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preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v Tottenham Hotspur
CARLING CUP final
Wembley Stadium,
London, 15.00pm GMT, Sunday 1st March 2009. |
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Match
Preview |
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 Article
by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter
@ MUFCINFO.COM.
EVDS is expected to miss out & SAF must choose between Ben
Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak.
Anderson could make a return after playing 45 minutes of
United's reserve team game with Manchester City on Thursday.
Carlos Tevez is expected to start having been involved in
all the game prior to the final.
Wayne Rooney should be a sub and Danny Welbeck is expected
to team up with Tevez.
Dodgy keeper Huerelho Gomes will start in goal for Spurs as
Carlo Cudicini is ineligible.
Harry Redknapp rested a whole host of players in Woodgate,
Assou-Ekotto, Corluka, King, Jenas, Modric, Bent, Lennon and
Roman Pavlyuchenko against Shakhtar match and all should
feature on Sunday.
With injury or ineligiability featuring heavily Spurs have
only Bent & Pavlyuchenko as strikers & are likely to play
4-5-1.
Robbie Keane,
Wilton Palacios, Carlo Cudicini,
and Pascal Chimbonda are all cup-tied, and Frazier Campbell
is ineligible.
MUFCINFO.COM will be reporting live from
Wembley stadium on Sunday & will be in the "Torch" Pub near
the Stadium, if you spot our West Cumbria Reds flag outside,
come & say hello.
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Pre
Match Press Highlights |
On
Rafael
"Rafael is out for a month with a slight hairline fracture
of his ankle," “It’s a blow for the kid because he’s
been playing in all the games and he’s done so well. He
deserves to be in the final.”
On Gibson, Welbeck & Evans
"Gibson and Welbeck will both play and deserve to play,"
“Jonny Evans has hopefully recovered from Tuesday’s match.
He was feeling his injury towards the end of the game. Like
Rafael he deserves to play in the final.
On Gary Neville & Anderson
Neville’s in the squad, he’s been training well for about a
week and will travel with us. Anderson played 45 minutes in
the Reserves last night and he’ll travel down with us. |
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Squad |
Manchester United (from): Foster, Kuszczak, Neville,
Fabio, Gibson, Evans, Vidic, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Evra,
Welbeck, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Scholes, Nani,
Ronaldo, Giggs, Tevez, Rooney.
Tottenham Hotspur (from): Gomes, Alnwick, Corluka,
Assou-Ekotto, Woodgate, King, Bentley, Jenas, Modric, Zokora,
Lennon, Pavyluchenko, Bent, O'Hara, Huddlestone, Bale,
Dawson, Gunter, Giovani, Taarabt.. |
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Head to Head |
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HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United &
Tottenham Hotspur |
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ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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TOTAL |
166 |
77 |
43 |
46 |
260 |
219 |
+41 |
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League Cup |
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H/A |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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H |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
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A |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
-4 |
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N |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TOTAL |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
-6 |
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Milestones |
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7th
League Cup meeting between the two sides.
SAF's 83rd League Cup fixture in charge. |
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Score Prediction
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a 2-0 win
to the Reds. |
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What's your opinion?.....HAVE YOU'RE SAY BELOW |
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REFEREE TODAY:
CHRIS FOY
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MUFC TEAM
NEWS |
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INJURED
Owen Hargreaves (knees)
Wes Brown (metatarsal)
Rafael (ankle) |
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Doubtful
John O'Shea (heel)
Jonny Evans (ankle) |
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SUSPENDED |
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Tottenham Hotspur
TEAM NEWS |
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INJURED |
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Jermaine
Defoe (foot)
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Doubtful |
Jamie
O'Hara (hip)
Ledley King (knee) |
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SUSPENDED
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