League Two side Cambridge United will play their biggest game of the season on Friday when they host Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Cambridge obviously are the underdogs in this encounter but the FA Cup has produced its fair share of big upsets. Moreover, the U's are full of confidence after having secured three consecutive wins in all competitions before the big match.
Cambridge have reached the quarter-finals of the competition twice before. Manchester United had an easy 2-0 win over Yeovil Town in the previous round, thanks to goals from new signings Ander Herrera and Angel di Maria. They are currently fourth in the Premier League table after beating QPR 2-0 last weekend.
Manager Louis Van Gaal will most likely choose to rest a few of his key players for the trip to Cambridge. Goalkeeper Victor Valdes could make his debut for the Red Devils while Paddy McNair and Jonny Evans could also be given starting places along with James Wilson. Rafael, Ashley Young and Robin van Persie will surely miss out through injury.
Probable line-ups:
Cambridge: Dunn - Tait, Nelson, Coulson, Taylor - Hughes, Champion, McGeehan, Donaldson - Elliott, Kaikai
Man Utd: Valdes - Smalling, Evans, McNair, Shaw - Valencia, Fellaini, Fletcher, Januzaj - Wilson, Rooney
My prediction: Manchester United to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Cambridge win - 14/1 Draw - 6/1 Man United win - 2/9
galata86 9 years ago
This was boring match I agree @johnajax but this is better than what were doing Manchester City and Chelsea. I think overall this fixture was full of surprises. Manchester City was defeated at home by championship team and Chelsea lost at home in game with team from League one. This was unreal. I think that now Manchester...
This was boring match I agree @johnajax but this is better than what were doing Manchester City and Chelsea. I think overall this fixture was full of surprises. Manchester City was defeated at home by championship team and Chelsea lost at home in game with team from League one. This was unreal. I think that now Manchester will win in rematch and attack this cup because the main favorites are out and this is their chance to win trophy this season.
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Johnajax 9 years ago
that was one boring match. I was watching this match and I must say that this is deserved draw for Cambridge. They defend very well. Manchester wasn't on their level, they played too sallow and at the end this is good result for both teams. Manchester will have rematch at home and they will win easy and Cambrigde will have...
that was one boring match. I was watching this match and I must say that this is deserved draw for Cambridge. They defend very well. Manchester wasn't on their level, they played too sallow and at the end this is good result for both teams. Manchester will have rematch at home and they will win easy and Cambrigde will have nice journey to Old Traford :)
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sharpe
9 years ago
No doubt that this is the only chance for a trophy for Manchester United this season. Things don't go to well in the Premier league and they not participate in any other tournament so this game is very important for the red devils. I hope that Van Gaal didn't underetamate Cambridge because we all remember the M.K. Dons...
No doubt that this is the only chance for a trophy for Manchester United this season. Things don't go to well in the Premier league and they not participate in any other tournament so this game is very important for the red devils. I hope that Van Gaal didn't underetamate Cambridge because we all remember the M.K. Dons game in the league cup when United were smashed in similar squad
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seculla
9 years ago
Looking at probable line-ups we can see that Louis van Gaal will play almost with second unit. But even if he play with whole second unit Manchester United are huge favorites in this match. Cambridge United is holding middle of the table in League Two and in most of their matches there are three or more goals, so because...
Looking at probable line-ups we can see that Louis van Gaal will play almost with second unit. But even if he play with whole second unit Manchester United are huge favorites in this match. Cambridge United is holding middle of the table in League Two and in most of their matches there are three or more goals, so because of that and because if this match will be draw they will play again, and I'm sure that van Gaal don't want that, I predict that we will see at least three goals tonight.
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edobp 9 years ago
They have all deserted the sinking ship, the SS Ethiad!
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