Premiership
Old Trafford
Saturday, 18 October; KO: 17:30 BST


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Premiership Table:


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Midfield duo


Michael Carrick (ankle) and Owen Hargreaves (knee)

will again miss out for Manchester United.

Ryan Giggs will play but Anderson and Carlos Tevez,
who have been on international duty, face late checks.

Winger Chris Brunt has recovered from a hamstring strain to boost West Brom's squad for the trip to Old Trafford.

But midfielder Filipe Teixeira, who was hoping to return after recovering from knee ligament damage,
strained his calf in training and remains sidelined.



West Brom boss


Tony Mowbray:

Quote:

"We will try to be positive and try to get our game going. We do know with Manchester United that it will be an open game. "They won't necessarily be all about stopping us. They will want it to be a football match. "So when we've got possession of the ball we have to try to make sure we don't give it back to them too quickly. "We will go there and play and try to enjoy it and get a result."

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BIG-MATCH FACTS


West Bromwich Albion go to Old Trafford needing
to create club history if they are to return with all three points.

Never before have they recorded back-to-back away victories in the Premier League.

Defending European and Premier League champions Manchester United are replicating
last season with 11 points from the first six games.

The best they can hope for from victory over the Baggies is a top five berth.

West Brom have made their best ever start to a Premier League season, and would dearly love
to continue that form by taking something away from Old Trafford
on the second anniversary of manager Tony Mowbray's tenure.

Manchester United are defending an unbeaten Premier League record against West Brom.

Albion have drawn two and lost eight league visits to the Theatre of Dreams since they last
registered a victory from a dramatic 3-5 success on 30 December 1978 - 30 years ago.




CLUB FORM:






Club stats
Fixtures


8th 11 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 5th
Lowest could fall: 14th


1. Won the last four in all competitions, and undefeated in six.

2. Chasing three consecutive Premier League victories for the first time
since stringing six together between 23 February and 29 March 2008.

2. Lost one of the last eight Premier League matches;
2-1, away to Liverpool on 13 September.

3. On a league high 43 matches without a no score draw;
the goalless stalemate, home to Reading on the opening day of last season, 12 August 2007, being the most recent.

4. On the longest current sequence of 30 Premier League matches since they failed to score;
the 1-0 defeat away to Bolton on 24 November 2007 being the last occasion.

5. Also on the longest current run in the highest league of 84 matches since a loss by more than a single goal;
3-0, away to Chelsea on 29 April 2006.

6. Their league games this season are averaging two goals each;
12 in six, eight for, four against.

7. Fewer Premier League goals have been on display at Old Trafford than at any other ground;
just four in two fixtures (three for, one against).

Only beaten once in the last 21 league games at Old Trafford, winning 18 of them,
and dropped just two points out of the 21 on offer since the
1-2 reverse to Manchester City on 10 February 2008.

Not lost in any competition in front of the home faithful, since Portsmouth's 0-1 victory in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on 8 March 2008.

8. The lowest placed of the four remaining clubs with unbeaten home records in the highest league.

9. Won the last 10 Premier League matches against Midlands' clubs and not lost to a side from the heart
of the nation since a 1-0 defeat, away to Wolves, on 17 January 2004.

10. This match precedes the Champions League clash with Celtic at Old Trafford next Tuesday.

Club stats

9th 10 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 5th
Lowest could fall: 14th



1. Victory will see them climb above Manchester United in the Premier League table.

2. Won three of the last four league outings, including the last two.

3. Only won three Premier League matches on the bounce once before, between 31 August and 14 September 2002
when Fulham (h), West Ham (a) and Southampton (h) were their victims.

4. Never had more than nine points after the first eight matches of a Premier League campaign;
already got 10 points in the bag going into their eighth fixture this time around.

5. Won only two of the last 26 away matches in the Premier League.

6. Their away league record this season reads: won one, drawn one,
lost one, goals for one, goals against one.

7. Not won a Premier League clash against a North-West club since prevailing 2-0, home to Blackburn on 4 February 2006,
and not won in this league in the North-West since a 0-1 victory over Wigan on 15 January 2006.




KEY PLAYER NOTES






Dimitar BERBATOV

needs a double to total 50 goals for English clubs (Tottenham and Manchester United).


Wayne ROONEY
is a hat-trick shy of 100 club goals (Everton and Manchester United).

Rio FERDINAND is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute
of every one of Manchester United's Premier League matches this season.

If selected:-

Tomasz KUSZCZAK will be facing a former club.
The 26 year old Poland international goalkeeper made 35 appearances
(31 in the league) for West Brom between July 2004 and July 2007.

If on the field from the outset:-

John O'SHEA will be making his 150th English league start (Manchester United and Bournemouth).









James MORRISON

has scored the quickest goal of this Premier League season;
he opened the scoring of West Brom's 3-2 home win over West Ham on 13 September after 2 minutes 16 seconds.



Jonathan GREENING

is the only remaining player to have been on field for every minute
and every one of West Brom's league and cup matches this season.

If selected:-

Chris BRUNT will be making his 200th club career appearance
(Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and West Brom).

GREENING will be facing a former club.
The 29 year old midfielder made 27 appearances (14 in the league) for Manchester United
between March 1998 and August 2001.

If on the field from the outset:-

MORRISON will be making his 100th club career start (Middlesbrough and West Brom).

HEAD TO HEAD

The only time Manchester United have dropped Premier League points
against West Brom was this corresponding fixture on 7 May 2005 when Rob Earnshaw's second-half penalty
cancelled out Ryan Giggs' opener and went some way to denying United
from finishing the season in runners-up spot.

Manchester United inflicted on West Brom their joint biggest away defeat
in top-flight football when winning 7-0 at Old Trafford on 8 April 1970.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Man United 44 wins, WBA 37, Draws 25
Prem: Man United 5 wins, WBA 0, Draws 1

at Man Utd only
League (inc PL): Man United 28 wins, WBA 11, Draws 14
Prem: Man United 2 wins, WBA 0, Draws 1




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LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME

Manchester United vs West Bromwich
3 (2) - 0 (0)

26 December 2005 - Ref: Mark Clattenburg



Manchester United scorers:

Scholes 35
Ferdinand 45,
Van Nistelrooy 63


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REFEREE:

Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

[ 本帖最后由 卡里克 于 2008-10-19 02:28 编辑 ]

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谁伤了 要换奥谢？

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客队踢得不错

鲁胖子的进球被吹没了

还是要靠胖子啊

鲁尼。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

六场八球

super quality！！:D

胖子以后要是能把进球荒压制在3场左右一次就完美了