; that's one every
three hours. Only Liverpool have shipped fewer - six.
5. Opened the scoring in an unrivalled 10 Premier League matches this season,
eight of which were won and two drawn.
6. Won the last six in league and cup at home, since losing 0-2 to Coventry
in the third round of the Carling Cup on 26 September.
7. One of six Premier League clubs still holding an unbeaten home record.
8. Won the last six Premier League matches at Old Trafford against Tottenham,
Sunderland, Chelsea, Wigan, Middlesbrough and Blackburn, keeping clean
sheets in five of them.
9. Conceded only one home goal in this Premier League season
(v Middlesbrough); the best home defensive record in the highest league.
10. Three pre-Christmas Premier League fixtures remain; against Derby (h),
Liverpool (a) and Everton (h).
KEY PLAYER NOTES
＊ Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer this season with 11
goals (netted in his last 12 appearances).
＊ RONALDO is also the leading Premier League marksman with six.
＊ The Portugal World Cup star has scored five Premier League goals against
Fulham; four in three appearances against them.
＊ Ryan GIGGS is one short of 100 career league goals.
＊ Rio FERDINAND is the only remaining player to have started all of
Manchester United's Premier League matches this season.
＊ Edwin VAN DER SAR will be keeping goal against his former club. The 37
year old Holland international made 154 appearances (127 in the league)
for Fulham from August 2001, before signing for United in June 2005.
＊ Louis SAHA will be facing a former club. The 29 year old France
international made 143 appearances (117 in the league) and scored
63 goals (53 league) for the Cottagers between June 2000 to his
￡12.8m move to Old Trafford in January 2004.
＊ If on the field from the outset:
- When he returns from injury and next plays from the outset, Gary NEVILLE
will be making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.
- Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start
(Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).
HEAD TO HEAD
＊ The Cottagers' only points in six Premier League trips to the Theatre of
Dreams came in a 1-3 victory on 25 October 2003, when Lee Clark, Steed
Malbranque and Junichi Inamoto were their scorers.
＊ The last two matches between the Red Devils and Fulham at Old Trafford
have produced 12 goals with 4-2, and 5-1 victories for the home side.
＊ Fulham were one of 12 clubs Manchester United 'doubled' last season,
while United were one of three to do the double over the Cottagers
last term.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Man Utd 31 wins, Fulham 10, Draws 13
Prem: Man Utd 8 wins, Fulham 1, Draws 3
at Man Utd only
League (inc PL): Man Utd 22 wins, Fulham 2, Draws 3
Prem: Man Utd 5 wins, Fulham 1, Draws 0
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 5-1 Fulham
20 August 2006 - Ref: Andre Marriner
Man United scorers: Saha 7, Pearce 15 og, Rooney 16, Ronaldo 19, Rooney 64
Fulham scorer: Ferdinand 40 og
M.E.N Prediction: United 3-1 Fulham
- This fixture normally brings goals and United, with Rooney back, should
be too strong
Key opponent:
Hameur Bouazza - Pacy winger with plenty of tricks
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