Preview: United v Blackburn

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Man Utd v Blackburn PREMIER LEAGUE Venue: Old Trafford Date: Saturday, 21 February Kick-off: 1730 GMT (台灣時間 2/22(日) 01:30) 直播頻道 (((((((((( 台灣衛視體育台 Live )))))))))) 歐洲足球、衛視體育(東南亞)、香港NOW寬頻632、泰星61、超級體育7 Wayne Rooney will start for Manchester United after completing his recovery from a hamstring problem. Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher and Rafael are also set to feature, but defender John O'Shea is a minor doubt with a heel injury. Blackburn defender Chris Samba is suspended for the game after picking up five yellow cards this season. Rovers' on-loan United right-back Danny Simpson is ineligible to play against his parent club. Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak O'Shea, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra Ronaldo, Carrick, Gibson, Scholes, Giggs, Park, Fletcher Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck Blackburn (from): Robinson, Bunn, Ooijer, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Warnock, Givet, Olsson, Dunn Villanueva, Grella, Tugay, Andrews, Diouf, Pedersen, Treacy, Mokoena, Haworth, Santa Cruz, McCarthy, Roberts. REFEREE Howard Webb (Yorkshire) BIG-MATCH FACTS - Manchester United go into the weekend five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, after cruising to a 3-0 home victory over Fulham on Wednesday night. They have a superior goal difference over second placed Liverpool of nine, lead Aston Villa by eight points, Chelsea by 10 and Arsenal by 15. An 11th Premier League title is theirs to lose. - Blackburn go into this game one point off the foot of the table, without any away league goal since November and without an away top-flight victory since September. - United, the World Club champions, Carling Cup finalists, FA Cup quarter-finals and defending Champions League and Premier League champions, have kept 14 successive clean sheets in the league. - Goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar has not seen a goal go past him in 1,302 Premier League minutes. If he lasts into the 89th minute against Blackburn, he will break Danny Verlinden's European league record. The Club Bruges last line of defence kept the opposition at bay for 1,390 minutes between 3 March and 26 September 1990 in the Belgium League. - According to the Fifa-approved International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Van der Sar's current achievement places him sixth in the table of the longest time without conceding a goal in world league football. The world record is 1,816 minutes by Mazaropi of Vasco da Gama from 18 May 1977 to 7 September 1978. It will take Van der Sar another five matches plus the first 65 minutes of the away game against Sunderland on 11 April to pass Mazaropi's mark. - Blackburn have dropped more away points to Manchester United than to any other club in the Premier League (36). - Distance between the clubs: 27 miles (43 kilometres) - Blackburn are making the shortest journey of any Premier League club this weekend. CLUB FORM 1st 59 points Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st Lowest could fall: 1st 1. Won all but one of the last 16, losing just one of 25. 2. Won the last nine Premier League matches, against Stoke (a), Middlesbrough (h), Chelsea (h), Wigan (h), Bolton (a), West Brom (a), Everton (h), West Ham (a) and Fulham (h). 3. Unbeaten in 14 league games; won 12 and drawn two since losing 2-1 away to Arsenal on 8 November - their only loss in 22 top-flight outings. 4. One defeat short of 150 in league football under Sir Alex Ferguson. 5. One point up on their points total to this same stage last season, and two points down on the corresponding juncture in the previous year (both title-winning campaigns). 6. Scored in each of the last nine league games. Failed to score in one of 12 (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 Villa on 22 November. 7. Not conceded in 21 hours 42 minutes of Premier League football since Samir Nasri scored Arsenal's second in the Gunners' odd goal in three home victory on 8 November. Boast the tightest defence in the Premier League. 8. Challenging for a 12th consecutive home league victory; conceded goals in just one of the last 11 victorious league matches at Old Trafford (4-3 v Hull on 1 November), and undefeated in 17, a sequence stretching back over a year. Won 16 and drawn one (v Newcastle) since losing 1-2 against Manchester City on 10 February 2008 - their only defeat in 31 at home. 9. Won the last four Premier League games against North-West clubs by 1-0 scorelines, and lost only one top-flight North-West derby this season; 2-1, away to Liverpool on 13 September. 10. This match precedes the Champions League tie, away to Inter Milan on Tuesday. KEY PLAYER NOTES - Edwin VAN DER SAR is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Glove with 18 clean sheets. - Carlos TEVEZ has scored five goals in his last two starts against Blackburn (Premier League and Carling Cup). - Ryan GIGGS is a hat-trick shy of 150 goals for Manchester United. - Paul SCHOLES needs a hat-trick to reach 100 Premier League goals - all for United. ＊If on the field from the outset: - VAN DER SAR will be making his 250th Premier League start. HEAD TO HEAD - Manchester United won the last game against Blackburn 5-3, in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup on 3 December, when Carlos Tevez bagged a four-timer. - Blackburn have won only once in 21 league and cup visits to the Theatre of Dreams since 1963. - The Red Devils are on course to do the double over Blackburn for the fifth time in the Premier League. Home and away League (inc PL): Man United 41 wins, Blackburn 27, Draws 23 Prem: Man United 16 wins, Blackburn 5, Draws 8 at Man United only League (inc PL): Man United 25 wins, Blackburn 9, Draws 11 Prem: Man United 10 wins, Blackburn 1, Draws 3 LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers 11 November 2007 - Ref: Chris Foy Man Utd scorers: Ronaldo 34, 35 Sent Off: Dunn (Blackburn) 53 THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Manchester United 4 October 2008 - Ref: Steve Bennett Man Utd scorers: Brown 31, Rooney 64 M.E.N Prediction: United 2-0 Blackburn - Everything points towards another United win Key opponent: Roque Santa Cruz - quality forward with skill in the air and on the ground Skysports.com prediction: Man Utd 3-0 Blackburn One to watch: Wayne Rooney Lawro's predictions United 2-0 Blackburn Sir Alex Ferguson is able to change the team without upsetting the balance and that's the difference between them and any other team in the Premier League. Blackburn have improved, especially defensively, but they have just started to leak a few goals and I don't see a clean sheet for them at Old Trafford. http://tinyurl.com/dapv2r http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7885835.stm http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3004805,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7888944.stm -- ★ ╔╦═╮╔╮ ╭╔╮ ╭╔╦═╮ ╔╮╔╮╭╦═╮╔╮═╮ ☆ ☆ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║╠╣ ║╠╣ ║ ╠╣╠╣╠╬═╣╠╣ ║ ★ ★ ╰╝╰╯╰╝═╯╰╝═╯╚╯═╯ ╰╰╯╯╰╝ ╰╰╝ ╰ ☆ ★ ╔╮═╮╭╦╦╮╭╦═╮╭╦╦╮╔╦═╮╔╮ ╔╦═╮╭╦═╭═╦╮╮ ╔╮ ╠╣ ║ ╠╣ ╚╩╦╮ ╠╣ ╠╬╣ ╠╣ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║ ╠╣╚═╬╣ ╰╝ ╰╰╩╩╯╰═╩╝ ╚╝ ╚╩═╯╰╩═╯╰╝╰╯╰╩═╯═╩╯╰═╩╝ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.170.105.6