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1^# 大中小发表于 2008-4-26 16:46 只看该作者

Premiership
Stamford Bridge
Saturday, 26 April; KO: 12:45 BST

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Premiership Table:

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BIG-MATCH FACTS

Victory for Manchester United will all but clinch a 17th league championship and record 10th Premier League title for the Red Devils.
They actually need four points, but their goal difference advantage of 18
over second placed Chelsea is worth another point.

Chelsea go into Avram Grant's 50th match in charge, on the longest current unbeaten sequence in the Premier League of 18,
and on an amazing 80-match undefeated home league streak, stretching back four years and two months.

Both clubs are chasing the Champions League/Premier League double.

Indeed this match could be a dress rehearsal for the Champions League final in Moscow.

United come into this clash on the back of Wednesday's

goalless draw with Barcelona

in the Nou Camp in the first leg of the semi-finals;

Chelsea are also all square, courtesy of

John Arne Riise's

late, late own goal against Liverpool

at Anfield on Tuesday.

Chelsea clinched their second successive Premier League title in this fixture two seasons ago.

Last season Manchester United had just been crowned champions before visiting Stamford Bridge.

This time, Sir Alex Ferguson's men can effectively, if not mathematically, retain their title.
The Red Devils have retained the crown four times previously, in 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2001.

Victory for the Blues, would leave them equal on points with the Red Devils with two to play.
But to steal the title, the Stamford Bridge club would need to gain a better pair of results at Newcastle, and home to Bolton,
than United manage home to West Ham, and away to Wigan.

Conversely being only four points ahead of Arsenal, Chelsea could still concede second spot to the Gunners and miss out on direct qualification
to the group stages of next season's Champions League.

United have conceded just 19 league goals, and are on course for a club record low,
which currently stands at 23 shipped from 42 Second Division matches in 1924-25.

Manchester United are chasing a first goal in five Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge, and a first win there in six.

Chelsea have taken more Premier League points off United than any other club (40).

CLUB FORM:

Club stats
fixtures

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 2nd
Lowest could fall: 2nd

1. Won 13 and drawn five of the last 18, since losing 1-0, away to Arsenal on 16 December - their only reverse in 28.

2. Netted in each of the last nine, failing to score in only one of the last 18.

3. Won 33, drawn 11 and lost five of 49 league and cup matches under Avram Grant;
the losses being against Manchester United (a) and Arsenal (a) in the league, Tottenham in the Carling Cup final,
Barnsley in the FA Cup and Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Champions League.

4. This is Grant's 30th league game in charge;
won 20, drawn seven and lost two of the previous 29.

His record against the "Big Four" is gradually improving; lost at Manchester United and Arsenal, drew home to Liverpool, won home to the Gunners.

5. Won 23 matches; only Manchester United (25) have won more.

Lost three; no club has lost fewer.
Dropped 27 points in the top division; only Manchester United (24) have dropped fewer.

6. Let in 24 goals at one every 131 minutes (two hours 11 minutes) on average this season;
only Manchester United (19) have shipped fewer.

7. Kept 20 clean sheets; only Manchester United match that.
Also, not lost when scoring first; won 19 and drawn four of 23.

8. Picked up six red cards in this league.
Only Blackburn and Fulham have also had that many players sent off.

9. Won 48 and drawn 17 of 65 at home in all competitions since the 1-2 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League on 22 February 2006.

Not lost a league game at the Bridge since the 1-2 reverse to Arsenal on 21 February 2004 (won 59, drawn 21).

Not lost in 101 domestic matches in front of the home faithful if penalty shoot-outs are excluded.

10. The league run-in is:-

Quote:

Newcastle (a)
Bolton (h)

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Club stats
Fixtures

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st
Lowest could fall: 1st

1. Undefeated in 10 in all competitions, and lost one of 16; that defeat being 0-1, home to Portsmouth in the quarter-final of the FA Cup on 8 March.

2. Unbeaten in nine (23 points out of 27) since the 1-2 home defeat by Manchester City on 10 February.

3. Secured 25 victories, dropped 24 points, scored 73 goals, at one every 43 minutes on average, and conceded 19,
at one every 166 minutes (two hours 46 minutes); the best in all four categories.
Also, the only club not to have conceded a penalty in this division.

4. Kept the joint highest number of clean sheets with Chelsea (20 each).

5. Opened the scoring in an unmatched 27 games (won 23, and lost just one of them);
and allowed the opposition to score first in seven matches - that's fewer occasions than any other club.

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

7. On the longest current run since a goalless draw of 34 matches;
and the longest since failing to score of 21 matches.

8. Unbeaten against the "Big Four" and 100% at home; beat Chelsea at home, drew at Arsenal, won at Liverpool,
and home to the Reds, and defeated the Gunners at Old Trafford.

9. Undefeated away from home in 2008.
Won four and drawn three of the last seven on the road since losing 2-1 to West Ham at Upton Park on 29 December.
Drawn the last two away league games, and the last three away, in all competitions.

10. The league run-in is:-

Quote:

West Ham (h)
Wigan (a)

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KEY PLAYER NOTES

Frank LAMPARD

is Chelsea's top scorer with 18 goals.

LAMPARD is also the clubs' leading marksmen in the Premier League, with 10.

Nicolas ANELKA

scored 10 for Bolton and has got one for Chelsea.

LAMPARD is either a double or a hat-trick short of 150 club career goals.
Football statisticians dispute whether West Ham's opener in the 3-3 draw away to Crystal Palace on 5 May 1998
was a Lampard goal or an own goal by Sasa Curcic.
Unfortunately the Dubious Goals Panel was not sitting in those days.

If selected:-

John TERRY will be making his 350th appearance for Chelsea.

Ricardo CARVALHO will be making his 100th Premier League appearance in Chelsea colours.

Cristiano RONALDO

is Manchester United's top scorer with 38 goals.

The Portuguese is also United's leading Premier League marksman with 28 from 29 starts, including seven from the last seven.
He is leading the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.

Between them,

RONALDO

Carlos TEVEZ

and

Wayne ROONEY

have scored 73 of Manchester United's 101 goals this season in all competitions, and 52 of their 73 (71%) in the Premier League.

Ryan GIGGS is still on course to equal

Bobby Charlton's

all time appearance record for Manchester United before the season is out.

The Wales international will match Charlton's 759 appearances,
if he plays a part in each of United's remaining matches and they get to the Champions League final.

If selected:-

John O'SHEA will be making his 200th career league appearance (Manchester United and Bournemouth).

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).

HEAD TO HEAD

Manchester United registered their first victory in six meetings with Chelsea (all competitions), in this season's reverse fixture.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side have not returned with three points from Stamford Bridge since their 0-3 triumph over Claudio Ranieri's side on 20 April 2002,
when Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all scored.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Chelsea 36 wins, Man United 55, Draws 40
Prem: Chelsea 9 wins, Man United 9, Draws 13

at Chelsea only
League (inc PL): Chelsea 19 wins, Man United 29, Draws 17
Prem: Chelsea 5 wins, Man United 4, Draws 6

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LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME

Chelsea vs Man Utd
0 (0) - 0 (0)

9 May 2007 - Ref: Graham Poll

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THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE

Man Utd vs Chelsea
2 (1) - 0 (0)

23 September 2007 - Ref: Mike Dean

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Manchester United scorers:

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