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Man United v Liverpool
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Kick Off: Sunday 1st September at 16:00
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Competition: Premier League
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Watch Live: Sky Sports Main Event
Manchester United and Liverpool will renew their rivalry on Sunday afternoon when the bitter antagonists clash at Old Trafford in an early-season showpiece fixture.
Sunday’s contest will have a distinct Dutch flavour with Erik ten Hag and Arne Slot going head-to-head from opposite dugouts on English soil for the first time.
Liverpool make the short hop to Manchester in search of a third win on the spin in the Premier League and the Reds have been priced as 1.80 favourites to maintain their perfect start at United’s expense.
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With energy from the home crowd to harness, United are likely to come out of the blocks quickly against Liverpool on Sunday in a bid to unsettle their rivals and backing Ten Hag’s troops to break the deadlock looks like excellent value in that scenario at 2.30.
United opened the scoring in two of their last three meetings with Liverpool at Old Trafford and fast starts accompanied by strikes inside 20 minutes did the trick on both occasions.
Liverpool have taken time to reach top speed in both of their Premier League matches under Arne Slot so far, so United might have an opportunity to catch them cold here.
Elsewhere, it makes sense to expect another flurry of cards in Sunday’s clash. The last three meetings between United and Liverpool produced seven, six and eight cards respectively and tempers are likely to spill over in similar fashion on Sunday with both teams eager to put a marker down.
The over 4.5 totals line provides an attractive option at 2.0, while backing United in the over 2.5 team cards market at 2.20 is an alternative with just as much merit.
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📊 Man United Form and Stats
It seems as though United are never more than a game away from their next crisis and the negative reaction following their 2-1 reverse at Brighton last weekend has already dissolved much of the early-season optimism at the club.
In truth, margins were slim in that narrow loss to Albion with United clocking 11 attempts to the Seagulls’ 14 and though Brighton won the xGF battle (2.10 to 1.40), 1.10 of that haul was attributed to Danny Welbeck’s first-half tap in.
United had played decently enough through the first hour of the contest before some iffy Ten Hag substitution choices reduced their control in midfield and impacted their ability to manufacture chances in the contest’s final throes.
Still, an improvement in the team’s pressing structure has been forcing more turnovers in the final third and only Liverpool and Man City mustered more in xGF than United (3.90) across matchdays one and two, while the Red Devils also rank first (alongside Liverpool) for big chances missed (six) so far.
With selection issues still apparent at centre-forward, ten Hag has been sticking with the 4-2-2-2 formation spearheaded by Bruno Fernandes and Mason Moun in the campaign’s opening weeks.
From his advanced position, Bruno has been averaging 3.75 shots and 1.61 shots on target per 90, though Marcus Rashford continues to be a dead weight on the left wing. The 26-year-old failed to lodge a single shot in either of his Premier League starts so far.
📊 Liverpool Form and Stats
Arne Slot’s tenure at Liverpool has been filled with early promise and a return of two wins from two Premier League fixtures was accompanied by clean sheets in successive 2-0 triumphs over Ipswich and Brentford.
In both victories, relatively sluggish Liverpool first half displays were followed by more emphatic performances after the interval, though the Reds also had a habit of starting slowly last term under Jurgen Klopp. Indeed, Liverpool fell a goal behind in 16 of their 38 Premier League matches in 2023/24.
Liverpool completed a hugely impressive 92% of their attempted passes against the Bees last weekend, which was their highest figure in terms of accuracy for a single Premier League fixture since records began.
The Reds have been averaging 62% possession per 90 minutes so far and it’s already clear that ball retention will be a big part of Arne Slot’s tactical strategy.
Just like they did last season, Liverpool continue to use fouling as a method to disrupt their opponent’s flow. Pool committed more fouls than both Ipswich (18-9) and Brentford (10-7) on matchdays one and two despite enjoying the lion’s share of possession on each occasion.
Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz mustered ten attempts between them against Brentford on Saturday, and all three have been in dazzling early-season fettle, with each member of that trio sitting on two or more goal involvements already.
⚔️ Man United v Liverpool Head-to-Head
Manchester United scuppered Liverpool’s trophy chances on two fronts last term in a couple of late-season barnstorming skirmishes between the teams in March and April.
In the FA Cup quarter-finals, United emerged from a seven-goal thriller with the spoils courtesy of a dramatic Amad Diallo winner in the last minute of extra time, while the Red Devils held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw in the Premier League shortly after to dent Jurgen Klopp’s hopes of landing a swansong title.
Indeed, United – who escaped Anfield with a point (0-0) last December – were unbeaten in three encounters with Liverpool in 2023/24, while the Merseysiders have won only one of the last five competitive editions of this north west derby overall.
An average of 7.00 cards per game were brandished across last season’s trio of heated affairs between the clubs and referee Anthony Taylor – who officiated the 2-2 draw in May – should be busy again on Sunday.
At Old Trafford, United have had the upper hand over the past decade with the hosts winning six of the clubs’ last 12 encounters at the Theatre of Dreams, with four meetings finishing all square and Liverpool winning just twice.
90% of the last ten tussles between United and Liverpool have seen three or more goals and no player has contributed to the excitement in this fixture more than the Reds’ Mohamed Salah.
Salah has scored more Premier League goals against United (11) than any other player in the competition’s history, while the Egyptian has also notched a record-breaking eight times past United at Old Trafford.
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