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MATCH PREVIEW

Chris Smalling wants Manchester
United to prove their attacking
prowess against West Bromwich
Albion at Old Trafford on
Saturday.
Louis van Gaal's side have scored two goals
in their last five matches in all competitions,
with their previous two Barclays Premier
League outings against Manchester City and
Crystal Palace ending goalless.
As Van Gaal has been quick to point out,
United have made progress in defence -
keeping more clean sheets (7) than any other
team in the league this season - but are
lacking a cutting edge at the opposite end of
the pitch while Tony Pulis' West Brom side
have not conceded in four of their five BPL
away matches in 2015/16.
Smalling acknowledges it will be difficult to
break Albion down but he still feels United
have the creative players needed to make an
impact in the final third.
"Tony Pulis has made them very solid and they
don't concede many goals, so we're going to
have to break them down," he told
www.manutd.com . "If we can get an early
goal, I think you may see the floodgates
open."
Wayne Rooney was on target in United's 1-0
UEFA Champions League win over CSKA
Moscow on Tuesday, the England captain now
level with Denis Law on 237 goals for the
club. That header also ended a barren run
that had seen Van Gaal's team go 404
minutes without scoring.
Rooney will have fond memories of coming up
against West Brom in the BPL, having played
a role in 11 goals (seven scored by him, four
assists) in his past seven starts against them.
But Pulis has seen his side defeated only
twice in their last nine top-flight fixtures on
the road. Chris Brunt, who should recover
from a knock in time to feature against
United, praised the role of team spirit in
guiding them down that path.
"Over the last few weeks we've found a bit
of form together but obviously the result was
disappointing on Saturday [a 3-2 defeat
against Leicester City]," he told the
Birmingham Mail. "We can trust each other to
do the jobs to the best of our ability and
that's all you can ask for anywhere on the
pitch."
West Brom, who were 1-0 winners at Old
Trafford in last season's corresponding fixture,
will be without former United goalkeeper Ben
Foster (knee), but Jonny Evans and Darren
Fletcher are expected to play.
Antonio Valencia (foot), James Wilson (knock)
and Paddy McNair (abdomen) are doubts,
while long-term absentee Luke Shaw will not
feature. Matteo Darmian will also be
unavailable as he is suspended.
Manchester United (from): De
Gea, Romero, Johnstone, Valdes, Jones,
McNair, Rojo, Smalling, Valencia, Varela, Blind,
Carrick, Fellaini, Herrera, Lingard, Mata,
Pereira, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Young,
Depay, Martial, Rooney, Wilson.
West Bromwich Albion (from):
Lindegaard, Myhill, Rose, Chester, Dawson,
Evans, Gamboa, McAuley, Olsson, Pocognoli,
Brunt, Fletcher, Gardner, Gnabry, McClean,
McManaman, Morrison, Sessegnon, Yacob,
Anichebe, Berahino, Lambert, Rondon.
Match Appointments
Referee: Mike Dean Assistants: H
Lennard, M McDonough Fourth Official: N
Swarbrick
Match Facts
- Wayne Rooney has scored seven goals
and assisted four more in his last seven
Barclays Premier League starts against West
Bromwich Albion.
- West Brom have lost just one of their last
five league matches against Manchester United
W2 D2 L1. Those two victories have come in
their last two trips to Old Trafford.
- Manchester United have lost just one of
their last 13 BPL matches at Old Trafford
(W9 D3 L1), but that defeat was against
West Brom.
- The Baggies have won five and lost just
two of their last nine league matches on the
road.
- Man Utd have kept more clean sheets
than any other side in the BPL this term
(seven).
- Only one team has managed to score
against West Brom in the Baggies’ five league
away trips this season (Crystal Palace).

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[size=24pt]Chelsea still better than Man U [/size]