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preview: fulham v MANCHESTER UNITED

Premiership, matchday 18

Craven Cottage, London, 15.00pm GMT, Saturday 19th December 2009.

Team News

EVDS has returned to Holland for treatment on his knee injury.


Michael Carrick is expected to play at centre back with Richie De Laet is Nemanja Vidic (calf) was substituted against Wolves.

 

Fabio da Silva has bolstered SAF options as he was on the bench against Wolves.
 

InjuredINJURED

Owen Hargreaves (fitness)

John O'Shea (ankle)

Federico Macheda (hamstring)

Jonny Evans (calf)

Rio Ferdinand (calf)

Gary Neville (groin)

Rafael da Silva (shoulder)

Fabio da Silva (groin)

Edwin Van Der Sar (knee)

Nani (ankle)

Doubtful

Ryan Giggs (hamstring)

Nemanja Vidic (calf)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

none


InjuredINJURED
Andy Johnson (groin)

Simon Davies (ankle)

Diomansy Kamara (knee)

Doubtful

 

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

 none


Yellow CardRed Card

 REFEREE TODAY:

Squads

Manchester United (from): Kuszczak, Foster, Fletcher, Vidic, De Laet, Evra, Park, Valencia, Obertan, Anderson, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Tosic.

Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Paintsil, Hughes, Smalling, Kelly, Etuhu, Murphy, Gera, Greening, Dempsey, Riise, Zamora, Duff, Hangeland, Stockdale, Briggs, Saunders, Uwezu.

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

Vidic on the Xmas programme
““Other leagues tend to stop,” said the Serbia defender.

“It not only helps physically but mentally as well.

“Obviously, in the first full year I was at the club I found it hard to adapt because the season was so long.

“But now, it is not a problem. I have been here for three full seasons now so I know what to expect. I am used to it and I can cope.”


On Vidic

We're waiting on Nemanja Vidic,". "Hopefully he'll be okay for tomorrow but he needs to train today."

On Wes Brown

"he should be available in ten days"

On Gary Neville

"he's not far away, maybe seven days"

 

On Rafael

"he started training this week"

 

On Edwin van der Sar

"he has travelled to the Netherlands where the national team doctor will assess his knee injury".

On Nani

"He has an ankle injury he picked up against Wolfsburg on 8 December"

On Rio Ferdinand

"a lot better, and may be fit in two/three weeks"

 

John O'Shea, Jonny Evans.

"Late January"

 

On Owen Hargreaves

"Owen's doing a bit better this week, and he's coming along slowly," said Sir Alex. "Hopefully he'll be back at the end of January."

Head to Head

HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v FULHAM England
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United & Fulham

ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES

P W D L F A Diff
TOTAL 71 41 17 13 137 79 +58

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 12 10 1 1 32 11 +21 H 9 7 2 0 12 4 +8 H 8 7 0 1 22 8 +14
A 12 4 5 3 25 18 +7 A 9 4 5 0 9 14 -5 A 8 4 3 1 14 10 +4
TOTAL 24 14 6 4 57 29 +28 TOTAL 18 9 4 5 21 18 +3 TOTAL 16 11 3 2 36 18 +18

ALL LEAGUE MATCHES

P W D L F A Diff
H 29 24 3 2 66 23 +43
A 29 10 10 9 48 42 +6
TOTAL 58 34 13 11 114 65 +49

League Cup FA Cup
H/A P W D L F A Diff H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 13 7 4 2 23 14 +9

ALL CUP MATCHES

P W D L F A Diff
H 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3
A 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5
N 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1
TOTAL 13 7 4 2 23 14 +9

Milestones

SAF's 676th Premiership fixture in charge.

72nd game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

2-0

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