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preview: MANCHESTER city v manchester UNITED

league cup semi final 1st leg

Eastlands, Manchester, 20.00pm GMT, Tuesday 19th January 2010.
Articles wrote by the Editor of mufcinfo.com - Mark Graham

Team News


Stephen Ireland returns but is expected to be on the bench after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Darren Fletcher returns from suspension.

Nemanja Vidic should make a return after missing the last three games with a nerve problem in his leg.

 

InjuredINJURED

Nemanja Vidic (nerve in leg)

Owen Hargreaves (knees)

John O'Shea (ankle)

Rio Ferdinand (fitness)

Doubtful

Federico Macheda (hamstring)

Ben Foster (back)

Dimitar Berbatov (dead leg)

Ryan Giggs (?)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

none

InjuredINJURED

Patrick Vieira (calf)

Roque Santa Cruz ()

Doubtful

Stephen Ireland  (hamstring)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

 none

 OTHER

Kolo Toure (African Cup of Nations)Emmanuelle Adebayor (compassionate leave)Wayne Bridge (knee)
Johnson (knee)
Lescott (knee)

Yellow CardRed Card

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Squads

Manchester City squad: Given, Taylor, Zabaleta, Richards, Onuoha, Sylvinho, Garrido, Trippier, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, De Jong, Barry, Bellamy, Robinho, Benjani, Petrov, Weiss, Tevez, Vidal, Boyata.

Manchester United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Rafael, De Laet, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Diouf.

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

On Berbatov
“"I thought Dimitar had got a knock on the knee. It turned out it was a dead leg and we are having a look at that it.
"I am hoping he will be all right but he is a doubt and we will see what he is like in the morning."

On Ryan Giggs

He is one doubt (Berbatov) . Ryan is another because he missed Saturday's game. We have to give him time to recover a bit. All the rest are fit."
On Rio
"Rio is training quite well now," he said. "He is a lot closer now but he is not in contention for Tuesday."

On the Team selection
""I have got to think about getting a mix in terms of the programme we have got and also the fact I have given young players a game in the past," he said.

"I will have a strongish team but there will be some young players as well."

 

Head to Head
 

HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v Manchester city England
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United & Manchester City

ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
TOTAL 153 63 49 41 226 204 +22
League Division One   League Division Two   FA Premiership
H/A P W D L F A Diff H/A P W D L F A Diff H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 52 20 18 14 75 69 +6 H 6 3 3 0 12 5 +7 H 13 8 4 1 26 11 +15
A 52 15 21 16 66 78 -12 A 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 A 12 7 1 4 18 16 +2
TOTAL 104 35 39 30 141 147 -7 TOTAL 12 6 4 2 21 13 +8 TOTAL 24 15 5 4 47 33 +18

ALL LEAGUE MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
H 71 31 25 15 113 85 +28
A 70 25 23 22 93 102 -9
TOTAL 141 56 48 37 206 187 +19
League Cup FA Cup
P W D L F A Diff P W D L F A Diff
H 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 H 5 5 0 0 15 4 +11
A 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 A 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
TOTAL 4 1 1 2 4 8 -4 TOTAL 7 5 0 1 15 9 +6

ALL CUP MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
H 7 6 1 0 18 6 +12
A 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7
N 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
TOTAL 11 6 1 4 19 17 +2

CHARITY SHIELD
H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1

Milestones

SAF's 87th League Cup fixture in charge.

154th game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

2-0.

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