Forward Anthony Martial scored one goal in 12 loan games for Sevilla last season
TEAM NEWS
Manchester United may welcome Anthony Martial back in training after suffering a hamstring injury.
Victor Lindelof remains unavailable, as is young winger Facundo Pellistri with an ankle injury.
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been handed a three-game ban for his headbutt in last Monday night’s tie against Crystal Palace.
The Reds are bolstered by the return of Roberto Firmino but Thiago, Diogo Jota and Joel Matip remain out.
CHRIS SUTTON’S PREDICTION
If Manchester United wins this game they will skip Liverpool in the table but that’s not going to happen.
United are incapable of putting too much pressure on teams with the players they have and I don’t really know what Erik ten Hag can change with what he has in his squad.
Liverpool have also started slowly and Darwin Nunez’s suspension on top of her injuries won’t help. That leaves them a little short up front, although Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz looked lively against Palace.
Whatever happens, all you know is that Jurgen Klopp’s side will at least surpass United.
Perhaps United’s players will run around a little more this week than they did against Brentford, but they need to find some heart. Unless something happens this week that triggers a change in attitude in the roster, I don’t see it happening.
The home crowd will be ready to bring the game to Liverpool and if they do that they’ll be in big trouble because that’s when Klopp’s side are at their best.
They won 5-0 at Old Trafford last season and it will be a similar story this time, although I will give United a goal just to lift their spirits a bit.
Forecast: 1-5
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MATCH FACTS
head to head
- Manchester United have won just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Liverpool (D6, L5).
- Jürgen Klopp’s team has won four league games in a row for the first time since 2002.
- They are also aiming to win three straight league games against their hosts for the first time.
Manchester United
- Manchester United could lose their first three games of a top-flight season for the fourth time and for the first time since 1986.
- The Red Devils are trying not to lose five league games in a row for the first time in 50 years.
- However, United are the only team to have previously lost their first two games of the season before winning the 1992/93 Premier League title.
- All six goals conceded by Erik ten Hag’s team this season have come in the first half.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has attempted seven shots so far this season, the most of any player to score in the Premier League this season.
Liverpool
- Liverpool haven’t won either of their first two games of a Premier League season for the first time since 2012.
- For the first time in their history, they were able to draw the first three league games of a season.
- However, Jurgen Klopp’s side remain unbeaten in all 21 Premier League games so far in 2022 (W16, U5).
- Mohamed Salah is just one goal away from becoming the first Liverpool player in history to break double figures against United.
- Salah has scored eight goals in his last four games against the Red Devils.
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