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Both sides have never met before and we are about to witness a very interesting game! For the casual bettor that’s not into such competitions this might seem “eggs in the basket” for United, but here are some interesting facts about these two teams.
Scunthorpe has won the last 4 Carling Cup games on this stadium,Manchester United have lost three of their last six Carling Cup games against opponents from a lower division, but in the same time are the last year’s holder of the Carling Cup. United has won it already two seasons on a row and they are going for a third, something achieved only by Liverpool from 1981 to 1984.
The Red devils have been finalist 8 times in this tournament and have won it 4 times, while Scunthorpe have reached the 4th round of the tournament for the first time in their history last season.
Obviously the class of these two teams has a serious gap, depending on what squad Ferguson will go out with, the game might take a different direction. Without a doubt the hero from Liverpool’s game Dimitar Berbatov will be put to rest, which actually worries me, since none of United’s strikers are in shape, which we saw in the game against Rangers.
Last time United where knocked out of this tournament was against Coventry in September 2007. Seems like both teams score a lot in the end of first half, which might be the key time range for this game.
The Betting Verdict?
Under 3.5 Goals @ 1.71 (Register at Betfair.com – 25£ Sign up Bonus): Although it’s hard to tell the outcome of the game, mostly due to the fact that I am not sure what the starting line-up for United will be, this bet seems to give us a lot of security. If the line-up is similar to the one that stood up against Rangers or even worse, and meanwhile Scunthorpe doesn’t manage to score a goal at least during the first half, they we will witness a pretty goalless game, something that I hope for. Under 2.5 seems risky although the odds are a lot better, @ 2.7.
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