Preview: Stoke v United

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Stoke v Man Utd Barclays Premier League Venue: Britannia Stadium Date: Saturday, 26 September Kick-off: 1500 BST (台灣時間 9/26 22:00) 直播頻道 ESPN(亞洲)、上海體育、香港NOW寬頻632、超級體育3 TEAM NEWS Sir Alex Ferguson made 11 changes to his side for the midweek Carling Cup visit of Wolves and could do the same again for Saturday's trip to Stoke. Ben Foster will start in goal despite his recent errors with Tomasz Kuszczak returning to the bench. Ricardo Fuller (groin) is out for Stoke so Dave Kitson plays as a lone striker with James Beattie on the bench. Robert Huth keeps his place at right-back ahead of Andy Wilkinson and Liam Lawrence returns to the midfield. Stoke City (from): Sorensen, Simonsen, Huth, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Faye, Collins, Delap, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington, Fuller, Beattie, Kitson, Cresswell, Cort, Higginbotham, Griffin, Lawrence, Pugh, Tuncay. Doubtful: Beattie (ankle), Fuller (groin) Injured: A Faye (back), Sidibe (knee) Manchester United (from): Foster, Kuszczak Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra Valencia, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson, Giggs, Nani Rooney, Berbatov, Owen Suspended: Fabio (1 of 1 game) Doubtful: None Injured: Hargreaves (knee), Obertan (back), Rafael (shoulder), Van der Sar (thumb) MATCH PREVIEW - Tony Pulis celebrates the 150th game of his second spell in charge of Stoke City with the visit of champions Manchester United. - Since Pulis returned to the Britannia Stadium in June 2006 the club have gone from strength to the strength and are well on their way to establishing themselves as a Premier League force. - The Potters have started the campaign in fine form and boast twice as many points as they did at this stage last season. They go into Saturday's game against United after making a fine impression of Sir Alex Ferguson's side with a stoppage-time winner over Blackpool in the Carling Cup. - But Stoke have themselves been on the wrong end of late drama this season with Bolton and Chelsea both thwarting the Potters with last-gasp strikes - a cause for concern ahead of the visit of a side who are masters of the late goal. - Michael Owen's dramatic 96th-minute derby winner and a 1-0 Carling Cup win over Wolves on Wednesday mean United head to the Britannia Stadium in search of a seventh successive victory. - The champions won home and away against Stoke last season without conceding a goal but had to work hard for their 1-0 victory at the Britannia - Ferguson will surely settle for a repeat as the Red Devils continue their pursuit of a unprecedented 19th league title. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head ‧ These sides have met 89 times in all competitions. Man Utd have won 32 times to Stoke's 26. ‧ The Potters' last league victory over United came on Boxing Day 1984 at the old Victoria Ground. ‧ Man Utd have won eight of the last 10 league meetings with Stoke without the Potters scoring. In the two games where Stoke scored, they won the match. ‧ Stoke's Ryan Shawcross, Danny Higginbotham and Danny Pugh could all face their former club. United defender Ritchie de Laet could feature against his former team. Stoke ‧ Stoke's last eight home league wins have all been achieved with a clean sheet. The last time they won at the Britannia Stadium when the opposition scored was in November 2008 against Arsenal. ‧ 80% of Stoke's league goals have come in the first 45 minutes this season. ‧ With an average height of 6ft 1in Stoke are the tallest side in the top flight. ‧ Last season Stoke had the Premier League's worst disciplinary record, earning 73 yellow cards and five red. ‧ Rory Delap could make his 400th club career start on Saturday. Delap's long throws directly led to eight league goals for the Potters last season. Man Utd ‧ The last time Man Utd scored in a Premier League away game and did not win was in November 2008 against Arsenal. ‧ Wayne Rooney has scored six goals in his last six league matches. ‧ Ryan Giggs' next goal will be his 150th for Man Utd. This season he has created more goalscoring chances than any other Premier League player (24). ‧ United have scored more second-half goals than any other side this season (11). ‧ If selected, John O'Shea will make his 350th appearance for the club. LEADING GOALSCORERS Stoke Kitson: 3 goals (2 league) Man Utd Rooney: 7 goals (6 league); Fletcher, Owen: 2 goals (2 league); Nani: 2 goals (1 league) MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Howard Webb Assistant referees: Darren Cann & Mike Mullarkey Fourth official: Lee Mason LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS Stoke (D1-1 v Bolton, a): Sorensen, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Huth, Collins, Delap, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington (Lawrence 63), Fuller (Beattie 90), Kitson (Pugh 78). Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Higginbotham, Cort, Sanli. Man Utd (W4-3 v Man City, h): Foster O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra Park (Valencia 62), Anderson (Carrick 90), Fletcher, Giggs, Berbatov (Owen 78), Rooney. Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Neville, Nani, Jonathan Evans MOST RECENT MEETING Stoke 0-1 Man Utd (26 December, 2008) Man Utd scorer: Tevez 83 M.E.N Prediction: Stoke 0-1 United - the Britannia Stadium is a tough place to go but United are playing well Key opponent: Rory Delap - he will be firing in the long throws to test Foster Skysports.com prediction: Stoke 0-2 Man Utd One to watch: Ben Foster. Lawro's predictions Stoke 1-1 United Stoke manager Tony Pulis was at Manchester United versus Manchester City last weekend and he also presided over Stoke's 4-3 win against Blackpool on Tuesday, so he has seen 14 goals in the last two games he's been at - I can't see another 4-3 on Saturday though. The thing with Manchester United is that they keep getting over the line and winning no matter how well they play and that's not a surprise because that's what good teams do - they wear out the opposition over the course of 90-plus minutes, as we've seen. But I'm going to go for a draw here because I think Stoke will make it very difficult for United to get the ball down and play. They did that at the Britannia Stadium last year and, until they had a man sent off late on, they looked good value for a draw. http://tinyurl.com/ydbtg7j http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8269329.stm http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3149605,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8272468.stm -- ★ ╔╦═╮╔╮ ╭╔╮ ╭╔╦═╮ ╔╮╔╮╭╦═╮╔╮═╮ ☆ ☆ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║╠╣ ║╠╣ ║ ╠╣╠╣╠╬═╣╠╣ ║ ★ ★ ╰╝╰╯╰╝═╯╰╝═╯╚╯═╯ ╰╰╯╯╰╝ ╰╰╝ ╰ ☆ ☆ SCORING MACHINE︰ Ruud van Nistelrooy ★ ╔╮═╮╭╦╦╮╭╦═╮╭╦╦╮╔╦═╮╔╮ ╔╦═╮╭╦═╭═╦╮╮ ╔╮ ╠╣ ║ ╠╣ ╚╩╦╮ ╠╣ ╠╬╣ ╠╣ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║ ╠╣╚═╬╣ ╰╝ ╰╰╩╩╯╰═╩╝ ╚╝ ╚╩═╯╰╩═╯╰╝╰╯╰╩═╯═╩╯╰═╩╝ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.38.54.120