Match Preview - Aldershot Town v Manchester United

Competition: Carling League Cup
Kick-Off & Date: 7:45pm, Tuesday, 25th October 2011
Venue: Recreation Ground, Aldershot (Away)
Live TV Coverage: Sky Sports 2 (HD), 7:30pm - 10pm

Referee: Lee Probert (Gloucestershire, England)


Form: Aldershot Town are currently enduring a tough patch of the season, losing their last 5 League Two matches before last weekend's 5-2 win over Dagenham & Redbridge. 'The Shots' were defeated by Barnet, Macclesfield, Oxford United, Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town, and lie 15th in the table. Aldershot Town beat West Ham United and Carlisle United to get through to the 4th Round of the Carling League Cup, versus United.

United are on the back of their equal worst Premier League defeat of all time, and their biggest loss at Old Trafford since 1955, as Manchester City managed a fluke 6-1 win over The Red Devils on Sunday. Before then, United had been steady in all competitions, 2nd in the League - which they still are - and 2nd in Group C of the Champions League. The Reds have already beaten Leeds United 3-0 in the League Cup, and are looking for a similar result.

 
The Injury Front: Aldershot Town are in good shape, but their recent poor form has knocked the stuffing out of some of their star players. Shots manager Dean Holdsworth has a full squad at his disposal, having rested several key players for the United clash at the Recreation Ground on Tuesday night. Top goalscorer Danny Hylton, Alex Rodman, Darren Jones and Ben Herd were all seated on the bench on Saturday ahead of the Carling Cup match. 

United are ready to give starts to Reserve team footballers such as Paul Pogba, Larnell Cole and Ezekiel Fryers, who all featured against Leeds a couple of weeks back in the same competition. Jonny Evans is suspended, and Federico 'Kiko' Macheda is injured. Tom Cleverley is back in training, and could start along with Nemanja Vidic - who was rested over the weekend following International retirement. Ryan Giggs has a hamstring problem.

Squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Smalling, Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic, Jones, Evra, Valencia, Nani, Cleverley, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Young, Berbatov, Diouf, Hernandez, Owen, Rooney, Welbeck.

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The Gaffer: Dean Holdsworth has had an interesting and long-spanning senior playing career, scoring 193 goals in 610 matches for 19 different clubs over 22 years. Holdsworth started his managerial employment at Redbridge in 2007, going on to manage Newport County, before bossing Aldershot Town... 

Most-Feared: Danny Hylton is Aldershot Town's top goalscorer this campaign, with 7 League Two goals to his name. The 22-year-old English striker previously played on-loan for Harlow Town, and has bagged 25 goals in 121 appearances for Aldershot over 4 years. Hylton is The Shot's biggest attacking threat... 

The Ref: Lee Probert takes charge of this boy v giants match at the Recreation Ground. The 39-year-old South Gloucestershire official earlier took charge of United's 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, and handled the game very well. Probert hands out just under 3 bookings on average per game, and a rare red on occasion...

United Latest's Prediction: Aldershot Town 0-6 United
- Dimitar Berbatov hat-trick & Michael Owen hat-trick ?