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preview: Bolton Wanderers v
MANCHESTER UNITED
fa premiership, Matchday 21
Old Trafford, Manchester, 15.00pm GMT, Saturday 17th January 2009. |
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Match
Preview |
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 Article
by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter
@ MUFCINFO.COM.
Carlos Tevez and Jonny Evans are major doubts for United &
will face fitness tests.
Wayne Rooney,
Patrice Evra and Rio Ferdinand are injured.
Bolton have a
whole host of starters missing as the Home sides injury woe
continues, unable to fill the bench with substitutes against
Arsenal, Bolton look set to struggle again.
Gary Cahill (hip) and Gretar Steinsson (ban) are expected to
return however but Captain Kevin Nolan (suspended), Gavin
McCann (toe) and Johan Elmander (hamstring), Tamir Cohen,
(hamstring), Joey O'Brien (thigh), Ricardo Vaz Te (knee) are
definitely out.
On-loan Zenit St Petersburg defender Sebastien Puygrenier
has clearance to play & is expected to slot into Bolton's
back four.
also Ariza
Makukula may play. |
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Pre
Match Press Conference Highlights |
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On Evans
& Tevez
“We’ve got fitness tests on two players, possibly three, on
Saturday morning. [Carlos] Tevez and [Jonny] Evans are major
doubts. They will have a fitness test at 10am. There are one
or two others that are doubtful."
“But with Wes, Rio and Patrice all out, it would be a major
blow if Evans isn't available, particularly because of the
form he has been in.”
On James Chester's inclusion to the squad
I've brought James Chester into the squad," added Sir Alex.
"Although he hasn't played in the first team, he is still a
capable young player. If it has to be, then it has to be.
That’s why we have a big squad. |
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Squad |
Bolton Wanderers (from):
Jaaskelainen,
Hunt, Shittu, Cahill, A O'Brien, Samuel, Riga, Muamba,
Taylor, Davies, Gardner, Obadeyi, Bogdan, Smolarek, Fojut,
Basham, Puygrenier.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster,
Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Chester, O'Shea, Ronaldo,
Nani, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs,
Park, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck |
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Head to Head |
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HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v
BOLTON WANDERERS
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United &
Bolton Wanderers |
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ALL COMPETITIVE
MATCHES |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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TOTAL |
114 |
48 |
24 |
42 |
177 |
156 |
+21 |
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Milestones |
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115th competitive match between the two sides
112th
League meeting between the two sides.
SAF's 641st Premiership fixture in charge. |
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Score Prediction
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Another
water tight performance against the Trotters & a 2-0 win
to the Reds. |
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REFEREE TODAY:
Andre Marriner
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MUFC TEAM
NEWS |
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INJURED
Wesley Brown (ankle)
Owen Hargreaves (knees)
Patrice Evra (foot)
Rio Ferdinand (back)
Wayne Rooney (hamstring)
Ben Foster (wrist)
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Doubtful
Carlos Tevez ()
Jonny Evans ()
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SUSPENDED |
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Bolton Wanderers
TEAM NEWS |
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INJURED
Gavin McCann (toe)
Johan Elmander (hamstring)
Tamir Cohen (hamstring)
Joey O'Brien (thigh)
Ricardo Vaz Te (knee)
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Doubtful
Gary Cahill (hip)
Nicky Hunt () |
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SUSPENDED
Kevin Nolan
(suspended) |
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