Manchester United will host Newcastle United on December 26, 2012. The game is scheduled to be played at 1500 GMT.
Irrespective of the outcome of this game Manchester United will go into the New Year as the league leaders this season.
On their day the attacking threat that this team possesses cannot be matched by any other. They have managed to score 44 goals thus far, eight more than any other team this season.
Sir Alex Ferguson shall have the luxury of having a strong defence in this game with the complete recovery of Captain Nemanja Vidic. Crafty and artistic midfield man Shinji Kagawa is also back in training and is available for selection.
Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney have scored 19 goals between them and shall pose a threat to Tim Krul in this game as well.
Nani, Rafael and Anderson will miss out on this game due to injury. Rafael was expected n\back for this game, but it so happens that he may be out longer than expected.
Newcastle this season seems a bit lost. They are in 14th spot and have lost eight of their 18 games. Papiss Cisse has been putting in lack luster performances this season, which happens to be a major reason of why they haven’t been doing well.
While the loss of two of the most influential midfield players Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye has proved to be a very big loss for the Toon. Steven Taylor is also out due to injury.
There are loads of talks surrounding the happiness of Demba Ba in the Newcastle outfit. He has had a decent tournament thus far thumping in 11 goals. A loss in this game could see Newcastle drop even further down the table.
Prediction: Manchester United 3-1 Newcastle