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Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Newcastle v Man Utd, 20:00

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Damage control will be Manchester United's objective when they visit Newcastle on Wednesday night stinging from their humiliation at home to Blackburn last weekend.

Sir Alex Ferguson's men saw their Premier League title bid take a surprise blow on New Year's Eve when they were beaten 3-2 at Old Trafford by struggling Rovers.

That slip allowed local rivals Manchester City to reinstate their lead at the top of the table after they thrashed Liverpool 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Rooney return

The Red Devils could close the gap again with the right result on Tyneside and will be boosted by the return of talismanic striker Wayne Rooney, who was axed for the Blackburn defeat along with Darren Gibson after reportedly angering Ferguson by his performance in training after a Boxing Day night out.

Rooney has scored nine goals in 13 Premier League games against the Magpies and could help get the reigning champions back on track after Saturday's setback marked their first league loss since they were memorably demolished 6-1 at home to City back in October.

The Magpies will also be keen to steady their campaign after losing 3-1 at Liverpool last time out, leaving them with just one win from eight encounters.

After a storming start to the season the Toon's season has hit a definite rough patch, with injuries and tough fixtures prompting their form to slide.

Despite losing five of their last eight, Alan Pardew's men remain a respectable seventh in the standings and could cut the gap on nearest rivals Liverpool to just a point with a giant-killing at St James' Park.

Newcastle have not beaten the visitors on home turf since September 2001, but will be hoping to capitalize on a wounded Red Devils side and take something from the clash.


Late check

Pardew will make a late check on Gabriel Obertan ahead of Wednesday's match, with the former Manchester United midfielder expected to recover from an infected toe and be available.

The manager otherwise has no fresh injury problems, with Danny Guthrie (groin) and Peter Lovenkrands (calf) close to returns.

Steven Taylor (Achilles) and Sylvain Marveaux remain on the long-term casualty list.

The returning Rooney could be joined by Chris Smalling (tonsillitis) and Rio Ferdinand (back) if they recover in time for the trip to the North East.

If the Red Devils duo are fit it would provide a welcome boost to Ferguson's injury-ravaged squad as they look to keep pace with leaders City.

The visitors remain without a host of long-term absentees including captain Nemanja Vidic (knee) and key midfielder Tom Cleverley (ankle).

LAST MEETING

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The two teams met in November when United laid siege to the Magpies' goal but had to settle for a disappointing 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. Javier Hernandez's opener was cancelled out by a Ba penalty, controversially awarded for Rio Ferdinand's perfectly-timed tackle on Hatem Ben Arfa, and the Mexican had a late effort ruled out for offside. United's last trip to Tyneside ended in a goalless draw coming off the back of the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City last year.

LINEUPS

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Santon, Ryan Taylor, Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi, Ba. Subs: Harper, Ben Arfa, Perch, Best, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Vuckic.

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Valencia, Ferdinand, Jones, Evra, Park, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: De Gea, Anderson, Hernandez, Welbeck, Rafael Da Silva, Pogba, Lingard.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

OODS Newcastle 4/1, Draw 11/4, Man Utd 4/6

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PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

P/ GD/ PTS

1 Man City 20/ 40/ 48
2 Man Utd 20/ 32/ 46
3 Tottenham 19/ 16/ 42
4 Chelsea 20/ 14/ 37
5 Arsenal 20/ 8/ 36
6 Liverpool 20/ 6/ 34
7 Newcastle 20/ 1/ 31
8 Stoke 20/ -9/ 29
9 Everton 19/ -1/ 25
10 Norwich 20/ -5/ 25
11 Sunderland 20/ 4/ 24
12 Swansea 20/ -3/ 23
13 Aston Villa 20/ -4/ 23
14 Fulham 20/ -4/ 23
15 West Brom 20/ -9/ 22
16 Wolves 20/ -14/ 17
17 QPR 20/ -16/ 17
18 Wigan 20/ -23/ 15
19 Blackburn 20/ -14/ 14
20 Bolton 20 /-19/ 14

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Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Everton v Bolton, 20:00

 

Better late than never Berb.

 

8-1

 

Who'll get yours?

 

Tiote

 

Penis.

 

that was a corner, the ref is racist!!

 

Close. Should be a corner but the ref gives a goalkick.

 

****ing ****e game this

 

That was a clear pen I think

 

Webb on the payroll again I see

 

Karma. Makes up for the ridiculous decision which cost us a point at Old Trafford.

 

Why is the ****ty clown here?

 

The only other blue, jack is not online tonight

 

And they say Webb is not a UNited fan, definate penalty all day long, typical, united needing points and webb helping them out

 

Doesnt make up at all, flawed logic. That was a different team, Newcastle have been disadvantaged here. Clear penalty.

 

It was in the Man Utd vs Newcastle match at Old Trafford.

 

your name is where all the city fans will be at the derby, ****ing jokers have put tickets on general sale, tiny ****s

 

LOL, some people are a little out of touch

Funny thing about Webb "winning us the league last year" he only reffed us 4 times