West Ham v Man Utd
Upton Park
Saturday, 29 December Kick-off: 1500 GMT (台灣時間 12/29 23:00)
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Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is expected to start after
missing two games with a back injury.
Striker Carlos Tevez will start against his former club but keeper Edwin
van der Sar (groin) is still out.
West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand is pushing for a starting place after
two months out with a hamstring injury.
Striker Carlton Cole (illness) should be fit, while Julien Faubert, Matthew
Etherington and Lee Bowyer are back in training but not yet available.
West Ham (from):
Green, Neill, McCartney, Ferdinand, Upson, Ljungberg, Parker, Mullins,
Solano, Ashton, Cole, Wright, Pantsil, Noble, Reid, Spector, Dailly,
Camara.
Man Utd (from):
Kuszczak, Heaton
Brown, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, Evra, O'Shea
Fletcher, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Nani, Giggs, Park
Rooney, Tevez, Saha
REFEREE Mike Dean (Wirral)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
＊ Manchester United visit West Ham looking for the victory that will
guarantee they go out of 2007 where they came in, on top of the Barclays
Premier League table.
＊ But it's just over a year since United last visited Upton Park, when the
Hammers pulled off their first ever home Premier League victory over the
Red Devils on Alan Curbishley's debut in charge.
＊ Sir Alex Ferguson will not want a repeat of that just two days before
his 66th birthday.
＊ Manchester United have won twice as many league games as West Ham this
term (14 to seven), including the last five; the Hammers are striving
for a first win in five on home soil.
＊ Over Christmas, the champions won 2-1 home to Everton and 0-4 away to
Sunderland; the Hammers won 1-2 at Middlesbrough and were held to a 1-1
draw by Reading at Upton Park.
＊ West Ham have conceded more Premier League goals to Manchester United
(49), than to any other club in the Premier League. That's despite doing
the double with two 1-0 victories last season.
CLUB FORM
1. Won 19 of 23 in all competitions, and lost one of 17.
2. The only club to have won 14 Premier League matches this season; but lost
twice as many league games as Arsenal (two to the Gunners' one).
3. Boasting the tightest defence in the highest league; just nine goals
shipped in 19 outings, at one every 190 minutes (three hours nine minutes)
of Premier League football played on average.
4. Won 14 of the last 16 Premier League matches, losing just one of the 16.
5. Kept clean sheets in 10 and failed to score in one of the last 16 league
outings; the blank being the 1-0 loss, away to Bolton on 24 November.
6. Not lost in any league game this term in which they have scored; won 14
and drawn two of 16.
7. Scored first in an unequalled 15 Premier League matches; won 13 and drawn
two.
8. Conceded only two goals in the last 15 minutes of Premier League matches
this term; only Arsenal and Liverpool can match that.
9. Beaten Everton, Birmingham, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Sunderland on their
league travels, and been beaten by Manchester City and Bolton on the road.
10. The New Year's Day fixture is home to Birmingham.
KEY PLAYER NOTES
＊ Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer with 17 goals.
＊ RONALDO is also their leading Premier League marksman with 12, and
leads the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
＊ RONALDO, who has scored three times in two games and is the only United
scorer in double figures, is a hat-trick shy of 50 Premier League goals
- all for Manchester United.
＊ If selected:
- Darren FLETCHER will be making his 100th Premier League appearance -
all for the Red Devils.
- Michael CARRICK, Rio FERDINAND and Carlos TEVEZ will all be facing
their former club; the first two started their professional careers
with the Hammers.
＊ If on the field from the outset:
- Louis SAHA will be making his 50th Premier League start for Manchester
United.
- Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start
(Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).
- Long term injury, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premier League
start for Manchester United.
HEAD TO HEAD
＊ Manchester United are one of three clubs West Ham did the double over
last season; Blackburn and Arsenal were the others.
＊ West Ham were one of two clubs to do the double over United last term.
Arsenal was the other.
＊ The victory in this fixture last December was West Ham's first in 12
home league games against the Red Devils since another 1-0 triumph on
22 April 1992 in the old First Division.
Home and away
League (inc PL): West Ham 36 wins, Man United 45, Draws 23
Prem: West Ham 3 wins, Man United 14, Draws 7
at West Ham only
League (inc PL): West Ham 24 wins, Man United 11, Draws 17
Prem: West Ham 1 win, Man United 4, Draws 7
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
West Ham United 1-0 Manchester United
17 December 2006 - Ref: Phil Dowd
West Ham scorer: Reo-Coker 75
M.E.N Prediction: West Ham 1-2 United
- The Reds are running into fine form and it is unlikely West Ham will
stop them.
Key opponent:
Scott Parker - All action midfielder is in good form
Skysports.com prediction: West Ham 0-2 Man Utd
One to Watch: Carlos Tevez
http://tinyurl.com/yvpt8v
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7157432.stm
http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_2848105,00.html
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