EPL ~ THE MANCHESTER DERBY ~ Nov 9

last SG · 2006-12-10T08:30:05+00:00

if saha didn't miss one of the chance

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~ THE MANCHESTER DERBY ~

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Man Utd v Man City

Saturday, 9 December 2006
Ch 23 - 8:45pm - (Live)

MANCHESTER UNITED go into the 146th Manchester derby and 135th in the League, looking for a victory from this Saturday lunchtime fixture which will give them a nine-point advantage over Chelsea at the top of the table.

The Red Devils, who came from behind to beat Benfica 3-1 and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday, are vying to extend the longest current unbeaten run in the highest League to 12 games.

United defend an unbeaten home Premiership record against City, but have won only one of the last five League meetings at Old Trafford. They last took three points from a 3-1 victory on 13 December 2003 when Paul Scholes scored two and Ruud van Nistelrooy got the other.

MANCHESTER CITY failed to score for a ninth time in this Premiership season, when held at home by Watford on Monday. They cross the city looking for back-to-back away victories, having defeated Aston Villa 1-3 in their last game on the road.

If United score, it will take the Citizens' all time tally of goals conceded in the Premier League to exactly 500. United, who've spent five more seasons in this League, are three short of shipping 500.

City beat United 3-1 at Eastlands in their most recent clash, and have held the Red Devils in the last two at the Old Trafford. But they've not won a League contest at the United ground since the famous 0-1 triumph on 27 April 1974 when Dennis Law scored.

Manchester United: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Silvestre, Evra, Heinz, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Saha, Rooney, Park, Solskjaer, Smith.

Manchester City: Weaver, Hart, Isaksson, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Thatcher, Jordan, Trabelsi, Barton, Reyna, Hamann, Beasley, Ireland, Samaras, Corradi, Vassell, Dickov.

REFEREE
Graham Poll (Tring, Hertfordshire)

MANCHESTER UNITED
1st 41 points

Won six, drawn one and lost one at home in the Premiership.

Won nine and drawn two of the last 11 Premiership matches, since Arsenal won 0-1 at Old Trafford on 17 September in United's only League defeat of the season. Lost one of the last 18 Premiership games.

Louis SAHA is United's leading scorer with 11 League and Cup goals.

Saha and Wayne ROONEY are the club's joint top marksmen in the Premiership with seven each.

MANCHESTER CITY
12th 20 points

Won one, drawn one and lost six away from home in the Premiership.

Won alternate League games since 18 November, and need a victory to maintain that sequence.

Joey BARTON is City's top scorer with four goals.

Barton and Richard DUNNE are the only remaining players to have been on the field for every minute of Manchester City's League and Cup matches this season.

LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City
10 September 2005 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man United scorer: van Nistelrooy 45
Man City scorers: Barton 76

HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Man United only
League: Man United 28 wins, Man City 14, Draws 25
Prem: Man United 5 wins, Man City 0, Draws 4

a-Lost-9uY SG

try ManC win..lol Laughing

used SG

this derby is gonna be one sided

zocoss SG

Got the month wrong... so fast you all post already... Laughing

WiNtEr'SkiLL SG

man u win for sure. its just how many

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Matt Le Tissier previews this Saturday's Manchester derby. He expects United to recover from their midweek exertions to win City.

I don't think the Benfica game will have bothered Manchester United too much.

They are used to doing things the hard way and although a week off before the derby would have been great, getting through that Champions League group in top spot might actually be a nice little confidence booster. Not that they need it against City.

The formbook, as we always say, does go out of the window in these derbies, but even taking that into account, Stuart Pearce's side don't have enough quality to trouble this United side, particularly at Old Trafford.

It's hard to know how Stuart Pearce approaches this. City have such a bad away record, you could understand them going with one up front here, but how many teams leave Old Trafford with a 0-0 draw? You're better off going for goals.

The fans will demand they give it a go as well.

HOME WIN - I think this will be fairly comfortable for United. City have an awful record at Old Trafford and are struggling for goals away from home, even with that win at Aston Villa. If United get ahead early, I can see them controlling this and putting the pressure right on Chelsea before they play Arsenal. I'll go for 2-0.

used SG

haha
now only i notice
Laughing

hobochua SG

I hope they win but will Joey Barton stand in the way?
He scored quite a wonderful goal over the weekend.
He will be the man to watch , Vidic watch out.
I hope saha will start finding his form in EPL and score from other then the penalty spot ok...!!!!Saha forever Very Happy

zocoss SG

If he don't score... Will he show his bum again. Laughing

a-Lost-9uY SG

oh man i tink rmb Matt Le Tissier goal against MU when Tatibi was e GK(tat lousy italian)..the score ended 3-3 i tink..
his shot was a weak 1 but somehw e GK prone n failed to catch it..n its outside e PK box sia..hahaha Laughing

zocoss SG

Yeah i remember, dunno Youtube got that or not... cos that time no youtube yet... Laughing

Gackt247 SG

The famous lobang ah? Laughing

zocoss SG

Evra a doubt for Manchester derby

Patrice Evra is a major doubt for Manchester United's derby clash against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime. The French full-back picked up a calf injury in Wednesday's Champions League win over Benfica and was only able to do some light jogging in training on Friday.

If Evra does not make it, Gabriel Heinze will almost certainly earn a recall as United look to maintain a 32-year unbeaten home record against the Blues.

Kick-off is at 8:45pm.

sand king SG

Man Utd win.

Man Utd 4-1 Man City

a-Lost-9uY SG

go against e odds..
DRAW ar Laughing

4getmenot SG

manu to win and open a nine point gap to put pressure on chelsea Very Happy

zocoss SG

Manchester United vs Manchester City

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has tipped Ryan Giggs to have a big impact in the derby with Manchester City - and for a long time to come. Ferguson said: "I can always sense when Ryan is coming to the boil. When he gets into those pockets of form we know he is capable of, he is devastating."

And Ferguson feels Giggs can go on to challenge Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time appearance record for United. "Ryan is 71 games behind, it is a realistic target," added Ferguson.

As for the present, Ferguson is delighted with the form of his Premiership leaders going into the match against their neighbours. He said: "The football we have been playing recently is as good as anything that we have seen over the past few years.

"To win the league playing like that must be a great motivation for them all." However, opposing number Stuart Pearce remains optimistic that his team can knock Ferguson's men out of their stride and give City fans a boost.

He said: "It would be nice to give our fans something else to celebrate. "I know exactly how much they would love it if we could win tomorrow.

"In the past there has been a lot of talk about United's big games nowadays being against Liverpool and Chelsea. "But I am sure some of their fans live in this city too and they won't want to go into work knowing our supporters are the ones who have the bragging rights."

But Pearce is also aware that he sends his team out to face a side who are at the top of their game. "At the start of the season I would have said Arsenal were the best passing team in the league," he added. "At the moment, it is United."

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39' Manchester U. [1 - 0] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney

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HT Manchester U. [2 - 0] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney

45' [2 - 0] L. Saha

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76' Manchester U. [2 - 1] Manchester C.
6' [1 - 0] W. Rooney

45' [2 - 0] L. Saha

72' [2 - 1] H. Trabelsi