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Champions League News :: Manchester United V Arsenal Team News and Match Stats

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Posted on 2009-04-28 by Gooner

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Manchester United Team News :

Manchester United will be missing defender Gary Neville for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg.

John O'Shea could be preferred to Rafael Da Silva and fit-again Wes Brown at right-back, while Ryan Giggs will hope to make his 800th club appearance.

Carlos Tevez has not been a first-choice this term, but came on at half-time to help overturn a two-goal deficit against Tottenham last weekend.

Manchester United Squad :
Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Rafael, Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez.

Arsenal Team News :

Arsenal centre-back Mikael Silvestre (back) is a doubt along with left-back Kieran Gibbs (ankle).

Fellow full-back Gael Clichy and Robin van Persie are both out, while Andrey Arshavin is not eligible to play. Clichy hopes to return from a back injury in time for the second leg.

Gunners centre-half Johan Djourou is fit again following a knee injury which kept him out of the 3-0 quarter-final second leg victory over Villarreal.

Arsenal Squad : Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Nasri, Song, Denilson, Fabregas, Walcott, Adebayor, Fabianski, Djourou, Eduardo, Bendtner, Diaby, Vela, Ramsey, Eboue.

Match Facts :

These clubs have met 205 times in all competitions; Manchester United have won 82, Arsenal 78 with 45 drawn. Manchester United have netted 309 against the Gunners, while Arsenal have scored 299.

This will be the 38th time the two managers, who are the longest serving in the Premier League, have faced each other. Arsenal's Arsene Wenger has the slightest of edges.

The Gunners have won 14 of the previous 37 clashes under Wenger, United 13 under Sir Alex Ferguson. Eight of the 10 other games finished level and two were decided on penalty shoot-outs; United won the 2003 Community Shield, and Arsenal the 2005 FA Cup final on penalties

Atsenal have won three of the last five league clashes between the two sides including a 2-1 success at the Emirates on 8 November this season, 2-1 with a brace of goals from Samir Nasri. A 90th minute goal from United substitute Rafael set up a nail-biting finish.

 

Sourced From : BBC Sport

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