By John Ley and Oliver Brown Published: 9:00PM GMT twenty-six February 2010
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Aston Villa v Manchester UnitedWembley StadiumKick-off: 15.00 GMTTV: Live BBC1, Sky & Highlights BBC.
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Villa were the initial ever winners of the League Cup, in 1961, and lapse for the 50th final. And both teams are creation their eighth League Cup last appearances usually Liverpool, with 10, have done more.
Liverpool have won the prize 7 times whilst Villa are the subsequent majority successful side in the foe with five wins. United have won the prize 3 times, together with last seasons success, interjection to a chastisement shoot-out success over Tottenham following a goalless 120 mins at Wembley.
Villa are by to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, but they are at Wembley already and will whim the possibility to concrete European qualification.
What they say:
Sir Alex Ferguson: "I don"t think the last can reach the same turn of tension as the semi. It is a opposite sort of game. Wembley is an occasion. It has regularly been that way."
Martin ONeill: "We have a lot of cinema of the old teams here. Why not? The success of those teams is something to have an effort to and we wish to do something about it. Thats what the group is there for."
John Carew: "We are going there formulation to suffer the moment, fool around good football and try to have it a good day in Villa"s history. That would be fantastic."
Key players
Captain Stiliyan Petrov looks set to lapse after recuperating from a midweek virus. And the Bulgrian anticipates couple of last nerves from his players. "Weve got players who have been traffic with the vigour for the last 3 or 4 years and right away theyve got some-more grown up and they know that removing moving wouldnt get you anywhere.
Key clashes
Sir Alex Ferguson v Martin O"Neill
ONeills name is not merely referred to in the same breath as Ferguson; he is right away being severely talked of as a intensity inheritor to the Scot at Old Trafford.
Here is his possibility to infer that he fits the billing should Villa prevail, majority of the credit for their delight will be ascribed to the manager, who has done this group his own with such intelligent signings as Emile Heskey and Stephen Warnock. Why, he could have as majority as 6 players representing England at the World Cup.
Dimitar Berbatov v Richard Dunne
Berbatovs harshest critics would contend that where Wayne Rooney is a shoo-in for this seasons golden boot, his set upon partner is staid to set a jot down usually for the majority mins station still.
The Bulgarian has been a critical beating given his �30 million move from Tottenham eighteen months ago and usually a match-winning opening currently would suggest a little magnitude of atonement. He faces a unrelenting plea in attempting to outmanoeuvre Dunne, a totem at the centre of Villas defence, the majority parsimonious in the league.
Talking tactics
In the expected deficiency of Rooney, Berbatov becomes the focal point of Uniteds attack. Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick should supplement a little fortitude to the midfield, not to discuss flashes of invention, and Ferguson will presumably indoctrinate his players to urge low when the attack-minded Villa are in possession.
ONeill will be likewise heedful of his opponents counter-attacking hazard and is expected to try to scatter United by violation up their healthy flitting game. Such energetic wingers as Ashley Young and Stewart Downing are the undiluted vehicles for you do so.
Route to Wembley:
Aston Villa:
3rd rd Villa 1 Cardiff 0. 4th rd Sunderland 0 Villa 0, won 3-1 on pens. QF Portsmouth 2 Villa 4. SF 1st leg Blackburn 1 Villa 2. SF 2nd leg Villa 6 Blackburn 4.Manchester United
3rd rd United 1 Wolves 0. 4th rd Barnsley 0 United 2. QF United 2 Tottenham 0. SF 1st leg Man City 2 United 1. SF 2nd leg United 3 Man City 1.Team sum (probable)
Aston Villa (4-4-2): Friedel; Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock; A Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing; Agbonlahor, Heskey.United: Foster; Neville, Vidic, Brown, Evra; Scholes, Fletcher, Carrick, Park; Rooney, Berbatov.Referee: Phil Dowd. Matches (all competitions): 28. R4 Y95.
Sidelined:
Aston Villa: Reo-Coker (ankle)Man Utd: Ferdinand (back), Anderson (knee), Hargreaves (knee), Nani (suspended), Giggs (wrist), OShea (calf).
Past League Cup meetings:
1971: Villa 2 United 1.1975: Villa 1 United 2.1992: Villa 1 United 0.1994: Villa 3 United 1.1999: Villa 3 United 0.Stat of the game: Both clubs have perceived 31,500 tickets, with Villa wearing their shift pack of white shirts, army shorts and white socks. United will wear their normal red shirts.
Surprisingly, Manchester United have never successfully shielded a crater foe before.
Betting tip: Wayne Rooney to measure the initial idea at 9-2.
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