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Soccercorner.org - The fourth round of the FA Cup will officially be held this weekend. A total of 32 teams will compete for a place in the last 16 at the weekend. As opener, Championsip club Derby County will be the arrival of one of the giants of the Premier League, Manchester United on Saturday (30/1) early morning.

Derby County successfully get rid of Hartlepool in the third round of the FA Cup while United beat Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round. For that both will be competing for a place in the round of 16 in the match held at the headquarters of Derby, the Pride Park Stadium.

The last time United visited the headquarters Derby took place in 2009 in the FA Cup too. At that time the Red Devils successfully defeating the hosts with a score of 4-1 thanks to goals from Luis Nani, Darron Gibson, Cristiano Ronaldo and Danny Welbeck. For that Wayne Rooney et al will be determined to repeat that success on Saturday early morning.

To the headquarters Derby, Louis van Gaal was troubled with injuries storm was going on his team. Names like Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Matteo Darmian, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Michael Carrick and Phil Jones certainly can not go down in this fight because it is still recovering from injury they suffered.

Some time ago Louis van Gaal indicated it would provide hours of play to his young players. For that Adnan Januzaj great opportunity to look back into the starter after the game against Southampton he was only a substitute in the last 10 minutes.

Besides Januzaj, Memphis Depay who rarely gets a chance to play this season likely will also appear in this fight. Because the retainer MU who plays as a left back is injured, then Cameron Borthwick-Jackson will return to fill the post.

In the camp host, coach Paul Clement can not play the three main pillars, namely Will Hughes, Jake Buxton and Craig Forsyth because still injured. But the good news is Jonny Russell and Nick Blackman is ready to play in this match.

Facing a team that is one higher than their caste, coach Clement predicted to reduce their best team in this match. Coach Clement predicted to reduce their flagship two scoring machine, Tom Ince and Chris Martin for the red devil attacking defense. While the duo Richard Keough and Jason Shackell will be assigned to oversee the defense of the Rams.

Line Up Predictions:

Derby County (4-3-3) : Carson; Warnock, Shackell, Keogh, Christie; Johnson, Thorne, Butterfield; Blackman, Martin, Ince

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Romero; Borthwick Jackson, Smalling, Blind, Varela; Schneiderlin, Fellaini; Depay, Januzaj, Lingard; Rooney

Head to Head:

15-02-2009 Derby County 1 - 4 Manchester United (FA Cup)
20-01-2009 Manchester United 4 - 2 Derby County (COC)
07-01-2009 Derby County 1 - 0 Manchester United (COC)
15-03-2008 Derby County 0 - 1 Manchester United (EPL)
08-12-2007 Manchester United 4 - 1 Derby County (EPL)

The Last 5 Games of Derby County (L-W-D-L-L):

02-01-2016 Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Derby County (Championship)
09-01-2016 Hartlepool 1 - 2 Derby County (FA Cup)
12-01-2016 Derby County 1 - 1 Reading (Championship)
16-01-2016 Derby County 0 - 3 Birmingham City (Championship)
25-01-2016 Burnley 4 - 1 Derby County (Championship)

The Last 5 Games of Manchester United (W-W-D-W-L):

02-01-2016 Manchester United 2 - 1 Swansea City (EPL)
09-01-2016 Manchester United 1 - 0 Sheffield United (FA Cup)
12-01-2016 Newcastle United 3 - 3 Manchester United (EPL)
17-01-2016 Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester United (EPL)
23-01-2016 Manchester United 0 - 1 Southampton (EPL)

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