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preview: Birmingham city v MANCHESTER UNITED

Premiership, matchday 21

St Andrews, Birmingham, 17.30pm GMT, Saturday 9th January 2010.
Articles wrote by the Editor of mufcinfo.com - Mark Graham

Team News

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Mame Biram Diouf is included in the squad after being given the no32 shirt.

 

Birmingham have Lee Carsley (ankle) and Stuart Parnaby (back) out after both being injured in the FA Cup last weekend.

Expect many changes to the United line up as SAF plays his 1st game since the FA Cup exit to Leeds.

Nemanja Vidic will not feature after tweaking a nerve in his leg during the warm-up against Leeds and is expected to be out for 10 days.

 

Owen Hargreaves is only training with the reserves.

 

EVDs is still out with knee trouble

InjuredINJURED

Nemanja Vidic (nerve in leg)

Owen Hargreaves (fitness)

John O'Shea (ankle)

Federico Macheda (hamstring)

Rio Ferdinand (calf)

Edwin Van Der Sar (knee)

Nani (ankle)

Doubtful

?? (??

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

none

InjuredINJURED

Lee Carsley (ankle)

Murphy & Tainio (both knee)

O'Connor (hip)

Parnaby (back)

Vignal (unspecified)

Doubtful

?? (??

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

 none

Yellow CardRed Card

 REFEREE TODAY:

Squads

Birmingham City (from): Hart, Maik Taylor, Doyle, Carr, R Johnson, Dann, Queudrue, Martin Taylor, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, McFadden, Fahey, D Johnson, McSheffrey, Jerome, Benitez, Phillips.

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

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

On Vidic
“During the warm-up against Leeds, he felt a problem in the nerve,” explained Sir Alex. “It’s something which has been a recent problem for him and he just didn’t feel confident enough to play. I understand that because it’s painful. We sent him to a specialist to get the problem diagnosed and we know what exercises he needs to do now. It’s not a long-term issue and we can control it.”
 

On Rio Ferdinand

"Ferdinand is possibly only two weeks away "

Head to Head

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

ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
TOTAL 101 47 29 25 151 109 +42
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 34 20 7 7 51 28 +43 H 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 H 6 6 0 0 12 0 +12
A 34 10 15 9 50 51 -1 A 6 0 0 6 3 11 -8 A 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3
TOTAL 68 30 22 16 101 79 +42 TOTAL 12 3 1 8 12 17 -5 TOTAL 11 9 2 0 18 3 +15

ALL LEAGUE MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
H 46 29 8 9 72 34 +38
A 45 13 17 15 59 65 -6
TOTAL 91 42 25 24 131 99 +32
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 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5
A 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 A 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
TOTAL 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 TOTAL 9 4 4 1 17 9 +8

ALL CUP MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
H 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5
A 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1
N 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
TOTAL 10 5 4 1 20 10 +10

TEST MATCHES
H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3
TOTAL 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3

Milestones

SAF's 679th Premiership fixture in charge.

102nd game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

2-1

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