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.

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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.

Manchester United have extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points after a 0-0 draw against Newcastle.

Sir Alex Ferguson made five changes to the side that lost to Man City at the weekend. Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Ryan Giggs, Anderson and Javier Hernandez all returned to the starting line-up. Rio Ferdinand, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Antonio Valencia and Ji-Sung Park all made way.

Man United starting XI- Van der Sar; O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Rooney and Hernandez.

Man United subs: Kuszczak, Evans, Fabio, Gibson, Park, Valencia and Owen.

Man United almost had a early goal after a fantastic ball by Wayne Rooney, found Javier Hernandez but a brilliant save by Tim Krul prevented the Mexican from scoring.

After that chance, Newcastle pressurised the Man United goal for a few minutes. A decent run from Jonas Gutierrez ended in him having a effort at goal, which was deflected away for a corner by Smalling. Man United eventually cleared the ball after Fabricio Coloccini headed it towards goal from a corner and Cheik Tiote hit his effort straight at Edwin Van Der Sar.

Newcastle may have been piling the pressure on United but it was the away side who had the two best chances of the first 20 minutes. The first was Hernandez' chance, the second fell to Rooney. The striker flicked the ball over Mike Williamson and went through on goal but his shot took a deflection off Krul and went over the bar. The referee didn't spot the deflection and Man United weren't awarded a corner.

Luis Nani wanted a penalty after going down in the area after a challenge from Gutierrez but the Portuguese went down far too easily and United weren't awarded a penalty.

Hernandez came close to scoring the opening goal, Giggs fed the ball through to the Mexican but Coloccini did well to take the ball off Hernandez. Peter Lovenkrands had a superb chance for Newcastle after being left unmarked but he nodded his header wide.

Man United got off to a good start in the second half. Nani's cross found Giggs, who had space in the penalty area but his header was straight at Krul.

The referee could have given Newcastle a penalty after a challenge from Anderson on Lovenkrands but Lee Probert waved play on. Minutes later Lovenkrands was involved in the play again, this time he headed the ball over the bar.

Man United had their own chances, Hernandez almost got onto the end of Anderson's long ball but Krul came off his line to collect the ball.

Giggs should have scored after Patrice Evra cut the ball back to him but the Welshman hit his left footed shot wide. Man United's first substitution was to bring on Antonio Valencia for Anderson.

Steven Ireland came on for Newcastle, nearly scoring with his first touch. Ameobi knocked the ball down for Ireland but the shot was hit narrowly wide. Not long after, Man United were awarded a free-kick, which was hit into the wall by Giggs and away for a corner. The resulting corner was played short to Nani, his right footed shot fell just wide of Krul's post.

Michael Owen came on for Man United with less than 10 minutes remaining, he replaced Nani.

There were four minutes of time added on. During that time it looked like United may have been awarded a penalty after Hernandez was fouled in the area, instead the Mexican was shown a yellow card.

Manchester United have the opportunity to put Saturday's 1-0 loss in the FA Cup to Manchester City behind them, with a win against Newcastle United.

Man United can go nine points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League, if they beat Newcastle at St James' Park tomorrow night.

Team News

Newcastle- Kevin Nolan will serve the second of his two-match ban but Cheik Tiote and James Perch will both return from suspension.

Ben Arfa is out with a broken leg, also out injured are Leon Best, Alan Smith and Dan Gosling. Shola Ameobi has been rated as doubtful.

Man United- Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans will both be available after completing their suspensions. Paul Scholes was sent off against Man City and will now have to serve a three-match ban.

Darren Fletcher is also unavailable for Man United, he is still recovering from illness. Owen Hargreaves, Rafael Da Silva and Anders Lindegaard are all out due to injury.

Most Recent Meeting

The two sides met back on the 16th August 2010, which was their first Premier League game of the 2010/11 season. Man United won the game 3-0 with goals from Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs.


Head-To-Head

Man United and Newcastle have played each other 151 times. Man United have won 77 of those games, drawing 35 times and losing 39 of them.

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Newcastle- LWLLD

10th April- Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
2nd April- Newcastle 4-1 Wolves (Premier League)
19th March- Stoke 4-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
5th March- Newcastle 1-2 Everton (Premier League)
26th February- Newcastle 1-1 Bolton (Premier League)

Man United- LWWWW

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)
2nd April- West Ham 2-4 Man United (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Lee Probert
Assistant referees: Andy Halliday and Trevor Massey
Fourth official: Jon Moss

Probert has officiated 29 games this season, showing 69 yellow cards and six red cards.

He has refereed two matches involving Man United, which were the 7-1 win over Blackburn in the league and the 1-0 win over Crawley at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.

Probert has only refereed one game involving Newcastle, which was the 0-0 draw with Fulham in the league.

Manchester United and Manchester City will fight it out at Wembley tomorrow for a place in the final of the FA Cup.

Team News

Manchester United:

Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans are both unavailable for Man United due to suspension. Darren Fletcher will also miss the game, he is back in training but not fully recovered from illness. Owen Hargreaves and Anders Lindegaard are both out injured.

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Gibson, Anderson, Scholes, Park, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Manchester City:

Man City will have to make do without their captain, Carlos Tevez, who has been ruled out for up to a month with a hamstring injury. Micah Richards had also been suffering from a hamstring injury but he is fit for tomorrows game.

Squad: Hart, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Boyata, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Y.Toure, Vieira, Barry, Silva, Milner, A.Johnson, Dzeko, Balotelli, Razak and McGivern.

Most Recent Meeting

The last derby match was played on the 12th February 2011, which Man United won 2-1 at Old Trafford. Luis Nani opened up the scoring in the 41st minute. David Silva equalised for Man City in the 65th minute but Rooney won the game for United scoring just 12 minutes before full time.

Head-To-Head

The two clubs have played each other 157 times. Man United have won 65 of the 157 games, they have lost 42 matches against City and there have been 50 draws.

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Man United: WWWWW

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)
2nd April: West Ham 2-4 Man United (Premier League)
19th March: Man United 1-0 Bolton (Premier League)

Manchester City: LWLWW

11th April: Liverpool 3-0 Man City (Premier League)
3rd April: Man City 5-0 Sunderland (Premier League)
20th March: Chelsea 2-0 Man City (Premier League)
17th March: Man City 1-0 Dynamo Kiev (Europa Cup)
13th March: Man City 1-0 Reading (FA Cup)

Managers

Sir Alex Ferguson:

"It should be an exciting game. We go into it with great confidence, we're playing well and we're ready for it”
"City have a strong squad and they've got plenty of experience. You have to play well to win at Wembley."

Roberto Mancini:

"I have respect for Manchester United because they have won everything for many years”
"To begin with, they won a single trophy after a long time with nothing. Now we are in the same position.
"We can go on to do what United have done. We have a chance on Saturday and for this we should be happy."

Officials

Referee: Mike Dean
Assistant referees: Mike Mullarkey and Peter Kirkup
Fourth official: Chris Foy

Mike Dean has officiated 36 matches this season, showing 125 yellow cards and five red cards.

Dean has refereed three matches involving Man United this season. The first was United's 5-2 away win against Scunthorpe in the Carling Cup. He also refereed United's 2-2 away draw against Aston Villa and the 0-0 away draw against Tottenham.

Dean has also taken charge of three matches involving City; their 1-0 loss against Sunderland, their 2-1 loss to Wolves and their 2-2 draw against Leicester City in the FA Cup.

Tomorrow night Manchester United take on Chelsea at Old Trafford in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. Chelsea go into the second leg 1-0 down after Man United beat them at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday.

Team News

Man United:

Rafael Da Silva is the only doubt for Man United ahead of the game.

Darren Fletcher is out of the game, he has been suffering from a virus. The last time Fletcher played was when he came on as a substitute against Liverpool on he 6th March.

Wayne Rooney missed United's 2-0 win over Fulham on Saturday due to suspension but he can play for United in the Champions League. Also back for United is Rio Ferdinand, who also missed the win because he has been suffering from a calf injury.

Chelsea:

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has a fully fit squad to pick from.

Yossi Benayoun and Alex both returned from injury at the weekend. Jose Boswinga has recovered from the illness that ruled him out at the weekend.

Most Recent Meeting

The two clubs played each other last Wednesday in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. Man United won the game 1-0 with Rooney scoring the only goal.

Head-To-Head

Man United and Chelsea have played each other 159 times. Man United have won 68 of those games, lost 44 times and there have been 47 draws.

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Man United: WWWWW

9th April: Man United 2-0 Fulham (Premier League)
6th April: Chelsea 0-1 Man United (Champions League)
2nd April: West Ham 2-4 Man United (Premier League)
19th March: Man United 1-0 Bolton (Premier League)
15th March: Man United 2-1 Marseille (Champions League)
Chelsea: WLDWD

9th April: Chelsea 1-0 Wigan (Premier League)
6th April: Chelsea 0-1 Man United (Champions League)
2nd April: Stoke 1-1 Chelsea (Premier League)
20th March: Chelsea 2-0 Man City (Premier League)
16th March: Chelsea 0-0 FC Copenhagen (Champions League)

Managers

Sir Alex Ferguson:

"Chelsea are no more desperate than Manchester United, believe me”
"For any club when the expectations are high you come to a situation where it is all or nothing.
"People talk about us winning the league but we are desperate to win this game."

Carlo Ancelotti:

“I agree that United are favourites because they have an advantage from the first leg. But I’m sure they are not so comfortable because it’s not a clear result. We have to come back in the game – and we will.

“A win there is not easy but it’s good for us to think that last year when we needed to win there, we won. This is important for me. We have a good memory and it could be good to motivate us again.

"I think we have the team and we have the ability to win at Old Trafford.”

Referee

Olegario Benquerence (Portugal)

Saturday afternoon, Manchester United are back in Premier League action with a home game against Fulham after Wednesday's win against Chelsea in the Champions League.

Team News

Man United: Anderson, Wes Brown and John O'Shea have all recovered from injury and are available to play against Fulham.

Sir Alex Ferguson also confirmed that Rafael Da Silva won't be available for tomorrows game but he should have recovered in time for Tuesday's game against Chelsea.

United will be without Wayne Rooney, who will serve the first of a two-match ban. Also out are Darren Fletcher, Anders Lindegaard and Owen Hargreaves.

Fulham:

The away side may be without Damien Duff, who is struggling with an Achilles injury. Diomansy Kamara and Philippe Senderos are both out.

Aaron Hughes is fit despite picking up a head injury against Blackpool.

League Positions

Man United still sit top of the Premier League, seven points clear of seventh placed Arsenal, who have played a game less. Man United have played 31 games, taking 66 points in the process.

Fulham on the other hand are mid-table. The club are in 10th position after taking 38 points from 31 games.

Most Recent Meeting

The last time the two clubs played each other was back on the 22nd August, in the Premier League. The result from Craven Cottage was a 2-2 draw. Paul Scholes gave United the lead, Simon Davies equalised for Fulham. United took the lead again after an own goal from Brede Hangeland, who scored his second goal minutes later to earn Fulham a draw.

Head-To-Head

Manchester United and Fulham have played each other 71 times, which have seen 42 Man United wins, 13 Fulham wins and 16 draws.

61 of the 71 matches have been played in the league. Man United have won 35 of them, lost 12 times and there have been 14 draws.

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Man United: WWWWW

6th April: Chelsea 0-1 Man United (Champions League)
2nd April: West Ham 2-4 Man United (Premier League)
19th March: Man United 1-0 Bolton (Premier League)
15th March: Man United 2-1 Marseille (Champions League)
12th March: Man United 2-0 Arsenal (FA Cup)

Fulham: WLWDL

3rd April: Fulham 3-0 Blackpool (Premier League)
19th March: Everton 2-1 Fulham (Premier League)
5th March: Fulham 3-2 Blackburn (Premier League)
27th February: Manchester City 1-1 Fulham (Premier League)
20th February: Fulham 0-1 Bolton (FA Cup)

Rivals

Arsenal don't play until Sunday, which is an away match against Blackpool. Chelsea are at home to Wigan on Saturday afternoon.

Tomorrow night, Manchester United and Chelsea will face each other in the Champions League.

Man United and Chelsea have played each other in Europe was in the 2008 UEFA Champions League final. After a 1-1 draw, the match went to penalties, which Man United won 6-5.

Man United are 11 points ahead of the London side in the Premier League and Chelsea are out of the FA Cup so this could be their last chance of silverware this season.


Team News

Chelsea:

Centre-back David Luiz is cup-tied so he wont play a part.

Yossi Benayoun and Alex both trained on Tuesday but manager Carlo Ancelotti has said that they are unlikely to play.

Man United:

Rio Ferdinand could return from a calf injury after training all week but Sir Alex Ferguson is unsure whether he will be available for tomorrow or not. Both Jonny Evans and Rafael Da Silva are available to play. Wes Brown and John O'Shea have both returned to training.

Most Recent Meeting

Man United and Chelsea met in the Premier League on the 1st March at Stamford Bridge. Man United took the lead through Wayne Rooney but goals from Luiz and Frank Lampard (penalty) handed Chelsea the win. Nemanja Vidic was sent off in injury time.


Head-To-Head

Man United and Chelsea have played each other 158 times. Man United have won 67 of those games, lost 44 times and there have been 47 draws.

Man United and Chelsea have only played once in Europe, which was the 2008 Champions League final.

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Chelsea: DWDWW

2nd April: Stoke 1-1 Chelsea (Premier League)
20th March: Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City (Premier League)
16th March: Chelsea 0-0 FC Copenhagen (Champions League)
7th March: Blackpool 1-3 Chelsea (Premier League)
1st March: Chelsea 2-1 Man United (Premier League)

Man United: WWWWL

2nd April: West Ham 2-4 Man United (Premier League)
19th March: Man United 1-0 Bolton (Premier League)
15th March: Man United 2-1 Marseille (Champions League)
12th March: Man United 2-0 Arsenal (FA Cup)
6th March: Liverpool 3-1 Man United (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Assistant referees: Fermin Martinez Ibanez (Spain)and Juan Carlos Yuste Jimenez (Spain)
Additional assistant referees: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain) and Carlos Clos Gomez (Spain)
Fourth official: David Fernandez Borbalan (Spain)

After an International break, Manchester United return to Premier League action with an away game against West Ham.

Team News

West Ham:

The Hammers are hoping to have Scott Parker available for tomorrows game after picking up shoulder and calf injuries whilst playing for England.

Robbie Keane will return to the squad after missing the 0-0 draw against Tottenham due to not being able to play against his parent club. Frederic Piquionne will also return to the squad after recovering from a foot injury.

Jack Collinson and Junior Stanislas will both miss the game.

Man United:

Nemanja Vidic is fit after playing 90 minutes for Serbia, also fit is Michael Owen. Anderson and Ji-Sung Park will both travel down to London.

Jonny Evans is not available to due to suspension after being shown a red card against in United's last league game against Bolton.

Rio Ferdinand has returned to training but will not play tomorrow. Rafael Da Silva has also returned to training and also will not be involved tomorrow. Wes Brown and John O'Shea are both expected to return to training on Monday. Darren Fletcher is still out with a virus but may return to training on Monday.


League Positions

Man United are top of the Premier League table, five points ahead of their closest rivals Arsenal, but United have played an extra game.

West Ham are sitting just above the relegation zone, level on points with 18th place Wolves.

Both Man United and West Ham have played 30 games in the League, Man United have picked up 63 points and West Ham have picked up 32 points.

Man United and West Ham played each other in the league at Old Trafford back in August, which United won 3-0. Wayne Rooney (penalty), Luis Nani and Dimitar Berbatov were the goal scorers.

Most Recent Meeting

The two sides played each other on the 20th November in the Carling Cup, which saw West Ham thrash United 4-0 at Upton Park.

West Ham went through to the Carling Cup semi-finals thanks to goals from Jonathan Spector (x2) and Carlton Cole (x2).

Head-To-Head

There have been 121 matches played between the two clubs, which have seen 55 Man United wins, 42 West Ham wins and 24 draws.

Out of the 121 matches 111 of them have been league games. Man United have won 51 of the league games, lost 37 of them and there have been 23 draws.

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West Ham: DLWWW

19th March: Tottenham 0-0 West Ham (Premier League)
13th March: Stoke 2-1 West Ham (FA Cup)
5th March: West Ham 3-0 Stoke (Premier League)
27th February: West Ham 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
21st February: West Ham 5-1 Burnley (FA Cup)

Man United: WWWLL

19th March: Man United 1-0 Bolton (Premier League)
15th March: Man United 2-1 Marseille (Champions League)
12th March: Man United 2-0 Arsenal (FA Cup)
6th March: Liverpool 3-1 Man United (Premier League)
1st March: Chelsea 2-1 Man United (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Lee Mason
Assistants: Darren Cann and Patrick Keane
Fourth Official: Stuart Atwell

Lee Mason has officiated 26 games this season, showing 104 yellow cards and five red cards.

Mason has refereed two games involving Man United this season, which were the 3-2 home win against Wolves in the Carling Cup and the 1-1 draw away to Birmingham in the league.

He has also refereed two games involving West Ham, their 1-1 away draw against Stoke and the 3-3 away draw against West Brom.

Rivals

Arsenal are at home to Blackburn in Saturday's evening kick-off. Chelsea are away to Stoke, Tottenham are away to Wigan and Manchester City play on Sunday, which is a home game against Sunderland.

After a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea midweek, Manchester United will be aiming to bounce back with a win against Liverpool on Sunday.

Team News

Liverpool's £35 million signing Andy Carroll is set to make his debut after returning to training after an injury.
Fabio Aurelio and Daniel Agger are expected to return, Raul Meireles has been rated as doubtful. Martin Kelly has torn his hamstring and will be out for a month.

Man United have many injuries to contend with. United will be without Rio Ferdinand (calf injury), Jonny Evans (ankle injury) and Nemanja Vidic (suspended) so Wes Brown will line-up alongside Chris Smalling at the heart of United's defence. Also missing are Anderson, Antonio Valencia, Owen Hargreaves and Ji-Sung Park. Patrice Evra picked up a slight injury against Chelsea, his fitness will be checked ahead of the game.

League Positions

Liverpool are currently sixth in the table, 21 points behind Man United who are the league leaders.

The Merseyside club have picked up 39 points from 28 games, compared to Man United who have 60 points from 28 games.

Previous Game

Man United and Liverpool have already played each other twice this season, once in the league and once in the FA Cup.

The most recent was in the FA Cup at Old Trafford, which United won 1-0 after a very early penalty, scored by Ryan Giggs. Steven Gerrard was sent off in the 32nd minute.


Head-To-Head

There have been a total of 181 games played between the two clubs. Man United have won 71 of the 181 games, there have been 60 Liverpool wins and 50 draws.

155 of the 181 games have been played in the league, United have won 60 of those games, lost 52 and there have been 43 draws.

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Liverpool : LWDDW

27th Feb: West Ham 3-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
24th Feb: Liverpool 1-0 Sparta Prague (Europa League)
17th Feb: Sparta Prague 0-0 Liverpool (Europa League)
12th Feb: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan (Premier League)
6th Feb: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)

Man United: LWDWW

1st March: Chelsea 2-1 Man United (Premier League)
26th Feb: Wigan 0-4 Man United (Premier League)
23rd Feb: Marseille 0-0 Man United (Champions League)
19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Phil Dowd
Assistants: Dean Mohareb & Glenn Turner
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner

Phil Dowd has officiated 27 games so far this season, showing 102 yellow cards and nine red cards.

Dowd has refereed three games involving Man United this season; the 2-2 away to Bolton, 2-1 win over Wolves at Old Trafford and most recent was the 2-0 win over Sunderland.

He has refereed four games involving Liverpool; their 3-0 loss to Man City, the 2-1 win over Blackburn, 3-0 win over Aston Villa and the 2-2 at home to Everton.

Rivals

Arsenal played Sunderland this afternoon at the Emirates, which ended in a 0-0 draw . Manchester City play Wigan in Saturday's evening kick off. Chelsea don't play Blackpool until Monday .

Tuesday night Manchester United will take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. United haven't won at Stamford Bridge since the 20th April 2002 when they beat Chelsea 3-0 with goals from Paul Scholes, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

This fixture was postponed back in December due to weather conditions. At the time Sir Alex Ferguson said said the match was “probably the most important game of the season”. With Chelsea now 15 points behind Man United in the title race, realistically Chelsea can not win the title.

Team News

Chelsea don't have many injury problems, they will only be without Alex and Yossi Benayoun. Yury Zhirkov should return to the squad after recovering from an injury.

Wayne Rooney will be available for Man United after it was confirmed that the FA will not face any action after appearing to elbow Wigan's James McCarthy at the weekend.

Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans are both still out injured so Chris Smalling will continue to partner Nemanja Vidic in heart of United's defence. Also out with injuries are Ji-Sung Park, Anderson, Antonio Valencia and Owen Hargreaves.

Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen are rated as doubtful.

League Positions

Man United beat Wigan 4-0 over the weekend meanwhile Chelsea had the weekend off because they were due to play Birmingham, who were involved in the Carling Cup final.

Manchester United are four points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with 60 points from 27 games.

Last season's league winners Chelsea on the other hand aren't having the best of seasons. The London side are down in fifth position after playing 27 games and picking up 45 points.

Previous Game

The last game played between the two sides was back on the 8th August 2010 in the FA Community Shield. Man United beat Chelsea 3-1 with goals from Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernandez and Dimitar Berbatov. Salomon Kalou scored the only goal for Chelsea.

Head-To-Head

Manchester United and Chelsea have played each other a total of 157 times, which have seen 67 Man United wins, 43 Chelsea wins and 47 draws. Out of the 157 matches, 136 of those have been played in the league. Man United have beaten Chelsea 56 times in the league, lost 39 times and there have been 41 draws.

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Chelsea: WLDLW

22nd Feb: FC Copenhagen 0-2 Chelsea (Champions League)
19th Feb: Chelsea 1-1 Everton- Everton won 4-3 on penalties (FA Cup)
14th Feb: Fulham 0-0 Chelsea (Premier League)
6th Feb: Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
1st Feb: Sunderland 2-4 Chelsea (Premier League

Man United: WDWWL

26th Feb: Wigan 0-4 Man United (Premier League
23rd Feb: Marseille 0-0 Man United (Champions League)
19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)


Officials

Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistants: Peter Kirkup and Mike Mullarkey
Fourth Official: Chris Foy

Atkinson has refereed 28 games this season, he has shown 94 yellow cards and nine red cards. He has officiated three games involving Man United, which were the 3-3 draw away to Everton, the 2-0 win over Wigan at Old Trafford and most recently the 2-1 away win in the FA Cup against Southampton.

Atkinson has also refereed three games involving Chelsea; their 2-0 win at home to Stoke, the 1-0 home win against Fulham and their 2-0 home win against Blackburn.

After a disappointing 0-0 draw against Marseille midweek, Manchester United turn their attention back to the Premier League, with an away game against Wigan Athletic.

Team News

Wigan don't have many injury problems, both Emmerson Boyce and Callum McManaman are doubtful. Tom Cleverley will not play as he is ineligible to play against his parent club.

Man United will be without Anderson, Ji-Sung Park, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves and Antonio Valencia. Ryan Giggs may recover in time to play, Michael Owen may also be available to play after returning to training following a hamstring injury.

League Positions

Wigan currently sit in the relegation zone after taking 27 points from 27 games this season. The Latics have only won one of their last nine games. They have the worst defensive home record in the league after conceding 26 goals, they have also only won three league games at the DW Stadium this season.

Man United are currently top of the table picking up 57 points from 26 games. United are now only one point ahead of Arsenal, who beat Stoke 1-0 in the league during the week. Man United have played a game less but the game in hand is against Chelsea. Man United's away record this season has been terrible, they have only won three league games away from home.

Previous Game

The most recent meeting between the two sides was on the 20th November 2010, in a league game at Old Trafford. Man United won the game 2-0 with goals from Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez, Wigan finished the game with nine men after Antolin Alcaraz and Hugo Rodallega were sent off.

Head-To-Head

There have been a total of 12 games in all competitions played between the two clubs. Manchester United have won all 12 matches, scoring 37 goals and conceding only four.

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Wigan: LDWDD

16th Feb: Wigan 0-1 Bolton (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Liverpool 1-1 Wigan (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wigan 4-3 Blackburn (Premier League)
1st Feb: West Brom 2-2 Wigan (Premier League)
29th Jan: Bolton 0-0 Wigan (FA Cup)

Man United: DWWLW

23rd Feb: Marseille 0-0 Man United (Champions League)
19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)
1st Feb: Man United 3-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)

Officials

Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistants: Mick McDonough and Andy Newbold
Fourth Official: Anthony Taylor

Clattenburg has refereed 30 games this season, showing 92 yellow cards and seven red cards.

He has officiated games involving Man United this season; the 3-0 win against West Ham in the league, the 2-0 win over Tottenham, the 4-0 loss to West Ham in the Carling Cup and the 2-1 win over Stoke.

Clattenburg has only refereed one game involving Wigan this season, which was the 3-2 away win in the FA Cup against Hull City.

Rivals:

Arsenal are not in action in the league this weekend, they will be playing Birmingham City at Wembley on Sunday in the Carling Cup final.

Chelsea aren't playing at all, their next game in against Man United at Stamford Bridge on the 1st March. Third place Man City have a home game against Fulham on Sunday.

Manchester United's Champions League campaign resumes tomorrow with a final 16 first leg match against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

Team News

The Man United squad flew out to France today, absentees were Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen, Ryan Giggs, Ji-Sung Park, Anderson, Jonny Evans and Antonio Valencia. Youngsters Ryan Tunnicliffe and Josh King both travelled.

Squad: Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Vidic, Smalling, O'Shea, Evra, Brown, Rafael, Fabio, Scholes, Nani, Gibson, Carrick, Fletcher, Obertan, Tunnicliffe, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and King.

Marseille will be without Andre-Pierre Gignac who picked up a groin injury during a 2-1 win over St Etienne at the weekend. Loic Remy and Brandao also picked up an injury during the win but Marseille are confident that they will both recover in time.

Matthieu Valbuena may return from injury, he has been suffering from a knee problem and has returned to training but the game may come too early for him.

Group Stage


Manchester United are unbeaten in this season's Champions League, after four wins and two draws in the group stage. Man United only conceded one goal in all of the games, scoring seven in the process.

Previous Meetings

The last time the two clubs met was back in the 1999/2000 Champions League group stage. The first match was played at Old Trafford, which Man United won 2-1. That was then followed a few months later with a 2-1 win for Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.

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Marseille: WWWDW

19th Feb: Marseille 2-1 St Etienne (Coupe de la ligue)
12th Feb: Sochaux 1-2 Marseille (Ligue 1)
5th Feb: Marseille 1-0 Arles (Ligue 1)
30th Jan: AS Monaco 0-0 Marseille (Ligue 1)
16th Jan: Auxerre 0-2 Marseille (Ligue 1)

Marseille are third in the Ligue 1 table. They beat St Etienne 2-1 at the Stade Velodrome at the weekend, which closed the gap down to three points on Ligue 1 leaders Lille.

Man United : WWLWW

19th Feb: Man United 1-0 Crawley (FA Cup)
12th Feb: Man United 2-1 Man City (Premier League)
5th Feb: Wolves 2-1 Man United (Premier League)
1st Feb: Man United 3-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
29th Jan: Southampton 1-2 Man United (FA Cup)

United beat non-league side Crawley Town 1-0 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup at the weekend. In the league, Man United are four points ahead of second place Arsenal after 26 games played.

Officials

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Assistant Referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) and Thorsten Schiffner (Germany)
Additional Assistant Referees: Babak Rafati (Germany) and Peter Sippel (Germany)
Fourth Official: Knut Kircher (Germany)

Brych has officiated four matches so far in this years competition, he has shown 11 yellow cards and is yet to show a red card.

Tomorrow evening Man United have the chance to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, if they beat non-league side Crawley Town at Old Trafford.

The two clubs have never played each other in any competition, with 93 league places between the clubs Man United are understandably very strong favourites to go through to the next round.

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that both Rafael Da Silva and Fabio Da Silva will play. Also expected to play are John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Anders Lindegaard, Bebe and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez.

Michael Owen has been ruled out of tomorrows game but should be fit enough for the UEFA Champions League game against Marseille on Wednesday. Also ruled out of the FA Cup tie are Ji-Sung Park, Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans.

Man United squad: Lindegaard, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Evans, Smalling, Fabio, Rafael, Brown, Vidic, Carrick, Anderson, Fletcher, Obertan, Scholes, Gibson, Hernandez, Berbatov and Rooney.

Crawley Town will be without midfielder Scott Neilson who is out with a foot injury. Defender Pablo Mills should return after being rested. Defender John Dempster and midfielder Josh Simpson are both cup-tied.

Lee Probert will officiate tomorrows game. Probert has refereed 23 games this season, showing 56 yellow cards and six red cards. He has refereed only one Man United game this season, which was the 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn Rovers in the league earlier this season.

Manchester United will be looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat against Wolves last weekend with a win over City rivals Manchester City tomorrow lunchtime.

Man United may have lost last weekend but they are still top of the Premier League table, four points ahead of Arsenal who drew 4-4 with Newcastle. Man City won 3-0 against West Brom last weekend and are in third, five points behind Man United but they have played a game more than United and Arsenal.

Both Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans have been ruled out so Chris Smalling will start alongside Nemanja Vidic in the centre of Man United's defence. Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez is expected to be named on the bench suffering from fatigue.

Along with Ferdinand and Evans, Owen Hargreaves and Antonio Valencia are on the injured list.

Man United squad: Van der Sar, Lindegaard, Kuszczak, Rafael, O’Shea, Brown, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Bebe, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Manchester City's Nigel De Jong is rated as doubtful after struggling with an ankle injury, also doubtful are Michael Johnson and Dedryck Boyata. Adam Johnson is out injured but Mario Balotelli may return after spending a few weeks out on the sideline.

There have been a total of 154 matches played between the two clubs, which have seen 64 Man United wins, 50 draws and 42 Man City wins. Man United and Man City have played each other once this season, which was in the league, back on the 10th November 2010. After much hype and build-up, the game finished as a 0-0 draw.

Referee tomorrow is Andre Marriner, he has officiated a total of 24 games this season showing 81 yellow cards and three red cards. Marriner has refereed two games involving United this season; the 3-1 FA Community Shield win over Chelsea at the start of the season and 2-1 away win in the league at Stoke.

Marriner has refereed three games involving City this season; their 0-0 draw away to Spurs, the 1-0 home win against Chelsea and another 1-0 home win but against Bolton.

Tomorrow evening the current Premier League leaders Manchester United will take on Wolves, who are currently bottom of the table at Molineux. Earlier on in the day Arsenal are away to Newcastle and Manchester City are at home to West Brom. Chelsea face Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Wolves are currently bottom of the Premier League table, having played 24 games in the league and have 21 points. Man United have 24 games and have 54 points. Midweek Wolves lost 1-0 to Bolton after Daniel Sturridge scored the winning goal deep into injury time.  Man United on the other hand beat Aston Villa 3-1 with two goals from Wayne Rooney for United and one from Nemanja Vidic. Darren Bent scored for Villa.

There have been 95 games played between both clubs, which have seen 46 Manchester United wins, 33 Wolves wins and 16 draws. United and Wolves have already played each other twice this season, the first was in October in the Carling Cup, which Man United won 3-2. The league game at Old Trafford in November ended in a 2-1 win for United.

Sir Alex Ferguson is expecting Rafael Da Silva to be fit to play tomorrow after picking up concussion during Man United's game against Blackpool back on the 25th January. Darren Fletcher should also be fine to play after suffering from an eye injury against Aston Villa. Antonio Valencia and Owen Hargreaves are both out injured.

Man United squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard, Rafael, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Jamie O'Hara could make his first start for Wolves after joining on loan from Tottenham. The main injury news for Wolves is that they are without Stephen Hunt who has a calf injury.

The referee tomorrow is Michael Oliver, so far this season he has officiated 20 games, showing 59 yellow cards and six red cards. Oliver hasn't refereed any games involving Man United or Wolves this season.

Tuesday night Manchester United will take on Aston Villa at Old Trafford with the intention of taking all three points and staying five points ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League.

The league game between the two sides back in November at Villa Park finished 2-2. Aston Villa went 2-0 up with goals from Ashley Young (pen) and Marc Albrighton, Federico Macheda pulled a goal back for United in the 81st minute with Nemanja Vidic equalising on the 85th minute.

Sir Alex Ferguson should have Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Rafael Da Silva available for the game. Ferdinand and Vidic have been out due to injury, Evra was unavailable for the game against Southampton because of a family bereavement and Rafael couldn't play after suffering from concussion against Blackpool. Owen Hargreaves, Antonio Valencia and Ji-Sung Park are all unavailable for Man United.

Villa are also without Nathan Baker who is suspended following his red card against Blackburn Rovers. Villa don't have many injury worries with the main being Jean Makoun who is rated as doubtful.

The two clubs have met each other 175 times in all competitions, which have seen 88 Man United wins, 49 Villa wins and 38 draws. Out of the 175 games, 155 of those have been league games. United have won 75 league games against Aston Villa, lost 43 times and there have been 37 draws.  

Referee tomorrow is Chris Foy, his assistants are Dean Mohareb and Glenn Turner, the 4th official is Stuart Attwell. Foy has refereed 20 games this season, showing 46 yellow cards, he is yet to show a red card.

Foy has officiated four games involving Man United this season. He was in charge of their first Premier League game of the season, which was a 3-0 win over Newcastle. That was followed by a 0-0 draw away to Sunderland, a 0-0 draw away to Manchester City and more recently, the 2-1 win away to West Brom.

He has refereed two games involving United's opponents Aston Villa. The first was a 3-1 home win against Blackburn Rovers, then there was the 2-1 loss to Birmingham City.

Tomorrow night Arsenal play Everton at the Emirates, Chelsea are away to Sunderland and on Wednesday Manchester City are away to Birmingham.

Tomorrow evening Manchester United take on Southampton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at St Mary's

Man United went through to the third round after beating Liverpool 1-0 at Old Trafford after a 2nd minute penalty from Ryan Giggs. League One side Southampton beat Premier League side Blackpool 2-0 at St Mary's in the previous round.

The last time the two sides met was in the third round of the FA Cup back 2009, which United won 3-0 with goals from Danny Welbeck, Luis Nani (penalty) and Darron Gibson. Before that United and Southampton faced each other three times in the 2004/05 season, twice in the league and once in the FA Cup. United won all three games.

Head-to-head the two clubs have played each other a total of 109 times in all competitions. Man United have won 56 times, Southampton 25 times and there have been 28 draws. 14 of the 109 games have been played in the FA Cup, United have won eight times, lost only once and there have been five draws.

Manchester United will be without Patrice Evra who is missing after a family bereavement. Edwin Van Der Sar will be rested, which means that Anders Lindegaard could make his debut. Rafael Da Silva suffered concussion during the 3-2 win over Blackpool so he won't play but Michael Carrick trained has trained so he could play.

Man United squad: Kuszczak, Lindegaard, O’Shea, Brown, Neville, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Fabio, Nani, Obertan, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Gibson, Anderson, Giggs, Bebe, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez and Owen.

Ahead of the game, Southampton will check the fitness of both Dean Hammond and Adam Lallana, who have both been struggling with injuries.

Referee tomorrow is Martin Atkinson. So far this season Atkinson has refereed 24 games in all competitions, showing 85 yellow cards and eight reds. Atkinson has officiated two games involving Man United; the 3-3 draw against Everton in the league and 2-0 win over Wigan in the league. Atkinson refereed Southampton's FA Cup game against Blackpool last month.