Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.

Competition

preview: everton v MANCHESTER UNITED

premiership matchday 04

Goodison Park, Merseyside, 12.45pm GMT, Saturday 11th September 2010.

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

ON Michael Carrick

"We've had a little setback with Michael Carrick. Out for 3 weeks with an Achilles problem".  "He's seen a specialist and had an injection. Anderson came off with a niggle last night but it won't knock him back for long. Everyone else is fit.
 

ON Rio Ferdinand
"Rio Ferdinand could have played for the reserves against Stockport last night.  "Rio's in the squad - he wanted to play last night but his training performances are so good, he doesn't need to."

ON Valencia & Hernadez
"FIFA's best decision in my time here was to play the internationals on Friday and Tuesday, giving us an extra day to recover,".  "That said, Antonio Valencia and Chicharito [Javier Hernandez] arrived back from the Americas last night so we'll have to assess them this morning

ON Ryan Giggs & the Wales coaching role.
"I spoke to him. It will not happen," .

ON Mr Rooney
"Let's put it to bed straightaway," said the United boss. "I am not discussing any of my players' personal lives."

Team News

ON this day, please take a moment to remember the lives lost on September 11.

Your Editor at K.O. time will be in the air on the way to Cyprus for a holiday, however, over the summer, we here have released funds for a laptop to be bought to aid uninterrupted articles from our 1 man team of journalists.

Our Forum match thread

Michael Carrick will be out for up to a month after Achilles injury

Everton will be without Louis Saha after the former United striker injured himself playing for France in midweek.

Jack Rodwell picked up an ankle ligament injury against Aston Villa and will miss three months action, but captain Phil Neville should return.

Wayne Rooney is likely to play.

Match Official

REFEREE TODAY:

Squads

Everton (from): Howard, Neville, Hibbert, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Cahill, Fellaini, Pienaar, Heitinga, Arteta, Beckford, Osman, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Coleman, Anichebe, Duffy, Baxter, Mucha..

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Rafael, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Smalling, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Gibson, Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs, Nani, Rooney, Owen, Berbatov, Hernandez, Macheda.

Everton Matchfacts

 Bill Foulkes holds the record for Most Appearances against Everton with 32
Denis Law holds the record for Most Goals for Manchester United against Everton in 21 games with 8

Biggest Margin of Victory

5-0, 26/12/1977 @ Goodison Park

Biggest Margin of Defeat

0-6, 24/09/1892 @ Goodison Park

Previous Meetings

When was the last time we beat them? 21/11/2009 3-0 @ Old Trafford

When was the last time they beat us? 20/02/2010 1-3 @ Goodison Park

When was the last draw? 19/04/2009 0-0 @ Wembley before being beaten in the penalty shootout.

Largest Ever Attendance:

18/05/1985 @ Wembley for the 1985 FA Cup Final

Notable "Played for both Clubs"

Opponent Manager Head to Head

MUFC v David Moyes

Milestones

5172nd competitive fixture in club history.

SAF's 700th Premiership fixture in charge.

2128th Away League fixture in club history.

4256th overall league fixture in club history.

181st game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

a reverse of last year, 3-1 to the Reds.

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