Who
says the magic of the FA Cup is dead? This fourth round tie pits the 11
time winners against Cambridge United, a League Two side whose
modest Abbey Stadium has a capacity of just over 8,000.
It
is David v Goliath in every sense and epitomises why everybody loves
the world's oldest domestic cup competition.
Robin van Persie and Luke Shaw are both fit to play and will be assessed in the final training session before Louis van Gaal makes a decision, but United are definitely without injured trio Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Ashley Young.
Robin van Persie and Luke Shaw are both fit to play and will be assessed in the final training session before Louis van Gaal makes a decision, but United are definitely without injured trio Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Ashley Young.
Victor
Valdes looks set to make his United debut and van Gaal could shuffle
his pack and give outings to fringe youngsters Adnan Januzaj, Jesse
Lingard and Andreas Pereira.
It
is difficult to preview a match against a side I know very little
about, but I have a feeling that this will not be easy for United.
We will start as red hot favourites to progress to the fifth round, but the game will be played out in front of a capacity crowd and a worldwide TV audience.
We will start as red hot favourites to progress to the fifth round, but the game will be played out in front of a capacity crowd and a worldwide TV audience.
Ex-Liverpool
defender Richard Money's outfit sit in midtable (they are 12th
in League Two) and reached this stage with wins over Fleetwood,
Mansfield Town (after a replay) and Luton.
Strangely
enough, there is a United connection within this current Us side-
former Reds youth product Luke Chadwick currently plies his trade at Cambridge.
At
his pre-match press conference on Thursday, van Gaal said: “For me this game is no different to any other: I will prepare my team for Cambridge like we prepared for QPR.
"In our mind we might believe we are facing a weaker opponent but still we have to beat them."
On Valdes: "I read that already he is picked, this is strange, I cannot answer this question.
"You will have to wait and see. I do not tell the media my line-up."
"In our mind we might believe we are facing a weaker opponent but still we have to beat them."
On Valdes: "I read that already he is picked, this is strange, I cannot answer this question.
"You will have to wait and see. I do not tell the media my line-up."
Form
guide: Cambridge D L L W W W United W D D W L W
Match odds:
Cambridge 11/1 Draw 5/1 United 2/9
Referee: Chris Foy
Referee: Chris Foy
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