Manchester United vs Liverpool - prediction, team news, lineups

While neither Manchester United nor Liverpool are vying for Premier League glory this season, Sunday's Old Trafford main lawsuit is arguably inactive the biggest crippled successful English football.

The stakes are raised adjacent higher than mean for gameweek 35 too, arsenic the hosts volition beryllium assured of a Champions League spot with each 3 points, arsenic volition the visitors if different results spell their way.

Match preview

Winning conscionable 1 of their 4 Premier League fixtures from March 4 to April 13 was a insignificant bump successful the roadworthy alternatively than the commencement of a dependable diminution for Man United nether Michael Carrick, whose broadside are present 1 triumph distant from returning to the European elite.

After taking conscionable 5 points from 12 during that aforementioned run, the Red Devils person responded with back-to-back one-goal triumphs, edging retired Chelsea 1-0 earlier a 2-1 triumph implicit Brentford courtesy of Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko's efforts connected Monday night.

Eleven points wide of sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion with 4 games remaining, Man United volition suffice for the Champions League if they triumph connected Sunday; a gully would besides beryllium capable if Brighton bash not bushed Newcastle United, and adjacent a nonaccomplishment would suffice if the Seagulls neglect to triumph and Bournemouth gaffe up against Crystal Palace.

Whether UCL shot is so secured this weekend, it is simply a lawsuit of erstwhile alternatively than if Carrick's men rubber-stamp a top-five decorativeness successful the Premier League array - a notable accomplishment for the interim manager to person connected his CV up of this summer's managerial auditions.

Furthermore, the hosts' 29 points since Carrick took complaint is the astir of immoderate Premier League squad successful that period, and with a full of 36 astatine the Theatre of Dreams passim 2025-26, Man United person already posted 12 much location points than they did successful the entirety of past term.

Spearheaded by PFA Player of the Year campaigner Bruno Fernandes, Man United are besides connected an exceptional 23-game scoring series crossed each competitions, portion uncovering the backmost of the nett doubly successful six of their past 7 astatine home.

A triumph for Man United and thing other matters for their top-five chances, but the permutations are somewhat much analyzable for their bitter rivals, who commencement the gameweek 3 points adrift of their hosts successful the top-flight rankings.

In bid to marque definite of their Champions League summons with 3 games to spare, Liverpool indispensable triumph and anticipation that Brighton and Bournemouth driblet points; a gully would not chopped it, arsenic Brighton would astatine worst beryllium 9 points down with 3 games near to play.

Speaking of threes, however, the reigning champions are revelling successful a three-match winning series successful the apical flight, overcoming Crystal Palace 3-1 past weekend connected a time wherever the effect was overshadowed by a wide protestation against the owners implicit summons terms rises.

A much invited benignant of emergence was the Reds rising to 4th successful the Premier League table, but Sunday's visitors person lone won 1 of their past 12 top-flight games against teams starting the time successful the apical three, drafting 7 of them.

Liverpool were besides bested 2-1 by Man United astatine Anfield successful October, but aft past season's 3-0 Old Trafford trouncing, Slot could go the first-ever Reds caput manager to triumph some of his archetypal 2 distant league games against the Red Devils - Premier League oregon First Division.

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Team News

Man United are apt to person each of their attacking options astatine their disposal this week, arsenic Matheus Cunha was pictured successful grooming connected Thursday aft missing the Brentford triumph with a insignificant hep injury.

There is besides optimism that Luke Shaw volition beryllium good to feature, contempt coming disconnected injured past clip out, portion antiaircraft duo Matthijs de Ligt (back) and Lisandro Martinez (suspended) are some missing.

Courtesy of his helper for Sesko connected Monday, Fernandes is present conscionable 1 Premier League assistance distant from equalling Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne's single-season grounds of 20, acceptable successful 2002-03 and 2019-20 respectively.

However, Man United's biggest wounded boost for Sunday's crippled is really connected Liverpool's side, arsenic Mohamed Salah has been denied 1 past hurrah against the Red Devils owed to the hamstring wounded helium sustained past weekend.

Liverpool person affirmed that the 33-year-old is expected backmost earlier the extremity of the play - meaning that helium has astir apt not played his last crippled for the nine conscionable yet - but helium volition not person the accidental to adhd to his staggering 16 goals and 8 assists against Man United.

Salah joins Jayden Danns (hamstring), Hugo Ekitike (Achilles), Conor Bradley (knee), Giovanni Leoni (knee), Wataru Endo (ankle) and Giorgi Mamardashvili (knee), portion Alisson Becker (unspecified) is yet to bid and is truthful a large doubt.

Slot besides revealed successful his pre-game property league that Milos Kerkez is suffering from a niggle, but Andrew Robertson - scorer of past weekend's 2nd extremity - should diagnostic from the disconnected successful Man Utd vs. Liverpool for the past clip regardless.

Manchester United imaginable starting lineup:

Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw; Casemiro, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko

Liverpool imaginable starting lineup:

Woodman; Jones, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak

We say: Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool

Neither Man United nor Liverpool person been blowing opponents to smithereens during their caller affirmative stretches, and an brushwood arsenic choky astatine the array should ensue astatine Old Trafford.

A Liverpool triumph is surely retired of the question fixed their wounded concerns, but the Reds tin inactive contradict their hosts each 3 points, adjacent if conscionable 1 mightiness beryllium capable for Man United to regain their Champions League status.

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