Manchester United will welcome Newcastle United at Old Trafford this weekend as both sides try to go all out for the win in the Premier League. The Red Devils managed to earn a 1-0 over Omonoia recently which will give them a lot of confidence ahead of this game. Similarly, the Magpies emerged victorious by a 5-1 scoreline over Brentford, so they will fancy their chances of causing an upset at Old Trafford this weekend.
Manchester United vs Newcastle United: Talking Tactics
Erik ten Hag will set his players up in a 4-2-3-1 formation and is expected to ask his players to dominate the game and engineer enough goal-scoring opportunities to win this contest.
Eddie Howe will opt for a 4-3-3 formation and could ask his players to keep a good shape at the back and cause a few problems for the opposition defenders on the counter.
Team News
Manchester United
Anthony Martial is a major doubt for this game and will be in a race against time to be fit this Sunday. Furthermore, both Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka will also miss this game because of injuries.
Manchester United Predicted XI
De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw; Fernandes, Casemiro, Eriksen; Antony, Ronaldo, Rashford
Newcastle United
Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth and Jonjo Shelvey will be sidelined for this match due to injuries. Otherwise, Howe has no fresh injury headaches ahead of this exciting clash at the Theatre of Dreams.
Newcastle United Predicted XI
Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; S Longstaff, Guimaraes, Willock; Saint-Maximin, Wilson, Almiron
Key Men
Manchester United
Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford have to figure out a way to share the goal-scoring workload for the Red Devils on the attacking end of the field.
The defensive performance of Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez could go a long way in determining the fate of this game.
Newcastle United
Nick Pope will have to make a string of important saves if Newcastle United are to have any chance of earning a clean sheet at Old Trafford this weekend.
The front three of Allan Saint-Maximin, Miguel Almiron and Callum Wilson would be given a chance to make a difference in the final third.
Manchester United vs Newcastle United: Streaming Links
United Kingdom | Sky Sports, BBC Radio 5 |
USA | USA Network |
India | Hotstar VIP, JioTV, Star Sports Select HD |
Canada | fuboTV Canada |
Spain | Movistar+, DAZN, DAZN 2 |
Italy | Sky Go Italia, NOW TV |
Germany | Sky Sport Premier League |
Australia | Optus Sport |
New Zealand | Sky Sport NOW |