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Man U V. Crawley Town: FA Cup 5th round cup tie.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
How To Watch: ITV 1 4.35PM (5.15 KO), BBC Radio 5 live and text commentery.
Line-Ups:
Crawley Town: Kuipers, Hunt, McFadzean, Mills, Howell, Bulman, Torres, Gibson, Smith, McAllister, Tubbs
Subs: Not confirmed yet
Manchester United: Lindegaard, Rafael, Brown, O'shea, Fabio, Gibson, Carrick, Anderson, Obertan, Hernandez, Bebe
Subs: Kuszczak, Smalling, Tunnicliffe, Fletcher, Pogba, Rooney, King
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United
Defensive pair Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans have been ruled out of the FA Cup fifth-round tie because of injuries.
Ferguson has confirmed veteran striker Michael Owen will be absent for the tie after picking up a groin injury in training this week.
While winger Park Ji-sung is expected to be out of action until next month with a hamstring problem.
Second-string players Obertan, Bebe and Darren Gibson could all be handed a run out.
Crawley Town:
Scott Neilson will be absent after failing to recover from a foot injury in time for the clash.
Pablo Mills was rested for Tuesday's 0-0 draw against Wrexham but is expected to return to the starting XI at Old Trafford.
Defender John Dempster and midfielder Josh Simpson are cup-tied having played in previous rounds for Kettering and Southend respectively.
Crawley boss Steve Evans interview:
"I think that we are genuinely one of the teams that could possibly get a positive result there.
"It will just be Manchester United v Crawley Town, and as far fetched as that sounds, that's what it is.
"We settled on our team last night and we have a reasonable idea of what team they will put out.
"The fact that United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and assistant Mike Phelan came to our match on Tuesday against Wrexham maybe tells us they are treating it a bit more seriously than many people thought."
BIG-MATCH FACTS:
The tie in context
• Crawley Town could become the first non-league club to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup since the war.
• Northern League Blyth Spartans were the last club to go into the hat for the sixth round draw, when they drew their fifth round tie with Wrexham in 1978.
• Blyth are one of five non-league clubs to compete in the fifth round in the modern era. The others were Colchester (1948), Yeovil (1949), Telford United (1985) and Kidderminster Harriers (1994).
Head-to-head
• These clubs have never met previously.
FA Cup records and best performances
The clubs:
MANCHESTER UNITED
Current form
• Won five of the last six, and lost one of 14 in all competitions.
• Looking to maintain their 19-match unbeaten home sequence this season, and 22-game undefeated run at old Trafford.
• Vying for an eighth straight home win in league and cup.
FA Cup form
• Last won the competition for a record 11th time in 2004, beating Millwall in the final.
• Since then they have been losing finalists twice.
• Leeds are the only lower ranked club to win of the last 30 drawn against Manchester United in this competition. They ousted them 1-0 at Old Trafford in last season's third round.
• The last two fifth level clubs to face the Red Devils in the competition, both held their illustrious opponents to a goalless draw at home. Exeter lost the replay of the 2005 third round tie 2-0, and Burton were trounced 5-0 at Old Trafford in identical circumstances a year later.
• Swindon Town were a Southern League club when they eliminated Manchester United 1-0 away, in the first round in January 1914.
CRAWLEY TOWN
Current form
• Unbeaten in 2011.
• Won eight and drawn three of their Blue Square Bet Premier and cup fixtures since the turn of the year.
• Last defeat was away to Dartford in the FA Trophy on 14 December.
FA Cup form
• On a club record run, having disposed of Swindon, Derby and Torquay.
• This is their seventh match in this cup run.
• 28-goal leading scorer Matthew Tubbs has netted three of them in this cup run.
Replay date
Tuesday, 1 March 2011 (Kick off: 1945 GMT)
Match officials
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Assistant referees: Darren Cann and Patrick Keane
Fourth official: Lee Mason
My Predicition:
I think Crawley town will have a lot of people making the travel with them, they will put up a good fight but Man united will make a slow start and be under pressure but then will come ito life and will run out 2-0 Winners, Narrow victory.
First Match Thread, Please post opinions on OP. Thanks
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
How To Watch: ITV 1 4.35PM (5.15 KO), BBC Radio 5 live and text commentery.
Line-Ups:
Crawley Town: Kuipers, Hunt, McFadzean, Mills, Howell, Bulman, Torres, Gibson, Smith, McAllister, Tubbs
Subs: Not confirmed yet
Manchester United: Lindegaard, Rafael, Brown, O'shea, Fabio, Gibson, Carrick, Anderson, Obertan, Hernandez, Bebe
Subs: Kuszczak, Smalling, Tunnicliffe, Fletcher, Pogba, Rooney, King
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United
Defensive pair Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans have been ruled out of the FA Cup fifth-round tie because of injuries.
Ferguson has confirmed veteran striker Michael Owen will be absent for the tie after picking up a groin injury in training this week.
While winger Park Ji-sung is expected to be out of action until next month with a hamstring problem.
Second-string players Obertan, Bebe and Darren Gibson could all be handed a run out.
Crawley Town:
Scott Neilson will be absent after failing to recover from a foot injury in time for the clash.
Pablo Mills was rested for Tuesday's 0-0 draw against Wrexham but is expected to return to the starting XI at Old Trafford.
Defender John Dempster and midfielder Josh Simpson are cup-tied having played in previous rounds for Kettering and Southend respectively.
Crawley boss Steve Evans interview:
"I think that we are genuinely one of the teams that could possibly get a positive result there.
"It will just be Manchester United v Crawley Town, and as far fetched as that sounds, that's what it is.
"We settled on our team last night and we have a reasonable idea of what team they will put out.
"The fact that United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and assistant Mike Phelan came to our match on Tuesday against Wrexham maybe tells us they are treating it a bit more seriously than many people thought."
BIG-MATCH FACTS:
The tie in context
• Crawley Town could become the first non-league club to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup since the war.
• Northern League Blyth Spartans were the last club to go into the hat for the sixth round draw, when they drew their fifth round tie with Wrexham in 1978.
• Blyth are one of five non-league clubs to compete in the fifth round in the modern era. The others were Colchester (1948), Yeovil (1949), Telford United (1985) and Kidderminster Harriers (1994).
Head-to-head
• These clubs have never met previously.
FA Cup records and best performances
The clubs:
MANCHESTER UNITED
Current form
• Won five of the last six, and lost one of 14 in all competitions.
• Looking to maintain their 19-match unbeaten home sequence this season, and 22-game undefeated run at old Trafford.
• Vying for an eighth straight home win in league and cup.
FA Cup form
• Last won the competition for a record 11th time in 2004, beating Millwall in the final.
• Since then they have been losing finalists twice.
• Leeds are the only lower ranked club to win of the last 30 drawn against Manchester United in this competition. They ousted them 1-0 at Old Trafford in last season's third round.
• The last two fifth level clubs to face the Red Devils in the competition, both held their illustrious opponents to a goalless draw at home. Exeter lost the replay of the 2005 third round tie 2-0, and Burton were trounced 5-0 at Old Trafford in identical circumstances a year later.
• Swindon Town were a Southern League club when they eliminated Manchester United 1-0 away, in the first round in January 1914.
CRAWLEY TOWN
Current form
• Unbeaten in 2011.
• Won eight and drawn three of their Blue Square Bet Premier and cup fixtures since the turn of the year.
• Last defeat was away to Dartford in the FA Trophy on 14 December.
FA Cup form
• On a club record run, having disposed of Swindon, Derby and Torquay.
• This is their seventh match in this cup run.
• 28-goal leading scorer Matthew Tubbs has netted three of them in this cup run.
Replay date
Tuesday, 1 March 2011 (Kick off: 1945 GMT)
Match officials
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Assistant referees: Darren Cann and Patrick Keane
Fourth official: Lee Mason
My Predicition:
I think Crawley town will have a lot of people making the travel with them, they will put up a good fight but Man united will make a slow start and be under pressure but then will come ito life and will run out 2-0 Winners, Narrow victory.
First Match Thread, Please post opinions on OP. Thanks
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