Here comes the 2nd derby match of the season...the match against Liverpool is one of the biggest test every season.Last season we manage to beat them twice , in Old Traffor and in Anfield.Can we do it again? United will start without Keano , Heinze , Gary Neville and Saha....My prediction : 2 - 2 draw , although i'm desperate for a win :)
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
LIVERPOOL
Going into the weekend: 11th 5 points
(all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premiership fixtures)
- Undefeated in the Premiership so far (one win, two draws).
- One of two clubs yet to concede a Premiership goal this season. The other is Chelsea.
- Not conceded in 293 minutes (four hours 53 minutes) of Premiership football, since --Gareth Barry's goal for Aston Villa at Villa Park on the last day of last season.
- Won eight of 11 games in all competitions so far in this campaign.
- Lost only one of the last 13 League and Cup contests, spanning last season.
- Gone 15 top tier games since winning by more than a single goal (3-1 home to Fulham on 5 February). It is the longest such sequence currently in the Premier League.
- Not lost in eight home Premiership matches.
- Won five and drawn three League games on home turf since the 0-1 defeat by Manchester United on 15 January.
MANCHESTER UNITED
- Going into the weekend: 4th 10 points
- Victory would mean 13 points had been pocketed from the first five games - a tally United have achieved three times previously in the Premiership.
- Defending an unbeaten Premiership record (three wins, one draw).
- Gone 11 Premiership matches since a goalless draw.
- Scored in each of the last nine League outings.
- Won every match in which Wayne Rooney has scored (15 so far).
- Lost only one of the last nine Premiership matches (1-3, home to Chelsea on 10 May).
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KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
LIVERPOOL
Squad profiles
Steven GERRARD is two shy of totalling 50 goals for Liverpool.
MANCHESTER UNITED
MAN UNITED
Squad profiles
Ruud VAN NISTELROOY has scored in each of United's last six Premiership matches (four this season).
When next on the field from kick off, Ole Gunnar SOLSKJAER will be making his 200th start for Manchester United.
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LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME:
Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
15 January 2005 - Ref: Steve Bennett
Man United scorers: Rooney 21
Sent Off: Brown (Man United) 65
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HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
League: Liverpool 49 wins, Man Utd 53, Draws 42
Prem: Liverpool 7 wins, Man Utd 13, Draws 6
HEAD TO HEAD at Liverpool
League: Liverpool 35 wins, Man Utd 20, Draws 17
Prem: Liverpool 4 wins, Man Utd 7, Draws 2
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