Man Utd v Tottenham
Carling Cup final
Venue: Wembley
Date: Sunday, 1 March Kick-off: 1500 GMT (台灣時間 3/1(日) 23:00)
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Sir Alex Ferguson has told youngsters Darron Gibson and Danny Welbeck they
will start Sunday's Carling Cup final.
Defender Rafael Da Silva is out for a month with a fractured ankle, but
striker Wayne Rooney should start as he continues to build match fitness.
Tottenham's Robbie Keane, Wilson Palacios, Carlo Cudicini and Pascal
Chimbonda are all cup-tied.
On-loan Fraizer Campbell cannot play against his parent club, while Ledley
King (knee) will have a fitness check.
Man Utd (from):
Foster, Kuszczak
Neville, Fabio, Evans, Vidic, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Evra
Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Scholes, Nani, Ronaldo, Giggs, Gibson
Tevez, Rooney, Welbeck
Tottenham (from):
Gomes, Alnwick, Corluka, Assou-Ekotto, Woodgate, King, Bentley, Jenas,
Modric, Zokora, Lennon, Pavyluchenko, Bent, O'Hara, Huddlestone, Bale,
Dawson, Gunter, Giovani, Taarabt.
Referee Chris Foy (Merseyide)
BIG-MATCH FACTS
- Manchester United take on the holders Tottenham Hotspur in the 49th League
Cup Final and the sixth sponsored by Carling.
- United are vying for a unique five-timer. They have already won the World
Club Championship in Japan, and stand all square at 0-0 in their last 32
Champions League tie with Inter Milan, going into the Old Trafford leg. The
Red Devils are in the box seat at the top of the Premier League table, and
have an away tie to Fulham in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
- Tottenham will be playing their third match in seven days, having been
knocked out of the Uefa Cup by Shakhtar Donetsk on Thursday. Monday's 2-1
win at Hull lifted them three points further away from the Premier League's
relegation zone, but they are still uncomfortably close.
- This year's final comprises of two of the three most recent winners.
- Both these clubs had to knock out two Premier League clubs and two
Championship sides to qualify for the final. Both also lost one leg of their
semi-final against lower league opposition; Manchester United at Derby,
Tottenham at Burnley.
The League ladder
- Tottenham lie 13 places below leaders Manchester United in the Premier
League table.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Current form
- Unbeaten in 12; won 11 and drawn one in all competitions since losing 1-0,
away to Derby in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final on 7 January.
- Avoided defeat in 26 of the last 27 matches.
Recent League Cup performance
- The 1992 and 2006 League Cup winners are competing in their seventh final.
The Manager
- Victory will give Sir Alex Ferguson his third League Cup victory. He will
join a distinguished list to have achieved such a feat; Brian Clough (four
wins), Bob Paisley and George Graham.
- Currently in his 22nd year in charge at Old Trafford, Sir Alex boasts 10
Premier League titles, two Champions League, five FA Cups, two League Cups,
the European Cup Winners' Cup, the World Club Championship, the European
Super Cup, the Inter-Continental Cup and the FA Charity/Community Shield
seven times, excluding the year when United were joint holders.
Player milestones
- If he gets a run out, Ryan Giggs will become only the seventh player to
play in five League Cup finals. The Welshman could hold the unwanted record
of being the first to lose three League Cup finals with the same club.
- Wayne Rooney needs a hat-trick to become the first player to score five
goals in League Cup finals. He netted twice against Wigan in 2006. Chelsea's
Didier Drogba currently holds that record with four.
- If Dimitar Berbatov finds the back of the net, he will become the first
player to have scored in the final for two different clubs, having opened
Tottenham's account from the penalty spot in last season's 2-1 victory over
Chelsea.
League Cup fact
- United's 4-0 win against Wigan in 2006 was the biggest ever victory in a
League Cup final, since the showpiece ceased to be played over two legs.
HEAD to HEAD
All competitions
- Manchester United have won almost twice as many league games as they have
lost against Tottenham; won 70, lost 38.
- The Red Devils are undefeated in 17 league and cup games against the
Londoners, and are meeting them for the third time this season.
- The Premier League fixture at White Hart Lane was a goalless draw, but
United subsequently knocked Spurs out of the FA Cup, 2-1 in the fourth
round at Old Trafford. Paul Scholes and Berbatov both scored within a minute
of each other, half an hour after Pavlychenko had given Spurs an early fifth
minute lead.
League Cup
- But it is a different story in the League Cup. Spurs have won five of their
six meetings.
- The most recent was a 3-1 triumph in the quarter-finals at the Lane on 2
December 1998, when Chris Armstrong got a brace and David Ginola the other.
Teddy Sheringham replied for United. Spurs went on to lift the trophy that
season, beating Leicester 1-0 in the final.
M.E.N Prediction: United 2-1 Tottenham
- No matter which team Fergie puts out at the moment it seems to perform
Key opponent:
Ledley King - With the Reds likely to enjoy the majority of the play, getting
around King will probably be United's biggest challenge
Skysports.com prediction: Man Utd 2-1 Tottenham
One to watch: Carlos Tevez
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