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preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v burnley

Premiership, matchday 22

Old Trafford, Manchester, 15.00pm GMT, Saturday 16th January 2010.
Articles wrote by the Editor of mufcinfo.com - Mark Graham

Team News

Darren Fletcher is suspended.

EVDS returns to the team and is expected to play.

 

Burnley Captain Steven Caldwell (groin) is  out

Clarke Carlisle will have a late fitness test.

 

Andre Bikey is absent on African Nations Cup duty.

InjuredINJURED

Nemanja Vidic (nerve in leg)

Owen Hargreaves (knees)

John O'Shea (ankle)

Rio Ferdinand (calf)

Doubtful

Federico Macheda (hamstring)

Nani (ankle)

Ben Foster (back)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

none

InjuredINJURED

Steven Caldwell (groin)

Chris McCann (knee)

Doubtful

Jay Rodriguez (ankle)

Martin Paterson (knee)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

 none

 OTHER

Andre Bikey (African Cup of Nations)

Yellow CardRed Card

 REFEREE TODAY:

Squads

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

Burnley (from): Jensen, Carlisle, Edgar, Eagles, Alexander, Elliott, McDonald, Fletcher, Duff, Nugent, Blake, Thompson, Penny, Guerrero, Gudjonsson, Kalvenes, Eckersley.

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

On Ferdinand & Hargreaves
“"We took Rio and Owen with us and they took part in some of the work we were doing"

"Again, there's some light at the end of the tunnel there, particularly Rio, who is making good progress now. He won't start on Saturday, but he isn't far away, which is good news for us.  "That is the important issue for us - getting solid defenders back into the team. We need to get our consistency back."

 

On Dimitar Berbatov
"As for Dimitar, he doesn't want an operation. Sometimes he feels the injury, other times he doesn't.
"It might have been the warmer climes but he didn't feel it at all while we were in Qatar. We are just keeping an eye on it at present."

On EVDS
"It is great to see Edwin back," said United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

"Edwin has come back to training and has done very well. He will give us so much experience when he eventually does come back, which is important to us.

"It depends how Edwin feels [as to whether he will play], but he has been training very well."

Head to Head

HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v BURNLEY England
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United & Burnley

ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
TOTAL 117 55 19 43 204 178 +26
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 38 20 7 11 82 56 +26 H 13 10 1 2 34 10 +24 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 38 12 7 19 45 69 -24 A 13 5 1 7 19 22 -3 A 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
TOTAL 76 32 14 30 127 125 +2 TOTAL 26 15 2 9 53 32 +21 TOTAL 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1

ALL LEAGUE MATCHES
H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 51 30 8 13 116 66 +50
A 52 17 8 27 64 92 -28
TOTAL 103 47 16 40 180 158 +22
League Cup FA Cup
H/A P W D L F A Diff H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 H 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
A 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 A 4 1 0 3 7 16 -9
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 8 6 2 0 15 3 +12 TOTAL 6 2 1 3 9 17 +8

ALL CUP MATCHES
P W D L F A Diff
H 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7
A 8 4 1 3 13 16 -3
N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 8 3 3 24 20 +4

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

Milestones

SAF's 680th Premiership fixture in charge.

118th game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

3-0, importantly, someone needs to step up in midfield to win the ball to get us going.

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