Manchester United vs Arsenal EPL 08-09 Preview at Old Trafford

The top favorite in 08-09 season of English Premier League, Manchester United, has qualified for the UEFA champions’ league that will be kicked off at 27 May 2009 along with Spanish favorite Barcelona. Here I will not discuss about the champions’ league instead of EPL match between Arsenal and Manchester United. This the first match of the two teams after UCL 08-09.

 

Just after a few moments, reds and red devils will come at Old Trafford to take on the match of Premier League at the home match of Man Utd. On 6 May 2009, Kick-off: 12:45.

 

Injury hits Gunner side most. The five players will be out of the tournament. They are Clichy, Gallas Rosicky, Eduardo and Almunia as well as the Ferdinand Hargreaves and Brown will be out from the Man Utd. side.

  

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Rafael, O'Shea, Neville, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov, Macheda.

 

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Arshavin, Song, Fabregas, Walcott, van Persie, Adebayor, Mannone, Nasri, Eboue, Bendtner, Denilson, Diaby, Djourou, Vela.

source: Premierleague

Arsenal vs Chelsea EPL 08-09 Previews and live score information

Arsenal and Chelsea both ahs been kicked out from the Uefa Champions League 08-09 season. The two losing teams are going to take on each others in Premier League on Sunday, 10 May 2009 at 16:00 BST at Emirates Stadium, the home ground of Emirates Stadium where Manchester United beat Reds. Arsenal aim it the jump up from the present stage of the point table. Similarly, Chelsea could not be satisfied pulled out from Uefa stage this season final. Arsenal is in the 4^th position as well as Chelsea in on 3^rd. The difference of the between the two teams is jut 6, but very difficult to over come.

 

No doubt that the match will be full of competition. In spite of the being lost in the Uefa Champions League semifinals along with Man United and Barcelona. But their Premier League wining records is not bad at all. Arsenal secured 3 wins and five wins out of six and no lose. On the other hand Chelsea’s just have won 4 matches one loss and a draw.

 

Premier League Arsenal vs Chelsea

Venue: Emirates Stadium

Date: Sunday, 10 May Kick-off: 1600 BST

Coverage: Full commentary BBC London 94.9 FM, DAB & online; Score updates on Final Score, BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live; live text commentary on BBC Sport website; Highlights on Match of the Day 2

 

Teams:

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Toure, Silvestre, Gibbs, Walcott, Nasri, Song, Diaby, Fabregas, Van Persie. Subs: Mannone, Denilson, Ramsey, Djourou, Adebayor, Bendtner, Eboue.

 

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Essien, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Drogba, Malouda. Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Ballack, Kalou, Belletti, Mancienne.

 

The wining record of Arsenal against Chelsea is very bad and secured two of the last 14 meetings.

 

Live Score

Goalzz

Live Football Scores

Goal.com

Footie Scorez

 

There are some websites above are proper information about live score. So enjoy the mach between Arsenal vs Chelsea.

Watch Liverpool vs Arsenal EPL 08-09: Preview and live score

Arsenal and Liverpool both the teams confident to take the match lead today. The Red is inspire from its last wins in Champions League and Liverpool hope to overcome its mistake form the last matches. Important thing is that Liverpool is leading the 2^nd position of the premier league but Wenger’s team is on the 4^th position.

Premier League: Arsenal vs Liverpool

Venue: Anfield Date: Tuesday, 21 April

Kick-off time: 2000 BST

Coverage: Full commentary on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM, 1485 MW and DAB; score updates on Final Score, BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live

Arsenal is played a very positive football and preformed well in the Champions league when beat the opposition in both match first and second leg match. Team Manager Arsene Wenger’s is eyes to reach in the top of the Premier League and he want to use the same squad that played in the Champions League. Yes, he can expect it because some days ago everyone thought that it would be difficult Arsenal to be sent in the top four.

Although Liverpool beat to Chelsea seriously in the recent Champions League and kicked out from the semi final but they hope to take lead in the match against Arsenal. Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard will not appear in the today’s match but Rafael Benitez is hopeful to take series lead. This is a quote "We have quality in the squad and I am sure we can still play nice football, score goals and win games, whoever is in the team."

Injury hits in both teams when some key players will not appear in the match Arsenal vs Liverpool. My opinion is about their mentality that Arsenal have to be get ready to take on Man United on 28 - 29 April 2009 and 05 - 06 May 2009 Champions League semi finals and Liverpool will try confidently to hold the position in the Premier League.

Live score and online video of Arsenal and Liverpool:

Here I am giving some information about where you will able to get the commentary and video of the Arsenal vs Liverpool.

Live Score

Goalzz

Footie Scorez

Sportpress

Goal.com

So, enjoy the match Arsenal vs Liverpool.

EPL 08-09 Live streaming, preview, Manchester united vs Liverpool

Just a couple of days back, the second legs matches of UEFA champions’ league knock-out match has been over where both the teams Manchester united and Liverpool played the important role from their own position. The match between Manchester United v Liverpool will be kick-off at the home ground of Manchester United Old Trafford. 

Manchester United is on the top of the standings chart as well as Liverpool is in 3^rd and 7 points up from the oppositions. If Liverpool can beat the leader at that it will be enormous success that will pull to the second position of the list.    

Manchester United v Liverpool Premier League

Venue: Old Trafford Date: Saturday, 14 March Kick-off: 1245 GMT

Kick-off: Sat Mar 14, 12.45pm; Old Trafford, Manchester

TV: Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports HD1, ESPN for Asia

Radio: Full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM, 1485 MW and DAB; with live text commentary on BBC Sport website

Online Live Score: www.Goal.com 

Here I am giving the probable squads of Manchester United and Liverpool taken from Soccer365:

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

Liverpool: Reina, Aurelio, Skrtel, Carragher, Hyypia, Aurelio, Dossena, Babel, Mascherano, Gerrard, Alonso, Kuyt, Torres, Lucas, Cavalieri, Ngog, Riera, Insua, Spearing, El Zhar. 

Last year in March Manchester united beat Liver pool 3-0 on 23 March 2008. They also met in an encounter on 13 September 2008 this season when Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2-1. So, it was a big success for the All Reds over the Red Devils. It was the last match between the two clubs. 

In UEFA champions’ League 2009, they both secured to play in the Quarter-finals. By defeating Internazionale for 0-2 Manchester United has been pushed as well as Liverpool beat to Real Madrid 5 goals. So, that last three prestigious was totally favor for the All Reds.

The last wining records of the Red Devils has acquired a big success where it got 9 victories out of 9 on the other hand Liverpool just got 3 wins out of 8.

Middlesbrough v Arsenal: who will win? previews and Live

Arsenal is the top 4^th position at this moment in the standings list of the Barclays English Premier League. On the other hand Middlesbrough not so strong team and is securing the 12^th position. By summarize the standings we can not take any decision that Arsenal will sure to secure the victory in the upcoming match of the Premier League. 

Middlesbrough and Arsenal both teams are in serious pressure at this moment. The football analyzers are thinking that if arsenal fails to take the lead in the rest matches then it would be tough for the qualification of next Champions League. Most important thing of arsenal is about their bad performances. In the last match of UEFA Euro champions league this season got defeat by 2-0 against Porto which through them in the second position in the group last match. 

Although Middlesbrough is not in good enough position for their players’ injuries but they also will try to take the chance of arsenal’s bad performances. I want to remind the match of the 2007 season. That time Arsenal defeated to Middlesbrough 2-1 on this December. Middlesbrough will be inspired remembering the victory. 

The match will be held on Riverside Stadium on 13 December 2008 at 12:45 Local time. Arsenal online TV will telecast the matche live and Satellite TV Sky Sports. I want to add important information that Middlesbrough secured the 4 wins in the last four matches. On the other hand Arsenal secured just 2 wins out of four. 

Sunderland vs Arsenal EPL 2008-09 Preview and Live Score

Sunderland is going to entertain Arsenal at the Stadium of Light. The match is going to take place on 4 October 2008.The kick of time is 15:00 BST (British Standard Time) and you can expect an entertaining match as Arsenal players are hungry for more success after their midweek demolishion of FC Porto 4-0. Of course, this comes back after last weekend’s surprise defeat at the hands of Hull City at the Emirates. So, if you look at the current performance of Arsenal then you have to admit that there is a mixed performance from the club in the last one week. At first, they shocked everyone with their disastrous defeat at home against Hull City and then they outsmarted Porto and pleased the fans.

Arsenal is now at the fourth position in the league in English premier league. In fact, Arsenal has got 12 points from 6 matches. The London based club has lost two matches and won four matches. The have impressive goal difference of 8. Only Chelsea has one goal better than that. So, it is clear that Arsenal strikers are at good form and they have been scoring decent number of goals.

On the other hand, Sunderland is lying in the 13^th position in the league table. From 6 matches they have just scored 7 points and they have goal difference of -2. So, this is an important game for both of the teams. If Arsenal can win the match then they can go at the top of the table. Of course, Chelsea, Liverpool and Aston Villa all of them are ahead of Arsenal and can go at the top of the table too. On the other hand, Sunderland can jump a lot too as they have only 2 points different with the no. 8^th ranked Manchester City at this moment. So, there is a lot to play for both of the teams.

Arsene Wenger has got angry and sad at the last week’s defeat to Hull City. Now, he wants his players to play their best and continue the momentum gained by the impressive win against Porto in Champions League. He expects that he will be able to inspire his players to play their best and totally destroy Sunderland. Well, I think that Arsenal again needs a lot of mental strength in order to overcome Sunderland. Yes, Sunderland is not a very strong team but you have to take some lesson from the defeat to Hull City.

Many fans think that Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor are the key to success for Arsenal this season.  In fact, it is needed that Robin van Persie can stay injury free. Last season, the injury of Eduardo in February caused Arsenal too much loss and many fans feel that because of this injury Arsenal could not win the premier league title, despite being the leader for most of the season. Robin van Persie was injured for a substantial time in last season. This season, he looks to be fit until now. It is true that Robin van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor are a deadly combination. Robin van Persie is an important player for Netherlands national team. Adebayor is also one of the rising stars of African football and he plays for Togo national team. Adebayor feels that the presence of Robin van Persie in the field is important and he is a great striking partner to play with. Yes, I think that Adebayor is right and in this match, Robin van Persie and Adebayor combination should get some goals. In the last match against Porto in UEFA Champions League, both of them scored two goals each.

What is very impressive is to see that Arsenal has got a good midfield. They have got two excellent players in the midfield who are influencing a lot. On the one hand, there is Cesc Fabregas. Cesc Fabregas is a world class player and he can be very impressive and influential in midfield. He is a good playmaker and he is like a leader at the age of 21 to all the other young players of the club. On the other hand, you have to think of Theo Walcott. Walcott is now a big sensation for the London club. Walcott has also England fans with his impressive performance for England national team. It seems that Walcott is going to cost David Beckham’s position in England national team’s midfield. He has also become an important player in the Arsenal line up. So, in the match against Sunderland, I think that both Cesc Fabregas s and Walcott will be in top form.

What is disturbing at this moment to me is that there is a lot of talk going on about Walcott coming to play for England U-21 national team. This is not a good sign because Walcott has already been playing for the national team and going back to the U-21 team is not a good sign. It will make him more tired. Well, I think that Walcott should at this moment take a strong decision and he should inform the FA that he wants to play only for national team and for his club. He is only 19 and he has a many years to go.

One player I would like to discuss about is Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. He is now the first goalkeeper for the club. He joined Arsenal in 2004 and last season, he impressed Arsene Wenger. Manuel Almunia has been outstanding in this season. What I am worrying is that Arsene Wenger should think of a second goalkeeper who has the same caliber like Almunia.

Sunderland players are now expecting too much from the match. In fact, Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has already warned his teammates that Arsenal can take the match seriously and he has asked his Sunderland teammates to be ready for a possible Arsenal backlash. It shows that Sunderland players are mentally prepared for this clash. Well, I think that Sunderland players should try to get some encouragement from Hull City players. The good thing that Hull City players did was that they never felt threatened or outclassed by the Gunners. This positive attitude helped them. In that match, Hull City could keep the score goalless and in the second half suffered the first goal, but they kept their nerve intact and came back with two goals and won the match. So, this is the strategy that Sunderland players should follow.

The good thing about Arsenal players at this moment is that they are not suffering from the tragic defeat to Hull City. I think that they are a lot more confident after defeating Porto in UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night. So, I am expecting that Arsenal will easily win the match. Of course, you can never predict what will happen in English premier league.

You can follow the live score of the match in some websites. I am giving an a list of websites’ name here that you can follow the match live:

Live Score

Goalzz

Live Football Scores

Goal.com

Footie Scorez

 

So, who do you think will win in the match? I think that Arsene Wenger will have the last smile.

 

Related Articles

Times Online

Telegraph

The Press Association

Sky Sports