Manchester United v Bolton, Premier League Preview

Tomorrow Manchester United take on Bolton in their first three o'clock kick off of the season, in the Premier League. Bolton will prove a tough test with all of their physical presence but will United have enough quality to win?

Manchester United go into this match of the back of a 3-1 victory over Middlesbrough in the Carling Cup, whilst Bolton come to the Theatre Of Dreams of the back of a 3-1 loss to Arsenal in the Premier League.

In the Premier League, United have played 4, won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1 and picked up five points, whilst Bolton have played 5, won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 and Bolton have 4 points.

Cristiano Ronaldo will start tomorrow but I think the big question is, who will start upfront for United, personally I think that Tevez deserves to start the match, after all he has been Manchester United's best forward so far this season.

Bolton manager has confirmed that defender Gary Cahill is back and ready to play tomorrow after seeing out a three match suspension.

Gary Megson said this about Cahill:
"I think any team would miss that quality because I do happen to believe that he is the best young centre-half in the country," Megson told the official Bolton website.
"We have missed his qualities - he has got pace and he's good in the air. He's not the finished article yet but we were bound to miss him and it will be great to have him back. We need our better players out on the pitch because we haven't got a huge squad.
"He's been training all the time and he has done his work - he trains like a demon. It's probably not the ideal place to get chucked back in but I'm sure he'll relish it."

Sir Alex Ferguson has also been talking and this is what he has had to say:
"The aim of the game is to win and I think I have a better squad than last season now that I’ve brought Berbatov in," he explained. "That was the right thing to do if I can get a 1 per cent improvement. No matter if it’s 1 per cent or 10 per cent, it’s an improvement we’re looking for. Berbatov was signed for that reason."
"I suppose you could play all four of them but you’d have to sacrifice elsewhere," he admitted. "It was hard to leave players out in the 1999 side when I had four fantastic strikers. No matter what combination I chose, I was always having to disappoint two."There were a few occasions when I played [Ole Gunnar] Solskjaer out wide but in the main you’re going to disappoint someone."

Many people are predicting a 3-0 win for Manchester United, which would be fantastic but I am predicting a much harder game than that and I am predicting a 2-1 win for Manchester United with Berbatov and Ronaldo scoring a goal each. What are you predicting?

One Response so far.

  1. Anonymous says:

    I predict Bolton will draw 1-1 with Man Utd. Bolton will score first and Man Utd will score after 5 minutes of injury time, though no one can remember any injuries or stoppages!

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