30th Nov 2012 | Football
Reading v Man United Tip
Fergie has his best defenders back so wins with clean sheets should become more commonplace again.
Manchester United’s easy passage through to the knockout stages of the Champions League is doing wonders for Sir Alex Ferguson when it comes to domestic matters. The knight of the realm will send out a reserve team against Cluj in midweek so his focus will be solely on the trip to the Madejski.
That’s bad news for Reading who have only claimed one Premier League victory as it is. Consecutive defeats to Wigan and Aston Villa could be significant as they were teams the Royals needed to try and catch.
The Red Devils may have slipped up in a similar fixture at Norwich recently but that just makes it seem even less likely to happen again. Ferguson makes sure his players learn from those rare lapses.
His hand is strengthened by the gradual return to fitness of all his best defenders. Chris Smalling played, and there was a clean sheet, on Wednesday while Rio Ferdinand and Phil Jones are both primed for action now as well. With this in mind, United look value at best odds of 13/8 (Ladbrokes) to win with a clean sheet against Reading.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 17:35 30th Nov, 2012 but subject to change
