Manchester United: FESTIVE PREVIEW

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Manchester United: Festive Preview

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Hull City (A) – Boxing Day – 12:45 KO (BST)

Norwich City (A) – Sat 28 Dec – 15:00 KO (BST)

Tottenham Hotspur (H) – Wed 1 Jan – 17:30 KO (BST)

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United (8^th)

“We have done quite well away from home this season. We’ll try and keep the good away form going and hopefully pick up some points.” – David Moyes.

“I think we can all start to feel there is more of an understanding at what the manager wants. The last four games have been an indication we are getting to that stage. We are in a good place at the moment. We are playing well. We are passing the ball well.”– Phil Jones.

Starting XI(s) from: David de Gea, Anders Lindegaard; Rafael da Silva, Fabio da Silva, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Phil Jones, Nemanja Vidic, Chris Smalling, Alex Buttner, Patrice Evra; Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Adnan Januzaj, Wilfried Zaha, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Shinji Kagawa; Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez

Doubts: Robin van Persie (thigh) and Michael Carrick (Achilles) could return over the festive period.

Unavailable: Nani (hamstring), Marouane Fellaini (wrist)

Top Scorer: Wayne Rooney (8)

Home record: P9 W4 D2 L3 F11 A8 Pts14

Home form: D W W L L W

Away record: P8 W4 D2 L2 F17 A12 Pts14

Away form: L W W D D W

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vs Hull City (12^th)

Manager: Steve Bruce

Stadium: KC Stadium (25,404)

Starting XI from: Allan McGregor, Steve Harper; Curtis Davies, Abdoulaye Faye, James Chester, Alex Bruce, Maynor Figueroa, Paul McShane, Liam Rosenior; Ahmed Elmohamady, Jake Livermore, Tom Huddlestone, Robert Koren, George Boyd, Gedo, David Meyler; Yannick Sagbo, Danny Graham, Matty Fryatt, Nick Proschwitz

Doubts/Unavailable: Robbie Brady (groin), Stephen Quinn (hamstring), Sone Aluko (Achilles)

Top Scorer: Robbie Brady (3)

Home record: P8 W4 D3 L1 F7 A3 Pts15

Home form: W D W L W D

Recent meetings at the KC: Hull 1-3 United (27-12-09), Hull 0-1 United (24-05-09)

Officials: Referee: Michael Oliver – Assistants: S Bennett, S Ledger – Fourth Official: D Whitestone

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vs Norwich City (14^th)

Manager: Chris Houghton

Stadium: Carrow Road (26,034)

Starting XI from: John Ruddy, Carlo Nash; Michael Turner, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Javier Garrido, Martin Olsson, Steven Whittaker; Bradley Johnson, Josh Murphy, Leroy Fer, Nathan Redmond, Wes Hoolahan, Robert Snodgrass; Johan Elmander, Gary Hooper, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Luciano Becchio

Doubts/Unavailable: Mark Bunn (ankle), Russell Martin (ankle), Jonny Howson (back), Alex Tettey (ankle), Anthony Pilkington (hamstring), Elliot Bennett (knee)

Top Scorer: Gary Hooper (4)

Home record: P8 W3 D3 L2 F9 A8 Pts12

Home form: L L D W W D

Recent meetings at Carrow Road: Norwich 1-0 United (17-11-12), Norwich 1-2 United (26-02-12)

Officials: Referee: Phil Dowd – Assistants: M McDonough, A Holmes – Fourth Official: K Stroud

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vs Tottenham (7^th)

Manager: Tim Sherwood

Starting XI from: Hugo Lloris, Brad Friedel; Ezekiel Fryers, Vlad Chiriches, Michael Dawson, Etienne Capoue, Danny Rose, Kyle Naughton, Kyle Walker; Paulinho, Lewis Holtby, Moussa Dembele, Christian Eriksen, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Erik Lamela, Nacer Chadli; Emmanuel Adebayor, Roberto Soldado, Jermain Defoe

Doubts/Unavailable: Jan Vertonghen (ankle), Younes Kaboul (thigh), Sandro (calf), Andros Townsend (hamstring), Aaron Lennon (abdomen), Harry Kane (back)

Top Scorer: Roberto Soldado (4)

Away record: P9 W6 D1 L2 F11 A11 Pts19

Away form: W D L W W W

Recent meetings at Old Trafford: United 2-3 Spurs (29-09-12), United 3-0 Spurs (22-08-11)

Officials: Referee: Howard Webb – Assistants: M Mullarkey, D Cann – Fourth Official: N Swarbrick

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Score Predictions

Hull City 1-2 United

Norwich City 0-3 United

United 3-1 Spurs

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All details correct as of 24/12/13

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