Sheffield United vs Manchester United
England – Premier League
Date: Sunday, 24 November 2019
Kick-off at 16:30 UK/ 17:30 CET
Venue: Bramall Lane (Sheffield).
Sheffield United
Dean Henderson unable to feature against his parent club, so Simon Moore is set to represent between the sticks.
Central defender John Egan took a calf injury during the international break. Wilder because it will keep the veteran Phil Jagielka standby.
XI predicted: Moore; Basham, Jagielka, O'Connell; Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens; Mousset, McGoldrick.
Manchester United
Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Luke Shaw and Axel Tuanzebe all returned to training but is unlikely to feature here, though Ashley Young will be back after serving a one-match suspension.
Paul Pogba, Eric Bailly and Timothy Fosu-Mensah all remain sidelined but Solskjaer will be optimistic about the chances of Scott McTominay despite struggling with an ankle injury.
XI predicted: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Young; McTominay, Fred, Pereira; James, martial, Rashford.
Opta Stats
After beating Man Utd 2-1 on the first day in the history of the Premier League in August 1992, Sheffield United have lost each of their last five against the Red Devils in the top flight.
In all competitions, Manchester United have won their last seven meetings with Sheffield United, with an aggregate score of 14-1.
Sheffield United vs. Manchester United is famous as the equipment to produce the first goal of the Premier League - with Brian Deane netting for the Blades after five minutes of their meeting on August 15, 1992.
Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, Manchester United have lost six games of their 19 away Premier League against promoted teams (W11 D2 L6) - only one fewer than they did in 62 games as the Scottish responsible (W36 D19 L7).
Sheffield United are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches (W2 D3), won both home games in the run. The Blades are looking to win the top three home games in a row for the first time since August 1993.
Manchester United have won only one of the last 10 Premier League away games (D3 L6), and have conceded at least once in each of their last 11 on the road. The Red Devils have not failed to keep a clean sheet in 12 top-flight away games in a row since a run of 15 in the 1985-1986 campaign.
Against Brighton last time, Manchester United fielded the youngest starting XI in the Premier League so far this season (mean age 23y 350D). Indeed, only Bournemouth (25y 88d) has a younger average early XI in the Premier League this season from Man Utd (25y 103D).
Sheffield United John Lundstram has scored three goals in 12 Premier League appearances this season - as many goals as he scored in the previous 55 league matches combined. Lundstram three goals this term is a composite of the most he ever scored in a single league campaign (also three in 2017-18 and 2015-16).
All Manchester United's Premier League scorer this season has been aged 23 and under, with Anthony Martial them by far the oldest goalscorer (23y 326d vs Norwich). He is the youngest oldest goalscorer for a club in this season's competition.
Marcus Rashford has scored five goals in his last five games in all competitions for Man Utd, and looking to score in three consecutive games for the Red Devils for the first time since September 2017.
Prediction
Sheffield United have been brilliant so far this season, but Manchester United's starting to look like the better team, just because Anthony Martial fit again.
Prediction: 0-2
