Game: Manchester City vs Manchester United
Date: Wednesday 6th January
Kick off: 19:45pm
Ground: Eastlands
TV - Live: Sky Sports
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City:
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Suspended: None
Possibles: SWP (ankle), Santa Cruz (calf)
ACoN: Adebayor, Toure
Injured: Bridge, Johnson & Lescott (all knee), Ireland (hamstring), Onouha (calf)
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Rags:
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Suspended: None
Possibles: Macheda (hamstring), Nani (foot)
ACoN: None
Injured: Ferdinand (calf), Hargreaves (knee), O'Shea (thigh), Van Der Sar (knee), Vidic (?)
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Player to Watch: City
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Carlos Tevez - The Argentinian has 8 goals in his last 7 games and he just couldn't hit the game against his former club in better form. He has been the heartbeat of the team over the last month. His running, vision and work-rate is brilliant and he can't stop scoring. He's full of confidence so let's hope he bags the winner.
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Player to Watch: Rags:
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Michael Owen - He's may be way past it, but he is City's arch-nemesis. He always seems to score against us and he bagged that winner in the 96th minute at the Swamp earlier in the season. He may have lost all his pace and his finishing is not what it once was but don't be surprised if he scores the dodgiest goal off his shin with seconds to spare.
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Possible Starting XI: City:
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(4-2-3-1)
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1) Given
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2) Richards - 44) Boyata - 33) Kompany - 5) Zabaleta
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34) de Jong - 18) Barry
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8) SWP - 32) Tevez - 39) Bellamy
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14) Santa Cruz
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Possible Starting XI: Rags:
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(4-4-2)
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Kuszczack
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Rafael - Brown - Evans - Fabio
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Obertan - Gibson - Anderson - Valencia
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Berbaflop - Rooney
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Stats:
- This is the 153rd meeting between the sides. United W - 62. City W - 41. Drawn - 49
- City are chasing a fifth successive victory and fourth consecutive clean sheet
- Carlos Tevez has scored 8 goals in his last 7 matches
- United have lost 3 of their last 6 games.
Last Meeting:
Rags 4 - 3 City
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Match Prediction:
City 2 - 0 Rags
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Next Fixtures:
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Monday 11th January vs Blackburn (H)
Saturday 16th January vs Everton (A)
