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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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preview: Birmingham City v MANCHESTER UNITED
premiership, matchday 18
St Andrews,
Birmingham, 20.00pm GMT, Tuesday 28th December 2010. |
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Team News |
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Paul Scholes (groin) is out
John O'Shea (calf) & Darren
Fletcher (virus) are doubtful.
Nani (hip) is expected to return.
Park Ji-Sung has departed to play for South Korea in the Asian
Cup.
Alexander Hleb (hamstring) trained
recently & could feature.
Liam Ridgewell (virus) returns after missing the last match.
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 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Antonio
Valencia (ankle)
Owen Hargreaves (hamstring)
Paul Scholes (groin)
Ji Sung Park (international duty)
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 Doubtful
John O'Shea (calf)
Nani (hip)
Darren Fletcher (virus) |
 SUSPENDED
none |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
James McFadden (knee) |
Doubtful
Alexander Hleb (hamstring)
Liam Ridgewell (virus) |
SUSPENDED
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Squads |
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Birmingham City (from):
Foster, Carr, Murphy, Bowyer, Johnson, Ridgewell, Larsson,
Gardner, Hleb, Jerome, Ferguson, Doyle, Dann, Madera, Fahey,
Zigic, Valles, Parnaby, Beausejour, O'Shea, Redmond, Jiranek,
Phillips.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak,
Rafael, Brown, Neville, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling,
Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher,
Gibson, Anderson, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda,
Hernandez, Owen.
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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"It was a comfortable
performance," the manager told MUTV. "I think in the
first half we were absolutely fantastic; it could
have been any score. Second half I thought we maybe
put our tools away a bit and saved our legs. We knew
the Birmingham game was off and they were very
economical in the second half, put it that way.
"You have to. I took Anderson and Ryan off. We've
got a game in two days' time of course, and with
Birmingham not having played they'll be nice and
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"You are obviously wary
because of the way the league has been this year,"
said Giggs.
"Anyone can beat anyone. We are thankful we remain
unbeaten and confidence is high. But we realise that
nothing can be taken for granted.
"It is a tough league and we need to be at our best
in every game."
"We hope to get better
in the second half of the season," said Giggs.
"Our form over the last few weeks has been really
good. We looked sharp against Arsenal and Blackburn,
and it was the same against Sunderland.
"Some of the play we produced, the one-touch passing
and the movement, was great to be involved in." |
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Match Official |
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Match Officials: |
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Lee Mason |
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Birmingham City facts |
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Full name Birmingham City Football Club
Nickname(s) Blues
Founded 1875 as Small Heath Alliance
Ground St Andrew's (Capacity: 30,009[1])
President Carson Yeung
Chairman Vico Hui
Manager Alex McLeish |
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When
was the last time? |
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We Won |
We Drew |
We Lost |
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16/08/2009
1-0 @ Old Trafford
Wayne Rooney 34', scored on the opening day of the season. |
09/01/2010
1-1 @ St Andrews
Own Goal our prolific striker of recent times netted again
on the most freezing match you Editor has ever attended. |
11/11/1978
1-5 @ St Andrews
Fergie's old mate & then
Birmingham City manager Jim Smith saw his side wallop
United.
Joe Jordan scored United's only goal |
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Most's & Milestones |
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Bill Foulkes hold the record for Most
Appearances for Manchester United against
Birmingham City
with 20. |
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Dennis Viollet
holds the record for Most Goals for Manchester United
against Birmingham City, making 12 appearances scoring
9
times. |
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Bobby Charlton holds the record for Most League Goals for Manchester United
playing 606 games scoring
199 times. |
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Ryan Giggs holds the record for Most
Premiership Goals for Manchester United playing
597 games scoring
104 times. |
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Dimitar Berbatov is currently Manchester
United's leading goalscorer for 2010/2011 season
with
14
goals. |
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Birmingham City Match facts |
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Most Goals scored against Birmingham City in one match
6 goals
on one occasion.
24/02/1969
United won 6-2
with goals from Law x3 (1 pen), Crerand,
Kidd, Morgan |
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Most goals conceded
against Birmingham City in one match
5 goals
on one occasion
11/11/1978 |
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Highest
Aggregate Score in a Match v Birmingham City
8 goals
24/02/1969 @ Old Trafford
in the FA Cup
United won 6-2
with goals from Law x3 (1 pen), Crerand,
Kidd, Morgan |
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Biggest Margin of
Victory v Birmingham City
4-0
29/11/1958 @ St Andrews |
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Biggest Margin of
Defeat
0-4
12/03/1927 @ St Andrews
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Record Attendance playing Birmingham
City
75,459
01/01/2008
1-0
Carlos Tevez 25' scored for United. |
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Played for both
Manchester United & Birmingham City |
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Berry, Johnny |
Bruce, Steve |
Butt, Nicky |
Carrick, Michael |
Cole, Andrew |
Cooke, Terry |
Daly, Gerry |
Foster, Ben |
Garton, Billy |
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Givens, Don |
Greenhoff, Jimmy |
Sealey, Les |
Wallace, Danny |
Wealands, Jeff |
Yorke, Dwight |
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Club Connections |
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Both Freddy Goodwin & Steve Bruce
managed Birmingham City & also
played for Manchester United |
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Freddy Goodwin
1954-1960 |
Steve Bruce
1987-1996 |
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Head to Head |
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Opponents |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
Win% |
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Birmingham City |
104 |
48 |
31 |
25 |
158 |
113 |
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46.2% |
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Opponent Manager v Newton Heath/Manchester
United Head to Head |
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Manager |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
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Against |
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win% |
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McLeish,
Alex |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
80.00% |
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Score Prediction |
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3-0 to United, Rooney to net one!! |
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Did you Know?? |
Alex Stepney United's
scoringest Goalkeeper of all time (2 goals, both pens),
netted one of his two penalty's against Birmingham City who
at the time were managed by Ex Busby Babe Freddy Goodwin.
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