Premiership
Stadium of Light
Wednesday, 26 December; KO: 15:00 BST

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Premiership Table:


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striker Michael Chopra is a doubt with a heel injury he picked up at Reading on Saturday.

Liam Miller is still suspended, while Nyron Nosworthy (hamstring), Kieran Richardson (back) and Russell Anderson (ankle) are not yet ready to return.

Park Ji-sung could return to the Manchester United squad for the first time since March after knee surgery.

Edwin van der Sar (groin) is definitely out, while Rio Ferdinand (foot) and Owen Hargreaves (back) should be fit.


from:

Gordon, Ward, McShane, Halford, Harte, Higginbotham, Collins, Yorke, Etuhu, Leadbitter, Wallace, Whitehead, Kavanagh, O'Donovan, Jones, Chopra, Connolly, Murphy, Stokes, Cole




Kuszczak, Heaton
Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Pique, Evans, Evra
Fletcher, Ronaldo, Nani, Eagles, Carrick, Hargreaves, Anderson, Giggs, Park
Tevez, Rooney, Saha


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Sunderland manager Roy Keane on recent refereeing decisions:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy Keane "You just keep hoping that over the course of the season these decisions will even themselves out. "It hasn't for the last few weeks but we hope, come May, that we look back and say 'well some went for us and some went against us'. "At the moment they are all going against us."

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Alex Ferguson "December is a very important month. "If we get through Christmas, we have tough away games at Sunderland and West Ham and Birmingham at home, and are still with Arsenal we have a chance. "We have Nani, Saha and Park all back in the squad, but there won't be a lot of changes."

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BIG-MATCH FACTS


Third bottom meets second top at the Stadium of Light;
Roy Keane comes up against his old boss for the first time on home soil.

Manchester United have won more league games on the road (four), than Sunderland have managed home and away (three).

The Black Cats have registered one win in 12 league outings;
the Red Devils have won four on the bounce.

Sunderland have a 50% win record in Premier League matches on Boxing Day;
won three of six, but not since the 0-3 triumph over Blackburn at Ewood Park in 2001.

Middlesbrough beat Manchester United on Boxing Day in 2002.
It was the only occasion United have lost a Premier League fixture on 26 December, they have won 11 of 12, including the last four.

United are unbeaten in 11 Premier League matches against Sunderland.
They've won eight and drawn three since losing 2-1 at Roker Park on the 8 March 1997.

CLUB FORM:

Club stats
Fixtures

Highest realistically achievable: 16th
Lowest could fall: 19th

1. Won only six of their last 76 games in the Premier League.

2. This season's three victories have all come at home and against bottom-half clubs;
Tottenham, Reading and Derby.

3. Need a draw to total 100 league points under Roy Keane.

4. Scored 17 goals, at one every 95 minutes (one hour 35 minutes) of Premier League football played;
only Derby's attack is inferior to that, with a paltry eight goals netted.

5. Managed one clean sheet in 17 league matches;
the 1-0 home win over Derby on 1 December was the only shut-out since the opening day 1-0 home victory over Spurs on 11 August.

6. Lost one of the last six home league matches;
the 1-2 reverse to Blackburn on 29 September.

7. Scored one goal in each of the last five at the Stadium of Light.

8. Entertain Bolton on Saturday, before visiting Blackburn on 2 January.

Club stats
Fixtures

Highest achievable: 1st
Lowest could fall: 2nd

1. Won 18 of 23 in all competitions, and lost one of 16.

2. One of two clubs with as many as 13 Premier League wins;
the other is Arsenal.

3. Boasting the tightest defence in the highest league;
just nine goals shipped in 18 outings, at one every two games, or 180 minutes (three hours) of Premier League football played on average.

4. Won 13 of the last 15 Premier League matches, losing just one of the 15.

5. Kept clean sheets in nine of the last 15 league outings, and failed to score in one of their last 15 league games;
the 1-0 loss, away to Bolton on 24 November.

6. Not lost in any league game this term in which they have scored;
won 13 and drawn two of 15.

7. Scored first in an unequalled 14 Premier League matches;
won 12 and drawn two.

8. Conceded only two goals in the last 15 minutes of Premier League matches this term;
only Arsenal and Liverpool can match that.

9. Beaten Everton, Aston Villa, Birmingham and Liverpool on their league travels.

10. Next is a trip to West Ham on Saturday, before the New Year's Day fixture home to Birmingham.

KEY PLAYER NOTES





Kenwyne JONES
is Sunderland's top scorer with four Premier League goals.


Michael CHOPRA
is a double shy of 50 career league goals (Newcastle, Watford, Barnsley, Cardiff and Sunderland).

Last season's top scorer

David CONNOLLY
needs one goal to total 100 in his league career (Watford, Wolves, Wimbledon, West Ham, Leicester, Wigan and Sunderland).

If selected:-

Danny COLLINS will be making his 100th appearance for Sunderland.

Dickson ETUHU will be making his 250th club career appearance (Manchester City, Norwich, Preston and Sunderland).

Anthony STOKES will be making his 50th club career appearance in England and Scotland (Falkirk and Sunderland).

Andrew COLE, Danny HIGGINBOTHAM, Kieran RICHARDSON and Dwight YORKE will be facing a former club.

HIGGINBOTHAM will be playing three days before his 29th birthday.

Suspended:-

Liam MILLER








Cristiano RONALDO
is Manchester United's top scorer with 16 goals.



RONALDO
is also their
leading Premier League marksman with 11

and
leads the race for the Barclays Golden Boot

If on the field from the outset:-

Wayne ROONEY will be making his 150th start in a United shirt.

Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start (Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).

Long term injury, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.

HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS

United have won eight and drawn three Premier League matches since Sunderland's 2-1 win on 8 March 1997, when Michael Gray and John Mullin
scored the decisive goals at Roker Park.

The Black Cats have recorded one subsequent 2-1 home victory over the Red Devils, winning a Worthington League Cup fourth round tie after extra time
on 28 November 2000, at the Stadium of Light.

It was a losing first return for Roy Keane, when he took Sunderland to Old Trafford for the reverse fixture in September.
That leaves the Red Devils with the possibly of completing the double over the Wearsiders for the third time in five attempts.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Sunderland 37 wins, Man Utd 46, Draws 26
Prem: Sunderland 1 wins, Man Utd 9, Draws 3

at Sunderland only
League (inc PL): Sunderland 26 wins, Man Utd 15, Draws 13
Prem: Sunderland 1 wins, Man Utd 3, Draws 2

THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE

Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland
1 September 2007 - Ref: Martin Atkinson


scorer:












Saha 72


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REFEREE:

Uriah Rennie (Sheffield, Yorkshire)

[ 本帖最后由 卡修 于 2007-12-27 07:47 编辑 ]

这么快就开贴了？

老规矩阿，提前12小时开喷嘛。又是师徒大战，希望进球多一点，呵呵

对楼下某人大喊：“小胖子，弄好醒醒来！！！再发进球，吾拿农吊了门板上头抽咯”

突然发现肯尼琼斯这样的高中锋还能空翻...

这场似乎不直播，直播的是德比郡利物浦

引用:

原帖由 藕是张力 于 2007-12-26 11:50 发表
这场似乎不直播，直播的是德比郡利物浦

23:00 直播 英超赛场 桑德兰VS曼联（2300开球）  
01:00 延播 英超赛场 德比郡VS利物浦（2200开球）
早就预报了吧

上赛季西罗圣诞爆发 这赛季该轮到小胖了吧？

引用:

原帖由 卡修 于 2007-12-26 11:53 发表

23:00 直播 英超赛场 桑德兰VS曼联（2300开球）  
01:00 延播 英超赛场 德比郡VS利物浦（2200开球）
早就预报了吧

好的啊，这样才爽

引用:

原帖由 藕是张力 于 2007-12-26 12:39 发表


好的啊，这样才爽

蜀黍你是不是要从21：00看到29:45?

费迪南德队内禁赛应该结束了，朴棒也有可能上吧

据说你联要萨哈＋布朗＋600万英镑换贝尔巴托夫

棒子可能会替补上场
热刺不肯放人
估计很难

蜀黍你是不是要从21：00看到29:45?

不知道，应该是

这节礼日球迷也很累啊:D

蜀黍是蒸饭

我只看两场

好像曼联剩蛋全胜的赛季都是阿森纳冠军……

给我雄起！！！！！