After eight games Ole Gunnar Solskjær is in crisis-management mode as his plunging Manchester Unitedside have left him feeling the pressure. If results go the wrong way United could be in the relegation zone by Sunday evening with the manager’s job prospects looking grim. The flip side is that victory over the league leaders could be the springboard to turn fortunes around. Jamie Jackson
Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League
Venue Old Trafford
Last season Manchester United 0 Liverpool 0
Referee Martin Atkinson
This season G7 Y25 R0 3.57 cards/game
Odds H 9-2 A 5-7 D 4-1
MANCHESTER UNITED
Subs from Grant, Fred, Chong, Garner, Tuanzebe, Young, Williams, Gomes, Greenwood, Martial, Lingard, Jones
Doubtful Wan-Bissaka (illness), Martial (knee), Lingard (hamstring), Jones (unknown), Greenwood (back)
Injured Pogba (ankle, 27 Oct), De Gea (groin, Nov), Shaw (thigh, Nov), Bailly (knee, Dec), Fosu-Mensah (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Discipline Y19 R0
Form LDWLDL
Leading scorers James, Rashford 3
LIVERPOOL
Subs from Adrián, Lonergan, Kelleher, Milner, Keïta, Origi, Lovren, Gomez, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Brewster, Jones
Doubtful Matip (knee), Shaqiri (calf)
Injured Clyne (knee, Jan)
Suspended None
Discipline Y7 R0
Form WWWWWW
Leading scorer Mané 5
