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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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preview: Sunderland v MANCHESTER UNITED
premiership matchday 07
Stadium of Light,
Sunderland, 15.00pm GMT, Saturday 2nd October 2010. |
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Team News |
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Danny
Welbeck is ineligible to play against his parent club.
Anton Ferdinand could return after a hamstring injury.
Kieran
Richardson and John Mensah are out
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet should keep
his place in goal. |
Wayne Rooney despite telling Sir Alex Ferguson he is fit,
will not feature.
Ferguson will assess the fitness of Rio Ferdinand
and Michael Carrick. |
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 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Welbeck (ineligible)
Fraiser Campbell (knee)
David Meyler (knee)
John Mensah (calf)
Kieran Richardson
(hamstring) |
 Doubtful
Ferdinand (hamstring)
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 SUSPENDED
none |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Antonio
Valencia (ankle)
Wayne Rooney (ankle)
Ryan Giggs (hamstring)
Gary Neville (??)
Paul Scholes (calf)
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Doubtful
Owen Hargreaves (fitness)
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SUSPENDED
none |
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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On Rooney
“Wayne trained yesterday [Thursday] and wants to play of
course,” said Sir Alex on Friday morning. “But I’ve got to
take the view that this ankle injury has been niggling for
quite a while and has kept on playing with it. Now we have
identified that, we have to be dead sure we are doing the
right thing for him.”
“He wants to play obviously, being Wayne he
is always going to be that way,” adds the boss. “He has been
playing with the injury for a while and that tells you he is
not doing himself proper justice. I think in another week he
will be fine.
"Obviously we don’t play next week, but the England game is
a week on Tuesday, so that’s another ten days. It really is
up to Fabio [Capello] if he wants to play him. We feel it’s
better for him to wait another week. We feel more
comfortable with that. By that time we would hope he is 100
per cent.”
On Rio, Carrick & Anderson
“Rio, Michael Carrick and Anderson played
their first real game for a long time, so we have to look at
them and see how they’ve come through it.
"We hope there’s no reaction, because playing your first
game back in a place like Valencia is not easy, and then
there’s the travelling back. That’s one issue we have to
deal with.”
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Ji Sung Park on his form
“I am not satisfied with my performances this
season.” Park told MUTV: “I have to improve. I have
to show more on the pitch. Particularly in the
first-half my performance was bad. The second-half
was better.
“I don't know why my performances have not been
good. Maybe I was not ready for the season. I am
still looking forward to the future. I have to show
I can do better.”
He added: “Mentally I have been weak. But I missed a
couple of games and then played again. It is always
difficult to balance the performance. But since I
joined Manchester United it has been like that. I
know how to deal with that. I have to improve.” |
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Ryan Giggs on his
injury
"The injury is not too bad," said Giggs.
"It has settled down quite quickly.
"Hopefully I will be training at the back end of
next week and then I will be ready to play straight
after the internationals." |
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Match Official |
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Squads |
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Sunderland (from): Mignolet,
Gordon, Onuoha, Bardsley, Angeleri, Bramble, Turner,
Ferdinand, Da Silva, Cattermole, Riveros, Henderson,
Malbranque, Elmohamady, Zenden, Colback, Reid, Bent, Gyan,
Welbeck.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Amos,
Rafael, Neville, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans,
Smalling, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Carrick, Gibson,
Park, Bebe, Berbatov, Owen, Hernandez, Macheda
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Sunderland Matchfacts |
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Full name:
Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s): The Black Cats, The Mackems
Founded 1879 (as Sunderland and District Teachers)
Ground: Stadium of Light (Capacity: 49,000)
Owner: Ellis Short
Chairman: Niall Quinn
Manager Ex Manchester United Captain
Steve Bruce
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If Gary Neville plays he
will make his 600th appearance for Manchester United |
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Bobby Charlton &
Bill Foulkes hold the record for Most
Appearances against
Sunderland
with
18
each. |
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Denis Law holds
the record for Most Goals for Manchester United against
Sunderland, playing 10 games scoring
8 goals. |
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Most Goals scored
against Sunderland in one match |
Most goals conceded
against Sunderland in one match |
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5, on SIX occasions |
6, on THREE occasions |
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Highest
Aggregate Score in a Match v Sunderland |
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8 Goals in a 3-5 loss,
26/12/1950 |
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Biggest Margin of Victory |
Biggest Margin of
Defeat |
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5-0, 26/11/1966 @ Old Trafford
5-0, 21/12/1996 @ Old Trafford |
0-6,
04/04/1893 @ Newcastle Road
0-6,
11/12/1926 @ Roker Park |
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Last
Victory |
Last Defeat |
Last Draw |
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02/05/2010, 1-0 @ Stadium
of Light
Nani scoring the winner |
28/11/2000, 1-2 @ Stadium
of Light
in the League Cup |
03/10/2009, 2-2 @ Old
Trafford
Rio Ferdinand's brother equalised for United with an own
goal in injury time. |
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Largest
Ever Attendance against Sunderland: |
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75,648 @ Old Trafford watched the Reds
win 1-0
Roy Keane was Sunderland's manager
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Played for Manchester
United & Sunderland |
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Bardsley, Phil |
Barnes, Peter |
Bellion,
David |
Campbell, Fraizer |
Cole, Andrew |
Cooke, Terry |
Davenport, Peter |
Evans, Jonny |
Foggon,
Alan |
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Healy, David |
Higginbotham, Danny |
Holton, Jim |
Lynch, Mark |
Miller, Liam |
Nicholl,
Jimmy |
Richardson, Kieran |
Simpson, Danny |
Taylor, Ernie |
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Turner, Chris |
Waldron, Colin |
Welbeck, Danny |
Yorke, Dwight |
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Head to Head |
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Opponents |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
DIFF |
win% |
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Sunderland |
129 |
55 |
35 |
39 |
226 |
198 |
28 |
42.6% |
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Opponent Manager Head to Head |
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MUFC v
Steve Bruce
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Manager |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
win% |
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Bruce,
Steve |
15 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
27 |
7 |
20 |
80.00% |
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Milestones |
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130th game between the two sides. |
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Score Prediction |
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I feel 2-0, Fergie has a
brilliant record against Steve Bruce.!!. |
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