Hull v Man U!

By Tiger Tim
October 31 2008

Hull travel to Old Trafford on Saturday looking to bounce back from the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea on Wednesday night. The last time Hull lost at home their went on a 6 game unbeaten run. Hull will be looking to go a such a run again starting with a win at Old Trafford. Manchester United Go into the game looking to maintain their unbeaten home record and their 10 game unbeaten run in all Competitions. Team News

Hull are without suspended captain Ian Ashbee who misses the game after picking up a yellow card against West Brom last saturday. Anthony Gardner is also out having picked up a thigh strain.

Manchester United are without Wes Brown who has picked up an ankle injury. Gary Neville is likely to come in at right back. Edwin Van Der Sar is also likely to start


Manager view

Hull boss Phil Brown:
"There are a lot of teams out there who would like to have 20 points from 10 games, excluding the top four.

"We've got to learn from the Chelsea defeat on Wednesday night and go to Old Trafford. I've said to the players that if anybody doesn't fancy getting something on Saturday, don't bother coming."


Head 2 Head

Manchester United have won their last three meetings with Hull in league and cup.

The most recent league clash was 33 years ago in the old Second Division, when United won 2-0 at Old Trafford on 15 February 1975. They subsequently registered a 6-0 aggregate victory in the second round of the Littlewoods League Cup in September/October 1987.

Hull last eclipsed United 2-0 in a home second tier encounter on 23 November 1974.

Home and away
League (inc PL): Man Utd wins 9, Hull 4, Draws 3
Prem: Man Utd 0 wins, Hull 0, Draws 0

at Man Utd only
League (inc PL): Man Utd 7 wins, Hull 0, Draws 1
Prem: Man Utd 0 wins, Hull 0, Draws 0


Possible Lineups

Man United: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Giggs, Carrick, Anderson, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov

Hull: Myhill, Dawson, Zayatte, Turner, McShane, Geovanni, Marney, Hughes, Boateng, King, Cousin

Referee

Mike Dean (Wirral)

Venue: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday, 1 November Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live & live text commentary on BBC Sport website and on skysports Score Centre