Aston Villa v Man Utd
Carling Cup final
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Date: Sunday, 28 February Kick-off: 1500 GMT (台灣時間 2/28(日) 23:00)
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TEAM NEWS
Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov is fit after a virus and should start Sunday's
Carling Cup final, while James Collins and Emile Heskey could also return.
Reserve keeper Brad Guzan has played in all of Villa's previous Carling Cup
ties this season but may lose his place to the more experienced Brad Friedel.
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is out with a back injury.
The Red Devils are also without Ryan Giggs (arm) and Anderson (knee), while
Nani completes a three-game ban.
Aston Villa:
Friedel, Guzan, Cuellar, L Young, Beye, Collins, Dunne, Davies, Warnock,
A Young, Milner, Petrov, Sidwell, Delph, Downing, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Carew,
Delfouneso.
Injured: Harewood (foot), Reo-Coker (ankle)
Manchester United:
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster
Rafael, Neville, Brown, Evans, Vidic, De Laet, Evra, Fabio
Valencia, Obertan, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Park
Berbatov, Owen, Rooney, Diouf
Suspended: Nani (one match)
Injured: Anderson & Hargreaves (knee), Ferdinand (back), Giggs (arm),
O'Shea (thigh)
MATCH PREVIEW
- The season's first major piece of silverware will be settled on Sunday, with
Aston Villa looking to end a 14-year trophy drought against Carling Cup
holders Manchester United.
- The Red Devils may have lost only one of their last 26 games against Villa,
but with that defeat coming at Old Trafford in December, the Villans should
not lack self belief. However, they will have to stop in-form United striker
Wayne Rooney, who is enjoying the most prolific season of his career.
- This will be Villa's first trip down Wembley Way for a decade, since a 1-0
loss to Chelsea in the last FA Cup final at the old stadium. Villa have
become synonymous with the League Cup since winning the inaugural competition
in 1961, and it is therefore fitting they return for the 50th final.
- They have lifted the trophy five times, a tally second only to Liverpool,
but the last of those wins came against Leeds in 1996. Since then there have
been no significant additions to the trophy cabinet (it is unlikely the 2001
Intertoto Cup or last year's pre-season Peace Cup take pride of place at
Villa Park).
- This will be United's seventh game at Wembley since the stadium reopened, and
so far it has not proved an altogether happy hunting ground - they have not
won a game without the aid of penalty kicks.
- Sir Alex Ferguson relied on fringe players up to the semi-finals before
recalling senior stars such as Wayne Rooney to dispose of "noisy neighbours"
Man City. The England star, who took his tally to 27 goals in midweek, has
scored six of his last seven goals with his head. Before this season, he had
managed just four headed goals in 316 club appearances.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
‧ Aston Villa's 1-0 win at Old Trafford in December was their first victory
against United in 25 matches (in all competitions). As the sides drew 1-1
at Villa Park earlier this month, Villa have won only once in 26 games
against the Red Devils.
‧ But the Villans have won their last three League Cup ties against the Red
Devils (third-round wins in 1999 & 1992 plus the 1994 final).
Aston Villa
‧ This will be their eighth League Cup final. They have previously lifted
the trophy five times, second only to Liverpool (seven times winners).
‧ Villa are unbeaten in 12 games (all competitions) since losing 1-0 to
Liverpool on 29 December.
‧ They won the inaugural League Cup in 1961 (when they beat Rotherham 3-2
over two legs).
Manchester United
‧ The Red Devils will be taking part in their eighth final - they have won
three (1992, 2006 and 2009) and lost four (1983, 1991, 1994 & 2003) of the
previous seven.
‧ They have played at the new Wembley six times and have yet to win a game
without the aid of a penalty shoot-out.
‧ In fact, since losing 1-0 to Chelsea in the 2007 FA Cup final, United's
subsequent five games at Wembley have all been settled from 12 yards.
United held their nerve to win the Community Shield in 2008 & 2009 plus
last year's League Cup final but lost out to Everton in an FA Cup semi-final
and to Chelsea in this season's Community Shield.
‧ Sir Alex Ferguson is pursuing the 32nd major trophy of his career
(including those won in Scotland but not Community Shields or similar
international honours). He is already the most decorated manger in English
and Scottish history (surpassing Bill Struth, the Rangers manager from
1920-54, who won 30 major trophies in all).
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd
Assistant referees: Shaun Procter-Green & David Richardson
Fourth official: Lee Mason
LAST MEETING
Aston Villa 1-1 Man Utd (10 February 2010)
Aston Villa goalscorer: Cuellar 19
Man Utd goalscorer: Collins 23 (og)
Prediction: Aston Villa 1-2 United
- The Reds experience on the big stage should tell
Key opponent:
James Milner - England man has had a cracking season in midfield
Skysports.com prediction: Aston Villa 1-2 Man Utd
One to watch: Wayne Rooney
http://tinyurl.com/yzbw9y5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/8531179.stm
http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3242664,00.html
前瞻：聯賽杯決賽
曼聯中文官網 http://tinyurl.com/ygup6p6
曼聯希望在週日的決賽報1994年聯賽杯決賽輸給維拉的一箭之仇……
雙方近況：
曼聯週二擊敗了西漢姆成功從作客埃弗頓的敗仗的陰影中走出。維拉則在周中的足總
杯重賽淘汰了水晶宮晉級四分之一決賽。
傷停情況：
納尼停賽缺陣，費迪南德、吉格斯和安德森則加入到已經有奧謝和哈格裡夫斯的傷病
名單之中。維拉方面，彼得羅夫可能缺陣。
焦點球星：
阿邦拉霍在去年12月在老特拉福德打進致勝球，本賽季他已經打進14球是維拉的頭號
射手。阿什利揚和唐寧在邊路也很有威脅。
對手主帥：
奧尼爾是一名優秀的主帥，他帶領維拉闖進了足總杯8強，而且還有機會爭奪英超前
四。
裁判：
多德本賽季僅執法過一場曼聯的比賽，當時曼聯在主場2-0擊敗了布萊克本。他執法
過3場維拉的比賽。在28場比賽中他出示過4張紅牌。
競爭對手比賽：
在曼聯爭奪聯賽杯決賽同時，英超聯賽將繼續進行，切爾西將在主場迎戰曼城，阿
森納將作客斯托克城。
Match Pack: Cup final
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