After long break Manchester United will be looking to recover a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on last November 5, when they will host Newcastle United at Old Trafford in the week 12 of the Premier League this weekend.
United have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their eleven games, they are currently at second place in the Premier League table standings with 23 points, 8 points behind their closest rivals Manchester City after playing 11 games this season.
Despite the qualities of their players, the Red Devils are not very convincing in their last performance due to several injuries which should be a reason for worry to Jose Mourinho.
Long term injury problem Paul Pogba and Marcos Rojo will miss this game. However, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick are expected to return after recovering from their injuries.
United manager Mourinho has no reason to rotate his forward side. Two great of United strikers Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, are expected to start the line up to create maximum scores when they host the visitors this Saturday night.
Meanwhile, Newcastle aren’t exactly in great shape in recent weeks. They have been in poor forms in their last five games, scored 4 and conceded 5 goals. They have won just once, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Magpies are currently at 11th place in the Premier League standings with 14 points after playing 11 games this season. This weekend they need to play defensive in front of the fans of United to steal at least one point.
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez is expecting another difficult game for his side on Saturday night when they travel to Old Trafford. They will miss Paul Dummet, Mikel Merino, Christian Atsu and captain Jamaal Lascelles for this game.
Manchester United are a huge favourite to win this one. (Source:www.tamtalk.com)
Head to Head Man United vs Newcastle United
13/01/16: EPL Newcastle 3-3 Man United
22/08/15: EPL Man United 0-0 Newcastle
05/03/15: EPL Newcastle 0-1 Man United
26/12/14: EPL Man United 3-1 Newcastle
05/04/14: EPL Newcastle 0-4 Man United
Possible Line Up
Man United: de Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Bailly, Jones, Herrera, Young, Mkhitaryan, Matic, Rashford, Lukaku.
Newcastle: Elliot, Yedlin, Lejeune, Lascelles, Manquillo, Atsu, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie, Gayle, Joselu.
Match Prediction: In their last five games, the hosts were too good for Newcastle. So that’s why we are going for a 2-1 win for Manchester United.
