Manchester United will look to pick themselves up after their sorry defeat to Watford when they welcome Newcastle to Old Trafford this evening.
After wins over Tottenham and Manchester City, United reverted to type against teams lower down the league, rescuing a draw at home to struggling Everton before that dismal defeat to the Premier League’s bottom club on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side failed to truly capitalise on Chelsea’s recent struggles – which ended with an empathic win at Tottenham – and now find themselves seven points adrift of the top four.
With kick-off scheduled for 5.30pm, follow all the goals and action with James Robson at Old Trafford.
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Team news
Man Utd: Paul Pogba is pushing for a starting role when Manchester United host Newcastle on Boxing Day.
The 26-year-old impressed off the bench in Sunday's defeat at Watford as he returned from an ankle injury that has kept the France midfielder out since September.
Axel Tuanzebe did not feature at Vicrarage Road through injury so is a doubt. Diogo Dalot, sidelined for two months, is closing in on a return and played 72 minutes for United's youth team on Friday, while fellow defenders Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Marcos Rojo continue to build fitness.
Newcastle: Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce has doubts over Paul Dummett and Jetro Willems for the trip to Old Trafford.
Defender Dummett picked up a groin problem during Saturday's 1-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace, a game wing-back Willems sat out with a knee injury.
Bruce is still without defenders Jamaal Lascelles (fractured tibia) and Ciaran Clark (calf), midfielders Matt Ritchie (ankle) and Ki Sung-yueng (illness) and striker Allan Saint-Maximin (hamstring).
Predicted lineup
Man Utd: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Fred; James, Lingard, Rashford; Martial
How to stream and watch on TV
Every single Premier League match in gameweek 19 will be shown live on Amazon Prime, while there will also be a dedicated goals centre for every goal from every game.
Existing and new Prime members can watch on devices using the Prime Video app, across mobile, Fire TV, games consoles, Virgin’s V6 TV Box, BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, online and more - and Virgin will show select matches in 4K. Click here for more details.
Amazon Prime is available for £7.99 per month/£79 a year, but you can also watch any game for free this week if you start a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime.
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