The games continue to come thick and fast for United, with this weekend's clash — the Reds» fifth
fixture in a fortnight — kicking off just over 66 hours after our midweek meeting with Celta Vigo in Spain.
Not exact matches
Now that footballs back, having had to bare with the dull international break
fortnight (I'm sure most football fans will agree) that's just gone by, the silver lining is that we get three
fixtures in the space of a week, as midweek Championship football returns.
Borussia Dortmund's next
fixture is more than a
fortnight away, with the German club scheduled to take on Wolfsburg
in a Bundesliga
fixture on January 14.
The club will not have as much travelling to do as Serie A rivals Juventus and AC Milan — who will both be spending almost a
fortnight in the U.S. — since their
fixtures will all be
in Europe.
When the return
fixture was played at Upton Park
in January, Valencia scored twice
in a 2 - 2 draw, making it four goals that he scored
in under a
fortnight.
With how desperate Paul Lambert's side will be for the three points
in a must - win for them, Moyes knows the importance of his side not letting the good form of the past
fortnight go away
in this
fixture.
The Brazilian playmaker scored
in the return
fixture a
fortnight ago and was on the mark again, scoring
in the 42nd and 78th minutes.
United do not play another another league game until March 4 and with Mourinho already grumbling about the a gruelling
fixture ahead of the EFL Cup final against Southampton
in a
fortnight's time — he must now turn to Shaw.
I suspect that by now you're all primed and ready for action, having been starved of top - flight club football over the last
fortnight - but just
in case you aren't, here's a video showing you each and every goal that Inter have scored
in this
fixture, «home» and «away», since 2005 (excluding the four we scored last year - the video's a year old and I don't believe a more recent version exists).
Bolton will lose out
in the battle for squad supremacy, with Tottenham's strength
in depth far superior to Bolton's, but Owen Coyle can feel confident
in the knowledge that his best starting eleven can be a match for most sides
in the Premiership on their day, and they've proven this
in recent
fixtures; pushing Arsenal all the way
in two defeated outings and then giving Liverpool a few scares at Anfield just a
fortnight ago.