The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
Newcastle should be surprisingly confident that they can avoid defeat today at least. Manchester United are winless in their last seven away league games – they last had a longer run without a win on the road in the top-flight between February and September 1989.
The hosts make five changes and switch to a new, more conservative 5-4-1 formation after last week. Most notably, Matthew Longstaff comes in for his Premier League debut, lining up alongside his brother Sean. Manchester United, meanwhile, make three changes but stick with the same formation that saw them draw with Arsenal last time out. Paul Pogba’s absence will be a significant blow in breaking down Newcastle’s defensive system.
SUBS: Tahith Chong, Nemanja Matic, Angel Gomes, Mason Greenwood, Brandon Williams, Sergio Romero, Marcos Rojo.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Axel Tuanzebe, Ashley Young; Scott McTominay, Fred, Daniel James, Juan Mata, Andreas Perreira; Marcus Rashford.
SUBS: Andy Carroll, Jonjo Shelvey, Christian Atsu, Dwight Gayle, Paul Dummett, Karl Darlow, Emil Krafth.
NEWCASTLE (5-4-1): Martin Dubravka; Deandre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schar, Ciaran Clark, Jetro Willems; Miguel Almiron, Matthew Longstaff, Sean Longstaff, Allan Saint-Maximin; Joelinton.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Premier League fixture between Newcastle United and Manchester United. The hosts enter this one having endured a difficult last few weeks; their last game was a 5-0 defeat to Leicester that pushed them down to 19th in the table – a strong result today would go a long way to arresting this slide. Manchester United, though, are under even more pressure. Solskjaer has led his side to a disappointing spot at 11th in the table, and when you combine this with the lack of goals and tepid football, his position is coming under increasing scrutiny.
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