Played
March 18, 2012 7:00 PM IST
Molineux Stadium — Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Referee:‬ A. Taylor‎
Attendance:‬ 27494‎
 
 
Jonny Evans 21′
 
Antonio Valencia 43′
 
Danny Welbeck 45+1′
 
Chicharito 56′
 
Chicharito 61′

Wolves - Manchester United Preview: Red Devils looking to make it eight wins from nine Premier League games to open up a four point gap over Manchester City

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side out to put more pressure on their local rivals by taking three points at Molineux against a home side searching for their first win under Terry Connor

By Shane Farrington

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PROBABLE LINEUPS

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS


Hennessey
Zubar, Bassong, Stearman, Ward
Kightly, O'Hara, Edwards, Jarvis
Doyle, Fletcher
MANCHESTER UNITED


De Gea
Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra
Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Young
Rooney, Hernandez

Terry Connor is still likely to be without influential midfield man Karl Henry who has been struggling with a hamstring injury. At the  back, on-loan Tottenham defender Sebastien Bassong is expected to overcome an ankle knock to be fit in time to face the current champions.

Despite showing glimpses of talent in the 2-0 defeat to Blackburn, David Davis could well drop out in favour of Michael Kightly as Connor looks for more of a creative spark. Steven Hunt is hopeful of making the squad after returning to training following a hernia problem.

Sir Alex Ferguson is likely to make changes from the side that lost 2-1 to Athletic Bilbao in the week. However, Phil Jones is unlikely to recover from the bout of flu which ruled him out of the trip to Spain so Rafael looks set to keep his spot at right-back. Paul Scholes could replace fellow veteran Ryan Giggs in the middle of the park to add a pair of fresh legs.

Key man Antonio Valencia may well return to the starting line-up after travelling with the squad to Spain, while Wayne Rooney could to be partnered upfront by Javier Hernandez, who was an unused substitute against Bilbao, as United look to make the most of his movement and pace.


 DID YOU KNOW?
  • Wolves have won two of their last three home matches against the current Premier League champions; a 1-0 win back in the 2003-04 campaign, and a crucial 2-1 victory last season.
  • The home side have only won one out of their last 14 league games, a 2-1 victory against fellow relegation candidates QPR.
  • And have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 25 league matches, with their last shut out coming against Aston Villa last August.
  • Steven Fletcher (pictured right) is the club’s top goalscorer with an impressive 10 goals in 22 appearances, including a goal earlier in the season at Old Trafford in Wolves’ 4-1 defeat.
  • Manchester United have won seven of their last eight matches. The only game in that run which they failed to win was their dramatic 3-3 against Chelsea at Stamford Bride.
  • Sixteen different players have managed to score in the league for the Red Devils this season.
  • United face five of the sides currently in the bottom six in their next six matches - Wolves, Blackburn, QPR, Wigan and Aston Villa.
  • Sir Alex's men have only failed to score in one of their 28 league fixtures this season, which was in their 3-0 loss against Newcastle United.

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