Match Preview - United v Leeds 02/01/2010
 It's United v Leeds - for the first time in 6 years ! Match Preview - Manchester United v Leeds United Competition: FA Cup, Third Round Kick-Off & Date: 1pm, Sunday 3rd January Venue: Old Trafford (Home) Live TV Coverage: ITV 1, 12:45pm - 3:15pm Referee: Chris Foy (Lancashire, England) Assistant referees: Darren Cann & Richard West Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell Form: Leeds are currently in pole position in Coca Cola League 2, by 6 points and a game-in-hand. 'The Peacocks' are unbeaten in their last 15 games in all competitions, their last defeat was to Millwall in October, which was their only loss of the season so far. United face Leeds for the first time in six years, the last meeting between the two was in February 2004, when it finished one-all. Alan Smith was on the score-sheet - for Leeds and later that month he was singed by United. United are in good form, especially striker Wayne Rooney after the 5-0 rout over Wigan on Wednesday last. The Red Devils have closed Chelsea's lead to just two points at the summit of the Premier League. Injury News: Leeds are without long-term absentee Ben Parker, and Rui Marques, who is serving Angola in the African Nations Cup. Defender Leigh Bromby is serving suspension after his fifth booking of the season, and that's it for a practically full-strength Leeds. United's backline is looking a bit more respectable, with Jonny Evans and Gary Neville returning from injury and could feature on Sunday. Van Der Sar is still in Holland on 'compassionate leave' after his wife fell seriously ill before Christmas. John O'Shea is out for another few months, it's too soon for Hargreaves, Nani and Ferdinand who are all back and taking part in light training. Squad: Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Rafael, De Laet, Vidic, Brown, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Park, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Giggs, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Tosic. Need-To-Know's;  Manager: Simon Grayson, a former Leeds player himself, he returned last season from Blackpool and attempted to get promoted back into the Championship, Leeds got into the play-off's but lost. However this season his side looks set to do just that, six points clear at the top and with a game-in-hand, he's surely on his way to the Championship !  Most-Feared: Jermaine Beckford, the 26-year-old has already bagged a huge 19 goals this season - 27 goals last season. He joined Leeds after playing amateur football and since his teens he has impressed, Chelsea took him on as a trainee but released him before he was 20.  Referee: Chris Foy, the Lancashire man took charge of United's Carling Cup win at Barnsley last October - he sent off Gary Neville and issued 5 bookings aswell. He also took charge of the Community Shield game against Chelsea. Prediction: Manchester United 4-0 Leeds United Sunday's Other Matches: Chelsea v Watford, 3:00pm Notts County v Forest Green, 3:00pm Sheff Utd v QPR, 3:00pm Tranmere v Wolverhampton, 6:15pm West Ham v Arsenal, 4:15pm Comments Comments are closed. |  
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