Along with Manchester United’s inability to beat Everton at Goodison Park since late 2007 is a string of facts all with a particular sticky allegiance to The Toffees. The last four meetings between the two clubs ranks Vidic, Berbatov and Fletcher as the only scorers against them. Berbatov is about as likely to start as I am for Manchester United on Saturday and if he does I demand my very own contract under Ferguson. Vidic is returning from injury and thus a start is dubious, leaving Fletcher as the only player in the team with recent history against Everton; he also scored a peach last week against Manchester City.
Hands up if you were crap last week
While Rooney has obvious history with Everton he hasn’t score at Goodison Park for four years and he is often dropped for games up in Merseyside, as depicted in the encounter against Liverpool. Furthermore the ex-Toffee hasn’t netted in four-and-a-half Premier League games and his recent form for club and country is enough to question whether he’ll start on Saturday.
Manchester United haven’t won either of their last two games in The Premier League, seeing them slip five points off of Manchester City, whilst Everton won their first in four last weekend with a 3-1 away victory over Fulham.
Ferguson’s modus operandi for Saturday has to be the same as when he took over the club, ““It is a results business, so when I came in I had to make sure we didn’t lose.” If Fergie does lose, that’s one point from nine, and points lost to three clubs United have history with, making it not only hard to swallow, but a bitter taste too.
Undoubtedly Ferguson will seek to secure all three points and the absence of on-form Royston Drenthe after his sending off will aid his success, but Moyes has a strong record against United at Goodison and he’ll be hoping to land the sucker punch to Ferguson, in what has been an omissible October.
The man and the man he wants to replace him
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