Everton vs Manchester United, FA Cup Preview


Yesterday Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 at Wembley to go through to this season's FA Cup final. Either Manchester United or Everton will also go through to the final and we will know by tonight.


It will be an incredibly tight and tough match today, Man United are favourites to win but I think either team can win, it is that close and it is only one match, anything can happen in a single game.


Sir Alex has said that he will ring the changes after a tough match against Porto in Portugal last Wednesday and this Wednesday Man United have a home game against Portsmouth in the Premier League.

Rafael Da Silva and Gary Neville have both been passed fit for this match, I would expect at least one of them to start, possibly Rafael.

A few players did pick up knocks during the Porto game, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney picked up knocks but they should be OK, Cristiano Ronaldo fell to the ground and limped a bit but you never know with him and he should be fine.


Luis Nani came on as a substitute against Porto and didn't play that well at all so I wouldn't expect him to replace Ronaldo. Ji-Sung Park, Carlos Tevez and Paul Scholes didn't play against Porto so they should be handed a starting place.


Former Manchester United player Luis Saha has been suffering from a stomach virus and Everton manager David Moyes will have to decide whether to risk him or not.

Everton have Man City Brazilian Jo on loan but he is cup tied so he cannot play but they do have Joseph Yobo and James Vaughan who have recovered from injuries.


Squads:

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


Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Lescott, Jagielka, Baines, Osman, Pienaar, Neville, Rodwell, Fellaini, Cahill, Yobo, Saha, Vaughan, Nash, Gosling, Jacobsen, Van der Meyde, Castillo, Baxter.

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