Monday, 13 December 2010

Analysis: Man Utd

Just three tidbits tonight as there's tons of previous articles on this blog and stats on the Picklive team pages for these two teams.

If Vidic and Ferdinand start then Vidic is the pick if you fancy a centre-back. The Serbian has out-pointed his other half in all of their four previous starts (although Ferdinand was subbed after 50 mins against Valencia) and was United's 3rd, 2nd, 2nd and 4th highest scorer in those games.

If Scholes and Carrick start then Carrick is the pick. Legend though Paul Scholes is, Carrick has pipped him comfortably in their last two starts together. Scholes did demonstrate two additional qualities though, getting yellow carded and getting subbed. Not convinced? 4 of Scholes' top 5 scores have been without Carrick, the other one he finished behind Carrick.

Pick Fletcher if he starts in a 4 man midfield with Scholes or Carrick. Fletcher scored 82 and 84 the last two times this happened, the top and second top scores respectively. Conversely he only got a 42 when part of a 5 man midfield against Man City.

Good luck!

by BensBulls
(by Ben Wraith)

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