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NEWCASTLE V MANCHESTER UTD PREVIEW & STATS St James' Park - Saturday, 23 August Kick-off: 1200 Noon BST Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield) Manchester United will welcome back defender Gary Neville after a torn hamstring which he suffered during the pre-season tour of the United States. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIG-MATCH FACTS NEWCASTLE UNITED welcome Manchester United to St James' Park in a Saturday lunchtime kick off at the outset of a vital five days for the Geordies. They have a home tie against Partizan Belgrade on Wednesday on which hinges qualification to the Champions League for the second year in succession. When the footballing knights joust there is never a shortage of goals. A total of 27 have been scored on the last four occasions Sir Bobby Robson and Sir Alex Fergusons' sides have gone head-to-head in the Premiership. In sending out his Newcastle side for the 199th time, Robson will want to avoid the 2-6 mauling they suffered on the Red Devils' last visit in April - the Tynesiders last home defeat. MANCHESTER UNITED, attempting to make a successful defence of the Premiership title for the 5th time, begin their away programme against a club they have lost to only three times in 18 Premiership encounters. The Red Devils ended Newcastle's six-month unbeaten home record on their last trip to Tyneside in Ferguson's 650th top flight match as manager. The four goal victory made the aggregate score from the two League clashes between the clubs 11-5 in the favour of the champions. Ruud van Nistelrooy can extend the records he broke in last Saturday's 4-0 opening day success over Bolton, when his feat was overshadowed by a scintillating debut from �12.24 million Portuguese wonder kid Cristiano Ronaldo. If the recipient of last season's Golden Boot finds the net at St James' he will have scored in ten successive Premiership matches and 12 competitive games for his club. The Dutchman has registered an incredible 81 goals in 103 appearances for the Old Trafford club. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM NEWCASTLE UNITED PL last season: 3rd 69 points PL this season: 11th 1 point Unbeaten in five Premiership matches. Won two and drawn three League games since losing 2-1 to Fulham at Loftus Road on 19 April. Alan Shearer's double strike at Leeds last Sunday took his tally to 223, still 69 clear of his nearest rival Andy Cole at the top of the Premiership's All Time goalscorers list. MANCHESTER UNITED PL last season: Champions 83 points PL this season: 2nd 3 points Aiming to make six wins on the trot in the Premiership. Gone 19 top division games unbeaten, since Middlesbrough's 3-1 success at the Riverside on Boxing Day last year. (Arsenal set the Premiership record of 30 last season.) Since that reverse United have recorded seven wins and two defeats in a nine match undefeated sequence away from home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POTENTIAL CAREER MILESTONES NEWCASTLE UNITED Alan Shearer is a hat trick away from totalling 150 goals for Newcastle. If selected in the 11, Tresor LUALUA will be making his 50th career League start. MANCHESTER UNITED Ruud VAN NISTELROOY needs one more goal to take his League tally for Man United to 50. If on the field from kick off, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 250th League start for the Red Devils. If involved from the opening whistle, Nicky BUTT will be making his 200th start for the club. Should he play, Roy KEANE will be making his 550th club career appearance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME: Newcastle United 2-6 Manchester United 12 April 2003 - Ref: Steve Dunn Newcastle scorers: Jenas 21, Ameobi 89 Man Utd scorers: Solskjaer 32, Scholes 34, 38, Giggs 44, Scholes 52, van Nistelrooy 58 pen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS League: Newcastle 38 wins, Man Utd 60, Draws 32 Prem: Newcastle 3 wins, Man Utd 10, Draws 5 HEAD TO HEAD at Newcastle League: Newcastle 29 wins, Man Utd 21, Draws 15 Prem: Newcastle 3 wins, Man Utd 4, Draws 3 news.bbc.co.uk http://www.red11.org/news ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
