Rome Bound Part 4

This Sunday is quite a big day because Chelsea are playing Manchester United, and while it hasn't got anything to do with Champion's League, it's going to be a great game. These two teams are both in the top 10 teams in Europe and while I don't expect a lot of goals, I do expect it to be a really evenly matched, competitive game.

Manchester United are often seen as late starters, and that's certainly the case this season, with almost all of their players fit [Wes Brown and Owen Hargreaves are still injured]. Chelsea are in a similar position in that most of their squad are fit now too [Michael Essien and Flourent Malouda are still injured], but their recent track record has left much to be desired.

Having said that, United have the best home record in the Premier League, while Chelsea have the best away record in the Premier League. Chelsea have also scored the most goals and conceded the least amount of goals, as well as having the most shots on target this season. But let's not discredit United's defense, who haven't conceded a goal since they played Arsenal in mid November, and are undefeated at home in the last 13 games.

All of these add up to a very good game on Sunday, and no matter who you support it's worth watching.

My ideal United team for Sunday:
[They played this formation against Liverpool this season, and won 2-1]
4-3-3, Left to Right
> Van Der Sar
> Evra; Ferdinand; Vidic; Neville
> Ronaldo; Carrick; Scholes
> Teves; Berbatov; Rooney


My ideal Chelsea team for Sunday:
[They've been playing this formation of late, and it's really working]
4-1-2-3, Left to Right
> Cech
> A Cole; Terry; Carvalho; Bosingwa
> Mikel
> Lampard; Ballack
> Anelka; Drogba; J Cole