Man Utd v Liverpool PREMIER LEAGUE Venue: Old Trafford Date: Saturday, 14 March Kick-off: 1245 GMT (台湾时间 3/14(六) 20:45) 直播频道 (((((((((( 台湾卫视体育台 Live )))))))))) 欧洲足球、ESPN(亚洲)、卫视体育(台湾)、香港NOW宽频632、泰星59、超级体育7 Manchester United have no fresh injury concerns as they look for a 12th successive win. Carlos Tevez and Anderson could be brought in to freshen things up. Spanish winger Albert Riera will return to the Liverpool squad after suspension while Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard should both be fit. Midfielder Yossi Benayoun is still out with a hamstring injury and Daniel Agger is unlikely to have recovered from his back injury. Manchester United squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Eckersley, Fabio Ronaldo, Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Scholes, Park Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez, Welbeck Liverpool provisional squad: Reina, Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher, Hyypia, Aurelio, Dossena, Babel, Mascherano Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, Torres, Lucas, Cavalieri, Ngog, Riera, Insua, Spearing El Zhar. REFEREE Alan Wiley (Stafforshire) BIG-MATCH FACTS - The quintuple is still on for Manchester United, following Wednesday's victory over Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League. - Victory in this "Battle of the Titans" with Liverpool, would leave the Red Devils 10 points clear of the Merseysiders with a game in hand, and needing another seven wins to guarantee a hat-trick of Premier League titles and a share of Liverpool's record of 18 English top-flight championships. - Liverpool visit Old Trafford eager to transfer their Champions League form into the Premier League, in the wake of Tuesday's impressive 4-0 hammering of Real Madrid. They've lost just one of 17 top-flight outings and must win to close the gap on United to four points to keep alive fading hopes of the title. - Victory for the visitors will be Liverpool's 100th Premier League win under Rafa Benitez, but he has never masterminded a Liverpool victory at Old Trafford. It would also be Sir Alex Ferguson's 150th top-flight defeat in charge of United. Ferguson leads Benitez by seven wins to two in their 10-match head to head duel. One game has been drawn, and all but one of those were in the Premier League. The exception was Liverpool's victory in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Anfield on 18 February 2006. - Liverpool had failed to score in seven successive Premier League meetings with Manchester United before winning the reverse fixture 2-1. Now they're looking to complete a first double over the Red Devils in seven seasons, and a third over them in the Premier League era. Only Arsenal have beaten United home and away three times in this league. - United are bidding for a fifth successive home league victory over their fierce rivals. - Distance between the clubs: 35 miles (59 kilometres) CLUB FORM 1st 65 points Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st Lowest could fall: 1st 1. Won the last four and all but one of the last 16 in all competitions, losing just one of 31. 2. Won the last 11 Premier League matches, against Stoke (a), Middlesbrough (h), Chelsea (h), Wigan (h), Bolton (a), West Brom (a), Everton (h), West Ham (a), Fulham (h), Blackburn (h) and Newcastle (a). 3. Victory here would make this their best ever Premier League sequence of 12 successive victories, and leave them one short of Arsenal's Premier League record of 13. 4. Unbeaten in 16 league games; won 14 and drawn two since losing 2-1 away to Arsenal on 8 November - their only loss in 23 top-flight outings. 5. Four points up on their total to this same stage last season, and one point down on the corresponding juncture in the previous year (both title-winning campaigns). 6. Scored in each of the last 11 league games. Failed to score in one of 14 (0-0 away to Tottenham on 13 December), and missed the target in only two Premier League matches all season; the other being 0-0, away to Aston Villa on 22 November. 7. Challenging for a 13th consecutive home league victory. They are undefeated in 18 at the Theatre of Dreams in a sequence stretching back over a year. Won 17 and drawn one (v Newcastle, 17 August) since losing 1-2 against Manchester City on 10 February 2008 - their only defeat in 32 at home. 8. Need to score once to become the first club to total 700 home goals in Premier League history. 9. Only registered one victory against a fellow 'Big Four' club in the Premier League this season; 3-0, home to Chelsea. Of the others, they have lost away to Liverpool and Arsenal, and drawn away to Chelsea. 10. The next home league fixture after this will be against Aston Villa on 5 April. KEY PLAYER NOTES - Edwin VAN DER SAR is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Glove with 18 clean sheets. - Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top Premier League scorer with 12 goals. - Paul SCHOLES needs a hat-trick to reach 100 Premier League goals - all for United. - Ryan GIGGS is a hat-trick shy of 150 goals for Manchester United. ＊If selected: - Tomasz KUSZCZAK will be making his 50th career league appearance. ＊ If on the field from the outset: - RONALDO will be making his 150th Premier League start - all in United colours. HEAD TO HEAD - Three players have been sent off in the last four Premier League meetings of these clubs; Nemanja Vidic and Paul Scholes (Manchester United) and Javier Mascherano (Liverpool). - Liverpool have not won at Old Trafford since a 0-1 triumph on 24 April 2004, courtesy of a second-half penalty from Danny Murphy. - The Merseysiders have only done the double over Manchester United twice in the Premier League; 2000-01 and 2001-02. Home and away League (inc PL): Man United 58 wins, Liverpool 50, Draws 43 Prem: Man United 18 wins, Liverpool 8, Draws 7 at Man Utd only League (inc PL): Man United 36 wins, Liverpool 14, Draws 25 Prem: Man United 9 wins, Liverpool 3, Draws 4 LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool 23 March 2008 - Ref: Steve Bennett Man Utd scorers: Brown 34, Ronaldo 79, Nani 81 Sent Off: Mascherano (Liverpool) 44 THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United 13 September 2008 - Ref: Howard Webb Liverpool scorers: Brown 27 og, Babel 77 Man Utd scorer: Tevez 3 Sent Off: Vidic (Man Utd) 90 M.E.N Prediction: United 1-0 Liverpool - it depends which Liverpool side turns up, but either way United should be able to handle them Key opponent: Steven Gerrard - the best in the world according to Zinedine Zidane Skysports.com prediction: United 1-1 Liverpool One to Watch: Wayne Rooney Lawro's predictions Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool Both teams had excellent results in Europe this week but this is all about the race for the Premier League and, as far as that is concerned, even if Manchester United lose on Saturday they are still massive favourites for the title. I fancy this for a draw. While Rafael Benitez surprised a lot of people in midweek with the way his side set out to get at Real Madrid from the start, there's no way you will see them do the same at Old Trafford - that's not in his psyche at all. He will go and try not to concede, frustrate United, and then nick a winner - but I'm going to go for a goalless draw, which United won't be overly dismayed about at all. http://tinyurl.com/bgtlcp http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7922069.stm http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3005083,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7923649.stm 图 Rooney vs Gerrard http://tinyurl.com/bu8vv3 http://tinyurl.com/dfk44q -- ★ ╔╦═╮╔╮ ╭╔╮ ╭╔╦═╮ ╔╮╔╮╭╦═╮╔╮═╮ ☆ ☆ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║╠╣ ║╠╣ ║ ╠╣╠╣╠╬═╣╠╣ ║ ★ ★ ╰╝╰╯╰╝═╯╰╝═╯╚╯═╯ ╰╰╯╯╰╝ ╰╰╝ ╰ ☆ ★ ╔╮═╮╭╦╦╮╭╦═╮╭╦╦╮╔╦═╮╔╮ ╔╦═╮╭╦═╭═╦╮╮ ╔╮ ╠╣ ║ ╠╣ ╚╩╦╮ ╠╣ ╠╬╣ ╠╣ ╠╬╦╯╠╣ ║ ╠╣╚═╬╣ ╰╝ ╰╰╩╩╯╰═╩╝ ╚╝ ╚╩═╯╰╩═╯╰╝╰╯╰╩═╯═╩╯╰═╩╝ --

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