Preview: United v Fulham

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Man Utd v Fulham Barclays Premier League Venue: Old Trafford Date: Sunday, 14 March 2010 Kick-off: 1330 GMT (台灣時間 3/14 21:00) 直播頻道上海體育、歐洲足球、ESPN(亞洲)、香港NOW寬頻632、超级體育3 TEAM NEWS Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick returns to the squad for Sunday's game with Fulham, having been banned for Wednesday's win over Milan. He looks set to replace Paul Scholes, who has played twice in five days. Fulham's Clint Dempsey is poised to make his first league appearance for two months after returning from a knee injury against Juventus on Thursday. Nicky Shorey and Stefano Okaka were cup-tied for that game, while Danny Murphy has a slight groin problem. Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster Neville, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra Park, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Obertan, Nani Rooney, Berbatov, Diouf Injured: Anderson & Hargreaves (both knee), Brown (metatarsal), De Laet (leg), Giggs (broken arm), O'Shea (thigh), Owen (hamstring) Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Zuberbuhler, Baird, Kelly, Shorey, Stoor, Konchesky, Hangeland, Hughes, Smalling, Gera, Duff, Murphy, Greening, Davies, Etuhu, Riise, Nevland, Elm, Okaka, Zamora, Marsh-Brown. Doubtful: Dikgacoi (ankle) Injured: A Johnson & Pantsil (both knee) MATCH PREVIEW - Fulham arrive at Old Trafford hoping to secure their first ever league double over Manchester United, following their impressive 3-0 win at Craven Cottage last December. The result remains the champions' heaviest defeat of the season to date. - Manchester United might be the Premier League's form team going into the weekend, but Fulham have lost only one of their last six league games and Roy Hodgson and Mark Schwarzer were named manager and player of the month respectively for February. - Schwarzer might just have to be at his very best at Old Trafford to stop a rampant United side at present. Wayne Rooney and co have scored 23 goals in their last six home leagues games, with the in-form England striker helping himself to 10 of those. - At the other end United are proving just as emphatic. It's now 609 minutes of league football (10 hours and nine minutes) since they last conceded at home, when Gabriel Agbonlahor scored for Aston Villa in a 1-0 win on 12 December. - However, one man who thrives on matches against United is Fulham captain Danny Murphy. He fired his fifth career goal against them last December to set the west London side on their way to that 3-0 win. - He previously scored three match winning goals in four seasons at Old Trafford as a Liverpool player. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head ‧ Manchester United have won each of their last five home games against Fulham. ‧ Fulham's only victory at Old Trafford in their last 14 attempts (47 years) was a 3-1 win in October 2003. ‧ In the last two Premier League games between the two clubs, Fulham have scored five goals and kept two clean sheets. ‧ Goals are usually a prerequisite in this fixture: 57 scored in 17 Premier League matches - an average of over three goals per game. Man Utd ‧ Could keep a third consecutive league clean sheet for the first time this season. However, their opening day 1-0 win over Birmingham preceded back-to-back clean sheets at the end of the 2008/09 campaign. ‧ United have only the fourth best record against sides within the top half of the table, behind Chelsea, Aston Villa and Arsenal. ‧ 63 points from 29 league games is United's lowest points total at this stage of the season in four years. Fulham ‧ Victory would see Fulham become only the fourth club in Premier League history to win three successive games against Manchester United; a feat previously achieved by Liverpool (twice), Arsenal and West Ham. ‧ Fulham have not scored in 365 minutes of away league football since Clint Dempsey netted five minutes from time in their 3-2 defeat at Stoke during January. ‧ Roy Hodgson's side are without an away Premier League win since their opening day victory at Portsmouth. LEADING GOALSCORERS Man Utd Rooney: 30 goals (23 league); Berbatov: 9 goals (9 league) Fulham Zamora: 15 goals (8 league); Duff: 8 goals (6 league) MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Mike Jones Assistant referees: John Flynn & Mick McDonough Fourth official: Mike Dean LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS Man Utd (W1-0 v Wolves, a): Van der Sar, Brown (Neville 46), Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Gibson (Diouf 62), Scholes, Carrick, Nani (Park 73), Berbatov. Subs Not Used: Foster, Rafael Da Silva, Fletcher, Obertan. Fulham (D0-0 v Sunderland, a): Schwarzer, Hangeland, Baird, Hughes, Shorey, Etuhu, Duff, Murphy (Greening 58) Gera, Davies, Zamora (Elm 84). Subs not used Zuberbuhler, Okaka, Riise, Smalling, Kelly. MOST RECENT MEETING Fulham 3-0 Man Utd (19 December 2009) Fulham scorers: Murphy 22, Zamora 46, Duff 75 M.E.N Prediction: United 2-0 Fulham - Fuham are a decent side but United looked irresistable on Wednesday Key opponent: Brede Hangeland - towering centre back is likely to be busy Skysports.com prediction: Man Utd 2-0 Fulham One to watch: Wayne Rooney Lawro's predictions United 2-0 Fulham Sir Alex Ferguson has a number of players he can bring in should he feel any of his first team are suffering fatigue after the Champions League match with Milan on Wednesday. That said, I was at Old Trafford for the 4-0 win over the Italians and United were not worked hard by what is the worst AC Milan I've ever seen. The problem for Fulham is that this game comes off the back of an away game with Juventus on Thursday in the Europa League. They will give it their all to keep in touch with Juve in the first leg, believing they can knock them out in the second leg at Craven Cottage. As good as Fulham are, as good as their manager is and as organised as they are in defence I simply don't see them troubling United. http://tinyurl.com/yhabk8g http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8559649.stm http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3242930,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8562187.stm -- ★ ╔╦═╮╔╮ ╭╔╮ ╭╔╦═╮ ╔╮╔╮╭╦═╮╔╮═╮ ☆ ☆ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║╠╣ ║╠╣ ║ ╠╣╠╣╠╬═╣╠╣ ║ ★ ★ ╰╝╰╯╰╝═╯╰╝═╯╚╯═╯ ╰╰╯╯╰╝ ╰╰╝ ╰ ☆ ☆ SCORING MACHINE︰ Ruud van Nistelrooy ★ ╔╮═╮╭╦╦╮╭╦═╮╭╦╦╮╔╦═╮╔╮ ╔╦═╮╭╦═╭═╦╮╮ ╔╮ ╠╣ ║ ╠╣ ╚╩╦╮ ╠╣ ╠╬╣ ╠╣ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║ ╠╣╚═╬╣ ╰╝ ╰╰╩╩╯╰═╩╝ ╚╝ ╚╩═╯╰╩═╯╰╝╰╯╰╩═╯═╩╯╰═╩╝ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.46.35.240