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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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Competition |
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preview: chelsea v MANCHESTER UNITED
charity shield
Wembley Stadium,
London,
15.00pm GMT, Sunday 8th August 2010. |
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Team News |
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Michael Carrick limped off the last
preseason game in Ireland with an ankle injury & is out for up
to 2 weeks.
Cech has a calf injury & is
expected to miss the game
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 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Anderson (knee)
Rio Ferdinand (knee)
Owen Hargreaves (knees)
Gabriel Obertan (knee)
Michael Carrick (ankle)
Patrice Evra (leave) |
 Doubtful
Fabio (food poisoning)
Rafael (food poisoning)
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 SUSPENDED
none |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Petr Cech (calf)
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Doubtful
Alex (thigh)
Jose Bosingwa (knee)
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SUSPENDED
none |
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Squads |
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Chelsea: Hilario, Ivanovic, Terry,
Ferreira, Cole, Essien, Lampard, Mikel, Kalou, Anelka,
Malouda.
Manchester United:
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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 On
Cleverley
"“He is an exceptional
young player in terms of his ability to play a variety of
positions,” Sir Alex said on Friday. “He is such a talent,
we must keep him. He showed at Watford that he’s a
goalscorer from midfield and we need that. He has
outstanding qualities.”
Rio Ferdinand
“Rio is still well behind,”
“It’ll be a few weeks before he is back amongst us.
Anderson
Anderson is making good progress and he should be training
in two or three weeks.”
Michael Carrick
“Michael’s injury is nothing serious but he’ll be out
for two weeks,”
"We'll use Sunday's game as we have done over the last few
years," "as a mechanism to get players further down the line
in terms of fitness |
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Head to Head |
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HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v Chelsea
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United &
Chelsea |
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ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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TOTAL |
153 |
67 |
45* |
42 |
249 |
181 |
+68 |
* Includes A.E.T. United
beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties 2007/2008 UCL Final
Counts as a draw
* Includes Chelsea beat
United 4-1 on penalties 2009/2010 Charity Shield
Counts as a draw |
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Opponent Manager Head to Head |
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Fergie v Carlo Ancelotti |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Win% |
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TOTAL |
9 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
-5 |
22.22 |
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Milestones |
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SAF's 15th Charity Shield
SAF's 1333rd fixture in charge.
154th game between the two sides.
28th Charity Shield appearance
5168th competitive
fixture in club history. |
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Charity Shield
Fact |
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Harold Halse (left) once scored 6 goals in the
1911 Charity Shield
Who was the other United player who
scored 6 in a game |
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Score Prediction |
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2-0 to the Reds. |
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