EPL ~ Sunderland vs Manchester United - Oct 2

• zocoss

  30 Sep 10, 21:44

  PREMIER LEAGUE 2010

   

  

   

   

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  Sunderland vs Manchester United

   

  Saturday, 2 October 2010

  Mio Channel 110:  10:00 pm  -  (Live) 

  Channel 110 / 102 in HD

  EPL Game 07

    

   

   

   

  Manchester United :  

  Van der Sar, Brown, Rafael, Smalling, Vidic, Evans, O'Shea, Fabio, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Park, Giggs, Carrick, Berbatov, Park, Hernandez, Anderson, Owen, Obertan, Macheda.

   

   

• zocoss

  30 Sep 10, 22:33

  Darren Bent confident Sunderland can heap misery on Manchester United

   

  

  Bring it on: Hot shot Bent (left) is relishing a crack at Manchester United

   

  In-form striker Darren Bent has warned Manchester United not to expect an easy day out at Sunderland this weekend.

  United head for the Stadium of Light on Saturday trailing reigning Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea by three points after just six games.

  Carlo Ancelotti's men lost 1-0 at Manchester City last weekend 24 hours before United were held 2-2 at Bolton.

  Bent scored twice in his side's 2-2 draw against Liverpool last weekend although it is a measure of the Black Cats' blossoming confidence that they returned from Anfield disappointed not to be doing so with all three points after referee Stuart Attwell's decision to allow Dirk Kuyt's controversial opener.

  The draw came a week after Bent's late equaliser secured a point against Arsenal and five after his last-gasp penalty sent City home from Wearside empty-handed to emphasise Sunderland's growing success rate against the bigger clubs.

  Bent told SAFC TV: 'As long as we take the great positives from what we did against Liverpool into the Manchester United game, I am sure we will be okay because at home against the big boys, we have been playing so, so well.

  'Everyone seems to lift their game and the crowd lifts us and we seem to get the results we want to get, so if we can continue with the performance from Liverpool and take it into the United game, then it should be a good, good game.

  'I can't remember the last time we lost to a so-called big team at home.'

  The answer to Bent's poser is that United were the last member of the Premier League's aristocracy to win at the Stadium of Light when Nani's 28th-minute strike secured a narrow 1-0 victory on May 2 this year, although it has been something of a rare occurrence during Steve Bruce's reign as manager.

   

  

  Sidelined: United striker Rooney will play no part at the Stadium of Light

   

   

  Chelsea's 3-1 success on Wearside in August last year was followed by 1-0 wins over both Liverpool and Arsenal, while Tottenham, who finished fourth last season, lost 3-1 in April.

  Bent is fully aware of the talent at United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's disposal even without the injured and out of form Wayne Rooney.

  However, he is confident that Sunderland will more than give them a game if they perform as they have done to date on their own pitch this season.

  He said: 'United have got some top, top players - they have got Rooney, [Dimitar] Berbatov, who has been on fire this year, [Paul] Scholes, [Ryan] Giggs, Nani...the names are endless with the talent they have in their team.

  'But at the same time, on Saturday they have got to come and play on the same pitch we have got to play on.

  'The main thing is that we set our stall out and make it hard for them to beat us, and then we go from there and make sure we play our game and cause them a few problems.'

  England international Bent goes into the game with eight goals to his name for the new campaign, seven of them for Sunderland and five of those in the league, a return which leaves him just one behind Berbatov and Chelsea's Florent Malouda and level with Didier Drogba.

  Meanwhile, Bruce has confirmed that keeper Simon Mignolet will keep his place this weekend despite Craig Gordon's return to fitness. 

• zocoss

  1 Oct 10, 22:58

  Squad sheets: Sunderland v Manchester United

  Since becoming a manager Steve Bruce has never beaten Sir Alex Ferguson but the former Manchester United captain's Sunderland side have a habit of rising to the occasion and tend to give the top teams decent games on Wearside. Ferguson could well cast covetous eyes at Jordan Henderson, Bruce's bright young England Under-21 midfielder. Meanwhile, Scotland fans will be intrigued to see whether the newly fit Craig Gordon regains his place in the home goal following some excellent performances from his Belgian understudy Simon Mignolet.

   

  Venue Stadium of Light, tomorrow 3pm

  Tickets Sold out

  Last season Sunderland 0 Manchester United 1

  Referee C Foy

  This season's matches 5 Y15, R0, 3.00 cards per game

  Odds Sunderland 9-2 Manchester United 4-5 Draw 13-5

   

   

   

  Sunderland

  Subs from Gordon, Angeleri, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Mensah, Riversos, Zenden, Colback, Reid

  Doubtful Ferdinand (hamstring), Mensah (calf)

  Injured Richardson (hamstring, 16 Oct), Campbell (knee, Mar), Meyler (knee, Mar)

  Suspended None Unavailable Welbeck (loan terms)

  Form guide DDDWLD

  Disciplinary record Y11 R2

  Leading scorer Bent 5

   

   

  Manchester United

  Subs from Kuszczak, W Brown, J Evans, Rafael, Obertan, Neville, Hernández, Smalling, Fábio, Owen, Anderson, Macheda, Bebé, Hargreaves, Carrick

  Doubtful Rooney (ankle)

  Injured Valencia (broken leg, Feb), Scholes (calf, 16 Oct), Giggs (hamstring, 16 Oct)

  Suspended None

  Form guide DWDWDW

  Disciplinary record Y12 R0

  Leading scorer Berbatov 6

   

   

  Match pointers

  • Manchester United have not lost any of their last 16 Premier League matches against Sunderland

   

  • Sunderland have kept one clean sheet in 18 league matches against United

   

  • Darren Bent has scored eight goals in 10 games against the old 'Big Four' sides for Sunderland

   

  • Dimitar Berbatov has averaged nine touches in the opposition penalty area per game this season, more than any other top-flight player

   

  • Sunderland have had 15 shots on target this season, the fewest in the division

• freedom4ever

  2 Oct 10, 02:32

  Are we going to see another draw?

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:01

  Match delayed for 20mins.

• Dead_Man_Inc

  2 Oct 10, 22:13

  Did i see Bebe's name on the bench?

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:22

  yea.

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:26

  Link is good, but commentary is in French.

• trolol

  2 Oct 10, 22:35

  We are going to see sunderland winning. Crap line-up again by the drunk SAF. Evra and Hernadez not playing... seriously SAF?

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:37

  Super sluggish play so far by Utd. 

• gnohznait

  2 Oct 10, 22:38

  Eh guys, any idea what kit is Man Utd wearing? Not their Third Kit right? It looks the same as last season's away kit just with AON printed on. O_O

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  2 Oct 10, 22:40

  adthe link sux

• trolol

  2 Oct 10, 22:41

  Originally posted by gnohznait:

  Eh guys, any idea what kit is Man Utd wearing? Not their Third Kit right? It looks the same as last season's away kit just with AON printed on. O_O

  They have 3 kits. They ugliest one is the white one.

   

• trolol

  2 Oct 10, 22:44

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Super sluggish play so far by Utd. 

  Not sluggish play lar. They are doing their best already...

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:45

  Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):

  adthe link sux

  Ya i used it for a while. Keeps hanging.

  Now go back to my French commentary liao. But about 5 seconds slower.

• tripsky

  2 Oct 10, 22:46

  damn we always seem to suck after away game in europe.. unless we turn it on would be lucky to get a draw.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  2 Oct 10, 22:46

  haiz

   

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:47

  Originally posted by trolol:

  Not sluggish play lar. They are doing their best already...

  

  Luckily Sunderland squandered both of their chances.

  I thought Malbranque sure score liao.

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:48

  Originally posted by tripsky:

  damn we always seem to suck after away game in europe.. unless we turn it on would be lucky to get a draw.

  Ya. How odd that this game was chosen to be played on Saturday since Utd played in Europe on Weds.

  I was expecting it to be tomorrow.

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 22:53

  Originally posted by gnohznait:

  Eh guys, any idea what kit is Man Utd wearing? Not their Third Kit right? It looks the same as last season's away kit just with AON printed on. O_O

  The burst pipe in the Utd dressing room might be behind this change of kit.

• gnohznait

  2 Oct 10, 22:59

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  The burst pipe in the Utd dressing room might be behind this change of kit.

  Haha yea, i thought so too. =]

• trolol

  2 Oct 10, 23:00

  macheda, owen, anderson and o'shea should just stop playing...

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 23:01

  Originally posted by gnohznait:

  Haha yea, i thought so too. =]

  Where are they gonna hold their half time team talk i wonder.

  On the pitch?

• tripsky

  2 Oct 10, 23:04

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Where are they gonna hold their half time team talk i wonder.

  On the pitch?

  nope, no plug on the pitch for the hairdryer treatment 

   

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Oct 10, 23:05

  Originally posted by tripsky:

  nope, no plug on the pitch for the hairdryer treatment