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CARLING CUP BETTING

Nigel Clough will hope that lightning can strike twice

The new Derby boss needs another heroic draw with United

David Lowe may have assured that he will go down as the best “manager that never was” in Derby’s history by masterminding victory over Manchester United in his only game as caretaker but Manchester United remain favourites to win this year’s Carling Cup.

Don’t buy an excuse-making by United fans about how they only lost because they don’t care about the Carling Cup and fielded a weak team - seven of the players on show last night featured in Sir Alex Ferguson’s side’s 4-1 home win over the Rams last season.

However, the common consensus seems to be that Manchester United will put things right in the second leg and the best price you will find on them winning the competition is 4/5 with Bet365.

Posted: January 8th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

CARLING CUP PREVIEW

The betting superfacts for Derby/Manchester United

Derby/Man Utd, 7.45pm, Sky Sports 1, Best Odds, Free Bets

If Derby didn’t already have a tough enough task on their hands overcoming Manchester United over two legs, they have taken a risk by confirming the appointment of Nigel Clough the day before the home leg. This means that caretaker boss Chris Hutchings, who was hoping to get the job full-time, is out of the picture and someone new, academy boss David Lowe, has been forced to take charge of this game at incredibly short notice. Here are the key statistics about tonight’s Pride Park collision:

» While Derby have won on two of their last seven trips to Old Trafford, they have yet taken just a point from their four meetings with them at Pride Park.

» The Rams last home win over the reigning Premier League champions came twenty years ago in August 1989 in a season where Derby did the double over United.

Posted: January 7th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | 1 Comment comment