The battle for the top spot in the FTBL ranking of English Premier League defenders between Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic (124.18 points) and Chelsea’s John Terry (120.99 points) will continue this coming weekend with both players in exactly similar situations: each will have to clear a plank of 14.6 rating points, while making sure they win without conceding even a single goal.

Terry seems better placed to achieve this, since Chelsea will be taking on Blackburn Rovers, who are 13th in the standings at the moment. The Blues have come away with 3 wins in 4 games against Blackburn without conceding a single goal in their most recent encounters.

Meanwhile, United, who will be taking on bitter rivals Liverpool, have been beaten twice by the Reds in their most recent games, conceding 6 goals in the process! The stats, therefore, seem to indicate Vidic will lose his leadership in our ranking of Premier League defenders, unless United can buck the trend this time around.