FA Cup ~ Aston Villa vs Manchester United ~ Jan 5th

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no. Its manutd purposely dont want to win at west ham to allow arsenal to go top so that arsenal will get immense pressure. Arsenal, being a team of youngste...

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FA Cup ~ Aston Villa vs Manchester United

Saturday, 5 Jan 2008

Channel 24 - 1.10am (Late game, early Sunday morning) (Live)

sand king SG

Away! omg i thought it was home!!

Pray we don't get knocked out!

jonchao72 SG

Predictions?

I say man united win 2-1.

popmynutsy SG

will man u again play anyhow anyhow? Confused

omgukilledkenny SG

I hope Rooney plays. Confused

Seven_Dragon SG

aston villa VS Man U
2 - 1

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Laursen's deadball fear

Martin Laursen fears the boot may be on the other foot - and Manchester United will wreck Aston Villa from a set-piece in Saturday's FA Cup third-round cracker.

Eighteen of Villa's 37 Premier League goals have come from deadball situations, including both by defensive duo Laursen and Olof Mellberg in the 2-1 win over Tottenham on New Year's Day.

Danish international Laursen said: "We will look to exploit United at set-pieces - but we need to defend them properly as well because they are very good at scoring goals that way as well."

Swede Mellberg said: "Our success has a lot to do with attitude, wanting to get your head on the ball."

tripsky SG

on current form they got a more than decent chance to cause an upset... set pieces hav the potential to kill us off in all competitions this season. Mad

zocoss SG

New England boss Capello will be there to watch Villa take on United... Maybe it could motivate their many English players in the team... United have to be at their best to beat them at their own home.

Scott Carson, Zat Knight, Gardner, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gareth Barry, Ashley Young, Luke Moore, Agbonlahor, Marlon Harewood, Taylor, Curtis Davies, Osbourne.

4getmenot SG

Man U to win 2:1 , this is gonna be tough given the current form villa is in and the new England Coach coming to watch..

omgukilledkenny SG

Agbonlahor: Let's not score too early against United

Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has warned his team-mates not to rile FA Cup opponents Manchester United by scoring an early goal in Saturday's third round clash at Villa Park.

Agbonlahor put Villa ahead during the first half of the Barclays Premier League meeting earlier in the season and United responded by scoring three times in nine minutes before the interval on the way to a 4-1 away win.

The Academy product is desperate to help Villa end their dismal record against United whose only defeat at their hands in the past 12 years was when they fielded a virtual youth side in a League Cup tie in 1999.

Agbonlahor said: "We know we have a poor record against United especially at home, but we've got to go out there, try our hardest to get something from the game.

"Last time we scored an early goal and had them on the back foot but, against those quality teams especially, it is not good to score the first goal.

"We got them angry and they came back and thumped us.

"I think we've got to go out and show what we did against Tottenham on New Year's Day and hopefully we can get at least a replay off them.

"We've shown this season that we can hurt teams and, if we go out and play our game, we can hurt anyone. We've got to try and stop them from scoring but we are capable of scoring in any game."

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Duo set for Cup return

Wayne Roooney and Edwin van der Sar are both likely to be back in action on Saturday for United's FA Cup third round trip to Aston Villa, but Carlos Tevez remains a doubt.

Rooney has missed United's last two matches with a virus, while van der Sar has not featured since the 1-0 win over Liverpool on 16 December because of a groin problem.

Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the Dutch keeper will start in goal at his pre-match press conference and is hopeful Rooney will also play some part in the game.

Tevez, meanwhile, injured his ankle in the Reds' 1-0 win over Birmingham on New Year's Day and is still struggling with the knock.

"We'll give him every chance because he's been in such good form, but he remains a doubt," revealed Sir Alex.

The return of Rooney and van der Sar is a big boost for the Reds, and there was more good news on the injury front as United skipper Gary Neville finally appears to be close to a first-team return.

"Gary is doing great," added Sir Alex. "He will play in the Reserves against Everton on Wednesday. I was thinking about taking him down with the rest of the squad to Villa Park, but I think he is best off doing his training and taking part in the Reserves next week."

sand king SG

Man utd to win, 1-4 Very Happy

lpx88 SG

I think draw

HyuugaNeji SG

draw or manutd win will be enough cos return leg will be old trafford if manutd draws.

omgukilledkenny SG

If Fergie deploys Ronaldo as a striker like against Birmingham, i dont think it'll be a good outcome for us. Confused

He's much more effective on the wings.

Trump_Card SG

I think Manchester is likely to give few second-string players a role in the game … Therefore I think it is a 1-1 draw

omgukilledkenny SG

Hopefully he doesnt change the back line by adding Pique in.

Villa's set pieces are really good and Pique doesnt look comfortable handling these situations. Confused

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XI

1. Edwin Van der Sar

6. Wes Brown

5. Rio Ferdinand

15. Nemanja Vidic

3. Patrice Evra

13. Ji-Sung Park

8. Oliveira Anderson

16. Michael Carrick

11. Ryan Giggs

7. Cristiano Ronaldo

9. Louis Saha

SUBS

38. Tom Heaton (GK)

4. Owen Hargreaves

10. Wayne Rooney

17. Luis Nani

22. John O'Shea

thoreldan SG

0-2 to manutd Very Happy

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