Premiership
JJB Stadium
Sunday, 11 May; KO: 15:00 BST


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Premiership Table:


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Manchester United striker


Wayne Rooney (hip)

is unlikely to start but could make the substitutes' bench.


Nemanja Vidic has been cleared to play by United's medical team and will feature should he come through
the remaining training sessions unscathed.




BIG-MATCH FACTS


Victory over Wigan at the JJB Stadium will land Manchester United a record 10th Premier League title.

Only failure to beat Wigan will see Sir Alex Ferguson's club miss out on being crowned champions of England for a 17th time,
if it is accompanied by a better result for Chelsea, home to Bolton.

Minimum prize money of £50 million awaits the Red Devils, if they retain their crown.
It will be the fifth time they had achieved back-to-back titles since the Premier League came into being.

Wigan manager Steve Bruce spent nine very successful seasons on the playing staff at Old Trafford.

He made 418 appearances and scored 52 goals for Manchester United, between 1987 and 1996,
winning three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup and one Cup Winners' Cup.

In over 21 years in charge of Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson has won nine Premier League titles, five FA Cups,
two League Cups, the Champions League, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the European Super Cup,
the Inter-Continental Cup and the FA Charity/Community Shield six times, and been joint holders once.

If he takes to the field, Ryan Giggs will equal Bobby Charlton's recently-adjusted club record of 758 appearances.
The 34 year old Wales international could then break that record in the Champions League final
against Chelsea in Moscow, on Wednesday 21 May.

United lost their last Premier League fixture of last season (to West Ham),
but have won 10 of their 15 last-day games in this league.

Wigan could finish as high as 12th, or as low as 15th - a difference of £2.88 million in merit payments.

Bruce, who shares the same birthday as his old mentor (31 December) but is 19 years the younger,
has guided Wigan to safety from one off the foot of the table when he began his second spell in charge on 20 November.

The Latics have never beaten a 'Big Four' club.

Wigan are the only club of those currently in the Premier League not to have taken one point off Manchester United.




CLUB FORM:

Club stats
fixtures

Highest achievable: 12th (Merit payment: £6.48 million)
Lowest could fall: 15th (£4.32m)


1. Unbeaten in five;
won two and drawn three since losing 2-0, away to Portsmouth on 29 March.

2. Scored 34 goals; only Derby (20) have netted fewer.

3. Will end the season with their second highest Premier League points total.
Currently on 40 points.
Amassed 51 points when finishing 10th in their initial season in 2005-06, and 38 points and 17th place last season.

4. Gained two victories in 11 North-West derbies this season, against Blackburn (h) and Bolton (h).

5. Lost their first 20 Premier League matches against the 'Big Four' clubs,
but drawn the last three against Liverpool (a), Arsenal (h) and Chelsea (a).

6. Won their last fixture last season, 1-2, away to Sheffield United to retain their Premier League status (on goal difference).

7. Undefeated in seven at the JJB.
Won four and drawn three since losing 1-2 to Everton on 20 January.

8. Kept clean sheets in six of the last seven at home.
Dimitar Berbatov of Tottenham is the only visiting player to score in 668 minutes (11 hours eight minutes)
of league soccer at the JJB.

Club stats
Fixtures

Highest achievable: 1st (Merit payment: £14.44 million)
Lowest could fall: 2nd (£13.68m)


1. Bidding for their first Premier League and Champions League double since 1998-99.

2. Lost one of the last 13 in all competitions.
The 2-1 defeat, away to Chelsea on 26 April, is their only loss in 11 league games.

3. Secured 26 victories, scored 78 goals, at one every 43 minutes on average, and conceded 22,
at one every 151 minutes (two hours 31 minutes);
the best in all three categories.

4. Victory would give them a maximum of 87 points - their third highest in a 38-game Premier League.

5. Kept 20 clean sheets; only Chelsea beat that with 21.
Also, dropped the same number of points as the Blues (27), which is fewer than any other clubs.

6. Opened the scoring in an unmatched 28 games (won 24, and lost just one of them);
and allowed the opposition to score first in eight matches - that's fewer occasions than any other club.

7. Scored 17 goals in the last 10 minutes; more than any other club.

8. On the longest current run since a goalless draw of 36 matches;
and the longest since failing to score of 23 matches.

9. Not won in four away from home in all competitions, since the 0-2 triumph over AS Roma in Italy
in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on 1 April.

10. Hoping to add Wigan to Everton, Sunderland, Birmingham, Newcastle, Fulham, Derby, Liverpool, and Aston Villa
as those they've done the double over this season.

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KEY PLAYER NOTES







Marcus BENT

is Wigan's leading scorer with seven Premier League goals.


Emile HESKEY

is a double shy of 100 career Premier League goals (Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wigan).

If selected:-

Chris KIRKLAND will be making his 150th club career appearance in goal (Coventry, Liverpool, West Brom and Wigan).










Cristiano RONALDO

is Manchester United's top scorer with 40 goals

The Portuguese is also United's leading


Premier League marksman with 30



He is one of only five different players to score 30 or more goals in a Premier League season,
and is set to lift the Barclays Golden Boot, being six ahead
of the next highest scoring player, Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal.

RONALDO needs two hat-tricks to equal Denis LAW's club record 46 goals in the 1963-64 season,
and is four goals shy of Ruud VAN NISTELROOY's 44-goal haul in 2002-03.

Between them,


RONALDO


Carlos TEVEZ

and


Wayne ROONEY

have scored 77 of Manchester United's 107 goals this season in all competitions,
and 56 of their 78 (72%) in the Premier League.

If selected:-

Michael CARRICK will be making his 100th appearance for Manchester United.

Mikael SILVESTRE will be making his 250th Premier League appearance for Manchester United.

If on the field from the outset:-

Long term injury, Gary NEVILLE will be making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.

Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start (Manchester United, Watford and Sheffield Wednesday).

Suspended:-


Luis NANI
(three matches)

HEAD TO HEAD

Manchester United have a 100% record over Wigan, winning all five Premier League meetings with an aggregate of 16-3.

United have recorded three 4-0 victories over Wigan;
in the Premier League on 14 December 2005, and 6 October 2007 and in the Carling Cup final on 26 February 2006.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Wigan 0 wins, Man United 5, Draws 0
Prem: Wigan 0 wins, Man United 5, Draws 0

at Wigan only
League (inc PL): Wigan 0 wins, Man United 2, Draws 0
Prem: Wigan 0 wins, Man United 2, Draws 0





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LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME

Wigan Athletic vs Manchester Utd
1 (1) - 3 (0)

14 October 2006 - Ref: Steve Bennett




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Wigan Athletic scorer:


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Baines 5


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Manchester United scorers:


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Vidic 62


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Saha 66


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Solskjaer 90


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THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE

Manchester Utd vs Wigan Athletic
4 (0) - 0 (0)

6 October 2007 - Ref: Mike Riley



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Manchester United scorers:


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Tevez 54




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Ronaldo 59




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Ronaldo 76




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Rooney 82




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REFEREE:

Steve Bennett
(Orpington, Kent)

[ 本帖最后由 卡里克 于 2008-5-12 00:05 编辑 ]

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Official Confirmed Team

GK: VDS

RB: Brown
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic
LB: Evra

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Carrick
CM: Scholes
LM: Park

CF: Tevez
CF: Rooney

Subs: PIG, Silvestre, Hargreaves, Giggs, Saha

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棒子在场MU必胜啊