Manchester United's Nine Lives - How Many More ?

It is said that a cat has nine lives and Manchester United just had their ninth life after defeating Wigan with a 1-0 clean sheet. With this the Red Devils are just two more clean sheets away from breaking Chelsea's record of 10 consecutive clean sheets in the English Premier League.This has led the UK Bookmakers to open special markets on the run that Manchester United are enjoying without conceding a goal. SkyBet have opened two markets, one related to how long the run will last and the other on which team will break this magical run that Sir Alex Fergusson's men are enjoying.Manchester United have 2 more games lined up in January and SkyBet are offering 10/11 that Edwin Van Der Sar finally concedes a goal against Bolton at the Reebok stadium.With Manchester United needing a win against Bolton to go on top of the league table, they would be expected to play more attacking football that can leave some gap in their defence which is already facing the brunt of injuries to their top players.Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra and Wes Brown are already missing from their defense and Jonny Evans also looks a near certain to miss the game after an injury in the game against Wigan.Wayne Rooney is also out for atleast three weeks and Tevez was also seen limping in the game last night after a Titus Brumble tackle.A lot of the work will now fall on the shoulders of John O'Shea and he is confident that Manchester United would keep the ball rolling."It was a battling performance and a clean sheet at the end of it is a positive," O'Shea said. "We're proud of the record, but that's the basis for every successful season we've had. Keeping clean sheets is important, and we know there are plenty more important games to come."After Bolton, the Reds face West Brom who are 4/1 to be the team to spoil United's clean sheet run.It is 6/4 that neither Bolton nor West Brom manage to find the goal and Manchester United keep a clean sheet the whole of January 2009.SkyBet pays 10/1 for this run to last more than 15 games with clean sheets. Total PL Consecutive Clean Sheets 08/09 - Win Special With Skybet15 or more 10/1