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Man Utd v Birmingham
Old Trafford
New Year's Day Kick-off: 1500 GMT (台灣時間 1/1 23:00)
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Manchester United hope Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick will shake off
illness in time to face Birmingham after they missed the defeat to West Ham.
Edwin van der Sar (groin) is still out, while Anderson could earn a recall.
Birmingham skipper Damien Johnson is a fitness doubt after suffering a jaw
injury during the draw with Fulham.
Mehdi Nafti stands by to replace him, while Johan Djourou is available for
the last time before returning to Arsenal after a loan spell.
Man Utd (from):
Kuszczak, Heaton
Brown, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, Evra, O'Shea
Fletcher, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Nani, Giggs, Park
Rooney, Tevez, Saha
Birmingham (from):
Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Queudrue, Larsson, Muamba, Nafti, Johnson,
McSheffrey, Forssell, Jerome, Doyle, Sadler, O'Connor, Djourou, De Ridder.
REFEREE Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
＊ In each of the last three years, Manchester United have finished the
season in the position they entered the year; third in 2004-05, second
in 2005-06 and first in 2006-07. They go into this game trailing Arsenal
by two points and will be wanting a repeat of the 2002-03 campaign when
they were five points behind the Gunners at the outset of the year and
won by the title by five.
＊ Birmingham go to the Theatre of Dreams in search of their 50th all-time
Premier League victory.
＊ The Brummies may feel the backlash of Saturday's defeat at West Ham,
as United endeavour to claim their 10th successive league scalp at Old
Trafford.
＊ The Red Devils have not suffered back-to-back defeats in 101 Premier
League matches since April 2005.
＊ Manchester United have lost a New Years Day Premier League fixture
only once; they went down 4-1 at Tottenham in 1996.
＊ Birmingham began 2007 with 2-0 home win over Wigan; they were the first
Premier League points the Brummies had gained from the first fixture in
a new calendar year.
＊ It's 30 years since Birmingham last won at Old Trafford; Kevin Dillon
and Trevor Francis were their scorers in a 1-2 triumph on 2 January 1978.
＊ Birmingham have never beaten Manchester United in the Premier League,
and have lost all four visits to Old Trafford, without scoring a single
goal.
CLUB FORM
1. Won 19 of 24 in all competitions, and lost two of 18.
2. One of two clubs to have won 14 Premier League matches this season,
the other is Arsenal; but lost three times as many league games as
the Gunners (three to one).
3. Last lost successive league games on 9 and 20 April 2005, away to Norwich
and Everton respectively.
4. Boasting the tightest defence in the highest league; just 11 goals
shipped in 20 outings, at one every 164 minutes (two hours 44 minutes)
of Premier League football played on average.
4. Won 14 of the last 17 Premier League matches, losing just two of the 17.
5. Kept clean sheets in 10 and failed to score in one of the last 17 league
outings; the blank being the 1-0 loss, away to Bolton on 24 November.
6. Saturday's defeat to West Ham was the first time this season they have
been beaten in a league game in which they have scored at least one goal.
7. Scored first in an unequalled 16 Premier League matches; won 13, drawn
two and lost one.
8. One of four clubs still unbeaten at home in the Premier League, having
conceded just three goals; fewer than any other club. Hoping to add the
scalp of Birmingham to those of Spurs, Sunderland, Chelsea, Wigan,
Middlesbrough, Blackburn, Fulham, Derby and Everton gained in the last
nine outings at the Theatre of Dreams.
9. A visit to Aston Villa in the third round of the FA Cup follows this,
before a home league clash with Newcastle and a visit to Reading.
KEY PLAYER NOTES
＊ Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer with 18 goals.
＊ RONALDO is also their leading Premier League marksman with 13, and
leads the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
＊ RONALDO has scored four times in three games and is the only United
scorer in double figures. He is also a double shy of 50 Premier League
goals - all for Manchester United.
＊ If selected:
- Michael CARRICK will be facing the club where he was on loan for a
month in 2000.
＊ If on the field from the outset:
- 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 have dropped only two points from the last possible
30 in home games against Birmingham, and have kept clean sheets in nine
of the 10 games.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Man Utd 40 wins, Bimingham 24, Draws 25
Prem: Man Utd 7 wins, Bimingham 0, Draws 2
at Man Utd only
League (inc PL): Man Utd 27 wins, Bimingham 9, Draws 8
Prem: Man Utd 4 wins, Bimingham 0, Draws 0
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Birmingham City 0-1 Manchester United
29 September 2007 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man Utd scorer: Ronaldo 51
M.E.N Prediction: United 3-0 Birmingham
- If Rooney returns this should be a comfortable win.
Key opponent:
Mikael Forssell - Finnish forward has a striker's instinct
Skysports.com predicts: Man Utd 3-0 Birmingham
One to Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo
http://tinyurl.com/2ufl8h
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7163892.stm
http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_2848170,00.html
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