Blackburn v Man Utd
Venue: Ewood Park
Date: Saturday 19 April Kick-off: 1715 BST (台灣時間 4/20 00:15)
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Blackburn Rovers expect striker Jason Roberts to recover from a groin injury.
Midfielder David Dunn is pushing for a starting spot after recovering from a
knee injury to return as a substitute in last week's defeat at Liverpool.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson welcomes back defender Nemanja Vidic
after a three-game absence.
Midfielder Nani also returns after a thigh injury and manager Sir Alex
Ferguson is hopeful Owen Hargreaves and Anderson will shake off minor knocks.
Blackburn (from):
Friedel, Emerton, Samba, Nelsen, Warnock, Bentley, Vogel, Dunn, Reid,
Pedersen, McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Roberts, Brown, Ooijer, Mokoena, Tugay,
Khizanishvili, Derbyshire.
Man Utd (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster
Brown, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, O'Shea, Evra, Silvestre
Ronaldo, Anderson, Scholes, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Park, Nani
Rooney, Tevez
REFEREE Rob Styles (Waterlooville, Hampshire)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
＊ Victory for Manchester United over Blackburn in this teatime fixture,
will mean they can retain the Premier League title next Saturday
lunchtime by beating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
＊ United could clinch an unprecedented 10th Premier League title and be
crowned champions of England for the 17th time, three days before
booking their place in the Champions League final, should they defeat
Barcelona in the semi-finals.
＊ Blackburn's only chance of Europe is through the Intertoto Cup route,
but they are the least well placed of three clubs in contention for
qualification.
＊ This is Rovers' eighth and last meeting of the season with a member of
the 'Big Four'. They have not won any of the previous seven, and lost
the last four, including a 3-1 reverse at Liverpool last Sunday.
＊ The Ewood Park club have not lost successive matches in 16 Premier League
outings, since three defeats in a row culminating in the home loss to
Chelsea on 23 December.
＊ Defeat here would be Rovers' 50th in the Premier League under Mark Hughes
who made 472 appearances and scored 162 goals in two distinguished spells
as a player with Manchester United.
＊ This match pits the club with the equal most draws in the Premier League
with the one with the joint fewest; Blackburn have finished all square 12
times, United five.
＊ Manchester United have won their last three Premier League matches against
Blackburn, but just one at Ewood Park in seven visits since 1999.
＊ Blackburn have been beaten more often (15 times) and conceded more goals
(48) to Manchester United than any other club in the Premier League.
CLUB FORM
1. Lost one of 14 in all competitions; that defeat being 0-1, home to
Portsmouth in the quarter-final of the FA Cup on 8 March.
2. Won 11 and lost one of 14; unbeaten in eight (22 points out of 24) since
the 1-2 home defeat by Manchester City on 10 February.
3. Secured 25 victories, dropped 22 points, scored 72 goals, at one every 43
minutes on average, and conceded 18, at one every 170 minutes (two hours
50 minutes); the best in all four categories.
4. Registered the joint fewest draws (five).
5. Kept more clean sheets than any other club; their 20 shut-outs, is one
ahead of Chelsea.
6. Opened the scoring in an unmatched 27 games (won 23, and lost just one of
them); and allowed the opposition to score first in six matches - that's
fewer occasions than any other club.
7. Scored 16 goals in the last 10 minutes; more than any other club.
8. On the longest current run since a goalless draw of 33 matches; and the
longest since failing to score of 20 matches.
9. Undefeated away from home in 2008. Won four and drawn two of the last six
on the road since losing 2-1 to West Ham at Upton Park on 29 December.
10. The first leg of the Champions League semi-final, away to Barcelona,
follows this on Wednesday.
The league run-in is:-
Chelsea (a)
West Ham (h)
Wigan (a)
KEY PLAYER NOTES
＊ Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer with 38 goals.
＊ The Portuguese is also United's leading Premier League marksman with 28
from 28 starts, and is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
＊ Between them, RONALDO, Carlos TEVEZ and Wayne ROONEY have scored 72 of
Manchester United's 100 goals this season in all competitions, and 51
of their 72 (71%) in the Premier League.
＊ Ryan GIGGS will equal Bobby Charlton's all time appearance record for
Manchester United of 759, if he plays a part in each of United's remaining
matches and they get to the Champions League final.
＊ If on the field from the outset:
- Michael CARRICK will be making his 50th Premier League start for United.
- Ji-Sung PARK will be making his 50th start for the Red Devils.
- Long term injury, 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
＊ Manchester United are hoping to complete the double for a fifth time over
Blackburn in the Premier League, and second in successive seasons.
＊ Rovers were one of 12 clubs United doubled last season; the Red Devils
were one of five to do the double over Mark Hughes's side.
＊ Blackburn were the only club to do the double over United in 2005-06.
＊ The 0-1 defeat in last season's corresponding fixture, which was also the
100th competitive meeting between the clubs, was Blackburn's first home
loss to United since regaining promotion to the Premier League in 2001.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Blackburn 27 wins, Man United 40, Draws 22
Prem: Blackburn 5 wins, Man United 15, Draws 7
at Blackburn only
League (inc PL): Blackburn 18 wins, Man United 15, Draws 11
Prem: Blackburn 4 wins, Man United 5, Draws 4
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Manchester United
11 November 2006 - Ref: Mike Riley
Man Utd scorer: Saha 64
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
11 November 2007 - Ref: Chris Foy
Man Utd scorers: Ronaldo 34, 35
Sent Off: Dunn (Blackburn) 53
Skysports.com predicts: Blackburn 1-2 Man Utd
One to Watch: Michael Carrick
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