Man Utd Team News: Injuries, Suspensions and Alignment against Liverpool

Manchester United will welcome Liverpool in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Sunday in what could be one of the key clashes in the title race.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is undefeated in his nine Premier League matches with the Red Devils. He only tied once. United lost their last league game in the 3-1 defeat at Anfield – Jose Mourinho's last match in the lead.

Liverpool is currently second in the standings, tied on points with Manchester City, but with one game less. If they beat United, the team of Jurgen Klopp will be ranked first in the league by three points.

Solskjaer confided that he hoped that both Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard would be available to United, the Norwegian group having to make a late call to find out if they could or could not be included.

Romelu Lukaku and Juan Mata, who both started the FA Cup 2-0 win over Chelsea, will hope again to have a nod, while Alexis Sanchez is also an option, with Marcus Rashford also likely to to start.

David De Gea will return to Sergio Romero's place, while Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian will probably be missing.

Neither of the two parties have suspensions.

Solskjaer has a headache in mind as he prepares for Liverpool's visit while he wonders if he will stay with the same squad that dominated Chelsea on Monday night.

Chris Smalling should be in the center back after his impressive performance against the Blues, although he faces competition Eric Bailly. Victor Lindelof, meanwhile, seems certain to start.

Alexis Sanchez may have the green light to play ahead of Romelu Lukaku, while Mata, congratulated by Solskjaer for his performance at Stamford Bridge, could continue if Lingard and Martial were not able to play.

The trio composed of Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba chooses himself while Luke Shaw and Ashley Young should go to the bottom.

Dejan Lovren (thigh) will be out as he was also out for the Champions League draw in Liverpool with Bayern, while Joe Gomez (ankle) is also unavailable.

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The Reds will however have Virgil van Dijk in the defense, the Dutchman missing the Bayern match because of suspension.

• Manchester United have won seven of their last nine home games against Liverpool, bowing 0-3 in March 2014 and making a 1-1 draw in January 2017.
• Only Manchester City and Chelsea (6 each) have won more games outside the Premier League against Manchester United than Liverpool (5).
• It will be the first time that Manchester United host Liverpool in a league match with the Reds in second place since October 1996 – Man Utd's 1-0 win thanks to a David Beckham strike.
• Manchester United are on the longest undefeated race in the Premier League (W8 D1) and their longest unbeaten run in the competition since October 2017 (10 games).
• Manchester United has kept only one goal in 12 Premier League matches at Old Trafford this season. Only Fulham has kept so few at home (1). At the same time, Liverpool are one of three teams to have scored in each league match on arrival in this round of matches (alongside the Spurs and Man Utd).
• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won 25 points in nine Premier League matches as manager of Man Utd. A win or draw in this match would make it set a new points record for a manager in their first 10 games at the head of a Premier League team (currently 25 by Guus Hiddink in Chelsea).
• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be the 20th different Manchester United coach to take charge of a league match against Liverpool. Nine of the 19 previous win their first meeting, including Louis van Gaal in December 2014.
• Manchester United are the only team that Liverpool club Mohamed Salah have faced more than once in the Premier League but have not scored or scored a single goal (3 games).
• Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has kept 99 clean sheets in the Premier League. He could become the 15th different goalkeeper to have recorded 100 shutouts in the competition, and the seventh only to do it with one club.
• Paul Pogba has scored eight goals and five goals in his last nine Premier League games. Newcastle is the only match for which he did not score or badist.

The kickoff is given Sunday at 14:05 GMT (09:05 ET) and will be broadcast live on the Sky Sports Premier League TV channel in the UK. It will be broadcast on the NBCSN network in the United States and on various channels around the world.