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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
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preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v
west bromwich albion
premiership matchday 08
Old Trafford,
Manchester, 15.00pm GMT, Saturday 16th October 2010. |
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Team News |
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Despite media speculation Owen
Hargreaves will NOT play
Ryan Giggs could feature after
overcoming a hamstring strain
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Striker Odemwingie is
struggling with a knee problem.
Midfielder Jerome Thomas is also a doubt with a calf
injury. |
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 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Antonio
Valencia (ankle)
Owen Hargreaves (calf) |
 Doubtful
Ryan Giggs (hamstring)
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 SUSPENDED
none |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Cech
(foot)
Miller (thigh)
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Doubtful
Mattock (ankle)
Odemwingie (knee)
Jerome Thomas (calf)
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SUSPENDED
none |
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Squads |
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Manchester United (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Rafael, Neville,
Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani,
Obertan, Scholes, Fletcher, Carrick, Gibson, Anderson, Park,
Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Macheda, Hernandez.
West Bromwich Albion (from): Carson, Olsson, Ibanez,
Morrison, Barnes, Bednar, Brunt, Reid, Myhill, Fortune,
Dorrans, Shorey, Thomas, Mulumbu, Zuiverloon, Meite,
Odemwingie, Fortune, Tchoyi, Scharner, Tamas, Cox, Downing,
Sawyers, Jara, Allsop, Kiely
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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On the Rooney rumours
“"The lad's got a high profile and the press are always
going to seek him out for an interview or a quote," said Sir
Alex.
"But it's water off a duck's back really. You've got to put
that aside to know the real things that are happening at the
club. It just passes off."
On Owen Hargreaves
“Owen’s not ready. He’s
injured,” Sir Alex said. “He got a calf injury and has
missed training for the last few days.”
On Ryan Giggs' injury
Giggsy’s been out for a couple
of weeks but he’s fit again
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Patrice Evra
“They were good results (at Valencia and Sunderland)
in terms of not conceding, but still we didn’t
control those games and that is not us,” the
Frenchman told United Review.
“This is not United. But we need to think in a
positive way. We need another clean sheet against
West Brom and we need to make sure we control the
entire match and win. Once we start doing that, I
think we’ll win many games in a row.”” |
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Match Official |
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West Bromwich Albion facts |
Full name: West Bromwich
Albion Football Club
Nickname(s): Albion, The Baggies, The Throstles, West Brom
Founded: 1878 (as West Bromwich Strollers)
Ground: The Hawthorns (Capacity: 26,500)
Chairman: Jeremy Peace
Manager: Roberto Di Matteo |
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When
was the last time? |
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We Won |
We Drew |
We Lost |
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27/01/2009, 5-0 (a) |
07/05/2005, 1-1 @ Old
Trafford |
03/12/2003, 0-2 in the
League Cup |
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Most's & Milestones |
If Gary Neville plays he will make his
600th appearance for
Manchester United |
Bobby Charlton Most Appearances
against West Bromwich Albion with
28
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Denis Law Most Goals for Manchester United
against West Bromwich Albion, playing 13 games scoring
11 times
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West
Bromwich Albion Match facts |
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Most Goals scored against West Bromwich Albion in one match =
7
Most goals conceded
against West Bromwich Albion in one match =
6
Highest Aggregate Score in
a Match v West Bromwich Albion =
3-6
Biggest Margin of Victory v West
Bromwich Albion: 7-0, 08/04/1970.
John Fitzpatrick,
Bobby Charlton,
Alan Gowling all scored
twice with a certain
George Best scoring
once.
Biggest Margin of
Defeat:
0-4
on four occasions.
Record Attendance playing West Bromwich Albion:
75,451 watch United beat West Bromich
Albion 4-0 on
18/10/2008.
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Played for both
Manchester United & West Bromwich Albion |
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Albiston, Arthur |
Appleton, Michael |
Barnes, Peter |
Crooks, Garth |
Cunningham, Laurie |
Giles, Johnny |
Greening, Jonathan |
Hogg, Graeme |
Kuszczak, Tomasz |
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Martin, Mick |
Moses, Remi |
Nicholl, Jimmy |
Phelan, Mike |
Richardson, Kieran |
Robson, Bryan |
Setters, Maurice |
Thomas, Mickey |
Wallwork, Ronnie |
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Head to Head |
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Opponents |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
Win% |
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West Bromwich Albion |
116 |
49 |
27 |
40 |
206 |
180 |
26 |
42.2% |
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Opponent Manager Head to Head |
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MUFC v
Roberto Di Matteo
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Manager |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
win% |
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Di Matteo, Roberto |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Milestones |
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117th game between the two sides. |
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Score Prediction |
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I feel a 2-0. |
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