Manchester United vs Hull City: United look to go top
Manchester United start the day in third place a point behind the leaders, Arsenal, with Hull in eighteenth although a win would see them move up four places.
There may be some green and gold in evidence at Old Trafford today as one group of fans have chosen the old Newton Heath colours as a sign of their continued opposition to the Glazer family - especially as anyone unfurling a 'Love United, Hate Glazer' banner is immediately ejected from the ground. Despite being a point off the top of the table there is a simmering undercurrent of discontent at Old Trafford which at timed seeps onto the pitch . This might not be a walk in the park, but as United's defenders start to return from injury there is a possibility that Rio Ferdinand could make a return after a three month layoff.
Hull are yet to win away this season but the recent battling performance at Tottenham does suggest that the Tigers are capable of keeping a clean sheet at Old Trafford - especially as United have won just four of the last nine. But as Hull are without a win in seven league games and are barely troubling the scorers a goal-less draw would be a superb return from a game that most pundits have written them out of.
Manchester United vs Hull City; Kick Off 3:00pm 23 Jan 2010
Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).
Dave Blackburn : 4 - 0
Chris Cox : TBC
Graham Enwright : 3 - 0
Sue Gardener : TBC
Chris Goodwin : 2 - 0
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 3 - 1
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : TBC
Peter Lee : 3 - 0
Don McMahon : TBC
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 2 - 0
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : TBC
Dave Nash : 2 - 0
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 3 - 1
Peter Rendle : 3 - 0
Dan Taylor : 3 - 1
Andy Wakeman : 3 - 0
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : 1 - 0
Panel Verdict
The panel is expecting a comfortable 3-0 Manchester United win.
Home: 12; Draw: 0; Away: 0; TBC: 8.
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