Manchester United v Chelsea, Premier League Preview

What a match it could be tomorrow between Man United and Chelsea at Old Trafford. Big matches between the 'big four' (or is it big five now)are normally made big deals of and they have a massive build up and they turn out to be boring, stalemate games.

As I write this, Liverpool have just dropped two points by drawing 0-0 against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium which means that if Man United beat Chelsea tomorrow and beat Wigan and Fulham (our games in hand and they are all at Old Trafford) then we will be at the top of the Premier League table, what a thought that is.

Back to tomorrow, we have Evra and Ferdinand back. Evra is back from a four match ban which I still don't agree with and Ferdinand is back from a back injury which has seen him out since Boxing Day.


Chelsea have John Terry back after serving his suspension and they also have Michael Ballack back.

I would love Man United to win tomorrow, more than anything else (right at this moment) but I think it will end up as a draw. After Liverpool drew today, a draw wouldn't be so bad but a win would be so much better.

After a midweek defeat to Derby (Chelsea didn't have a midweek match because they were knocked out of the Carling Cup) there will be a different team who started.

Park has been playing in the 'bigger' matches so I wouldn't be suprised if he isn't in the starting 11, I am also expecting Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Ferdinand and Evra all to return to the starting line-up.

Ronaldo is fit after crashing his 2 day old Ferrari earlier on in the week, which he was lucky to get out of uninjured.


Squads:

Man United: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, O'Shea, Ronaldo, Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Park, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck, Gibson, Possebon.

Chelsea: Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Bosingwa, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry, Alex, Mancienne, A Cole, J Cole, Obi, Lampard, Kalou, Anelka, Drogba, Stoch, Carvalho, Di Santo, Deco, Mineiro, Belletti, Ballack.



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