Man Utd v Liverpool
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday, 14 March Kick-off: 1245 GMT (台灣時間 3/14(六) 20:45)
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Manchester United have no fresh injury concerns as they look for a 12th
successive win.
Carlos Tevez and Anderson could be brought in to freshen things up.
Spanish winger Albert Riera will return to the Liverpool squad after
suspension while Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard should both be fit.
Midfielder Yossi Benayoun is still out with a hamstring injury and Daniel
Agger is unlikely to have recovered from his back injury.
Manchester United squad:
Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak
O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Eckersley, Fabio
Ronaldo, Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Scholes, Park
Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez, Welbeck
Liverpool provisional squad:
Reina, Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher, Hyypia, Aurelio, Dossena, Babel, Mascherano
Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, Torres, Lucas, Cavalieri, Ngog, Riera, Insua, Spearing
El Zhar.
REFEREE Alan Wiley (Stafforshire)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
- The quintuple is still on for Manchester United, following Wednesday's
victory over Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League.
- Victory in this "Battle of the Titans" with Liverpool, would leave the Red
Devils 10 points clear of the Merseysiders with a game in hand, and needing
another seven wins to guarantee a hat-trick of Premier League titles and a
share of Liverpool's record of 18 English top-flight championships.
- Liverpool visit Old Trafford eager to transfer their Champions League form
into the Premier League, in the wake of Tuesday's impressive 4-0 hammering
of Real Madrid. They've lost just one of 17 top-flight outings and must win
to close the gap on United to four points to keep alive fading hopes of the
title.
- Victory for the visitors will be Liverpool's 100th Premier League win under
Rafa Benitez, but he has never masterminded a Liverpool victory at Old
Trafford. It would also be Sir Alex Ferguson's 150th top-flight defeat in
charge of United. Ferguson leads Benitez by seven wins to two in their
10-match head to head duel. One game has been drawn, and all but one of
those were in the Premier League. The exception was Liverpool's victory in
the fifth round of the FA Cup at Anfield on 18 February 2006.
- Liverpool had failed to score in seven successive Premier League meetings
with Manchester United before winning the reverse fixture 2-1. Now they're
looking to complete a first double over the Red Devils in seven seasons, and
a third over them in the Premier League era. Only Arsenal have beaten United
home and away three times in this league.
- United are bidding for a fifth successive home league victory over their
fierce rivals.
- Distance between the clubs: 35 miles (59 kilometres)
CLUB FORM
1st 65 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st
Lowest could fall: 1st
1. Won the last four and all but one of the last 16 in all competitions,
losing just one of 31.
2. Won the last 11 Premier League matches, against Stoke (a), Middlesbrough
(h), Chelsea (h), Wigan (h), Bolton (a), West Brom (a), Everton (h), West
Ham (a), Fulham (h), Blackburn (h) and Newcastle (a).
3. Victory here would make this their best ever Premier League sequence of 12
successive victories, and leave them one short of Arsenal's Premier League
record of 13.
4. Unbeaten in 16 league games; won 14 and drawn two since losing 2-1 away to
Arsenal on 8 November - their only loss in 23 top-flight outings.
5. Four points up on their total to this same stage last season, and one
point down on the corresponding juncture in the previous year (both
title-winning campaigns).
6. Scored in each of the last 11 league games. Failed to score in one of 14
(0-0 away to Tottenham on 13 December), and missed the target in only two
Premier League matches all season; the other being 0-0, away to Aston Villa
on 22 November.
7. Challenging for a 13th consecutive home league victory. They are
undefeated in 18 at the Theatre of Dreams in a sequence stretching back
over a year. Won 17 and drawn one (v Newcastle, 17 August) since losing 1-2
against Manchester City on 10 February 2008 - their only defeat in 32 at
home.
8. Need to score once to become the first club to total 700 home goals in
Premier League history.
9. Only registered one victory against a fellow 'Big Four' club in the
Premier League this season; 3-0, home to Chelsea. Of the others, they have
lost away to Liverpool and Arsenal, and drawn away to Chelsea.
10. The next home league fixture after this will be against Aston Villa on 5
April.
KEY PLAYER NOTES
- Edwin VAN DER SAR is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Glove with 18
clean sheets.
- Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top Premier League scorer with 12
goals.
- Paul SCHOLES needs a hat-trick to reach 100 Premier League goals - all for
United.
- Ryan GIGGS is a hat-trick shy of 150 goals for Manchester United.
＊If selected:
- Tomasz KUSZCZAK will be making his 50th career league appearance.
＊ If on the field from the outset:
- RONALDO will be making his 150th Premier League start - all in United
colours.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Three players have been sent off in the last four Premier League meetings of
these clubs; Nemanja Vidic and Paul Scholes (Manchester United) and Javier
Mascherano (Liverpool).
- Liverpool have not won at Old Trafford since a 0-1 triumph on 24 April 2004,
courtesy of a second-half penalty from Danny Murphy.
- The Merseysiders have only done the double over Manchester United twice in
the Premier League; 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Home and away
League (inc PL): Man United 58 wins, Liverpool 50, Draws 43
Prem: Man United 18 wins, Liverpool 8, Draws 7
at Man Utd only
League (inc PL): Man United 36 wins, Liverpool 14, Draws 25
Prem: Man United 9 wins, Liverpool 3, Draws 4
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool
23 March 2008 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man Utd scorers: Brown 34, Ronaldo 79, Nani 81
Sent Off: Mascherano (Liverpool) 44
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
13 September 2008 - Ref: Howard Webb
Liverpool scorers: Brown 27 og, Babel 77
Man Utd scorer: Tevez 3
Sent Off: Vidic (Man Utd) 90
M.E.N Prediction: United 1-0 Liverpool
- it depends which Liverpool side turns up, but either way United should be
able to handle them
Key opponent:
Steven Gerrard - the best in the world according to Zinedine Zidane
Skysports.com prediction: United 1-1 Liverpool
One to Watch: Wayne Rooney
Lawro's predictions Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
Both teams had excellent results in Europe this week but this is all about
the race for the Premier League and, as far as that is concerned, even if
Manchester United lose on Saturday they are still massive favourites for the
title.
I fancy this for a draw. While Rafael Benitez surprised a lot of people in
midweek with the way his side set out to get at Real Madrid from the start,
there's no way you will see them do the same at Old Trafford - that's not in
his psyche at all.
He will go and try not to concede, frustrate United, and then nick a winner -
but I'm going to go for a goalless draw, which United won't be overly
dismayed about at all.
http://tinyurl.com/bgtlcp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7922069.stm
http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3005083,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7923649.stm
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Rooney vs Gerrard
http://tinyurl.com/bu8vv3
http://tinyurl.com/dfk44q
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