Arsenal vs Man Utd: Preview
November 3rd, 2007 at 1:20 am , filed under Match Preview.
Sir Alex has declared it will be medals and trophies that decide whether Arsenal’s youngsters are better than Manchester United’s prior to the game of the week.
The Premier League’s top two go head-to-head at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday 12:45 UK time with the country eager to see how the likes of future star in Fabregas, Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor measure up against Ronaldo, Nani, and Rooney.
Both team are in top form at the moment, United having scored four goal in the last four games while Arsenal youngsters continue their impressive start to the season, particularly Cesc Fabregas who last week scored an equalizer to salvage a point in the Liverpool match.
Rooney are great form at the moment having scoring for the last seven consecutive games, while Fabregas appears to be improving by the week as the youngster already hit double figures in goals.
Arsenal will head into the game with near full-strength squad only Van Persie and Senderos are unavailable. Croatian hitman Eduardo is pressing for a recall to the starting XI following his brace in the midweek 3-0 Carling Cup win over Sheffield United along with midfielder Gilberto, and it remains to be seen whether veteran keeper Jens Lehmann will return to the side.
Louis Saha and Michael Carrick both return to United’s squad for the showdown at the Emirates Stadium. Saha has been plagued by injury throughout the campaign but finally shrugged off long-standing knee problem, however, I doubt Saha will last a month as he always endure a cycle of play - injured - play -injured, etc…
Meanwhile Michael Carrick has now recovered from the dislocated elbow he suffered against Roma last month. Skipper Gary Neville will not be risked despite his reserve-team comeback on Thursday night but, aside from long-term casualties Mikael Silvestre, Park Ji-sung, Paul Scholes and Ben Foster, everyone else is fit.
Sir Alex is delighted to have his strongest team available, knowing the importance of Saturday’s game but says it alone won’t decide the destination of the Premier League title.
“You can lost points anywhere in this league. Both teams will be hell-bent on making sure they win. That’s the mouthwatering aspect about tomorrow”, said Ferguson.
United probable line up: Van der Sar (G), Wes Brown (D), Nemanja Vidic (D), Rio Ferdinand (D), Patrice Evra (D), Owen Hagreaves (M) Oliviera Anderson (M), Cristiano Ronaldo (M), Ryan Giggs (M), Carlos Tevez (S), Wayne Rooney (S)
Venue: Emirates Stadium, 12:45 UK
Predict Score: Arsenal 2-4 Manchester United
