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Manchester United have played 10 matches away from Old Trafford on the final day of the season in the Premiership era, winning eight and losing just once. More pertinently for this fixture, Sir Alex Ferguson side had nothing to play for in seven of those away matches and won six times. Indeed, in 2004/05 United won away to a Southampton side who would have avoided relegation with a victory; United had an FA Cup final to play the following weekend, and eight of the Cup Final line-up starting at St Mary’s. Though Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to rest more than three regular players with the Champions League final just three days later, his record in these games shows he always sends a side out to win the match.
European qualification would have been a great reward for all the effort the players have put in to make this season a success after all. Spurs were involved in the relegation struggle for the big part of the season, but they managed to improve under Harry Redknapp and they even came close to winning Carling Cup for the second successive year. With just two games to go, Tottenham are locked in the battle for the seventh place with Fulham, West Ham and Manchester City and three points from this match would take them much closer to their goal, as their rivals have got very difficult games this weekend. Tottenham managed to hold Everton to a goalless draw at Goodison Park and they will definitely take heart from that performance as the team managed to keep one of the rare clean sheets this season. Harry Redknapp has had plenty of problems in the last few weeks and he will miss a couple of first team regulars in this match as well.
Spurs have got some superb results at home recently, winning 6 of the last 10 games, only conceding in 2 of these matches, keeping clean sheets against Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea. They have won the last 5, beating Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea who have been very hard to beat since he took over.
Manchester City suffered a real blow to their European ambitions, having lost the local derby to Manchester United, although the defeat was very much expected. The Citizens are now three points adrift of seventh-placed Fulham and they have got to get something out of this match in order to keep their hopes alive. That is going to be very difficult to do considering their awful away form, although their opponents will miss several very important players. City are already thinking about the next season and they are searching for new players, hoping that they will manage to lure a couple of world-class players to the club. That is not going to be easy should they fail to qualify for Europe, which is why we expect them to enter this match with great motivation. Mark Hughes’ team did surprise Everton away from home and they will try to do the same when they meet Tottenham. However, Mark Hughes has suffered a big blow in the preparation for this match as two very important players, Robinho and Wright-Phillips look set to miss the match at White Hart Lane through injuries
Man City have contrasting home and away form. They have only won 1 of the last 10 away matches, losing 7 of these matches against teams they would want to be beating especially with their financial backing.
(Source: freebetting.net)
(Source: news.bbc.co.uk)
Tottenham
Everton 0-0 Tottenham (Prem)
Tottenham 1-0 West Brom (Prem)
Man Utd 5-2 Tottenham (Prem)
Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle (Prem)
Tottenham 1-0 West Ham (Prem)
Manchester City
Man Utd 2-0 Man City (Prem)
Man City 3-1 Blackburn (Prem)
Everton 1-2 Man City (Prem)
Man City 4-2 West Brom (Prem)
Man City 2-1 Hamburg (UEFA Cup)
Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Didier Zokora will perform after recovering from injury, while Aaron Lennon will miss out with a groin problem together with Darren Bent with his knee injury and Giovanni Dos Santos due to an illness after returning from his loan spell at Ipswich. Jamie O’Hara is also out. Wilson Palacios is back in Honduras due to some tragic personal reasons.
For Mark Hughes’ squad, Robinho will be missing from tonight’s match but Shaun Wright-Phillips should return after battling back from knee and ankle problems. Martin Petrov could win a starting berth on the left hand side for the injured Robinho. Felipe Caicedo and Valeri Bojinov could be place at the starting eleven for City this weekend.
Wigan Athletic lost 3-1 on the road to West Brom in their last match, the Latics’ fifth straight match without a win. In their last five, Wigan have drawn one and lost four, picking up only a single point from the available fifteen. The Latics are currently 11th in the league, five points behind 10th placed Manchester City and equal on points with 12th placed Stoke.
Winning each of their last five matches has given Manchester United all fifteen points available from these matches. Man Utd are currently first in the league, three points ahead of second placed Liverpool with a match in hand. The Red Devils need only four points from their remaining three matches to clinch the title for the third successive year.
Wigan Athletic:
3rd May vs. Aston Villa (A) won 2-0 (Premier League)
26th April vs. Reading (H) drew 0-0 (Premier League)
19th April vs. Tottenham (H) drew 1-1- (Premier League)
14th April vs. Chelsea (A) drew 1-1 (Premier League)
5th April vs. Birmingham City (H) 2-0 (Premier League)
Manchester United:
3rd May vs. West Ham United (H) won 4-1 (Premier League)
29th April vs. F.C Barcelona (H) won 1-0 (CHAMP LG)
26th April vs. Chelsea (A) lost 2-1 (Premier League)
23rd April vs. Barcelona (A) drew 0-0 (CHAMP LG)
19th April vs. Blackburn Rovers (A) drew 1-1 (Premier League)
(Source: news.bbc.co.uk)
Midfielder Kevin Kilbane will be rested for this game. He will join defenders Mario Melchiot (groin) and Erik Edman (knee) on the sidelines. Wigan will also be without Cho Won-hee and Amr Zaki.
For Man Utd, Wayne Rooney should be fit enough start from bench after recovering from hip injury. Nemanja Vidic should also start after recovering from the concussion. However, Nani is suspended after receiving a crazy red card against West Ham, and Louis Saha is out for the season with a hamstring tear. Rio Ferdinand and Johnny Evans are also doubtful for this match.
Chasing the English Premier League and Champions League titles would be enough big of a motivation for Manchester United, but the remembrance of the last year’s losses to Manchester City should even increase that factor. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson will surely be asking from his players to repeat the success from the first leg against Arsenal last Tuesday and will surely want to repeat the result from the first match against the Citizens when they won 1:0. After the March madness threatened to endanger United’s march to the trophies, this squad is again running full speed and it’s hard to find a team that can stop them in their tracks. West Brown joined Owen Hargreaves and won’t be playing till the end of this season due to a foot injury. Gary Neville is recovered from a light injury and will be able to play at this derby match. (Source: 365tip.com)
# Asian Handicap: Man Utd -1.5 @2.010 with 12Bet
# Over/Under: OVER 2.75 @1.83 with 12Bet
It is more than clear that Gianfranco Zola have done a marvelous job at West Ham and not even the most optimistic fans could have predicted that their team would be fighting for European places, when the Italian took over the reigns. The boss had plenty of problems with injured players along the way, which makes his success even bigger. He was forced to rely on some very young players in the last few weeks but they did really well and that is one of the reasons why West Ham are still in seventh place. Unlike most Premiership managers, Zola wants his team to play in Europa League next season as he feels that it would benefit the youngsters a great deal. This is why the Hammers will give their best against Liverpool but we are yet to see if that will be enough for the positive result. The team beat Stoke last weekend thanks to the great strike by Diego Tristan although the game could have gone other way as Stoke had dominated the proceedings. Zola faces big selection problems before the Liverpool game and that could damage their chances of getting a positive result from this match. Cole, Gabbidon, Ashton, Collins, Dyer, Savio and Behrami are all out, whereas Scott Parker remains an injury doubt. The injury crisis hasn’t caused a lot of problems against the weaker sides in the league but this is something Liverpool will know how to exploit. (Source: freebetting.net)
West Ham have 5 wins out the last 10 home games, drawing 1 and losing 4. The 4 losses were to Spurs, Aston Villa, Man Utd and Chelsea, only 1 of these matches was by more than a 1 goal deficit, 0-2 against Spurs. This was the only time the Hammers conceded more than 1 goal. (Source: bettingexpert.com)
Liverpool have certainly made a lot of progress this season, especially in the Premier League and if they were to win the league title, that would be completely deserved. However, that is unlikely to happen as Manchester United are three points clear at the top, with a game in hand, although the Reds will fight till the very end. Rafa Benitez’s side have been in excellent form lately, having won seven of the last eight league games. The team are out of the Champions League which gives them enough time to focus on the league campaign and that has produced great results. Liverpool will probably win all the remaining games but they will have to wait and see if United will make some slip ups. Steven Gerrard has stated that this team were too good not to win Premier League and he may have a point there. The Reds played really well this season, even against the direct title rivals but few unexpected slip ups are likely to cost them title. Nevertheless, they will enter this match on a high and we cannot see how West Ham will stop them from winning this match, especially in the state the Hammers are in. (Source: freebetting.net)
Liverpool have only 1 loss in the last 10 away games, winning 6 and drawing 3. The solitary loss was to a struggling Middlesbrough which goes to prove that they can be got at. The wins come against Blackburn, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Man Utd, Fulham and Hull. Apart from Man Utd and Fulham, the other 4 teams were all struggling when they played Liverpool and are battling relegation. (Source: bettingexpert.com)
West Ham
May 02 Stoke City 0-1 West Ham
Apr 25 West Ham 0-1 Chelsea
Apr 18 Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham
Apr 11 Tottenham 1-0 West Ham
Apr 04 West Ham 2-0 Sunderland
Liverpool
May 03 Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle
Apr 25 Hull City 1-3 Liverpool
Apr 21 Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal
Apr 14 Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool (Champions League)
Apr 11 Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn
Striker Carlton Cole is expected to remain on the sidelines and Scott Parker is likewise afflicted, while James Collins and Kieron Dyer have calf and hamstring problems respectively. January signing Savio is back in the squad after illness, while Jack Collison is pushing for a start here. Dean Ashton, Valon Berhami and Danny Gabbidon are all out for the season.
In Liverpool, Xabi Alonso will miss today’s game after he picked up a foot injury when he was the victim of a Joey Barton’ lunge at him. Brazilian Lucas Levia is expected to deputise. Former West Ham man Javier Mascherano will take on his former team after he was passed fit. Fernando Torres who was a spectator in the win over Newcastle where the Reds won 3-0, will also be back.
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