Manchester United should get 3 easy points from Derby

Manchester United should get 3 easy points from Derby

Manchester United will play against Derby County on Saturday at the Old Trafford. Alex Ferguson’s side can now concentrate on the domestic performance as they are already qualified for the next round of the Champions League. The Red Devils will start the game with their best line-up, with Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez and Giggs all inclusive.
Derby County are having a disastrous season until now, ranking last in the table with only 6 points out of 15 match-days. They should have no chance at the Old Trafford but you can never know what happens, that’s why football is so interesting.
After the final whistle I will update you the result, the goal scorers and of course present you a short report with the highlights included. Stay tuned and you won’t regret it.

Manchester United vs Derby County - Match Info
Competition: -
Stage: Match-day 15
Location: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday, 8th December 2007
Kick off time: 4pm, 16:00 CET
Referee: Chris Foy

Manchester United vs Derby County - Head to Head
Man Utd dominate the most recent head to head history, with 3 wins and a draw out of 5 matches. Derby managed to obtain a single win in May 2001. The last match played between the two clubs ended with a 2 - 2 draw in March 2002. Let’s see what they do in December 2007.
03.03.02 Derby 2-2 Manchester United
12.12.01 Manchester United 5-0 Derby
05.05.01 Manchester United 0-1 Derby
25.11.00 Derby 0-3 Manchester United
11.03.00 Manchester United 3-1 Derby

Manchester United vs Derby County - Line-ups
The following line-ups can be modified until the kick-off so let’s call them probable starting line-ups.
Man Utd (4-3-3)
1 E. van der Sar
6 W. Brown
5 R. Ferdinand
15 N. Vidic
3 P. Evra
4 O. Hargreaves
8 Anderson
11 R. Giggs
7 C. Ronaldo
32 C. Tevez
10 W. Rooney
Derby (4-4-2)
43 S. Bywater
18 A. Griffin
19 C. Davis
23 D. Moore
4 J. McEveley
16 G. Teale
8 M. Oakley
25 S. Pearson
28 G. Barnes
14 K. Miller
9 S. Howard

Manchester United 4 - 1 Derby County - Highlights
32′ C. Davis
40′ [1 - 0] R. Giggs
45′ [2 - 0] C.A. Tevez
60′ [3 - 0] C.A. Tevez
76′ [3 - 1] S. Howard
90′ [4 - 1] C. Ronaldo (penalty kick)

Man Utd demolishes Derby with 4 - 1 and applies some extra pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal. Ryan Giggs opened the score, on a very wet pitch, in the 40th minute and Carlos Tevez set the half time score at 2 - 0. The same player made it 3 - 0 for United. Howard pulled one back for Derby and Cristiano Ronaldo closed the scoreboard at 4 - 1 for the home team. Watch the highlights in the following video.