Tomorrow lunchtime Man United take on Everton at Old Trafford in the Premier League. A win will take United nine points clear of Chelsea and Arsenal, who are both on 64 points.
Team News:
Rio Ferdinand was missing from United's draw against Newcastle with a calf strain but he may return tomorrow, along with Dimitar Berbatov who also missed the game.
Rafael Da Silva returns from injury but United are still missing Paul Scholes who is serving a three-match ban. Also out are Anders Lindegaard, Owen Hargreaves and Darren Fletcher.
Everton will be without Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta, Marouane Fellaini, Jose Baxter and Louis Saha, who are all out injured.
Most Recent Meeting
The two clubs last played each other back on the 11th September 2010, at Goodison Park. The match finished 3-3 after two very late injury time goals for Everton.
Steven Pienaar gave The Toffees a 1-0 lead in the 39th minute, four minutes later Darren Fletcher equalised for Man United. Nemanja Vidic scored United's second on the 47th minute and Dimitar Berbatov scored the third on the 66th minute. Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta scored for Everton in injury time.
Head-To-Head
Man United and Everton have played each other a total of 181 times. Man United have won 78 of those matches, lost 62 and there have been 41 draws.
163 of those matches have been League games. Man United have won 71 league matches against Everton, lost 53 and there have been 39 draws.
Recent Form
Man United- DLWWW
19th April- Newcastle 0-0 Man United (Premier League)
16th April- Man City 1-0 Man United (FA Cup)
12th April- Man United 2-1 Chelsea (Champions League)
9th April- Man United 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)
6th April- Chelsea 0-1 Man United (Champions League)
Everton- WWDWD
16th April- Everton 2-0 Blackburn (Premier League)
9th April- Wolves 0-3 Everton (Premier League)
2nd April- Everton 2-2 Aston Villa (Premier League)
19th March- Everton 2-1 Fulham (Premier League)
9th March- Everton 1-1 Birmingham (Premier League)
Officials
Referee: Peter Walton
Assistant referees: Mike Cairns and Ron Ganfield
Fourth official: Kevin Friend
Walton has officiated two games involving Man United this season. They were the 2-2 away draw against Fulham and the 3-2 away win against Blackpool.
Walton has taken charge of four matches involving Everton, their 2-2 away draw against Everton, 2-1 away win against Man City, 2-2 home draw against West Ham and the 1-1 home draw against Birmingham.
Rivals
Chelsea play West Ham at Stamford Bridge in the Saturday evening kick-off. Arsenal play away against Bolton on Sunday.
Hello nice preview as always, must win imo to heap the pressure on the other two. Glad this is at Old Trafford as Everton have been and are playing well of late. Not going to be a stroll in the park i fully expect a hard fought game with united edging it 2-0. Really nervous going into this but am fully confident that the lads will pull out a victory and they had better as i have to get up at 7.30am for the game lol.