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preview: manchester UNITED v MANCHESTER city

league cup semi final 2nd leg (agg 1-2)

Old Trafford, Manchester, 20.00pm GMT, Wednesday 27th January 2010.
Articles wrote by the Editor of mufcinfo.com - Mark Graham

Team News

Just in case you were wondering, In the Semi-Final ties, if the aggregate score is level at the end of the second game an extra half-hour shall be played. If the aggregate scores are still level at the end of extra time the tie shall be decided by goals scored away from home counting twice. If the teams remain equal after this procedure the tie shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the Laws of Association Football."

 

Nemanja Vidic is out with a nerve problem in his leg.

 

Rio Ferdinand (subject to ban), the United defender has an option, either plead guilty & with immediate effect miss the City (h0 Carling Cup Semi, Arsenal (a) & Portsmouth (h) games, or wait and miss Arsenal (a), Portsmouth (h) & Villa (a).

 

Manchester City will have want away Brazilian Robinho available to play despite his proposed loan move to his home country.

Kolo Toure has returned from the Africa Cup of Nations & could play

Emmanuel Adebayor could also be involved after returning from compassionate leave.

InjuredINJURED

Nemanja Vidic (nerve in leg)

Owen Hargreaves (knees)

John O'Shea (ankle)

Doubtful

Ben Foster (back)

Rio Ferdinand (subject to ban)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

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InjuredINJURED

Vieira (calf)

Santa Cruz (calf)

Wayne Bridge (knee)

Johnson (knee)

Lescott (knee)

Doubtful

Stephen Ireland  (hamstring)

Kolo Toure (African Cup of Nations)

Emmanuelle Adebayor compassionate leave)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

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Squads

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

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

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

On the Occasion
“"That's why I picked the team I did for the first leg," he said. "Finals are always important to us. We showed last week we want to be in the final.

"It's a semi-final and it's a local derby. That's important enough as an incentive."

 

On Players discipline in games

"We have enough experience in big games to know [how to handle it]. It's always a key factor. We've had some feisty games in terms of the competitive level of United-Liverpool or United-Leeds games since I've been here. The players' behaviour has always been good.

"At Old Trafford there have been so many big-game situations in the late stages of tournaments. We hope that experience helps."

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 154 63 49 42 227 206 +21
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 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 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 5 1 1 3 5 10 -5 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 4 0 0 4 2 10 -8
N 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
TOTAL 12 6 1 5 20 19 +1

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 88th League Cup fixture in charge.

155th game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

With Rooney in blistering form, the Reds will create & work numerous chances, but someone needs to stick them away, midfield will be important too, 2-0 to the Reds side of MANCHESTER.

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