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preview: Arsenal v MANCHESTER
UNITED
fa premiership, Matchday 11
The Emirates
Stadium, London,
12.30pm GMT, Saturday 8th November
2008.
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Match
Preview |
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  Article
by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter
@ MUFCINFO.COM
The Arse have several players rated doubtful or missing &
Robin Van
Persie is suspended & with key players leaving in the summer
including Flamini & Hleb, Arsenal look set to struggle in
the title race having lost three times already this season.
Manchester United rested several players in midweek against
Celtic & are expected to start with Berbatov, Rooney, Evra
who were all substitutes & Anderson who was totally rested.
Paul Scholes has returned to light training and may return
against Spurs in mid December.
Ex United defender Easter Island Head picked up an injury
against Fenerbahçe & is now rated doubtful, Silvestre had
scored an own goal & headed goal for Arsenal so far & many
Reds would have liked to see him defend against Rooney & co.
MUFCINFO.COM will report live from
the Emirates Stadium & with a 3am leaving time from
West Cumbria here's to the right result. |
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Pre
Match Press Conference Highlights |
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Ronaldo on
Arsenal
"We
want to win the title so we have to get three points there,"
"I don't know if it is tough for them at the moment but they
will still have 11 players, the same as us, and I know it
will be difficult because it always is. "But we have a
great spirit and we are a great team, so our aim is to pick
up three points."
Ryan Giggs on Arsenal:
"When you look at the quality Arsenal have, I don't think we
can finish off their title hopes on Saturday. "They have got
a few players out at the moment - but all four top teams, if
they are there or thereabouts, are capable of going on a
run. That has always been the case.
"I expect us all to be involved at the end. We are going to
have losses of form and not get the results we want.
Hopefully we have had our poor spell."
SAF
If you think we’re going there thinking it will be easy
because they have players out, you’re wrong,” the boss told
reporters on Friday. “This will be as tough as it always is.
Look at United-Arsenal games, they’re always very
competitive, played at great speed and high on emotion |
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Squad |
Arsenal (from):
Almunia, Fabianski, Diaby, Sagna, Fabregas, Toure, Nasri,
Gallas, Vela, Walcott, Denilson, Ramsey, Song, Silvestre,
Wilshere, Gibbs, Djourou, Clichy, Bendtner
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Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster,
Neville, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, O'Shea, Evra,
Ronaldo, Carrick, Gibson, Possebon, Fletcher, Anderson,
Giggs, Nani, Park, Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez. |
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Head to Head |
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HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v arsenal
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United &
Arsenal |
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ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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TOTAL |
197 |
82 |
43 |
74 |
300 |
281 |
+19 |
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Milestones |
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179th
League meeting between the two sides.
SAF's 631st Premiership fixture in charge. |
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Score Prediction
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With so
many players missing & plenty rested in midweek, a 2-0 win
to the Reds. |
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