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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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Match Facts |
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preview:
Arsenal v Manchester united
PREMIERSHIP MATCHDAY 35
Emirates Stadium,
London,
14.05pm GMT, Sunday 1st May 2011.
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Match
Officials |
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Referee: Chris Foy
Assistant referees: John Flynn & Andy Garratt
Fourth official: Lee Mason |
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Arsenal Club Facts |
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Full name Arsenal
Football Club
Nickname The Gunners
Founded 1886 as Dial Square
Ground Emirates Stadium (Capacity: 60,355)
Owner Arsenal Holdings plc
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Manager Arsène Wenger |
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights &
Team News |
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On Dimitar Berbatov
"Dimitar is fit
again," said manager Sir Alex Ferguson. "He
had a slight groin strain but he has trained all
week."
On Darren Fletcher
"Darren came through last night fine," said
Ferguson. "He is progressing and it is
possible we could include him on Wednesday for
another 45 minutes.
"It is good that he is back. He has put his weight
back on. He has worked hard in the gym.
"He is a great addition to the squad." |
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Darren Fletcher
talking to MUTV
""We're in a great
position with a month left and I want to give the
manager another option and play some small part." On
his return, he said: "It's great to be back and get
some minutes under my belt.
"The plan was always just to play 45 minutes because
I've been out for such a long time, I don't want to
push too quickly and set myself back.
"It was a bad virus, originally it was supposed to
be a week and it escalated. I lost a bit of weight
and when you have to put the weight back on it's a
slow process, and what should have been a couple of
weeks ended up being a lot longer." |
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Manchester United Team News |
Arsenal Team News |
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Dimitar Berbatov (groin) is expected to be
available.
Darren Fletcher (virus) played in a midweek
reserve game, but it might be too early for Scot to
return to the 1st team.
Paul Scholes completes
his ban. |
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Abou Diaby
(calf) misses out again.
Tomas Rosicky
(illness) could be available after.
Thomas Vermaelen (achilles) made a return
from injury in midweek, but the game will have came
too soon to feature. |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE |
Anders
Lindegaard (knee)
Owen Hargreaves (shoulder) |
INJURED/UNAVAILABLE |
Bartley (knee)
Abou Diaby (calf)
Fabianski (shoulder)
Mannone (thigh)
Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) |
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Doubtful |
Darren
Fletcher (virus) |
Doubtful |
Tomas Rosicky
(illness) |
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SUSPENDED |
Paul
Scholes (one match) |
SUSPENDED |
none |
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Squads |
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Arsenal
(from): Szczesny,
Clichy, Djourou, Koscielny, Sagna, Fabregas, Song,
Wilshere, Nasri, Walcott, van Persie, Lehmann,
Arshavin, Chamakh, Ramsey, Squillaci, Eboue, Gibbs,
Bendtner, Rosicky. |
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Manchester
United (from): Van der Sar, Fabio,
Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Valencia, Park,
Rooney, Hernandez, Rafael, Kuszczak, Anderson,
Berbatov, Nani, Smalling, Gibson, Evans. |
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Head to Head |
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Sir
Alex Ferguson
v Arsenal Head to Head |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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HOME |
30 |
17 |
8 |
5 |
41 |
14 |
27 |
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AWAY |
27 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
39 |
44 |
-5 |
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NEUTRAL |
9 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
-4 |
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Total |
66 |
27 |
19 |
20 |
87 |
69 |
18 |
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Opponent Manager v Newton Heath/Manchester
United Head to Head |
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Opp_manager |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Win% |
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Wenger, Arsene |
44 |
19 |
11 |
14 |
58 |
49 |
9 |
43.18% |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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HOME |
101 |
59 |
25 |
17 |
182 |
84 |
98 |
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AWAY |
99 |
26 |
17 |
56 |
127 |
201 |
-74 |
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NEUTRAL |
11 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
-4 |
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Total |
211 |
88 |
46 |
77 |
320 |
300 |
20 |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
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HOME |
92 |
52 |
25 |
15 |
168 |
78 |
90 |
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AWAY |
91 |
23 |
17 |
51 |
108 |
178 |
-70 |
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NEUTRAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TOTAL |
183 |
75 |
42 |
66 |
276 |
256 |
20 |
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Previous 6 meetings
with Arsenal |
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Date |
Season |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Opp_manager |
HAN |
Attendance |
Stadium |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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12/03/2011 |
2010-2011 |
FA Cup |
W |
2 |
0 |
Wenger, Arsene |
H |
74693 |
Old Trafford |
Fabio 28', W.Rooney 49' |
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13/12/2010 |
2010-2011 |
Premiership |
W |
1 |
0 |
Wenger, Arsene |
H |
75227 |
Old Trafford |
J.S.Park 41' |
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31/01/2010 |
2009-2010 |
Premiership |
W |
3 |
1 |
Wenger, Arsene |
A |
60091 |
Emirates Stadium |
Nani 33', Rooney 37', Park 52' |
Vermaelen 80' |
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29/08/2009 |
2009-2010 |
Premiership |
W |
2 |
1 |
Wenger, Arsene |
H |
75095 |
Old Trafford |
Rooney 59' (pen), Diaby 65' (o.g.) |
Andrei Arshavin 40' |
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16/05/2009 |
2008-2009 |
Premiership |
D |
0 |
0 |
Wenger, Arsene |
H |
75468 |
Old Trafford |
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05/05/2009 |
2008-2009 |
European Cup |
W |
3 |
1 |
Wenger, Arsene |
A |
59867 |
Emirates Stadium |
Park 8', Ronaldo 11', 61' |
van Persie 76' (pen) |
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Most Goals scored against Arsenal in one match |
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Date |
Season |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Opp_manager |
HAN |
Attendance |
Stadium |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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25/02/2001 |
2000-2001 |
Premiership |
W |
6 |
1 |
Wenger, Arsene |
H |
67535 |
Old Trafford |
Yorke 3', 18', 22', Keane 26', Solskjaer 38', Sheringham 90' |
Henry 15' |
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28/11/1990 |
1990-1991 |
League Cup |
W |
6 |
2 |
Graham, George* |
A |
40844 |
Highbury |
Blackmore 2', Sharpe 44', 75', 78',Hughes 44', Wallace 81' |
Alan Smith 49' 68' |
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09/02/1957 |
1956-1957 |
League Division One |
W |
6 |
2 |
Crayston, Jack |
H |
60384 |
Old Trafford |
D.Edwards, J.Berry x2 (1 pen), B.Whelan, T.Taylor |
David Herd x2 |
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26/04/1952 |
1951-1952 |
League Division One |
W |
6 |
1 |
Whittaker, Tom |
H |
53651 |
Old Trafford |
Rowley x3 (1 pen), Stan Pearson, R.Byrne |
F.Cox |
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Most Goals conceded v Arsenal in one
match |
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Date |
Season |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Opp_manager |
HAN |
Attendance |
Stadium |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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01/02/1947 |
1946-1947 |
League Division One |
L |
2 |
6 |
Allison, George |
A |
29415 |
Highbury |
Stan Pearson 10', J.Morris 43' |
Rudkin 20', Logie 28', McPherson 48', Rooke 70', 72', 75' |
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Highest Aggregate Score between both Teams in a single match |
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Date |
Season |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Opp_manager |
HAN |
Attendance |
Stadium |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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01/02/1958 |
1957-1958 |
League Division One |
W |
5 |
4 |
Crayston, Jack |
A |
63578 |
Highbury |
D.Edwards, R.Charlton, T.Taylor x2, D.Viollet |
D.R.Tapscott, David Herd, Bloomfield x2 |
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Largest Ever
Attendance: |
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Date |
Season |
Competition |
WDL |
F |
A |
Opp_manager |
HAN |
Attendance |
Stadium |
Scorers in minutes |
Opponent scorers in minutes |
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12/05/1979 |
1978-1979 |
FA Cup |
L |
2 |
3 |
Neill, Terry |
N |
99219 |
Wembley |
G. McQueen 86', S. McIlroy 88' |
B. Talbot 12', F. Stapleton 43', A. Sunderland 89' |
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Played for both
Manchester United & Arsenal |
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Anderson, Viv |
Baldwin, Tommy |
Boyd, Henry |
Cole, Andrew |
Gaudie, Ralph |
Graham, George |
Herd, David |
Jenkyns, Caesar |
Kidd, Brian |
Moody, John |
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Rimmer, Jimmy |
Silvestre, Mikael |
Stapleton, Frank |
Ure, Ian |
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Club Connections |
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All Time Scoring & Appearance Tables |
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TOP TEN
ALL TIME CLUB APPEARANCE MAKERS
V Arsenal |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Apps |
Goals |
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1 |
Giggs, Ryan |
34 |
1 |
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Charlton, Bobby |
28 |
4 |
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3 |
Foulkes, William |
27 |
0 |
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4 |
Neville, Gary |
24 |
0 |
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5 |
Dunne, Tony |
21 |
0 |
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6 |
Stepney, Alex |
20 |
0 |
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7 |
Hughes, Mark |
19 |
6 |
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8 |
Scholes, Paul |
19 |
2 |
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9 |
Keane, Roy |
18 |
3 |
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10 |
Law, Denis |
17 |
8 |
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11 |
Spence, Joe |
17 |
7 |
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12 |
Robson, Bryan |
17 |
3 |
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13 |
McClair, Brian |
17 |
3 |
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14 |
Buchan, Martin |
17 |
0 |
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TOP ALL TIME SCORERS
V Arsenal |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Goals |
Apps |
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Rowley, Jack |
10 |
17 |
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Law, Denis |
8 |
17 |
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3 |
Hughes, Mark |
8 |
21 |
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4 |
Taylor, Tommy |
7 |
10 |
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5 |
Pearson, Stan |
7 |
15 |
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6 |
Spence, Joe |
7 |
17 |
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7 |
Rooney, Wayne |
7 |
18 |
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8 |
Sharpe, Lee |
6 |
11 |
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9 |
Viollet, Dennis |
6 |
15 |
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10 |
Ronaldo, Cristiano |
6 |
15 |
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TOP 10 ALL TIME
LEAGUE APPEARANCE MAKERS |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Apps |
Goals |
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1 |
Giggs, Ryan |
611 |
110 |
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Charlton, Bobby |
606 |
199 |
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Foulkes, William |
567 |
7 |
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4 |
Spence, Joe |
481 |
158 |
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Scholes, Paul |
464 |
102 |
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6 |
Stepney, Alex |
433 |
2 |
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7 |
Silcock, Jack |
423 |
2 |
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8 |
Dunne, Tony |
414 |
2 |
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9 |
Neville, Gary |
400 |
5 |
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10 |
Rowley, Jack |
380 |
182 |
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TOP 10 ALL TIME
LEAGUE GOAL SCORERS |
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Rank |
Player Name: |
Goals |
Apps |
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Charlton, Bobby |
199 |
606 |
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Rowley, Jack |
182 |
380 |
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Law, Denis |
171 |
309 |
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Viollet, Dennis |
159 |
259 |
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Spence, Joe |
158 |
481 |
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Best, George |
137 |
361 |
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Pearson, Stan |
127 |
312 |
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8 |
Hughes, Mark |
120 |
345 |
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9 |
Herd, David |
114 |
202 |
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10 |
Taylor, Tommy |
112 |
166 |
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Dimitar Berbatov is currently Manchester
United's Leading Goalscorer for 2010/2011 season
with
22
goals. |
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Score Prediction |
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A European style tactic id say
from SAF, keeping it tight, i think 2-0 away win for the
Reds. |
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